| New York City | |
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| New York City | |
| Aliases: | City of New York; The Big Apple; NYC |
| Category: | City |
| Region: | North America |
| Country: | United States of America |
| State: | New York |
| Residents: | New Yorkers |
New York City is the most populous city in the US state of New York and one of the most important metropolitan cities in the entire world; so much so in fact, that it has even been nicknamed the "Capital of the World". [1] The city is divided into five districts, or boroughs. They are: Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Staten Island.
In fiction[]
New York City is the most often-used setting in Marvel Comics publications. The majority of superhero teams that exist within the Marvel Universe are based out of New York City. The growing superhero community at large however, expanded its territories in more recent years thanks to the advent of the 50-State Initiative, which positioned one officially government-sanctioned superhero in one major city in every state in the United States.
In horror fiction, New York City is the base of operations for Ghost Rider, both Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch. While Johnny Blaze was a more mobile adventurer than his younger sibling, there have been a multitude of Ghost Rider sightings throughout the borough of Manhattan. Danny Ketch on the other hand, was more rooted to his home town of Brooklyn.
Living vampire Michael Morbius was also based out of New York City and maintained several laboratories and safe houses throughout the five boroughs. In the Spider-Man animated series, Michael Morbius was a foreign exchange student who attended classes at Empire State University. Some of the more monstrous staff members employed by ESU include Professor Miles Warren, aka, the Jackel and Doctor Curtis Connors who, through his own scientific experiments, became a bipedal reptile called the Lizard.
Points of Interest[]
The Five Boroughs[]
Neighborhoods[]
Comics that take place in New York City[]
Characters from New York City[]
People who were born in New York City[]
- Al Williamson
- Bill Mantlo
- Bob Budiansky
- Chic Stone
- Dick Giordano
- Gardner Fox
- Gene Colan
- Gerry Conway
- J.M. DeMatteis
- Jack Kirby
- Jimmy Palmiotti
- Joe Jusko
- Joe Quesada
- John Buscema
- John Romita, Sr.
- Larry Lieber
- Len Wein
- Mark Texeira
- Marv Wolfman
- Mike Esposito
- Neal Adams
- Ralph Macchio
- Sal Buscema
- Sandy Plunkett
- Stan Lee
- Tom DeFalco