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 (late 1930s and c. 1950), under both of Marvel's previous names, Timely Comics and Atlas Comics.
Characters
1930s +CharacterNote(s)American Ace (Perry Wade)Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 (April 1939)Angel (Thomas Halloway)Marvel Comics #1 (November 1939) Member of the All-Winners Squad and the V-Battalion; founder and financial backer of the Scourge of the Underworld program.Human Torch (Jim Hammond) Member of the Invaders, V-Battalion, All-Winners Squad, Suicide Specials, and SHIELD.Ka-Zar the Great (David Rand) Pre-Marvel hero of the African jungle; originally created in 1936 by Martin Goodman before moving to Timely.Ka-Zar: Lord of Fang & Claw #1Lady Dorma First wife of Namor; later killed by Llyra; her body was emulsified by Vyrra in an effort to harvest material to clone her.Masked Raider (Jim Gardley) Cowboy hero, framed for cattle rustling by a racketeer but later would break out of prison.Namor the Sub-Mariner (Namor McKenzie) Member of the All-Winners Squad and the Invaders.Phineas Horton Father of Frankie Raye; built the android Human Torch; killed when he refused to destroy the Human Torch.Avengers Forever #8
1940s