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The UnOfficial Timeline of the Marvel: The Lost Generation Universe

This is my UnOfficial Timeline of the Marvel Universe for events leading up to Fantastic Four (Vol I) #1 - the time period for the Golden Age Heroes and of the "Lost Generation" - and for the "Lost Generation" events taking place in the 22nd Century.

Acknowledgements: Thank you to Robert Franklin for help with the "Lost Generation" part of the timeline.

1 B.C. - 1,000,000 B.C

 

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  1 B.C.

Ossem dies after a long life. He finally gathers the Atlanteans together and lives to see them begin to rebuild the City. After his death, the God Neptune lives amongst the Atlanteans.
(The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #9)

90 B.C.

Ossem, Patriarch of the Atlanteans, informs the God Neptune of a Cult to the God Set. Prince Balaal is about to sacrifice his father Ossem to Set when Neptune intervenes killing all of the worshippers of Set and destroying the City of Atlantis. Ossem begins to reunite his scattered people.
(The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #9)

 
  510 B.C.

Kylus demands to know why the winged Inhumans should live on the ground. King Nestor orders a great project and Airee (home to the Winged Inhumans ) is built.
(Thor Annual #12)

Kylus declares himself King of Airee. He then sends the bat-winged Inhuman Cheiros to prison and has the other bat-winged Inhumans put to death.
(Thor Annual #12)

King Nestor of Attilan cuts Airee free from its anchoring pylon. The Winged Inhumans eventually become self-sufficients, and later are known as the Bird People.
(Thor Annual #12)

1184 B.C.

The City of Troy is destroyed. Ulysses begins his long trip home.
(Factual - Anecdotal)

Tyndar the last Trojan Warrior is defeated in combat by Kang and subsequently joins the Anachronauts.
(Avengers Annual #21 & Avengers Annual #22)

The Eternal Sersi (known to the Greeks as Circe) is visited by Ulysses and his crew. She turns his crew into swine.
(The Eternals (Vol I) #4)

 
  2700 B.C.

Captain America (I) travels back in time and meets the Eternal Gilgamesh, who is suffering from a form of amnesia making him forget he's an immortal.
(Captain America Annual #11)

Gilgamesh is King of Uruk, he is on a quest to meet Utnapishtim to discover the secret of Immortality.
(Captain America Annual #11)

Captain America (I) and Gilgamesh find Utnapishtim, Gilgamesh is sent on a quest to retrieve the Plant of Immortality. Gilgamesh is rescued from a giant-eel by Captain America (I) and so doesn't get the plant.
(Captain America Annual #11)

Gilgamesh leaves Captain America (I) to return the way he came. Captain America (I) sees a futuristic city in the distance and sets off. He talks to Utnapishtim's child friend who is revealed to be the Eternal Sersi in her childhood.
(Captain America Annual #11)

2900 B.C.

En Sabah Nur returns to the City of the Kings to watch it get covered by sand.
(The Rise of Apocalypse #4)

 
  2920 B.C.

The West Coast Avengers arrive from 1776 and meet Rama Tut who tells them to visit his first reign.
(West Coast Avengers #20)

2940 B.C.

The West Coast Avengers arrive from 1776, they are captured and taken inside the Sphinx. They discover the hidden technology and that Dr. Strange is there and just miss the Fantastic Four. They escape the forces of Rama Tut and hide in the Temple of Khonshu where Hawkeye carves the weapons which would be used by Moon Knight over 4,000 years later. They are rescued and return to 1876.
(West Coast Avengers #20 - #23)
(Dr. Strange #53)
(Fantastic Four (Vol I) #19)

 
  2950 B.C.

En Sabah Nur watches his 'father' die
(The Rise of Apocalypse #2)

En Sabah Nur's powers first manifest themselves
(The Rise of Apocalypse #3)

En Sabah Nur gains control of his powers and transforms Ozymandias
(The Rise of Apocalypse #4)

2967 B.C.

Baal discovers a baby left to die by the people of Akkaba, he adopts him and names him En Sabah Nur
(The Rise of Apocalypse #1)

 
  3010 B.C.

The Celestials abandon The Brethren and they spread like a plague throughout the Galaxy. They are discovered by Taneleer Tivan - The Collector - who captures the entire race and add them to his collection.
(Avengers (Vol I) #334 & Avengers (Vol I) #339)

8000 B.C.

Four of the Guardians of the Galaxy died in battle, two died of old age and one retired. Galactic Peace collapsed, the Guardian's lifestones are taken from Kree-Lar to prevent Intergalactic Pirates from stealing them.
(Thunderbolts #46)

The ship containing the lifestones is attacked, its warp drive implodes creating fissures in space. One of these fissures opens on the fringes of the Sol System. The fragments of one of the stones seeds the planets of the ssytem.
(Thunderbolts #46)

The man who will become Ulysses Bloodstone encounters Ullux'yl Kwan T'ae 'Sny. Bloodstone tries to kill the creature only to be stopped by the power of the Hellfire Helix (part of a Guardian lifestone).
(Marvel Presents #2)

Bloodstone escapes and returns to his tribe. He kills a mammoth with his bare hands and tells his tribe about how they can get special powers. He returns with his tribe to Ullux'yl.
(Marvel Presents #2)

Ullux'yl starts killing Bloodstone's tribe. Bloodstone tries to grab at the Hellfire Helix in an attempt to save his tribe. The Hellfire Helix explodes and a fragment embeds itself in Bloodstone's chest granting him immortality - the destruction of the Hellfire Helix kills Ullux'yl.
(Marvel Presents #2)

 
  8004 B.C.

The Tribe of the Moon battle the Ice-Devils.
(Alpha Flight (Vol I) #83)

Talisman (II) reveals that the battles of the last few years were trials preparing the Tribe of the Moon for the battle with their true enemy - Llan the Sorcerer.
(Alpha Flight (Vol I) #83)

The Tribe of the Moon are visited by Pako of the Elk Tribe, the Elk Tribe were mutated by a mysterious comet and Pako has come to ask for help. He then reveals himself to be a monster and is defeated by Talisman (II).
(Alpha Flight (Vol I) #83)

Talks-To-Spirits uses his magic to transport the Tribe of the Moon to the Elk Tribe Village - they discover everyone is dead. Suddenly and earthquake happens and Talisman (II) receives a message that Llan the Sorcerer has risen again.
(Alpha Flight (Vol I) #83)

The Tribe of the Moon travel to the Gateway of Night, there they fight the minions of Llan and with the exception of Talisman (II) are killed. Talisman (II) fights Llan and traps him in the form of a small idol - she locks him in the Gateway of Night by means of a binding spell trapping him for the next ten thousand years.
(Alpha Flight (Vol I) #83)

The Plodex ship comes under control of the human brain it incorporated 30,000 years earlier. The brain creates a new perfect human body for itself, and once reborn the human male learns about the Plodex and the Earth. He names himself The Master of the World.
(Alpha Flight (Vol I) #3)

James MacDonald Hudson appears on Ganymede after teleporting through the space-time continuum.
(Alpha Flight (Vol I) #90)

James MacDonald Hudson is rescued by an alien race called the Qwrlln, who heal him as best they can.
(Alpha Flight (Vol I) #90)

The Qwrlln place James MacDonald Hudson in suspended animation until he catches up with his future.
(Alpha Flight (Vol I) #90)

8005 B.C.

The Tribe of the Moon battle the Dimension Giants.
(Alpha Flight (Vol I) #83)

 
  8006 B.C.

The Tribe of the Moon battle rogue Deviants from the lost continent of Lemuria.
(Alpha Flight (Vol I) #83)

8007 B.C.

The Tribe of the Moon battle the Sharks from beyond Time.
(Alpha Flight (Vol I) #83)

 
  8008 B.C.

The Tribe of the Moon battle the Creatures of the Caves.
(Alpha Flight (Vol I) #83)

8009 B.C.

Nahita of the Elk Tribe is caught in the Skeleton Rain. She is knocked out and has a vision of the future. As she wakes up she is rescued by the Tribe of the Moon.
(Alpha Flight (Vol I) #83)

The Shaman Talks-To-Spirits says that Nahita is the one destined to wear the Talisman again. Nahita reaches into his medicine pouch and pulls out the talisman circlet. She places on her head and becomes Talisman (II) and a member of the Tribe of the Moon.
(Alpha Flight (Vol I) #83)

 
  8026 B.C.

Nahita of the Elk Tribe is born.
(Alpha Flight (Vol I) #83)

8200 B.C.

Ajes'ha of the Kree serves the cause of Galactic Peace as a Guardian of the Galaxy alongside a Shi'ar, a Skrull, a Badoon and four other aliens.
(Thunderbolts #45)

 
  12,000 B.C.

During the Hyborian Age, the Cobra Crown of Set falls into the hands of Thoth-Amon, Lord-Wizard of the Land of Stygia. Thoth-Amon is defeated in his plans by Conan of Cimmeria.
(The Punisher Annual #2)

Before they are all killed Ssith of the Serpent-Men is defeated in combat by Kang and subsequently joins the Anachronauts.
(Avengers Annual #21 & Avengers Annual #22)

Conan later becomes King of Aquilonia and with his son, Prince Conn, kill the last of the original Serpent-Men.
(The Punisher Annual #2)

18,000 B.C.

The Second Host of the Celestials visits the Earth.
(The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #23)

King Kamuu of Atlantis and his wife Queen Zartra (formerly of Lemuria) order the release of the lava from beneath Atlantis. Lemuria and Atlantis sink beneath the ocean.
(The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #23)

Queen Zartra is murdered by a Lemurian Traitor. King Kamuu is drowned on the Throne of Atlantis. The Deviants attack the Second Host of the Celestials. The Second Host first a weapon causing the Great Cataclysm.
(The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #23)

Ikaris guides a huge ark full of humans and animals to safety. Most of the Deviants are drowned.
(The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #23)

The Second Host leaves the Earth. They leave behind the Dreaming Celestial for crimes against life.
(The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #23)

 
  18,004 B.C.

Llan the Sorcerer is involved in the Great Destruction. He is defeated by the Talisman (I), and bound for the next ten thousand years.
(Alpha Flight (Vol I) #83)

19,000 B.C.

The Civilisation of Atlantis is founded.
(The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe
- Deluxe Edition #1)

 
  38,004 B.C.

The Plodex Colony Ship finishes its 100 year cycle of growing into a massive colonization complex. Once completed it then radiates a strange hypnotic signal in an attempt to reach the dominant life-form of the planet.
(Alpha Flight (Vol I) #4)

An Asian tribe was migrating south in search of a warmer climate. One of their members was exiled and headed north following the hypnotic signal of the Plodex Colony Ship. He eventually discovered the ship which attacked him and stripped him of his flesh, muscle and tissue until he went mad. The Plodex ship incorporates his brain into its matrix.
(Alpha Flight (Vol I) #3)

38,104 B.C.

After 10,000 years a Plodex colony ship of the dying civilisation arrives in the Sol system and heads towards Earth. However before it can land one of its drive units explodes and it crashes to the Earth. The ship fires off its cargo of egg before they are programmed.
(Alpha Flight (Vol I) #4)

 
  48,104 B.C.

The Plodex civilisation on are dying and so decide to send out a vast wave of colony ships in an attempt to save their race and conquer the universe.
(Alpha Flight (Vol I) #4)

50,000 B.C.

Ak - The Last Shaggy One dies.
(Captain America Comics #1)

Tuk learns his origin and begins his search for the island of Attilan.
(Captain America Comics #1)

Tuk meets Tanir the Hunter who joins Tuk on his search for Attilan.
(Captain America Comics #1)

 
  50,007 B.C.

A lion finds Ak's cave and Rhaya is killed. Ak saves Tuk's life.
(Captain America Comics #1)

50,010 B.C.

Rhaya, Phadion and their infant child are exiled from their home by Kadir. Phadion is killed.
(Captain America Comics #1)

Ak helps Rhaya and the infant called Tuk survive.
(Captain America Comics #1)

 
  198,010 B.C.

The First Host of the Celestials visits an unknown planet. They manipulate the Bacilli, the Spirilla and the Cocci on that planet to produce a race that looks humanoid, thinks humanoid but isn't. They called this race The Brethren.For centuries The Brethren will follow Arishem the Judge and destroy any planet he deems unworthy.
(Avengers (Vol I) #334 & Avengers (Vol I) #339)

749,500 B.C.

Chronos is working in his lab in the rebuilt city of Titanos. His experiment destroys the city and kills him. His sons Zuras and Alars ask the Eternals to decide who will lead them, the Eternals form the first Uni-Mind and decide it should be Zuras that leads them. To prevent the disunity they promised their father they'd avoid Alars leaves for space.
(What If (Vol I) #25)

Alars sets out through the Solar System and is drawn to Titan. Beneath the surface he finds a civilisation in ruins save for one lone survivor Sui-San. They fall in love and found the second civilisation of Titanian Eternals.
(Avengers (Vol I) #247)

 
  749,975 B.C.

The Kree leave Earth. They leave behind a race that would one day be known as the Inhumans.
(What If (Vol I) #28)

750,000 B.C.

The First Eternal settlement of Titanos is in the midst of a Civil War. Its founder Chronos defeats his brother Uranos (leader of the opposing faction) Uranos and his followers are banished into the depths of space.
(Avengers (Vol I) #247)

Uranos and his followers land on Uranus and defeat the Kree Sentry #213. They briefly live in a supply depot on the planet constructing a ship to take them back to Earth.
(What If (Vol I) #27)

The Eternal Astron speaks out against Uranos and so, when Uranos leaves, he is left behind with his three followers. Astron founds the Civilisation of the Uranian Eternals.
(What If (Vol I) #27)

Whilst heading back to Earth, Uranos and his followers are attacked by the Kree, their craft is destroyed near Saturn's moon Titan. The female Shastra uses her gravimetric powers to reesue the Eternals. They land on the surface of Titan and discover underground caves. They found the first civilisation of the Titanian Eternals.
(What If (Vol I) #28)

After learning about the Eternals, the Kree mount an expedition to Earth. Once they arrive they begin to experiment on the natives.
(What If (Vol I) #28)

 
  990,497 B.C.

The Supreme Intelligence is elected absolute ruler of the Kree Empire (Kree Year 4791).
(The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe
- Deluxe Edition #13)

990,750 B.C.

The Kree create the Supreme Intelligence (Kree Year 4538).
(The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe
- Deluxe Edition #13)

 
  994,068 B.C.

The Kree Scientist Bronek develops the prototype Sentry (Kree Year 1220).
(The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe
- Deluxe Edition #11)

1,000,000 B.C.

The First Host of the Celestials comes to Earth.
(The Eternals (Vol II) #1)

Gammenon the Gatherer collects a sample of Proto-Men. Ziran the Tester experiments and creates the first Deviants.
Nezzar the Calculator experiments and creates the first Eternals. Oneg the Prober experiments and places a latent gene in the remaining Proto-Men. After experimentation each group is returned back to the Earth and the First Host leave.
(What If (Vol I) #23)

 
   
   

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