Marvel Realtime:1941 1960
Contents
1941
Events
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
Births
Janet Van Dyne, Ororo Munroe, Clint Barton
1943
Events
Invaders formed, fight in WWII (Captain America, Human Torch, Namor, Bucky, Toro)
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 (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
Births
Kurt Wagner, Warren Worthington III, Bobby Drake, Peter Parker
Events
All-Winners Squad disbands.
The Whizzer and Miss America are married.
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.
Madeline Joyce Frank (Miss America) dies in childbirth.
Venus, goddess of love, assumes the role of Victoria Starr, editor of Beauty 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.
1950
Events
Marvel Boy returns to Earth, and begins his crimefighting career.
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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