Suicide Alley (Location)

Suicide Alley was a location in City Shaft, in the planet Terra 2014. The "alley" was actually a huge hole surronded by tall skyscrapers, with the Great Acid Lake at the very bottom. It was a popular spot for suicidal persons, who jumped down the alley, hence the name.

It was first shown in the second page of The Black Incal, becoming one of the most iconic images of The Incal saga.

History
Suicide Alley seemed to be located at the the very center of City Shaft, surronded by all the adjacent buildings. The large fall made it a popular spot for suicides, and it was such a high jump that it could take a couple of minutes before you actually reached the bottom. If the suicidal person wasn't shoot by random bystanders he or she would eventually fall into the Great Acid Lake, dissolving forever. Computer machines were installed throughout the city that would give out suicide statistics and calculated the hour frequency of suicide rates.

Several characters have jumped or have being thrown into the Alley at one point or another:
 * John DiFool (several times, all of them being rescued)
 * Deepo (while strapped to John's chest, rescued)
 * John DiFool's mom (died)
 * Tanatah (felt into the Acid Lake, but survived)

Symbolism
Suicide Alley symbolizes both descension and ascension, the inverse of one another. According to Jodorowsky "only when we have fallen deep enough can we take off flying", and continues "in the gospel, once Jesus is brought down from the cross he descends into the depths for three days, according to the gnostics, Jesus met with Lucifer, his older brother, with the intention of convincing him to ascend with him as a being of light. Lucifer is also a carrier of light, a fallen angel, a containter of the divine drop, the Incal in each and everyone of us".