Yancy Street, New York City
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Yancy Street, New York City is a fictional, rough-and-tumble Lower East Side neighborhood in Marvel Comics, best known as the childhood home of Ben Grimm (the Thing) and the source of the prank-loving Yancy Street Gang.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Marvel Comics location
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fictional neighborhood ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Fantastic Four comics
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Marvel Comics stories set in New York City ⓘ |
| associatedGroup | Yancy Street Gang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithArea | Lower East Side NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCreator |
Jack Kirby
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Stan Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectedToCharacter |
Alicia Masters
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Johnny Storm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectedToTeam | Fantastic Four NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryInFiction | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictedAs | tenement-lined street ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Marvel Universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearedIn | Fantastic Four #4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearedInSeries | Fantastic Four NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | superhero fiction ⓘ |
| hasFictionalCulture | prank-loving street gang culture ⓘ |
| hasFictionalGang | Yancy Street Gang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | New York City Lower East Side NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being childhood home of Ben Grimm
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being home turf of the Yancy Street Gang ⓘ prank culture ⓘ rough-and-tumble reputation ⓘ working-class character ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalBorough | Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalCity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | comic books ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
to emphasize Ben Grimm’s tough upbringing
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to provide comic relief through pranks on the Thing ⓘ |
| notableForRelationship | love-hate relationship with Ben Grimm GENERATED ⓘ |
| notableResident |
Ben Grimm
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Thing ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalCity | Marvel’s version of New York City ⓘ |
| publicationFormat | serialized comics ⓘ |
| publisher | Marvel Comics ⓘ |
| settingType | residential neighborhood ⓘ |
| targetAudience | superhero comic readers ⓘ |
| theme |
urban street life
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working-class New York identity ⓘ |
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