Midway City

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This is an article about a fictional city. For the real-life city, see Midway City, California

Midway City is a fictional cities in the DC Universe, the shared universe of comic book titles published by DC Comics. Midway is always shown to be a midwestern city based loosely on the real world city of Chicago, Illinois (though Chicago also exists in the DCU). In an "Ask the Answer Man" column printed in Detective Comics #470 (June 1977), writer Bob Rozakis stated that Midway City was in Michigan, near Sault Ste. Marie. This statement has since been reasserted in assorted official ^[1] and licensed ^[2] publications. Previously, some writers stated it's in Illinois.

Midway City is most famous for once being the home of the Silver Age Hawkman and Hawkgirl. In current continuity, the Golden Age Hawkman, in his secret identity of Carter Hall, used to be the curator of the Midway City Museum. Along with the current Hawkgirl, the duo currently reside in St. Roch, Louisiana.

Midway City was also the original home of the Doom Patrol. They moved to St. Louis, Missouri early in volume 2 of their eponymous series.

[edit] In other media

Midway City was the setting in the 1967 Filmation Hawkman shorts of The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure.

Midway City was mention in The Batman episode "What Goes Up...".

[edit] In other comics

In the fourth volume of Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Midway City is also the name of a city visited by Leonardo when Master Splinter, transformed into a giant bat, is spotted. Here Leonardo encounters the Knight Watchman.