Marvel Characters From Every* State

[@leilanibelanger9937]

me waiting the whole video to see whos from my state only to find out that nh is the only state without one.

[@leilanibelanger9937]

other than that very entertaining and informative video tho 10/10

[@wildforce6669]

Same bro

[@supernova9361]

rip nh

[@leilanibelanger9937]

@@supernova9361 frrr

[@serenityq26]

Just google it and you will find one. Dont let this video be a one stop shop of information

[@RocKnight11]

Okay, hear me out. Apparently, Deadpool fought a zombified version of Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the United States. Franklin Pierce is from New Hampshire. Bam! There is your Marvel character from New Hampshire.

[@nikhilclayton]

@@RocKnight11 genuinely that counts! Neat!

[@Brightd00dFN]

Why Franklin pierce? 😂

[@ecyor0]

@@Brightd00dFN Someone ressurected every US President from Washington to Reagan, they wanted to destroy the world, and Deadpool was the only man for the job, on account of his skills and also that he's Canadian.

[@chewymustard6426]

Fun fact my best friend Olivia Pierce is related directly to franklin pierce!

[@QueenLizby]

Don't forget all the Canadian heroes who are from (generic) Canada, which I know is a whole other country but Marvel REALLY seems to like making Canadian characters when they aren't obsessing over New York

[@nikhilclayton]

@@QueenLizby john byrne, a very influential writer of early marvel, was Canadian and loved making characters from there. He’s also partially the reason wolverine got pushed so hard cause he loved that there was a canadian xman

[@QueenLizby]

@@nikhilclayton John did have a pretty solid run on X-Men, can't fault the guy for repping his home and doing a really good job at that!

[@brandongiles7240]

yeah, he was a good writer, shame about him as a human being though

[@Danzorel]

@@brandongiles7240Is he that good of a writer though....?

[@danelisslow3269]

Dang I forgot about captain citrus. Classic character.

[@captaincomic8678]

One of my favorite obscure Marvel facts is that Paste-Pot Pete, the Trapster, is from Gary, Indiana.

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

i know that place from a song mh

[@radfarlander]

The hometown of Michael, Janet, and the rest of the Jacksons

[@yahkimicki236]

Damn, glad he got out

[@Usernotfound31231]

RHODE ISLAND HAS ENTERED THE CHAT. We may not have Marvel, but DC’s fictional Happy Harbor, home of Young Justice, is in RI!!

[@RABartlett]

That means Snapper Carr is a native. H.P. Lovecraft is, not surprisingly, a canonical Marvel character. Also of note, the first issue of the Ghost Rider spin-off/launch of the Midnight Sons line, "Spirits of Vengance" took place in Rhode Island. This was, I believe, the first appearance of Johnny Blaze's children--since they were a travelling circus, that doesn't mean they were born there, but I mean...pretty easy to retcon. Also, maybe Lilith spawned a Lillin.

[@codywilson2629]

Rhode islander here. My friend is starting up a marvel multiverse rpg game in the next few weeks.my charachters motivation is to be the first superhero grom rfode island. But has to do it elsewhere because rhode island doesnt want them Attracting supervillains. They havent had a local one since tje forties and intend to keep it that way

[@jizmoney74]

RI in the house!!

[@Silverheart575]

I watched the TikTok when it came out, but that's not going to stop me from watching a 23 minute version of said video.

[@hopefulhyena3400]

I can’t stress enough how much I hate that this isn’t in order

[@sanny8716]

What order can it be in?

[@cr1ticalfailure]

@sanny8716 alphabetical by state?

[@sanny8716]

@@cr1ticalfailure Wouldn't that just be kinda random? At least geographical order that he did makes sense

[@OpinionParade]

I'm genuinely surprised there aren't more characters from Washington State. It seems like a good place to hide some characters origins. Forests, Tech Hubs like Seattle, Small towns, Sea Access, Deserts, Ghost Towns, Mines, Glaciers, Islands, etc. The state has a LOT of potential.

[@dyingbreath7]

As a former Idahoan, the Leader being from there makes a ton of sense.

[@just_jakey]

My ex is from Idaho and it makes SO much sense

[@Flippo___]

not just a deep dive, incredibly and unnecessarily insightful too!

[@katlayton9585]

green goblin is just the average resident of Fairfield county

[@ar1299gaming]

That's hilarious how this I find out what my states character is. And yeah I'm in Fairfield county and can see him living in Fairfield propper.

[@MaxEllSibSwe]

You know what, I'll take Bucky. That's better than a lot of these.

[@ClintBandito]

In listing the crazy things Rick Jones has done you somehow skipped that he is actually the person who brought the original Avengers together.

[@TheNexusSystem]

Your comedy continues to be top-notch. I know we sound like a broken record here, but your delivery is absolutely incredible. XD 11/10 content, as always. 💕

[@Biotitan00]

Not sure if this counts or is wholly accurate, but the Marvel character The Blue Ear was made because of a fan from New Hampshire and while I don’t think his birth place is listed, Blue Ear is presumably from New Hampshire.

[@nikhilclayton]

@@Biotitan00 i considered blue ear! But yeah they never actually specify a birthplace for him

[@Biotitan00]

@@nikhilclayton well damn

[@peterstangl8295]

Close enough.

[@DustyCartoon]

Bro nailed the pronunciation of Hoosier

[@HenryLongfellow-lw2gq]

Indeed, I’m just glad we have a semi recognizable character

[@Leaferiksonday]

Is it that hard to pronounce? I must be bias.

[@astealthyfish]

​@HenryLongfellow-lw2gq same, I swore it was going to be the most D-Lister character ever but im happy we got Bucky.

[@radfarlander]

12:05 The mascot for the University of Arkansas is the Razorbacks. It is a wild boar/pig mix that is native but not unique to the state. The U of A is the biggest college in the state and has long been its most popular to root for. And that, True Believers, is why we got a hero named Razorback.

[@xXcheapdeathXx]

Is it weird that I'm less embarrassed that Redneck is from my state than the Razorback?

[@patrickblakney176]

Your passion for comics excites me! I thought I could listen to this while going to bed, and you get me here wide awake taking shots enjoying every state! Don't stop doing what you're doing bro I love it!

[@patrickblakney176]

And YES South Carolina for the Overkill!!!! I am pleased!

[@patrickblakney176]

Boom New Hampshire

[@kaiz.m1461]

nice! we get to see our favorite comic book nerd from a new angle this time! also love the editing whom i feel is probably he's clone messing with him

[@nathangriffiths5371]

Didn't realize you had a KZbin channel too, you should have so much more subs on here your videos are great 😃

[@nerdwarp112]

I knew Norman Osborn was from Connecticut but I didn’t realize that Speedball was also from there. This was a neat video. Maybe you could do the same thing with DC characters in the future.

[@lverdugo1791]

As a fellow gambit fan i need that uncut footage of the Louisiana rant

[@theoabrahamsson6938]

Great video! Would love one on characters from countries that are not the US or made up.

[@MaxEllSibSwe]

I'd be willing to bet that'd only actually cover like 20-30% of the world's countries at best given how US centric comics tend to be.

[@robplaysstuff6029]

I would love a made up countries version of this. But not people from space, Ideally just made up countries on earth.

[@chadam917]

​@MaxEllSibSwe I really love the old soviet characters they made. They're really interesting time pieces in a way. Like Crimson Dynamo, Omega Red, and Red Guardian ( are you noticing a theme with these names)

[@soopface5467]

this may be the way i finally learn the different states in the US

[@DragonSlayer26806]

This is really good! I love this and this is actually really helpful

[@sergeantdornan5695]

I’m from Waverly Iowa, which is Hawkeye’s hometown, we are a middle of nowhere rural town of like 10,000. Take that Washington, you only get the Griffin guy but my little town in the middle of bumfuck nowhere gets an Avenger

[@MythoMars]

This was wildly entertaining It’s also great to know there’s like no one from Michigan that’s fine 🎉🎉 so happy about that

[@TheSoundwave129]

Hank Pym is actually from Nebraska, though I don't think that was a thing until 2015

[@staticspector5174]

2013 in age of ultron #10, but the official marvel website says new york so he's probobly going with that

[@bluekid574]

As a Delawarean and someone who grew up in Smyrna I gotta say it's an absolutely bizarre fact to hear a marvel villain is not only from Delaware but the town I grew up in and It's not even a major town in the state. Also minor thing but as someone who grew up in Smyrna it urks me when people, understandably, mispronounce it as Si-meer-na when everyone from around the area says it like Suh-mer-nuh but it's completely understandable if you're not from the area

[@afropenguin]

I feel like i need to correct the Big bertha joke, her power is that she can grow her body to increase her strength. Though to make the GLA edgy it was definded that she could only lose weight by belima, though and the reason i feel the need to defend her, she is now a plus sized model and since the start of their last mini series she has pretty much kept the same size. Got to defend the GLA! But aside good video was quite funny.

[@AmbassadorBleu]

Great video dude…is Indiana allowed to claim Winter Soldier or nah

[@nikhilclayton]

@@AmbassadorBleu yeah! He was born there

[@ArtByDesign80]

20:35 Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter from Daredevil was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

[@nikhilclayton]

Lol in the show, yeah. As. i show in 21:02 and then a second later at 21:03 I show it's still unconfirmed in the comics (at least according to Marvel.com which was my ultimate fact-checker, though every handbook I checked also had him unlisted)

[@SophisticatedWaffle]

I went on this to find out who was from my state then realized almost every single marvel character is from New York

[@jeremyachristensen]

Those were some weapons grade transitions. Absolutely brilliant

[@joshuakeller634]

I just subscribed specifically because of the Dani Moonstar love.

[@77redrum77]

It's weird that the 50 State Initiative left out a state!

[@JamesCPotter13]

I think they assigned the states by the hero/team that primarily operated there.

[@CnutChristian]

"Come on Ben don't you know it doesn't matter anymore, there are werewolves in L.A" - Phil Sheldon

[@SilverDime287]

As a Nebraskan, it makes a lot of sense that a lot of heroes where raised here and left immediately

[@ThatOneGuy414]

Watching in x2 while I waited for my state to pop up was to very entertaining to where I watched the whole thing like that😂 but cool video man

[@RedHavok7]

The energy is crazy

[@garrhettroebuck8402]

I'm from Mississippi and I always loved seeing Rouge and Gambit in the animated series.

[@Lopes4911]

Watching this as someone who is not from the USA is great because I just havo no idea of what most of the jokes mean but I'm still enjoying your enthusiasm

[@graydenday3760]

14:00 "saved by the buoyancy of citrus" - Mitch Hedberg

[@MusicalAngel]

This video was amazing :D XD I love how most of the states get roasted (even if my state was as well XD) keep up the great videos!

[@kid14346]

Don't forget Gravity is from Wisconsin. I love how in Secret Invasion during the montage of cross country Skrull killing the GLA is like, "Hey Gravity want to come back to Milwaukee?" and he just is like, "Wow look at the time, gotta go kill some Skrulls anywhere other than right here." Also can't forget the Detroit native Good Boy. She is a furry artist who can transform into her Blue Wolf fursona. She is also on the GLA... I just love the GLA.

[@ILikePandacakes]

I think I have a new favourite KZbinr.. Nikhil you are a treasure

[@flavoredchin]

Minutae is the lifeblood of nerdhood, it keeps the culture deep.

[@sarahquintas3285]

This is exactly the type of content I come to KZbin for.

[@drewrussell8531]

Delaware having two characters is particularly impressive since, based on a quick wiki check, Delaware is the US state with the least number of appearances, having only shown up 14 times - and that's counting an episode each from Agents of Shield and the '80s Hulk series, apparently. I figured Cap would've been the most likely hero to show up in the First State, but he's actually seemingly only been there once as part of an Avengers story. In DC, though, Metropolis is apparently there? I used to have a very close friend from Delaware who was a massive local history nerd (worked at historical parks and the like) and while I am definitely no on speaking terms with her anymore (my fault) I do still have a soft spot for the state ... even if there really isn't much there besides some cool old buildings, museums, and horseshoe crabs. Oh, and apparently the whole state's population is the victim of a curse placed upon them by Edgar Allen Poe, that's a thing. Oh, and New Hampshire has 24 appearances.

[@tylerferguson3193]

Did some research, Razorback seems fun, not as much of a bummer as thought initially. Hope you'll have a good day

[@feralart]

I read a Spider-Man novel, years back, where Razorback helped Spidey save the day.

[@thenintenosayian9553]

12:09 That's funny cause not only is the most popular college team in Arkansas called the razorbacks, but the high school mascot in Texarkana, Arkansas, where the character is from, are the razorbacks

[@staarzat4]

i didnt know u had a yt but im so happy you do

[@theseushasdisappeared]

Got my favorite boi Moonknight so happy

[@ant-fan]

Great video! Even if you did misspell my home state of Delaware. Also, another MAJOR character from Nebraska is Hank Pym!

[@nikhilclayton]

@@ant-fan hank pym was born in elmsford NY. But thank you!

[@ant-fan]

@ I’d be curious what your source is for that! I assume there must be conflicting statements in canon, as the final issue of Age of Ultron explicitly states that Hank was born “East Nowhere, Nebraska.”

[@nikhilclayton]

@ marvel.com and Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe but admittedly they may be out of date. They were just my fact-checking tool for this vid

[@ant-fan]

@@nikhilclayton Cool! I’m going to be on the hunt for where that comes from. It’s such a specific place! Either way, this is a really fun video! Thanks for making it! I’ll definitely be tuning in to see what you make in the future!

[@buket1472]

I really liked the editing style

[@sarahoates5948]

Love this video and the decation you put into it!!! ❤❤❤

[@ChrisUrrutia]

Franklin Peirce the 14th President of the United States appears as a zombie in Deadpool (volume 5) 4 where he brought to undeath and subsequently re-killed. He was born in New Hampshire so if you count being a zombie as an original character then he would be a marvel character from New Hampshire.

[@judoboygamer518]

I love the new editor!

[@bonnf8633]

Be me. From Illinois. Waiting for my hero. Sees Moon Knight. Screams in jubilation. Is a good day

[@peteallen8420]

So when talking about Rick Jones, it sounded like he was a Marvel version of Jimmy Olsen.

[@ked49]

He is basically.

[@jadonthomas6800]

This is a masterpeice

[@stoopidapples1596]

As an Australian, it's weird that there's practically no popular Australian Marvel heroes (only Australian superhero in general i can think of is Captain Boomerang), yet Australians play 2 of the most popular superheroes and also have a huge role in creating them (not one but 2 of our state governments are in practically all the marvel credits)

[@ryanmassey1441]

Didn’t you guys basically adopt The Phantom?

[@animatedblox7461]

As an X-Men fan, I feel it my duty to inform you that one of the most popular eras of the original Claremont run involved the team living in the Outback as fugitives for like two years. Is it because Chris saw Mad Max and wanted to do Mad Max but in the Marvel Universe? Maybe. But it did give us some great issues and some really cool heroes like Gateway and later Manifold. Also worth mentioning that Bishop's parents are Aboriginal even if he is culturally a post-apocalyptic New Yorker. (Oh, and Pyro is an Aussie too! Not always a hero but reasonably popular!)

[@bennywarren17]

It's because we have the visual effects studios in more of our capital cities Could also be Disney Studios (old fox studios)

[@SoapTheFox]

Never heard of Mercury, gonna have to take a look since it seems she's the only Oregon born character

[@ericbright1881]

Had to look more into this Griffin guy since he's from my state. Tacoma is actually one of those "Keep Blank Weird" cities, so I'd say he's an acceptable Washingtonian. One of his listed powers, telepathic communication with birds. Can't control them, just talks to birds.

[@snowtrooper514]

10:40, you nailed it. That is the correct pronunciation

[@gummygal008]

new hampshire has jimble thimble, a mutant who's power is giving people cancer

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

Dayton Ohio born here. Hulk makes a lot of sense being from a tech town in a state known for tech and science.

[@NemoGreen]

I was so surprised to see Bucky was from my state lol I thought I was gonna get someone unknown 😂

[@bequiet5373]

can't believe you didn't do Cloud 9 for Illinois

[@superant8680]

That second to last one sounded like Steven Grant from Moon Knight 😭😭

[@loselot6044]

Man, we got Ms.MODOK. Oh well, at least the OG New Mutants got a lot of love with both of their leaders being the headliners for their respective states.

[@feralart]

We still have Dolly...

[@loselot6044]

@@feralart Amen to that

[@vincenttrujillo3310]

The Blob Repping Lubbock, let’s goooooo

[@KingV1128]

Are you going to edit? Vivisector from X-Statix is literally from New Hampshire. 👉🤯👈

[@damashep]

I had to check to see if Canonball was the one from Kentucky. As nerds from Kentucky, my friends and I thought he was awesome!

[@InnesTahtinen]

Lets go, another D-Man fan. You looking forward to the movie?

[@nikhilclayton]

Just watched it and it was incredible

[@strombreakr]

The Initiative: "Interesting..."

[@zach1425]

So gambit was always just gonna be the Louisiana pick?

[@killerzombie2171]

Finding out that Bulldozer of the lovable Wrecking crew isn’t just from Kansas but the town I grew up in..is just wild and unexpected but my heart goes to Gambit cause I was born Louisiana

[@Vladiuzs]

it feels funny when a tiktoker yous follow randomly appears on your youtube, feels like watching a new being from a paralel timeline

[@hulk6785]

Arkansas gets a character called Redneck and a character called Razorback, which is also the mascot for the state's main university. Somebody wasn't trying too hard with those guys.

[@everythingisvision]

As a New Englander, it does make a lot of sense that Green Goblin is from there. It’s very fitting.

[@iout]

I would like to toss Elsa Bloodstone in as another blonde badass from Massachusetts who really doesn’t want anyone to know she was born in Massachusetts. Or America for that matter. Or that she’s a natural blonde. Really she doesn’t seem to want anyone to know anything about her childhood. She also shares people not knowing her original hair color with Emma.

[@feralart]

Tennessee still has Dolly Parton, who is a hero in any universe.

[@morbiusv5857]

Great video! now do for every country!

[@MythoMars]

yk I would love to hear that 2 hour rant about the characters from Louisiana

[@IsItZapdos]

(psst, Thaddeus Ross is from New Hampshire. Hate for you to find out this way)

[@nikhilclayton]

Lol i fully expected some sort of comment instantly telling me who was from NH but for the record, ross is still listed as “place of origin: unrevealed” on marvel.com which was what I was using to fact check

[@JonLemerond1]

Wisconsin is here to give its thanks to the great Mark Gruenwald, a Marvel chief editor from Oshkosk and the main reason why a decent number of Marvel characters are connected to Wisconsin. Not only do we have the Great Lakes Avengers and Quasar, Sasquatch also played for the Green Bay Packers. Gruenwald was also a big part of Marvel's New Universe which had DP7, a team that spent a surprising amount of time having adventures in Wisconsin.

[@evanlindsey1100]

Rick was a green hulk for a few years before the grey hulk reappeared in the mid to late 80s. He apparently hit himself with gamma rays to try and turn himself into a hulk. It didn't work and he got the big c. After that, he became a part of Rom's supporting cast.

[@BigTimeNico]

This is the exact kind of niche comic content I come to Nikhil for

[@theuncannymrwilks]

“Daredevil can’t legally be pictured with a moose” bro you can’t just leave us with that.

[@sirekumasutra7022]

Since we have John Stewart GL, Spawn, and The Crow I am fine with us just having D Man from Marvel.

[@nikhilclayton]

Yeah there is a really interesting trend of Marvel not really going to the same well as cities with other popular heroes. Like you'd think there'd be Seattle heroes but I guess Green Arrow has dibs

[@rocknrollcannibals]

I can't believe you brought up The Blob being from Lubbock, TX, but neglected to mention that Forge, (another indigenous person of the Cheyanne tribe and also Storm's ex-boyfriend) is from Dallas, Tx! Otherwise, great video, keep it up!

[@nikhilclayton]

@@rocknrollcannibals sadly technically forge’s birthplace is unknown he just lives in dallas (and is likely from there i was just bein extra specific for this one)

[@maxithalo7796]

erm actually the refrigerator light does turn off when you close the door

[@nikhilclayton]

@@maxithalo7796 how would u know

[@maxithalo7796]

@@nikhilclayton had to hide there once to escape a nuclear bomb

[@ked49]

@@nikhilclaytonI pressed a button

[@churroboy1014]

Am i crazy or is miles morales listed twice in the list of heroes born in new york?

[@226MetalHead]

New to this channel and wanted to give some light criticism. I like the energy, but the speed at which you're speaking is hard to understand when you have such reverb in your room. Sounds like I'm listening to you from across the room and it's hard to keep engaged as compared to bigger channels that do the formula. Also in video types like this most people will first search for their own, so it would be nice to see this video segmented by state.

[@nikhilclayton]

@@226MetalHead welcome to the channel! And thank you, I’m still getting used to making this style of content

[@Matty2Tone]

You said Hoosier correctly. Congratulations.

[@ginger_L3]

i wonder if you could do this but with countries

[@Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17]

14:16 X-Men comics sound fucking sick, are they all like this?

[@drewgeraci8434]

Great concept for a video - BTW, if you need to look for other states, I recommend The original Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe and the update editions that followed in 1986 and 1989

[@jalionelle9303]

Think the Titania from Colorado - the one we were introduced to in “Secret Wars” and is the well-known version who marries Absorbing Man - is different than the Titania who was on the pro-wrestling team. Way back in the day of the OHOTMU they were separate entries but maybe it got retconned or, heck, maybe they’re both from Colorado.

[@nikhilclayton]

@@jalionelle9303 no you’re right! That’s my bad. The titania on the grapplers is from maine!