Suicide Slum
- Southside, known better by it's occupants as Suicide Slum, is a neighborhood in Metropolis that has been known to have a much higher rate of crime than the rest of the city. It is a down market area that many who can not afford the apartments and penthouses of the main city live, the property prices of the Slums being lower due to the corruption. Suicide Slums has been, at various times, the stomping ground of several superheroes, including the Guardian (who protected the Newsboy Legion) and Black Lightning. The human personification of the New God, Black Racer, lied paralyzed in a hospital located in the Slums, which is also where he was eventually murdered. Darkseid's lackey, Sleez, operated here for a time, until he was slain. It is also the home of Jose Delgado, a schoolteacher who is also a masked vigilante Gangbuster. Suicide Slum was reputed as a lost cause that many Metropolis residents believe not even heroes can do anything about.
