We highlight here the characters we have met. We’ll note in parentheses when the character was introduced, when we met them in our Marvel Age reading if they’re older characters, when notable aliases were introduced, and when they were killed. If no other death issue is given, they were killed/destroyed/lost in their first appearance.
The easiest way to find all appearances of a given character we have covered is to follow the tags within the post.
The original stars
These are the major characters and groups who star or will star in their own stories from the earliest days of the Marvel Age, the ones we are trying to track.
- Fantastic Four (Fantastic Four #1)
- Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic (Fantastic Four #1)
- Benjamin (Ben) J. Grimm/Thing (Fantastic Four #1; as Blackbeard: Fantastic Four #5)
- Susan (Sue) Storm/Susan Richards/Invisible Girl (Fantastic Four #1; name presumably changed to Susan Richards after wedding in Fantastic Four Annual 3)
- Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Fantastic Four #1; inspired by Human Torch from Marvel Comics #1)
- Dr. Henry (Hank) J. Pym/Ant-Man/Giant-Man/Goliath (Tales to Astonish #27; as Ant-Man: Tales to Astonish #35; as Giant-Man: Tales to Astonish #49; middle initial revealed Tales to Astonish #59; as Goliath, Avengers #28)
- Prince Namor/Sub-Mariner (Marvel age introduction: Fantastic Four #4; originally from Marvel Comics #1)
- Dr. Robert (Bob) Bruce Banner/Hulk (Incredible Hulk #1 (real name: Bruce Banner); as Mechano: Avengers #1; referred to as Bob Banner: Avengers #3; full name revealed: Tales to Astonish #59)
- Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Amazing Fantasy #15)
- Dr. Don Blake/Thor (Journey Into Mystery #83)
- Anthony (Tony) Stark/Iron Man (Tales of Suspense #39; modern suit debuted Tales of Suspense #48)
- Sgt. Nick Fury (Sgt. Fury #1; introduced as Col. Fury in Fantastic Four #21; became Lt. Fury in Sgt. Fury Annual 1)
- Janet (Jan) Van Dyne/Wasp (Tales to Astonish #44)
- Dr. Stephen Strange (Strange Tales #110)
- X-Men (X-Men #1)
- Professor Xavier/Professor X (X-Men #1)
- Warren Worthington the Third/Angel (X-Men #1)
- Henry “Hank” McCoy/Beast (X-Men #1)
- Bobby Drake/Iceman (X-Men #1)
- Scott “Slim” Summers/Cyclops (X-Men #1)
- Jean Grey/Marvel Girl (X-Men #1)
- Avengers (Avengers #1)
- Steve Rogers/Captain America (Marvel age introduction: Avengers #4; originally from Captain America Comics #1)
- Matthew “Matt” Murdock/Daredevil (Daredevil #1)
Breakout characters
These characters/groups were introduced as side characters in other books, but have gone on to be featured in their own stories and become stars.
- Norse Gods (Journey Into Mystery #85)
- Howling Commandos (Sgt. Fury #1)
- The Watcher (Fantastic Four #13; first feature story Tales of Suspense #49)
- Heimdall (Journey Into Mystery #85; first feature story in Journey Into Mystery #104)
- Balder (Journey Into Mystery #85; first feature story Journey Into Mystery #106)
- Dr. Doom (Fantastic Four #5; first feature story Fantastic Four Annual 2)
- Loki (Journey Into Mystery #85; first feature story Journey Into Mystery #112)
- Scarlet Witch/Wanda (X-Men #4; joins Avengers in Avengers #16)
- Quicksilver/Pietro (X-Men #4; joins Avengers in Avengers #16)
- Hawkeye (Tales of Suspense #57; joins Avengers in Avengers #16)
- Eric (Sgt. Fury #27)
Major villains
- Moleman/Mole Man (Fantastic Four #1)
- Doctor Doom (Fantastic Four #5)
- The Burglar (Amazing Fantasy #15)
- Ringmaster (Incredible Hulk #3)
- Clown (Incredible Hulk #3; name clarified in Amazing Spider-Man #22)
- Human Cannonball/Cannonball (Incredible Hulk #3; accidentally referred to as Great Gambino in Amazing Spider-Man #16; name simplified to Cannonball in Amazing Spider-Man #22)
- Loki (Journey Into Mystery #85)
- Wizard (Strange Tales #102; floated up into space and presumably died)
- Puppet Master (Fantastic Four #8)
- Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man (Journey Into Mystery #86; imprisoned in future)
- Egghead (Tales to Astonish #38; as Carl Striker: Tales to Astonish #45)
- Paste-Pot Pete (Strange Tales #104)
- Impossible Man (Fantastic Four #11; got bored of earth and returned to Poppup)
- Tyrannus (Incredible Hulk #5)
- Wong-Chu (Tales of Suspense #39; killed)
- Chameleon (Amazing Spider-Man #1)
- Red Ghost/Ivan Kragoff (Fantastic Four #13; transported to distant galaxy)
- Vulture (Amazing Spider-Man #2)
- Tinkerer (Amazing Spider-Man #2, Story B)
- Comrade K/Nikita Khrushchev (Tales of Suspense #41)
- Adolf Hitler/Hate-Monger (Marvel Age introduction: Sgt. Fury #1; originally from Daring Mystery Comics #6; as Hate-Monger: Fantastic Four #21)
- (Mad) Thinker (Fantastic Four #15)
- Awesome Android (Fantastic Four #15)
- Radio-Active Man/Radioactive Man/Chen Lu (Journey Into Mystery #93)
- Dr. Octopus/Otto Octavious/Master Planner (Amazing Spider-Man #3; revealed as Master Planner Amazing Spider-Man #32)
- Nightmare (Strange Tales #110)
- Baron Mordo (Strange Tales #111)
- Sandman/Flint Marko (Amazing Spider-Man #4)
- Super-Skrull/Invincible Man (Fantastic Four #18; as Invincible Man, Fantastic Four #32)
- The Eel/Leopold Stryke (Strange Tales #112)
- Warlord Krang (Fantastic Four Annual 1)
- Magneto (X-Men #1)
- Porcupine/Alex Gentry (Tales to Astonish #48; shrunken to nothingness)
- Crimson Dynamo/Professor Vanko (Tales of Suspense #46; killed)
- Plantman/Sam Smithers (Strange Tales #113; last name revealed Strange Tales #121)
- Rama-Tut/Kang (Fantastic Four #19; as Kang, Avengers #8; possibly also Dr. Doom)
- Surtur (Journey Into Mystery #97; trapped on asteroid)
- Ymir (Journey Into Mystery #97)
- Molecule Man (Fantastic Four #20; prisoner of the Watcher)
- Lizard/Dr. Curtis Connors (Amazing Spider-Man #6)
- Melter/Bruno Horgan (Tales of Suspense #47)
- Vanisher (X-Men #2)
- (Human) Cobra/Klaus (Journey Into Mystery #98)
- Space Phantom (Avengers #2)
- Human Top/Dave “Davy” Cannon (Tales to Astonish #50)
- Mr. Hyde/Calvin Zabo (Journey Into Mystery #99)
- Baron Strucker (Sgt. Fury #5)
- The Blob (X-Men #3)
- Black Knight/Professor Garrett (Tales to Astonish #52; killed in Tales of Suspense #73)
- Electro/Max Dillon (Amazing Spider-Man #9)
- Mandarin (Tales of Suspense #50)
- Fancy Dan (Amazing Spider-Man #10)
- Ox (Amazing Spider-Man #10; swaps minds with Dr. Karl Stragg in Daredevil #15)
- Montana (Amazing Spider-Man #10)
- Scarecrow/Uncanny Umberto (Tales of Suspense #51)
- Norn Hag (Journey Into Mystery #101)
- Geirrodur the Troll (Journey Into Mystery #101)
- Hela (Journey Into Mystery #102)
- Field Marshal Rommel/Desert Fox (Marvel Age introduction: Sgt. Fury #6; originally from Marvel Mystery Comics #33)
- Scarlet Witch/Wanda (X-Men #4)
- Quicksilver/Pietro (X-Men #4)
- Toad (X-Men #4)
- Mastermind (X-Men #4)
- Enchantress (Journey Into Mystery #103)
- Executioner (Journey Into Mystery #103)
- Black Widow (Tales of Suspense #52)
- Fixer (Daredevil #1)
- Mysterio (Amazing Spider-Man #13; disguised as Dr. Ludwing Rinehart, Amazing Spider-Man #24)
- Dr. Zemo/Zemo (unnamed and seen only in shadow: Avengers #4; concurrent introductions in Sgt. Fury #8 and Avengers #6; killed in Avengers #15)
- Green Goblin/Norman Osborn (Amazing Spider-Man #14; Norman Osborn first seen in Amazing Spider-Man #23 and named in Amazing Spider-Man #37; revealed to be same person in Amazing Spider-Man #39)
- Beetle/Abner Jenkins (Strange Tales #123)
- Kraven the Hunter (Amazing Spider-Man #15)
- Unicorn (Tales of Suspense #56)
- Grey Gargoyle/Paul Duval (Journey Into Mystery #107; drowned)
- Norn Queen (Journey Into Mystery #107)
- Owl (Daredevil #3)
- Great Gambinos (Amazing Spider-Man #16 where name accidentally applied to Human Cannonball; properly named in Amazing Spider-Man #22)
- Hawkeye (Tales of Suspense #57)
- Diablo (Fantastic Four #30)
- Purple Man/Killgrave (Daredevil #4)
- Wonder Man/Simon Williams (Avengers #9; briefly reforms and then dies)
- Dormammu (Strange Tales #126; first invoked in Strange Tales #115; a being named Mormammu is also sometimes referred to– they may be the same being.)
- Scorpion/Mac Gargan (Amazing Spider-Man #19; as Scorpion & named as Mac Gargan Amazing Spider-Man #20)
- The Leader (Tales to Astonish #62; full appearance in Tales to Astonish #63)
- Unus (X-Men #8)
- Attuma (Fantastic Four #33)
- Immortus (Avengers #10)
- Matador/Manuel Eloganto (Daredevil #5)
- Dragon Man (Fantastic Four #35)
- Mr. Fear/Zoltan Drago (Daredevil #6)
- Princess Python (Amazing Spider-Man #22)
- Count Nefaria (Avengers #13; as Dream-Maker/Master of Dreams/Dream-Master in Tales of Suspense #67)
- Madam Medusa (Fantastic Four #36)
- Maa-Gor (X-Men #10)
- Red Skull (Marvel Age intro: Tales of Suspense #65, a German disguised as John Maxon; originally from Captain America Comics #1, an American named George Maxon)
- Red Skull (Marvel Age intro: Tales of Suspense #66, which revealed the Skull from last issue was an imposter)
- Stranger (X-Men #11)
- Juggernaut/Cain Marko (X-Men #12)
- Absorbing Man/Crusher Creel (Journey Into Mystery #114)
- Fenris the Wolf God (Journey Into Mystery #114)
- Destroyer (Journey Into Mystery #118)
- Stiltman/Wilbur Day (Daredevil #8; shrunk to nothingness)
- Luftwaffe General Von Krummpt (Sgt. Fury #19; killed)
- Crime-Master/Nick “Lucky” Lewis (Amazing Spider-Man #26; real identity revealed in Amazing Spider-Man #27, where he was killed)
- Molten Man/Raxton (Amazing Spider-Man #28)
- Dr. Bolivar Trask (X-Men #14; killed in X-Men #16)
- Master Mold (X-Men #15; destroyed in X-Men #16)
- Titanium Man/Commissar Boris Bullski (Tales of Suspense #69)
- Swordsman (Avengers #19)
- Mentallo (Strange Tales #141)
- Fixer (Strange Tales #141)
- Power Man/Erik Josten (Avengers #21)
- The Organizer/Abner Jonas (Daredevil #10; identity revealed in Daredevil #11, though the clues were there last issue.)
- Ape Man/Monk Keefer (Daredevil #10; possibly new character or possibly a hoodlum named Monk introduced in Avengers #12)
- Cat Man/Horgan (Daredevil #10)
- Frog Man/Frog Le Blanc (Daredevil #10)
- Bird Man/Henry Hawk (Daredevil #10)
- Gorgon (Fantastic Four #44)
- Maximus (Fantastic Four #47)
- Plunderer/Lord Parnival Plunder (Daredevil #12)
- Hermann Goering (Sgt. Fury #27; originally from Captain America Comics #2)
- Joseph Goebbels (Sgt. Fury #28)
- Mimic/Calvin Rankin (X-Men #19)
- Looter/Norton G. Fester (Amazing Spider-Man #36)
- Professor Stromm (Amazing Spider-Man #37)
- Batroc the Leaper (Tales of Suspense #75)
- Collector (Avengers #28)
- Pluto (Thor #127)
- Hippolyta (Thor #127)
- Midgard Serpent (Thor #127)
- Tana Nile (Thor #129)
- Harokin (Thor #129; died in Thor #133)
- Cerberus (Thor #130)
- Masked Marauder (Daredevil #16)
- Silver Surfer (Fantastic Four #48)
- Galactus (Fantastic Four #48)
- Thing (unnamed man from Fantastic Four #50; transforms into Thing in Fantastic Four #51)
- Gladiator (Daredevil #18)
- Ego (Thor #132)
- Man-Beast (Thor #134)
Major supporting characters
- General “Thunderbolt” Ross (Incredible Hulk #1)
- Betty Ross (Incredible Hulk #1)
- Uncle Ben (Amazing Fantasy #15; killed)
- Aunt May/May Parker (Amazing Fantasy #15; last name revealed in Amazing Spider-Man #7)
- Flash Thompson (Amazing Fantasy #15)
- Liz Allan (Amazing Fantasy #15; first name revealed in Amazing Spider-Man #4; last name revealed in Amazing Spider-Man #5; becomes working girl in Amazing Spider-Man #30 and bows out of Peter’s life.)
- Mr. Warren/Peter’s science teacher (Amazing Fantasy #15; learn his last name in Amazing Spider-Man #8)
- Crusher Hogan (Amazing Fantasy #15)
- Jane Nelson/Jane Foster (Journey Into Mystery #84; last name given as Foster starting in Journey Into Mystery #88)
- Alicia Masters (Fantastic Four #8; last name revealed in Fantastic Four #49)
- Stan Lee (Fantastic Four #10)
- Jack Kirby (Fantastic Four #10)
- Mr. Lumpkin/Lumpy (Fantastic Four #11)
- Professor Yinsen (Tales of Suspense #39; killed)
- J. Jonah Jameson (Amazing Spider-Man #1)
- John Jameson (Amazing Spider-Man #1)
- “Happy” Sam Sawyer (Sgt. Fury #1)
- Wong (Strange Tales #110; name revealed in Strange Tales #119)
- Harry “Happy” Hogan/Freak (Tales of Suspense #45; transformed into the Freak in Tales of Suspense #74)
- Virginia “Pepper” Potts (Tales of Suspense #45; first name revealed in Tales of Suspense #55)
- Betty Brant (Amazing Spider-Man #4; first name revealed in Amazing Spider-Man #5)
- Leonard McKenzie (Marvel Age introduction: Fantastic Four Annual 1; originally from Marvel Comics #1)
- Senator Harrington Byrd (Tales of Suspense #46; named in Tales of Suspense #66; first name revealed in Tales of Suspense #72)
- Dorris “Dorrie” Evans (Strange Tales #113)
- Victoria Bentley (Strange Tales #114)
- Mrs. Connors (Amazing Spider-Man #6)
- Billy Connors (Amazing Spider-Man #6)
- Fred Duncan (X-Men #2)
- Pamela Hawley (Sgt. Fury #4; killed in Sgt. Fury #18)
- Big Man/Frederick Foswell (Amazing Spider-Man #10; as Patch, Amazing Spider-Man #26)
- Battling Murdock/Kid Murdock (Daredevil #1)
- Franklin “Foggy” Nelson (Daredevil #1)
- Karen Page (Daredevil #1)
- Mr. Grey (X-Men #5)
- Mrs. Grey (X-Men #5)
- Sergeant Bull McGiveney (Sgt. Fury #7)
- Mrs. Watson (Amazing Spider-Man #15; first name possibly Anna. May have been character called Anna Watkins in Amazing Spider-Man #18)
- Steve Ditko (Amazing Spider-Man Annual 1)
- Boris (Doom’s servant from Fantastic Four Annual 2)
- Jarvis (Tales of Suspense #59)
- Ned leeds (Amazing Spider-Man #18; named in Amazing Spider-Man #19)
- Major Glen (sometimes Glenn) Talbot (Tales to Astonish #61)
- Hans Rooten (Sgt. Fury #15)
- Dr. Erskine (Tales of Suspense #63; based on Professor Reinstein from Captain America Comics #1)
- Sergeant Duffy (Marvel Age introduction: Tales of Suspense #63; originally from Captain America Comics #1; name revealed in Captain America Comics #4)
- Agent Thirteen (Tales of Suspense #64)
- Brian Xavier (X-Men #12)
- Dr. Kurt Marko (X-Men #12)
- Sharon Xavier/Sharon Marko (X-Men #12)
- Harris Hobbs (Journey Into Mystery #114; first named revealed in Journey Into Mystery #115)
- Morgan Stark (Tales of Suspense #68)
- Mary Jane Watson (Amazing Spider-Man #25, though face unseen; first mentioned as Mrs. Watson’s niece in Amazing Spider-Man #15; name revealed in Amazing Spider-man #16)
- Smythe (Amazing Spider-Man #25)
- Warren Worthington Jr. (X-Men #14)
- Mrs. Worthington (X-Men #14)
- Dr. Bromwell (Amazing Spider-Man #31)
- Harry Osborn (Amazing Spider-Man #31)
- Gwen Stacy (Amazing Spider-Man #31)
- Professor Warren (Amazing Spider-Man #31)
- Wyatt Wingfoot (Fantastic Four #50)
- General Eisenhower (Sgt. Fury #31)
- Fafnir (Thor #134)
Other major characters
- Franz Radzik/Gorilla-Man (Tales to Astonish #28; inspired by Ken Hale/Gorilla Man from Men’s Adventures #26 and Arthur Nagan from Mystery Tales #21; lost in space Tales to Astonish #30)
- Merlin (Marvel Age introduction: Tales of Suspense #27; originally from Black Knight #1)
- Rick Jones (Incredible Hulk #1)
- Zeus (Marvel Age introduction: Amazing Fantasy #13; originally from Venus #5)
- Tad Carter (Amazing Fantasy #14)
- Cleopatra (Marvel Age introduction: Tales of Suspense #44; originally from Ideal #1)
- Odin (Marvel Age introduction: Journey Into Mystery #85; originally from Adventures Into Terror #26)
- Balder (Journey Into Mystery #85)
- King Arthur (Marvel Age introduction: Strange Tales #108; originally from Black Knight #1)
- The Master/Ancient One (Strange Tales #110)
- The Skipper (Sgt. Fury #10)
- Girl from the Dark Realm (Strange Tales #126)
- Ka-Zar/Kevin Plunder (X-Men #10; real name revealed in Daredevil #13; modern reimagining of character from Marvel Comics #1)
- Hogun (Journey Into Mystery #119)
- Fandral (Journey Into Mystery #119)
- Volstagg (Journey Into Mystery #119)
- Hercules (Marvel Age introduction: Journey Into Mystery Annual 1; originally from Daring Mystery Comics #6; or perhaps from Young Allies #16)
- Zeus (Marvel Age introduction: Journey Into Mystery Annual 1; originally from Mystic #39)
- Ancient One’s disciple (Strange Tales #130)
- Rama Kaliph (Strange Tales #136)
- Aged Genghis (Strange Tales #136)
- Eternity (Strange Tales #138)
- Princess Ravonna (Avengers #23)
- Medusa/Madam Medusa (Fantastic Four #36; perhaps reformed by Fantastic Four #44)
- Crystal (Fantastic Four #45)
- Karnak (Fantastic Four #45)
- Triton (Fantastic Four #45)
- Black Bolt (Fantastic Four #45)
- Gorgon (Fantastic Four #44; definitely seemed to not be a villain by Fantastic Four #47)
- Mr. Stone (Sgt. Fury #26)
- Atlas (Journey Into Mystery #124)
- Captain America’s WWII girlfriend (Tales of Suspense #75)
- SHIELD Agent and sister of Captain America’s WWII girlfriend (Tales of Suspense #75)
- Recorder (Thor #132)
- High Evolutionary (Thor #134)
- Sif (Journey Into Mystery #102; as adult in Thor #136)
Notable Groups and Races
Intro of group and when each character joined or was introduced as a group member
- Fantastic Four (Fantastic Four #1)
- Mr. Fantastic (Fantastic Four #1)
- Thing (Fantastic Four #1)
- Invisible Girl (Fantastic Four #1)
- Human Torch (Fantastic Four #1)
- Mr. Fantastic (Fantastic Four #1)
- Skrulls (Fantastic Four #2)
- Skrull King (Fantastic Four #18)
- Super-Skrull (Fantastic Four #18)
- Warlord Morrat (Fantastic Four #37; executed)
- Princess Annelle (Fantastic Four #37)
- Toad Men (Incredible Hulk #2)
- Torrak (Incredible Hulk #2)
- Stone Men from Saturn (Journey Into Mystery #83)
- Gorr (Journey Into Mystery #83)
- Mechano-Monster (Journey Into Mystery #83; destroyed)
- Circus of Crime (Incredible Hulk #3)
- Ringmaster (Incredible Hulk #3)
- Bruto (Incredible Hulk #3)
- Teena (Incredible Hulk #3)
- Human Cannonball/Cannonball (Incredible Hulk #3)
- Clown (Incredible Hulk #3)
- Great Gambinos (Amazing Spider-Man #16; named in Amazing Spider-Man #22)
- Princess Python (Amazing Spider-Man #22)
- Norse Gods/Aesir (Journey Into Mystery #85–Introduces Asgard and is the first time we saw multiple Norse Gods; Odin introduced in Adventures Into Terror #26; Thor introduced in Journey Into Mystery #83; first called Aesir in Journey Into Mystery #97)
- Thor (Journey Into Mystery #83)Odin (Journey Into Mystery #85)Loki (Journey Into Mystery #85)Heimdall (Journey Into Mystery #85)Tyr (Journey Into Mystery #85)Balder (Journey Into Mystery #85)Neri (Journey Into Mystery #92)Fricka (Journey Into Mystery #92)Buri (Journey Into Mystery #97)Borr (Journey Into Mystery #97)Sif (Journey Into Mystery #102)Enchantress (Journey Into Mystery #103)Executioner (Journey Into Mystery #103)Agnar the Fierce (Journey Into Mystery #104)Gotron the Agile (Journey Into Mystery #104)Honir the Hunter (Journey Into Mystery #106)Arkin the Weak (Journey Into Mystery #109)Haakun the Hunter (Journey Into Mystery #114)Iduna (Journey Into Mystery #114)Morduk (Journey Into Mystery #118)Braggi (Journey Into Mystery #118)Ularic (Journey Into Mystery #119)
- Ovoids (Fantastic Four #10)
- Subterraneans (Incredible Hulk #5; Servants to Tyrannus)
- Torrid Twosome (Strange Tales #106; disbanded)
- Human Torch (Strange Tales #106)
- Carl Zante (Strange Tales #106)
- Xartans (Journey Into Mystery #90)
- Ugarth (Journey Into Mystery #90)
- Zano (Journey Into Mystery #90)
- Teen Brigade (Incredible Hulk #6)
- Rick Jones (Incredible Hulk #6)
- Red Ghost and the Super-Apes (Fantastic Four #13)
- Red Ghost (Fantastic Four #13)
- The Watchers (Fantastic Four #13)
- The Watcher (Fantastic Four #13)
- Ikor (Tales of Suspense #53)
- Emnu (Tales of Suspense #53)
- Knights of the Round Table (Marvel Age introduction: Strange Tales #108; originally from Black Knight #1)
- Sir Mogard (Strange Tales #108; presumably resigned in humiliation after defeat by Merlin and Black Knight)
- Valkyries (Journey Into Mystery #91)
- Howling Commandoes (Sgt. Fury #1)
- Robert “Rebel” Ralston (Sgt. Fury #1)
- Corporal “Dum-Dum” Dugan (Sgt. Fury #1)
- Jonathan “Junior” Juniper (Sgt. Fury #1)
- Gabriel “Gabe” Jones (Sgt. Fury #1)
- Izzy Cohen (Sgt. Fury #1)
- Dino Manelli (Sgt. Fury #1)
- Percival “Percy” Pinkerton (Sgt. Fury #8)
- Yancy Street Gang (first mentioned in: Fantastic Four #11; hands of some members visible in Fantastic Four #15)
- Evils of Pandora’s Box (Strange Tales #109)
- Flood (Strange Tales #109)
- Hatred (Strange Tales #109)
- Forgetfulness (Strange Tales #109)
- Sleepiness (Strange Tales #109)
- Paralysis (Strange Tales #109)
- Cold (Strange Tales #109)
- Disease (Strange Tales #109)
- Foolishness (Strange Tales #109)
- Laziness (Strange Tales #109)
- Fire (Strange Tales #109)
- Fear (Strange Tales #109)
- Netherworlders (Tales of Suspense #43)
- Kala (Tales of Suspense #43)
- Baxu (Tales of Suspense #43)
- Aliens from A-Chiltar III (Tales to Astonish #46)
- Kraglin (Tales to Astonish #46)
- Lizard Men of Tok (Fantastic Four #16)
- Sub-Mariners/Atlanteans (Marvel Age introduction: Fantastic Four #4; originally from Marvel Comics #1; Fantastic Four Annual 1 is the first time we see multiple Sub-Mariners in the Marvel Age; first revealed to be from Atlantis in Sub-Mariner Comics #31 and Fantastic Four Annual #1 in Marvel Age.)
- Namor (Marvel Comics #1; Marvel Age: Fantastic Four #4)
- Lady Dorma (Marvel Comics #1; Marvel Age: Fantastic Four Annual 1)
- Holy One/Emperor (Marvel Comics #1; Marvel Age: Fantastic Four Annual 1)
- Princess Fen (Marvel Comics #1; Marvel Age: Fantastic Four Annual 1)
- Warlord Krang (Fantastic Four Annual 1)
- King Neptune (Tales to Astonish #70)
- Vashti (Tales to Astonish #71)
- X-Men (X-Men #1)
- Mutants (Amazing Fantasy #14 introduced the concept in the Marvel Age with Tad Carter. Fantastic Four Annual 1 revealed Namor as a mutant. Journey Into Mystery #96 revealed Merlin as a mutant. That mutants are a group became clear with X-Men #1.)
- Tad Carter (Amazing Fantasy #14)
- Namor (Fantastic Four Annual 1)
- Merlin (Journey Into Mystery #96)
- Professor X (X-Men #1)
- Angel (X-Men #1)
- Beast (X-Men #1)
- Iceman (X-Men #1)
- Cyclops (X-Men #1)
- Marvel Girl (X-Men #1)
- Magneto (X-Men #1)
- Vanisher (X-Men #2)
- Blob (X-Men #3)
- Scarlet Witch (X-Men #4)
- Quicksilver (X-Men #4)
- Toad (X-Men #4)
- Mastermind (X-Men #4)
- Unus (X-Men #8)
- Avengers (Avengers #1)
- Wasp (Avengers #1; resigns in Avengers #16)
- Ant-Man (Avengers #1; as Giant-Man in Avengers #2; resigns in Avengers #16; rejoins as Goliath in Avengers #28)
- Iron Man (Avengers #1; resigns in Avengers #16)
- Hulk (Avengers #1; resigns in Avengers #2)
- Thor (Avengers #1; resigns in Journey Into Mystery #120)
- Captain America (Avengers #4)
- Wonder Man (Avengers #9; given provisional membership as ruse; reformed and died)
- Hawkeye (Avengers #16)
- Quicksilver (Avengers #16)
- Scarlet Witch (Avengers #16)
- Trolls/Silent Ones (Avengers #1)
- Lava People/Lava Men (Journey Into Mystery #97)
- Lava Man/Molto (Journey Into Mystery #97; name revealed as Molto in Avengers #5)
- Lava King (Avengers #5)
- Lava Witch Doctor (Avengers #5)
- Inhabitants of Dimension Z (Tales to Astonish #49)
- Eraser (Tales to Astonish #49)
- Supremacy (Tales to Astonish #49)
- Sneepers (Tales of Suspense #49)
- Storm Giants (Journey Into Mystery #100)
- Rugga (Journey Into Mystery #102)
- Skagg (Journey Into Mystery #104)
- Brimer (Journey Into Mystery #104)
- Ghan (Journey Into Mystery #115)
- Dr. Doom’s henchmen (Fantastic Four #23)
- Bull Brogin (Fantastic Four #23)
- Handsome Harry Phillips (Fantastic Four #23)
- Yogi Dakor (Fantastic Four #23)
- The Possessors (Strange Tales#118)
- Enforcers (Amazing Spider-Man #10)
- Fancy Dan (Amazing Spider-Man #10)
- Ox (Amazing Spider-Man #10)
- Montana (Amazing Spider-Man #10)
- Three Fates (Journey Into Mystery #102)
- Brotherhood of Evil Mutants/Evil Mutants (X-Men #4)
- Dwarfs (Journey Into Mystery #103)
- King Sindri (Journey Into Mystery #103)
- Masters of Evil (Avengers #6)
- Zemo (Avengers #6)
- Melter (Avengers #6)
- Radioactive Man (Avengers #6)
- Black Knight (Avengers #6)
- Enchantress (Avengers #6)
- Executioner (Avengers #6)
- Wonder Man (Avengers #9)
- Immortus (Avengers #10; tries out for membership; meeting erased from timeline)
- Power Man (Avengers #21; it’s just Enchantress and Power Man, but she implies they are the Masters of Evil)
- Vanna (Journey Into Mystery #105)
- Sinister Six (Amazing Spider-Man Annual 1)
- Electro (Amazing Spider-Man Annual 1)
- Kraven (Amazing Spider-Man Annual 1)
- Sandman (Amazing Spider-Man Annual 1)
- Mysterio (Amazing Spider-Man Annual 1)
- Vulture (Amazing Spider-Man Annual 1)
- Dr. Octopus (Amazing Spider-Man Annual 1)
- Mountain Giants (Journey Into Mystery #109)
- Knorda (Journey Into Mystery #109)
- Mindless Ones (Strange Tales #127)
- Humanoids (Tales to Astonish #62)
- Blitzkrieg Squad (Sgt. Fury #14)
- Baron Strucker (Sgt. Fury #14)
- Siegfried/ the brawler (Sgt. Fury #14; name revealed as Siegfried in Sgt. Fury #20)
- The charmer (Sgt. Fury #14)
- The musician (Sgt. Fury #14; name either Otto or Ludwig or Ludvig per Sgt. Fury #20)
- The mechanic (Sgt. Fury #14; name either Otto or Ludwig or Ludvig per Sgt. Fury #20)
- The horseman (Sgt. Fury #14; named Ernst per Sgt. Fury #22)
- The aristocrat (Sgt. Fury #14)
- Masters of Menace (Amazing Spider-Man #22)
- Clown (Amazing Spider-Man #22)
- Great Gambinos (Amazing Spider-Man #22)
- Cannonball (Amazing Spider-Man #22)
- Princess Python (Amazing Spider-Man #22)
- Beatles (Strange Tales #130)
- Paul McCartney (Strange Tales #130)
- John Lennon (Strange Tales #130)
- George Harrison (Strange Tales #130)
- Ringo Starr (Strange Tales #130)
- Maggia (Avengers #13)
- Kallusians/Kallu (Avengers #14; also called Kalusians in a likely typo)
- Ogor (Avengers #14)
- Frightful Four (Fantastic Four #36)
- Wizard (Fantastic Four #36)
- Paste-Pot Pete (Fantastic Four #36)
- Sandman (Fantastic Four #36)
- Madam Medusa (Fantastic Four #36)
- Thing (brainwashed; Fantastic Four #41)
- Human Torch (infiltrating as part of ploy; Fantastic Four #42)
- Man-Ape tribe (X-Men #10)
- Maa-Gor (X-Men #10)
- Swamp Men (X-Men #10)
- Moon-Men (Tales of Suspense #68)
- Gouda (Tales of Suspense #68)
- Edam (Tales of Suspense #68)
- SHIELD (Strange Tales #135)
- Col. Nick Fury (Strange Tales #135)
- Tony Stark (Strange Tales #135)
- Slim (Strange Tales #136)
- The barber (Strange Tales #136)
- The manicurist (Strange Tales #136)
- Dum Dum Dugan (Fantastic Four Annual 3)
- Gabe Jones (Fantastic Four Annual 3)
- ESPer Division/Thinkers (Strange Tales #141)
- Hydra (Strange Tales #135)
- The Master/Supreme Hydra/Imperial Hydra/Arnold Brown (Strange Tales #135; title of Supreme Hydra implied in Strange Tales #136; revealed to be Arnold Brown in Strange Tales #141)
- Agent H (Strange Tales #135)
- Hydra-Hunter 14 (Strange Tales #136)
- Section Leader B (Strange Tales #136)
- Replacement Section Leader B (Strange Tales #136)
- Olympians (Journey Into Mystery Annual 1)
- Hercules (Journey Into Mystery Annual 1)
- Zeus (Journey Into Mystery Annual 1)
- Dionysius (Thor #129)
- Ares (Thor #129)
- Hermes (Thor #129)
- Sentinels (X-Men #14)
- Master Mold (X-Men #15)
- The Organization (Daredevil #10)
- The Organizer (Daredevil #10)
- Cat Man (Daredevil #10)
- Bird Man (Daredevil #10)
- Frog Man (Daredevil #10)
- Ape Man (Daredevil #10)
- Inhumans (Medusa introduced in Fantastic Four #36; Gorgon in Fantastic Four #44; group introduced and named in Fantastic Four #45)
- Medusa (Fantastic Four #45)
- Gorgon (Fantastic Four #45)
- Crystal (Fantastic Four #45)
- Karnak (Fantastic Four #45)
- Triton (Fantastic Four #45)
- Black Bolt (Fantastic Four #45)
- The Seeker (Fantastic Four #46)
- Maximus (Fantastic Four #47)
- Floating Inhuman (Fantastic Four #47)
- Flying Trolls of Thryheim (Journey Into Mystery #124)
- Them (Tales of Suspense #78; first mentioned in Strange Tales #142)
- AIM/Advanced Idea Mechanics (Strange Tales #146; implied to be the same organization as Them)
- Count Bornag Royale (Strange Tales #146)
- Rigellians/Space Colonizers/Colonizers of Rigel (Thor #131; we had met Tana Nile in Thor #129 without knowing what she was.)
- New-Men (Thor #134)
Middling villains
Somewhere between my major villains and my minor villains
- Miracle Man (Fantastic Four #3)
- Igor (Incredible Hulk #1)
- Kala (Tales of Suspense #43)
- Jack Frost/Professor Shapanka (Tales of Suspense #45)
- Lava Man/Molto (Journey Into Mystery #97)
- (Living) Eraser (Tales to Astonish #49)
- Bull Brogin (Fantastic Four #23)
- Handsome Harry Phillips (Fantastic Four #23)
- Yogi Dakor (Fantastic Four #23)
- Infant Terrible (Fantastic Four #24)
- Gregory Hungerford Gideon (Fantastic Four #34)
- The Demon (Strange Tales #128)
- Laufey (Journey Into Mystery #112)
- Lucifer (X-Men #9)
- Tiboro (Strange Tales #129)
- Gestapo agent who kills Erskine (Marvel Age Introduction: Tales of Suspense #63; originally from Captain America Comics #1)
- Xandu (Amazing Spider-Man Annual 2)
- Most powerful creature in galaxy (Tales to Astonish #73)
- Mordo’s male servant (Strange Tales #130)
- Mordo’s female servant (Strange Tales #141; revealed to be a woman in a shocking twist in Strange Tales #142)
- The Cat/Cat Burglar (Amazing Spider-Man #30)
- The Seeker (Fantastic Four #46)
- Sleepers (Tales of Suspense #72)
- Ultimo (Tales of Suspense #76)
- The Behemoth (Tales to Astonish #77; trapped in Quagmire of Doom in Tales to Astonish #80)
- The Druid (Strange Tales #144)
- Asti the All-Seeing (Strange Tales #144)
- Mr. Rasputin (Strange Tales #145)
- Punisher (Fantastic Four #49)
- Joe Smith (Amazing Spider-Man #38)
- Keeper of the Flame (Avengers #30)
- Prince Rey (Avengers #30)
- The Unknown (Thor #136)
Minor villains
Less significant villains. Henchmen, non-recurring characters, etc.
- Giganto (Fantastic Four #4)
- Gargoyle (Incredible Hulk #1; killed)
- Executioner (Journey Into Mystery #84; killed)
- Kurrgo (Fantastic Four #7; killed)
- Charles Stanton/Destroyer (Strange Tales #101)
- Comrade X (Tales to Astonish #36)
- Gerald Marsh/Protector (Tales to Astonish #37)
- Boris Monguski/Mongu (Incredible Hulk #4)
- Cyclops (Marvel Age Introduction: Fantastic Four #9; originally from Tales of Suspense #10; a likely different Cyclops introduced in Tales to Astonish #46)
- Zemu (Strange Tales #103)
- Scarlet Beetle (Tales To Astonish #39; cured of radiation and turned back to normal beetle)
- General Fang (Incredible Hulk #5; last seen alone and unarmed with US soldiers closing in for the kill)
- Howard Mitchell/Hijacker (Tales to Astonish #40)
- Thug Thatcher (Journey Into Mystery #89)
- Kulla (Tales to Astonish #41; killed)
- Dr. Karl Kort/Wrecker (Fantastic Four #12)
- Acrobat/Carl Zante (Strange Tales #106; as Captain America, Strange Tales #114)
- Ugarth (Journey Into Mystery #90; retreated into space)
- Zano (Journey Into Mystery #90; turned into tree)
- Metal Master (Incredible Hulk #6; fled to outer space)
- Jason Cragg (Tales to Astonish #42; lost his powers due to laryngitis)
- Gargantus (Tales of Suspense #40; revealed as robot sent by aliens and destroyed)
- The Painter/Wilhelm Van Vile (Strange Tales #108)
- Sir Mogard (Strange Tales #108, Story C)
- Sandu (Journey Into Mystery #91; lost powers)
- Time-Master/Elias Weems (Tales to Astonish #43)
- Dr. Strange (Tales of Suspense #41)
- Creature from Kosmos (Tales to Astonish #44)
- Sorceror (Strange Tales #109)
- Red Barbarian (Tales of Suspense #42)
- Actor (Tales of Suspense #42; killed)
- Chairman Mao Zedong (Journey Into Mystery #93)
- Ape (Tales to Astonish #45)
- Twister (Tales to Astonish #45)
- Asbestos Man/Professor Orson Kasloff (Strange Tales #111)
- Mad Pharaoh/King Hatap (Tales of Suspense #44)
- Professor Zaxton (Journey Into Mystery #95)
- Duplicate Thor (Journey Into Mystery #95)
- Trago (Tales to Astonish #47)
- The Fox (Strange Tales Annual 2)
- Lord Ha-Ha/Sir Percy Hawley (Sgt. Fury #4)
- Mr. Doll (Tales of Suspense #48)
- Living Brain (Amazing Spider-Man #8)
- Skoll (Journey Into Mystery #101)
- Haiti (Journey Into Mystery #101)
- Ulfrin the Dragon (Journey Into Mystery #101)
- King Rugga (Journey Into Mystery #102)
- El Toro (Tales to Astonish #54)
- Rabble Rouser (Strange Tales #119)
- Aggamon (Strange Tales #119)
- Blackie Gaxton (Amazing Spider-Man #11)
- Skord (Journey Into Mystery #103)
- Gullin (Journey Into Mystery #103)
- Crimson Dynamo/Boris (Tales of Suspense #52)
- Skagg (Journey Into Mystery #104)
- Magician (Tales to Astonish #56)
- Barracuda/Cap’n Barracuda (Strange Tales #120)
- House of Shadows/Dweller in the Shadows (Strange Tales #120)
- Sun-Stealer/Master Scout Xakku (Tales of Suspense #55)
- King Brimer (Journey Into Mystery #104; named in Journey Into Mystery #105)
- Nedra (Journey Into Mystery #105)
- Colossus (Tales to Astonish #58)
- Zota (Strange Tales #124)
- Warlord Wrogg (Tales of Suspense #58)
- Arkin the Weak (Journey Into Mystery #109)
- Knorda (Journey Into Mystery #109)
- Bull (Tales of Suspense #59)
- Second-Story Sammy (Tales to Astonish #62)
- Paul Bunyan (Avengers #10)
- Atilla the Hun (Avengers #10)
- Goliath (Avengers #10)
- Hercules (Avengers #10)
- Sigurd (Journey Into Mystery #111)
- Wrecker (Tales to Astonish #63)
- The General (Tales of Suspense #61)
- Deacon (Tales of Suspense #62)
- Thumper (Tales of Suspense #62)
- Spider-Man (Avengers #11; robot duplicate created by Kang)
- Phantom/Dr. Birch (Tales of Suspense #63)
- Madam Macabre (Tales to Astonish #66)
- Gogo (Tales to Astonish #66)
- Kalya (Tales to Astonish #66)
- Sando/Colonel Wolfgang Von Krantz (Tales of Suspense #64; originally from Captain America Comics #1)
- Lucky Lobo (Amazing Spider-Man #23)
- Weasel Wills/Iron Man (Tales of Suspense #65)
- Professor Jack (Strange Tales #132)
- Yagg the Slayer (Journey Into Mystery #116)
- King Hymir (Journey Into Mystery #116)
- Hu Sak (Journey Into Mystery #117)
- Braggi (Journey Into Mystery #118)
- Kroda (Journey Into Mystery #119)
- Magrat (Journey Into Mystery #119)
- Supreme One/Supramor/Hidden Man (Tales to Astonish #67)
- Loko (Tales to Astonish #67)
- Minotaur (Avengers #17)
- Commissar (Avengers #18)
- Klaus Kruger (Daredevil #9)
- Seaweed Man (Tales to Astonish #71)
- Demon of the Diamonds (Tales to Astonish #73)
- Utgard Dragon (Journey Into Mystery #121)
- The Demon (Journey Into Mystery #123; loses Norn Stone and powers in Journey Into Mystery #125)
- Dr. Cedric Rawlings (Tales of Suspense #69; dies in Tales of Suspense #71)
- Shazana (Strange Tales #133)
- Sir Baskerville (Strange Tales #135)
- Demon of the Mask (Strange Tales #136)
- Queen Ula (Journey Into Mystery #124)
- Siedring, the Merciless (Thor #126)
- Dr. Konrad Zaxon (Tales to Astonish #78; killed in Tales to Astonish #79)
- The Crusher (Thor #130)
- Tazza (Strange Tales #144)
- Hu Chen (Avengers #30)
- Dominus (X-Men #21)
- Supreme One (X-Men #21)
- The Indestructible (Thor #132)
Other characters of some note
Minor characters who have appeared, of at least some note.
- Sally (Amazing Fantasy #15)
- Spider-Man’s Agent (Amazing Fantasy #15)
- Aunt Polly (Incredible Hulk #3)
- Valeria (Strange Tales #103)
- Phineas (Strange Tales #103)
- Ruby (Journey Into Mystery #89)
- Golden Angel (Fantastic Four #14)
- Maria Pym/Maria Trovaya (Tales to Astonish #44)
- Lee Kearns (Tales to Astonish #44)
- Bones (Fantastic Four #15)
- Princess Pearla (Fantastic Four #16)
- Principal Davis (Amazing Spider-Man #4)
- Hendershoot (X-Men #2)
- Lord Peter Hawley (Sgt. Fury #4)
- Bennett Brant (Amazing Spider-Man #11)
- Aunt May’s doctor (Amazing Spider-Man #12)
- King Mirmir (Journey Into Mystery #103)
- Aske (Journey Into Mystery #103)
- Embla (Journey Into Mystery #103)
- Chaplain Lewis Hargrove (Sgt. Fury #7)
- Hargrove’s younger brother (Sgt. Fury #7)
- Marc Antony (Marvel Age introduction: Strange Tales #124; originally from Ideal #1)
- Werner Von Doom (Fantastic Four Annual 2)
- Dr. Franklin Storm (Fantastic Four #31; first name revealed in Fantastic Four #32)
- Captain Flint (Sgt. Fury #11)
- Seymour (possibly first seen in Amazing Fantasy #15; first name given in Amazing Spider-Man #17)
- Mary Storm (Fantastic Four #32)
- Prince Rivvak (Journey Into Mystery #110)
- Hadrol, the Healer (Journey Into Mystery #111)
- Mrs. Gideon (Fantastic Four #34)
- Thomas “Tom” Gideon (Fantastic Four #34)
- Lt. Jim Baker (Tales of Suspense #61)
- Axonn-Karr (Tales of Suspense #62)
- Mayor Rooten/Agent X (Sgt. Fury #15)
- General overseeing Operation rebirth (Marvel Age introduction: Tales of Suspense #63; originally from Captain America Comics #1)
- Dr. Anderson (Tales of Suspense #63; intelligence agent in role played by J. Arthur Grover in Captain America Comics #1)
- Agent R (Tales of Suspense #63; based on Agent X-13 from Captain America Comics #1)
- Black Widow’s parents (Tales of Suspense #64)
- Reverend Miller (Fantastic Four #37)
- Countess Stephanie De La Spiroza (or Spirosa) (Tales of Suspense #69)
- Celia Rawlings (Tales of Suspense #69; dies in Tales of Suspense #71)
- Father of the girl from the Dark Dimension (Strange Tales #132)
- Abu Ben Hakim (Strange Tales #136)
- Leslie Farrington (Strange Tales #137)
- Vincent Vandergill (Strange Tales #138)
- Bernard Harris (Daredevil #10)
- Leftenant Colonel Pinkerton (Sgt. Fury #22)
- Irving Cohen and family (Sgt. Fury #24)
- Bill Jones (Sgt. Fury #24)
- The Ralstons (Sgt. Fury #24)
- Ravonna’s father (Avengers #23)
- Lord Plunder (Daredevil #13)
- The secretary who replaces Betty (Amazing Spider-Man #34)
- Sally Green (Amazing Spider-Man #36)
- King Arrkam (Tales to Astonish #75; named in Tales to Astonish #76)
- Sam Thorpe (Fantastic Four #50)
- Belle Thorpe (Fantastic Four #50)
- Whitey Mullins (Fantastic Four #50)
- Dr. Kincaid (Thor #136)
Animals
- Super-Apes (Fantastic Four #13)
- Nightmare’s horse (Strange Tales #110)
- Magic Cow (Journey Into Mystery #97)
- Odin’s winged horse (Journey Into Mystery #99)
- Agnar, King of Eagles (Journey Into Mystery #100)
- Black Knight’s winged horse (Tales to Astonish #52)
- Beasts of Berlin (Tales to Astonish #60)
- Tabby (Tales to Astonish #65)
- Zabu (X-Men #10)
- Wasp’s bee (Tales to Astonish #67)
- Boopsie (Tales to Astonish #68)
- Supreme Hydra’s panther (Strange Tales #135)
- Lockjaw (Fantastic Four #45)
- Black Stallion of Doom/Dark Horse of Death (Thor #132)