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rgtichy Posts: 124
6/8/2020
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Summer's coming up, aka "Driving Season", and if you are passing through southern Illinois maybe headed towards Nashville or Louisville or across to St. Louis...
Metropolis, IL is there!
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Metropolis,+IL/@37.1561938,-88.7586576,13z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x887a06e4e57107b7:0x3f21b2db51d41bec!8m2!3d37.1511655!4d-88.7319979
I can say that I have taken my picture several times in front of the Superman statue in the town center.
As a kid, living in Chicagoland, I always wanted to go to Metropolis because it was mentioned (in the Superman Treasury Edition C-31, I believe) as the location of the Superman Theme Park! (Never completed, I guess.)
BUT, there is this statue.
AND, there's a comic book store on the town square.
Last time I was there, there was an ice cream store, too.
Driving with kids, driving with adults, this is a "small fun" place to stop and take a picture.
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rgtichy Posts: 124
6/8/2020
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https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2090
More on the theme park that was never built:
https://www.supermansupersite.com/park.html
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Ronbatman Administrator Posts: 2383
6/8/2020
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I've never been there but heard about it several times. Since we are in Indiana it would be an easy trip. Road Trip!
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rgtichy Posts: 124
6/9/2020
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Ronbatman wrote:
I've never been there but heard about it several times. Since we are in Indiana it would be an easy trip. Road Trip!
R
Not sure I'd say it is *worth* its own trip, even a day trip, but it is worth stopping for!
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boomstickman71 Posts: 5
12/28/2020
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My wife and I have been twice. But, I wouldn't make the drive just for that. The Harrah's casino just South of the Superman statue has great rooms for good prices, and a great restaurant.
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Defiant1 Posts: 720
12/28/2020
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I don't really like to travel.
C-31 is indeed a Superman comic.
I'm thinking this might be the one you are remembering..
Amazing World of Superman Metropolis Edition #nn
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rgtichy Posts: 124
12/29/2020
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No, there is a full page inside C-31 of the Superman park in Metropolis, IL because that is the book I had as a small child.
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Defiant1 Posts: 720
12/31/2020
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rgtichy wrote:
No, there is a full page inside C-31 of the Superman park in Metropolis, IL because that is the book I had as a small child.
I bought that as a kid too. What you describe sounds familiar, but I don't think I've opened mine since the 70's.
The other one was bought in the late 90's or early 2000's. I don't think I've ever opened it for more than a few seconds.
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