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| * The modern nation of Israel is founded. | * The modern nation of Israel is founded. |
| * Cory Renwald, now 18, "graduates" as a reformed youth from a special foster guardian program meant to reform juvenile delinquents, and he leaves the care of Jonathan and Martha Kent in Smallville. Sometime later, Cory is recruited into the fledgling CIA and eventually poses as a Soviet defector. ["Zero Hour for the Kents," The New Adventures of Superboy #19 (July, 1981)] | * Cory Renwald, now 18, "graduates" as a reformed youth from a special foster guardian program meant to reform juvenile delinquents, and he leaves the care of Jonathan and Martha Kent in Smallville. Sometime later, Cory is recruited into the fledgling CIA and eventually poses as a Soviet defector. ["Zero Hour for the Kents," The New Adventures of Superboy #19 (July, 1981)] |
| * The multi-dimensional island of Tourmaline emerges into the physical realm from the Darkworld, appearing as a seemingly new island in the South Pacific simultaneously on Earth-1, Earth-2, Earth-S, Earth-X, and Earth-4. The Sentinels of Magic are sent in by the U.S. Army to investigate the anomalous new island, called Grim Island, but they leave their mascot, 12-year-old Gary the Miracle Boy (Gareth Gallowglass) behind. Gary soon discovers that the commanding officer, Major Henry Valdemir, intends to not only let the Sentinels die on the island, but also have Gary killed according to plan. Gary confronts Major Valdemir, who reveals that he killed Gary's parents before he uses his own mystical abilities to gouge out Gary's left eye, while Valdemir himself has every bone in his body broken and is crippled for life by Gary's power. Battling demons that emerge from a pit leading from Hell, the Sentinels are each killed in their ultimately successful efforts to close the gate and prevent a giant demonic menace from reaching Earth. Gary reaches the island too late to help them. After informing the Sentinels' loved ones of their deaths, Gary relocates to Grim Island and builds a memorial park dedicated to the fallen Sentinels of Magic, eschewing his former nickname and from now on being known only as Gareth Gallowglass. Gareth uses his telekinetic abilities to keep everyone, including the U.S. military, off Grim Island for the next three years. ["[[https://5earths.com/earth-1/showcase-e1-sentinelsofmagic-tp1948/|Showcase: The Sentinels of Magic: Times Past, 1948: Sacrifices Must Be Made]]"; "[[https://5earths.com/earth-1/secretorigins-e1-booksofmagic-tp1951/|Secret Origins: The Books of Magic: Times Past, 1951: Founding Fathers]]"] | ===April, 1948=== |
| | * April 24: Grim Island (formerly the multi-dimensional island of Tourmaline) emerges into the physical realm from the Darkworld, appearing as a seemingly new island in the South Pacific simultaneously on Earth-1, Earth-2, Earth-S, Earth-X, and Earth-4. As much of its initial development is below the water, it takes weeks for the U.S. military to notice its presence. In each subsequent year on the anniversary of this date, the barrier keeping the demonic realm at bay is weakened, allowing for a smaller invasion from Hell to occur for approximately a week; this is known as Hell Week. ["[[https://5earths.com/earth-1/showcase-e1-sentinelsofmagic-tp1948/|Showcase: The Sentinels of Magic: Times Past, 1948: Sacrifices Must Be Made]]"] |
| | ===May, 1948=== |
| | * May 14: The Sentinels of Magic are sent in by the U.S. Army to investigate Grim Island, but they leave their mascot, 12-year-old Gary the Miracle Boy (Gareth Gallowglass) behind. Gary soon discovers that the commanding officer, Major Henry Valdemir, intends to not only let the Sentinels die on the island, but also have Gary killed according to plan. Gary confronts Major Valdemir, who reveals that he killed Gary's parents before he uses his own mystical abilities to gouge out Gary's left eye, while Valdemir himself has every bone in his body broken and is crippled for life by Gary's power. Battling demons that emerge from a pit leading from Hell, the Sentinels are each killed in their ultimately successful efforts to close the gate and prevent a giant demonic menace from reaching Earth. Gary reaches the island too late to help them. After informing the Sentinels' loved ones of their deaths, Gary relocates to Grim Island and builds a memorial park dedicated to the fallen Sentinels of Magic, eschewing his former nickname and from now on being known only as Gareth Gallowglass. Gareth uses his telekinetic abilities to keep everyone, including the U.S. military, off Grim Island for the next three years. ["[[https://5earths.com/earth-1/showcase-e1-sentinelsofmagic-tp1948/|Showcase: The Sentinels of Magic: Times Past, 1948: Sacrifices Must Be Made]]"; "[[https://5earths.com/earth-1/secretorigins-e1-booksofmagic-tp1951/|Secret Origins: The Books of Magic: Times Past, 1951: Founding Fathers]]"] |
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