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 === February, 1940 === === February, 1940 ===
  
-  * Jim Blake creates a winged flying costume and becomes the mystery man known as **[[Lynx (Jim Blake)|the Moth]]**. [Mystery Men Comics #9]+  * The wealthy Jim Blake, endowed by a famous biologist with the power of flight and tremendous energy to overcome almost all obstacles, creates a winged flying costume to control his flight and becomes the mystery man known as **[[Lynx (Jim Blake)|the Moth]]**. [Mystery Men Comics #9]
   * Grant Farrel is given super-powers by the god Thor and begins adventures as the mystery man called **[[Thor (Grant Farrel)|Thor]]**. [Weird Comics #1]   * Grant Farrel is given super-powers by the god Thor and begins adventures as the mystery man called **[[Thor (Grant Farrel)|Thor]]**. [Weird Comics #1]
   * [[Sorceress of Zoom|The Sorceress of Zoom]], sometimes a villainess, sometimes a heroine, begins adventures in Zoom, a traveling city in the clouds. //Note: The city of Zoom is probably originally from a magical dimension, such as the Land of the Nightshades.// [Weird Comics #1]   * [[Sorceress of Zoom|The Sorceress of Zoom]], sometimes a villainess, sometimes a heroine, begins adventures in Zoom, a traveling city in the clouds. //Note: The city of Zoom is probably originally from a magical dimension, such as the Land of the Nightshades.// [Weird Comics #1]
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   * Michael Shelby and his father, Senator Dan Shelby, are gunned down by agents of the Grim Circle; the senator dies, but his son barely clings to life. Prof. Martin Lascomb uses his experimental vita-ray machine to revive the injured Michael, but an accident causes him to be struck by thousands of volts of electricity at the same time, granting him the super-powers of strength, vitality, and limited flight. After meeting Walter Green, who retires as the original **Green Mask**, Shelby becomes **[[Green Mask (Michael Shelby)|the Green Mask II]]**. An orphaned boy named Don Mason is injured and also healed by vita-rays, which grant him vitality but doesn't give him super-powers; he becomes **[[Domino the Miracle Boy]]**, the Green Mask II's teenaged crime-fighting partner, who uses a boomerang as his primary weapon. Together, the two bring down the Grim Circle in their first case together. //Note: Michael Shelby's vita-ray-induced super-powers begin to wane a few months after he gains them; it's likely that repeated vita-ray treatments are necessary to give him powers again. Don's last name is never revealed in the comics, so we have given him the last name of Mason in honor of Hollis Mason (Nite Owl) of Watchmen, who like Don Mason wore a domino mask and wrote a memoir about his heroic second life. It should also be noted that Don's surname is not Tracy, since that is the surname of Olivia Tracy, who is Michael Shelby's love interest. Domino is first referred to as Don in Green Mask #6.// [Green Mask #1]   * Michael Shelby and his father, Senator Dan Shelby, are gunned down by agents of the Grim Circle; the senator dies, but his son barely clings to life. Prof. Martin Lascomb uses his experimental vita-ray machine to revive the injured Michael, but an accident causes him to be struck by thousands of volts of electricity at the same time, granting him the super-powers of strength, vitality, and limited flight. After meeting Walter Green, who retires as the original **Green Mask**, Shelby becomes **[[Green Mask (Michael Shelby)|the Green Mask II]]**. An orphaned boy named Don Mason is injured and also healed by vita-rays, which grant him vitality but doesn't give him super-powers; he becomes **[[Domino the Miracle Boy]]**, the Green Mask II's teenaged crime-fighting partner, who uses a boomerang as his primary weapon. Together, the two bring down the Grim Circle in their first case together. //Note: Michael Shelby's vita-ray-induced super-powers begin to wane a few months after he gains them; it's likely that repeated vita-ray treatments are necessary to give him powers again. Don's last name is never revealed in the comics, so we have given him the last name of Mason in honor of Hollis Mason (Nite Owl) of Watchmen, who like Don Mason wore a domino mask and wrote a memoir about his heroic second life. It should also be noted that Don's surname is not Tracy, since that is the surname of Olivia Tracy, who is Michael Shelby's love interest. Domino is first referred to as Don in Green Mask #6.// [Green Mask #1]
   * The Blue Beetle begins using Vitamin 2X, created by Dr. Abe Franz, which originally grants the Blue Beetle super-energy but later enables him to gain full-fledged super-powers. [Mystery Men Comics #13]   * The Blue Beetle begins using Vitamin 2X, created by Dr. Abe Franz, which originally grants the Blue Beetle super-energy but later enables him to gain full-fledged super-powers. [Mystery Men Comics #13]
-  * The Moth gains limited super-powers and changes his name to **the Lynx**. He adopts an orphaned boy named Phil, who becomes **[[Blackie the Mystery Boy]]**, the Lynx's teenaged crime-fighting partner. [Mystery Men Comics #13]+  * Jim Blake changes his costumed name from the Moth to **the Lynx**. He adopts an orphaned boy named Phil, who becomes **[[Blackie the Mystery Boy]]**, the Lynx's teenaged crime-fighting partner. [Mystery Men Comics #13]
   * The Eagle loses his wings and gains flight power through his cape. [Science Comics #7]   * The Eagle loses his wings and gains flight power through his cape. [Science Comics #7]
   * Caius Martius, an ancient Roman, awakens from a 2,200-year sleep and becomes the mystery man known as **[[Dart (Caius Martius)|the Dart]]**, taking the name Caius Martius Wheeler in his everyday identity as high school history teacher. Andy Barlow becomes **[[Ace the Amazing Boy]]**, the Dart's teenaged crime-fighting partner, nicknamed the Amazing Boy. [Weird Comics #5]   * Caius Martius, an ancient Roman, awakens from a 2,200-year sleep and becomes the mystery man known as **[[Dart (Caius Martius)|the Dart]]**, taking the name Caius Martius Wheeler in his everyday identity as high school history teacher. Andy Barlow becomes **[[Ace the Amazing Boy]]**, the Dart's teenaged crime-fighting partner, nicknamed the Amazing Boy. [Weird Comics #5]
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   * A huge criminal gang led by "Skullface" Kurd carries out a planned terror assault on New York City, causing explosions in the subway system and dropping bombs on the streets and bridges using planes. The gang then begins slaughtering the police and rescue teams, but Stardust the Super-Wizard prevents the slaughter of any more, disintegrating the bombers and bringing the entire NYPD out of harm's reach. Stardust then captures the entire "Skullface" Kurd gang and takes them all to a distant planet full of gold and precious gems, where the gravity is too great for them to do anything with this mineral wealth. //Note: It is probable that patrolman Dan Garret (the Blue Beetle) is among the NYPD officers saved by Stardust. Possibly the first team-up of the Big Three occurs as a result of this story. Although this is not explained in the story, "Skullface" Kurd is most likely acting under the direction of a foreign power, such as Germany or Japan, which is somehow able to supply Kurd with the resources required for his assault.// [Fantastic Comics #11]   * A huge criminal gang led by "Skullface" Kurd carries out a planned terror assault on New York City, causing explosions in the subway system and dropping bombs on the streets and bridges using planes. The gang then begins slaughtering the police and rescue teams, but Stardust the Super-Wizard prevents the slaughter of any more, disintegrating the bombers and bringing the entire NYPD out of harm's reach. Stardust then captures the entire "Skullface" Kurd gang and takes them all to a distant planet full of gold and precious gems, where the gravity is too great for them to do anything with this mineral wealth. //Note: It is probable that patrolman Dan Garret (the Blue Beetle) is among the NYPD officers saved by Stardust. Possibly the first team-up of the Big Three occurs as a result of this story. Although this is not explained in the story, "Skullface" Kurd is most likely acting under the direction of a foreign power, such as Germany or Japan, which is somehow able to supply Kurd with the resources required for his assault.// [Fantastic Comics #11]
-  * The Blue Beetle meets [[Joan Mason]], reporter. [Mystery Men Comics #15]+  * The Blue Beetle begins regularly working alongside [[Joan Mason]], reporter for the //New York Chronicle// (later for the //Daily Star//)//Note: Since Joan Mason is already known to Blue Beetle in this story, it is possible that the Blue Beetle actually met Joan Mason in an earlier story featuring an unnamed kidnapped female reporter with strawberry blonde hair as seen in the 6th story (about an arson ring) in Blue Beetle #2 (May, 1940). Joan Mason is depicted as a blonde in this story.// [Mystery Men Comics #15]
   * K-51 begins using special vitamins that make him super-strong or increase his mental powers and hearing. //Note: The vitamins K-51 uses are probably very similar to Vitamin 2X, invented by Dr. Abe Franz and used by the Blue Beetle. It is possible that K-51 began using these vitamins in the previous story or even earlier.// [Wonderworld Comics #18]   * K-51 begins using special vitamins that make him super-strong or increase his mental powers and hearing. //Note: The vitamins K-51 uses are probably very similar to Vitamin 2X, invented by Dr. Abe Franz and used by the Blue Beetle. It is possible that K-51 began using these vitamins in the previous story or even earlier.// [Wonderworld Comics #18]
   * The Sorceress of Zoom briefly travels through time to the 6th century of Camelot, where she meets Sir Gareth and outwits the sorceress Morgana Le Fay, only to be outwitted herself by the wizard Merlin, who sends her back to her own time. [Weird Comics #7]   * The Sorceress of Zoom briefly travels through time to the 6th century of Camelot, where she meets Sir Gareth and outwits the sorceress Morgana Le Fay, only to be outwitted herself by the wizard Merlin, who sends her back to her own time. [Weird Comics #7]
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   * **Lt. Drake**'s last case. [Mystery Men Comics #25]   * **Lt. Drake**'s last case. [Mystery Men Comics #25]
   * Jack Cody becomes the western-based mystery man known as **[[Black Rider|the Black Rider]]**. [Weird Comics #17]   * Jack Cody becomes the western-based mystery man known as **[[Black Rider|the Black Rider]]**. [Weird Comics #17]
-  * Jerry Steele becomes a patriotic mystery man called **[[U.S. Jones]]**, accompanied by his plainclothes pal, [[Grumbler Harris]]. [Wonderworld Comics #28]+  * **[[U.S. Jones]]** becomes a patriotic mystery man under his own name, accompanied by his plainclothes pal, [[Grumbler Harris]]. [Wonderworld Comics #28]
   * **[[Lu-Nar]]** arrives on Earth and begins adventures as a mystery man. //Note: Lu-Nar (often called Lunar) is likely a member of an offshoot of the Martian race, which is ten times stronger than humans.// [Wonderworld Comics #28]   * **[[Lu-Nar]]** arrives on Earth and begins adventures as a mystery man. //Note: Lu-Nar (often called Lunar) is likely a member of an offshoot of the Martian race, which is ten times stronger than humans.// [Wonderworld Comics #28]
   * June 9: Modifying a useless black-light ray device sent to her father to create her blackout ray, Sandra Knight decides to start adventuring as a costumed mystery-woman called **[[Phantom Lady (Earth-4)|Phantom Lady]]**, and soon creates a yellow and green costume for herself, as well as equipping the front and the back of a black roadster with blackout rays. In her first case as a costumed mystery-woman, Phantom Lady saves a bomb inventor named Raphael from Wenner, a man who planned to steal his uranium explosive and sell it to foreign powers. [[Don Borden (Earth-4)|Don Borden]], a State Department investigator, is Sandra Knight's boyfriend. [Phantom Lady, Police Comics #1 (August, 1941)]   * June 9: Modifying a useless black-light ray device sent to her father to create her blackout ray, Sandra Knight decides to start adventuring as a costumed mystery-woman called **[[Phantom Lady (Earth-4)|Phantom Lady]]**, and soon creates a yellow and green costume for herself, as well as equipping the front and the back of a black roadster with blackout rays. In her first case as a costumed mystery-woman, Phantom Lady saves a bomb inventor named Raphael from Wenner, a man who planned to steal his uranium explosive and sell it to foreign powers. [[Don Borden (Earth-4)|Don Borden]], a State Department investigator, is Sandra Knight's boyfriend. [Phantom Lady, Police Comics #1 (August, 1941)]
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   * Phantom Lady captures a group of Nazi spies after Sir Edward Hendville is murdered at the English Embassy during a war-relief masquerade. [Phantom Lady, Police Comics #7 (February, 1942)]   * Phantom Lady captures a group of Nazi spies after Sir Edward Hendville is murdered at the English Embassy during a war-relief masquerade. [Phantom Lady, Police Comics #7 (February, 1942)]
   * December 7: With the entry of the United States into World War II, several mystery men abandon their costumed identities and enlist. Some die during the war, while most of the others that survive the war simply never return to their costumed identities. [speculation based on the fact that Fox Feature Publications went bankrupt in early 1942 and ceased publishing, ending the adventures of a number of mystery men and adventurers]   * December 7: With the entry of the United States into World War II, several mystery men abandon their costumed identities and enlist. Some die during the war, while most of the others that survive the war simply never return to their costumed identities. [speculation based on the fact that Fox Feature Publications went bankrupt in early 1942 and ceased publishing, ending the adventures of a number of mystery men and adventurers]
-  * Inspired by the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into World War II, the patriotic U.S. Jones joins the **[[V-Agents]]** and changes his name to **V-Man**. A select few members of the U.S. Jones Cadets (a U.S. Jones fan club) become the **[[V-Boys]]**, teenaged crime-fighting partners of V-Man led by Mickey Malone (the future Captain USA). [V...-Comics #1]+  * Inspired by the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into World War II, the patriotic Jerry Steele joins the **[[V-Agents]]** and becomes **V-Man**, leader of the **[[V-Boys]]**, teenaged crime-fighting partners of V-Man led by Mickey Malone (the future Captain USA). [V...-Comics #1]
   * On December 9, U.S. war correspondent Jack Wayne is blinded by the Nazis while in Germany. A doctor calling himself Doctor Dismal gives him a special pair of glasses that enables him to see, and he becomes the mystery man known as **[[Blackout (Jack Wayne)|Blackout]]**, fighting the Nazis in Germany. [Cat-Man Comics #10]   * On December 9, U.S. war correspondent Jack Wayne is blinded by the Nazis while in Germany. A doctor calling himself Doctor Dismal gives him a special pair of glasses that enables him to see, and he becomes the mystery man known as **[[Blackout (Jack Wayne)|Blackout]]**, fighting the Nazis in Germany. [Cat-Man Comics #10]
   * After being shipwrecked, [[Billy]], his sister [[Betty]], and their friend [[Mike]] become the rulers of the tribe there after the death of the king. [Cat-Man Comics #7]   * After being shipwrecked, [[Billy]], his sister [[Betty]], and their friend [[Mike]] become the rulers of the tribe there after the death of the king. [Cat-Man Comics #7]
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   * **Gladiator**'s last case. [Blue Beetle #11]   * **Gladiator**'s last case. [Blue Beetle #11]
   * **Nightbird**'s last case. [Green Mask #9]   * **Nightbird**'s last case. [Green Mask #9]
-  * **Green Mask** and **Domino**'s last case. //Note: Sometime after this case, Michael Shelby retires as the Green Mask II in order to join the army.// [Mystery Men Comics #31]+  * **Green Mask** and **Domino**'s last case. //Note: Sometime after this case, possibly several months later, Michael Shelby retires as the Green Mask II in order to join the army.// [Mystery Men Comics #31]
   * **Wraith**'s last case. [Mystery Men Comics #31]   * **Wraith**'s last case. [Mystery Men Comics #31]
-  * **Lynx** and **Blackie**'s last case. [Mystery Men Comics #31]+  * **Lynx** and **Blackie**'s last case together//Note: Immediately after this case, the Lynx becomes the Moth once again.// [Mystery Men Comics #31]
   * **Zanzibar**'s last case. [Mystery Men Comics #31]   * **Zanzibar**'s last case. [Mystery Men Comics #31]
  
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 === January, 1942 === === January, 1942 ===
  
-  * **[[Mystery Men of America|The Mystery Men of America]]** is formed by eight costumed mystery-men: the Black Fury, Blue Beetle, the Eagle, the Green Mask II, the Lynx, Phantom Lady, Spider Queen, and V-Man, though the lineup changes over the years. [speculation]+  * **[[Mystery Men of America|The Mystery Men of America]]** is formed by eight costumed mystery-men: the Black Fury, Blue Beetle, the Eagle, the Green Mask II, the Moth, Phantom Lady, Spider Queen, and U.S. Jones, though the lineup changes over the years. [speculation]
   * Lee Ainsley, counter-espionage agent, is believed to be killed but fights Nazi agents under the name [[Black Friday]]. [Cat-Man Comics #8]   * Lee Ainsley, counter-espionage agent, is believed to be killed but fights Nazi agents under the name [[Black Friday]]. [Cat-Man Comics #8]
   * **[[Volton (android)|Volton II]]** appears. //Note: This is an android with all of the original Volton's memories who believes he is human.// [Cat-Man Comics #8]   * **[[Volton (android)|Volton II]]** appears. //Note: This is an android with all of the original Volton's memories who believes he is human.// [Cat-Man Comics #8]
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   * **V-Man**'s last case. [Blue Beetle #19]   * **V-Man**'s last case. [Blue Beetle #19]
   * **Spark Stevens**' last case. [Blue Beetle #19]   * **Spark Stevens**' last case. [Blue Beetle #19]
-  * Spider Widow and Raven battle and defeat the Spider Man, a German saboteur riding a mechanical spider. [Feature Comics #66]+  * Spider Queen and Mike O'Bell battle and defeat the Spider Man, a German saboteur riding a mechanical spider. [Feature Comics #66]
   * The Masters of the Elements (minor incarnations of the Olympian gods) save the life of a toddler named David Crandall, son of Floyd and Myra Crandall, also imbuing him with some of their power over fire, earth, air, and water, which will turn him into Nature Boy thirteen years later. [Nature Boy #3]   * The Masters of the Elements (minor incarnations of the Olympian gods) save the life of a toddler named David Crandall, son of Floyd and Myra Crandall, also imbuing him with some of their power over fire, earth, air, and water, which will turn him into Nature Boy thirteen years later. [Nature Boy #3]
  
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   * [[Sunset Kid]], private detective, begins adventures. [Suspense Comics #1]   * [[Sunset Kid]], private detective, begins adventures. [Suspense Comics #1]
   * [[Boxie Weaver]], prize fighter, begin adventures. [Blue Beetle (Holyoke) #28]   * [[Boxie Weaver]], prize fighter, begin adventures. [Blue Beetle (Holyoke) #28]
-  * October 22: Phantom Lady leaves the Mystery Men of America to form **[[All-Girl Squad|the All-Girl Squad]]** with Miss Victory, Spider Widow, and Marga the Panther Woman, fighting Nazi agents. [speculation based on Femforce Special #1]+  * October 22: Phantom Lady leaves the Mystery Men of America to form **[[All-Girl Squad|the All-Girl Squad]]** with Miss Victory, Spider Queen, and Marga the Panther Woman, fighting Nazi agents. [speculation based on Femforce Special #1]
  
 === November, 1943 === === November, 1943 ===
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 === December, 1944 === === December, 1944 ===
  
-  * Rocket Kelly meets his arch-nemesis[[Diablo]] the master of evil, who seeks to rule outer space. [Rocket Kelly (1944)]+  * Rocket Kelly meets his arch-nemesis [[Diablo]] the master of evil, who seeks to rule outer space. While saving the mystical Flame of Democracy, Kelly becomes the new Keeper of the Flame after the old Keeper -- a man of ancient Rome -- dies. //Note: The home of the Flame of Democracy is apparently a small planetoid with an artificial gravity field that looks much like Earth on its surface. It seems to exist in real space, despite the fact that the Flame of Democracy is also a symbolic concept. It is probable that the home of the Flame only exists in physical space whenever the Keeper of the Flame is replaced.// [Rocket Kelly (1944)] 
 +  * Rocket Kelly battles his arch-nemesis Diablo again. [Rocket Kelly (1944)] 
  
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   * **Deep Sea Dawson**'s last case. [Captain Flight Comics #10]   * **Deep Sea Dawson**'s last case. [Captain Flight Comics #10]
   * **Captain Dash**' last case. [Captain Flight Comics #10]   * **Captain Dash**' last case. [Captain Flight Comics #10]
-  * Rocket Kelly battles his arch-nemesis Diablo again, saving the mystical Flame of Democracy from him and becoming the new Keeper of the Flame after the old keeper -- a man of ancient Rome or Greece -- dies. //Note: The home of the Flame of Democracy is apparently a small planetoid with an artificial gravity field that looks much like Earth on its surface. It seems to exist in real space, despite the fact that the Flame of Democracy is also a symbolic concept. It is probable that the home of the Flame only exists in physical space whenever the Keeper of the Flame is replaced.// [Rocket Kelly #1] 
  
 === November, 1945 === === November, 1945 ===
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