dc - Where is Gotham City located? - Science Fiction & Fantasy …
网页2013年5月13日 · From the Batman Wiki. Before Detective Comics #48, Batman's adventures were said to happen in New York City. Gotham is known to be architecturally modeled after New York City, but with exaggerated elements of the styles and derives its name from a sobriquet for that real world city, first popularized by the author Washington …
Do the cities in the DC Universe correspond to real world cities?
网页2017年6月6日 · Before Detective Comics #48, Batman's adventures were said to happen in New York City. Gotham is known to be architecturally modeled after New York City, but with exaggerated elements of the styles and derives its name from a sobriquet for that real world city, first popularized by the author Washington Irving in his satirical work Salmagundi ...
dc - What is Gotham City a metaphor for? - Science Fiction
网页2017年10月27日 · 3. It seems pretty clear to me that DC's Gotham City is not supposed to represent a real place. It's far too grim to be somewhere that anyone would live, or businesses would open up in. I know Grant Morrison actually tried to make Gotham more realistic, but the current Tom King run solidifies for me that there's no way Gotham is …
dc - Does it always rain in Gotham? - Science Fiction & Fantasy …
网页2017年3月12日 · The name "Gotham City" was first used in Detective Comics #48. (1941) Gotham would start to get more character in the 1970's as Batman's writers and editors began to alter Batman from his more campy appearances in the 60s. In Detective #327 we start seeing more of Batman at night and both Gotham and the Batman take on a much …
dc - Why is Batman restricted to Gotham city? - Science Fiction ...
网页2017年3月12日 · 50. Every superhero began from somewhere. Batman had his origins in Gotham because it was a city that needed a symbol, a savior who selflessly acted right no matter what. Superman began from Metropolis that way, etc. But when you look at DC heroes from the context of Justice League, you see that they leave and save the planet …
comics - Why Does DC Use Fictional City Names? - Science Fiction ...
网页2012年4月4日 · 2 Answers. Writer Bill Finger, on the naming of the city and the reason for changing Batman's locale from New York City to a fictional city said, "Originally I was going to call Gotham City 'Civic City'. Then I tried 'Capital City', then 'Coast City'. Then I flipped through the New York City phone book and spotted the name 'Gotham Jewelers' and ...
Why doesn't Gotham City execute their villains?
网页2018年1月26日 · Gotham can't execute criminals because Gotham is a city in the USA. The federal and the state governments have the authority to decree the death penalty for crimes, but counties and municipalities don't. The 14th amendment to the US constitution forbids states from taking life, liberty or property without due process - if counties or cities ...
dc - What makes Gotham work as a major city? - Science Fiction ...
网页2016年12月28日 · Gotham city is described since the 70's as a crime-ridden city. Corruption is rampant, thugs walk free and cops do look out for the mafia. And it rains all the time, and it's common to quite every version of Gotham since Dennis O'Neil (who wrote "Batman's Gotham City is akin to 'Manhattan below Fourteenth Street at eleven minutes past …
dc - Are Gotham and Metropolis neighbours? - Science Fiction
网页2015年8月22日 · According to Brave and the Bold (Vol. 1, #179), Gotham City is eventually annexed by Metropolis by the era of The Legion of Superheroes, turning all of Gotham into just one of Metropolis' neighborhoods. This implies that the two cities were very close or that Metropolis becomes very large. Share. Improve this answer.
How does Bruce travel from The Pit to Gotham City?
网页2012年7月23日 · 30. After Bruce escapes The Pit in The Dark Knight Rises he travels to Gotham City, however The Pit is located in South Africa and Gotham City is located half-way across the world in North America. At this point in the story Bruce is completely broke, and he has no access to any of his remaining resources anyways, so I don't see how he could ...