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The Four Metropolis'
Metropolis, New York - DC Comics Iconic City
The fictional city of Metropolis appears in comic books published by DC Comics, and is the home of Superman. Metropolis first appeared by name in Action Comics #16, in 1939. The co-creator and original artist of Superman, Joe Shuster, modeled the Metropolis skyline after Toronto, Ontario, where he was born and lived until he was ten. Since then, however, it has become a fictional analogue of New York City.
Metropolis, Nevada - Ghost Town
Contrary to reports, Metropolis, Illinois is not the only town in the United States to have ever been named Metropolis. It is, however, a much more thriving and desirable town to visit than Metropolis, Nevada. What was once a thriving community of 25,000 is now nothing more than a ghost town of old hotel & school foundations and desert land littered with artifacts that dictate what once existed here. There is also a stone memorial honoring the town and it's residents which lived here from 1911 - 1947.
Metropolis, IL - Official Hometown of Superman
Forget Smallville, the fictional home of Jonathan and Martha Kent and their son Clark (aka Superman), the Metropolis Chamber of Commerce wants visitors to think of their town Metropolis as the legendary residence of Kal-El, the last son of Krypton. For nearly five decades now, the small town of Metropolis, Illinois, has welcomed tourists and curiosity seekers to the one-and-only home of the comic book hero. A billboard with the image of Superman points the way to downtown Metropolis for motorists entering the city from the east side. Other images of the super hero can be found all around this town of less than seven thousand inhabitants.
Metropolis - 1927 Science Fiction Film
Metropolis is a silent science fiction film created by the famed Austrian director Fritz Lang. Produced in Germany in the Babelsberg Studios during the brief years of the Weimar Republic and released in 1927, it was the most expensive silent film of the time, costing approximately 7 million Reichsmark (equivalent to around $200 million in 2005) to make. The screenplay was written in 1924 by Lang and his wife, Thea von Harbou, and novelized by von Harbou in 1926. It is set in a futuristic urban dystopia, and, like its contemporary The Battleship Potemkin, addresses the then-current political themes of capitalism v. communism.
