Marvel Realtime:1941 1960
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1941[edit]
Events[edit]
Steve Rogers becomes Captain America
Bob Frank becomes The Whizzer
Bucky Barnes (sidekick to Captain America) forms the Young Allies with pals Knuckles, Jeff, Tubby, and Whitewash Jones. Toro, sidekick to the Human Torch, joins shortly afterward making the Young Allies the first "superteam," even though only two of the members are superheroes.
1942[edit]
Births[edit]
Janet Van Dyne, Ororo Munroe, Clint Barton
1943[edit]
Events[edit]
Invaders formed, fight in WWII (Captain America, Human Torch, Namor, Bucky, Toro)
Madeline Joyce begins fighting crime as Miss America.
1944[edit]
Births[edit]
Henry McCoy, Patsy Walker
Events[edit]
When the Invaders are out of action, Bucky forms the Liberty Legion to rescue them. The group is comprised mostly of second-stringers and quickly disbands. (Bucky, Patriot, Blue Diamond, The Thin Man, Red Raven, Jack Frost, The Whizzer, Miss America)
1945[edit]
Births[edit]
Johnny Storm, Johnny Blaze
Events[edit]
Bucky killed, Captain America entombed in iceberg.
1946[edit]
Births[edit]
Jean Grey, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Scott Summers
Events[edit]
All-Winners Squad formed with a replacement Captain America (Jeff Mace). Other members include the Human Torch, Namor, The Whizzer, and Miss America.
Louise Grant begins fighting crime as the Blonde Phantom.
The Angel retires.
All-Winners Squad battles Future Man, a conqueror from the oceanless world of the year 1,000,000 and Madame Death, sending both on a one-way jaunt into the past via Future-Man's time machine.
1947[edit]
Births[edit]
Kurt Wagner, Warren Worthington III, Bobby Drake, Peter Parker
Events[edit]
All-Winners Squad disbands.
The Whizzer and Miss America are married.
Namora makes first appearance.
1948[edit]
Births[edit]
Frank Castle (nee Castiglione), Brian Braddock
Events[edit]
Mary Mitchell, the secretary of Jim Hammond (The Human Torch) begins fighting crime as Sun Girl.
Madeline Joyce Frank (Miss America) dies in childbirth.
Venus, goddess of love, assumes the role of Victoria Starr, editor of Beauty magazine.
1949[edit]
Births[edit]
James Rhodes
Events[edit]
Sun Girl briefly replaces Toro as the Human Torch's sidekick while Toro is on a leave of absence.
1950[edit]
Events[edit]
Marvel Boy returns to Earth, and begins his crimefighting career.
1951[edit]
1952[edit]
Births[edit]
Piotr Rasputin, Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock
1953[edit]
1954[edit]
Births[edit]
Jack Russell
Events[edit]
American nuclear testing awakens the monster Godzilla.
1955[edit]
1956[edit]
Events[edit]
The Yellow Claw begins his criminal career.
1957[edit]
1958[edit]
Events[edit]
FBI Agent Jimmy Woo puts together a team to fight the Yellow Claw. (Marvel Boy, Venus, The Human Robot, 3-D Man, Gorilla-Man). It is disbanded by the President shortly afterward.
1959[edit]
Births[edit]
Wade Wilson
1960[edit]
Events[edit]
Marvel Boy is placed in suspended animation.
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