VEHICLES OF S.H.I.E.L.D. (MARVEL COMICS – EARTH 616)
Welcome to the Relic Keep history of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Vehicles timeline for Earth 616. These are the events that I have found through my reading of Marvel Comics books. If you know of any Earth 616 vehicles not mentioned above, please leave the details in the comments below. Thank you.
November 1974 AD
I.R.O.V.
Alien technology from beyond this world was discovered in the Savage Lands in 1974. As Ka-Zar and his friends try survey the impact upon the local populace, S.H.I.E.L.D. sends one of their teams to investigate. The I.R.O.V. or Independent Remote Operations Vessel, was the mobile based used to help secure the threat.
(Savage Tales – Volume 01 Issue 08, 1974)
May 1977 AD
S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier
The living leviathan known as Godzilla had began to rampage the coast of Alaska in 1977. The US Government immediately ordered a S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier to intercept the monster.
(Godzilla – Volume 01 Issue 01, 1977)
May 1977 AD
V.T.O.L.
To counter a new threat of Godzilla, Col. Nick Fury uses S.H.I.E.L.D.’s newest fighter jet to shuttle scientists into the action. This is aircraft was known as Vertical Take-Off and Landing, or V.T.O.L. for short.
(Godzilla – Volume 01 Issue 01, 1977)
May 1977 AD
Hover Platforms
In a counter attack against the titan known as Godzilla, S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were deployed in waves of one-man hover platforms. Each unit was armed with a laser cannon and additional effects.
(Godzilla – Volume 01 Issue 01, 1977)
May 1977 AD
Disc-Planes
One form of aircraft was used at the battle of Godzilla. Dum-Dum Dugan piloted what the called a “Disc-Plane”.
(Godzilla – Volume 01 Issue 01, 1977)
May 1977 AD
Fighter Jets
In 1977 S.H.I.E.L.D. used various fighter jets in the deployment. This is an example of a fighter armed with laser cannons.
(Godzilla – Volume 01 Issue 01, 1977)
May 1977 AD
Stark Tech
To defeat the monster known as Godzilla, the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. deployed one of it’s biggest guns to date. This technological wonder of designer Tony Stark himself. Unfortunately, the mammoth laser cannon hardly phased the atomic powered titan.
(Godzilla – Volume 01 Issue 01, 1977)