My Superman: The City Of Tomorrow

Do you know what the Avenue of Tomorrow is? It's the main strip in Metropolis. It's where tons of tech based cooperations have their main offices of operation. Most famously STAR labs, Waynetech and Luthorcorp. It was first mentioned by name in the last few years. It's why Metropolis is called the City of Tomorrow. Because lots of fancy schmancy tech companies are based there.

Metropolis should all be gorgeous art deco and be just slightly more advanced than the real world. And some comics feature it as such.

You know what it's missing though? The guys who aren't changing the world all huddled in one little corner of town trying to make it to the big leagues. The tech black market. Cyberpunk Row. Guys who read too much Philip K Dick and listen to too much Daft Punk and deal in Brainiac circuit boards left over from Superman punch outs in the middle of town to build shrinking rays that blow up in their hands.

In the sixties, there were tons of these guys in Metropolis. About 50% of all Jimmy Olsen stories started with him going to interview one of these crackpots and getting turned into a porcupine or some such. Shit was awesome.

In my head, I put them all in one crowded little corner. The island of misfit scientists. Well intentioned genius idiots. Their elder statesman is Professor Potter. Hiro Okamura the android kid genius deserves his own back up in Action following his adventures there avoiding all the other weirdos trying to take him apart to get an eyeball full of Schott tech. Metallo and Reactron getting pissed because no one there will rebuild their murderous asses.

My Metropolis is fun as hell.