1934 ====================== Professor Matthew Grayson goes to Uranus along with his son Robert Grayson (Marvel Boy). [Marvel Boy #1] 1938 ====================== The horror movie "Skull Face" is released. [Mystery Tales #6] 1939 ====================== Namor the Sub-Mariner and Human Torch active. [Marvel Comics #1] The Human Torch is then aided by Toro. [Human Torch #2] 1941 ====================== Steve Rogers becomes Captain America. He is then aided by Bucky (James Buchanan Barnes). [Captain America Comics #1] Jeffrey Mace has first case as The Patriot. [Marvel Mystery Comics #21] Robert Frank has first case as The Whizzer. [USA Comics #1] The Invaders established. [Giant Size Invaders #1] 1942 ====================== William Nasland has first case as Spirit of '76. [Invaders #14] 1943 ====================== Madeline Joyce becomes Miss America. [Marvel Mystery Comics #49] Subbie active. [Kid Comics #1] 1945 ====================== Captain America went to suspended animation and Bucky is killed. [Avengers #4] William Nasland (formerly as Spirit of '76) becomes Captain America II. [What If #4] Fred Davis becomes Bucky II. [What If #4] 1946 ====================== The All-Star Squadron established. [All Winners Comics #19] Captain America II is killed by one of Adam II's androids. [What If #4] Jeffrey Mace begins career as Captain America III. [What If #4] 1947 ====================== Aquaria Nautica Neptuna active as Namora. [Marvel Mystery Comics #82] 1948 ====================== Venus begins her modern adventures, eventually taking the name Victoria Starr. [Venus #1] 1950 ====================== Jeffrey Mace retires as Captain America III. Robert Grayson has first case as Marvel Boy on Earth. [Marvel Boy #1] Professor Vance has first villainic case as Great Video. [Marvel Boy #1/4] 1952 ====================== Venus encounters Jacob Scott (AKA Skrull Velmax). [Marvel: The Lost Generation #5] The villainous Skull-Face comes to life. [Mystery Tales #6] 1953 ====================== Teacher "Steve Rogers" becomes Captain America IV. [Young Men #24] Jack Monroe has first case as Bucky III. [Young Men #24] Lorna the Jungle Girl active. [Lorna The Jungle Girl #1] Kenneth Hale forever transformed to Gorilla Man. [Men's Adventures #26, dated in What If #9] 1954 ====================== Human Robot activated. [Menace #11] Jane Hastings has first case as Jann of the Jungle. [Jungle Tales #1] Ivan Kronov has first villainic case as Electro. [Captain America Comics #78] 1956 ====================== Harris Moore has first case as The Comet. [Nova #21] Captain America IV and Bucky III go mad, are captured by FBI and placed in the suspended animation program "Deep Freeze" [Captain America Vol.1 #155] FBI Agent Jimmy Woo active to find Yellow Claw. [Yellow Claw #1] 1958 ====================== Chuck Chandler has first case as 3-D Man. [Marvel Premiere #35] Professor William Sinkovitz has first villainy case as Cold Warrior. [Marvel Premiere #37] The Human Robot is later rediscovered by Namora and is reactivated by 3D-Man. [What If #9] The Avengers / The O-Men established. [based on What If #9] 1959 ====================== The "50's Avengers" fail to stop a Skrull imposter posing as Richard Nixon and Space Phantoms disguised as FBI agents. After that, the Skrulls begin their invasion of Earth. [based on Avengers Forever #4-5] On an alternate Earth, the Wasp and Captain Marvel (III) travel back in time during the Destiny War and encounter the "50's Avengers" - between them they defeat a Skrull imposter posing as Richard Nixon and Space Phantoms posing as FBI Agents. [Avengers Forever #4-5] Post-1950s ====================== The "O-Men" begin to battle against the Celestial at the Earth's Core. [Paradise X: The Heralds #3] 2006 ====================== On Earth-616, Jimmy Woo, Gorilla Man, Human Robot, Marvel Boy, Namora, and Venus reunite as the Agents of Atlas. NOTE: This team bears no relation to The O-Men (superhero action, mutant powers, small press indie, self-published title since January 1999). Robert Gansler has continued the adventures of these characters in fanfic at the Avengers 1958 site.
Timeline by Lenny Carlson