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BASES: 1.Avengers Tower, 2.Avengers Mansion and 3.Hydro Base





1.Stark Tower(Avengers Tower)


Stark Tower
Stark Tower.jpg
The Main Tower of the Stark Tower Complex when Sentry's Watchtower was still attached.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
In story information
TypeBase of operations
Notable peopleIron Man
Avengers
Mighty Avengers
Dark Avengers
Notable locationsManhattan, New York City
The Stark Tower Complex is a fictional high-rise building complex which appears in publications by Marvel Comics. Located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, USA, the complex is named after its owner Tony Stark, who is the alter ego of the superhero Iron Man. The structure is composed of a 93-story Main Tower flanked by a 35-story South Building and 55-story North Building. Located at the top of the Main Tower was the Watchtower of the superhero The Sentry, but it has been replaced by Heimdall's observatory. The Main Tower is informally known as Avengers Tower, as it serves as the headquarters of the superhero team, theAvengers, similar to the Avengers Mansion.

Fictional history[edit]

The Stark Tower Complex was built as a world-class financial and business facility to complement the Midtown Manhattan business district. The building was completed as a gleaming beacon of modern architecture after four years of excavation and construction. It is located in the vicinity of Manhattan's Columbus Circle approximately 10 blocks north of theBaxter Building, headquarters of the superhero team the Fantastic Four.
While initially intending to use the top three floors of the Main Tower as his state-of-the-art bachelor pad, Stark gave them over to the Avengers as their base of operations after their former base, Avengers Mansion, was destroyed. Longtime caretaker of the Avengers Mansion Edwin Jarvis was asked to resume his duties in the new location. Later, when the Sentry became a member of the Avengers, his long-hidden Watchtower appeared, integrating itself atop the Main Tower,[1] fully integrated into the building's existing architecture. Serving as both Sentry's headquarters and as the private residences of Robert Reynolds and his wife Lindy, the 20-story watchtower is operated and maintained by CLOC (Centrally Located Organic Computer), a near-sentient computer of Sentry's own design. The lower levels of the Main Tower, along with both the South and North Buildings, are largely occupied with Stark's subsidiaries and non-profit organizations.
After the passing of the Superhuman Registration Act (SRA), Iron Man was tapped to head the task force charged with enforcing the Act. Subsequently, Stark Tower became the base of operations of the task force. The controversy surrounding the SRA broke the Avengers team apart leaving Tony Stark to form a new team, the Mighty Avengers, who continue to occupy the Main Tower's higher levels. When the Tower became the headquarters of the SRA task force, it was assigned by the government a squad of Cape-Killer guards with the call sign "Force Unit 9".[2][3]
During the events of World War Hulk, a violent battle between The Hulk and Iron Man nearly caused the collapse of Stark Tower.[4] The tower was rebuilt by Stark under his S.H.I.E.L.D. organization, making it S.H.I.E.L.D. property.
Stark Tower becomes the setting for a multi-issue conflict between humans and a murderous Skrull hunting them for sport. During the "Secret Invasion", many non-powered New York citizens, including Daily Bugle reporter Ben Urich, end up at Stark Tower. Unfortunately, it had become the hunting ground for a Skrull. He is shown killing most of the members of a design firm that had rented space in the building. Ben Urich regains control of the security shutters and the Skrull is tricked into throwing itself out a high window. It dies on impact.[5]
When Norman Osborn took over S.H.I.E.L.D., and renamed it H.A.M.M.E.R., he also took ownership of the tower.[6] After Osborn is removed from power following the Siege of Asgard, the tower is returned to Stark. With the Sentry's death, his watch tower disappeared from the rooftopwhere it is replaced by Heimdall's observatory as sign of solidarity between Earth and Asgard.[7]
During the events of the Fear Itself storyline, Thing acquired a hammer. This transformed him into a being with Asgardian-like power called Angir: Breaker of Souls. Red Hulk started to fight him to protect the innocents, but got batted away by Thing. Red Hulk survived though and to try and remedy it, Thing tossed his hammer through Avengers Tower, bringing it down onto Red Hulk.[8]
A new Stark Tower was later built on the site of the original. The structure currently acts as the headquarters of the Avengers.[9]

Other versions[edit]

Marvel Adventures[edit]

Stark Tower serves as the Avengers' base in Marvel Adventures: The Avengers. The roster who live in it are Captain America, Iron Man, The Hulk, Spider-Man.Giant Girl, Wolverine, and Storm.

In other media[edit]

Television[edit]

  • Stark Tower appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, though it is only seen in a few episodes since the team is based out of the Avengers Mansion in the series. It is prominently featured in the episode "Alone Against AIM".
  • In Avengers Assemble the Avengers Tower is the new HQ for the heroes to train and live after the destruction of the Avengers Mansion in the series premiere. Its modeled after the its appearance in The Avengers film.[10]

Film[edit]


Stark Tower as depicted in The Avengers
  • Stark Tower features as a location in The Avengers (2012).[11] Recently constructed by Tony Stark, it is powered by its own independent arc reactor, capable of sustaining the tower for a year without any cost to the city. The tower's unique power sustainability inspires Loki to select the tower as the prime location to harness the Tesseract and open a wormhole to draw his army to Earth. After the battle between Loki's forces and the Avengers, the upper levels of the tower are destroyed, along with the majority of the 'STARK' insignia that adorned one side of the tower (the only remaining letter is an 'A', as a nod to the Avengers). Tony and Pepper Potts are later seen with plans for revisions to Stark Tower, showing sleeping quarters will be available for each Avenger—as signified by each hero's symbol shown on different floors ("Sleeping Quarters 6", with a symbol of Captain America's shield, is the clearest one on screen) and an airpad. Multiple visuals in the film show this version of Stark Tower projecting out from within the bottom half of the MetLife Building. The MetLife Building was purchased by Stark, who had the upper portion of the building deconstructed to accommodate the construction of Stark Tower.[12]

Video games[edit]

  • Stark Tower is a base and level in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance video game. After the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier UNN Alpha is damaged by the attack of Dr. Doom's Masters of Evil, Tony Stark offers his property as a provisional base of operations. The heroes are based there up until the mission in the Valley of Spirits, after which they relocate to Doctor Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum to cope with the Masters of Evil's access to the magical knowledge of Baron Mordo and Loki. Later, towards the end of the game, the heroes return to a Doom-warped version of Stark Tower (dubbed "Doomstark" in the game), where the player must assist Nick Fury on fighting hordes of Iron Man-like drones sent by Doom, and prepare for the upcoming battle in Doom's Castle in Latveria. In a cutscene, Stark states that there are 40 stories in this version of the tower. Also, his lab complex becomes available for navigation after beating the Omega Base mission.
  • Stark Tower is a full level in The Punisher. Frank Castle infiltrates it after learning that the Eternal Sun gang wants to steal some high technology from the tower. Iron Man appears after Punisher's departure, watching the huge mess the mafia and the vigilante caused.
  • Stark Tower is featured in Spider-Man: Web of Shadows. It is minor at first in that the player can casually visit the spot. Later on, it is one of the most important areas in which the building is the safest possible area (besides Wilson Fisk Industries which is later on another safe zone) due to the symbioteinvasion. During that time, Stark Tower serves as a rescue shelter and a temporary hospital. Black Widow and S.H.I.E.L.D. use Stark Tower as the safe zone of civilians and boot camp of S.H.I.E.L.D. Spider-Man could rescue civilians and place the civilians at the safe zone besides Security Domes. All S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, caravans, airships and un-infected civilians are located there. To ensure its safety, electric fences are barricaded there which could un-infect a symbiote creature. Black Widow tells about their safe zone and plan to Spider-Man and a released Tinkerer. At one part of the story, it is under attack by Zombie Symbiote and Slasher Symbiotes who try to open the barriers. Spider-Man helps defeat the Zombie Symbiotes while S.H.I.E.L.D. loads all the civilians into an aircraft. One barrier opens, so Berserker Symbiotes attack and try to get into Stark Tower. Spider-Man calls in an air strike. The air strike eliminates the symbiotes and Stark Tower is safe once again. As in the main comics, the Sentry's Watchtower is on top of the tower.
  • Stark Tower appears in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 as the main hub during Act 1, and as the hub for Iron Man's Pro-Registration side during Act 2. Its layout is identical to how it appeared in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, but does not allow entry into Iron Man's lab complex. Later in the game, it falls into The Fold's control after the heroes positioned there are defeated.
  • A room that resembles Stark Tower can be visited by players at the Marvel Super Hero Takeover 2013 event on Club Penguin.
  • Avengers Tower is the main headquarters in the video game Marvel Heroes. Both playable and non-playable heroes, as well as S.H.I.E.L.D. agents can be seen at the tower.

Toys[edit]

  • Stark Tower features as a location in Marvel's VS System trading card game.

Bibliography[edit]

Mighty Avengers: Most Wanted Files - Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe one-shot (June 2007)







2.Avengers Mansion


Avengers Mansion
Avengers Mansion.jpg
The New Avengers moving into Avengers Mansion.
New Avengers vol. 2, #1 (August 2010). Art by Stuart Immonen.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceAvengers (vol.1) #2 (November 1963)
In story information
TypeHouse
Notable peopleIron Man
Avengers
New Avengers
Uncanny Avengers
Notable locationsNew York City
The Henry Clay Frick House on 5th Avenue was the inspiration to the Avengers Mansion
Avengers Mansion is a location in Marvel Comics. It has traditionally been the base of the Avengers. The enormous, city block-sized building is located at 890 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City.

Creative origin[edit]

According to Stan Lee, who co-created the Avengers:[1][2]
There was a mansion called the Frick Museum that I used to walk past. I sort of modeled it after that. Beautiful, big, so impressive building, right on Fifth Avenue.
In real life, 890 Fifth Avenue is 1 East 70th Street, the location of the Henry Clay Frick House which houses the Frick Collection. The building is, like Avengers Mansion, a city block-sized mansion.

Fictional history and layout[edit]

When occupied, the mansion was originally the Stark family manor, until their only son, Tony Stark, inherited their fortune and soon took on the guise of Iron Man. He donated the mansion to the Avengers and had it financed through the charitable Maria Stark Foundation. It was primarily looked after by the Stark family butler, Edwin Jarvis, who not only took care of the mansion but also catered to the needs of the Avengers team. It served as a place to plan and strategize and a home for Avengers members when they needed it.
It had three above-ground floors and three basement floors. The first three floors were open to the public and had twelve rooms to house Avengers who wished to reside in the mansion, as well as Jarvis's quarters. A portion of the mansion's third floor served as a hangar for the Avengers' quinjets, their primary mode of transportation.
The three floors below ground were restricted from the public and had modified rooms for the Avengers' needs. Such rooms below ground were: Howard Stark's "Arsenal" chamber, the Avengers gym, Hawkeye's test-shooting room, the training room (much like the X-Mansion's Danger Room), the cryogenic storage area, a vault to contain Jack of Hearts's power, and the ultra-secure assembly room.
The Fantastic Four took up temporary residence at Avengers Mansion after their headquarters (the original Baxter Building) was destroyed.[3]
The mansion has been destroyed twice. The first time was in Avengers: Under Siege when a huge grouping of Masters of Evil, led by Baron Helmut Zemo, attacked the Avengers and destroyed the Mansion and beat Hercules into a coma among other things before being repulsed.
In the immediate aftermath, the Avengers would relocate to a floating platform called Hydro-Base,[4] while the former Mansion site became known as "Avengers Park", and was unused. Hydro-Base was later destroyed as well.[5]
The Mansion would be featured in a Damage Control story. The reconstruction firm was hired to refit and rebuild the mansion, a task they accomplished easily. Unfortunately they did not manage to move it as easily and it fell into one of New York's rivers.
Later, the Avengers built a new headquarters on the site of the Mansion and resided there until it was destroyed by the Gatherers, a team of alternate universe Avengers. Ute, a Watcher enslaved by the villain Proctor, brought an alternate reality version of the original Avengers Mansion to the site as a dying gift.
This replacement Mansion would survive various assaults until, in the "Avengers Disassembled" storyline, the Scarlet Witch was responsible for its destruction by bringing an undead version of Jack of Hearts that exploded, also killing Scott Lang, the second Ant-Man, and in Avengers Finale (January 2005), Stark decided that with his dwindling assets, he could no longer afford to maintain the building and it was abandoned in its derelict state, left as a memorial to the Avengers who had died. Stark, using his considerable political and social influence, had the grounds declared a landmark by the city of New York. Since then, the Young Avengers have restored much of the statuary on the grounds of the mansion. The Avengers have relocated to Stark Tower, although it is unknown how permanent this move will be, especially in light of the events of Marvel's Civil War storyline, which causes the virtual splitting of the New Avengers down the line between those who were pro-registration and those who were against it.
Even after its destruction, the mansion remains a hub of superhuman activity. The Young Avengers were attacked by, and later defeated, Kang the Conquerorthere. They later restored the many statues in the mansion's grounds, adopting the mansion as their meeting place.
During the highest tensions of the Civil War incident, Iron Man and Captain America meet at the ruins in order to talk things out. They tour the grounds and even find abandoned framed photographs of old allies.
Former Avenger Clint Barton has made his way on to the grounds several times since then, most recently following Captain America's death. He meets with Tony Stark to discuss the implications of Steve Rogers' assassination.
After the Skrull invasion, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s replacement agency H.A.M.M.E.R. kept an eye on the mansion in case the Young Avengers, still wanted for refusing to be registered, showed up. The young group did anyway, using the building as a central point for many meetings.[6]
Following the Siege of Asgard and at the start of the Heroic Age, Steve Rogers and Tony Stark sold the mansion to Luke Cage for a dollar allowing him freedom to recruit his own Avengers team and operate from the mansion while the other Avengers team operate from the Infinite Avengers Mansion and Avengers Tower.[7] After an extended period, the New Avengers dissolve, and Cage sells the mansion back to Stark.[8]
After yet another roster reshuffling, the mansion is refitted as the headquarters for the new Avengers Unity Squad which is funded by Janet Van Dyne. A computerized A.I. system called J.A.R.V.I.S. is installed to replace Edwin Jarvis (who still lives in Avengers Tower with the main team).[9]

Surrounding grounds[edit]

The Mansion was surrounded by a wall twelve feet high and one foot thick, as well as an array of high-tech security defenses. A main feature of the defenses were large, restrictive coils. These were sometimes backed up by energy beams that shot out from the ground. Nonetheless, those defenses were often breached by the supervillains faced by the Avengers. Shortly after the Avengers moved into the Mansion, Iron Man and Thor moved the Mansion 35 feet away from the street, increasing the size of the front lawn and giving the Avengers more privacy.
When Tony Stark was the United States' Secretary of Defense, the mansion's security systems were backed up by government forces.
The mansion's grounds featured an array of statues of past and present Avengers, constructed out of adamantium. The statues were destroyed in a battle with the Asgardian God, Loki.[10] One of the trees on the grounds used to hold a miniature lab belonging to Hank Pym.

Avengers support crew[edit]

  • Antony "Rider" Ovens[11] - Member of the Teen Brigade. He answered the call from Rick Jones while he was imprisoned by Corruptor.
  • Arnold "Arnie" Roth[12] - A publicist. He died upon succumbing to his cancer.
  • Buddy Sampson[15] - Member of the Teen Brigade. His current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Carlos Alvarez[16] - The Avengers Compound pool man. He is currently deceased.
  • Charles "Charlie" Wallace[17] - Member of the Teen Brigade. His current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Daniella Tomaz[19] - The Avengers Compound Nurse. Her current whereabouts are unknown
  • Devi Bannerjee[22] - The U.N. liaison to the Avengers. Her current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Duane Jerome Freeman[23] - A federal security liaison to the Avengers. Duane is also a member of the Triune Understanding. He was killed during Kang the Conqueror's destruction of Washington.[24]
  • Edwin Jarvis[25] - Butler and chief of staff. He was the former butler of the Stark Family. He was replaced by a Skrull during the Secret Invasion.[26] He is currently serving with the New Avengers.
  • Emerson Bale[28] - A lawyer. His current status and whereabouts are unknown.
  • Emma Hegyes[29] - The Avengers Compound Cook. Her current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Fabian Stankowicz[30] - Machinesmith. He would later become known as the Mechanaut creating robotic Avengers after the events of the Onslaughtbattle. He was defeated by Jarvis.[31]
  • Florence "Candy" Stephens[11] - Member of the Teen Brigade. She answered the call from Rick Jones while he was imprisoned by Corruptor.
  • Franz Anton[33] - A one-time biochemical consultant. His current whereabouts and status are unknown.
  • Genji Odashu[12] - A pilot and formerly the operator of the Shogun Warrior Combatra. Her current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Major Gordon Kenneth Carlson[35] - A one-time physician. His current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Grant "Specs" McIntosh[11] - Member of the Teen Brigade. He answered the call from Rick Jones while he was imprisoned by Corruptor.
  • Halliwell DePinna[volume & issue needed] - An architect. His current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Hector Sandrose[36] - Avengers Compound communications chief. His current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Dr. Hjarmal Knute Svenson[40] - A one-time surgeon. His current status is unknown.
  • Ian Burch[41] - An accountant. His current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Inger Sullivan[12] - A lawyer. His current status is unknown.
  • James Campbell[42] - A European monitor station caretaker. He is currently deceased.
  • James Murch[43] - A federal security liaison. His current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Janice Imperato[45] - Maria Stark Foundation accountant. Her current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Jeryn Hogarth[28] - A lawyer. Her current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Joachin Mendez[46] - Avengers Compound chief groundskeeper. His current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Jorge Latham[48] - Avengers Compound mechanic. His current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Juan Mercado[49] - Avengers Compound communications member. His current whereabouts are unknown.
  • K.C. Ritter (Sam Casey)[50] - Member of the Teen Brigade. His current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Lauren Timm[52] - Governess to William and Thomas Maximoff. Her current whereabouts are unknown.
  • M’Daka[14] - A mechanic. His current whereabouts are unknown
  • Maxwell Caton[45] - Maria Stark Foundation chief accountant. His current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Michael Costello[54] - A lawyer. His current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Michael O’Brien[55] - A security chief. His current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Mikhail "Mike" Armstrong[50] - Member of the Teen Brigade. His current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Peggy Carter[49] - A communications chief and aunt of Sharon Carter. Her current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Ramon Trigo[58] - Avengers Compound groundskeeper. His current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Raymond Sikorski[59] - National Security Council liaison.
  • Roberto Carlos[29] - Avengers Compound butler. His current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Roberto Gonzago[16] - Avengers Compound gardener. His current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Rosalita "Lita" Torres[60] - Avengers Compound maid. Her current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Roy Sanford[19] - A physician. His current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Talia Kruma[12] - A physicist. Her current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Theodore "Ted" Sinclair[61] - Teen Brigade member. His current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Timothy "Wheels" Wakelin[11] - Member of the Teen Brigade. He answered the call from Rick Jones while he was imprisoned by Corruptor.
  • Thomas "Tom" Smith[62] - Teen Brigade member. He turned bitter and tried to kill Rick Jones. His current whereabouts are unknown.
  • William "Willie" Maximillian[63] - Teen Brigade member. His current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Yolanda Russo[64] - Avengers Compound groundskeeper. Her current whereabouts are unknown.

Infinite Avengers Mansion[edit]

The Infinite Avengers Mansion was created by Hank Pym in the pocket dimension where Thor sent Janet Van Dyne's body at the end of Secret Invasion. It was the headquarters of Hank Pym's Mighty Avengers and was home to the Avengers Academy.

In other media[edit]

Television[edit]

Video games[edit]

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