Seattle: Comic Book Appearances

Seattle has been well represented within the pages of comic books throughout the years. Captain Marvel of SHAZAM! fame arrived in 1943 to help promote the sale of War Bonds, for instance, while Godzilla attempted to topple the Space Needle in 1977 before being stopped by Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D. Both Green Arrow and Black Canary called Seattle home on two separate occasions, and even Tony Stark and Carol Danvers briefly resided there – proving that Seattle isn’t just a place to visit, even for superheroes.

Black Canary: Garlic Gulch

Dinah Lance and her superhero persona Black Canary assist a resident of the Garlic Gulch neighborhood of Seattle threatened by a real estate developer looking to build luxury apartments.

Captain Marvel: Sabotage in Seattle

The original Captain Marvel of Fawcett Comics visited Seattle in August 1943 to help promote the sale of War Bonds but instead uncovers a Nazi plot to disrupt the proceedings.

Godzilla: Seattle Under Siege

In issue two of the 1977 Marvel comic, Godzilla sets his sights on Seattle, and only Dum-Dum Dugan of S.H.I.E.L.D. can stop the King of the Monsters from toppling the Space Needle.

Green Arrow: Home Alki

After spending six years in Seattle, the Emerald Archer realizes he has overstayed his welcome and leaves Puget Sound after being blamed for the appearance of superpowered humans.

Green Arrow: Home is the Hunter

In 1991, the bow-and-arrow carrying superhero must thwart a terrorist attack on Seattle’s Space Needle while partner Black Canary is one of several hostages trapped inside the local landmark.

Green Arrow: Reunion Tour

In a 1992, the DC Comics superhero protects the last member of the Electric Unicorns, a Seattle band from the 1970s that rivaled the Beatles and whose other members had been murdered.

Green Arrow: The Night Birds

The DC superhero faces off against a flying drone that analyzes a person’s facial expressions and posture in a form of racial profiling, and then eliminates those it deems detrimental to society.

Iron Man: The Fury of the Dragon

In a 1999 issue of The Incredible Iron Man, a young man steals a dragon idol that transforms into the extraterrestrial villain Fin Fang Foom and rampages his way through Seattle, Washington.

Iron Man: The Return of Fin Fang Foom

The extraterrestrial dragon known as Fin Fang Foom makes a second visit to Seattle only to again thwarted by Iron Man in a special comic only available on military bases around the world.

Nomad: The Favor Banker

Jack Monroe, who was once given a derivative of the same serum that transformed Steve Rogers into Captain America, took the moniker of Nomad in the 1990s and briefly visited Seattle.

Sub-Mariner: The Fox’s Smuggling Racket

Namor the Sub-Mariner was the first comic book superhero to visit Seattle, making a short January 1942 stopover that leads to the discovery of a fur smuggling ring based in Alaska.