City of Los Angeles

Official Name

City of Los Angeles

Aliases

City of Angels

Location Details

Galaxy

Milky Way

Star System

Sol

Planet

Earth

Country

United States of America

State

California

City

Los Angeles

Characteristics

Dimensions

Area:

City 498.3 sq mi (1,290.6 km²)

Land 469.1 sq mi (1,214.9 km²)

Water 29.2 sq mi (75.7 km²) 5.8%

Urban 1,667.9 sq mi (4,319.9 km²)

Population

4,018,080 (2007 census) Population Density: 567 (2,005)/sq mi (3,165/km²)

First appearance

Marvel Mystery Comics #28
(February, 1942)

History

20th Century

During World War II, while most Japanese-Americans were sent to internment camps, one man known as Gojo was granted immunity by the US government due to his past assistance to the United States in 1942. He resided in Los Angeles, and unknown to authorities was a loyal spy for Imperial Japan. From his mansion he trained subversives in the art of assassination and martial arts until he was stopped by the Sub-Mariner^[1]. In 1945, the city put on a War Bond drive and put a captured Nazi buzz-bomber on display. Imperial Japanese spies attempted to steal the bomber, but were stopped by the Destroyer^[2].

Modern Age

Points of Interest

• Clarke Futuristics
• Colden House
• Hollywood
• Stark Enterprises Headquarters
• Transcorp Tower
• UCLA
• Venice Beach
  
  

Residents

• Avengers West Coast
• Emerson Bale
• Mayor Thomas Bradley^[3]
• Jerry Brown
• Pierre
• She-Hulk
• Spider-Woman
• Werewolf

Amos Crawley (Earth-616)

Amos Crawleys was Stuart Clarke's lawyer and financial manager. He berated Clarke for the childish display, noting that he was in debt to the government, his sub-contractors, and to Crawley, and said that if he'd sold out two years before he could have been a rich man, but now he had to declare bankruptcy. Clarke became furious, noting that he had put his heart and soul into Clarke Futuristics and that it was Crawley's fault because he had been handling his finances and had not prepared for the recession. Clarke then fired Crawley, announcing that he'd find a way to pay back his creditors^[4].

Having identified Clarke with the armored marauder named Rampage, Crawley contacted the police, who soon appeared outside of Clarke Futuristics and demanded his surrender. After Rampage was injured in the final battle against the Champions, Crawley noted that Clarke had never had a chance to alter his power of attorney status for Clarke Futuristics, and he prepared to move swiftly, sell the company, pay off Clarke's creditors, and escape with a tidy fee for himself^[5].

Anna (Los Angeles) (Earth-616)

Anna noticed that Rose suddenly began to shiver as Robert Drake was passing nearby^[4].

Rose (Earth-616)

Rose suddenly began to shiver as Robert Drake was passing nearby^[4].

Notes

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Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• Appearances of Los Angeles
• Location Gallery: Los Angeles
• Images related to Los Angeles
• Fan Art Gallery: Los Angeles
• Marvel Staff members who were born in Los Angeles

Links and References

• Los Angeles article at the DC Database Project
• Los Angeles article at Wikipedia