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raccoon

(31,126 posts) Wed Feb 20, 2013, 03:14 PM Feb 2013

Superman was raised in Kansas.

"Discovered and adopted by a Kansas farmer and his wife, the child is raised as Clark Kent and imbued with a strong moral compass..."
(wikipedia)

My question is, what city?

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Superman was raised in Kansas. (Original Post) raccoon Feb 2013 OP

Smallville Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #1

I think it's just west of Jetmore...... lastlib Feb 2013 #2

Smallville, Ks Broken_Hero Feb 2013 #3

I had always assumed NewJeffCT Feb 2013 #5

Same here Broken_Hero Feb 2013 #6

Westboro - God Hates Superheroes. Gorp Feb 2013 #4

Me too!!!!!!! triguy46 Feb 2013 #7

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)

1. Smallville

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 03:15 PM

Feb 2013

lastlib

(23,288 posts)

2. I think it's just west of Jetmore......

Reply to Angry Dragon (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 03:23 PM

Feb 2013

Only Superman could live there--especially since the state became Kochtopia.

Broken_Hero

(59,305 posts)

3. Smallville, Ks

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 03:26 PM

Feb 2013

Smallville per the comics was very small, around 1500 people or so. In the tv series Smallville was substantially bigger, I believe the population number on the Smallville sign stated the city was around 18k. The worst mistake in Smallville the tv series was making Metropolis into Kansas City, and Smallville was roughly 4hrs west.

I always imagined Smallville was a bit southwest of Manhattan, KS.....

NewJeffCT

(56,829 posts)

5. I had always assumed

Reply to Broken_Hero (Reply #3)

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 05:38 PM

Feb 2013

that Gotham City and Metropolis were just pseudonyms for New York City and the metro area around there.

Broken_Hero

(59,305 posts)

6. Same here

Reply to NewJeffCT (Reply #5)

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 06:31 PM

Feb 2013

in regards to Metropolis at least. I always thought of Metropolis being New York City, and Gotham being Chicago. In the new Batman movie trilogy with C. Bale, Gotham is in Illinois(at least B. Wayne's tags had Illinois plates).

Gorp

(716 posts)

4. Westboro - God Hates Superheroes.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 05:17 PM

Feb 2013

triguy46

(6,028 posts)

7. Me too!!!!!!!

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 09:26 PM

Feb 2013

And my middle name is Kent!

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