Comic Book Bars to Grab a Drink

The Hellfire Club is an exclusive group of super-wealthy mutants. Be influential enough, and you might get invited to their lavish parties. Scantily clad servers serve expensive drinks. Wolverine can slash and disembowel his way to the penthouse from the sewers.

Opening a pub in Salem Center, NY, away from New York City's noise sounds relaxing. Harry's Hideaway once served as the X-Men's spot. Now, this dive lets you drink cheap beer and start a fight over mutant rights.

The Bars With No Names are underground spots haunted by Marvel villains. These places let you talk about villains. A bad day for a villain might lead to a drunken, super-powered killing spree. The Punisher might stop by to bust heads for info. You probably won't go unless you have nowhere else to go.

The Oblivion Bar is for DC Universe magic users. Access its pocket dimension to enjoy a quiet drink away from non-magical people. If you like magical snuff, you can meet Shadowpact members and even Santa Claus here.

Gotham's bar features henchmen and the Penguin, a mob boss. You probably shouldn't spend much time here. Still, you can sip a cocktail and maybe see Batman punch a hoodlum.

Guy Gardener opened Warriors (The Big W). Guy Gardener might serve drinks better than police the galaxy. The decor celebrates the history of the Green Lantern Corps.Warriors celebrates the history of the Green Lantern Corps.Warriors feels like an interstellar T.G.I. Friday. Check the Hal Jordan memorial shrine there if Hal Jordan is dead.

This dangerous dive is in Hell's Kitchen. Matt Murdock and Daredevil show up often. Josie's has a no-violence policy. You can relax with watered-down swill; Daredevil will not slap you.

Tony Stark's private stash has less screen time than its bad results. He must have a bottle of everything. He probably hides a self-aware cybertender inventing new drinks.Avengers: Age of Pa-tron.Right?

Conan the Barbarian rambles too much for one bar. He spends his life in taverns, so he deserves a spot. His carousing starts in the Nemedian Tavern from Kurt Busiek's 2000s comic book reboot. Every tavern in Conan.Conan.Nemedian Tavern features topless tavern wenches who have nothing to do with the story.

Nancy Callahan, an exotic dancer, shakes and grinds onstage at Kadie's Club Pecos. Marv seeks information there. Hartigan regrets going. Dwight fell for Shelly and then for Ava Lord's trap. Kadie's is central to nearly every...Sin Cityyarn.

This is the hangout for Gotham's mafia thugs and street-level criminals. The name tells you everything. You know exactly what you find inside; truth in advertising is truer at the Sleazy Bar.

One stripper at this strip club is an angsty alien shapeshifter with ties to the WildC.A.T.s. Drink or leave; she will likely get you either way.

Warren Ellis often used Clark's Bar while writing for the Wildstorm Universe. People with secret identities hang out there to relax and be themselves. Patrons must pick their groups carefully; the bartender, who looks like Superman, will not serve gorillas or Bizarros.

This Chicago bar, often ripped up by Savage Dragon, lacks a name. The giant green finhead's constant barroom fighting destroys the place regularly. Go here for guaranteed fistfights.

Maccadam's Old Oil House is Cybertron's most famous hangout. It gives Transformers a safe spot from the Autobots and Decipticons war. It also stocks a large selection of "black market lubricants." Humans are welcome, though most items will likely harm them.

In Neil Gaiman'sThe SandmanIn The White Horse Tavern, the immortal soldier of fortune Hob Gadling meets Dream of the Endless for centennial meetings. If Morpheus' successor, Daniel, keeps the tradition, you might see this pair in 2089. Plan now if you want to run into them there.

The Kitty Korner was a normal strip joint among animal characters until Omaha the Cat Dancer arrived. Her gyrations made the club famous in Mipple City's newspapers. It offered beer and a strange show, provided you were okay being the only human.

InScott Pilgrim's Precious Little LifeIn Sex Bob-Omb's debut performance at this underground Toronto punk club, the bands won. The place is dirty and the bands are bad, but the beer is cheap. Where else can you see the bassist fight a League of Evil Exes member after a show?

InGrimjackCynosure, a pan-dimensional city, has a bar named Munden's. Time, space, and copyright law mean nothing there. John Gaunt uses this bar as his base. It functions as a reality crossroads; anyone from any comic book world can appear. Comic fans who handle a double shot of meta should visit this spot to see favorite characters.

Billy Butcher hangs out at The Grassy Knoll in Garth Ennis's work.The Boys.The bar acts as a wink, a nod, and an ending for Ennis's landmark, bar fight-filled comic.Preacher.The bartender.Proinsias.Proinsias shares a unique first name with the immortal vampire sidekick from the booze-soaked masterpiece. Preacher matters little; if you are Irish, you cannot get into The Grassy Knoll.