Where is Smallville and Where is Metropolis on the Map?

[DoctorZero]

They've gone back and forth pre-crisis where Gotham and Metropolis were supposed to be.
Smallville was never specified where it was located until Man of Steel. AT times prior to MOS they've hinted both Metropolis and Gotham were in New York.  Other times they seemed to indicate that they were in neighboring states.  Personally, I felt Metropolic was supposed to be in New York and the equivalent of New York City and Gotham was in New Jersey and the equivalent of Newark.  But depending on the person writing the stories, the cities could have taken place in either New Jersey or New York.

[Daughter of Krypton]

Smallville was never spedified where it was located until Man of Steel.

Not quite true.

I've mentioned twice in this thread that prior to MOS, Smallville was placed in Kansas in at least one of the Chris Reeve Superman movies, and in 1981 (5 years before MOS), it was in Kansas in Maggin's Miracle Monday novel. I also quoted the passage (just go back a page).

Much earlier than all that, way back in 1977, Amazing World of DC Comics #14 placed Smallville in Maryland.

[Klar Ken T5477]

Wesinger or ENB in a LOC response said Metropolis was in the state of imagination

[Uncle Mxy]

Wesinger or ENB in a LOC response said Metropolis was in the state of imagination

Next thing you're gonna tell me is that it's in a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind.

[MatterEaterLad]

Wesinger or ENB in a LOC response said Metropolis was in the state of imagination

Next thing you're gonna tell me is that it's in a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind.

Of course it is... :wink:

[Daughter of Krypton]

I just visited the Superman Homepage and Steve Younis has posted a bunch of photographs he took at a recent Superman Returns pickup shoot in Sydney.

Included are close ups of newspapers, signs, and license plates.

It looks like the movie places Metropolis in "New York State" and even gives it a ZIP code: 20145.

[DoctorZero]

I was speaking more specifically of the comics, where they avoided directly placing any of DC's fictional cities in a particular state.  Any guesses as to where "Central City" and "Coast City" were supposed to be?

[Daughter of Krypton]

Any guesses as to where "Central City" and "Coast City" were supposed to be?

Umm - in the center and on the coast?

Actually, I always got the impression that Metropolis was New York-ish; Central City was Chicago-ish, and Coast City was LA-ish.