Editing Marvel Realtime:1941 1960

=1941=
==Events==
Steve Rogers becomes Captain America<br>
Bob Frank becomes The Whizzer<br>
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=
==Births==
Janet Van Dyne, Ororo Munroe, Clint Barton

=1943=
==Events==
Invaders formed, fight in WWII (Captain America, Human Torch, Namor, Bucky, Toro)<br>
Madeline Joyce begins fighting crime as Miss America.

=1944=
==Births==
Henry McCoy, Patsy Walker
==Events==
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=
==Births==
Johnny Storm, Johnny Blaze

==Events==
Bucky killed, Captain America entombed in iceberg.

=1946=
==Births==
Jean Grey, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Scott Summers
==Events==
All-Winners Squad formed with a replacement Captain America.  Other members include the Human Torch, Namor, The Whizzer, and Miss America.<br>
Louise Grant begins fighting crime as the Blonde Phantom.<br>
The Angel retires.

=1947=
==Births==
Kurt Wagner, Warren Worthington III, Bobby Drake, Peter Parker
==Events==
All-Winners Squad disbands.<br>
The Whizzer and Miss America are married.<br>
Namora makes first appearance.

=1948=
==Births==
Frank Castle (nee Castiglione), Brian Braddock

==Events==
Mary Mitchell, the secretary of Jim Hammond (The Human Torch) begins fighting crime as Sun Girl.<br>
Madeline Joyce Frank (Miss America) dies in childbirth.<br>
Venus, goddess of love, assumes the role of Victoria Starr, editor of <i>Beauty</i> magazine.

=1949=
==Births==
James Rhodes
==Events==
Sun Girl briefly replaces Toro as the Human Torch's sidekick while Toro is on a leave of absence.<br>

=1950=
==Events==
Marvel Boy returns to Earth, and begins his crimefighting career.<br>

=1951=

=1952=
==Births==
Piotr Rasputin, Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock

=1953=

=1954=
==Births==
Jack Russell
==Events==
American nuclear testing awakens the monster Godzilla.

=1955=

=1956=
==Events==
The Yellow Claw begins his criminal career.

=1957=

=1958=
==Events==
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=
==Births==
Wade Wilson

=1960=
==Events==
Marvel Boy is placed in suspended animation.



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