The Red Raven: Bronze Age

Mad Scientists

Sometime after the destruction of the Sky-Isle, a neophyte hero named Nova ran into some trouble with a mad winged-scientist known only as, the Condor. Little did Nova realize that the Condor was actually an exiled member of the bird-men. After many encounters with Nova, the Condor was transformed into an actual condor by the ancient wizard, the Sphinx. (this is the brief version of Nova Vol. 1 #2-3, 6-8 and 10, Nova Vol. 2 #2-5, 7-8, 10 and 13)

Sensing the impending doom presented by Diablo, a mysterious young girl left her home on another floating island, the Aerie, to stop the mad man from destroying civilization. Her name was Dania, but she took the name of her father, the Red Raven, and was created from the genetic material of the original Red Raven (and apparently an unknown Avian female), and she left her solitary home, the smaller Sky-Isle known as the Aerie, for the first time. Red Raven II made Namor realize the folly of his ways, and the two were set to stop Diablo machinations, but he had an ace up his sleeve. He called forth an army of "dead bird-men" that he claimed had been sitting at the bottom of the ocean all of these years. In the end, the heroes prevailed and Diablo was sent to lick his wounds (or more accurately, his healing-potion laden mustache), but the Sky-Isle was completely destroyed. Before flying off to the hidden sanctuary from whence she came, Red Raven II scolded Namor for trying to pick at the bones of her people's lost civilization. (all of that from Marvel Super-Heroes Vol. 2 #8, also the first appearance of Squirrel Girl!)

As it turned out, the "dead bird-men" were the true bird-men, finally, and really awakened from they're death-like-sleep. With them, the true Red Raven once more claimed his place as the chosen leader of the Avian race, while the artificial construct was destroyed in the battle to defeat Diablo. (confirmed in Defenders Vol. 2 #6)