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American Frontier[]

During the days of the American Frontier, many gunfighters traveled through the area.

Along the Mogollon Range, outlaw heroKid Colt infiltrated the gang known as theWild Bunch in order to shut them down.^[1] A local prospector named Barney discovered an old Spanish exploration ship that was land locked in the middle of the desert. Barney was murdered by theCalico Kid who then went to locate the ship and the gold doubloons inside. They were pursued by Barney's friendsTex Morgan andLobo, who killed Calico and his gang, and left the ship and its loot to be buried in a sandstorm.^[2] In the town of Taos, theTwo-Gun Kid prevented rancher and banker Whit Martel from murdering his rival, Esteban Terrero.^[3]

20th Century[]

In 1946, a gang of criminals discovered a tree that literally grew diamonds located in Stone Gulch on land owned by the government. They attempted to keep the knowledge of the tree a secret, however, theHuman Torch andToro uncovered the tree and insured that the government claimed the tree.^[4] In 1949,Sun Girl was invited to New Mexico where she was to be honored by the Hopi people. There she was kidnapped by the strangeCube Men and taken to the planetAutan on behalf of their master the so-calledBrain Monster. Sun Girl eventually liberated herself and returned to Earth.^[5]

In 1954, the international criminal known as theVulture built his original hideout in the deserts of New Mexico where he attempted to develop "super atomic bombs", until he was defeated by the Human Torch and Toro and his base destroyed in a nuclear explosion.^[6] Later, government atomic bomb tests irradiated and mutated adinosaur egg, unleashing a fully grown dinosaur that terrorized the western United States until it was stopped by the Torch and Toro.^[7] In 1955, Secret Service AgentRick Davis prevented Communist agents in the region from sabotaging early rocket tests.^[8]

Modern Age[]

The New Mexico desert is the site of theGamma Bomb tests that transformed Bruce Banner into theHulk and had many of his early adventures there.^[9] When the Hulk went on a rampage in New Mexico's Sector B,Rick Jones contacted theAvengers to stop him, but they failed to catch him, as he hid underwater for a long time, only to resurface in theAtlantic Ocean.^[10]

Alternate Reality Versions[]

Ultimate Marvel Universe (Earth-1610)[]

SHIELD Aero-Space Development Station #9 is located in New Mexico. The Kree sabotaged a launch at this base which led to a major confrontation between agents of the Kree andMahr-Vehl, theFantastic Four, and most of theUltimates.^[11]

On Earth-1610, a disillusionedCaptain America renounced his warrior mantle and lived in a remote area of New Mexico.^[12] Later in an unrelated incident, Sue Storm and Thor discovered a Hydra Research Station near Bloomfield. With the help ofMonica Chang and SHIELD the agents of Hydra were defeated and the base was dismantled.^[13]

Earth-TRN1294[]

• Alamogordo
• Albuquerque
  • Firebird's Base of Operations: Headquarters of a secret research lab of the federal government
• Area 102: WhereBruce Banner andGeneral Ross both once lived.
• Arrowshaft: Town attacked byRick Jones when he was theHulk.S.H.I.E.L.D.'sClay Quartermain arrival prompted Jones to escape.^[15]
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park
• Home Base Headquarters^[16]
• Desert Base: FirstGamma Bomb Test
• Elijah^[17]
• Gamma Base: OldHulkbusters Headquarters
• Jackalope
• Jericho: This town was destroyed a rampagingHulk, by then physically separated from Banner.^[18]
• Jude: Dr.W. Lee Benway, in cahoots with Jude's SheriffBradley Martin held his mad scientist facilities in a villa north of Jude, until it was destroyed bythe Hulk and he was arrested bySpider-Woman.^[19]
• La Paloma
  • La Paloma Medical Center
• Las Cruces
  • Ryking Institute
• Liberty
• Lordsburg: Old home ofLincoln Slade
• Los Alamos: WhereMandrill,Multiple Man, andNekra Sinclair were born.
• Mesa Verde
• Mossback Flats^[20]
• Navapo: Seat ofDesert State University, alma mater toBruce Banner.^[21]
• Puente Antiguo: OnEarth-199999, a small town near a "Bifrost site" where dimensional travelers access Earth via theBifrost.
• Rio Vista: This town was briefly attacked byTyrannus when he was in theAbomination's body.^[22]
• Roswell: Town where the Roswell UFO incident took place.
• Santa Fe
• Stoneridge: Damaged by Hulk's rampage and the Avengers trying to stop him.
  • Gammaworld,^[23] Olympus Group R&D Lab 454
• Taos: WhereFirebird was born.
• Tecumcari^[24]
• Wellman Gorge^[20]
• White Sands^[25]

• Fantasy
• Sci-fi
• Marvel