Dc characters and their cities

[Frontier]

Somebody should be in Detroit. I'm not talking about circa 1984 JLA with Aquaman (the main body of water here is the Detroit River. The Great Lakes are much further away). Get a writer who knows the city and suburbs' history intimately.

Isn't Vixen based out of Detroit, generally?

[Lee Stone]

I've always preferred fictional cities, myself.

[The Whovian]

I would like to see someone move to Opal City. I have missed it ever since Jack retired.

[silly]

I would like to see someone move to Opal City. I have missed it ever since Jack retired.

i initially thought, "well, why can't we have both jack and courtney as active heroes", then i remembered there's only one cosmic staff.

[Kaijudo]

I would like to see someone move to Opal City. I have missed it ever since Jack retired.

Yeah, it's sad that the heroes who moved to Opal City as Jack was leaving (Ralph and Sue Dibney, the Ryan Kendall Black Condor) all wound up dying in various minis not long afterwards. Maybe someday Robinson could do a book featuring Shade, Mikaal Tomas, Bobo Benetti, Charity, and (why not) Congorilla serving at its protectors.

[Jody Garland]

Where is Opal City most likely located?

I've heard Opal was based on Philadelphia. If there's any truth to that, I'd say PA. There's not any other DC cities in PA, IIRC, so it's a good fit.

[The Whovian]

i initially thought, "well, why can't we have both jack and courtney as active heroes", then i remembered there's only one cosmic staff.

I don't want Jack to come back. His story ended perfectly and I wouldn't want DC to ruin that.

[Slaughter]

Disagree about Wonder Woman. In my mind she is one of the few Superheroes that conceptually doesn't seem to rely on being tied to a particular city. Most of her supporting cast are globetrotters by nature, and her main villains seem either to big to be tied to one city, or are also globetrotters. Plus Wonder Woman's mission means that she herself is pretty nomadic.

In a heroine tied to greek mythology? Please. The Greeks loved their city-states, their polei. Athens, Sparta, Corinth, Thebes, Syracuze, Olympia, Megara, etc. Every city had a patron/protector god or two (a similar custom is how catholic cities often have patron saints).
Gods are often linked to certain places. Also each city had its own revered heroic founder(s)

Even Aquaman has his own city nowdays - in fact he has two: Amnesty Bay and Atlantis.

Only guy who doesn't need a city in the Phantom Stranger, and that's because he's literally destined to wander the Earth.

Ins't Wonder Woman a ambassador? It makes sense to leave her in Federal City, which AFAIK is a strand-in for DC.

Somebody should be in Detroit. I'm not talking about circa 1984 JLA with Aquaman (the main body of water here is the Detroit River. The Great Lakes are much further away). Get a writer who knows the city and suburbs' history intimately.

How about nobody? From what I heard, Detroit is almost a post-apocalyptic city. You can't deal with something like that properly without somebody perceiving himself as insulted. I would rather get a stand-in.

Isn't Vixen based out of Detroit, generally?

What's with people throwing black super-heroes in Detroit? Vixen, then Cyborg. I say leave Detroit under Simon Baz, its his turf. Also he barely goes around, anyway.

I've always preferred fictional cities, myself.

Same here, they're more "Alternate History" thus more exciting and interesting. A good writer knows how to use such a tool.

[Mel Dyer]

Hercules (under the name 'Champion') lives in Gateway City, a fictional West Coast city, based on San Francisco. Wonder Woman moved to Gateway, for awhile, in the 90s, and the Spectre lived there, in the 40s.

[j9ac9k]

Does anybody remember where J'onn J'onnz operated as John Jones?

[Jody Garland]

Denver, CO according to the Ostrander series. The Silver Age stories from House of Mystery placed him somewhere in Florida, of all places.

[Herowatcher]

Superman -- Metropolis
Batman -- Gotham
Wonder Woman -- Boston or Washington D.C. (she needs a place to relax and call her own)
Aquaman -- Amnesty Bay /Atlantis
Green Lantern -- Coast City
Flash -- Central City
Hawkman & Hawkwoman -- Midway City
Green Arrow -- Star City
Black Canary -- Star City
The Atom -- Ivy Town
Martian Manhunter -- New York City
Black Lightning -- Suicide Slum /Metropolis
Vixen -- Detroit
Skyrocket -- St. Louis /Coast City
The Question -- Chicago
Blue Beetle (Ted) -- Hub City
Captain Atom - Cape Canaveral, FL.
Nightshade -- Washington D.C.
Peacemaker -- Philadelphia /Swiss Alps
Captain Marvel -- Fawcett City
Nightwing -- Bludhaven

[Kaijudo]

The Question -- Chicago
Blue Beetle (Ted) -- Hub City

I think you flipped these two around, at least for their post-Crisis books. Ted was in Chicago and Vic was in Hub City.

[Aahz]

[Mutant God]

This is just my opinion on where I would put them:

Metropolis (New York City) - Superman, Steel, Black Lightning, Alan Scott,
Gotham City (Chicago) - Batman, Zatanna, Huntress, Ted Grant
Star City (Seattle) - Green Arrow, Black Canary, Speedy
Opal City (Philadelphia) - Wonder Woman, Guy Gardner
Central City (Atlanta) - Barry Allen, Michael Holt
Middleton (Denver) - Martian Manhunter
Happy Harbor (Providence, Rhode Island) - Aquaman
Coast City (Los Angeles) - Hal Jordan, Kyle Rayner, Vixen
Gateway City (San Francisco) - Supergirl, Terry Sloane, Cassie Sandsmark
Bludhaven (Boston) - Nightwing,
Fawcett City (Detroit) - Shazam, John Stewart, Vibe
Calvin City (Pittsburgh) - Ray Palmer, Firestorm
Ivy Town (Phoenix) - Ryan Choi
Keystone City (St. Louis) - Wally West, Jay Garrick
Hub City (Houston) - Ted Kord, Jaime Reyes, The Question
Liberty Hill (Washington D.C.) - Amanda Waller, Hall of Justice
Dakota City (Oakland) - Static, Icon
Jump City (San Diego) - Cyborg, Beast Boy