The DC universe houses several cities that do not exist in real life. The fictitious locations allow creators greater freedom to build their contexts without limiting themselves to geological precision and to design them to represent specific themes. Readers can more easily identify with universal locations when they can impose their own experiences. Without forgetting that these cities also act as confinement fields for large battles that small cities or suburbs are not equipped to manage, because the bad guys generally flock to heroes like flame butterflies.
Marvel Comics has intentionally chosen to put their characters in locations in the real world to differentiate themselves from the more imaginary world of DC Comics. THE Jla / Avengers 2003 crossover established canonically that The land of DC is slightly larger in mass than the land of Marvel To accommodate additional cities along the East Coast. One might think that the DC universe is more distant in the multiverse, which is regrettable because it houses several unique cities which would be fascinating to visit.
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The Flash family keeps gem cities
Keystone City, Kansas & Central City, Missouri, United States
Jay Garrick, the first flash, protected Keystone City, which originally existed on Earth-2, while the second flash, Barry Allen, lived in Central City on Earth-1. After Crisis on infinite land combined the two worlds in a single space, Secret origins # 50 In 1990, established that Keystone City had been placed in the limbo by the thinker, Fiddler and The Shade. When Allen accidentally arrived there, he joined Garrick to restore the city, where he became a sister city of Central City, known from that moment under the name of “Gem Cities”. The two cities were founded at the beginning of the 19th century as the main locations for the cattle industry, as the first large center west of Chicago along the transcontinental rail.
Keystone Motors is a major employer in the manufacture of cars, where Bart Allen, Aka Impulse and The Second Kid Flash, worked briefly to monitor their automated robots. Wally West also lived in Keystone for a while, in the recommendation of Jay Garrick, although it is central City which has a special love for the flash, because it houses the downtown flash museum, which would be a joy to visit the various displays that pay tribute to the hero’s exploits. Although both are notable cities for the famous heroes who live there, the “joyful cities” do not have as much unique architecture and therefore do not have as much character as certain other cities in the DC universe.
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Opal was cursed until Starman’s arrival
Opal City, Maryland, United States
Opal City was founded in 1864 by Burnley Ellsworth in tribute to Whitney Ellsworth, Starman’s first pencil in Adventure Comics # 61. Ellsworth appointed the city after the precious stone which obtained its fortune in the mining industry. The original regulations were established in the 1700s under the name of “Port O ‘Souls”, where the curse of the black pirate linked all those who died in the city of Opal on the land plan. Later, the cult of the Tuesday club tainted the city with a black magic and built several buildings to form a five -point star. The city developed in the 1930s when it kissed the Art Deco buildings of the time.
Several heroes known as Starman called Opal their house. During the Second World War, the first Starman, alias Ted Knight, began his superhero career, preventing a group of Opal Opel in an empty dimension. The son of Ted’s firstborn, David, played the role of Starman, although after being killed during his first week, the youngest son, Jack, reluctantly took the Starman coat and became a worthy hero for Opal City. Star The writer James Robinson and the artist Tony Harris established the norm to design an original city for his hero who feels lived and established, while open for more in -depth exploration.
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Shazam has distorted time to keep it Art Deco
Fawcett City, Pennsylvania, United States
Many years before Billy Batson was selected as Shazam champion, the sorcerer saw how urban sprawl could infect neighborhoods and cities. He combined the power of his magic, alongside the sorcerer Ibis the invincible, to Distorm the passage of time in the city of FawcettSo its art deco aesthetics could stay. It was a style of popular architecture throughout the 1940s, when the characters of Shazam and Captain Marvel appeared for the first time in the comic strip pages published by Fawcett Comics, and represents a fusion of optimism and luxury, so it remains a beautiful and modern design.
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When Crisis on infinite land Combined Earth-S INTO A SHARED DC Universe, it was believed that fawcett city was located in the midwest, EITHER in Indiana, Minnesota or Wisconsin, Although the new 52 continuity firmly establised the city as a suburb of philadelphia in Pennsylvania is Mirrored in the 2019 Live Action Shazam! movie. Thaddeus Sivana regularly tried to dominate the city of Fawcett in a corporate grip, although Captain Marvel and the Marvel family have always stopped his plans. The ability to go to a city stuck in the aesthetics of a bygone era is roughly as close as possible.
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Green Arrow protects the city from light
Star City, California, United States
Oliver Queen, The Green Arrow, operates from the technological capital as a justiculation, initially to eliminate corrupt businessmen, but over the years, has helped the city through many disasters. Albert Davis, an occultist, sprained a demonic dome in the city, extinguished all technology and communication. A year later, thousands of civilians were killed in the Amsterdam disaster, a chain of wicked Merlyn explosions and Dr. Light. Oliver Queen has become the mayor of the city to revitalize the poor city.
Star City was again targeted by a bomb, orchestrated by Prometheus, which decimated the entire city center, killing thousands of people. Green Arrow murdered Prometheus in revenge, then Oliver Queen was arrested and exiled by Star City. However, a A mysterious forest appeared where the bomb had occurredTaking the form of a persistent leaf star. Green Arrow operated in the forest, which was itself alive, wrapped in the events of Brightest day Because it had come from the power of the white lantern. Imagine for a walk in the city park and stumble on Martian Manhunter or Swamp.
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Superman saves a city in a bottle
Kandor, Krypton
Kandor was a city of Krypton, where Superman was born. The villain Brainiac used a narrowing radius to move the city inside a bottle to study the culture and absorb its knowledge. When Superman beats for the first time Brainiac in the years 1958 Action Comics # 242He acquired the city of bottle and brings it to the fortress of loneliness. He commits years to understand how to restore the city to normal. He and Jimmy Olsen have otherwise shrunk to enter Kandor and worked like his superheroes Nightwing and Flamebird. Kandor has become a vehicle to explore Kryptonian life. The writer Grant Morrison perfectly explained Kandor’s meaning: “Kandor was each snow globe and a music box that represented each bittersweet memory.”
Superman wanted nothing more than to restore Kandor to his legitimate size, and in the years 1979 Superman # 338The city is enlarged, but its buildings collapse, although citizens move with pleasure on a new planet. Post-Crisis continuity, when Kandor is restored on earth, the events of New krypton Create a political dilemma. Despite the difficulties, Superman can still be delighted with an accomplished mission. Kandor wins his place in the middle of the list for the fact that a Kryptonian city is a rare commodity, since his world of houses has been destroyed, but that would be difficult to appreciate because it would be necessary to shrink in size to visit and risk being the only human in a city of super vigilant.
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Flash has found a hidden utopia in Africa
Gorilla City, Congo Basin, Africa
Intelligent gorillas live in a technologically advanced city hidden in the heart of Africa. In the years 1959 Flash # 106The harmful Gorilla Grdd went to Central City, where he met the flash, in order to win psychic powers to take control of Gorilla City. Finally, their monarch, Solovar, decided that Gorilla City could no longer hide from the rest of the earth, so he opened the borders of the city and asked for belonging to the United Nations. Unfortunately, Solovar was assassinated by a group of gorillas led by Grodd, which means that Gorilla City declares war in the world, using a technology that transforms everyone into monkeys, including justice League of America, in a scenario called Jlape: Gorilla Warfare!
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1977 DC Super-Stars # 14 established that Gorilla City has moved to Earth from the extraterrestrial planet of Calor, where man has evolved into gorillas. Grodd begged Gorilla City to follow her plan to escape the volcanic activity caused by a fight between Green Lantern and the creature Dryg, so they exploited the energy of the Lantern ring to transport their city to the earth. After Flash pointThe story of Gorilla City has been changed for always being on earth, where it was struck by the power of the speed force, granting the inhabitants of sensitivity and telepathy. Although it would certainly be interesting to visit a technologically advanced city created by gorillas, being surrounded by telepathic gorillas that can read your human mind can be more a problem than a convenience.
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Batman haunts the sky of Gotham
Gotham City, New Jersey, USA
Gotham City is known for its crime and corruption, as well as for its police leaders and its Art Deco architecture. Several heroes are looking to make their house a better place. Gotham has endured countless attacks by costume criminalsusually arrested by Batman. However, he suffered immense tragedies, such as the Clench virus unleashed by the Ghul de RA in “Contagion”, as well as a 7.6 earthquake which pushes Gotham in a “no man’s land”, temporarily abandoned by the American government. Gotham City would surely have a high civil rotation rate and heaven insurance costs, so it is not the type of place that a person could forge long -term friendships, unless they can protect themselves.
The territory surrounding Gotham originally housed the indigenous tribe Miagani. However, they fled the area after the black shaman fires cursed a burn across the country. Although the evil shaman was sealed in a cave, when the colonists arrived in the 17th century, they opened the cave and unleashed black fire over the world. Notable families like The Waynes created the city at the start of its design and built Wayne Manor shortly after the Liberation of Gotham of the British during the Revolutionary War. Despite the intensely high crime rate, Gotham City would be a wild night in the city. Start with a few glasses at the Lounge Iceberg, admire the botanical gardens, walk near the clock tower, catch a film at the theater monarch and have a last drink at the bar at noon.
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Aquaman is sitting on the throne of Atlantis
Poseidonis, Atlantis
Poseidonis is the capital of the Atlantis submarine continent, governed by their king, Arthur Curry, alias Aquaman. The city was named after the Greek god of the seas, Poseidon, And is connected through a series of tunnels to his neighboring city, Tritonis. Poseidonis is a civilization built as a marriage between very advanced sciences and magic studies. Although Autais has remained a myth of the world of the surface for many centuries, the heroism of Aquaman provided an avenue for diplomacy. However, Atlantis did not integrate well into the rest of the world. It is only on special occasions that the inhabitants of the surface authorized to visit, generally relegated to the friends of Aquaman in justice League.
Atlantis was forced into the ocean during the Grand Flood events, or a large flood, a geological cataclysm that occurred about 10,000 years ago, when Eclipso crushed giant meteor in the earth. The Poseidonis flowed deep into the ocean and only survived the dome that covered the city. Although the Atlanteans were trapped in the city, they managed to survive for several years until King Orin and his scientists developed a potion that allowed their people to breathe and survive underwater. Due to the lack of breathable air, Atlantis would not be the easiest place to visit, but the architectural style of another world which resists the pressure of the ocean would be a wonder to see.
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Wonder Woman is an ambassador of Paradise Island
Themyscira, Amazon Isles
The Amazons live on an isolated isolated island entirely populated by women as a feminist uutopia, hidden in the Aegean Sea by a magic barrier, leaving it obscured, unless the island wants to be found. Sometimes a refugee washes on his banks where he will receive a warm welcome and an invitation in Amazon culture, like Julia Kaptelis and Aresia. Wonder Woman was born on TheMyscira and sculpted from Clay on the beach by her mother, Queen Hippolyta. The Amazons were originally created to teach love and equality in the world of man, but when Ares manipulated men to reject the Amazons, they were forced to flee the former Greece and move to TheMyscira with a new mission to protect the door of the Tartare, a portal to the sub-world.
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TheMyscira is populated by kangaroo type beings called Kangas, whom Amazons would roll around the island, like Jumpa, who was a faithful friend of Wonder Woman. The island also houses mythical creatures Like centaurs, dragons, a chimera, a sphinx, a pegasus and claws. Amazons are geniuses inventors, such as their purple healing radius, which can perform medical miracles, and their use of a special metal called Amazonium, which was used for bracelets and Wonder Woman armor. Although very unlikely that Theyscira will allow men to visit its coasts, Paradise Island is another place which apparently seems out of time, definitively reflecting ancient Greece but with modern sensitivities, and which would not want to roll a kangaroo?
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The steel man defends the city of tomorrow
Metropolis, Delaware, United States
Metropolis is one of the largest cities in the DC universe and the house adopted of Superman. It was settled by Dutch colonialists in the 17th century and became a city animated by the revolutionary war. In the 19th century, Hob’s Bay became a large shopping center. Several newspapers germinated at that time, one of which has finally become the daily planet, now one of the most recognizable buildings of the modern retro-futuristic metropolis horizon line, for the sculpture of the Golden Globe on its roof. The city of Metropolis is a striking contrast with the dirty streets of Gotham, because the metropolis is brilliant and full of optimism, where the greatest achievements of humanity are always just at the corner of the street.
The city is a technological hub for several large companies, such as Star Labs, Project Cadmus, Hamilton Technologies and Lexcorp, whose owner Lex Luthor has a direct interest in each industry in the metropolis. He considers himself the favorite son of the city, but this title was transmitted to Superman. When the man of steel died in the fight against the Monster Doomsday, the city built a statue in Centennial Park in his honor. Metropolis is the coronation of the DC universe and the center of its most important events. Every day, a person could meet a famous politician, a technological genius or a budding hero. The magic of the metropolis, and why it holds first place, is that everyone can be anyone if he imagines it.