Nicknamed "The Big Apricot", it's the city where Superman lives as an adult
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The 6 Fictional Cities That Superheroes Call Home!  moviepilot.com  Aug 5, 2016 ... Gotham City and Metropolis, the homes of Batman and Superman, ... Comic book readers first learned that the Dark Knight lives in Gotham city ... Just as New York City is called "The Big Apple," Metropolis is referred to as "The Big Apricot. ... will be its last and when that happens, all bets are off (right, Buffy?)...
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Superman III Movie - The 80s Movies Rewind - 80s Movies Home  As an adult, Lana eventually moved to Metropolis and even co-anchored the 6:00 news with TV ... The analogy to Superman III couldn't be more apt with its poorly-constructed villains, ..... The "Big Apricot" reference eventually found its way into DC Comics, where the nickname became the comic book city's nickname.)
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Comics - Superman Homepage  Permission is granted to distribute the FAQ in its entirety and without .... A4: These are called "triangle numbers" or "shield numbers. ...... For most of his adult life, Clark Kent lived in the Clinton Apartments 3-D at 344 Clinton Street. ... A37: Metropolis (a.k.a. the Big Apricot) is Superman's adopted city and the largest city in the...
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The Adventures of Superman (novel) - Expand Your Mind - Revolvy  Superman: Doomsday & Beyond , also known as Superman Lives! , is a licensed ... It is a young-adult version of The Death of Superman comics storyline from 1992. .... In its inception the three leads Jimmy Olsen , Lois Lane , and Supergirl rotated new ..... Metropolis is nicknamed "The Big Apricot," just as New York City is...
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J! Archive - Show #3683, aired 2000-09-13  From the Spanish for "pot", it's the party accessory seen here ... Nicknamed "The Big Apricot", it's the city where Superman lives as an adult...
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Superman II - Wikipedia  Superman II is a 1980 British-American superhero film directed by Richard Lester, based on the DC Comics character Superman. It is a sequel to the 1978 film Superman and stars Gene Hackman, ..... The Phantom Zone villains land outside the Fortress of Solitude with Lex Luthor and Lois Lane, trying to figure out how to get...
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Childrens Radio Shows | Old Time Radio  Dick Tracy Radio ... The Network Serials are some of the best loved and remembered. ... Young Terry Lee is a " wide awake American Boy" in the Orient having ... The Adventures of Superman began on WOR New York in 1940, less than two years .... the All American Boy, Billy and Betty Fairfield, Jack and his young friends...
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Full text of "Encyclopedia Of Television Shows, 1925 Through 2007 ...  Unlike their 1950s series {The Abbott and Costello Show) the situations in which Bud ...... The alternate title for The Adventures of Robin Hood. ...... The series, set in 12th century England, relates the ad- ventures of Sir Lancelot du Lac, a knight .... Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman; Smallville and Superboy.
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Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex  Aug 13, 2010 ... An exceedingly amusing story by Larry Niven about the Superman's ... He's able to leap tall buildings at a single bound. ... As a child Superman may never have known that things had surfaces, until he learned to suppress his X-ray vision. ... Superman must first ejaculate, then fly frantically after the stuff to...
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Comic Coverage: Fortress at 50  Mar 24, 2008 ... However, a story in Superman #58 (1949) mentions both a location in the ... Savage, who also had a Fortress of Solitude located in the arctic. ... lonely region"...as if giant golden arrows were a common directional ... With its immense scale and unique exhibits, Superman's arctic hideaway exemplifies all the...
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Lausanne - Lonely Planet  This hilly city (pronounced loh-san), Switzerland's fourth largest and the capital of ... Throughout the year Lausanne's citizens are treated to a busy arts calendar,...
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Clark Kent | Smallville Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia  Clark Kent, aka Superman, is Earth's greatest hero and the main protagonist of ... Born as Kal-El to Jor-El and Lara-El, Clark was sent to Earth by his parents to ... in Smallville: there, he was found by farmers Jonathan Kent and Martha Kent to ..... Clark has two notable characteristics that he takes directly after his biological...
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Origin of Superman - Wikipedia  The origin of Superman is the story that relates Superman's arrival on Earth and the beginnings of his career as a superhero. The story has been through many revisions through decades of publication ... His parents, Jor-El and Lara become aware of Krypton's impending destruction and Jor-El begins constructing a...
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Emerald City - Wikipedia  The Emerald City is the capital city of the fictional Land of Oz in L. Frank Baum's Oz books, first ... Located in the center of the Land of Oz, the Emerald City is the end of the famous yellow brick road, which .... Set 40 years after the events of The Wizard of Oz, its described as "Oz, seen through the eyes of Raymond Chandler".
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PlayographyIreland - Man and Superman - Irish Playography  London, the 1910s (The often-omitted Act III takes place in the Sierra Nevada, Spain) ... Act III, Don Juan in Hell, features a further 4 roles, one female and three male. ... Hell" has since been performed as a separate play in its own right; see separate ... 'Irish Playwrights 1880-1995: A Research and Production Sourcebook'.
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Cleveland, the True Birthplace of Superman | Arts & Culture ...  Aug 18, 2010 ... In 1933, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster dreamed up the comic strip hero with ... Both teenagers were awkward around girls, timid and obsessed with the ... They had a working-class ethic that is particularly Cleveland, and ... about the creation by Jewish immigrants of Superman and other comic book heroes.
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Superman (Clark Kent) | DC Database | Fandom powered by Wikia  Superman is the most powerful being on planet Earth, an alien immigrant named ... the child was discovered by Jonathan and Martha Kent in Smallville, Kansas. ... a message from his birth parents Jor-El and Lara, learning of Krypton for the ... Lex and Clark have a falling out after Luthor Manor burns down with Lex's father...
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1938: Superman comics debut | EW.com  Jun 6, 2001 ... But Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and the big S smack in the middle of his blue chest were intact when Superman made his 13-page debut in Action...
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Comics - Superman Homepage  Superman comic books have been around since 1938 (see Q10), though his .... through the Eradicator (see Q26) changed his metabolism (SUPERMAN #82, Oct.93). ..... and they did get married on the show in the fall of 1996, which was timed to ... The TV series deviates from the comic book stories, telling its own version of...
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Man and Superman - Dictionary definition of Man and Superman ...  Subtitled A Comedy and a Philosophy, George Bernard Shaw's Man and ... Among his notable works are the plays Pygmalion, Major Barbara, and Saint Joan.
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Superman (1978 film) - Wikipedia  Superman is a 1978 superhero film directed by Richard Donner. It is based on the DC Comics character of the same name and stars Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, ... Knowing Superman could stop his plan, Luthor lures him to an underground lair and exposes him to Kryptonite. As Superman weakens...