The phonograph also made Edison's reputation as the Inventor of the Age and led to his most famous nickname The Wizard of Menlo Park.. Newspaper reporters flocked to the Menlo Park Laboratory to see the new invention and to interview Edison.
Metropolis, Illinois. Metropolis is the the Hometown of Superman, celebrating its local hero every possible way it can. The local bank is home of super financial services.. The town newspaper calls itself The Planet.
In the television series Smallville, Metropolis is in the same state as Smallville, Clark Kentâs hometown. Thatâs right, itâs Kansas â which, next to Chicago, seems to make sense. Clark Kent is from the Midwest and it makes sense that he would move to a Midwestern City.