List of Marvel Comics Golden Age characters
The following is a list of Marvel Comics Golden Age characters and teams that first appeared in Marvel Comics during the Golden Age of Comic Books, under both of Marvel's previous names, Timely Comics and Atlas Comics.
Characters
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s (pre-''Fantastic Four'' #1)
Modern Age Golden Age
These characters all appeared after Marvel Comics was established, but were retconned as characters who were active during the Golden Age.| Character | Note |
| 3-D Man | 3-D Man is the name of two superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first incarnation of 3-D Man, a composite of two brothers, Charles and Hal Chandler, first appeared in Marvel Premiere #35. |
| Agent Axis | Merged form of Japanese, German, & Italian spies when their plane was struck by lightning; kidnapped Sam Sabuki to cure his schizophrenia which inadvertently resulted in the formation of the Kid Commandos; killed by Thin Man, but somehow reborn as the Pterorist. |
| Baron Von Blitzschlag | Nazi mad scientist; geneticist with the power to throw lightning from his hands, fought various heroes in Germany during the Second World War; working for the Initiative. |
| Bucky | Batboy who takes the place of Bucky after he is, seemingly, killed at the end of World War II; partner for Captain America II and Captain America III. |
| Bucky | Deceased; became known as Nomad and Scourge of the Underworld. |
| Captain America | Sought Government sponsorship to become the next Captain America during the Korean War; impersonated Rogers during the 1950s until captured by US Government and placed in suspended animation; known as Grand Director; reawakened by Doctor Faustus to battle Bucky Barnes in his incarnation as the new Captain America. |
| Captain Wings | Member of the Crusaders; unable to serve in the British army due to his slight heart murmur; later abandoned his suit after the belt that powered his wings were destroyed and he learned of its Nazi origins; whereabouts and status unknown. |
| Crimson Commando | Former member of the Department, Project Wideawake and Freedom Force |
| Destroyer | Former member of the V-Battalion and Crusaders |
| Ghost Girl | Member of the Crusaders; Scottish; used a machine given by Alfie; abandoned her equipment when she learned its origin and her belt that powered the equipment was destroyed. |
| Golden Girl | Member of the Kid Commandos; Japanese-American and daughter of Dr. Sam Sabuki, mother of Golden Sun and grandmother of Goldfire; mutated by a weapon of Agent Axis when it was overloaded by Bucky and Toro; later known as Golden Woman. |
| Human Top | Member of the Kid Commandos, Penance Council and father of Topsin; mutated by a weapon of Agent Axis after it was overloaded by Bucky and Toro. |
| Master Man | Nazi and Bundist; he was an agent of Hitler and member of Super-Axis; empowered by a variant of the super soldier serum created by Brain Drain; later married Warrior Woman and placed in suspended animation at the end of World War II by Dr. Friedrich Kraus under the direction of Baron Strucker; revived in modern times and had his powers siphoned by the new Master Man . He later resurfaced and helped Cable against Apocalypse, and was killed in battle; also known as Übermensch and the Mighty Destroyer. |
| Spirit of '76 | Former member of the Invaders and All-Winners Squad; died as Captain America. |
| Spitfire | Spitfire is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Roy Thomas and Frank Robbins, the character first appeared in the Invaders comic book series as an intended replacement for the Union Jack character, but the costume design did not fit the female torso. Instead, the character of Spitfire, named after the Supermarine Spitfire fighter plane, was created. |
| Stonewall | Former member of Freedom Force |
| Super Sabre | Former member of Freedom Force |
| U-Man | Atlantean and member of Super-Axis and Axis Mundi; father of Nia Noble through Lady Lotus; former research scientist and childhood friend of Namor; later banished by Namor. |
| Union Jack | Union Jack is the name of three superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Roy Thomas and Frank Robbins, the first Union Jack first appeared in Invaders #7.A second incarnation from the same creators appeared in The Invaders #21, and a third incarnation was created by Roger Stern and John Byrne for Captain America Vol. 1 #254. |
| Union Jack | |
| Wolverine | Logan fought beside Captain America in World War II. |
| Warrior Woman | Julia Koenig first appears in a multi-issue storyline in the title Invaders, posing as a servicewoman dating an American soldier in London during World War II. Koenig is revealed to be a Nazi spy, code-named Madame Rätsel, who is sent to obtain information from a soldier, who was also a cartoonist and is suspected of knowing the secret of the Super-Soldier Serum, which originally empowered hero Captain America. |
| Lady Lotus | Lady Lotus was born in Japan, and exhibited strong psychic powers at a young age. She developed these abilities through constant meditation, and supplemented her powers with the sacred lotus flower. At the age of 21, she moved to the United States. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States began holding Japanese-Americans in concentration camps to determine their loyalties. Disgusted by this, Lady Lotus took refuge in New York's Chinatown and opened a curio shop called "The House of Lotus". She cast a subtle hypnotic suggestion over anyone who came into the store, convincing her customers that she was actually Chinese. Angered at how her people were being treated by the Americans, she vowed to destroy the United States, and allied with the Axis Powers. |
| Brain Drain | Werner Schmidt first appears as Brain Drain in the title Invaders, leading a group of beings claiming to be Teutonic gods against World War II superhero team the Invaders. Brain Drain recounts in flashback his origin to Captain America, explaining how a falling meteorite all but killed him. The "meteorite" was in fact a spaceship, with the four alien inhabitants saving Schmidt's brain and eyes and placing them in a robot body. With his brain waves heightened during the process, Schmidt dubs himself "Brain Drain" and taking mental control of the aliens - which he calls "Star Gods" - renames them after old German gods: Donar, Log, Froh, and Brunnhilde. |
| Baron Blood | John Falsworth first appears in the title Invaders as an English aristocrat. Although posing as the son of the first John Falsworth, it is revealed in flashback that the character is in fact the original, made possible due to the fact that he is now an ageless vampire. When the family fortune is left to his older brother James, John Falsworth leaves England to pursue an interest of his - vampire lore. Falsworth travels to Transylvania and encounters the original vampire lord Dracula, who, after overpowering Falsworth, drains his blood and turns him into one of the undead. Dracula then commands Falsworth to return to England and cause havoc in revenge for the deeds of his former opponent Jonathan Harker. Adopting the alias of "Baron Blood", the character allies with Germany during World War I and without either party realizing the identity of the other, battles his own brother, who is now the English hero Union Jack |
| Iron Cross | |
| Blue Bullet | |
| Comet | |
| Nick Fury | Leader of S.H.I.E.L.D |
| Dum Dum Dugan | |
| Gabe Jones | |
| Rebel Ralston | |
| Dino Manelli | Dino Manelli first appears in issue 1 in 1963. |
| Izzy Cohen | |
| Junior Juniper | |
| Pinky Pinkerton | |
| Eric Koenig | |
| Leatherneck Raiders | |
| Baron Strucker | |
| Doctor Strange | Time wizard |