Chronopolis (Marvel Comics)

The comic book stories published by Marvel Comics since the 1940s have featured several noteworthy concepts besides its fictional characters, such as unique places and artifacts. There follows a list of those features.

Places

Certain places feature prominently in the Marvel Universe, some real-life, others fictional and unique to the setting; fictional places may appear in conjunction with, or even within, real-world locales.

Earth

New York City

Many Marvel Comics stories are set in New York City, where the publishing company is based.

=Superhero sites

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New York is the site of many places important to superheroes:
* Avengers Mansion: Currently in ruin, but long the home of the Avengers.
* Avengers Tower: Formerly Stark Tower, the current headquarters of the Avengers.
* Alias Investigations: A private investigations firm founded and owned by Jessica Jones.
* Baxter Building and Four Freedoms Plaza: The bases of the Fantastic Four.
* '' Daily Bugle'': A newspaper building where Peter Parker (Spider-Man), among others, work.
* Fisk Towers: A skyscraper owned by the Kingpin, and base of operations for his criminal activities.
* Hell's Kitchen: Home and protectorate of the Defenders ( Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist), and the Punisher.
* Nelson and Murdock Law Offices: The law firm founded by Matt Murdock (Daredevil) and Foggy Nelson.
* Sanctum Sanctorum: The abode of Doctor Strange located in Greenwich Village.
* Oscorp Tower: A skyscraper owned by Norman Osborn. Now the headquarters for Alchemax.
* Mutant Town/District X: A ghetto-like neighborhood of New York primarily populated by mutants. Since the Decimation, its mutant population has largely disappeared.
* The Bowery: In ''Fantastic Four'' #4 (1962), the Human Torch discovers the Namor in this Manhattan neighborhood of "human derelicts", where Namor had taken up residence after sustaining amnesia.
* Wakandan embassy: The consulate/embassy of Black Panther's nation of Wakanda.

=Companies

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New York is a center of industry, serving as the headquarters for a few Marvel companies:
* Alchemax: A company owned by Tyler Stone.
* Cross Technological Enterprises: A multinational industrial company run by Darren Cross. It is a rival of Stark Industries.
* Damage Control: A construction company that specializes in repairing the property damaged by super-powered individuals.
* Fisk Industries: A legitimate business on the surface founded and owned by Wilson Fisk.
* Frost International: A multi billion-dollar electronics conglomerate run by Emma Frost.
* Hammer Industries: A company founded and owned by Justin Hammer.
* Horizon Labs: A technological company headed by Max Modell.
* Oscorp: A company founded and formerly owned by Norman Osborn.
* Parker Industries: A company founded and owned by Peter Parker.
* Pym Technologies: A biochemical company founded by Hank Pym.
* Roxxon Energy Corporation: A conglomerates corporation and one of the largest fuel companies in the world.
* Stark Industries: A company founded and owned by Isaac Stark Sr. It is currently owned by Tony Stark (Iron Man).
* Trask Industries: A weapons and technology company founded and owned by Bolivar Trask.
* Von Doom Industries: An international megacorporation founded by Victor von Doom, who is the CEO.

=Universities

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* Columbia University: A real university whose fictional alumni include Matt Murdock ( Daredevil), Elektra, and Reed Richards (Mister Fantastic). It is featured in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man films.
* Empire State University (ESU): A fictional university whose alumni include Peter Parker (Spider-Man), Harry Osborn, Gwen Stacy, Emma Frost, and Johnny Storm (the Human Torch). Doreen Green ( Squirrel Girl) is currently enrolled in its computer science undergraduate program.
* Sotomayor University: A fictional university whose students include America Chavez (Ms. America) and David Alleyne (Prodigy). The university is named after Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

Regions and countries

* Atlantis: A small continent with many human settlements. Over 20,000 years ago, an event called the "Great Cataclysm" caused it to be submerged into the sea.
* Attilan (; also known as the Hidden Land): Home of the Inhumans. Originally an island in the Atlantic Ocean, it has moved several times, including to the Andes, the Himalayas, the Moon, and Hala, the homeworld of the Kree. Attilan is destroyed in ''Infinity'', with its remains becoming a sovereign state, New Attilan, ruled by Medusa.
** Attilan in other media
*** Attilan appears in '' The New Fantastic Four'' episode "Medusa and the Inhumans". This city is ruled only by Medusa.
*** Attilan appears in the ''Fantastic Four'' (1994) three-part episode "Inhumans Saga".
*** Atillan appears in the Disney XD Marvel series '' Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.'', ''Ultimate Spider-Man'', ''Guardians of the Galaxy'', and '' Avengers Assemble''.
*** Attilan appears in ''Marvel Future Avengers''.
*** Attilan appears in ''Inhumans'' (2017).
* Bagalia: A sovereign island nation in an undisclosed location. It was founded by the Shadow Council and is ruled by criminals.
* Chronopolis: The city-state headquarters of Kang the Conqueror, located on the outskirts of the timeless dimension Limbo. It also appears in '' Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2''.
* Costa Verde: A country in Central America where Silverclaw was born.

* Demonica: An island north of Hawaii created by Doctor Demonicus; it eventually sinks back into the Pacific.
* Deviant Lemuria: The undersea home of the Deviants located at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
* Dynamo City: An interstellar city and space port for dynamism controlled by a municipal government.
* Genosha: An island nation off the coast of Africa, north of Madagascar, where mutants were once enslaved.
* Hyboria: The main continent of the Hyborian Age where Conan the Barbarian lived.
* Imaya: A country in North Africa.
* Kamar-Taj: A small kingdom in the Himalayas.
* Krakoa: A living island in the South Pacific.
* K'un-Lun: A mystical city that only appears periodically on the earthly plane. It is closely associated with Iron Fist.
* Latveria: A country in Europe ruled by Doctor Doom.
* Lemuria: A small continent and group of islands in the Pacific Ocean 21,000 years ago, which was ruled by the Deviants. It was sunk underwater during a battle with Atlantis.
* Madripoor: A city modeled after Singapore, to which Wolverine has connections.
* Monster Isle: An island where ''kaiju''-style monsters rule.
* Muir Island: An island off the northwest coast of Scotland, containing Moira MacTaggert's mutant research lab.
* Nova Roma: An ancient Rome-like city in Brazil where Magma was born.
* Olympia: Mountain city of the Eternals, located on Mount Olympus in Greece.
* Providence: An artificial island made of parts from Cable's old space station, ''Graymalkin'', located in the South Pacific Ocean, southwest of Hawaii. Providence was intended to be a place where the best minds on Earth could gather, live, and find new ways of doing everything in hopes of giving the world a peaceful future. Cable later destroys Providence to keep the future evidence of the Messiah Child's birth away from the Marauders.
* Savage Land: A place with a tropical climate, prehistoric animals, and strange tribes located in the heart of Antarctica.
* Slorenia: An eastern Slavic nation.
* Sokovia: An Eastern European nation that was created for the Marvel Cinematic Universe before being integrated into the comics. In the MCU, Helmut Zemo, Wanda Maximoff, and Pietro Maximoff are depicted as Sokovian.
* Subterranea: A vast underground region. It is the home of the Mole Man, Tyrannus, and various underground creatures who serve them.
* Symkaria: A country in Europe adjoining Latveria and home of Silver Sable.
* Transia: A country in Balkans. The birthplace of Spider-Woman, Quicksilver, and the Scarlet Witch. The men of the Russoff line were afflicted with the curse of lycanthropy here. It is the base of operations for the High Evolutionary, and source of the "radioactive clay" used by the Puppet Master. One location is , a mountain to which Chthon was bound.
* Vorozheika: A country to the northeast of Chechnya. It is formerly part of the USSR and now ruled by the Eternal Druig.
* Wakanda: An African nation ruled by T'Challa, the current Black Panther.

Prisons

*Alcatraz is a real-life island prison in San Francisco Bay. In the Marvel universe, it held superhuman criminals in special section in the 1940s. In '' Dark Reign'', Alcatraz is occupied by H.A.M.M.E.R. and used as a detention center for mutants.
* is a nuclear testing facility in New Mexico. It held the Armageddon Man and perhaps others in suspended animation. It first appeared in ''X-Men'' (vol. 2) #12 (1992).
*The Cage is a prison that uses a special force field to depower inmates based on a remote island in international waters. The Cage was home to four prison gangs: a group of Maggia loyalists, the Skulls (a white supremacist gang loyal to the Red Skull), the Brothers (a black prison gang), and the Cruisers (a cabal of sexual predators who preyed on the other inmates as best as they could). The Cage was later shut down and replaced by the Raft.
* is a British prison previously known simply as 'Crossmoor'. Deadpool and Juggernaut were its known inmates.
*The Cube is a prison for super-powered beings, such as the Hulk, the Abomination, Absorbing Man and the Leader. The prison was created by writer Grant Morrison and artist J. G. Jones in ''Marvel Boy'' vol. 2 #6 (2000). Its location is undisclosed and only high-ranking S.H.I.E.L.D. agents know of its existence. It has a special program where prisoners are brainwashed to become obedient soldiers. In ''Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways'' #4, Marvel Boy had taken control of the entire facility. In '' Dark Reign'', the Cube served as the Thunderbolts' base of operations.
**Cube in other media
***The Cube appears in '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes''. This version is a S.H.I.E.L.D. prison for gamma-powered supervillains, including the Leader, the Abomination, Absorbing Man, the U-Foes, the Wrecking Crew, Bi-Beast, Radioactive Man, Madman and Zzzax.
*The is a Canadian maximum security prison.
**Ice Box in other media
***The Ice Box appears in ''Deadpool 2'', where it houses mutant fugitives, such as Deadpool, Russell Collins, Black Tom Cassidy and Juggernaut.
* (also known as the Pym Experimental Prison and ironically dubbed "The Big House") inmates in the facility are shrunk down using Pym particles for cheaper storage and easier control. It is also known as the "Ant Hill" due to operators using versions of the Ant-Man helmet to influence ants to act as security with Roberto Dawber as the warden.
**Lang Memorial Penitentiary in other media
***The Big House appears in '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes''. This version was developed by Hank Pym and is housed in the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier while maintained by benign Ultron sentries. In the episode "Breakout", a technological fault causes the Big House to enlarge, damaging the Helicarrier and allowing the inmates to escape.
* (Potential Energy Group, Alternate Sources, United States) is a government facility that researches alternative and unusual forms of energy. It is later used as a prison for individuals with energy-based powers.
**Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. in other media
*** Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. appears in '' Iron Man: Armored Adventures''. This version is an energy research facility led by Russian scientist Anton Harchov and located in New York City that is later absorbed into Stark International under Obadiah Stane.
*** Project Pegasus appears in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
*The Raft is a prison facility for superhuman criminals (predominantly supervillains). Created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist David Finch, it first appeared in '' The New Avengers'' #1 (2005) as the "Maximum-Maximum Security" wing of Ryker's Island.
**Raft in other media
*** The Raft appears in '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes''.
*** The Raft appears in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
*** In a deleted scene from ''Deadpool'', Ajax is escorted by boat to "The Raft Prison".
*** The Raft appears in ''Lego Marvel Super Heroes''.
*** The Raft appears in ''Spider-Man''.
*** The Raft appears in '' Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order''.
*** The Raft makes a minor appearance in ''Spider-Man 2''.
* Ravencroft is a maximum-security asylum, primarily appearing in association with Spider-Man. The ''Ruins of Ravencroft'' storyline reveals that Ravencroft was a site for superhuman experiments during the 20th century.
**Ravencroft in other media
*** Ravencroft appears in ''Spider-Man''.
*** Ravencroft appears in '' The Spectacular Spider-Man''.
*** Ravencroft appears in '' The Amazing Spider-Man 2''.
*** Ravencroft appears in '' Venom: Let There Be Carnage''.
* is the Marvel Universe counterpart to the real-world Rikers Island, New York City's largest jail facility. In ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' (vol. 4), Ryker's Island was renamed the Cellar when it was bought and improved by Empire Unlimited.
**Ryker's Island in other media
*** Ryker's Island appears in ''Spider-Man'' (1994).
*** Ryker's Island appears in '' The Spectacular Spider-Man''.
*** Ryker's Island appears in the ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' episode "Return of the Sinister Six".
*** Ryker's Island appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) television series '' Daredevil'' and ''Luke Cage''.
* (also called "Little Alcatraz") is where the wrongly convicted Carl Lucas agreed to become a test subject for Noah Burstein. These experiments lead to him gaining super powers and changed his name to Luke Cage. The prison also appears in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
*The Vault is a defunct prison facility for super-human criminals (predominantly supervillains). It first appeared in ''The Avengers'' Annual #15 (1986) and prominently appeared in the 1990 event "Acts of Vengeance", where it was run by Truman Marsh. It was destroyed in ''Heroes for Hire'' #1 (February 1997).
**Vault in other media
*** The Vault appears in the ''Iron Man'' episode "The Armor Wars".
*** The Vault appears in ''Fantastic Four''.
*** The Vault appears in '' The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction''.
*** The Vault appears in the '' Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes'' episode "Strings".
*** The Vault appears in '' The Spectacular Spider-Man'' episode "Opening Night".
*** The Vault appears in ''The Super Hero Squad Show''.
*** The Vault appears in '' Marvel Super Hero Squad''.
*** The Vault appears in '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes''. This version of the prison specializes in holding technological-based super-criminals and their technology. In the episode " Breakout", the Vault undergoes a technological fault that allows all of its prisoners to escape. In response, Iron Man uses J.A.R.V.I.S. to activate the prison's self-destruct sequence.
*** The Vault appears in '' Avengers Assemble''.
*** The Vault appears in '' Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.''.
*** The Vault appears in Thunderbolts*.

Other locations

* Avengers Compound: The former headquarters of the West Coast Avengers.
* Bar with No Name: There are different Bars with No Name that appear in different locations and are often frequented by supervillains who mostly have drinks, relax, and socialize.
** The Bar with No Name appears in the ''Spider-Man'' DLC " The City That Never Sleeps".
* Braddock Lighthouse: A lighthouse on the shores of Cornwall that connects universes. It served as the headquarters for Excalibur, before its destruction. It was later rebuilt and became a Krakoan Gateway, but was destroyed once again.
* Braddock Lighthouse: An 18th century manor owned by the Braddock family. It is the headquarters of Excalibur, the R.C.X and S.T.R.I.K.E, a basis for the superhero school Braddock Academy, and a Krakoan Gateway.
* Citrusville, Cypress County, Florida: It is in the Everglades and appears most frequently in stories related to Man-Thing. It is located near the Nexus of All Realities, a cross-dimensional gateway.
* Caldecott: A western Mississippi county and town where the X-Men's Rogue was born.
* Darkmoor: The location of both the Darkmoor Energy Research Centre (a high-tech, top secret government facility at which University student Brian Braddock is doing work experience) and a stone circle which was a centre of great mystical power. As the Captain Britain mythos expanded, it also played host to Darkmoor Prison and the Darkmoor Castle, home of the Black Baron.
* The Fridge: A S.H.I.E.L.D. base and prison that appears in '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''
* Gamma Base: Also known as Hulkbusters Base, and Desert Base. Originally a New Mexico base dedicated to Hulk's capture, it is later acquired by Operation: Zero Tolerance and S.H.I.E.L.D.
* Grand Nixon Island: An island owned by disgraced ex-general General Kreigkopf.
* Graymalkin Industries: The undercover name for the X-Men's new headquarters in San Francisco following their departure from the X-Mansion, which was destroyed in "Messiah Complex".
* HUB: S.H.I.E.L.D's main headquarters in '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' The HUB was once taken over by Hydra. S.H.I.E.L.D retook the HUB with Phil Coulson's team.
* Hydro-Base: A floating seacraft disguised as a natural island floating off the coast of North America outside territorial waters.
* The Massachusetts Academy: A prep school founded in the 18th century in Snow Valley, in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts. It is administered by Emma Frost, who trained the Hellions.
* Salem Center: A hamlet in the town of North Salem, Westchester County, New York. The X-Mansion, the base of the X-Mansion, is located in Salem Center.
* Red Room: A Soviet training facility that was created to produce highly specialized spies, including Black Widows Natalia Romanova and Yelena Belova. It also appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
* Valhalla Villas: A retirement home in Florida where the heroes and villains of the Golden Age reside. It is owned by Mary Morgan.

Outer space

Planets

* Battleworld: An assortment of patchwork planets.
* Counter-Earth: There have been four versions of the hypothetical planet Counter-Earth, each one a near-duplicate of Earth. It is featured in '' Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3'' and '' Spider-Man Unlimited''.
** High Evolutionary's Counter-Earth: The first Counter-Earth was created by the High Evolutionary with the help of at least some of the Infinity Gems as part of his "Project Alpha". The High Evolutionary artificially creates a Counter-Earth specifically located to hide it from "True Earth"; on his planet he has greatly accelerated evolution and the passage of time. Due to a lack of superheroes, the High Evolutionary enlisted Adam Warlock to keep peace.
** Goddess's Counter-Earth: The second Counter-Earth, dubbed "Paradise Omega", was created by the Goddess using the Cosmic Egg, a collection of Cosmic Cubes.
** Franklin Richards's Counter-Earth: The third Counter-Earth was created by Franklin Richards during the '' Heroes Reborn'' event. On Counter-Earth, the heroes relived altered versions of their pasts, unaware of their previous lives in the "mainstream" Marvel Universe, where they were presumed dead.
** Onslaught Reborn Counter-Earth: The fourth Counter-Earth was also created by Franklin Richards after the events of '' House of M'' unexpectedly resurrected Onslaught, who resumed his mission to gain Franklin's powers. To elude Onslaught, Franklin transported himself, the Fantastic Four, and several of the Avengers to a reality resembling the circumstances of ''Heroes Reborn'', where the heroes had no memory of their Earth-616 lives.
* Ego the Living Planet: A sentient planet. It is featured in ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2''.
* : The home world of the Kree. It is featured in the MCU films ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'', '' Captain Marvel'' and '' The Marvels''.
*Halfworld. Rocket Raccoon's homeworld in the Keystone Quadrant. It originated as an insane asylum run by robots, who created intelligent animals to take care of the patients.
* Klyntar: An artificial world named after the symbiote word for "cage", also known informally as the ''Planet of the Symbiotes''.
* : A planet in the Tayo star system. It was created by the Grandmaster and is surrounded by wormholes that deposit waste.
* Skrullos: The homeworld of the Skrulls.
* : A planet that is home to the Vorms, large reptilian, energy-draining creatures that can fly through space. The planet is part of the Kree Empire. It was created for and featured in '' Avengers: Infinity War'' and '' Avengers: Endgame''.
*: The home world of the Nova Corps, Firelord, Air-Walker and Supernova. It is featured in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' and ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'', mentioned to have been "decimated" by Thanos in '' Avengers: Infinity War.''
* Zenn-La: A planet that is the home world of Silver Surfer and the Zenn-Lavians.

Satellites and planetoids

* Blue Area of the Moon: An artificial, self-sustaining, Earth-like environment on the Moon that was created one million years ago as part of a competition between the Kree and the Cotati.
* Birj: The sixth moon of Marman and the home of Terrax.
* Titan: The main moon of Saturn and the home of the Titan Eternals. It is featured in the MCU films '' Avengers: Infinity War'' and '' Avengers: Endgame'' as a ruined planet and former home of Thanos.

Space stations

* Avalon: One section of the pre-existing station from the future called Graymalkin which belonged to Cable and was destroyed when S.H.I.E.L.D. tried to claim it.
* Asteroid M: The secret base of Magneto.
* Starcore: An orbiting laboratory satellite space station, which first appeared in '' The Incredible Hulk'' (vol. 2) #148 (February 1972).
* Taa II: A space station of Galactus.

Outer space prisons

The following prisons are located in outer space:

* is a penal colony on the planet Annoval XIV.
*The Kyln were a series of artificial moons at the edge of known space, which served both as a superhuman prison and a source of nearly unlimited power. Operations at the Kyln were overseen by the Nova Corps. All life on the Kyln moons was extinguished in ''Annihilation Prologue'' #1.
** Kyln in other media
*** The Kyln appears in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' as a Nova Corps prison that is destroyed by Ronan the Accuser's forces.
* is a prison located in the Negative Zone, introduced in ''Civil War''. It was designed by Reed Richards and built by him and Stark Industries. The prison also appears in '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes''.
* The Stockade is a 31st-century prison planet appearing in ''Guardians of the Galaxy''.

Extradimensional places

* Agamotto's dimension: The home of Agamotto.
* Ama: A pocket dimension adjacent to Earth that is home to the Amatsu-Kami.''Thor & Hercules: Encyclopaedia Mythologica'' #1 (June 2009)
** Yomi: The Japanese underworld.
* Ankh Dimension: A mystic realm with an Earth-like environment. It was later revealed to have been created by In-Betweener.
* Asgard: An other-dimensional planetoid that is the home of the Norse gods. It is featured in the MCU films ''Thor'', '' Thor: The Dark World'', and '' Thor: Ragnarok''.
* : A dimension where all matter is composed of ectoplasma.
* Avalon: Also known as Otherworld. Home of Merlyn, Roma, and the Captain Britain Corps; and location of Camelot, the Green Chapel, and the Starlight Citadel. Based on the mythical "Avalon".
* Badlands: A dimension that resembles the American Southwest prior to colonization. The Demon Bear lives here.
* Beyond-Realm: A realm where the Beyonder lives.
* Below Place: The bottom layer of reality that is also the "lowest Hell". The One Below All resides here.
* Blackworld: An Earth-like dimension. Its historical developments took hours compared to the centuries on Earth.
* Brimstone dimension: An alternate dimension located in a dimensional rift. Nightcrawler travels through the Brimstone dimension while teleporting.
* Crimson Cosmos: A dimension where Cyttorak lives.
* : A dimension to which Dormammu and Umar were banished by the Faltine. It was inhabited by sorcerers known as the Mhuruuks.
* Darkforce Dimension: A dimension where the Darkforce, a powerful energy that can be manipulated in slightly different ways by a handful of beings that are attuned to it such as Darkstar and Cloak's powers draw from.
* Dilmun: A dimension where the Annunaki live.
* Dimension Z: There are two separate dimensions named Dimension Z.
** Arnim Zola's Dimension Z: A dimension with a desert-like terrain created by Arnim Zola that is filled with mutates and technological advances. Time and space runs faster here.
** Living Eraser's Dimension Z: A dimension inhabited by green-skinned humanoids and Living Erasers.
* Djalia: A transcended plane that represented Wakanda's collective memories.
* Dreamtime: Dreamtime is the collective unconsciousness of all sentient life in the universe. It is at the border of the Dimension of Dreams.''The Incredible Hercules'' #117 (July 2008) Furthermore, Dreamtime is home to Aboriginal and Skrull gods and Nightmare.
* Eighteenth Dimension: A dimension where Magister Miracle was the Sorcerer Supreme until he was killed by the Empirikul.
* Everinnye: A dimension where the Fear Lords operate.
* Exo-Space: Also known as the Neutral Zone, the Exo-Space is a location filled with positive and negative matter discovered by Blue Marvel.
* Hanan Pacha: A pocket dimension adjacent to Earth that is inhabited by the Apu. Its entrance is located somewhere near Lake Titicaca.''Thor'' #301 (August 1980)
** Uku Pacha: The Incan underworld.
* Heaven: An afterlife reality for good souls.
* Heliopolis: Also known as Overvoid or Othervoid, a celestial city in a dimension adjacent to Earth's, founded by the Heliopolitans. Heliopolis is built upon a small planetary object resembling Asgard, and its passage to earth is a golden bridge called the Path of the Gods.
**Duat: The Egyptian underworld.
* Hell: An afterlife reality filled with evil souls and demons.
* Kaluwalhatian: A pocket dimension adjacent to Earth that is inhabited by the Diwatas.
* Kosmos: A dimension that is the home of the Kosmosians and Growing Man. This dimension can be tapped into by Pym Particles which are like pollen on Kosmos.
* Land of Couldn't-Be Shouldn't-Be: A dimension created by the romantic relationship of Eternity and the Queen of Nevers. Glorian and the Shaper of Worlds live here.
* : Associated with Immortus and Rom the Spaceknight, not to be confused with Otherplace.
* Liveworld: A dimension ruled by Dreamqueen.
* Lower Aether: A dimension where Zelatrix Lavey was the Sorcerer Supreme until she was killed by the Empirikul.
* Mephisto's Realm: A dimension ruled by Mephisto. Blackheart and Lilith also reside here.
* Microverse: Any universe that is only accessible through vibrational attunement (shrinking). Bug, Psycho-Man, and Jarella, among others, originate from the Microverse. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Microverse is referred to as the Quantum Realm.
* Mojoverse: A dimension filled with spineless aliens. Mojo lives here.
* Narcisson: A dimension ruled by the Dark Gods.
* Negative Zone: A universe made of anti-matter that is contracting instead of expanding. Fantastic Four villains Annihilus and Blastaar, among others, originate from the Negative Zone.
* Nirvana: A pocket dimension adjacent to Earth that is inhabited by the Daevas.
* : A dimension that exists outside of time and is utilized by the Time Variance Authority.
* Olympus: The other-dimensional home planetoid of superhuman beings analogous to the Greek gods.
** Hades: The Greek underworld, ruled by Pluto.
*** Elysium: An area in Hades where heroic souls reside.
*** Erebus: The entrance to Hades. Those who feel that they have unfinished business in life gamble at the casino there for their resurrection.
*** Land Within: A region of Hades where a group of sorcerers banished the Cat People.
*** Tartarus: An area in Hades where the Titans and evil souls were imprisoned.
* Orun: A pocket dimension adjacent to Earth that is home to the Vodu.
* : Also called Limbo and the Demonic Limbo, it is home to demons of various sizes, strengths, and intellects. Home of N'astirh, S'ym and formerly ruled by Belasco before being replaced by Illyana Rasputin.
* Punch dimension: A dimension of "pure, endless concussive force" that America Chavez used to kill a Chitauri Leviathan. Cyclops is also sometimes depicted as drawing power from the dimension.
* Purple dimension: A pocket dimension ruled by the tyrannical Agamonn.
* Quidlivun: A pocket dimension adjacent to Earth that is inhabited by the Inua.
* Realm of Death: This is where Death resides.
* Realm of Madness: A dimension that is adjacent to the Nightmare World, but is beyond it and the Dream Dimension. The greatest fears of anyone take on a tangible form here.
* : An other-dimensional planet and the home of Rintrah.
* Sixth Dimension: A dimension that is the home of its Sorcerer Supreme Tiboro.
* Sominus: A mystic extra-dimensional realm that is a "dark reflection" of Therea and is ruled by Thog.
* Soul World: A dimension that exists within the Soul Gem.
* Svarga: A pocket dimension adjacent to Earth that is home to the Dievas.
* : Created in ''Thor'' #310 (1980) by writers Mark Gruenwald and Ralph Macchio, and artist Keith Pollard. A pocket dimension adjacent to Earth that is home to the Xian race. Ta-Lo is inhabited by Chinese mythological creatures, such as dragons, fenghuang, shishi, hundun, jiuweihu, and qilin. Jiang Li, the mother of Shang-Chi, was a member of one of Ta-Lo's few mortal communities known as ''Qilin Riders''.''Shang-Chi'' (vol. 2) #7 Marvel Comics
* Taivas: A pocket dimension adjacent to Earth that is home to the Jumala.
* Therea: A mystic extra-dimensional realm where two benevolent gods dwell who appear in the form of dogs to human eyes. It is an Earth-like land of peace and tranquility and has a "dark reflection" in Sominus. Therea is ruled by twin gods, Zokk and Maftra. Zokk and Maftra are worshipped by the barbarian Korrek and his people, and even revered by Dakimh the Enchanter.
* Thirteenth ximension: A dimension where Szandor Sozo was the Sorcerer Supreme until Empirikul's Witchfinder Wolves caught up to him when he fled and was "purified" by holy acid.
* Topán: A pocket dimension adjacent to Earth that is home to the Teteoh.
* Twelfth ximension: A shadow realm whose creatures like Shadow Goblins and Magma Serpents are invisible to the eyes of those not of the Twelfth Dimension.
* Underspace: A plane of reality that is below the Microverse. This is where Hank Pym placed the Infinite Avengers Mansion.
* Upperworld: A pocket dimension adjacent to Earth that is home to the Ahau.
* White Hot Room: A quasi-mystical place that holds the essences of Phoenix Force hosts. In ''X-Men'' #35 (June 2024), Krakoa moves to the White-Hot Room.
* Zephyrland: An underwater dimension that is peaceful. Virago took over the city until she was defeated by Namor and Doctor Strange.

Organizations

Government agencies

* Aladdin: In the Ultraverse setting, Aladdin was a U.S. government agency apparently founded sometime in the 1960s to deal with the growing number of Ultras (super-powered beings) in their world. In 1970, their scientific division, using a synthesis of organic brain tissue and computer systems called G.E.N.I.E. (Genetically Engineered Neural Intelligence Experiment), was examining alien technology and corpses discovered by U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War, when some unknown event caused the corpses to release a cloud of material which caused G.E.N.I.E. to develop sentience and grow into a true fusion of organic and mechanical technology.
* Aladdin Assault Squad: In the '' Malibu Ultraverse'', the Aladdin Assault Squad/A.A.S. was a special department within the government agency known as Aladdin. The Aladdin Assault Squad was created in response to the growing number of Ultras (superhumans). The A.A.S. operated out of Aladdin's Groom Lake facility, and functioned as an independent internal security force. They also assisted ongoing Ultra research. Known members of the Aladdin Assault Squad are: Dirt Devil, Foxfire, the Grip, Hardwire, Headknocker, and War Eagle.
* A.R.M.O.R.
* Black Air
* The Commission on Superhuman Activities (also known as the Commission on Superhuman Affairs or CSA for short): A government agency that monitors superhumans. They have an office in Washington, D.C. A number of members of the Commission when created were involved with various government projects regarding superhumans: Project Wideawake, former and current Avengers liaisons, Freedom Force liaison and super soldier projects such as Head Commissioner Douglas Rockwell, Norman Osborn, Abner Jenkins, Valerie Cooper, and Henry Gyrich.
* Department H: A branch of Canada's Department of National Defence that deals with super-powered persons. Department H was responsible for bringing together and managing the Marvel Comics team known as Alpha Flight and its related teams Beta Flight, Gamma Flight, and Omega Flight.
* Department K: The Canadian government group which secretly operated the Weapon X Project.
* Euromind: Another European subdivision of S.H.I.E.L.D., was introduced in the ''Marvel Italia'' series Europa.
* F.I.6: A British Intelligence agency, and former employers of Micromax. It disbanded after most agents, including Blott, were killed by Necrom.
* G.R.A.M.P.A.: The covert organization known as G.R.A.M.P.A., the Global Reaction Agency for Mysterious Paranormal Activity, debuted in ''Amazing Fantasy'' (vol. 2) #15. G.R.A.M.P.A.'s most prominent field operatives are Ace and One-Eyed Jacquie; the two agents refer to themselves collectively as "Blackjack". G.R.A.M.P.A. is tasked with protecting the world from paranormal threats.
* H.A.M.M.E.R.
* H.A.T.E.: The Highest Anti-Terrorism Effort, better known by its acronym, is one of two antagonist

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