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otham City, once a byword for crime and urban decay, has risen


above its past to once again stand tall as an economic powerhouse of manufacturing, shipping, and financial trading. Centuries of industrial wealth have funded world- class examples of skyscrapers and venues for the performing arts. Founded by a Norwegian


mercenary, Gotham City is today one of the world’s leading economic hubs and a center of history and the arts. The city’s most noteworthy corporation isWayne Enterprises (box p45), specializing in research and technology via Wayne Biotech, Wayne Aerospace, and Wayne Chemicals; and playing a vital role in everyday living through Wayne Shipping, Wayne Steel, and Wayne Foods. The company’s charitable arm, the Wayne Foundation, has


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given the city a welcome new lease of life after decades of neglect and street crime. Notorious crooks have included


a number of costumed pseudo- celebrities, who have been opposed by a heroic figure with a similar taste for outlandish garb. That figure is, of course,TheBatman (box p63), the vigilante who is said to scale rooftops and zoom down the boulevards in an armored car. The Batman is much more than an urban legend, but so far he has eluded the press and remains one of Gotham’s intriguing enigmas.


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Occupying a peninsula surrounded by the cold waters of the Atlantic, Gotham City is a vital seaport for the trafficking of cargo and the

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