We often take fictional comic book city locations in comic books for granted, as if they are real. Places like Metropolis, Gotham City, Smallville, or Wakanda are so mainstream in popular culture that we pretend like they are real places. However, they are really not what we think they are. Most fictional comic book cities have surprising real-life locations as inspiration.
Did you know that Metropolis is technically in Delaware? Did you know that Gotham City, while originally a mirror of New York City, was later retconned to be in New Jersey? I bet your idea of these fictional comic book city locales seems very different now.
