When Does "Marvel Comics" #1 (1939) Take Place?

"Marvel Comics" #1 is a superhero comic-book written by Carl Burgos that released August 31st, 1939. So when is "Marvel Comics" #1 set? 


It takes place on the fictional Marvel Universe timeline in the year: 

19?? AD 


We know this because in his debut story the Human Torch knocks over a classic red cast-iron street fire hydrant, an invention patented in 1886 AD. So it must be after 1886 AD. 

It is a chronologically midway comic in the Marvel Comics Universe multiverse timeline. 

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"Marvel Comics" #1 also includes the stories: 


--The issue's first back-up feature is by Paul Gustavson. 

It takes place on the Marvel Universe universe timeline in the year: 

YEAR AD 


We know this because . 


--The second back-up story is by Bill Everett. 

It takes place on the Marvel Universe timeline in the year: 

YEAR AD 


We know this because it depicts an ill-fated sea voyage of Commander MacKenzie. When Atlantean Prince Namor (the Sub-Mariner) confronts United States of America President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, during "Captain America" #423 (1993), Roosevelt says, …"used to free a certain antarctic expedition from icebergs, twenty years ago." and then almost immediately, "Commander MacKenzie had no idea there was a civilization beneath him…" That issue takes place in 1941 AD. 

1941 - 20 = 1921. 


--The third is by anonymous. 

It takes place on the Marvel Universe timeline in the year: 

YEAR AD 


--The fourth short is by anonymous. 

It takes place on the Marvel Universe timeline in the year: 

YEAR AD 


--The fifth story is a prose work is by Raymond Gill. 

It takes place on the Marvel Universe timeline in the year: 

YEAR AD 


--The final short is by anonymous. 

It takes place on the Marvel Universe timeline in the year: 

YEAR AD 


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