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1975 -Giant-Size X-Men#1 by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum introduces the new team of X-men.  Storm, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, and Colossus become wildly popular.

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1972 Hero for Hire #1 -Roy Thomas and John Romita (or their editors) think up this attempt to channel black action films such as Shaft. (June Issue)

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1970 Major changes to the self censoring Comics Code are announced.

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1966 by March, Jim Steranko's handling all the art duties on the Nick Fury stories. As a combination of Bond-era superspies, psychedelia, and surrealism, Steranko's Fury work is both legendary and eye-popping.

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The X-Men, Lee and Kirby's prep school superheroes, begin the run of their ill-fated original title.

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The Avengers, Marvel's resident superteam, make their debut in a September issue. Their original members are Thor, Hulk, Iron Man, Ant Man, and The Wasp.

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In a July issue, The first Dr.Strange story runs it's course in Strange Tales. The Sorcere Supreme adds a new element to comics. Some readers considered Ditko's bizarre imagery as reference to psychedelics.

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1963 Amazing Fantasy #15 (March issue), the last issue of that failed title features the premiere of Spider-Man by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Unlike earlier heroes, Spider-Man had moments of selfishness, particularly in his origin, doubt, failures, and shortcomings. The Marvel revolution had found its posterboy.

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For August, Journey into Mystery debuts the adventures of Thor

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Incredible Hulk #1 (May issue) introduces Bruce Banner's tortured selves to the world. This revolutionary comic mixed Frankenstein and the notion of superheroes, while dealing with the Atomic Age in a mostly serious fashion.

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Atom #1 (Jun-July issue) Another superhero revival, this one from Gardner Fox and Gil Kane.

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1961 Fantastic Four #1 Once upon a time Marvel was a publisher of monster comics. The first foray into Superheroes to come from under the Marvel banner was revolutionary.
The cover shows a transition from monsters, and the FF didn't even show up in costume till the third issue. Unlike all the heroes before, the FF bickered, argued, got tangled up in love triangles, and even had moments of doubt. They made no effort to have a secret identity, they simply acted like the celebrities they were.

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1960 Green Lantern #1 (July-August issue) gives a series to another Silver Age revival. Lovingly drawn by Gil Kane, Green Lantern's adventures often took him to bizarre alien landscapes where he use his ring to create any tool that he imagined in order to dispense justice.

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1956 Showcase #4 (Sept-Oct issue) introduces the new Flash, starting a revival of classic superheros, and brings their popluarity up from their low status in the early 50s. This story by Bob Kanigher and Carmine Infantino, started the Silver Age.

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1954 The Comics Code is announced. This is a self censoring set of rules, that was very limiting in its original incarnation. A crippling force on creativity, it ruled whole genres out of existence.

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1950 Crypt of Terror is introduced in April, bringing the world the first EC horror comic, and beginning the 'New Trend.' Crypt of Terror evolves into Tales from the Crypt.

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1944 The adventures of The Green Lama start. A superhero trained by monks in the Himalayas, The Green Lama featured the slender figures and elegant line of Mac Raboy from December onward.

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Plastic Man has his first appearance in August's Police Comics #1. Plastic Man was a humorous superhero who was a reformed criminal. The Tales of Plas (as he was fondly nicknamed) were told with an energetic mastery that set Jack Cole's work apart.

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Daredevil Comics begins in July. The title character is not the same one that is later published by Marvel, but a particularly fierce Mystery Man with a Red and Blue costume.

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1941 Captain America is brought to the world. Long before the US enters WWII, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby send a superhero to fight the Fuhrer.

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Flash Comics #1 is released.

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All Star Comics #8 introduces Wonder Woman, a psychologist's answer to the blood-curdling masculinity found in many comics.

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Doc Savage Comics starts.

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Green Hornet Comics starts.

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The Shadow makes his first comic book appearance- Shadow Comics #1

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Whiz Comics #2 hits in February. Captain Marvel becomes a strong character who eventually gives Superman a run for his money.

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1940 Fiction House, a major publisher of pulps, enters the world of comics with Jungle Comics and Planet Comics, both released in January.

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Marvel Mystery Comics is published in November. This comic introduces a double serving of big characters: The Torch and the Sub-Mariner.

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1939 Detective Comics #27 is published in May. Batman is introduced to the world as the second major superhero.

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1938 Action Comics #1 is published in June. It contains many features, but it's cover feature, Superman, is the one who explodes onto the scene and transforms comic books into a cultural force.

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1937 Detective Comics #1 is published. This is the first DC Comic published, notable for it's use of original material.

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1936 The first publication of Kings Comics is released

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1934 This publication is devoted entirely to the title character of Percy Crosby's wildly popular 'kid' strip.

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This was the first comic strip to use speech bubbles

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1934 The first time a group of comic strips were ever put into a comic-book format

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The yellow kid is supposes to be the first comic strip to be made as part of a newspaper from 1895 to 1898.