You know about Gotham! You know about Metropolis! But do you know about these lesser-known DCU cities???
- Civic City - home to the first headquarters of the JSA; this is a smaller city outside Philadelphia and at this point has probably gotten absorbed into that metro area.
- Empire City - home of the first and second Manhunters in the 1940s. This is making the list mostly because I can’t believe DC made yet another fake New York City. Free us.
- Gateway City - a San Francisco analogue, this California harbor city is home to Helena and Cassandra Sandsmark, as well as the largest collection of classical antiquities this side of Greece. Diana worked at the museum here for a time.
- Harbor City - in Oregon. The Doom Patrol had a real bad time here once.
- Hub City - an Illinois town overrun with mobs and corruption, and the home base of Vic Sage, the Question.
- Ivy Town - a college town nebulously in New England, and home to Ray Palmer and Ryan Choi (both the Atom).
- Mammoth City - the hometown of Eel O'Brian, otherwise known as Plastic Man. Apparently Mammoth City is in New Jersey! How dense is New Jersey in this universe? I’m not sure I want to know.
- Mesa City - an old-fashioned cowboy town in Arizona. Mostly featured in comics set in the 19th century, but we know it still exists because one Impulse annual was set here.
- Midway City - an industrial city in Michigan that’s fallen on some harder times (likely a Detroit analogue). Home to at least some iterations of the Doom Patrol, as well as Hawkman and Hawkwoman. This place was also absolutely trashed during Final Crisis.
- Opal City - home of various Starmen, and also Ralph and Sue Dibny (at least, before, you know.) In Maryland.
- Palmera City - Texan hub of technological innovation, home to Victoria Kord and Kord Industries. Apparently this was created for the movie, but made its way into Graduation Day and the current Blue Beetle ongoing.
- Portsmouth City - Pieter Cross (Doctor Mid-Nite) lives here! Or he did, when he existed. Also in Oregon.
- Quad Cities - four cities in Iowa and Illinois, along the Mississippi River. Home of Wild Dog, a vigilante I genuinely did not know existed before this.
- Rain City - appears in one issue of Anima (1994), described as a city whose time has come, like Paris in the 20s or San Francisco in the 60s. They never explain what this means, but it appears to involve a lot of raves, punk bands, and intravenous drugs.
- Superior City - the Oregon home of the original Red Bee (Rick Raleigh). I’m including this one because, one, Rick has a retconned-in sidekick who’s now part of the Lost Children, and two, what is with all these Oregon cities?
Bonus round! Count how many of these are in California. Now imagine trying to pay rent there.
This list is fascinating, but I have to point out…
(via haveievermentioned)
