What about the location of Metropolis?
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Gotham City, like other cities in the DC Universe, has varied in its portrayals over the decades, but the city's location is traditionally depicted as being in the state of
New Jersey. In
Amazing World of DC Comics #14 (March 1977), writer
Mark Gruenwald discusses the history of the
Justice League and indicates that Gotham City is located in New Jersey.
In
The World's Greatest Super Heroes(August 13, 1978) comic strip, a map is shown placing Gotham City in New Jersey and
Metropolis in Delaware.
World's Finest Comics #259 (November 1979) also confirms that Gotham is in New Jersey.
The New Adventures of Superboy #22 (October 1981) and the 1990
Atlas of the DC Universe both show maps of Gotham City in New Jersey and Metropolis in the state of
Delaware.
Detective Comics #503 (June 1983) includes several references suggesting Gotham City is in New Jersey. A location on the
Jersey Shore is described as "20 miles north of Gotham". Within the same issue,
Robin and
Batgirl drive from a "secret New Jersey airfield" to Gotham City and then drive on the "Hudson County Highway", a reference to the real-life
Hudson County in New Jersey.
Batman: Shadow of the Bat Annual #1 (June 1993) further establishes that Gotham City is in New Jersey. Sal E. Jordan's driver's license in the comic shows his address as "72 Faxcol Dr Gotham City, NJ 12345", although the
ZIP Code is actually in
Schenectady, New York.
Gotham City is the home of
Batman, just as
Metropolis is home to
Superman, and the two heroes often work together in both cities. In comic book depictions, the exact distance between Gotham and Metropolis has varied over the years, with the cities usually being within driving distance of each other. The two cities are sometimes portrayed as
twin cities on opposite sides of the
Delaware Bay, with Gotham in New Jersey and Metropolis in Delaware.
The Atlas of the DC Universe from the 1990s places Metropolis in Delaware and Gotham City in New Jersey.
New York has also garnered the
nickname Metropolis to describe the city in the daytime in popular culture, contrasting with
Gotham, sometimes used to describe New York City at night. During the
Bronze Age of Comic Books, the Metro-Narrows Bridge was depicted as the main route connecting the twin cities of Metropolis and Gotham City. It has been described as being the longest
suspension bridge in the world.
A map appeared in
The New Adventures of Superboy #22 (October 1981), that showed
Smallville within driving distance of both Metropolis and Gotham City; Smallville was relocated to
Kansas in
post-Crisis continuity. A map of the United States in
The Secret Files & Origins Guide to the DC Universe 2000 #1 (March 2000) depicts Metropolis and Gotham City as being somewhere in the
Tri-state Area alongside
Blüdhaven.
