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Superman: A Tale of Five Cities, the Glossary

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A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel published in 1859 by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.

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Amsterdam

Amsterdam (literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel") is the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands.

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Bruce Timm

Bruce Walter Timm (born February 5, 1961) is an American artist, animator, writer, producer, and director.

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Bussum

Bussum is a commuter town and former municipality in the Gooi region in the south east of the province of North Holland in the Netherlands near Hilversum.

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Canal house

A canal house (grachtenpand) is a (usually old) house overlooking a canal.

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Carlsen Verlag

Carlsen Verlag is a subsidiary of the homonymous Danish publishing house which in turn belongs to the Swedish media company Bonnier.

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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.

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Centralbron

Centralbron ("The Central Bridge") is a major bridge in central Stockholm, Sweden, connecting the northern district Norrmalm to the southern Södermalm.

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Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Copenhagen

Copenhagen (København) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the urban area.

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Copenhagen Airport

Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup (Københavns Lufthavn, Kastrup) is an international airport serving Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, as well as Zealand, the Øresund Region, and southern Sweden including Scania.

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Copenhagen City Hall

Copenhagen City Hall (Københavns Rådhus) is the headquarters of the Copenhagen City Council as well as the Lord mayor of the Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark.

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DC Comics

DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe.

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Dutch language

Dutch (Nederlands.) is a West Germanic language, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the third most spoken Germanic language.

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Ediciones Zinco

Ediciones Zinco was a Spanish publisher based in Barcelona dedicated to the publication of literature and entertainment material, from coloring booklets or books intended for children to western novels and espionage, comics, role playing and board games.

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Eisner Awards

The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are awards for creative achievement in American comic books.

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Embassy of Russia, Copenhagen

The Embassy of Russia in Copenhagen is the diplomatic mission of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of Denmark.

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Esplanadi

Esplanadi (Esplanaden), colloquially known as Espa, is an esplanade and urban park in downtown Helsinki, Finland, situated between the Erottaja square and the Market Square.

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Finland

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.

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Finnish language

Finnish (endonym: suomi or suomen kieli) is a Finnic language of the Uralic language family, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland.

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Flag of Denmark

The national flag of Denmark (Dannebrog) is red with a white Nordic cross, which means that the cross extends to the edges of the flag and the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side.

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Frank Miller

Frank Miller (born January 27, 1957) is an American comic book artist, comic book writer, and screenwriter known for his comic book stories and graphic novels such as his run on ''Daredevil'', for which he created the character Elektra, and subsequent ''Daredevil: Born Again'', The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: Year One, Sin City, and 300.

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Frogner Park

Frogner Park (Frognerparken) is a public park in the central West End borough of Frogner in Oslo, Norway.

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Gamla stan

Gamla stan ("The Old Town"), until 1980 officially Staden mellan broarna ("The Town between the Bridges"), is the old town of Stockholm, Sweden.

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Gotham City

Gotham City, or simply Gotham, is a fictional city in the Eastern United States that serves as the primary city appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Gustav Vigeland

Gustav Vigeland (11 April 1869 – 12 March 1943), born as Adolf Gustav Thorsen, was a Norwegian sculptor.

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Hardanger

Hardanger is a traditional district in the western part of Norway, dominated by the Hardangerfjord and its inner branches of the Sørfjorden and the Eid Fjord.

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Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and most populous city in Finland.

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Helsinki Cathedral

Helsinki Cathedral (Helsingin tuomiokirkko, Suurkirkko; Helsingfors domkyrka, Storkyrkan) is the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran cathedral of the Diocese of Helsinki, located in the neighborhood of Kruununhaka in the centre of Helsinki, Finland, at the Senate Square.

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Helsinki Central Station

Helsinki Central Station (Helsingin päärautatieasema, Helsingfors centralstation) (HEC) is the main station for commuter rail and long-distance trains departing from Helsinki, Finland.

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Holmenkollbakken

Holmenkollbakken is a large ski jumping hill located at Holmenkollen in Oslo, Norway.

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Ice (character)

Ice (Tora Olafsdotter) is a fictional character, a comic book superheroine in publications from DC Comics.

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Interpresse

Interpresse, later known as Semic Interpresse, was a Danish comic book publisher that operated from 1954 to 1997.

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It's a Bird...

It's a Bird... is a 2004 graphic novel released by DC Comics under its mature-readers Vertigo imprint. Superman: A Tale of Five Cities and It's a Bird... are Superman titles.

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Italian language

Italian (italiano,, or lingua italiana) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire.

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Jakob Stegelmann

Jakob Stegelmann (born 1957) is a Danish television presenter and producer, best known for hosting the TV show Troldspejlet, and creating the Danish version of the Disney Afternoon.

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Jimmy Olsen

Jimmy Olsen is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Justice League International

Justice League International (JLI) is a fictional DC comics superhero team that succeeded the original Justice League from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. The team enjoyed several comic books runs, the first being written by Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis, with art by Kevin Maguire, created in 1987.

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KGB

The Committee for State Security (Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti (KGB)) was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 13 March 1954 until 3 December 1991.

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Kongens Nytorv

Kongens Nytorv (lit. "The King's New Square") is a public square in Copenhagen, Denmark, centrally located at the end of the pedestrian street Strøget.

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Lex Luthor

Alexander Joseph "Lex" Luthor is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Lois Lane

Lois Lane is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Mälaren

Mälaren, historically referred to as Lake Malar in English, is the third-largest freshwater lake in Sweden (after Vänern and Vättern).

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Metropolis (comics)

Metropolis is a fictional city appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, best known as the home of Superman and his closest allies and some of his foes.

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Mike Carlin

Michael Carlin (born October 6, 1958) is an American comic book writer, editor, and executive.

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Nasdaq Stockholm

Nasdaq Stockholm, formerly known as the Stockholm Stock Exchange (Stockholmsbörsen), is a stock exchange located in Frihamnen, Stockholm, Sweden.

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National Museum of Finland

The National Museum of Finland (Suomen kansallismuseo, Finlands Nationalmuseum) is a museum in Helsinki presenting Finnish history from the Stone Age to the present day, through objects and cultural history.

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National Theatre (Oslo)

The National Theatre in Oslo (Nationaltheatret) is one of Norway's largest and most prominent venues for performance of dramatic arts.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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Niels Søndergaard

Niels Søndergaard (born 12 October 1947) is a Danish writer and translator.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Oslo

Oslo (or; Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway.

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Palace Hotel (Copenhagen)

Palace Hotel is a residential hotel on the eastern side of City Hall Square in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Rizzoli Libri

Rizzoli Libri, formerly Rizzoli Libri S.p.A. and RCS Libri S.p.A. is an Italian book publisher and a division of Mondadori Libri, a wholly owned subsidiary of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore.

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Royal Danish Theatre

The Royal Danish Theatre (RDT, Danish: Det Kongelige Teater) is both the national Danish performing arts institution and a name used to refer to its old purpose-built venue from 1874 located on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen.

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Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a subregion of Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples.

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Semic Press

Semic Press is a Swedish comic book publishing company that operated from 1963 to 1997.

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Sergels torg

Sergels torg ("Sergel's Square") is a major public square in Stockholm, Sweden, constructed in the 1960s and named after 18th-century sculptor Johan Tobias Sergel, whose workshop was once located north of the square.

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Sibelius Monument

The Sibelius Monument (Sibelius-monumentti; Sibeliusmonumentet) by Eila Hiltunen is dedicated to the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865–1957).

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Spanish language

Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.

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Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries.

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Stockholm City Hall

Stockholm City Hall (Stockholms stadshus, Stadshuset locally) is the seat of Stockholm Municipality in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Stockholm Metro

The Stockholm Metro (Stockholms tunnelbana) is a rapid transit system in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Stockholm Palace

Stockholm Palace or the Royal Palace (Stockholms slott or Kungliga slottet) is the official residence and major royal palace of the Swedish monarch (King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia use Drottningholm Palace as their usual residence).

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Storkyrkan

Storkyrkan, also called Stockholms domkyrka (Stockholm Cathedral) and Sankt Nikolai kyrka (Church of Saint Nicholas), is the oldest church in Stockholm.

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Stortorget

Stortorget ("the Grand Square") is a public square in Gamla Stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden.

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Strøget

Strøget is a pedestrian, car-free shopping area in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Superman

Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Superman: A Tale of Five Cities

Superman og Fredsbomben (translation: Superman and the Peace Bomb) or Superman: A Tale of Five Cities is a large prestige format 48-page graphic novel published by Danish publisher Interpresse in 1990. Superman: A Tale of Five Cities and Superman: A Tale of Five Cities are 1990 books, 1990 comics debuts, dC Comics graphic novels and Superman titles.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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Swedish language

Swedish (svenska) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and in parts of Finland.

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Swedish Theatre

The Swedish Theatre (Svenska Teatern) is a Swedish-language theatre in Helsinki, Finland, and is located at the Erottaja (Skillnaden) square, at the end of Esplanadi (Esplanaden).

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Teddy Kristiansen

Teddy Kristiansen (born 29 July 1964) is a Danish comic book artist, known for his work in mystery, horror, and dark, suspense-filled comics.

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The Dark Knight Returns

The Dark Knight Returns (alternatively titled Batman: The Dark Knight Returns) is a 1986 four-issue comic book miniseries starring Batman, written by Frank Miller, illustrated by Miller and Klaus Janson, with color by Lynn Varley, and published by DC Comics.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman:_A_Tale_of_Five_Cities

Also known as Superman and the Peace Bomb, Superman og Fredsbomben.

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