Metropolis

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DC Comics location Superman location fictional city

Metropolis is a fictional, futuristic American city in the DC Comics universe, best known as Superman’s primary home and the backdrop for many of his stories.

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Label Occurrences
Metropolis canonical 37

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf DC Comics location ⓘ
Superman location ⓘ
fictional city ⓘ
appearsInUniverse DC Universe ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Superman ⓘ
surface form: Clark Kent

Jimmy Olsen ⓘ
Lex Luthor ⓘ
Lois Lane (fictional character) ⓘ
surface form: Lois Lane

Perry White ⓘ
associatedWithTeam Daily Planet staff ⓘ
contrastedWithCity Gotham City ⓘ
fictionalCountry United States of America ⓘ
firstAppearanceCharacter Superman ⓘ
firstAppearanceWork Action Comics ⓘ
genre superhero fiction ⓘ
hasDistrict Downtown Metropolis ⓘ
New Troy borough ⓘ
Suicide Slum neighborhood ⓘ
hasSuperheroProtector Steel ⓘ
Supergirl ⓘ
Superman ⓘ
hasSupervillain Lex Luthor ⓘ
Metallo ⓘ
Toyman ⓘ
inspiredBy City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

New York City ⓘ
knownFor advanced futuristic technology ⓘ
being a symbol of hope in DC Universe ⓘ
skyscraper-filled skyline ⓘ
languageInContinuity English ⓘ
medium animated television series ⓘ
comic books ⓘ
feature films ⓘ
live-action television series ⓘ
notableLandmark Daily Planet ⓘ
surface form: Daily Planet Building

Hob's Bay ⓘ
LexCorp Tower ⓘ
New Troy ⓘ
Suicide Slum ⓘ
notableOrganization Daily Planet ⓘ
LexCorp ⓘ
Metropolis Police Department ⓘ
S.T.A.R. Labs ⓘ
primarySuperhero Superman ⓘ
publisher DC Comics ⓘ
roleInStories frequent target of supervillain attacks ⓘ
main setting for many Superman comics ⓘ
primary home of Superman ⓘ
typicalDepiction bright and optimistic urban environment ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice → setting → Metropolis ⓘ
Superman III → setIn → Metropolis ⓘ
Lois Lane (fictional character) → associatedWith → Metropolis ⓘ
subject surface form: Lois Lane
Lois Lane (fictional character) → homeCity → Metropolis ⓘ
subject surface form: Lois Lane
Six Flags Great Adventure → hasArea → Metropolis ⓘ
Superman → baseOfOperations → Metropolis ⓘ
DC Universe → hasFictionalLocation → Metropolis ⓘ
Superman: The Movie → setIn → Metropolis ⓘ
Diana Prince → baseOfOperations → Metropolis ⓘ
Lex Luthor → residence → Metropolis ⓘ
Lex Luthor → primarySetting → Metropolis ⓘ
Perry White → fictionalCity → Metropolis ⓘ
Silas Stone → basedIn → Metropolis ⓘ
Kryptonite → associatedWith → Metropolis ⓘ
Arrowverse → featuresLocation → Metropolis ⓘ
Lana Lang → associatedWithPlace → Metropolis ⓘ
Jimmy Olsen → associatedWith → Metropolis ⓘ
Jimmy Olsen → baseOfOperations → Metropolis ⓘ
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace → setIn → Metropolis ⓘ
The Newsboy Legion → fictionalCity → Metropolis ⓘ
Daily Planet → city → Metropolis ⓘ
Action Comics #1 → setting → Metropolis ⓘ
Ella Lane → residence → Metropolis ⓘ
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman → setting → Metropolis ⓘ
Action Comics → mainSetting → Metropolis ⓘ
Superman: The Animated Series → setting → Metropolis ⓘ
Sam Lane → inUniverseResidence → Metropolis ⓘ
The Adventures of Superman → setIn → Metropolis ⓘ
Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi → land → Metropolis ⓘ
The Flash (2023 film) → setIn → Metropolis ⓘ
James Olsen → associatedWith → Metropolis ⓘ
James Olsen → cityOfResidence → Metropolis ⓘ
It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman → setting → Metropolis ⓘ
Lego DC Super Heroes → featuresLocation → Metropolis ⓘ
Outsiders → baseOfOperations → Metropolis ⓘ
LexCorp → headquartersLocation → Metropolis ⓘ
"A Little Piece of Home" → featuresLocation → Metropolis ⓘ
subject surface form: A Little Piece of Home