Marvel Realtime:1961 1980

1961

Births

Elsa Bloodstone

Events

Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Susan Storm, and Johnny Storm fly into space, come back as the Fantastic Four.

1962

Events

Bruce Banner caught in gamma bomb blast, becomes the Hulk.
Dr. Donald Blake becomes Thor.
Peter Parker bitten by radioactive spider, becomes Spider-Man.
Prince Namor regains memory, begins war against surface-dwellers.
Dr. Henry Pym begins costumed career as Ant-Man.
The Fantastic Four clashes with Dr. Doom for the first time.

1963

Events

Tony Stark builds Iron Man armor to escape Vietnamese captors.
Avengers formed.
X-Men make first public appearance.
Dr. Strange begins sorcerous career in New York.

1964

Events

Law firm of Murdock & Nelson opens its doors.
Daredevil begins fighting crime in Hell's Kitchen.
Captain America found and revived, joins the Avengers.
Peter Parker meets Mary Jane Watson.
KGB agent Natalia Romanova, aka "The Black Widow", begins field operations in USA.

1965

Births

Remy Lebeau, Rogue

Events

Nick Fury becomes the commander of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver join the Avengers.
The Fantastic Four discover the existence of The Inhumans.
Reed Richards marries Susan Storm.

1966

Events

Galactus arrives on Earth, is defeated by the Fantastic Four.
Black Panther joins the Avengers.
The original Human Torch "dies."

1967

Births

Kitty Pryde

Events

A robot duplicate of the Yellow Claw battles Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D.
Mar-Vell, a Kree, begins superheroic career on Earth as Captain Marvel.

1968

Births

Franklin Richards

Events

The Inhuman Crystal fills in for Sue Richards in the Fantastic Four while Susan is pregnant with Franklin.

Deaths

Gwen Stacy, The Green Goblin

1969

Births

Sam Guthrie

Events

Dr. Henry Pym marries Janet Van Dyne

1970

Births

Princess Zawadi (daughter of T'Challa, from 1998 FF Annual)

Events

X-Men roster changes (Professor X, Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler)

1971

Births

Rachel Summers (in an alternate timeline)

Events

Kree-Skrull War
Ted Sallis, working on replicating the super-soldier serum that created Captain America, is killed by AIM agents, becomes Man-Thing.
Michael Morbius becomes Morbius the Living Vampire.
Dr. Strange, Namor, and the Hulk form the Defenders.

1972

Births

Jubilation Lee, Jonathon Starsmore, Adam Warlock, Alex Power

Events

Hank McCoy (Beast) mutates into blue-furred Beast. Meets Patsy Walker.
Greer Grant Nelson gains superhuman abilities and special costume by Dr. Joanne Tumolo, becomes The Cat.
Jack Russell falls victim to family curse, becomes the Werewolf.

Events

Dracula resurrected
Convict Lucas undergoes experimental procedure, escapes prison, takes the name Luke Cage, Hero For Hire.

1973

Births

Angelo Espinosa

Events

Johnny Blaze becomes Ghost Rider.
Jennifer Walters becomes She-Hulk.
The Yellow Claw battles Captain America.
Venus (aka Victoria Starr), now a college professor, meets Namor.
Howard the Duck is transported to our reality.

1974

Births

Julie Power

Events

Shang Chi begins crimefighting career.
Frank Castle's family killed. Makes first appearance as The Punisher.
The Cat teams up with the Werewolf to save Dr. Tumolo (secretly an extradimensional cat person) from Hydra. She's nearly killed, but the cat people save her by turning her into one of them. She takes the name Tigra.
Dracula battles the Werewolf.

1975

Events

Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson married.
Monster of Frankenstein revived.
Dracula comes to America.
Marvel Boy, awakened from suspended animation and apparently turned evil, takes the name Crusader and battles the Fantastic Four.
Ghost Rider, Man-Thing, Morbius, and the Werewolf form the Legion of Monsters, which disbands almost immediately after forming.
The Werewolf battles Moon Knight.

Deaths

Phoenix (Jean Grey)
Elektra
Marvel Boy/Crusader

1976

Births

Paige Guthrie, Jack Power

Events

Jessica Drew becomes Spider-Woman.
Patsy Walker receives training from Moondragon, uses a costume like Greer Nelson's old Cat uniform to become Hellcat.
Frankenstein's monster meets Spider-Man.
Dracula battles Dr. Strange.
Howard the Duck runs for President of the United States as the representative of the All-Night Party.

1977

Events

Carol Danvers takes on Ms. Marvel identity.
Godzilla resurfaces and rampages through Alaska, San Francisco, Nevada, and Utah. He is fought by S.H.I.E.L.D. and Rob Takiguchi, who pilots the giant robot Red Ronin.
Dracula battles the Silver Surfer.

1978

Births

Valeria Richards

Events

West Coast Avengers formed (Hawkeye, Iron Man, Tigra, Wonder Man, Mockingbird)
Godzilla captured by S.H.I.E.L.D., which shrinks him to one foot in height using Pym Particles. He escapes with the help of Rob Takiguchi.
S.H.I.E.L.D. uses Dr. Doom's time machine to send Godzilla back to the age of dinosaurs, but it sends him on a brief trip to the world of Devil Dinosaur and Moon Boy.
Godzilla leaves New York for the ocean, never to be seen again in his current form.

Deaths

Ulysses Bloodstone

1979

Births

Katie Power

Events

James Rhodes becomes Iron Man.
Elsa Bloodstone inherits Bloodstone House in Boston, meets Dracula and Frankenstein's monster, and gains the Bloodstone choker.
Quincy Harker sacrifices himself to kill Dracula.
Dr. Demonicus captures and mutates Godzilla into a more amphibious form and uses him to battle the West Coast Avengers.
Scott Lang, an employee of Dr. Henry Pym, assumes the identity of Ant-Man.
Felicia Hardy becomes the Black Cat

1980

Events

Godzilla resurfaces one last time, attacking the Pacific Island set of Devil Dinosaur: The Movie. He is battled by and defeats a robot Devil Dinosaur.
Alison Blaire enters show business and superheroics as Dazzler.
Kitty Pryde joins the X-Men.

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