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| * Eve Eden, daughter of a United States Senator and an other-dimensional princess, with the power to become a living shadow besides her considerable martial arts expertise, becomes **[[Nightshade]]**, the darling of darkness. She is first the partner of Captain Atom and then a solo heroine in her own right. Like Captain Atom, she is a top secret agent unknown to the public. Captain Atom and Nightshade battle recurring criminal foe [[Ghost (Alec Rois)|the Ghost]], who is secretly Alec Rois. [Captain Atom (Charlton) #82] | * Eve Eden, daughter of a United States Senator and an other-dimensional princess, with the power to become a living shadow besides her considerable martial arts expertise, becomes **[[Nightshade]]**, the darling of darkness. She is first the partner of Captain Atom and then a solo heroine in her own right. Like Captain Atom, she is a top secret agent unknown to the public. Captain Atom and Nightshade battle recurring criminal foe [[Ghost (Alec Rois)|the Ghost]], who is secretly Alec Rois. [Captain Atom (Charlton) #82] |
| * **[[Shape|The Shape]]**, a unique artificial life form life form with the power to change its shape, is created by Prof. Saber S. "Scuba" Duba and has a **single adventure** accompanied by his friend, Duba's young nephew, Kevin Boyd. //Note: Although this story was published in 1967, it was written and drawn in 1966 and sat collecting dust until its publication, as explained on the text page.// [Charlton Premiere v2 #1] | * **[[Shape|The Shape]]**, a unique artificial life form life form with the power to change its shape, is created by Prof. Saber S. "Scuba" Duba and has a **single adventure** accompanied by his friend, Duba's young nephew, Kevin Boyd. //Note: Although this story was published in 1967, it was written and drawn in 1966 and sat collecting dust until its publication, as explained on the text page.// ["It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's the Shape," Charlton Premiere #1 (September, 1967)] |
| * Craig Lawson becomes **[[Raven (Craig Lawson)|the Raven]]**, newest super-agent of T.H.U.N.D.E.R. [T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #8] | * Craig Lawson becomes **[[Raven (Craig Lawson)|the Raven]]**, newest super-agent of T.H.U.N.D.E.R. [T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #8] |
| * The T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents battle **the Overlord** for the last time, when he dies. [T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #8] | * The T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents battle **the Overlord** for the last time, when he dies. [T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #8] |
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| * After having repeated confrontations with Sinistro, in which Green Spider, Captain USA, and Superguy are repeatedly humiliated, the three heroes decide to rethink their earlier Big Four team idea. They form a team called **[[Big Guys|the Big Guys]]** and invite other heroes to join, but no one else does. [speculation] | * After having repeated confrontations with Sinistro, in which Green Spider, Captain USA, and Superguy are repeatedly humiliated, the three heroes decide to rethink their earlier Big Four team idea. They form a team called **[[Big Guys|the Big Guys]]** and invite other heroes to join, but no one else does. [speculation] |
| * [[Bela Von Drak]], a bearded blond European aristocrat, has a **single appearance** in which he tells stories from his vast collection of unlikely tales. [Charlton Premiere #4] | * [[Bela Von Drak]], a bearded blond European aristocrat, has a **single appearance** in which he tells stories from his vast collection of unlikely tales. //Note: Bela Von Drak may be related in some way to Countess Von Bludd, who occasionally uses the alias of Bella Von Drak.// [Charlton Premiere #4] |
| * Dr. Niles Corey, leading an expedition with his daughter Cynthia, his assistant Michael Dunlap, and fortune hunter Vance Vargos, discovers the Lost Valley in Africa. The Lost Valley, accessible only through a long, dark tunnel filled with a radioactive fog, is seemingly full of mutated animals grown to gigantic stature by exposure to radiation; in fact, the radioactive fog changes people to a very small stature. All four members of the expedition, shrunken to a height of about six inches, are killed. ["The Expedition," Charlton Premiere #4] | * Dr. Niles Corey, leading an expedition with his daughter Cynthia, his assistant Michael Dunlap, and fortune hunter Vance Vargos, discovers the Lost Valley in Africa. The Lost Valley, accessible only through a long, dark tunnel filled with a radioactive fog, is seemingly full of mutated animals grown to gigantic stature by exposure to radiation; in fact, the radioactive fog changes people to a very small stature. All four members of the expedition, shrunken to a height of about six inches, are killed. ["The Expedition," Charlton Premiere #4] |
| * Wilbert Bland, an antisocial man who wishes to be left alone, gets his wish when no one but the girl he likes can see or hear him, and the girl is taken away to a psychiatric hospital because she is the only one who sees him. ["The Insignificant Man," Charlton Premiere #4] | * Wilbert Bland, an antisocial man who wishes to be left alone, gets his wish when no one but the girl he likes can see or hear him, and the girl is taken away to a psychiatric hospital because she is the only one who sees him. ["The Insignificant Man," Charlton Premiere #4] |
| ==== 1973 ==== | ==== 1973 ==== |
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| * **The Fightin' Five** has its last case in Iran when it conducts a disastrous operation against the Mars Council, an arms-smuggling operation. The deaths some team members are caused by Bernard Spielman and Donald Pierce, leaders in the Mars Council. //Note: Little has been revealed about this last disastrous case of the Fightin' Five, but it is strongly hinted that some or most of the members of the team at this time die. The only members of the team definitely known to survive are Capt. Hank Hennessy and Antonio "Granite" Gallero. It is probable that Frenchy the Fox, Tom-Tom, and Sonja are killed in this mission. Hennessy spends the next decade in retirement until being recruited in 1985 to lead a team of metahumans under the LAW (Living Assault Weapons) program of CHESS (Command for the Hindrance of Espionage, Sabotage and Subversion) and in 1987 he is recruited to head up operations of the new Thunder Squad for THUNDER (The Higher United Nations Defense Enforcement Reserves). Gallero, meanwhile, in 1974 joins Italy's counter-terrorist division, NOCS (Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza, or the Central Security Operations Service), and Hennessy recruits him in 1987 to become the field leader of the Thunder Squad for THUNDER.// ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-4/law1985-01-3/|L.A.W.: Living Assault Weapons, Chapter 3: The Target]]"] | * **The Fightin' Five** has its last case in Iran when it conducts a disastrous operation against the Mars Council, an arms-smuggling operation. The deaths some team members are caused by Bernard Spielman and Donald Pierce, leaders in the Mars Council. //Note: Little has been revealed about this last disastrous case of the Fightin' Five, but it is strongly hinted that some or most of the members of the team at this time die. The only members of the team definitely known to survive are Capt. Hank Hennessy and Antonio "Granite" Gallero. It is probable that Frenchy the Fox, Tom-Tom, and Sonja are killed in this mission. Hennessy spends the next decade in retirement until being recruited in 1985 to lead a team of metahumans under the LAW (Living Assault Weapons) program of CHESS (Command for the Hindrance of Espionage, Sabotage and Subversion) and in 1987 he is recruited to head up operations of the new Thunder Squad for THUNDER (The Higher United Nations Defense Enforcement Reserves). Gallero, meanwhile, in 1974 joins Italy's counter-terrorist division, NOCS (Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza, or the Central Security Operations Service), and Hennessy recruits him in 1987 to become the field leader of the Thunder Squad for THUNDER.// ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-4/law1985-01-3/|L.A.W.: Living Assault Weapons, Chapter 3: The Target]]"] |
| * **Green Spider** (Johnny Green) dies. The remaining members of **the Big Guys** (**Captain USA** and **Superguy**) decide to retire. [The Paragons: Deus Ex Astra] | * **Green Spider** (Johnny Green) dies. The remaining members of **the Big Guys** (**Captain USA** and **Superguy**) decide to retire. [The Paragons: Deus Ex Astra] |
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| === May, 1975 === | === May, 1975 === |
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| * Countess R.H. Von Bludd, now residing in an old house somewhere in America in the company of a white cat, begins telling various scary tales to mortal listeners to amuse herself. (She also tells unlikely tales under the pseudonym Bella Von Drak.) [Scary Tales #1] | * Countess R.H. Von Bludd, now residing in an old house somewhere in America in the company of a white cat, begins telling various scary tales to mortal listeners to amuse herself. (She also tells unlikely tales under the pseudonym Bella Von Drak.) //Note: Given her occasional alias of Bella Von Drak, Countess Von Bludd may be related in some way to Bela Von Drak.// [Scary Tales #1] |
| * [[Col. Whiteshroud]] has first public case as a monster hunter. [Monster Hunters #1] | * [[Col. Whiteshroud]] has first public case as a monster hunter. [Monster Hunters #1] |
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| ==== 1977 ==== | ==== 1977 ==== |
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| * Nanako Kuri, a young woman who is the last student of martial arts master Tetsuro Tanaka (Tiger/Judomaster II), debuts in Japan as the action-heroine **[[Tyger]]**. //Note: Although the date of Tyger's debut has not yet been confirmed, we believe it coincides with the 1977 Modern Comics reprint of the Judomaster series. Tanaka is 46 years old and retired from crimefighting at this time, only acting as Tyger's sensei and giving her advice during her cases. Tyger's action-heroine name is likely inspired by William Blake's poem, "The Tyger." Kuri is the granddaughter of Gen. Shimachi Kuri, known during World War II as the Tiger of Tokyo, and who was captured by U.S. Marines during the war (see "The Tiger of Tokyo," Marine War Heroes #14). Kuri herself is a woman of two worlds, since she grew up in both Japan and the United States, where she received much of her education. In 1980, Tyger becomes a founding member of Femme Force One.// ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1982-01/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1982: Crisis on Earth-Four]]"] | * Nanako Kuri, a young woman who is the last student of martial arts master Tetsuro Tanaka (Tiger/Judomaster II), debuts in Japan as the action-heroine **[[Tyger]]**. //Note: Although the date of Tyger's debut has not yet been confirmed, we believe it coincides with the 1977 Modern Comics reprint of the Judomaster series. Tanaka is 46 years old and retired from crimefighting at this time, only acting as Tyger's sensei and giving her advice during her cases. Tyger's action-heroine name is likely inspired by William Blake's poem, "The Tyger." Kuri is the granddaughter of Gen. Shimachi Kuri, known during World War II as the Tiger of Tokyo, and who was captured by U.S. Marines during the war (see "The Tiger of Tokyo," Marine War Heroes #14). Kuri herself is a woman of two worlds, since she grew up in both Japan and the United States, where she received much of her education. In 1980, Tyger becomes a founding member of Femme Force One.// ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1982-01/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1982: Crisis on Earth-Four]]"] |
| * Captain Atom battles his old foe Iron Arms in an untold tale, putting him in prison for the next six years. //Note: This story might take place somewhat earlier, in 1976 or even 1975, depending on how long Iron Arms was out of prison by 1983.// ["Sentinels of Justice," Americomics Special #1 (August, 1983)] | * Captain Atom battles his old foe Iron Arms in an untold tale, putting him in prison for the next six years. //Note: This story might take place somewhat earlier, in 1976 or even 1975, depending on how long Iron Arms was out of prison by 1983.// ["Sentinels of Justice," Americomics Special #1 (August, 1983)] |
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