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.

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.
Greer Grant Nelson 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.

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.

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.

1978

Events

West Coast Avengers formed (Hawkeye, Iron Man, Tigra, Wonder Man, Mockingbird)

1979

Events

James Rhodes becomes Iron Man.
Kitty Pryde joins the X-Men.
Quincy Harker sacrifices himself to kill Dracula.

1980

Births

Ray Storm (son of Johnny Storm & Crystal, date postulated from 1998 FF Annual)

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