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CNN are reporting that Metropolis, IL is adding a Lois Lane statue to join their iconic Superman statue.
The villain is the economy. Despite being about $70,000 shy of the funding needed to cast a figure in the image of the fictional “Daily Planet” reporter, this town of 6,000 residents says it’s going forward with a ground breaking. Metropolis wants its Lois Lane statue.
There are no skyscrapers here. If you search the local telephone book you won’t find any familiar names. There’s no Lex Luthor or Perry White. The closest Jimmy Olsen lives in Aledo, Illinois. If you call the nearby nuclear plant and ask about kryptonite they won’t take you seriously. Most days of the year you can walk about town without seeing anyone in a cape or leotard.
Very little about Metropolis, Illinois, resembles the metroplex made famous in “Action Comics,” except for the constant presence of Superman. His statue stands 15-feet tall outside the Massac County Courthouse and 50 yards away is the county justice center.
Specifically it’s a life-size bronze statue of Noel Neill, the actress who played Lois Lane in the Adventures of Superman.
One imagines that the funding could be raised quite easily if copies of it were to be released as part of DC Direct’s statue program.
I remember driving past Metropolis a few years ago on my way to a conference in Memphis. Interstate 24 runs right by the town, anybody heading south from the Chicago area is probably going to pass by. I got to see the big sign saying “Welcome to Metropolis”, but I never made it into the center of town as we were only stopping for gas. Maybe one day I’ll go back there for the annual Superman festival.
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