North Korea
North Korea is a state located in East Asia. It is a Communist State that was established in 1948. The capital is Pyongyang. The state borders the People's Republic of China to the north and South Korea to the south.
Name:
North Korea
Aliases:
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Pyongyang
- Chagang
- Kanggye
- Hwanghae
- Haeju
- Kangwon
- Hamgyong
- Hamhung
- Kwanbuk
- Gwanbuk
- Ryanggang
- Rason
- Nampo
- Kaesong
Start year:
1951
First issue:
G.I. Joe (1951) #1 [10]
General Portrayal
War comics were already popular by the time of the Korean War so that the conflict was already being published in comics within months of the war's start, early examples including the original G.I. Joe. As these comics were published from the American perspective, North Korea was portrayed negatively in a similar fashion to what other Communist antagonists in comics would become in the early decades of the Cold War.
Outside of the Korean War it has not become a particularly common location to feature, especially in comparison to the neighboring People's Republic of China and South Korea.
Sub-Locations
Real-World Locations
- Paektu Mountain: One of the more benign aspects of North Korea in comics is through the recurrance of the Paektu Mountain on its North Korean side featuring in various Batman media as a place of martial arts training.
