1930s
edit| Character / Team | Year Debuted | Creator/s | First Appearance | Role | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Namor |
1939 (April) | Bill Everett | Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 | Titular superhero, supervillain of Fantastic Four, supporting character of Fantastic Four, original Defenders and core Invaders member | [1][a][3] |
| Human Torch (android) | 1939 (October) | Carl Burgos | Marvel Comics #1 | Titular superhero, core Invaders member | [4] |
| Angel (Thomas Halloway) | 1939 (October) | Paul Gustavson, Uncomfirmed writer | Marvel Comics #1 | Titular superhero | [5] |
| Dorma | 1939 (October) | Bill Everett | Marvel Comics #1 | Supporting character / romantic interest of Namor | [6] |
| Toro | 1940 | Carl Burgos | Human Torch Comics #2 | Sidekick to the Human Torch. Core Invaders member | [7] |
| Captain America | 1941 (March) | Joe Simon, Jack Kirby | Captain America Comics #1 | Titular superhero, Core Avengers member, core Invaders member etc. | [8] |
| Bucky Barnes | 1941 (March) | Joe Simon, Jack Kirby | Captain America Comics #1 | Sidekick to Captain America, Titular superhero, original Invaders member | [9] |
| Whizzer (Robert Frank) | 1941 (August) | Al Avison, unknown writer | U.S.A. Comics #1 | Titular superhero, member of the Invaders | |
| Destroyer | 1941 (October) | Stan Lee, Jack Binder?, Alex Schomburg? | Mystic Comics #6 | Titular superhero, Invaders member | |
| Red Skull | 1941 (November) | Joe Simon, Jack Kirby | Captain America Comics #7 | Supervillain / archenemy to Captain America etc. | [10] |
| Miss America (Madeline Joyce) | 1943 (November) | Otto Binder, Al Gabriele | Marvel Mystery Comics #49 | Titular superhero, Invaders member | |
| Patsy Walker | 1944 (November) | Otto Binder, Ruth Atkinson | Miss America Magazine #2 | teen humor star, titular superhero as Hellcat | [11] |
| Blonde Phantom | 1946 (Fall) | Stan Lee, Syd Shores | All Select Comics #11 | titular superhero, Supporting character to She-Hulk | [12] |
| Namora | 1947 (May) | Ken Bald, Syd Shores | Marvel Mystery Comics #82 | titular superhero, Supporting character to Namor, Agents of Atlas member | [13] |
| Marvel Boy (Robert Grayson) | 1950 (December) | Stan Lee, Russ Heath | Marvel Boy #1 | Titular superhero, Agents of Atlas member | |
| Marvelman | 1954 (February) | Mick Anglo | Marvelman #25 | Alternate universe titular superhero | |
| Young Marvelman | 1954 (February) | Mick Anglo | Young Marvelman #25 | Alternate universe titular superhero | |
| Byrrah | 1954 (August) | Jimmy Thompson | Sub-Mariner Comics #35 | Supervillain of Namor | |
| Rawhide Kid |
1955 (March) | Stan Lee, Bob Brown | Rawhide Kid #1 | Western titular hero | |
| Kid Marvelman | 1955 (July) | Mick Anglo | Marvelman #102 | Alternate universe sidekick superhero, then supervillain of Marvelman | |
| Morgan le Fay |
1955 (October) | Stan Lee, Joe Maneely | Black Knight #1 | Supervillain of Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) | |
| Black Knight (Sir Percy) |
1955 (October) | Stan Lee, Joe Maneely | Black Knight #1 | Supporting character of Black Knight (Dane Whitman) | |
| Yellow Claw | 1956 (October) | Al Feldstein, Joe Maneely | Yellow Claw #1 | Supervillain | |
| Jimmy Woo | 1956 (October) | Al Feldstein, Joe Maneely | Yellow Claw #1 | S.H.I.E.L.D. member, Agents of Atlas founder and member | |
| Groot | 1960 (November) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers | Tales to Astonish #13 | Gaurdians of the Galaxy member superhero | |
| Doctor Druid | 1961 (June) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Amazing Adventures #1 | Titular superhero, Brief Avengers member | |
| Fin Fang Foom | 1961 (October) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Strange Tales #89 | Supervillain of Iron Man | |
| Fantastic Four (Mister Fantastic, The Thing, Invisible Woman and the Human Torch) |
1961 (November) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Fantastic Four #1 | Titular superhero team, titular superheroes | |
| Mole Man | 1961 (November) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Fantasic Four #1 | Supervillain of the Fantastic Four | |
| Skrull | 1962 (January) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Fantastic Four #2 | Core alien species, Supervillains of the Fantastic Four, Captain Marvel etc. | |
| Hank Pym | 1962 (January) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Tales to Astonish #27 | Titular superhero, original Avengers member | |
| Hulk | 1962 (May) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | The Incredible Hulk #1 | Titular superhero, original Avengers and Defenders member | |
| Thunderbolt Ross | 1962 (May) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | The Incredible Hulk #1 | Supervillain / archenemy of Hulk, titular superhero as the Red Hulk | |
| Betty Ross | 1962 (May) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | The Incredible Hulk #1 | Supporting character / romantic interest of Hulk, titular superhero as the Red She-Hulk | |
| Rick Jones | 1962 (May) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | The Incredible Hulk #1 | Supporting character and sidekick of Hulk, Captain America and the Avengers | |
| Doctor Doom | 1962 (July) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Fantastic Four #5 | Supervillain / archenemy of Fantastic Four, sometimes titular superhero | |
| Spider-Man | 1962 (August) | Stan Lee, Steve Ditko | Amazing Fantasy #15 | Titular superhero, recurring member of the Avengers | |
| Liz Allan | 1962 (August) | Stan Lee, Steve Ditko | Amazing Fantasy #15 | Supporting character / romantic interest of Spider-Man | |
| Uncle Ben | 1962 (August) | Stan Lee, Steve Ditko | Amazing Fantasy #15 | Supporting character of Spider-Man | |
| Aunt May | 1962 (August) | Stan Lee, Steve Ditko | Amazing Fantasy #15 | Supporting character of Spider-Man | |
| Flash Thompson | 1962 (August) | Stan Lee, Steve Ditko | Amazing Fantasy #15 | Supporting character of Spider-Man, titular superhero as Agent Venom | |
| Thor | 1962 (August) | Stan Lee, Larry Leiber, Jack Kirby | Journey Into Mystery #83 | Titular superhero, Original core Avenger | |
| Ringmaster | 1962 (September) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | The Incredible Hulk #3 | Supervillain | |
| Jane Foster | 1962 (September) | Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Jack Kirby | Journey Into Mystery #84 | Supporting character / romantic interest of Thor, titular superhero as Thor | |
| Loki | 1962 (October) | Stan Lee, Larry Leiber, Jack Kirby | Journey Into Mystery #85 | Supervillain / archenemy of Thor, sometimes superhero | |
| Heimdall | 1962 (October) | Stan Lee, Larry Leiber, Jack Kirby | Journey Into Mystery #85 | Supporting character of Thor | |
| Balder | 1962 (October) | Stan Lee, Larry Leiber, Jack Kirby | Journey Into Mystery #85 | Supporting character of Thor, titular superhero | |
| Pupper Master | 1962 (November) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Fantastic Four #8 | Supervillain of Fantastic Four | |
| Alicia Masters | 1962 (November) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Fantastic Four #8 | Supporting character of Fantastic Four, romantic interest of the Thing | |
| Wizard | 1962 (November) | Stan Lee, Larry Leiber, Jack Kirby | Strange Tales #102 | Supervillain of the Human Torch and the Fantastic Four, leader of the Frightful Four | |
| Odin | 1962 (November) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Journey into Mystery #86 | Supporting character of Thor | |
| Egghead | 1962 (December) | Stan Lee, Larry Leiber, Jack Kirby | Tales to Atonish #38 | Supervillain of Hank Pym, Wasp and Scott Lang. Member of Masters of Evil | |
| Trapster | 1963 (January) | Stan Lee, Larry Leiber, Jack Kirby | Strange Tales #104 | Supervillain of the Human Torch and the Fantastic Four, member of the Frightful Four | |
| Willie Lumpkin | 1963 (February) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Fantastic Four #11 | Supporting character of the Fantastic Four | |
| Impossible Man | 1963 (February) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Fantastic Four #11 | Supervillain of the Fantastic Four | |
| J. Jonah Jameson | 1963 (March) | Stan Lee, Steve Ditko | The Amazing Spider-Man #1 | Supporting character of Spider-Man | |
| John Jameson | 1963 (March) | Stan Lee, Steve Ditko | The Amazing Spider-Man #1 | Supporting character of Spider-Man | |
| Chameleon | 1963 (March) | Stan Lee, Steve Ditko | The Amazing Spider-Man #1 | Supervillain of Spider-Man | |
| Iron Man | 1963 (March) | Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck, Jack Kirby | Tales of Suspense #39 | Titular superhero, original core member of the Avengers | |
| Red Ghost | 1963 (April) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Fantastic Four #13 | Supervillain of the Fantastic Four | |
| Uatu / Watcher | 1963 (April) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Fantastic Four #13 | (Uatu) Supporting character of the Fantastic Four, titular character (Watcher) major fictional species | |
| Vulture | 1963 (May) | Stan Lee, Steve Ditko | The Amazing Spider-Man #2 | Supervillain of Spider-Man. Core member of the Sinister Six | |
| Tinkerer | 1963 (May) | Stan Lee, Steve Ditko | The Amazing Spider-Man #2 | Supervillain of Spider-Man. | |
| Howling Commandos (Nick Fury, Dum Dum Dugan, Gabe Jones) | 1963 (May) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 | Major superhero team with later major S.H.I.E.L.D. members. Nick Fury is a titular hero. | |
| Frigga | 1963 (May) | Stan Lee, Robert Bernstein, Joe Sinnott | Journey Into Mystery #92 | Supporting character of Thor | |
| Wasp | 1963 (June) | Stan Lee, Ernie Hart, Jack Kirby | Tales to Astonish #44 | Major titular superhero. Original core member of the Avengers. | |
| Yancy Street Gang | 1963 (June) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Fantastic Four #15 | Supporting character of the Fantastic Four. | |
| Mad Thinker | 1963 (June) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Fantastic Four #15 | Supervillain of the Fantastic Four. | |
| Awesome Android | 1963 (June) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Fantastic Four #15 | Supervillain | |
| Radioactive Man | 1963 (June) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Journey into Mystery #93 | Supervillain. Original Masters of Evil member. Thunderbolts member. | |
| Doctor Octopus | 1963 (July) | Stan Lee, Steve Ditko | The Amazing Spider-Man #3 | Supervillain / archenemy of Spider-Man. Core leader of the Sinister Six. Titular character as Spider-Man. | |
| Sandman | 1963 (September) | Stan Lee, Steve Ditko | The Amazing Spider-Man #4 | Supervillain of Spider-Man. Core original member of the Sinister Six and Frightful Four. | |
| Betty Brant | 1963 (September) | Stan Lee, Steve Ditko | The Amazing Spider-Man #4 | Supporting character / romantic interest of Spider-Man. | |
| Super-Skrull | 1963 (September) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Fantastic Four #18 | Supervillain of the Fantastic Four. | |
| Happy Hogan | 1963 (September) | Stan Lee, Robert Bernstein, Don Heck | Tales of Suspense #45 | Supporting character of Iron Man | |
| Pepper Potts | 1963 (September) | Stan Lee, Robert Bernstein, Don Heck | Tales of Suspense #45 | Supporting character of Iron Man | |
| Blizzard | 1963 (September) | Stan Lee, Robert Bernstein, Don Heck | Tales of Suspense #45 | Supervillain of Iron Man, Thunderbolts member | |
| Avengers | 1963 (September) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | The Avengers #1 | Titular superhero team | |
| Krang | 1963 (September) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Fantastic Four annual #1 | Supervillain to Namor | |
| X-Men (Professor X, Cyclops, Iceman, Warren Worthington III, Beast and Jean Grey) | 1963 (September) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | X-Men #1 | (X-Men) Titular superhero team with titular superhero characters | |
| Magneto | 1963 (September) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | X-Men #1 | Supervillain / archenemy of X-Men. Sometimes titular superhero. Leader of Brotherhood of Mutants, member of X-Men | |
| Porcupine | 1963 (October) | Stan Lee, Don Heck | Tales to Astonish #48 | First version is a supervillain. Second version is a supervillain, Thunderbolts member and turned Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) supporting character. | |
| Kang the Conqueror | 1963 (October) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Fantastic Four #19 | Supervillain of the Avengers | |
| Plantman | 1963 (October) | Stan Lee, Jerry Siegel, Dick Ayers | Strange Tales #113 | Supervillain, Thunderbolts member | |
| Crimson Dynamo | 1963 (October) | Stan Lee, Don Heck | Fantastic Four #19 | Supervillain of Iron Man | |
| Lizard | 1963 (November) | Stan Lee, Steve Ditko | The Amazing Spider-Man #6 | Supervillain of Spider-Man | |
| Molecule Man | 1963 (November) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Fantastic Four #20 | Supervillain of Fantastic Four | |
| Melter | 1963 (November) | Stan Lee, Steve Ditko | Tales of Suspense #47 | Supervillain of Iron Man | |
| Space Phantom | 1963 (November) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | The Avengers #2 | Supervillain of Avengers and alien species | |
| Cobra | 1963 (November) | Stan Lee, Don Heck | Journey into Mystery #98 | Supervillain. Serpent Society member | |
| Vanisher | 1963 (November) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | X-Men #2 | Supervillain of X-Men. | |
| Whirlwind | 1963 (December) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Tales to Astonish #50 | Supervillain of Hank Pym and Wasp, Masters of Evil member. | |
| Hate-Monger | 1963 (December) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Fantastic Four #21 | Supervillain of Nick Fury and Captain America | |
| Mister Hyde | 1963 (December) | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | Journey Into Mystery #99 | Supervillain of Daredevil, Masters of Evil member and Thunderbolts member. |
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Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ Sanderson, Peter; Gilbert, Laura, ed. (2008). "1939". Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 11. ISBN 978-0756641238.
Writer/artist Bill Everett originally conceived Namor the Sub-Mariner in 1939 for an eight-page title called Motion Picture Funnies Weekly. Produced by Funnies Inc., this black-and-white magazine was intended to be handed out in movie theaters, but this idea fell through. So when Funnies Inc. packaged Marvel Comics #1 for Martin Goodman, Everett added four pages to his story, which finally saw print in color.
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