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New York Skylines?

I can say with certainty that the #94 Alfred as King Kong issue and the #370 Godzilla issue have New York skylines because the films were set in New York. Issue #370 even has the World Trade Center Towers in the lower right corner.

Harvey Kurtzman took a picture out of the E.C. office's bathroom window to capture a nice background for #11. Issues #17 and #34 have what looks like the Empire State Building. Some New Yorkers will have to help me here. Didn't Superman live in New York and work at the Daily Planet as Clark Kent? Batman's city is Gotham City. Many would say that means New York City. And, of course, there's the final issue from the NY crew…