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 Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 8:12 pm
Over the years, Metropolis' features have greatly changed in the comics; however, Metropolis is always presented as being a world class city on the same caliber as New York City or Chicago, Illinois. It is often referred to as The Big Apricot just as New York City is nicknamed as The Big Apple.
The first map of Metropolis designed for Mayfair Games' first edition of the DC Heroes Role-Playing Game resembled that of the city of Montreal.
Metropolis' features became more defined (and more obviously based on New York) following both 1985's Crisis on Infinite Earths miniseries and John Byrne's subsequent revamping of Superman, including the late 1980s comic special The World of Metropolis. Metropolis is presently divided into six regions or "boroughs", centered around "New Troy", an island borough based on Manhattan. The Daily Planet building, the most recognizable landmark in Metropolis, is located here (in "Planet Square"), as was Lex Luthor's corporate headquarters, the Lexcorp Tower. The now-married Clark Kent and Lois Lane currently live in an apartment in New Troy, at 1938 Sullivan Lane (a tribute to the year Superman first appeared); Clark Kent's traditional apartment address of 344 Clinton St., Apt. #3B, was usually described as being located in midtown Metropolis.
New Troy is separated from the suburban boroughs by the West River and Hobb's River. Jimmy Olsen lives in the borough of Bakerline, north of downtown. There is also an economically depressed area in northwestern New Troy called Suicide Slum, best known for the 1940s adventures of the Guardian and his street urchin companions, the Newsboy Legion. Although the northwestern location is similar to the relationship of Harlem to midtown Manhattan, the neighborhood bears more physical and cultural resemblance to Manhattan's Lower East Side.
A statue of Superman can be found in Centennial Park, Metropolis' largest park, based on New York's Central Park.
-Wikipedia
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Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:02 pm
all very fasinating, but what is the point?
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:57 pm
Schala_Yong all very fasinating, but what is the point? Its a role Play about Metropolis or more famously Superman. That post was describing the setting to Metropolis for Roleplay Reference. I gues i Will take the liberty in filling out the Characters list. If there are no objections i would like to play Lois Lane.
Characters:
Clark Kent/ Superman: Needed
Lois Lane: Taken by `Chloe Sullivan`
Jimmy Olsen: Needed
Lex Luthor: Needed
Perry White: Needed
Others:
Lana Lang: Needed
Dan Turpin: Needed
Pete Ross: Needed
JOnathon Kent: Needed
Martha Kent: Needed
Bibbo: Needed
Made-ups/ Villians:
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Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:01 pm
I'll be Clark/Superman if it isn't taken. If it is, I could be Jimmy Olson.
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