Baxter Building
The Baxter Building is a building that features in Marvel Comics.
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History
During the Skrull Secret Invasion, one of their infiltrators snuck into the Baxter Building disguised as a tourist whereupon they took the shape of Susan Richards and accessed the Negative Zone portal. The agent then activated the gateway in order to drag the entire building into the Negative Zone as part of the Skrulls targeted attack to eliminate key obstacles to their conquest of the planet. (Secret Invasion v1 #1)
Peter Parker met with the Avengers in order to fund them and offered them the use of the top floors of the Baxter Building as their headquarters. (Avengers v7 #1) The company later filled for bankruptcy leading to all the Parker Industries being sold thus depriving the Avengers of their new base. (Avengers v7 #11) This led to it being open for a bid with Liz Allan of Alchemax looking to purchase the building. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #789) It was later sold to a new superhero team called the Fantastix who modelled themselves on the Fantastic Four. They made their public debut made by their manager who had paid the Wrecking Crew to rob a site outside the Baxter Building just when the real Fantastic Four returned. The supervillains being paid was exposed by Valeria Richards and the Fantastic Four resolved the conflict with the Fantastix by allowing the new team of heroes to use the Baxter Building as they had bought the premise. The Fantastic Four then departed as they decided to settle for creating a new headquarters for themselves. (Fantastic Four v6 #4)
Overview
For a time in reception, there was a robotic receptionist that resembled a blond haired woman but the lower body was fixed to her position with her being tasked to greeting visitors. (Fantastic Four v1 #239)
Inhabitants
- Roberta :
Notes
- The Baxter Building was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby where it made its first appearance in Fantastic Four v1 #3 (March 1962) though the modern version appeared in Fantastic Four v3 #38 (February 2001).
In other media
Television
- In Fantastic Four, the Baxter Building featured as the headquarters of the Fantastic Four in the 1990s animated television series.
- In Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes, the Baxter Building featured as the headquarters of the Fantastic Four in the animated television series.
- In Iron Man: Armored Adventures, the building itself did not appear but a Baxter Think Tank was mentioned in the episode "X-Factor".
- In The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Baxter Building made a few guest appearances in the animated television series in the episodes "The Man Who Stole Tomorrow" and "The Private War of Doctor Doom".
Films
- In Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, the Baxter Building appeared in the live-action film sequel where the roof served as the setting for Reed Richards and Susan Storm's wedding.
- In Fantastic Four, the Baxter Building featured in the live-action 2015 film with it being the base for the Baxter Foundation. The foundation was a government sponsored research institute for young prodigies that was founded by Dr. Franklin Storm. It was the site for experiments in the creation of a Quantum Gate in order to open a doorway to another world and dimension.
Video games
Appearances
- Fantastic Four v1:
- Secret Invasion v1:
- Amazing Spider-Man v1:
- Avengers v7:
- Fantastic Four v6:
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