New York City

New York City, simply known as New York, is a state in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States of America and the location of many superheroes in the Marvel Universe.

History

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X-Men: First Class

Charles Xavier decides to build his school at the family mansion in Upstate New York.

X-Men

Magneto installed his mutation-inducting device on the Statue of Liberty attempting to use it on the U.N. meeting at Ellis Island. Fortunately he was thwarted by the X-Men.

X-Men: The Last Stand

Hank McCoy was appointed to become the US ambassador at the U.N.

X-Men: Days of Future Past

New York City was ruled over by the sentinels who hunted, captured and killed mutants until the X-Men managed to change the timeline.

X-Men: Apocalypse

New York City is nearly destroyed when Magneto uses his powers to manipulate the magnetic poles, killing thousands. The X-Men however managed to stop this alongside Apocalypse.

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Spider-Man

Peter Parker lived in New York and ended up being bitten by a radioactive spider in Columbia University.

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Peter Parker lived in New York and got powers after being bitten by a genetically modified spider in Oscorp. The city's inhabitants are almost transformed into giant Lizards by Curt Connors only to be saved by Spider-Man.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

New York City was once again threatened by three new villains: Rhino, Electro and Green Goblin.

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Fantastic Four

Reed Richards and company live in Baxter Building, which they turned into their headquarters after their mutation.

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Reed Richards and Susan Storm-Richards's marriage was disrupted by the appearance of the Silver Surfer.

Daredevil

Matt Murdock lived in New York.

Punisher: War Zone

The New York Police Department created a task force to hunt Frank Castle.

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Captain America: The First Avenger

Steve Rogers is a Brooklyn resident, and his Super Soldier Serum is injected on him in a Strategic Scientific Reserve facility. After Heinz Kruger explodes the facility, Rogers chases him to the harbor. Almost 70 years later, Rogers awakens in a SHIELD facility in New York and after breaking out of it ends up in the middle of Times Square.

Iron Man

Tony Stark was born in Manhattan.

The Incredible Hulk

Samuel Sterns' laboratory is in Empire State University, and the Harlem serves as the background to a battle between Hulk and Abomination.

Iron Man 2

Stark Expo is held on Flushing Meadows.

The Avengers

In the year after Iron Man 2, Stark Industries built Stark Tower in Manhattan. Loki later installs the Tesseract-powered wormhole generator atop the tower, and a Chitauri army strikes upon New York but are fought off by the Avengers.

Daredevil

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Jessica Jones

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Avengers: Age of Ultron

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Luke Cage

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Doctor Strange

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Men in Black

James Darrell Edwards III is a NYPD cop before a confrontation with an alien, which leads K to recruit him to the MIB, headquartered in Manhattan - residence of most of the estimated 1500 aliens on the planet. The climactic battle has the duo going after Edgar at the site of two disguised flying saucers, the observation towers of the New York State Pavilion at Flushing Meadows.

Men in Black II

The evil Serleena lands close to NYC and murders a hidden alien at a SoHo pizzeria. After J restores K's memories, the two try to foil Serleena's plans, leading to K using a neuralyzer hidden at the Statue of Liberty's torch to erase the memories of the New Yorkers.