Marvel Realtime:1961 1980
1961
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.
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, Kitty Pryde, 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.
1966
Events
Galactus arrives on Earth, is defeated by the Fantastic Four.
Black Panther joins the Avengers.
The original Human Torch "dies."
1967
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
Deaths
Gwen Stacy, The Green Goblin
1969
Births
Sam Guthrie
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.
1972
Births
Jubilation Lee, Jonathon Starsmore, Adam Warlock
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.
1974
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
Events
Jessica Drew becomes Spider-Woman.
Patsy Walker receives training from Beast, uses Greer Nelson's old Cat costume to become Hellcat.
Frankenstein's monster meets Spider-Man.
Dracula battles Dr. Strange
1977
Events
Johnny Storm marries the Inhuman Crystal. Crystal replaces Sue Storm in the FF. (Date postulated from 1998 FF Annual.)
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
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.
1979
Events
James Rhodes becomes Iron Man.
Kitty Pryde joins the X-Men.
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.
1980
Births
Ray Storm (son of Johnny Storm & Crystal, date postulated from 1998 FF Annual)
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.
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