The Cincinnati Enquirer's Alex Shebar examines the visual links between the 76-year-old Cincinnati Union Terminal and the Hall of Justice from the 1970s Super Friends cartoon and, more recently, the Justice League of America comic.

"The resemblance is undeniable, from the massive arch to the carved pillars," Shebar writes. "They are nearly identical, right down to the colossal fountain leading to the front entrance."

Completed in March 1933, the art deco-style train station apparently made an impact on Joseph Barbera: When Super Friends background supervisor Al Gmuer submitted a headquarters design to Barbera and ABC executives, what was returned looked a lot like Union Terminal.

"In the long run, I hated that building," Gmuer tells Shebar. "The way it's designed, it was not easy to draw. I had nightmares about that damn building."

These blogs have more on Union Terminal -- now home to the Cincinnati Museum Center -- and the Super Friends connection.