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In the DC Comics mini series Countdown to Final Crisis a teaser poster was released, which shows Wonder Woman comforting Superman, Batman in a different costume (with a sword and what appears to be chain mail armor) and Donna Troy wearing her Wonder Girl costume again. Kyle Rayner is wearing a yellow ring, and Mary Marvel is shown partially in shadow. Mister Miracle stands next to Big Barda. Also notable among the poster is a Legion flight ring, a minuscule red hand (the Atom's) sticking out of the rubble, and the bodies of Blue Beetle (Ted Kord), Maxwell Lord, The Question (Vic Sage), and Jade — major or notable heroes who had recently died. The heroes are gathered around the head of the Statue of Liberty; the decapitated body of the statue can be seen in the background.

Liberty Enlightening the World, commonly known as the Statue of Liberty, was presented to the United States by the people of France in 1886. Standing on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, it welcomes visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans. The copper-clad statue, dedicated on October 28, 1886, commemorates the centennial of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence and is a gesture of friendship from France to the United States.

Comics

The Statue of Liberty, and its location on Liberty Island, appear in posters, pictures, motion pictures, and books.

The DC Comics superhero Miss America was originally granted her powers by the Statue in a vision. This was later retconned to have been a dream; she had really gained her powers from an experiment.

In the Marvel Comics universe, the torch of the Statue of Liberty is the secret meeting spot between superheroes Spider-Man and his friend/confident Human Torch.

Movies

Planet of the Apes

In the ending of the 1968 film Planet of the Apes, the statue appears decayed and half-buried in sand, serving as painful, undeniable proof to the film's protagonist, Taylor, that he has been on Earth the whole time. (This scene is parodied in the animated comedy Madagascar, the Mel Brooks film Spaceballs, the Kevin Smith film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and in two episodes of The Simpsons.

At the end of Men in Black II, Tommy Lee Jones' character uses the statue's torch to erase the memory of an alien spacecraft from the minds of thousands of New Yorkers.

Much of the advertising for the film The Day After Tomorrow (2004) used an image of the Statue of Liberty nearly buried in snow and ice (much like the University of Wisconsin "Pail and Shovel Party" prank), after a storm surge and catastrophic climate change. In this image, the Statue of Liberty is facing the wrong way - West towards New Jersey, with the New York skyline to its right.

In the disaster film, Deep Impact the statue is toppled and her severed head pushed into the streets of the city by the tidal wave of water created from the asteroid impact.

The statue assists the Ghostbusters to defeat the evil Vigo the Carpathian in the comedy, Ghostbusters II. The statue is shown to move like a human being would. An earlier scene in the film, however, showed the mood slime used to animate the statue could cause solid substances to animate (as a bathtub was shown to become flexible).

A pre-release poster for the 1984 film Supergirl was a painting that showed the film's star flying by the Statue of Liberty, which was depicted holding up its torch with its left hand.

The climax of the film X-Men took place within the pedestal, museum, inside the statue, and atop the torch of the statue.

Superman and Lois Lane fly through the Metropolis skyline, close to the Statue of Liberty at one point in Superman the Movie.

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut - Superman is kicked into the torch of the statue by General Zod, destroying it. The destruction is later reversed when Superman turns back time to repair the damage cause by the 3 Supervillains.

In Superman III evil Superman confronts the blonde antagonist on the crown of the statue, stating that he doesn't save people any more.

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace - Nuclear Man lifts the The Statue of Liberty from her pedestal and hurls her towards Metropolis. Superman catches and re-attaches her to her pedestal.

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins - Remo Williams was climbed up to the head of Statue of Liberty during pratice and fought thugs on the statue while it was under the 1985-6 construction.

Batman Forever - It says Gotham in the crown. Its head is damaged by the helicopter.

Judge Dredd - The Statue of Liberty is at the entrance to Mega-City One. Later on, Dredd and Rico have their climatic confronation in the crown.

Independence Day - After the aliens leave New York City in ruins, there is a view of New Yorks devastated skyline. In the foreground, you can view the Statue of Liberty's head lying in the Hudson River in the right hand corner.

The Fifth Element - The statue can be briefly spotted as the spacecraft takes off over New York Harbor. The oceans have receded drastically so that the pedestal under the Statue of Liberty, roughly five times as tall as it currently is, is now connected directly to the mainland.