List of DC Universe locations

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This page lists the locations in the DC Universe, the shared universe setting of DC Comics.

Contents

Sites

Correctional facilities

Industrial sites

Extraterrestrial sites

Schools and universities

Sites that exist exclusively in other DC media

Cities of the DC Universe Earth

Fictional cities

Actual cities that also exist on the DC Universe Earth

Cities that exist exclusively in other DC media

Fictional geographic locations and countries of the DC Universe Earth

Planetary systems

Planets and moons which exist during the era of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Besides the planets listed above, the following planets exist during the era of the L.S.H.

Extradimensional realms

See also

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