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This article contains spoilers forAmazing Fantasy # 1000
Marvel finally expose precisely why so much crime come about in New York City , despite being the home of theAvengers , Queens residentSpider - Manand slews of other superheroes . The Big Apple is arguably the focal point of a immense majority of Marvel story , and superheroes such as the X - Men , Iron Man , Daredevil and of course of study Spider - Manare base in the urban center . One would ideate that so many crimefighers would deter criminal , but the events ofAmazing Fantasy # 1000shows this is the precise opposite , and in fact is the excess of heroes that draw outlaw to the city in the first place .
DC Comics created imaginary cities for their superheroes ; Superman famously operates out of Metropolis , Batman is based in Gotham City , Flash runs through the street of Central City , etc . Stan Lee and Jack Kirbyelected to vary from this drift by order their Fantastic Four squad forthrightly in New York - not a fictionalized reading of the city , but the New York with which many reader were already familiar . Due to the figure ofwritershailing from New York as well , the city much overflowed with superheroes by the 70 and LXXX , and Marvel faced a actual problem : why would any condemnable select to rob banks and snatch up purses in a city where the ilk of Thor , Storm , and others fly overhead ?
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InAmazing Fantasy # 1000’sstory " Just Some Guy " written by Anthony Falcone and Michael Cho , a vulgar criminal named Frankie Fama decide to develop into an old wearhouse to steal items inside . He rationalizes he wo n’t be captivate notdespitethe superhero front in the city , butbecauseof it:“When the champion are busy with some mouldy alien God ? That ’s when a lifer like me can actually get some piece of work done … I only tear jobs when the zep are in use with crowing fish . “Unfortunately for Fama , while theAvengers are busy fighting in the late event , Spider - Man makes it his mission to ascertain no one takes advantage of any major conflict , and puts Frankie behind bars again and again .
felon do not deflect hero in this mode - they depend on them to come in effect whenever the latest alien encroachment or supernatural monster arrives to take control of the urban center . While the heavy - hitterssuch as Thor and Doctor Strangebattle the major terror , multitude like Fama take advantage of the distraction to commit low - level crimes . In a sense , New York is the good place for goon such as Fama ; were it not for Spider - Man , he and others like him could utilize the constant topsy-turvydom as a perfect way to hide .
Fortunately , Spider - Man and presumably other street - level paladin have it off that taking advantage of a world - ending moster plan of attack is exactly the variety of thing small - clip criminal will attempt , and they put to work accordingly to prevent it . Loki , Doctor Doom , Doctor Octopus and others can be defeated by the Avengers - and for anyone who continues to push their hazard during these metropolis - threatening events , the Punisher is also in New Yorkto for good end crime as he sees fit . New York metropolis is , queerly enough , the gross spot for bank robbers , burglars and other petty thieves - plainly because theAvengersare too busy saving the metropolis to barricade them .
