Empire State Building

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Empire State Building

[[Image:|200px|center|Empire State Building]]

Official Name

The Empire State Building

Location Details

Universe

Earth-One

, Earth-AD , New Earth , Earth-50

, Fables

Galaxy

Milky Way

Star System

Sol

Planet

Earth

Country

United States of America

State

New York

City

New York City

Locale

Manhattan

Characteristics

Dimensions

102 stories (86 floors); Floor area: 254,000 m² rentable; 2,768,591 sq. ft. External: 0.8 ha (2 acres)

First appearance

Unknown

History

The Empire State Building is the tallest skyscraper in New York City. It is located on 5th Avenue in midtown Manhattan. In the 1930s, the 86th floor of the Empire State Building housed the personal offices of the adventurer known as Doc Savage. One of the more infamous incidents that took place during this time happened in 1933 when a giant mutated gorilla terrorized New York and scaled the side of the Empire State Building. Biplanes succeeded in shooting the creature down, and the body was later recovered by a top secret government think tank known as Project M.^[1] In later years, the 86th floor was used as the observation deck and gift shop. In 1941 (date conjectural), British turncoat Death Mayhew attempted to bomb New York City with an atomic weapon using the Empire State Building as ground zero. It was his intent to have a memorial of himself erected on the site where the skyscraper once stood. Fortunately, the famed aviator Janos Prohaska fought with Mayhew inside one of the building's offices and prevented the Nazi sympathizer's plan from coming to fruition. ^[2]

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Earth-AD

In the continuity of Earth-AD, the Empire State Building survived the Great Disaster of the 21st century, but geological upheaval rendered it structurally unsound. By the era when Kamandi began having his adventures, the Empire State Building was largely abandoned and, like the rest of Manhattan, had been absorbed into the greater Tiger Empire.^[3]

Earth-50

In Earth-50 continuity, the Empire State Building was the scene of a fight between the Midnighter and a villain known as the Suicide King. The fight ended with the Suicide King being impaled on the top of the building, while the Midnighter swung away on a safety line. ^[4]

Points of Interest

• Doc Savage's office on the 86th floor
• Observation Deck

Notes

• No special notes.
  

Trivia

• Although never referenced by name, the giant gorilla that scaled the side of the Empire State Building in 1933 is a reference to King Kong.

See Also

• Appearances of Empire State Building (Alphabetical)
• Location Gallery: Empire State Building

Links and References

• None.

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