Editing Metropolis (comics) (section)

==Creation==
[[File:1 Manhattan, New York City.jpg|thumb|250px|[[New York City]] is often cited as a real-life equivalent of Metropolis,<ref name="Heidi" /> and the landmarks in Metropolis are based on real places in [[Manhattan]].<ref name="Fleisher" />]]

Like many other fictional cities in DC Comics, the location of Metropolis has varied over the years but is usually portrayed as a major city in the [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]], sharing various qualities with [[New York City]].<ref name="Bridwell, E. Nelson 1976"/> [[Superman]] co-creator [[Joe Shuster]] moved to [[Cleveland]] at age ten, where he met co-creator and [[Ohio]] native [[Jerry Siegel]].

Originally intending to sell the Superman strips to a Cleveland newspaper, they decided to set the stories there, but when the strips were re-used for the comic books, they changed the location to the fictional Metropolis. Shuster was quoted as having modeled his Metropolis cityscape on that of his hometown, [[Toronto]],<ref name="web.archive.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Entertainment/20060628/superman_returns_cdn_060628/ |title=Superman co-creator has humble Canadian roots - CTV News |date=June 4, 2011 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604145745/http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Entertainment/20060628/superman_returns_cdn_060628/ |archive-date=June 4, 2011 }}</ref> and in the early versions of Superman, Clark Kent worked for a newspaper called the ''[[Daily Star (DC Comics)|Daily Star]]'', modeled after the real-life ''[[Toronto Star]]''.<ref name="web.archive.org"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/joe-shuster|title=Joe Shuster|first=Alan|last=Hustak}}</ref> ''Action Comics'' #2, however, mistakenly portrays Clark Kent as a reporter for the ''Cleveland Evening News''.