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:
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.
1939 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.
Events shown in "The Marvels Project" #1 (2009), which takes place in 1939 AD, reveal that many of the stories in this anthology comic-book are related and take place around the same time.
It is a chronologically midway comic in the Marvel Comics Universe multiverse timeline and can be read at its timeline point after "The Marvels Project" #1 (2009) and before the next issue, "Marvel Mystery Comics" #2 (1939).
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--The second back-up story is by Bill Everett.
"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 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:
--The third is by Al Anders. 19?? 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.
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It takes place on the Marvel Universe timeline in the year:
18?? 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 short story titled "Burning Rubber" by Raymond Gill.
It takes place on the Marvel Universe timeline in the year:
19?? AD
--The final short is by Bob Byrd with Ben Thompson.
It takes place on the Marvel Universe timeline in the year:
