List of Marvel Comics dimensions
The Marvel Comics multiverse contains a large number of universes. Within many of those universes exist one or multiple dimensions. These dimensions are connected to the main universe or are located within them and share continuity with the main universe and linked dimension of the parent universe.
Dimension name | First appearance | Date of first publication | First appearance creative team | Description |
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Alfheim | Thor #277 | 1978 | Roy Thomas and John Buscema | |
Alter-Earth | Fantastic Four #118 | 1972 | Archie Goodwin and John Buscema | |
"Ankh" Dimension | Iron Man #35 | 1971 | Allyn Brodsky, Gerry Conway, and Don Heck | |
Asgard | Journey into Mystery #85 | 1962 | Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby | Based on Norse mythology, home of Thor |
"Astral" Realm of Morgan le Fay | Avengers #240 | 1984 | Roger Stern, Ann Nocenti, and Al Milgrom | |
Avalon | Fantastic Four #54 | 1966 | Stan Lee and Jack Kirby | An island in Otherworld, sometimes used to refer to Otherworld itself |
Badlands | New Mutants #20 | 1984 | Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz | Demon Bear’s realm |
Bast | Iron Man #51 | 1972 | Mike Friedrich and George Tuska | |
Beliath | Marvel Team-Up #125 | 1983 | J. M. DeMatteis and Kerry Gammill | |
Beyond | Secret Wars #1 | 1984 | Jim Shooter and Mike Zeck | |
Biphasia | Giant-Size Werewolf #5 | 1975 | Doug Moench and Yong Montano | |
The Black Sea | Sub-Mariner #40 | 1971 | Gerry Conway and Gene Colan | |
Citadel of Silence | Avengers Annual #1 | 1967 | Roy Thomas and Don Heck | |
Crimson Cosmos | X-Men #33 | 1967 | Roy Thomas and Werner Roth | Realm of Cyttorak |
Crystallium | The Saga of Crystar the Crystal Warrior #1 | 1983 | Mark Gruenwald, Ralph Macchio, and John Romita, Jr. | Home to Crystar. It later became a part of the floating island Battleworld domain of Weirdworld during the Secret Wars storyline. |
The Dark Dimension | Strange Tales #126 | 1964 | Stan Lee and Steve Ditko | Realm of Dormammu |
Dark Realm of the Fomor | Avengers #225 | 1982 | Steven Grant and Greg LaRocque | |
Darkforce Dimension | The Champions #7 | 1976 | ||
Demon Realm | Defenders #58 | 1978 | David Kraft and Ed Hannigan | |
Dimension Z | Tales to Astonish #49 | 1963 | Stan Lee and Jack Kirby | |
Dimension Zero | Captain America #202 | 1976 | Jack Kirby | |
Dinosaur World | Devil Dinosaur and Moon Boy #1 | 1978 | Jack Kirby | Homeworld of Devil Dinosaur and Moon-Boy. It is a world in which dinosaurs never became extinct and humans were slow to evolve. |
Dream Dimension | Strange Tales #110 | 1963 | Stan Lee and Steve Ditko | Realm of dreams where the subdomain of Nightmare is located (known as the Nightmare World) |
Duckworld | Howard the Duck Magazine #6 | 1980 | Bill Mantlo and Michael Golden | Homeworld of Howard the Duck |
Feng-Tu | The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #19 | 1975 | Chris Claremont and Ruby Nebres | The "afterlife" of K'un-L'un |
Fifth Dimension | Strange Tales #103 | 1962 | Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, and Jack Kirby | Related to Xemu/Zemu |
Flatworld | Fantastic Four #57 | 1966 | Stan Lee and Jack Kirby | |
Fourth Dimension | Thor #208 | 1973 | Gerry Conway and John Buscema | Home dimension of Mercurio the 4-D Man |
Fragmented America | Iron Man #80 | 1975 | Steve Englehart, Mike Friedrich, and Chic Stone | Home of the Black Lama, who started the War of the Super-Villains on Earth-616 |
The Gorge | Iron Man #195 | 1985 | ||
Hades | Thor #130 | 1966 | Stan Lee and Jack Kirby | Based on the Greek underworld |
The Halls of Fear | Doctor Strange #32 | 1978 | Roger Stern and Alan Kupperberg | Realm of the Dweller-in-Darkness |
Hel | Thor #176 | 1970 | Stan Lee and Jack Kirby | Realm of Hela |
Heliopolis | Thor #240 | 1975 | Roy Thomas and Sal Buscema | Based on Egyptian mythology |
Hell | Silver Surfer #3 | 1968 | Stan Lee and John Buscema | Realm of Mephisto |
"Here" and "There" | Defenders #115 | 1983 | J.M. DeMatteis and Don Perlin | |
Hulk-Worlds | Incredible Hulk #302-313 | |||
Ice World of Ikthalon | Marvel Spotlight #14 | 1974 | Steve Gerber and Jim Mooney | |
Jakar’s World | Captain America #150 | 1972 | Gerry Conway and Sal Buscema | |
Jotunheim | Journey into Mystery #112 | 1965 | Stan Lee and Jack Kirby | Realm of the Asgardian giants |
K'ai | Incredible Hulk #140 | 1971 | Harlan Ellison, Roy Thomas, and Herb Trimpe | Home of Jarella. It used to be part of the Microverse. |
Kalahia | Mystic Comics #4 | 1940 | Klaus Nordling | Related to the Thin Man |
Katharta | Giant-Size Man-Thing #3 | 1975 | Steve Gerber and Alfredo Alcala | Realm of Korrek |
Kinetic Dimension | Speedball #1 | 1988 | Steve Ditko and Tom DeFalco | Source of Robbie Baldwin's abilities |
Kingdom of Tazza | Strange Tales #144 | 1966 | Roy Thomas and Steve Ditko | |
Kismet | Warlock #11 | 1976 | Jim Starlin | |
Kobar | Doctor Strange #65 | 1984 | Roger Stern and Paul Smith | |
K'un-L'un | Marvel Premiere #15 | 1974 | Roy Thomas and Gil Kane | One of the Seven Capital Cities Of Heaven. The place of origin of Daniel Rand's powers. |
Land of Shades | Avengers #49 | 1968 | Roy Thomas and John Buscema | |
Land Within | Adventure into Fear #22 | 1974 | Steve Gerber and Rich Buckler | |
Light Dimension | The Amazing Spider-Man #203 | 1980 | Marv Wolfman and Keith Pollard | |
Limbo | Avengers #2 | 1963 | Stan Lee and Jack Kirby | |
Limbo-Belasco | X-Men #160 | 1982 | Chris Claremont and Brent Anderson | Another name for Otherplace |
Lockjaw’s Food World | Fantastic Four #56 | 1966 | Stan Lee and Jack Kirby | |
Luminia | Iron Man #25 | 1970 | Archie Goodwin and Johnny Craig | |
Mahkos and Elysia | Marvel Team-Up #143 | 1984 | David Michelinie and Greg LaRocque | |
Megrim | Howard the Duck #22 | 1978 | Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik | |
The Microverse | Micronauts #1 | 1979 | Bill Mantlo and Michael Golden | A dimension that can be reached by shrinking with Pym particles |
Mojoverse | Home to Mojo | |||
Negative Zone | Fantastic Four #51 | 1966 | Stan Lee and Jack Kirby | All matter within the Negative Zone is negatively charged and the entire universe has a breathable atmosphere. |
Netherworld of Eternal Doom | Strange Tales #136 | 1965 | Stan Lee and Steve Ditko | |
Netherworld of the Gulgol | Strange Tales #122 | 1964 | Stan Lee and Dick Ayers | Realm of the monster known as the Gulgol, an enemy of Nightmare. It is the one being that Nightmare can never defeat, because it never sleeps. |
Nirvana | Thor #301 | 1980 | Mark Gruenwald, Ralph Macchio, and Keith Pollard | |
Olympus | Journey into Mystery Annual #1 | 1965 | Stan Lee and Jack Kirby | Based on Greek mythology |
Ort-Beast | Defenders #58 | 1978 | David Anthony Kraft and Ed Hannigan | |
Other-Earth | Fantastic Four #19 | 1963 | Stan Lee and Jack Kirby | |
Other Realm | Marvel Premiere #45 | 1978 | Dave Kraft and George Pérez | Related to John Jameson |
Otherplace | X-Men #160 | 1982 | Chris Claremont and Brent Anderson | |
Otherworld | Fantastic Four #54 | 1966 | Stan Lee and Jack Kirby | |
Otherwhere | Iron Man #194 | 1985 | Denny O'Neil and Luke McDonnell | |
Phaseworld | Doctor Strange Annual #1 | 1976 | Marv Wolfman and P. Craig Russell | |
Planes of Pohldark | Doctor Strange #65 | 1984 | Roger Stern and Paul Smith | |
Planets Perilous | Strange Tales #161 | 1967 | Raymond Marais and Dan Adkins | Realm of Nebulos |
Polemachus | Avengers #75 | 1970 | Roy Thomas and John Buscema | Home of Arkon. It later became a part of the floating island Battleworld domain of Weirdworld during the Secret Wars storyline, where it is at the bottom of Weirdworld. |
Purple Dimension | Strange Tales #119 | 1964 | Stan Lee and Steve Ditko | Realm of Aggamon, who enslaves all those who enter his domain and forces them to work in mines |
Quadriverse | Doctor Strange #19 | 1976 | Marv Wolfman and Alfredo Alcala | |
Quarl | Ka-Zar #16 | 1976 | Doug Moench and Val Mayerik | |
Quasi-Universe | Marvel Team-Up #99 | 1980 | Tom DeFalco and Jerry Bingham | |
Rammatpolen | Fantastic Four Annual #16 | 1981 | Ed Hannigan and Steve Ditko | |
Realm of the Beasts | Alpha Flight #24 | 1985 | John Byrne | |
Realm of Madness | Doctor Strange #68 | 1984 | Roger Stern and Paul Smith | |
Realm of Nothingness | Strange Tales #155 | 1967 | Stan Lee and Marie Severin | |
Realm of the Shadow Queen | Doctor Strange #42 | 1980 | Chris Claremont and Gene Colan | |
Realm of the Undying Ones | Sub-Mariner #22 | 1970 | Roy Thomas and Marie Severin | Home of the Undying Ones |
Reverse Dimension | Avengers #16 | 1965 | Stan Lee and Jack Kirby | |
Rome-World | Doctor Strange #46 | 1981 | Roger Stern and Michael Golden | |
Runestaff Dimension | Thor #335 | 1983 | Alan Zelenetz and Mark Bright | Related to the Possessor |
S'ahra-Sharn | Master of Kung Fu Annual #1 | 1976 | Doug Moench and Keith Pollard | An evil mirror city of K'un-L'un that consists of cutthroats, thieves and murderers |
Saku | Giant-Size Spider-Man #3 | 1975 | Gerry Conway and Ross Andru | |
Sandt | Adventure Into Fear #14 | 1973 | Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik | |
Shadow Realm | Marvel Spotlight #4 | 1980 | Marv Wolfman, Archie Goodwin and Steve Ditko | |
Shazana's Realm | Strange Tales #133 | 1965 | Stan Lee and Steve Ditko | |
Sixth Dimension | Strange Tales #129 | 1965 | Stan Lee, Don Rico, and Steve Ditko | Realm of Tiboro |
Slaveworld | Tales to Astonish #41 | 1963 | Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, and Don Heck | |
Sominus | Adventure into Fear #13 | 1973 | Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik | Realm of Thog the Nether-Spawn |
Spotworld | Spectacular Spider-Man #98 | 1985 | Al Milgrom and Herb Trimpe | Used by the Spot |
Stormworld | Defenders #38 | 1976 | Steve Gerber, Sal Buscema, and Klaus Janson | |
Sub-Atomica | Fantastic Four #16 | 1963 | Stan Lee and Jack Kirby | Home of the Psycho-Man. It was later merged into the Microverse. |
Sub-Space | Fantastic Four #37 | 1965 | Stan Lee and Jack Kirby | |
Tagak the Leopard Lord's World | Daredevil #72 | 1971 | Gerry Conway and Gene Colan | Home of Tagak |
Ta-Lo | Thor #301 | 1980 | Mark Gruenwald, Ralph Macchio, Keith Pollard, and Chic Stone | |
Terragonia | Incredible Hulk #201 | 1976 | Len Wein, Sal Buscema, and Joe Staton | |
Therea | The Man-Thing #1 | 1974 | Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik | |
Tunnelworld | Defenders #71 | 1979 | Ed Hannigan, Herb Trimpe, and Jack Abel | |
The Un-Place | Incredible Hulk Annual #1 | 1968 | Gary Friedrich and Marie Severin | |
Weirdworld | Marvel Super Action #1 | 1976 | Archie Goodwin and Tony DeZuniga | A planet in an unidentified dimension. Not to be confused with the floating island of the same name. |
What If? worlds | What If #1 | 1977 | Roy Thomas and Jim Craig | |
Zaar | Defenders #34 | 1976 | Steve Gerber and Sal Buscema |
See also[edit]
List of Alternate Marvel Universes - For universes that some of these dimensions are a part of
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