France

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Official Name

French Fifth Republic

Aliases

Gaul, France

Location Details

Universe

Real World, New Earth, Earth-One, Earth-Two , 100 Bullets, American Century , Dakotaverse , Super Friends

Galaxy

Milky Way

Star System

Sol system

Planet

Earth

Country

France

Characteristics

Dimensions

:Land Area: 674,843 km² (40th) (260,558 sq. mi.)

Population

63,587,700

First appearance

History

The following is a list of various events in the DC Universe that have taken place in France.

• Vandal Savage was once the court physician in medieval France, and even used the royal family for syphilis experiments.

• The Pre-Crisis versions of Superman, Batman and Robin once traveled back in time and donned the guise of the Three Musketeers in order to rescue the Man in the Iron Mask.

• During World War II, Sgt. Rock and Easy Company went on several missions assisting the French Resistance against Nazi occupation.

• Libby Lawrence once escaped Nazi forces in Dunkirk by swimming the English Channel.

• In October of 1943, the Unknown Soldier went on a mission to Beaulieux.

• In 1954, a mystery man known as the Musketeer begins adventuring in France.

• Impulse once visited France to do a school report on the Eiffel Tower

• On his first solo mission, Robin (Tim Drake) teamed up with Clyde Rawlins and Lady Shiva to fight a street gang known as the Ghost Dragons.

• Agents of Checkmate buried the remains of Blue Beetle's Bug in France.

• Bruce Wayne first met Lucius Fox and matched wits with Henri Ducard in France.

• American soldier Joseph Jones suffered injuries in France, which eventually led to him adopting the super-hero guise of General Glory.

• In the movie Superman II, Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane became trapped in the Eiffel Tower after trying to get a scoop concerning a terrorist bomb.

• In Pre-Crisis continuity, the city of Paris was one of many locations temporarily stolen by the alien invader, Brainiac.

• Green Arrow once faced a rival archer known as the Phantom of France.

• Doctor Thirteen once debunked a ghostly legend known as the Phantom of Paris.
  
  

Points of Interest

• The headquarters of Justice League Europe was established in France.
  
  

Residents

• Many members of the Brotherhood of Evil are based out of France.
  
  
  

Trivia

• On Earth-AD, the region once occupied by France prior to the Great Disaster became known as the Wolf Napoleoneks.

See Also

• Appearances of France
• Location Gallery: France
  
  

Links and References

• France article at Wikipedia