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Other locations of note in the Central Business District are the Bank of Hong Kong and the Bank of Malaysia, luxurious Sovereign Hotel, and the Prince's Palace, said to rival Versailles. [5] During World War II, Baron Strucker and The Hand attempted to obtain a young Natasha Romanova, and were opposed by Captain America and Logan. [6]
Ryker's Island is the Marvel Universe counterpart to the real-world Rikers Island, New York City's largest jail facility, which also includes the 415 acre (1.7 km 2) island on which it sits. Ryker's houses both conventional criminals and costumed offenders lacking superpowers.
The Soul World (based on the Marvel Comics location of the same name), also known as the Way Station, [130] is a pocket dimension inside the Soul Stone [131] which Thanos finds himself in for a brief moment after he snapped his fingers and wiped out half of the Universe's population, where he encountered a young Gamora.
The shared universe, much like the original Marvel Universe in comic books, was established by crossing over common plot elements, settings, cast, and characters. The franchise has been commercially successful and has grossed over $31 billion at the global box office, becoming one of the highest-grossing media franchises and the highest ...
In the eyes of X-Men '97's head writer Beau DeMayo, he considers this universe and the Fox Marvel Animated Universe to inhabit the same canon. Fox Marvel Animated Universe X-Men: 1992 TV series connected by crossovers that are considered counterpart of DC Animated Universe. Consists of X-Men, Spider-Man, and X-Men '97.
The Marvel Universe is a fictional shared universe where the stories in most American comic book titles and other media published by Marvel Comics take place. Superhero teams such as the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and many Marvel superheroes live in this universe, including characters such as Spider-Man, Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Ant ...
The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z, Vol. 5, published in 2008, originally designated the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Earth-199999 within the continuity of Marvel's comic multiverse, a collection of fictional alternate universes, although, this designation was rarely used officially outside of the source material. [196]
Avengers logo. The Avengers are the central team of protagonist superheroes of "The Infinity Saga" within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.Created by Nick Fury and led primarily by Steve Rogers / Captain America, the team is a United States–based organization composed mainly of enhanced individuals committed to the world's protection from threats.