So as DC Comics’ Superman franchise rose to prominence during the 1950s, the beleaguered citizens of real-life Metropolis were primed to embrace the fact that Superman lived in a city that ...

The small detail that gives away the location of Metropolis in the new Superman is Lois Lane's car’s license plate. The Delaware license plate indicates that Metropolis is indeed located in Delaware, ...

A copy of Action Comics No. 1, the first in which Superman ever appeared, was discovered as they went about the painful task of packing up a home that had been in the family since at least the 1950s.