Editing Metropolis (comics) (section)

==Legion-Era Metropolis==
Metropolis is traditionally depicted as continuing to survive, thrive and expand well into the 30th- and 31st-century timeframes used as the backdrop of the ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' in all that series' varied incarnations to date.

During the original incarnation of the series, Metropolis would be depicted as covering anything ranging from the entire Atlantic American coast to a more narrowed jurisdiction – according to one map officially published during [[Paul Levitz]] and [[Keith Giffen]]'s initial partnership on the series, in ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' (vol. 2) #313 (July 1984) – covering most of [[Massachusetts]], all of [[Rhode Island]] and [[Connecticut]], [[New York State]] from [[Long Island]]'s eastern tip up into the [[Catskills]], and a large portion of northern [[New Jersey]]. In one imaginary ''Superman'' tale published in 1976 and partly set in then-futuristic 2001, "Metropolis" is the name of the new [[Megalopolis (term)|megalopolis]] of the Eastern seaboard corridor, comprising the cities of [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Philadelphia]], New York and [[Boston]] and all the territory in between (''Superman'' #300, June 1976).

Whatever version was used, it was generally viewed as given that the original city, as well as Gotham City, were considered within Legion-era Metropolis' boundaries, from the mid-1960s until the events of ''[[Zero Hour (comics)|Zero Hour]]''.

The first post-''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' version of the series as published in the [[Legion of Super-Heroes#"Threeboot" continuity (2004–2009)|"three-boot"]] edition has described Metropolis as having expanded over the intervening millennium up the "entire Atlantic seaboard" of North America in one issue (reminiscent of New York's future expansion in [[Isaac Asimov]]'s ''[[The Caves of Steel]]'' and in [[Poul Anderson]]'s ''[[The Corridors of Time]]'', and to an extent ''[[Mega-City One]]'' of the ''[[Judge Dredd]]'' comics). In ''[[Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds]]'', it is revealed that this version of Metropolis belongs to the newly restored [[Earth-Prime#DC Comics|Earth-Prime]]'s 31st Century.

In ''Adventure Comics'' (vol. 2) #12, Metropolis during the Legion's first year is described by [[Brainiac 5]] as having a population of "78 million sentient inhabitants in the urban zone before you reach the greenbelt".