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Article #370Re: placenames
From: Mike Ciaraldi
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1985 21:55
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1985 21:55
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> Since the DC Universe has New York City, Gotham City cannot
> occupy the same location. I have heard that the DC role-playing game
> shows Gotham City as having the general shape of Rhode Island. That
> a city is the size of a state (even the smallest) is unusual. I don't
> have the game so I cannot confirm this. Can someone else?
>
> Joe Barone, {allegra, decvax!brunix, linus, ccice5}!rayssd!m1b
> Raytheon Co, Submarine Signal Div., Box 330, Portsmouth, RI 02871
I don't know about the game, but in the issue of
DC COMICS PRESENTS where Superman meets the Earth-Prime Superboy,
Supes gets shoved into another universe, looks down at where
his home city usually is, and thinks something like,
"New York City is much bigger than it should be, and
covers the whole area where Metropolis used to be.
And Gotham seems to be part of
Boston. This must be Earth-Prime!" or some such.
Metropolis and Gotham are sometimes referred to as existing inside states,
but the names of those states are always avoided.
So, for example, Arkham Asylum is "upstate" from Gotham
(although I think a recent issue said it was in New York State,
which would contradict WHO'S WHO, so I don't know).
This is all from memory, anyway.
Mike Ciaraldi
seismo!rochester!ciaraldi
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