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* ComicBook/TheAvengers, ComicBook/FantasticFour, Franchise/SpiderMan, ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, ComicBook/ThePunisher, etc. all hail in[=/=]from the Big Apple, and the ComicBook/XMen live in nearby Westchester County. This is occasionally lampshaded by civilians, villains, and heroes in the universe. Even ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, who is from Canada and will kill you if you insult it, spends most of his time in the US. When the character [[EnsembleDarkhorse started to get popular]], several attempts were made to {{retcon}} him into [[HomegrownHero actually being American]]. Fortunately, none of these stuck.
* One of their (once) most popular titles, ''Comicbook/{{Excalibur}}'', followed the national super-team of the UK. The X-Men lived in Australia for several years, too, but ''Excalibur'' was created by writer Creator/ChrisClaremont, who was born in Britain, and British artist Alan Davis. And the team in its original form consisted of two Britons, two Americans and a German.
* This was lampshaded during the ''[[ComicBook/HouseOfM Decimation]]'' event when Henry Peter Gyrich remarked how, now that there are no mutants around any more, the US wins the superpower race by default since statistically, "[[FreakLabAccident happy accidents]]" (like the Comicbook/FantasticFour or [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk The Hulk]]) and scientific advancements (like ComicBook/CaptainAmerica) that lead to meta-humans being created occur more frequently in the US than anywhere else in the world.
* One of their (once) most popular titles, ''Comicbook/{{Excalibur}}'', followed the national super-team of the UK. The X-Men lived in Australia for several years, too, but ''Excalibur'' was created by writer Creator/ChrisClaremont, who was born in Britain, and British artist Alan Davis. And the team in its original form consisted of two Britons, two Americans and a German.
* This was lampshaded during the ''[[ComicBook/HouseOfM Decimation]]'' event when Henry Peter Gyrich remarked how, now that there are no mutants around any more, the US wins the superpower race by default since statistically, "[[FreakLabAccident happy accidents]]" (like the Comicbook/FantasticFour or [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk The Hulk]]) and scientific advancements (like ComicBook/CaptainAmerica) that lead to meta-humans being created occur more frequently in the US than anywhere else in the world.
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* ComicBook/TheAvengers, ComicBook/FantasticFour, Franchise/SpiderMan, ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, ComicBook/ThePunisher, etc. all hail in[=/=]from the Big Apple, and the ComicBook/XMen live in nearby Westchester County. This is occasionally lampshaded by civilians, villains, and heroes in the universe. Even ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, who is from Canada and will kill you if you insult it, spends most of his time in the US. When the character [[EnsembleDarkhorse started to get popular]], several attempts were made to {{retcon}} him into [[HomegrownHero actually being American]]. Fortunately, none of these stuck.
* One of their (once) most popular titles,''Comicbook/{{Excalibur}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur}}'', followed the national super-team of the UK. The X-Men lived in Australia for several years, too, but ''Excalibur'' was created by writer Creator/ChrisClaremont, who was born in Britain, and British artist Alan Davis. And the team in its original form consisted of two Britons, two Americans and a German.
* This was lampshaded during the ''[[ComicBook/HouseOfM Decimation]]'' event when Henry Peter Gyrich remarked how, now that there are no mutants around any more, the US wins the superpower race by default since statistically, "[[FreakLabAccident happy accidents]]" (like theComicbook/FantasticFour ComicBook/FantasticFour or [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk The Hulk]]) and scientific advancements (like ComicBook/CaptainAmerica) that lead to meta-humans being created occur more frequently in the US than anywhere else in the world.
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* This was lampshaded during the ''[[ComicBook/HouseOfM Decimation]]'' event when Henry Peter Gyrich remarked how, now that there are no mutants around any more, the US wins the superpower race by default since statistically, "[[FreakLabAccident happy accidents]]" (like the
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* This whole situation was {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Comicbook/MightyAvengers''. The [[ComicBook/AdamLegendOfTheBlueMarvel Blue Marvel]] is a black superhero from America who divides his time between the Avengers and helping out various other superheroes across the globe, with the RunningGag being that whenever he mentions any of his non-American hero comrades, none of the Avengers have even the slightest idea of who the hell he is talking about.
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* This whole situation was {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Comicbook/MightyAvengers''.''ComicBook/MightyAvengers''. The [[ComicBook/AdamLegendOfTheBlueMarvel Blue Marvel]] is a black superhero from America who divides his time between the Avengers and helping out various other superheroes across the globe, with the RunningGag being that whenever he mentions any of his non-American hero comrades, none of the Avengers have even the slightest idea of who the hell he is talking about.
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* This was lampshaded during the ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' arc: at the height of the conflict, the Canadian characters in Alpha Flight were mocking all the angst going on among the American superheroes concerning the Registration Act by pointing out that other nations (including Canada) had something equivalent in place for years without having had either opponents, supporters, or the governments in question go as insane over the issue as the Americans currently were.
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* This was lampshaded during the ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}'' arc: at the height of the conflict, the Canadian characters in Alpha Flight were mocking all the angst going on among the American superheroes concerning the Registration Act by pointing out that other nations (including Canada) had something equivalent in place for years without having had either opponents, supporters, or the governments in question go as insane over the issue as the Americans currently were.
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* This was lampshaded during the ''[[ComicBook/HouseOfM Decimation]]'' event when Henry Peter Gyrich remarked how, now that there are no mutants around any more, the US wins the superpower race by default since statistically, "[[FreakLabAccident happy accidents]]" (like the Comicbook/FantasticFour or Comicbook/IncredibleHulk) and scientific advancements (like ComicBook/CaptainAmerica) that lead to meta-humans being created occur more frequently in the US than anywhere else in the world.
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* This was lampshaded during the ''[[ComicBook/HouseOfM Decimation]]'' event when Henry Peter Gyrich remarked how, now that there are no mutants around any more, the US wins the superpower race by default since statistically, "[[FreakLabAccident happy accidents]]" (like the Comicbook/FantasticFour or Comicbook/IncredibleHulk) [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk The Hulk]]) and scientific advancements (like ComicBook/CaptainAmerica) that lead to meta-humans being created occur more frequently in the US than anywhere else in the world.
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* This whole situation was {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Comicbook/MightyAvengers''. The ComicBook/BlueMarvel is a black superhero from America who divides his time between the Avengers and helping out various other superheroes across the globe, with the RunningGag being that whenever he mentions any of his non-American hero comrades, none of the Avengers have even the slightest idea of who the hell he is talking about.
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* This whole situation was {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Comicbook/MightyAvengers''. The ComicBook/BlueMarvel [[ComicBook/AdamLegendOfTheBlueMarvel Blue Marvel]] is a black superhero from America who divides his time between the Avengers and helping out various other superheroes across the globe, with the RunningGag being that whenever he mentions any of his non-American hero comrades, none of the Avengers have even the slightest idea of who the hell he is talking about.
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* ''ComicBook/{{The Vision|2015}}'' takes place almost entirely in a suburb of UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC, despite Vision working for the New York-based Avengers, because writer Creator/TomKing lives and works in Washington.
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* ''ComicBook/{{The Vision|2015}}'' takes place almost entirely in a suburb of UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC, despite Vision working for the New York-based Avengers, because writer Creator/TomKing lives and works in Washington.Washington.
* The ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'' limited series takes place on an Earth suffering from near-total collapse, yet the entire story takes place in the United States. This is especially jarring given that much of the story focuses on how the Squadron's efforts are impacting the rights of individuals, yet the laws and traditions of different countries are never addressed.
* The ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'' limited series takes place on an Earth suffering from near-total collapse, yet the entire story takes place in the United States. This is especially jarring given that much of the story focuses on how the Squadron's efforts are impacting the rights of individuals, yet the laws and traditions of different countries are never addressed.
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Marvel Comics is guilty of this, as most of its heroes reside in New York, the city where the company's headquartered.
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* ComicBook/TheAvengers, ComicBook/FantasticFour, Franchise/SpiderMan, ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, ComicBook/ThePunisher, etc. all hail in[=/=]from the Big Apple, and the ComicBook/XMen live in nearby Westchester County. This is occasionally lampshaded by civilians, villains, and heroes in the universe. Even ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, who is from Canada and will kill you if you insult it, spends most of his time in the US. When the character [[EnsembleDarkhorse started to get popular]], several attempts were made to {{retcon}} him into [[HomegrownHero actually being American]]. Fortunately, none of these stuck.
* One of their (once) most popular titles, ''Comicbook/{{Excalibur}}'', followed the national super-team of the UK. The X-Men lived in Australia for several years, too, but ''Excalibur'' was created by writer Creator/ChrisClaremont, who was born in Britain, and British artist Alan Davis. And the team in its original form consisted of two Britons, two Americans and a German.
* This was lampshaded during the ''[[ComicBook/HouseOfM Decimation]]'' event when Henry Peter Gyrich remarked how, now that there are no mutants around any more, the US wins the superpower race by default since statistically, "[[FreakLabAccident happy accidents]]" (like the Comicbook/FantasticFour or Comicbook/IncredibleHulk) and scientific advancements (like ComicBook/CaptainAmerica) that lead to meta-humans being created occur more frequently in the US than anywhere else in the world.
* Another exception: ComicBook/AlphaFlight, but that was created by Canadian artist and writer Creator/JohnByrne.
* Yet another: The ComicBook/{{Runaways}}' bases are in Southern California. In fact, besides ComicBook/CloakAndDagger, none of the other heroes show up in the comic unless they're in New York themselves or [[spoiler:they're being apprehended by ComicBook/TheAvengers]].
* Both Marvel and DC actually do assume that there are superhumans living all over the globe - in fact, both have had crossovers or miniseries that existed simply to introduce a lot of global heroes [[RememberTheNewGuy who were treated as characters that had always been there]], [[HeroOfAnotherStory you just never saw them before]] - it's just brought up infrequently, so every now and then a completely unnecessary lampshade gets hung on it by a writer who doesn't realize that there are lots of characters they've never heard of and lots of writers before them who had the same idea.
* Wolverine and the rest of the characters introduced in Giant Size X-Men #1 were intentionally designed to be a new group of mutants from around the world... they all just got recruited to go live in Westchester.
* This was lampshaded during the ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' arc: at the height of the conflict, the Canadian characters in Alpha Flight were mocking all the angst going on among the American superheroes concerning the Registration Act by pointing out that other nations (including Canada) had something equivalent in place for years without having had either opponents, supporters, or the governments in question go as insane over the issue as the Americans currently were.
* Banshee was even a member of "Mutants Without Borders", a charity organization that helps mutants in the third world. Of course, it was owned and run by the American X-Man Archangel.
* This whole situation was {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Comicbook/MightyAvengers''. The ComicBook/BlueMarvel is a black superhero from America who divides his time between the Avengers and helping out various other superheroes across the globe, with the RunningGag being that whenever he mentions any of his non-American hero comrades, none of the Avengers have even the slightest idea of who the hell he is talking about.
* ''ComicBook/{{The Vision|2015}}'' takes place almost entirely in a suburb of UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC, despite Vision working for the New York-based Avengers, because writer Creator/TomKing lives and works in Washington.
Marvel Comics is guilty of this, as most of its heroes reside in New York, the city where the company's headquartered.
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* ComicBook/TheAvengers, ComicBook/FantasticFour, Franchise/SpiderMan, ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, ComicBook/ThePunisher, etc. all hail in[=/=]from the Big Apple, and the ComicBook/XMen live in nearby Westchester County. This is occasionally lampshaded by civilians, villains, and heroes in the universe. Even ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, who is from Canada and will kill you if you insult it, spends most of his time in the US. When the character [[EnsembleDarkhorse started to get popular]], several attempts were made to {{retcon}} him into [[HomegrownHero actually being American]]. Fortunately, none of these stuck.
* One of their (once) most popular titles, ''Comicbook/{{Excalibur}}'', followed the national super-team of the UK. The X-Men lived in Australia for several years, too, but ''Excalibur'' was created by writer Creator/ChrisClaremont, who was born in Britain, and British artist Alan Davis. And the team in its original form consisted of two Britons, two Americans and a German.
* This was lampshaded during the ''[[ComicBook/HouseOfM Decimation]]'' event when Henry Peter Gyrich remarked how, now that there are no mutants around any more, the US wins the superpower race by default since statistically, "[[FreakLabAccident happy accidents]]" (like the Comicbook/FantasticFour or Comicbook/IncredibleHulk) and scientific advancements (like ComicBook/CaptainAmerica) that lead to meta-humans being created occur more frequently in the US than anywhere else in the world.
* Another exception: ComicBook/AlphaFlight, but that was created by Canadian artist and writer Creator/JohnByrne.
* Yet another: The ComicBook/{{Runaways}}' bases are in Southern California. In fact, besides ComicBook/CloakAndDagger, none of the other heroes show up in the comic unless they're in New York themselves or [[spoiler:they're being apprehended by ComicBook/TheAvengers]].
* Both Marvel and DC actually do assume that there are superhumans living all over the globe - in fact, both have had crossovers or miniseries that existed simply to introduce a lot of global heroes [[RememberTheNewGuy who were treated as characters that had always been there]], [[HeroOfAnotherStory you just never saw them before]] - it's just brought up infrequently, so every now and then a completely unnecessary lampshade gets hung on it by a writer who doesn't realize that there are lots of characters they've never heard of and lots of writers before them who had the same idea.
* Wolverine and the rest of the characters introduced in Giant Size X-Men #1 were intentionally designed to be a new group of mutants from around the world... they all just got recruited to go live in Westchester.
* This was lampshaded during the ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' arc: at the height of the conflict, the Canadian characters in Alpha Flight were mocking all the angst going on among the American superheroes concerning the Registration Act by pointing out that other nations (including Canada) had something equivalent in place for years without having had either opponents, supporters, or the governments in question go as insane over the issue as the Americans currently were.
* Banshee was even a member of "Mutants Without Borders", a charity organization that helps mutants in the third world. Of course, it was owned and run by the American X-Man Archangel.
* This whole situation was {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Comicbook/MightyAvengers''. The ComicBook/BlueMarvel is a black superhero from America who divides his time between the Avengers and helping out various other superheroes across the globe, with the RunningGag being that whenever he mentions any of his non-American hero comrades, none of the Avengers have even the slightest idea of who the hell he is talking about.
* ''ComicBook/{{The Vision|2015}}'' takes place almost entirely in a suburb of UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC, despite Vision working for the New York-based Avengers, because writer Creator/TomKing lives and works in Washington.
