Blüdhaven

Blüdhaven (bl-urd hay ven) is a fiction city in the . Created by Chuck Dixon and Scott McDaniel in 1996, it was originally intended to serve as a backdrop for the Nightwing comics series. In some ways, it resembles such cities as Newark, New Jersey, Atlantic City, New Jersey; Camden, New Jersey; and Gary, Indiana: economically troubled cities that exist in the shadows of larger metropolitan areas. Maps, character conversation, and implied travel times have repeatedly represented Blüdhaven to be both south of and located close or adjacent to Gotham City. Some published maps of the two cities fit corresponding points on the New Jersey coast: Gotham's geography fits the Little Egg Harbor area of Ocean County, while Blüdhaven fits in to the area of Atlantic City or Brigantine Island. Its metropolitan region is divided between two DC Universe-specific counties, named Haven and Avalon, neither of which is found in any Mid-Atlantic State in a similar location. Dixon and McDaniel created... full article at wikipedia