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| ===June, 1940=== | ===June, 1940=== |
| * The man known as the Unknown Soldier has first case. [Unknown Soldier #249] | * The man known as the Unknown Soldier has first case. [Unknown Soldier #249] |
| * Reporter Wayne Clifford is sent by //The New York Courier// to London in order to report on the state of England during the Blitz. ["Dateline: Frontline," Men of War #4 (January, 1978)] | * Young reporter Wayne Clifford is sent by //The New York Courier// to London in order to report on the state of England during the Blitz, where he is mentored by seasoned reporter Ed Barnes and comes up against government news censorship. ["Dateline: Frontline," Men of War #4 (January, 1978)] |
| ===August, 1940=== | ===August, 1940=== |
| * The Blackhawks meet the first villainous Killer Shark. [Blackhawk #269] | * The Blackhawks meet the first villainous Killer Shark. [Blackhawk #269] |
| ===October, 1940=== | ===October, 1940=== |
| * An American correspondent for the London-based newspaper //The Tribute,// Richard "Buck" Dare dons aviator goggles along with a gaudy green, yellow, and red costume inspired by comic-book heroes to become Captain X of the R.A.F., flying a maneuverable, lightweight, uranium-powered blue plastic plane called //Jenny.// He is assisted by an English mechanic called Stuffy, who keeps his plane in good order. As Captain X, Dare uses a British accent as part of his cover identity as an English adventurer and is only an honorary member of the Royal Air Force. He is secretly funded by an espionage agency known only as the Group, originally formed to secretly provide Great Britain and the R.A.F. with assistance against the Germans during a time when the United States was still officially neutral. In his first recorded case, Captain X stops a plot by the Germans to dam the English Channel using a chemical called Viscid, which forms into a powerful metal upon contact with water. //Note: Captain X is already publicly known by the time of this adventure, indicating he has had at least one previous case. Although Firestorm #50 uses the cover dates of Star Spangled Comics to date his adventures, the stories themselves indicate that Captain X first appears during the Battle of Britain, and all of his cases take place during the Blitz, placing his adventures sometime between July, 1940 and May, 1941.// [Captain X, Star Spangled Comics #1 (October, 1941); "Vows," The Fury of Firestorm #50 (August, 1986)] | * An American correspondent for the London-based newspaper //The Tribute,// Richard "Buck" Dare dons aviator goggles along with a gaudy green, yellow, and red costume inspired by comic-book heroes to become Captain X of the R.A.F., flying a maneuverable, lightweight, uranium-powered blue plastic plane called //Jenny.// He is assisted by an English mechanic called Stuffy, who keeps his plane in good order. As Captain X, Dare uses a British accent as part of his cover identity as an English adventurer and is only an honorary member of the Royal Air Force. He is secretly funded by an espionage agency known only as the Group, originally formed to secretly provide Great Britain and the R.A.F. with assistance against the Germans during a time when the United States was still officially neutral. In his first recorded case, Captain X stops a plot by the Germans to dam the English Channel using a chemical called Viscid, which forms into a powerful metal upon contact with water. //Note: Captain X is already publicly known by the time of this adventure, indicating he has had at least one previous case. Although Firestorm #50 uses the cover dates of Star Spangled Comics to date his adventures, the stories themselves indicate that Captain X first appears during the Battle of Britain, and all of his cases take place during the Blitz, placing his adventures sometime between July, 1940 and May, 1941.// [Captain X, Star Spangled Comics #1 (October, 1941); "Vows," The Fury of Firestorm #50 (August, 1986)] |
| | * Wayne Clifford is transferred to North Africa, where he becomes a war correspondent alongside British soldiers fighting the Italian invaders. ["Bathtub Blues," Men of War #9 (September-October, 1978)] |
| ===December, 1940=== | ===December, 1940=== |
| * Captain X steals a dangerous secret weapon -- a ray that instantly dissolves metal -- from the Germans that was invented by a scientist named Graff. [Captain X of the R.A.F., Star Spangled Comics #3 (December, 1941)] | * Captain X steals a dangerous secret weapon -- a ray that instantly dissolves metal -- from the Germans that was invented by a scientist named Graff. [Captain X of the R.A.F., Star Spangled Comics #3 (December, 1941)] |
| ===September, 1941=== | ===September, 1941=== |
| * The adventures of Keen Arrow are first published by Kolossal Komics. //Note: Keen Arrow is a fictional character who predated the real Earth-1 Green Arrow's first appearance by over 30 years, but whose adventures eerily paralleled those of the Earth-2 Green Arrow, who became active at this time on Earth-2 and whose first appearance was in More Fun Comics #73 (cover dated November, 1941). Kolossal Komics also published the adventures of the Sunburned Kid and Showerman, who may or may not have been based on Earth-2 characters the Vigilante and Aquaman, whose counterparts appeared years later on Earth-1.// ["Who Rubbed Out the Editor?" Detective Comics #70 (December, 1942)] | * The adventures of Keen Arrow are first published by Kolossal Komics. //Note: Keen Arrow is a fictional character who predated the real Earth-1 Green Arrow's first appearance by over 30 years, but whose adventures eerily paralleled those of the Earth-2 Green Arrow, who became active at this time on Earth-2 and whose first appearance was in More Fun Comics #73 (cover dated November, 1941). Kolossal Komics also published the adventures of the Sunburned Kid and Showerman, who may or may not have been based on Earth-2 characters the Vigilante and Aquaman, whose counterparts appeared years later on Earth-1.// ["Who Rubbed Out the Editor?" Detective Comics #70 (December, 1942)] |
| | ===October, 1941=== |
| | * Wayne Clifford leaves North Africa for Russia to report on the Eastern Front, but the British supply ship he travels on is attacked by a German U-boat, and it nearly sinks until a Russian ship arrives to tow them to the nearest port. ["Mother Russia," Men of War #21 (October, 1979)] |
| ===December, 1941=== | ===December, 1941=== |
| * December 7: The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, resulting in the United States entering World War II. | * December 7: The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, resulting in the United States entering World War II. |
| * With the U.S. officially in the war, Richard "Buck" Dare retires as Captain X in order to act as a spy behind enemy lines, code named Aviator. ["Vows," The Fury of Firestorm #50 (August, 1986)] | * Reporter Wayne Clifford is recalled home against his wishes by his newspaper publisher. With the attack on Pearl Harbor, Clifford hopes to become a war correspondent again by writing an accurate account of it, only to come up against U.S. government censorship on the attack. Reunited with fellow reporter Ed Barnes, he learns that Barnes' son was killed at Pearl Harbor. ["The Yanks Are Comin'!" Unknown Soldier #243 (September, 1980)] |
| | * With the U.S. officially in the war, Richard "Buck" Dare officially retires as Captain X in order to act as a spy behind enemy lines, code named Aviator. ["Vows," The Fury of Firestorm #50 (August, 1986)] |
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| ====1942==== | ====1942==== |
| * Sgt. Rock and Easy Company start combat in World War II beginning in North Africa, followed by Italy (1943), France and Belgium (1944), and Germany (1945). | * Sgt. Rock and Easy Company start combat in World War II beginning in North Africa, followed by Italy (1943), France and Belgium (1944), and Germany (1945). |
| * Jeb Stuart commands the Haunted Tank. | * Jeb Stuart commands the Haunted Tank. |
| | ===February, 1942=== |
| | * Reporter Wayne Clifford begins dating a young woman named Joy Winters, who wants to be an army nurse. ["Homefront," Unknown Soldier #244 (October, 1980)] |
| | ===March, 1942=== |
| | * Wayne Clifford takes a new assignment as a combat reporter at Bataan in the Philippines, currently under attack by the Japanese, only to realize upon arrival how dire the situation is when he spots Gen. Douglas MacArthur secretly evacuated on the same ship he came in on. ["The Battle of Bataan," Unknown Soldier #254 (August, 1981)] |
| ===April, 1942=== | ===April, 1942=== |
| | * April 1: Commander Steel (Hank Heywood) crosses over from Earth-2 and establishes a new life for himself on Earth-1. |
| * The Boy Commandos have first public case. //Note: This is the Earth-1 version of the Earth-2 team.// [Detective Comics #64] | * The Boy Commandos have first public case. //Note: This is the Earth-1 version of the Earth-2 team.// [Detective Comics #64] |
| * Albert Hollerer of Germany becomes a wood elemental called the Heap. [Swamp Thing v2 #47] | * Albert Hollerer of Germany becomes a wood elemental called the Heap. [Swamp Thing v2 #47] |
| * Microwave Man goes into retirement for 40 years. [Action Comics #487] | * Microwave Man goes into retirement for 40 years. [Action Comics #487] |
| * April 1: Commander Steel (Hank Heywood) crosses over from Earth-2 and establishes a new life for himself on Earth-1. | * Combat reporter Wayne Clifford is captured as a prisoner of war by the Japanese along with U.S. troops in Bataan, and is a witness to the atrocities of the Bataan death march, in which weaker soldiers are left to die, and others are used for bayonet practice, on the long march to inland prison camps. Although Clifford manages to escape captivity along with a couple of American soldiers, it is not known if he managed to escape Bataan unharmed. //Note: Wayne Clifford's activities after this story remain unknown.// ["Battling Orphans," Unknown Soldier #255 (September, 1981), "Death March," Unknown Soldier #256 (October, 1981)] |
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| ===November, 1942=== | ===November, 1942=== |