1961

November

First Appearance and Origin of:

The Fantastic Four

• Mr. Fantastic/Dr. Reed Richards
• The Thing/Ben Grimm
• The Human Torch/Johnny Storm
• The Invisible Girl/Susan Storm

1962

January

First Appearance of:

• Henry “Hank” Pym

Origin of:

• Henry Pym’s shrinking serum

May

First (Silver Age) Appearance of:

• Namor, the Sub-Mariner

First Appearance and Origin of:

• The Incredible Hulk/Dr. Bruce Banner

First Appearance of:

• Rick Jones

August

First Appearance and Origin of:

• The Amazing Spider-Man/Peter Parker

• The Mighty Thor/Dr. Don Blake

First Appearance of:

• The Astonishing Ant-Man