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| * Twins Bill and Steve Dale are born in Africa to their parents, Dr. Wilbur Dale and his wife. [Jungle Twins, Nickel Comics #1 (May 17, 1940)] | * Twins Bill and Steve Dale are born in Africa to their parents, Dr. Wilbur Dale and his wife. [Jungle Twins, Nickel Comics #1 (May 17, 1940)] |
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| | * A sickly boy named Ron Davis is given a pill called the //vitacap// by a kindly old doctor, causing him to grow tall and strong, as well as develop super-strength, super-speed, invulnerability, and super-hearing. Unknown to Ron, the old doctor is really the old wizard Shazam in disguise, and the pill is magic, rather than scientific in nature. [Master Man, Master Comics #1 (March, 1940); "[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-s/captainmarvel1985-01/|Captain Marvel: Master Race]]"] |
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| ==== 1920 ==== | ==== 1920 ==== |
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| ==== 1939 ==== | ==== 1939 ==== |
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| | ===August, 1939=== |
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| | * The old wizard Shazam contacts Ron Davis, who has grown up to become the strongest man on Earth, also possessing super-speed, invulnerability, and super-hearing, and reveals to him his origins, asking him to be his back-up in case his next champion Captain Marvel turns against him like Black Adam once did. Shazam also gives Davis the amazing Troublescope, which allows him to monitor trouble all around the world. Davis begins constructing his original castle headquarters atop Mt. McKinley in Alaska, and starts monitoring the world a few months before making his first public appearance. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-s/captainmarvel1985-01/|Captain Marvel: Master Race]]"; "[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-s/supersquad-es-tp1960-01-09/|Super Squad: Times Past, 1960: Origin of the Super Squad, Chapter 9: Two's Company, Three's a Team-Up]]"] |
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| ===November, 1939 === | ===November, 1939 === |
| ===January, 1940=== | ===January, 1940=== |
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| * On Earth T, Willie Fawcett gains the identity and powers of Captain Thunder from Merokee, last of the great medicine men of the Mohegan tribe. He eventually finds employment at WHAM TV. [Thrill Comics #1/Superman #276] | * On Earth-T, Willie Fawcett gains the identity and powers of Captain Thunder from Merokee, last of the great medicine men of the Mohegan tribe. He eventually finds employment at WHAM TV. [Thrill Comics #1/Superman #276] |
| * Lee Granger, a genius scientist, inventor, explorer, and adventurer with super-strength, is shot down by Arab slave traders while flying over Africa and befriends a Bantu tribe (pygmies) when he saves their chief from a poison. Granger soon settles down and builds a laboratory for himself in their village. Later, after a lion attacks the pygmy tribe, Granger helps them capture it, and he performs experiments on it in his laboratory, giving the lion rudimentary intelligence and the ability to speak. After the lion vows to be his friend if he's set free, Granger names the talking lion Eric. In his first public case, Lee Granger traps the group of Arab slave traders that shot him down. In gratitude, the Bantu makes him their king, and Lee Granger becomes known as the **[[Jungle King]]**. [Lee Granger, Jungle King, Slam-Bang Comics #1 (March, 1940)] | * Lee Granger, a genius scientist, inventor, explorer, and adventurer with super-strength, is shot down by Arab slave traders while flying over Africa and befriends a Bantu tribe (pygmies) when he saves their chief from a poison. Granger soon settles down and builds a laboratory for himself in their village. Later, after a lion attacks the pygmy tribe, Granger helps them capture it, and he performs experiments on it in his laboratory, giving the lion rudimentary intelligence and the ability to speak. After the lion vows to be his friend if he's set free, Granger names the talking lion Eric. In his first public case, Lee Granger traps the group of Arab slave traders that shot him down. In gratitude, the Bantu makes him their king, and Lee Granger becomes known as the **[[Jungle King]]**. [Lee Granger, Jungle King, Slam-Bang Comics #1 (March, 1940)] |
| * James Dolan, the hard-hitting editor of Daring Detective Magazine, has first public case in which he solves a real-life crime with the help of his secretary Sally Alden and publishes the story in his magazine. [Slam-Bang Comics #1 (March, 1940)] | * James Dolan, the hard-hitting editor of Daring Detective Magazine, has first public case in which he solves a real-life crime with the help of his secretary Sally Alden and publishes the story in his magazine. [Slam-Bang Comics #1 (March, 1940)] |
| * Dane Dare, pilot of the future ace private detective, has first public case. [Whiz #2] | * Dane Dare, pilot of the future ace private detective, has first public case. [Whiz #2] |
| * Scoop Smith, newsman, has first public case. [Whiz #2] | * Scoop Smith, newsman, has first public case. [Whiz #2] |
| * Master Man, having ingesting as a boy a magic pill called the Vitacap given to him by a wise old doctor (the wizard Shazam in disguise), has grown up to become the strongest man on Earth, also possessing super-speed, invulnerability, and super-hearing. Completing a lofty castle made of solid rock at the peak of Mt. McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America, Master Man uses the castle fortress as a watchtower to scan all the world for evil with his amazing Troublescope. In his first public case, Master Man battles an army of gangsters who have invaded the city of Ecalpon, Nevada, some 200 miles away. //Note: Although the setting indicates that Ecalpon ("no place" backwards), and therefore Master Man's mountain headquarters, are in the USA, it is possible that Ecalpon is a completely westernized city in Nepal, India, Tibet, Bhutan, or Bangladesh that is populated entirely by British and American settlers. Another more probable possibility is that Master Man's original fortress is atop the tallest mountain in the United States, which is Mt. McKinley in Alaska, also placing Ecalpon in that state. The next issue places Master Man's headquarters at least 5,000 miles from France (the distance is likely longer) and requires Master Man to cross the Atlantic Ocean to get there, indicating the mountain must be in North America rather than Eurasia or anywhere else. By the 1950s, when he's become more reclusive, Master Man has built a new mountain fortress headquarters atop Mt. Everest.// [Master Man, Master Comics #1 (March, 1940)] | * Ron Davis, having taken the name of **[[Master Man]]** and donned a blue and red costume, completes a lofty castle made of solid rock at the peak of Mt. McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America, and uses the castle fortress as a watchtower to scan all the world for evil with his amazing Troublescope. In his first public case, Master Man battles an army of gangsters who have invaded the city of Ecalpon, Alaska, some 200 miles away. //Note: The setting indicates that Ecalpon ("no place" backwards), and therefore Master Man's relatively nearby mountain headquarters, are in North America, indicating that Master Man's original fortress is atop the tallest mountain in the United States on Mt. McKinley in Alaska, also placing Ecalpon in that state. The next issue places Master Man's headquarters at least 5,000 miles from France (the distance is likely longer) and requires Master Man to cross the Atlantic Ocean to get there, indicating the mountain must be in North America rather than Eurasia or anywhere else. By the 1950s, when he's become even more reclusive, Master Man has relocated to a new, even larger mountain fortress headquarters he built within Mt. Everest.// [Master Man, Master Comics #1 (March, 1940)] |
| * Rick O'Shay, two-fisted American soldier of fortune, has first public case [Master Comics #1 (March, 1940)] | * Rick O'Shay, two-fisted American soldier of fortune, has first public case [Master Comics #1 (March, 1940)] |
| * Clarence "Shipwreck" Roberts, freelance salvage diver who makes frequent use of several mini-subs, has first public case. [Master Comics #1 (March, 1940)] | * Clarence "Shipwreck" Roberts, freelance salvage diver who makes frequent use of several mini-subs, has first public case. [Master Comics #1 (March, 1940)] |
| ===May, 1954=== | ===May, 1954=== |
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| * Todd Drake graduates from the University of Chicago. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-s/redrockettomatomic-tp1956-01-01/|Red Rocket & Tom Atomic: Times Past, 1956: Right and Magic, Chapter 1: Captain Democracy Strikes]]"] | * Todd Drake graduates from the University of Chicago and begins working for Dewey, Ketchum, and Howe as a forensic specialist. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-s/redrockettomatomic-tp1956-01-01/|Red Rocket & Tom Atomic: Times Past, 1956: Right and Magic, Chapter 1: Captain Democracy Strikes]]"] |
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| ===Fall, 1954=== | ===Fall, 1954=== |
| ===Summer, 1956=== | ===Summer, 1956=== |
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| * Ernie Earnest becomes the patriotically themed hero called **[[Captain Democracy]]**. Red Rocket battles Wizzo the Wizard. Bonnie Marlowe Drake gains the costume of Earth-4's [[Miss Victory]] along with the shield of Captain America and becomes **[[Lady Victory]]**. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-s/redrockettomatomic-tp1956-01/|Red Rocket and Tom Atomic: Times Past, 1956: Right and Magic]]"] | * Ernie Earnest becomes the patriotically themed hero called **[[Captain Democracy]]**. Red Rocket battles Wizzo the Wizard. Bonnie Marlowe Drake gains the costume of Earth-4's [[Miss Victory]] along with the shield of Captain Democracy of another parallel Earth and becomes **[[Lady Victory]]**. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-s/redrockettomatomic-tp1956-01/|Red Rocket and Tom Atomic: Times Past, 1956: Right and Magic]]"] |
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| ==== 1958 ==== | ==== 1958 ==== |
| ==== 1959 ==== | ==== 1959 ==== |
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| * Mark Trail, conservationist and wildlife expert, has first public case [Mark Trail #1] | * Mark Trail, conservationist and wildlife expert, has first public case [Mark Trail on Safari #5] |
| * Martin Martine (Shiva) starts his own financial auditing business, Martine Financial Audit Service, and becomes quite successful. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-s/supersquad-es-tp1960-01-02/|Super Squad: Times Past, 1960: Origin of the Super Squad, Chapter 2: Meanwhile, In New York City]]"] | * Martin Martine (Shiva) starts his own financial auditing business, Martine Financial Audit Service, and becomes quite successful. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-s/supersquad-es-tp1960-01-02/|Super Squad: Times Past, 1960: Origin of the Super Squad, Chapter 2: Meanwhile, In New York City]]"] |
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| * //Note: Not yet published.// ["AVant Guard: Times Past, 1960: Murder in the Evening"] | * //Note: Not yet published.// ["AVant Guard: Times Past, 1960: Murder in the Evening"] |
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| ===November, 1960=== | ==== 1961 ==== |
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| * //Note: Takes place one week after a Halloween party that was on October 31st, placing this story on or around November 7.// ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-s/supersquad-es-tp1960-01/|Super Squad: Times Past, 1960: Origin of the Super Squad]]"] | ===February, 1961=== |
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| ==== 1961 ==== | * //Note: Takes place one week after a Mardi Gras party that was on February 14th, placing this story on or around February 21st.// ["Super Squad: Times Past, 1961: Origin of the Super Squad"] |
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| * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-s/redrocket-es-tp1961-01/|Red Rocket: Times Past, 1961: Lady Victory in Toxic Waste]]"] | ===August, 1961=== |
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| | * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-s/zing-tp1961-01/|Zing the Queen of Quick: Times Past, 1961: Go West, Young Woman]]"] |
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| ==== 1962 ==== | ==== 1962 ==== |
| ==== 1964 ==== | ==== 1964 ==== |
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| | * ["Red Rocket: Times Past, 1964: Lady Victory in Toxic Waste"] |
| * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-s/supersquad-es-tp1964-01/|Super Squad: Times Past, 1964: The Super Squad Battles the J.L.A.]]"] | * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-s/supersquad-es-tp1964-01/|Super Squad: Times Past, 1964: The Super Squad Battles the J.L.A.]]"] |
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| ==== 1972 ==== | ==== 1972 ==== |
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| | ===Summer, 1972=== |
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| | * The Super Squad is forgotten by everyone, thanks to a magical spell cast by Majique. ["Super Squad: Times Past, 1972: Not With a Bang"] |
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| | ===November, 1972=== |
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| * Nelson Rockefeller elected President of the United States of America. | * Nelson Rockefeller elected President of the United States of America. |