The Daily Bugle (later the DB!) is an American fictional tabloid newspaper based in New York City. It appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Daily Bugle is a regular fixture in the Marvel Universe, mostly in Spider-Man publications. The newspaper first appeared in the Human Torch story in Marvel Mystery Comics #18 (April 1941). It returned in Fantastic Four #2 (January 1962), and its offices were first depicted in The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (March 1963). It operates from the Daily Bugle Building located on 39th Street and Second Avenue. It was once one of the most read newspapers in the United States of America.