Gotham is located in New Jersey on the east coast of the United States, not far from the metropolis where Superman lives. Batman, clown and many other superheroes or super villains.
Batman's earliest activity place was new york City, and later it was changed to the fictional Gotham City. When one of the creators, Bilfinger Berden, was asked why, Finger said that this fictional city name was used to make readers in any city agree with it. At first, Finch wanted to name it "citizen city", and later he tried "capital city" and "coastal city", but they were not satisfied. Later, while reading the phone book in new york, he came across a shop called Gotham Jewelry Store. He thought the name Gotham was very good, so he began to use it.
The word "Gotham" means "Village of Fools" in English, and it is also one of the nicknames of new york. 1807165438+1October 1 1, the American writer washington irving used this name to satirize new york's culture and politics. Joker once quoted this etymological allusion in the 880th issue of Detective Comics.
Like many other cities in Washington, D.C., in the early decades, Gotham's geographical information has been changing due to the replacement and adjustment of writers, editors and story lines, but the main location is in New Jersey. In issue 14 of Washington Comic World, publisher Markgrunwald marked Gotham, New Jersey, when discussing the history of Justice League.
It is said that Gotham is based on Chicago or Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but the design is more exaggerated. The city also has famous street landscapes, such as Little Italy and Chinatown. In short, its design is inspired by the styles of new york, Manhattan, Los Angeles, West London, Chicago, Sydney, Tokyo and Hongkong.