Metropolis

Metropolis is the largest and one of the most well-known cities in the United States, owing largely to the fact that it is the adopted hometown of Metropolis' favorite son, Superman.

History

The history of Metropolis stretches back to the year 1542 when Italian navigator Vincenzo Gnanatti discovered the region while in the employ of the Dutch. Prior to European colonization, the region was occupied by the Algonquin Native American tribe. It wasn't until 1634 however that the first settlement was established by Dutchman Paul De Vries. The settlement was named De Vries Village and occupies the neighborhood now known as "Old City" in the Eastern section of Queensland Park. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, De Vries Village prospered as a thriving seaport and it became an integral strategic location for General George Washington's army during the Revolutionary War.
In 1775, it established itself as a host to many book and newspaper publishing houses, the most successful of which would eventually become known as the Daily Planet.[1] During the "Devil's Winter Siege", the city was defended by Tomahawk's rangers, most notably Dan Hunter, in whose honor the settlement was renamed as Fort Hunter, later Hunterville and later still Hunter City. In 1783, P. Randall Jeffries opened the First Metropolitan Bank, which still exists today, though the corporate headquarters has since moved to the Central Business District in New Troy.
In 1847, the borough known as Hob's Bay became a bustling merchant center, as well as a hotbed for bigotry and intolerance, particularly against the rising influx of Irish immigrants. Mission worker Edna Luthor became a strong voice among the struggling workers, and she publicly preached a message of tolerance and love. Like many in the Luthor bloodline, Edna was a visionary whose convictions and strong sense of morality would help pave the way for Metropolis' future. These values were passed along to her grandson, Wallace Luthor who operated the Luthor Steel Works during the turn of the century.
In 1905 Hunter City became home to a noted adventurer, inventor and science hero: Waldo Glenmorgan. Glenmorgan began a trend of scientific prowess which culminated in the city changing its name to "Metropolis". This name change propelled the city towards its current position as the City of Tomorrow.
Over the years, billionare Lex Luthor has affirmed himself as the de facto owner of the city, as his company, LexCorp had interests in virtually every business based in Metropolis, however the status quo began to change with the arrival of Superman, Lex tried to buy Superman with a stunt that endangered everyone on board of his yacht, as a response, the mayor of Metropolis, Franklin Berkowitz had Luthor arrested for reckless endangerment. Ever since that day, Lex Luthor promised to destroy Superman, as he stole the spotlight as the most powerful man in Metropolis.
Over the years, Franklin Berkowitz had remained a stable mayor of Metropolis. His biggest democratic rival was Collin Thornton, who ran against him for mayor. Metropolis had recently experienced massive blackouts, followed by widespread looting. Berkowitz was livid and afraid of losing his re-election bid, compounding matters, the recent death of Luthor had left Metropolis in a power vacuum, leading to economic turmoil. This changed when Berkowitz received a letter from Luthor II, supposedly Luthor's secret son. Later that evening, Luthor II arrived from Australia and, with Berkowitz's blessing, delivered a speech in which he swore to resolve the situation.[6] Luthor Jr. immediately set to work and managed to resolve the crisis, providing a significant boost in P.R. for Berkowitz, who went on to win re-election.
When Superman died by the hands of Doomsday, it left the city heavily damaged but above all, Metropolis had lost its marvel, the news of Superman's death reached every corner of the world and galaxy. Nearly every superhero in the world attended the funeral, even the former president Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Clinton, a memorial statue remembering Superman was erect at Centennial Park.
At the turn of the millennium, Brainiac had placed a sleeper virus in Lexcorp's Y2K bug safeguards. This was intended to dramatically boost his abilities. Instead, it allowed Brainiac 13 to arrive from the 64th Century. Brainiac 13 used his incredibly advanced technology to transform the entire planet into a super computer with Metropolis being its motherboard, although Superman succeeded in defeating him with the help of Lex Luthor, the latter sacrificed his daughter Lena Luthor to Brainiac 13 in exchange for the codex to control B13 technology. As a result Luthor registered over a two day period five hundred patents, giving him a monopoly over B13 technology, which made Luthor a "googillions" of dollars in copyrights and patents. And although Brainiac 13 was defeated, Metropolis remained as if it was in the 64th century for a couple of years, until a time storm took the remaining B13 technology left, and Metropolis returned to normal.
Years later, Lex Luthor's reputation massively declined amongst the citizens of Metropolis, he was even attacked while he was leaving a court hearing, as a result Luthor grow resentful of Metropolis, and he started gathering as much Green Kryptonite as possible to power up a battleship controlled by a Sunstone. The Sunstone is a kryptonian artifact infinitely programmable to do whatever its user want, it was originally used by the Phantom Zoners to colonize several nearby planets, Luthor wanted to use it to completely destroy Metropolis, but he was eventually stopped by Superman after a long fight.

Places of Interest

The Six Boroughs

• Bakerline
• Hell's Gate
• New Troy
• Park Ridge
• Queensland Park
• St. Martin's Island

Neighborhoods

• Chinatown
• Hypersector
• Lafayette
• Little Africa
• Midvale
• Mount Royal
• New Town
• Oak Town
• Southside/Suicide Slum
• Hob's Bay
• Waterways
• Hobb's River
• Metropolis Bay
• West River

Parks and Recreational areas

• Centennial Park
• Metropolis Park
• Outlook Park
• Shuster Arena

Businesses

• Blaze Comics
• Goldstar, Inc.
• Lexcorp
• Chaney's

Museums

• Jules Verne Extra-Terrestrial Museum
• Lena Luthor Science Explorarium
• Metropolis Museum of Art
• Metropolis Museum of History

Superman Museum (30th century)

Laboratories

• Hamilton Technologies
• Project Cadmus
• Stagg Enterprises
• S.T.A.R. Labs
• Ivo Labs
• WayneTech

Media

• Bridwell Communications
• Action Bulletin News
• Black Beacon
• Daily Planet
• Daily Star
• Galaxy Communications
• Metropolis Daily News
• Metropolis Eagle
• Metropolis Today
• Newstime Magazine
• Metropolitan.com
• Whisper, The
• WJAB-TV
• WLEX-TV
• WMET-TV
• WGBS-TV
• UBC

Metropolis City Affairs

Mayor Robert Morrisroe	Person Name	Person Name	Person Name	Person Name

Metropolis Police Department

The police force of Metropolis, the home of Superman. Though the best known section is the Special Crimes Unit, they have a large body of uniformed officers as well. The Metropolis Special Crimes Unit, or SCU, was a branch sector of the greater Metropolis Police Department. Known informally as the SCU, this task force specialized in resolving criminal matters that were otherwise considered too extreme for the average police officer to handle. They cooperated in tandem with the efforts of Metropolis' resident super-hero, Superman, and have actually saved his life on more than one occasion.

Commissioner David Corporon	Police Chief Neo Kekoa	Lieutenant Casey	Lieutenant, SCU Lupe Leocadio	Sergeant Binghamton

Sergeant Casey	Sergeant, SCU Scott Laughlin	Detective Bill Henderson	Detective Dan Turpin	Detective J. Mason Hartwell

Detective Mike Henderson	Detective Danny Stone	Officer Aaron Jase	Officer Travis Johnson	Officer Marcie Schwalm

Officer Hammerstein	Officer Farrington	Officer Annabella Pertuzzelli

People of Note

Daily Planet

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Publisher Perry White	City Beat Reporter Lois Lane	Intl. Correspondant Clark Kent	Entertainment & Art Catherine Grant	Sports Columnist Steve Lombard

Reporter Ron Troupe	Reporter Whit	Cub Reporter Justin Moore	Photographer Jimmy Olsen	Assistant Allie

Citizens

Alice White	Jerry White	Bibbo Bibbowski	Metropolitan Report. Chloe Sullivan	Dirk Davis

Irons Steelworks John Henry Irons	Industrialist Franklin Stern	Scientist Gretchen Kelly	Lana Lang	Billionaire Investor Loren Jupiter

Lucy Lane	Principal Macnair Chaplin	Natasha Irons	Peter Gambi	WGBS Anchor Toby Raines

Trixie Collins

Trivia

Metropolis Trivia.

• It is located in Connecticut in this setting.
• Metropolis population grew by nearly 1 million people since it become known as Superman's city, due to the perceived security the Man of Steel brought to it.