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 ====1931==== ====1931====
  
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/secretfiles-e2-greenlantern-tp1931/|Secret Files: Green Lantern: Times Past, 1931: The Porter]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/secretfiles-e2-greenlantern-tp1931/|Secret Files: Green Lantern: Times Past, 1931: The Porter]]"]
  
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 +  * William Asmodeus Zard, the future Wizard, studies hypnotism and black magic under a lama-master, whom he later murders. //Note: Although Zard claims to have visited Germany and procured the Spear of Destiny for Adolf Hitler himself, eventually to sequester himself to study in a European castle throughout World War II, Per Degaton confirms that he lied about this, and that he remained in Tibet for several more years, possibly even until after the end of World War II.// ["Hostile Witness," America Vs. the Justice Society #3 (March, 1985); "D-Day for Degaton," America Vs. the Justice Society #4 (April, 1985)]
   * Clark Kent graduates from Smallville High School and begins attending Metropolis University, studying journalism.   * Clark Kent graduates from Smallville High School and begins attending Metropolis University, studying journalism.
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-  * Nabu the Wise completes his training of young Kent Nelson, who is now 27 years old and knows the secret of energy conversion into matter, and full molecular control of his body, with the powers of levitation and telekinesis. Nabu then commands Kent to unleash his full power against him, which Kent does once the grief of his father's death is restored to him, and Nabu's physical form is destroyed, leaving behind only the Lord of Order. Before disappearing, Nabu presents Kent with the golden Cloak of Healing, the Helm of Nabu, and the Amulet of Anubis, to act from this day forth as **[[Doctor Fate]]**. At Nabu's insistence, Doctor Fate flies to Alexandria, Egypt, before returning to the United States. Discovering a windowless, doorless tower in the middle of the Egyptian desert, Doctor Fate finds within Nabu's thousands-of-years-old enemy Wotan, who has captured American college student Inza Cramer, vacationing in Egypt before returning to Columbia University, having sensed that she is connected to his destiny in some way. Doctor Fate and Wotan battle for the first time as equally matched foes, and Fate is defeated. But before Wotan can deliver the final killing blow, Inza's tears revive the unconscious Kent Nelson, who then gains the full power of Nabu as Doctor Fate and disintegrates Wotan, then supposedly sends his atoms into a remote dimension (this is later revealed to be a ruse by Wotan, who later recovers through his own molecular control and returns to Earth). After also destroying the tower, Fate plans to wipe Inza's memory of these events, until she convinces him that he needs her in order to retain his humanity. Inza thus becomes Kent Nelson's companion, assisting him regularly on his cases, and they return to New York City. It is later revealed that Doctor Fate was always meant to be the union of Kent Nelson and Inza Cramer, but Nabu's desire for control corrupted him, so that he did not tell Kent the truth, and instead began exerting control over his body more and more each time Kent donned the Helm of Nabu, with the consequence being that Inza grows more and more distant with Kent over the decades. Doctor Fate's nicknames include the Man of Magic and the Man of Mystery. [Doctor Fate, More Fun Comics #67 (May, 1941); "Dr. Fate," First Issue Special #9 (December, 1975); "This Immortal Destiny," DC Special Series #10 (1978); "The Secret Origin of Dr. Fate," All-Star Squadron #47 (July, 1985); "[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/doctorfate1985-01-1/|Doctor Fate: Fate Revealed, Chapter 1: Demonstrations and Hard Truths]]"]+  * Nabu the Wise completes his training of young Kent Nelson, who is now 27 years old and knows the secret of energy conversion into matter, and full molecular control of his body, with the powers of levitation and telekinesis. Nabu then commands Kent to unleash his full power against him, which Kent does once the grief of his father's death is restored to him, and Nabu's physical form is destroyed, leaving behind only the Lord of Order. Before disappearing, Nabu presents Kent with the golden Cloak of Healing, the Helm of Nabu, and the Amulet of Anubis, to act from this day forth as **[[Doctor Fate]]**. At Nabu's insistence, Doctor Fate flies to Alexandria, Egypt, before returning to the United States. Discovering a windowless, doorless tower in the middle of the Egyptian desert, Doctor Fate finds within Nabu's thousands-of-years-old enemy Wotan, who has captured American college student Inza Cramer, vacationing in Egypt before returning to Columbia University, having sensed that she is connected to his destiny in some way. Doctor Fate and Wotan battle for the first time as equally matched foes, and Fate is defeated. But before Wotan can deliver the final killing blow, Inza's tears revive the unconscious Kent Nelson, who then gains the full power of Nabu as Doctor Fate and disintegrates Wotan, then supposedly sends his atoms into a remote dimension (this is later revealed to be a ruse by Wotan, who later recovers through his own molecular control and returns to Earth). After also destroying the tower, Fate plans to wipe Inza's memory of these events, until she convinces him that he needs her in order to retain his humanity. Inza thus becomes Kent Nelson's companion, assisting him regularly on his cases, and they return to New York City. It is later revealed that Doctor Fate was always meant to be the union of Kent Nelson and Inza Cramer, but Nabu's desire for control corrupted him, so that he did not tell Kent the truth, and instead began exerting control over his body more and more each time Kent donned the Helm of Nabu, with the consequence being that Inza grows more and more distant with Kent over the decades. Doctor Fate's nicknames include the Man of Magic and the Man of Mystery. [Doctor Fate, More Fun Comics #67 (May, 1941); "Dr. Fate," First Issue Special #9 (December, 1975); "This Immortal Destiny," DC Special Series #10 (1978); "The Secret Origin of Dr. Fate," All-Star Squadron #47 (July, 1985); "[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/doctorfate1985-01-1/|Doctor Fate: Fate Revealed, Chapter 1: Demonstrations and Hard Truths]]"]
   * Having been trained in many disciplines by Nabu, Kent Nelson is able to undergo an accelerated course of learning at university, where he studies both medicine and archeology, and soon enters medical school. Suspecting that Wotan may return and try to hurt Inza, Doctor Fate keeps his cases secret from the public for the next five years until their next meeting, using magic to remove people's memories of him as needed. For Inza's protection, Fate eventually even removes her knowledge of his secret identity of Kent Nelson, which she does not discover again until February, 1941. As Nabu takes more control over Kent, Doctor Fate eventually leaves university to reside in the doorless, windowless Tower of Fate north of Salem, Massachusetts, forcing him to rely upon Inza Cramer even more for research and information-gathering. //Note: This is speculation, based on the "15 years" comment in First Issue Special #9, and the fact that Kent would need several years of medical school prior to his career as Doctor Fate, in order to later complete his studies and become a doctor of medicine.// ["Dr. Fate," First Issue Special #9 (December, 1975)]   * Having been trained in many disciplines by Nabu, Kent Nelson is able to undergo an accelerated course of learning at university, where he studies both medicine and archeology, and soon enters medical school. Suspecting that Wotan may return and try to hurt Inza, Doctor Fate keeps his cases secret from the public for the next five years until their next meeting, using magic to remove people's memories of him as needed. For Inza's protection, Fate eventually even removes her knowledge of his secret identity of Kent Nelson, which she does not discover again until February, 1941. As Nabu takes more control over Kent, Doctor Fate eventually leaves university to reside in the doorless, windowless Tower of Fate north of Salem, Massachusetts, forcing him to rely upon Inza Cramer even more for research and information-gathering. //Note: This is speculation, based on the "15 years" comment in First Issue Special #9, and the fact that Kent would need several years of medical school prior to his career as Doctor Fate, in order to later complete his studies and become a doctor of medicine.// ["Dr. Fate," First Issue Special #9 (December, 1975)]
  
 ===Spring, 1935=== ===Spring, 1935===
  
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/secretfiles-e2-greenlantern-tp1935/|Secret Files: Green Lantern: Times Past, 1935: Consequences]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/secretfiles-e2-greenlantern-tp1935/|Secret Files: Green Lantern: Times Past, 1935: Consequences]]"]
  
 ===July, 1935=== ===July, 1935===
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-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/doctoroccult-tp1937-01/|Doctor Occult: Times Past, 1937: October Blood]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/doctoroccult-tp1937-01/|Doctor Occult: Times Past, 1937: October Blood]]"]
  
 ====1938====  ====1938==== 
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-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/weirdwar-e2-nanking-tp1938-2/|Weird War Tales: Times Past, 1938: Nanking's Hope]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/weirdwar-e2-nanking-tp1938-2/|Weird War Tales: Times Past, 1938: Nanking's Hope]]"]
  
 ===April, 1938=== ===April, 1938===
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   * Jimmy Olsen begins working at the //Daily Star// as an office-boy. //Note: The office-boy seen in this story is unnamed and appears in several stories before he is finally given a name. Jimmy Olsen would later grow up to become first a cub reporter, then a famous reporter, and finally the editor of the Daily Star.// [Superman, Action Comics #6 (November, 1938)]   * Jimmy Olsen begins working at the //Daily Star// as an office-boy. //Note: The office-boy seen in this story is unnamed and appears in several stories before he is finally given a name. Jimmy Olsen would later grow up to become first a cub reporter, then a famous reporter, and finally the editor of the Daily Star.// [Superman, Action Comics #6 (November, 1938)]
-  * September 29: Superman's adventure in Bohemia with Nadir. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/superman-e2-tp1938-01/|Superman: Times Past, 1938: Danger in Bohemia]]"]+  * September 29: Superman's adventure in Bohemia with Nadir. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/superman-e2-tp1938-01/|Superman: Times Past, 1938: Danger in Bohemia]]"]
  
 ===October, 1938=== ===October, 1938===
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   * December 7-8: The hunt for Superman comes to a head after Police Chief Burke hires a famous Chicago officer named Detective Captain Reilly, who uses unethical means such as announcing a fake $5,000 reward for Superman's capture, then flees town after he fails to follow through with his promise to capture Superman within two days.   * December 7-8: The hunt for Superman comes to a head after Police Chief Burke hires a famous Chicago officer named Detective Captain Reilly, who uses unethical means such as announcing a fake $5,000 reward for Superman's capture, then flees town after he fails to follow through with his promise to capture Superman within two days.
   * December 7-17: Lee Travis becomes the Crimson Avenger once more, this time to stop a group of war profiteers known as the Dark Cross, whom he discovers are led by his supposedly dead godfather, Winston Smythe. The Crimson Avenger gains a gas-gun from the Dark Cross, which he adds to his arsenal of crime, and his regular adventures start from here on. Lee Travis offers a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and capture of the Crimson, who is believed by the public and the law to be nothing more than a masked criminal. //Note: Even though this story is published after the Crisis on Infinite Earths, it falls in line with the origin story from Secret Origins v2 #5 and provides the origin for the Crimson Avenger's gas-gun. It is possible that the gas-gun was developed from experiments made by both Lee Travis and Wesley Dodds during college. After this story, the brunette Sally Ann Stevens, Travis' secretary, dyes her hair blonde. Wing How occasionally but rarely wears a Lone Ranger-type mask along with his chauffeur's uniform while assisting the Crimson Avenger in his cases. Lee Travis hires on Wing How as his live-in servant, and Wing becomes his most trusted confidante.// ["The Dark Cross Conspiracy," The Crimson Avenger #1-4 (June, 1988-September, 1988)]   * December 7-17: Lee Travis becomes the Crimson Avenger once more, this time to stop a group of war profiteers known as the Dark Cross, whom he discovers are led by his supposedly dead godfather, Winston Smythe. The Crimson Avenger gains a gas-gun from the Dark Cross, which he adds to his arsenal of crime, and his regular adventures start from here on. Lee Travis offers a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and capture of the Crimson, who is believed by the public and the law to be nothing more than a masked criminal. //Note: Even though this story is published after the Crisis on Infinite Earths, it falls in line with the origin story from Secret Origins v2 #5 and provides the origin for the Crimson Avenger's gas-gun. It is possible that the gas-gun was developed from experiments made by both Lee Travis and Wesley Dodds during college. After this story, the brunette Sally Ann Stevens, Travis' secretary, dyes her hair blonde. Wing How occasionally but rarely wears a Lone Ranger-type mask along with his chauffeur's uniform while assisting the Crimson Avenger in his cases. Lee Travis hires on Wing How as his live-in servant, and Wing becomes his most trusted confidante.// ["The Dark Cross Conspiracy," The Crimson Avenger #1-4 (June, 1988-September, 1988)]
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/secretfiles-e2-spectre-tp1938/|Secret Files: The Spectre: Times Past, 1938: Do You Know What I Know?]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/secretfiles-e2-spectre-tp1938/|Secret Files: The Spectre: Times Past, 1938: Do You Know What I Know?]]"]
  
 ====1939====  ====1939==== 
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 ===January, 1939=== ===January, 1939===
  
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/crimsonavenger-tp1939-01/|The Crimson Avenger: Times Past, 1939: Ghost of the Past]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/crimsonavenger-tp1939-01/|The Crimson Avenger: Times Past, 1939: Ghost of the Past]]"]
  
 ===February, 1939=== ===February, 1939===
  
   * Superman uses the new identity of Homer Ramsey to buy up (with his own life savings) all the worthless stock of the Black Gold oil well sold to naive investors by crooked brokers Meek & Bronson, then travels to the oil well out west and drills for oil overnight. After the well strikes oil, the price of the shares skyrocket, and Superman earns $1,000,000 from selling the shares back to Meek & Bronson, before finally destroying the oil well and setting it on fire to teach them a lesson. [Superman, Action Comics #11 (April, 1939)]   * Superman uses the new identity of Homer Ramsey to buy up (with his own life savings) all the worthless stock of the Black Gold oil well sold to naive investors by crooked brokers Meek & Bronson, then travels to the oil well out west and drills for oil overnight. After the well strikes oil, the price of the shares skyrocket, and Superman earns $1,000,000 from selling the shares back to Meek & Bronson, before finally destroying the oil well and setting it on fire to teach them a lesson. [Superman, Action Comics #11 (April, 1939)]
-  * Power Girl is sent back in time from 1986 by Per Degaton's malfunctioning time machine and battles a new villain called Moon Man. She meets Superman and takes the identity of **Lightning Girl** and the secret identity of Clara Kent, Clark's cousin from Gotham City. After the two capture Moon Man, Power Girl returns to 1986. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/powergirl1986-02-4/|Power Girl: Kara's Quest, Chapter 4: Superman and Lightning Girl]]"]+  * Power Girl is sent back in time from 1986 by Per Degaton's malfunctioning time machine and battles a new villain called Moon Man. She meets Superman and takes the identity of **Lightning Girl** and the secret identity of Clara Kent, Clark's cousin from Gotham City. After the two capture Moon Man, Power Girl returns to 1986. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/powergirl1986-02-4/|Power Girl: Kara's Quest, Chapter 4: Superman and Lightning Girl]]"]
   * Hop Harrigan escapes from his cruel guardian in his father's old World War I biplane and meets pilot Prop Wash and mechanic Ichabod (Ikky) Tinker. Prop gives the teenager, a natural-born pilot, flying lessons. [Hop Harrigan, All-American Comics #1 (April, 1939)]   * Hop Harrigan escapes from his cruel guardian in his father's old World War I biplane and meets pilot Prop Wash and mechanic Ichabod (Ikky) Tinker. Prop gives the teenager, a natural-born pilot, flying lessons. [Hop Harrigan, All-American Comics #1 (April, 1939)]
   * After fellow reporter Charlie Martin is killed in a hit-and-run outside the //Daily Star// building, Superman declares war on reckless drivers by issuing a warning on the radio, destroying every traffic violators' car in an impound lot, destroys every car in a notorious used-car lot, scares a drunken driver, destroys the manufacturing plant of the Bates Motor Company, and brings the mayor himself to the morgue to view the mangled bodies of auto accident victims, causing the mayor to tighten up all restrictions for both vehicles and drivers in order to make the roads safer. [Superman, Action Comics #12 (May, 1939)]   * After fellow reporter Charlie Martin is killed in a hit-and-run outside the //Daily Star// building, Superman declares war on reckless drivers by issuing a warning on the radio, destroying every traffic violators' car in an impound lot, destroys every car in a notorious used-car lot, scares a drunken driver, destroys the manufacturing plant of the Bates Motor Company, and brings the mayor himself to the morgue to view the mangled bodies of auto accident victims, causing the mayor to tighten up all restrictions for both vehicles and drivers in order to make the roads safer. [Superman, Action Comics #12 (May, 1939)]
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   * Jay Garrick reveals his super-speed to Joan Garrick, then uses it to help win the last football game for Midwestern University. [Flash Comics #1 (January, 1940)]   * Jay Garrick reveals his super-speed to Joan Garrick, then uses it to help win the last football game for Midwestern University. [Flash Comics #1 (January, 1940)]
   * Bruce Wayne graduates from Gotham University and has first public case as the Bat-Man. [Detective Comics #27; Secret Origins]   * Bruce Wayne graduates from Gotham University and has first public case as the Bat-Man. [Detective Comics #27; Secret Origins]
-  * April 30: The Phantom of the Fair is spotted at the New York World's Fair for the first time. ["The Secret Origin of the Golden Age Sandman," Secret Origins v2 #7 (); ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/secretorigins-e2-phantomofthefair-tp1939/|Secret Origins: The Phantom of the Fair: 1939: The High Price of Failure]]"]+  * April 30: The Phantom of the Fair is spotted at the New York World's Fair for the first time. ["The Secret Origin of the Golden Age Sandman," Secret Origins v2 #7 (); ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/secretorigins-e2-phantomofthefair-tp1939/|Secret Origins: The Phantom of the Fair: 1939: The High Price of Failure]]"]
   * April 30: Clark Kent covers the opening of the New York World's Fair. ["Superman at the World's Fair," New York World's Fair #1 (1939)]   * April 30: Clark Kent covers the opening of the New York World's Fair. ["Superman at the World's Fair," New York World's Fair #1 (1939)]
  
 ===May, 1939=== ===May, 1939===
  
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/secretorigins-e2-dummy-tp1939/|Secret Origins: The Dummy: Times Past, 1939: Wood and Evil]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/secretorigins-e2-dummy-tp1939/|Secret Origins: The Dummy: Times Past, 1939: Wood and Evil]]"]
   * Jay Garrick graduates from Midwestern University, along with Joan Williams and Fred Kincaid. [Flash Comics #1 (January, 1940); All-Star Comics #50 (December, 1949-January, 1950)]   * Jay Garrick graduates from Midwestern University, along with Joan Williams and Fred Kincaid. [Flash Comics #1 (January, 1940); All-Star Comics #50 (December, 1949-January, 1950)]
   * The Bat-Man meets Tommy Monaghan, the Hitman. [Red Robin: Passing Bullets, Chapter 2: The Bat and the Gun]   * The Bat-Man meets Tommy Monaghan, the Hitman. [Red Robin: Passing Bullets, Chapter 2: The Bat and the Gun]
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   * Superman raises $2,000,000 to keep Kidtown from going bankrupt, first by donating the $1,000,000 he earned from his sale of the Black Gold oil well shares, then by collecting rewards, and finally by recovering a treasure chest filled with gold in a sunken Spanish galleon. [Superman, Action Comics #15 (August, 1939)]   * Superman raises $2,000,000 to keep Kidtown from going bankrupt, first by donating the $1,000,000 he earned from his sale of the Black Gold oil well shares, then by collecting rewards, and finally by recovering a treasure chest filled with gold in a sunken Spanish galleon. [Superman, Action Comics #15 (August, 1939)]
   * Disappearance of Nadir, Master of Magic (strangled into unconsciousness and abducted in the cliffhanger of his last appearance) [New Adventure #30]   * Disappearance of Nadir, Master of Magic (strangled into unconsciousness and abducted in the cliffhanger of his last appearance) [New Adventure #30]
-  * June 8-9: Wesley Dodds has first public case as the Sandman in New York City, facing the Tarantula and exposing the faked kidnapping of actress Vivian Dale. [The Sandman, Adventure Comics #40 (July, 1939); ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/sandman-e2-tp1939-01/|The Sandman: 1939: Idle Hands]]"+  * June 8-9: Wesley Dodds has first public case as the Sandman in New York City, facing the Tarantula and exposing the faked kidnapping of actress Vivian Dale. [The Sandman, Adventure Comics #40 (July, 1939); ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/sandman-e2-tp1939-01/|The Sandman: 1939: Idle Hands]]"
-  * June 9-10: The Sandman and the Crimson Avenger save England's King and Queen from being killed by the Phantom of the Fair, while learning each other's secret identities. Johnny Chambers (the future Johnny Quick) and Tubby Watts are present to capture on newsreel film the royal visit and the attempted assassination as their first newsreel assignment for Sees All/Tells All News. //Note: Although this story heavily implies that it is Wesley Dodds' first outing as the Sandman, it actually follows his first case, that of the supposed kidnapping of Vivian Dale by the Tarantula. The gas-gun that Lee Travis lends to Wesley Dodds is not the same one that the Sandman developed himself, but a study of it allowed Dodds to improve his own gas-gun.// ["The Secret Origin of the Golden Age Sandman," Secret Origins v2 #7 (October, 1986); ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/secretorigins-e2-phantomofthefair-tp1939/|Secret Origins: The Phantom of the Fair: 1939: The High Price of Failure]]"]+  * June 9-10: The Sandman and the Crimson Avenger save England's King and Queen from being killed by the Phantom of the Fair, while learning each other's secret identities. Johnny Chambers (the future Johnny Quick) and Tubby Watts are present to capture on newsreel film the royal visit and the attempted assassination as their first newsreel assignment for Sees All/Tells All News. //Note: Although this story heavily implies that it is Wesley Dodds' first outing as the Sandman, it actually follows his first case, that of the supposed kidnapping of Vivian Dale by the Tarantula. The gas-gun that Lee Travis lends to Wesley Dodds is not the same one that the Sandman developed himself, but a study of it allowed Dodds to improve his own gas-gun.// ["The Secret Origin of the Golden Age Sandman," Secret Origins v2 #7 (October, 1986); ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/secretorigins-e2-phantomofthefair-tp1939/|Secret Origins: The Phantom of the Fair: 1939: The High Price of Failure]]"]
  
 ===July, 1939=== ===July, 1939===
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 ===October, 1939=== ===October, 1939===
  
-  * <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">On Earth-X, Darrell Dane invents a serum that causes him to shrink to six inches tall. He becomes</span></html> the **[[Doll Man]]**. <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">[The Dollman, Feature Comics #27 (December, 1939)]</span></html>+  * <color /#ECECEC>On Earth-X, Darrell Dane invents a serum that causes him to shrink to six inches tall. He becomes the **[[Doll Man]]**. [The Dollman, Feature Comics #27 (December, 1939)]</color>
   * Hank Heywood is caught in an explosion caused by the Nazi saboteur called Baron Death and nearly killed. At Heywood's request, Dr. Gilbert Giles begins an experimental procedure to make him into a cybernetic man, half-human and half-robotic. ["From Hell is Forged a Hero," Steel, the Indestructible Man #1 (March, 1978)]   * Hank Heywood is caught in an explosion caused by the Nazi saboteur called Baron Death and nearly killed. At Heywood's request, Dr. Gilbert Giles begins an experimental procedure to make him into a cybernetic man, half-human and half-robotic. ["From Hell is Forged a Hero," Steel, the Indestructible Man #1 (March, 1978)]
   * Wesley Dodds is shot and nearly killed in his own home by the Face, a master of disguise masquerading as a police officer. He is bedridden for about two weeks while in recovery. [The Sandman, Adventure Comics #44 (November, 1939)]   * Wesley Dodds is shot and nearly killed in his own home by the Face, a master of disguise masquerading as a police officer. He is bedridden for about two weeks while in recovery. [The Sandman, Adventure Comics #44 (November, 1939)]
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 ===January, 1940=== ===January, 1940===
  
-  * <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">On Earth-X, an inventor and former U.S. Navy Captain Jim Lockhart names himself</span></html> the **[[Red Torpedo]]** <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">after his unique submarine. He stops a German U-boat from sinking a ship full of refugees escaping wartorn Europe. [Crack Comics #1]</span></html+  * <color /#ECECEC>On Earth-X, an inventor and former U.S. Navy Captain Jim Lockhart names himself the **[[Red Torpedo]]** after his unique submarine. He stops a German U-boat from sinking a ship full of refugees escaping wartorn Europe. [Crack Comics #1]</color
-  * <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">On Earth-X,</span></html> the **[[Black Condor]]** (Richard Grey, Jr.), <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">who was raised by unusually intelligent vultures, has first public case bringing Gali Kan to justice in Hindustan after traveling the world for a few years. [Crack Comics #1]</span></html+  * <color /#ECECEC>On Earth-X, the **[[Black Condor]]** (Richard Grey, Jr.), who was raised by unusually intelligent vultures, has first public case bringing Gali Kan to justice in Hindustan after traveling the world for a few years. [Crack Comics #1]</color
-  * <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">On Earth-X, playboy Tom Hallaway becomes a crime-fighting vigilante called</span></html> the **[[Spider]]** (Alias the...). <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">He is assisted by a tough guy named Chuck. [Crack Comics #1]</span></html>+  * <color /#ECECEC>On Earth-X, playboy Tom Hallaway becomes a crime-fighting vigilante called the **[[Spider]]** (Alias the...). He is assisted by a tough guy named Chuck. [Crack Comics #1]</color>
   * Steel battles the Gadgeteer (Col. Roger Romane). ["A Night Without Heroes," Steel, the Indestructible Man #3 (June, 1978); "Greed Games of the Gadgeteer," Steel, the Indestructible Man #4 (August-September, 1978); "Manhunt," Steel, the Indestructible Man #4 (August-September, 1978)]   * Steel battles the Gadgeteer (Col. Roger Romane). ["A Night Without Heroes," Steel, the Indestructible Man #3 (June, 1978); "Greed Games of the Gadgeteer," Steel, the Indestructible Man #4 (August-September, 1978); "Manhunt," Steel, the Indestructible Man #4 (August-September, 1978)]
   * Steel battles Andrew Hawk, a former silent film star now transformed into a monster. ["A Scream in the Night," Steel, the Indestructible Man #5 (October-November, 1978)]   * Steel battles Andrew Hawk, a former silent film star now transformed into a monster. ["A Scream in the Night," Steel, the Indestructible Man #5 (October-November, 1978)]
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 ===March, 1940=== ===March, 1940===
  
-  * <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">On Earth-X, in a Midwestern town called Glen Valley, an old shopkeeper named Samuel who speaks out against a terrorist group called the Black Legion is found by the spirit of Uncle Sam, who joins with him to gain a physical body and fight injustice as</span></html> **[[Uncle Sam]]**, <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">possessing super-strength, invulnerability, super-speed, and occasional mystical powers. Uncle Sam defeats the Black Legion and rounds them up for the police. ["The True Story of Uncle Sam," National Comics #5 (November, 1940); Uncle Sam, National Comics #1 (July, 1940)]</span></html+  * <color /#ECECEC>On Earth-X, in a Midwestern town called Glen Valley, an old shopkeeper named Samuel who speaks out against a terrorist group called the Black Legion is found by the spirit of Uncle Sam, who joins with him to gain a physical body and fight injustice as **[[Uncle Sam]]**, possessing super-strength, invulnerability, super-speed, and occasional mystical powers. Uncle Sam defeats the Black Legion and rounds them up for the police. ["The True Story of Uncle Sam," National Comics #5 (November, 1940); Uncle Sam, National Comics #1 (July, 1940)]</color
-  * <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">On Earth-X, when the corrupt French Foreign Legion commander Cracket sends a troop of Legionnaires into the desert to die, Tom Corbet is the only survivor. Discovering an oasis with a pool of strange, phosphorescent water, Tom drinks of it and gains great strength and neonic power, enabling him to perform amazing feats, such as matter transmutation, energy blasts, heat, and flight. Using those powers to become</span></html> **[[Neon the Unknown]]**, <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">he discovers the plans of a millionaire named Morgan Crookes, who has rallied the tribal people of Africa, South America, and Australia together to conquer the world from several secret bases hidden in the jungles of those continents. Neon the Unknown leads the Foreign Legion to destroy these bases, along the way battling the tribal armies, which are equipped with modern planes and armaments. [Neon the Unknown, Hit Comics #1 (July, 1940)]</span></html+  * <color /#ECECEC>On Earth-X, when the corrupt French Foreign Legion commander Cracket sends a troop of Legionnaires into the desert to die, Tom Corbet is the only survivor. Discovering an oasis with a pool of strange, phosphorescent water, Tom drinks of it and gains great strength and neonic power, enabling him to perform amazing feats, such as matter transmutation, energy blasts, heat, and flight. Using those powers to become **[[Neon the Unknown]]**, he discovers the plans of a millionaire named Morgan Crookes, who has rallied the tribal people of Africa, South America, and Australia together to conquer the world from several secret bases hidden in the jungles of those continents. Neon the Unknown leads the Foreign Legion to destroy these bases, along the way battling the tribal armies, which are equipped with modern planes and armaments. [Neon the Unknown, Hit Comics #1 (July, 1940)]</color
-  * <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">On Earth-X, Richard Raleigh, an assistant D.A. in District Attorney Darrow office in Superior City, becomes</span></html> the **[[Red Bee]]**, <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">a fighting man assisted occasionally by trained bees, one of which is named Michael. The Red Bee helps the D.A. bring down Boss Storm, a corrupt political boss who has controlled city politics for decades. //Note: D.A. Darrow is also called Hawkes. Superior City is located on the Eastern Seaboard, not the Great Lakes area, and thus is not located on Lake Superior as some suggest.// [The Red Bee, Hit Comics #1 (July, 1940)]</span></html>+  * <color /#ECECEC>On Earth-X, Richard Raleigh, an assistant D.A. in District Attorney Darrow office in Superior City, becomes the **[[Red Bee]]**, a fighting man assisted occasionally by trained bees, one of which is named Michael. The Red Bee helps the D.A. bring down Boss Storm, a corrupt political boss who has controlled city politics for decades. //Note: D.A. Darrow is also called Hawkes. Superior City is located on the Eastern Seaboard, not the Great Lakes area, and thus is not located on Lake Superior as some suggest.// [The Red Bee, Hit Comics #1 (July, 1940)]</color>
   * From this point on, the Crimson Avenger sometimes begins wearing a wide-brimmed red hat instead of his original blue hat, as well as a longer red cloak over a red business suit, and long yellow gloves instead of short gloves. Around this time, the police and the public alike begin to suspect that the Crimson is a masked vigilante rather than a mere masked criminal. [The Crimson Avenger, Detective Comics #38 (April, 1940)]   * From this point on, the Crimson Avenger sometimes begins wearing a wide-brimmed red hat instead of his original blue hat, as well as a longer red cloak over a red business suit, and long yellow gloves instead of short gloves. Around this time, the police and the public alike begin to suspect that the Crimson is a masked vigilante rather than a mere masked criminal. [The Crimson Avenger, Detective Comics #38 (April, 1940)]
   * Hourman battles a mad scientist named Dr. Snegg who brings wax figures to life through an unknown chemical process. [The Hour-Man, Adventure Comics #51 (June, 1940)]   * Hourman battles a mad scientist named Dr. Snegg who brings wax figures to life through an unknown chemical process. [The Hour-Man, Adventure Comics #51 (June, 1940)]
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   * Janice "Peggy" Maloney accompanies Tex Thomson and Bob Daley as Miss X [Action Comics #26]   * Janice "Peggy" Maloney accompanies Tex Thomson and Bob Daley as Miss X [Action Comics #26]
   * Hourman is framed for a series of robberies when a fellow chemist Bob Wallace is turned into another Hourman by Dr. Snegg in order to lure the hero to him. Hourman clears his name by saving the Mayor. [The Hour-Man, Adventure Comics #52 (July, 1940)]   * Hourman is framed for a series of robberies when a fellow chemist Bob Wallace is turned into another Hourman by Dr. Snegg in order to lure the hero to him. Hourman clears his name by saving the Mayor. [The Hour-Man, Adventure Comics #52 (July, 1940)]
-  * <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">On Earth-X, an ordinary lineman named Tom Dalton is electrocuted by 10,000 DC volts, then shocked back to life by 10,000 AC volts, causing him to gain powers, including magnetism, super-strength, and telescopic vision. He uses those powers to become</span></html> **[[Magno (Earth-X)|Magno]]**, the Miracle Man. <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">In his first public case, he foils the plans of German agents to capture an American ship. [Magno the Miracle Man, Smash Comics #13 (August, 1940)]</span></html+  * <color /#ECECEC>On Earth-X, an ordinary lineman named Tom Dalton is electrocuted by 10,000 DC volts, then shocked back to life by 10,000 AC volts, causing him to gain powers, including magnetism, super-strength, and telescopic vision. He uses those powers to become **[[Magno (Earth-X)|Magno]]**, the Miracle Man. In his first public case, he foils the plans of German agents to capture an American ship. [Magno the Miracle Man, Smash Comics #13 (August, 1940)]</color
-  * <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">On Earth-X, Lanford "Happy" Terrill, reporter for The Daily Globe, a New York City newspaper, gains super-powers in an accident that turns him into</span></html> the **[[Ray]]**, <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">possessing the powers of traveling along light beams, magnetism, teleportation, and even some powers to transform objects. It's possible that the Ray's powers are only limited by his imagination, although he is weakened by darkness and regains his powers through external light. [The Ray, Smash Comics #14 (September, 1940); Cancelled Comics Cavalcade #1]</span></html>+  * <color /#ECECEC>On Earth-X, Lanford "Happy" Terrill, reporter for The Daily Globe, a New York City newspaper, gains super-powers in an accident that turns him into the **[[Ray]]**, possessing the powers of traveling along light beams, magnetism, teleportation, and even some powers to transform objects. It's possible that the Ray's powers are only limited by his imagination, although he is weakened by darkness and regains his powers through external light. [The Ray, Smash Comics #14 (September, 1940); Cancelled Comics Cavalcade #1]</color>
   * April 3: While pursuing criminals after their attempted murder of Jim Corrigan, the Spectre encounters [[Zor (Anti-Spectre)|Zor]], a spirit confined to Earth who has spread evil over the world for centuries, and whose power rivals that of the Spectre. The first battle between the two spirits ends in a draw, until Zor disappears and decides to threaten the Spectre by impersonating Corrigan and kidnapping his former fiancee Clarice Winston. Appealing to the Voice to save Clarice, the Spectre is granted the power to pursue Zor through the dimensions until he finds Zor's castle. Within, the Spectre is nearly trapped for an eternity, until he tricks Zor into falling into his own trap, then frees Clarice and brings her back to Earth. [The Spectre, More Fun Comics #55 (May, 1940)]   * April 3: While pursuing criminals after their attempted murder of Jim Corrigan, the Spectre encounters [[Zor (Anti-Spectre)|Zor]], a spirit confined to Earth who has spread evil over the world for centuries, and whose power rivals that of the Spectre. The first battle between the two spirits ends in a draw, until Zor disappears and decides to threaten the Spectre by impersonating Corrigan and kidnapping his former fiancee Clarice Winston. Appealing to the Voice to save Clarice, the Spectre is granted the power to pursue Zor through the dimensions until he finds Zor's castle. Within, the Spectre is nearly trapped for an eternity, until he tricks Zor into falling into his own trap, then frees Clarice and brings her back to Earth. [The Spectre, More Fun Comics #55 (May, 1940)]
  
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-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/superman-e2-tp1940-01/|Superman: Times Past, 1940: Bullies]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/superman-e2-tp1940-01/|Superman: Times Past, 1940: Bullies]]"]
   * 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]
   * Hourman meets Thorndyke Tompkins, a newspaper boy who is a member of the Minute-Men of America. //Note: Thorndyke is pictured but not named in this story.// [The Hour-Man, Adventure Comics #54 (September, 1940)]   * Hourman meets Thorndyke Tompkins, a newspaper boy who is a member of the Minute-Men of America. //Note: Thorndyke is pictured but not named in this story.// [The Hour-Man, Adventure Comics #54 (September, 1940)]
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   * When an invasion force of tiny men equipped with a flying ship and powerful guns invade New York City, causing panic, Doctor Fate destroys them, and he and Inza Cramer track down their creators to a cave in the Catskills. There they encounter three giants in a cave in the Catskills whom Fate identifies with the Norns or the Fates, and Fate removes their power to create life, then traps them within the cave. [Doctor Fate, More Fun Comics #60 (October, 1940)]   * When an invasion force of tiny men equipped with a flying ship and powerful guns invade New York City, causing panic, Doctor Fate destroys them, and he and Inza Cramer track down their creators to a cave in the Catskills. There they encounter three giants in a cave in the Catskills whom Fate identifies with the Norns or the Fates, and Fate removes their power to create life, then traps them within the cave. [Doctor Fate, More Fun Comics #60 (October, 1940)]
   * In return for archeologists profaning his tomb, [[Kulak]], high priest of Brztal, attempts to destroy modern civilization through the whispering death, which causes people to turn against each other in hatred, followed by a plague of locusts. When the Spectre stops Kulak's plans, the two battle until the Spectre uses his Ring of Life against Kulak, briefly gaining the upper hand. Kulak fights back with legions of the undead of Brztal while causing the Earth's oceans to rise, until the Spectre manages to cause Kulak to be overcome by his own incantation by breaking it midway through, then puts the world's oceans back where they belong. [The Spectre, All-Star Comics #2 (Fall, 1940)]   * In return for archeologists profaning his tomb, [[Kulak]], high priest of Brztal, attempts to destroy modern civilization through the whispering death, which causes people to turn against each other in hatred, followed by a plague of locusts. When the Spectre stops Kulak's plans, the two battle until the Spectre uses his Ring of Life against Kulak, briefly gaining the upper hand. Kulak fights back with legions of the undead of Brztal while causing the Earth's oceans to rise, until the Spectre manages to cause Kulak to be overcome by his own incantation by breaking it midway through, then puts the world's oceans back where they belong. [The Spectre, All-Star Comics #2 (Fall, 1940)]
-  * <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">On Earth-X, radio announcer Dave Clark becomes</span></html> **[[Midnight]]** <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">in Big City when he learns that the Carleton Construction Company has been building with inferior concrete, causing an apartment building to collapse and then the Tri-State Dam. Midnight brings Morris Carleton to justice and decides to keep up his mystery-man act. Midnight also meets Rod Reilly briefly at Carleton's party. [Midnight, Smash Comics #18 (January, 1941)]</span></html>+  * <color /#ECECEC>On Earth-X, radio announcer Dave Clark becomes **[[Midnight]]** in Big City when he learns that the Carleton Construction Company has been building with inferior concrete, causing an apartment building to collapse and then the Tri-State Dam. Midnight brings Morris Carleton to justice and decides to keep up his mystery-man act. Midnight also meets Rod Reilly briefly at Carleton's party. [Midnight, Smash Comics #18 (January, 1941)]</color>
   * Johnny Thunder is fired from the FBI after he unwittingly aids a female spy's escape, so he decides to become a costumed mystery-man known as the Thunderbolt, wearing a costume sewn by his mother. As the Thunderbolt, he captures the spy known as La Belle Tartes. [Johnny Thunderbolt, Flash Comics #7]   * Johnny Thunder is fired from the FBI after he unwittingly aids a female spy's escape, so he decides to become a costumed mystery-man known as the Thunderbolt, wearing a costume sewn by his mother. As the Thunderbolt, he captures the spy known as La Belle Tartes. [Johnny Thunderbolt, Flash Comics #7]
   * Hourman battles Dr. Togg, based on Wide Island, who commands a group of intelligent, flying hybrid creatures created from wolves and buzzards, which he calls the Gombezi. [The Hour-Man, Adventure Comics #57 (December, 1940)]   * Hourman battles Dr. Togg, based on Wide Island, who commands a group of intelligent, flying hybrid creatures created from wolves and buzzards, which he calls the Gombezi. [The Hour-Man, Adventure Comics #57 (December, 1940)]
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   * Hop Harrigan becomes Guardian Angel. [All-American Comics #25]   * Hop Harrigan becomes Guardian Angel. [All-American Comics #25]
   * The fish-men of Nyarl-Amen return after 50,000 years in an attempt to restore their domination over the world, beginning with attacking and capturing the Pearl Harbor Naval Base at Hawaii while wielding tridents that shoot bolts of lightning. Doctor Fate subdues the fish-men with fire, then destroys the underwater city of Nyarl-Amen, killing all life within. [Doctor Fate, More Fun Comics #65 (March, 1941)]   * The fish-men of Nyarl-Amen return after 50,000 years in an attempt to restore their domination over the world, beginning with attacking and capturing the Pearl Harbor Naval Base at Hawaii while wielding tridents that shoot bolts of lightning. Doctor Fate subdues the fish-men with fire, then destroys the underwater city of Nyarl-Amen, killing all life within. [Doctor Fate, More Fun Comics #65 (March, 1941)]
-  * <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">On Earth-X, rookie patrolman Chuck Lane becomes</span></html> **[[Jester II (Chuck Lane)|the Jester]]** <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">in New York City. As the direct descendant of a real court jester, Lane took his mystery-man gimmick from his ancestor. [Smash Comics #22]</span></html+  * <color /#ECECEC>On Earth-X, rookie patrolman Chuck Lane becomes **[[Jester II (Chuck Lane)|the Jester]]** in New York City. As the direct descendant of a real court jester, Lane took his mystery-man gimmick from his ancestor. [Smash Comics #22]</color
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/hourman-tp1941-01/|Hourman: Times Past, 1941: Time Management]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/hourman-tp1941-01/|Hourman: Times Past, 1941: Time Management]]"]
   * The Spectre battles huge, ravenous monsters when they attack Cliffland, Ohio, but falls prey to green eye-beams that paralyze him. Trailing them back to an art museum, the Spectre enters the world of a painting populated by monsters who desire life in the physical world. After escaping from the world in the painting, the Spectre burns the painting to destroy the gateway to reality. [The Spectre, More Fun Comics #66 (April, 1941)]   * The Spectre battles huge, ravenous monsters when they attack Cliffland, Ohio, but falls prey to green eye-beams that paralyze him. Trailing them back to an art museum, the Spectre enters the world of a painting populated by monsters who desire life in the physical world. After escaping from the world in the painting, the Spectre burns the painting to destroy the gateway to reality. [The Spectre, More Fun Comics #66 (April, 1941)]
   * January 13: A crook named Tusker McGinn attempts to replace Dian Belmont with a double named Sally so that he can spy on District Attorney Larry Belmont. The Sandman stops the plot and has Dian fingerprinted at police headquarters to prevent such an occurrence from succeeding. [The Sandman, Adventure Comics #60 (March, 1941)]   * January 13: A crook named Tusker McGinn attempts to replace Dian Belmont with a double named Sally so that he can spy on District Attorney Larry Belmont. The Sandman stops the plot and has Dian fingerprinted at police headquarters to prevent such an occurrence from succeeding. [The Sandman, Adventure Comics #60 (March, 1941)]
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   * When the entire populations of the cities of Lakespur and Brent City are killed by a deadly gas, the Spectre discovers that a new planet has entered Earth's solar system. In the next target, Clareville, the Spectre stops the little, big-headed green aliens from releasing a killing gas in the city but is temporarily paralyzed by a green ray. Trailing after the aliens' sky-sleds to their planet, he learns that the aliens plan to steal the essence of life from Earth in order to replenish their own. The Spectre causes a distant star to draw the planet toward it until he is resisted by the combined mental might of the green men and temporarily paralyzed. The green aliens then attack Earth en masse in their sky-sleds, killing everyone in Memphis Beach and taking over the city. Returning to Earth, the Spectre destroys much of the sky-sled fleet, forcing the green men to retreat to their planet. The Spectre pursues them to their planet, this time unaffected by their attack, and draws all the aliens into a ball of X-Lite as their crypt, then sends the planet back into space. [The Spectre, More Fun Comics #68 (June, 1941)]   * When the entire populations of the cities of Lakespur and Brent City are killed by a deadly gas, the Spectre discovers that a new planet has entered Earth's solar system. In the next target, Clareville, the Spectre stops the little, big-headed green aliens from releasing a killing gas in the city but is temporarily paralyzed by a green ray. Trailing after the aliens' sky-sleds to their planet, he learns that the aliens plan to steal the essence of life from Earth in order to replenish their own. The Spectre causes a distant star to draw the planet toward it until he is resisted by the combined mental might of the green men and temporarily paralyzed. The green aliens then attack Earth en masse in their sky-sleds, killing everyone in Memphis Beach and taking over the city. Returning to Earth, the Spectre destroys much of the sky-sled fleet, forcing the green men to retreat to their planet. The Spectre pursues them to their planet, this time unaffected by their attack, and draws all the aliens into a ball of X-Lite as their crypt, then sends the planet back into space. [The Spectre, More Fun Comics #68 (June, 1941)]
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/batman-e2-tp1941-01/|Batman: Times Past, 1941: Secrets]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/batman-e2-tp1941-01/|Batman: Times Past, 1941: Secrets]]"]
   * Hourman battles the mad scientist Dr. Hans Iker's creations, gray-colored beings pulled out of the Fifth Dimension in the form of small elves. One is larger and identical to Iker himself but gray, called Normo, who accidentally destroys the machine and thus himself and the other creatures. ["The Little Men Who Weren't There," Adventure Comics #64 (July, 1941)]   * Hourman battles the mad scientist Dr. Hans Iker's creations, gray-colored beings pulled out of the Fifth Dimension in the form of small elves. One is larger and identical to Iker himself but gray, called Normo, who accidentally destroys the machine and thus himself and the other creatures. ["The Little Men Who Weren't There," Adventure Comics #64 (July, 1941)]
   * After a series of strange deaths, Jim Corrigan learns that each of the men who died were members of the Crimson Circle Mystic Society, a cult run by a sorcerer called [[Bandar]] who collects hefty fees from its members and controls them hypnotically, killing anyone who tries to leave. The Spectre battles Bandar on the astral plane, defeating him with the Ring of Life, then destroys Bandar's body before he can return to it. //Note: This story takes place out of sequence, since it must take place before All-Star Comics #5, in which the Spectre loses his Ring of Life. At some point after this story, Bandar gains another body.// [The Spectre, More Fun Comics #70 (August, 1941)]   * After a series of strange deaths, Jim Corrigan learns that each of the men who died were members of the Crimson Circle Mystic Society, a cult run by a sorcerer called [[Bandar]] who collects hefty fees from its members and controls them hypnotically, killing anyone who tries to leave. The Spectre battles Bandar on the astral plane, defeating him with the Ring of Life, then destroys Bandar's body before he can return to it. //Note: This story takes place out of sequence, since it must take place before All-Star Comics #5, in which the Spectre loses his Ring of Life. At some point after this story, Bandar gains another body.// [The Spectre, More Fun Comics #70 (August, 1941)]
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   * Ted Knight, newly recovered from his months-long illness, witnesses Batman and Robin in action while having dinner with his girlfriend Doris Lee in Gotham City. Several days later, he meets his cousin Sandra Knight in Washington, D.C., who shows him her laboratory, filled with inventions by Prof. Abraham Davis (now missing for six months), including a prototype black-light ray and the prototype gravity rod that he developed with Prof. Davis' assistance. After three days of work, Ted figures out how to successfully power the rod with cosmic rays, and he decides to become the mystery man called **[[Starman]]**, spending the next several days designing and creating a costume. He also decides to keep up his pretense of being sickly in order to preserve his secret identity. ["Catch a Falling Starman," All-Star Squadron #41 (January, 1985)]   * Ted Knight, newly recovered from his months-long illness, witnesses Batman and Robin in action while having dinner with his girlfriend Doris Lee in Gotham City. Several days later, he meets his cousin Sandra Knight in Washington, D.C., who shows him her laboratory, filled with inventions by Prof. Abraham Davis (now missing for six months), including a prototype black-light ray and the prototype gravity rod that he developed with Prof. Davis' assistance. After three days of work, Ted figures out how to successfully power the rod with cosmic rays, and he decides to become the mystery man called **[[Starman]]**, spending the next several days designing and creating a costume. He also decides to keep up his pretense of being sickly in order to preserve his secret identity. ["Catch a Falling Starman," All-Star Squadron #41 (January, 1985)]
   * Sandra Knight prevents the kidnapping of her father, Senator Henry Knight, and is referred to as a "phantom lady," inspiring her to become a mystery-woman. [Freedom Fighters #15]   * Sandra Knight prevents the kidnapping of her father, Senator Henry Knight, and is referred to as a "phantom lady," inspiring her to become a mystery-woman. [Freedom Fighters #15]
-  * <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">On Earth-X, chemist Roy Lincoln of Washington, D.C., son of a famous explosives expert, assists his father to create a new super explosive 27-QRX. Nazi agents kill his father, and he ingests the explosive capsule, gaining invulnerability and the power to cause explosions with his hands, and becomes the mystery-man known as</span></html> the **[[Human Bomb]]**. <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">After he discovers that the German Consul is behind the murder of his father, he uses his explosive power to kill him. [Police Comics #1 (August, 1941)]</span></html+  * <color /#ECECEC>On Earth-X, chemist Roy Lincoln of Washington, D.C., son of a famous explosives expert, assists his father to create a new super explosive 27-QRX. Nazi agents kill his father, and he ingests the explosive capsule, gaining invulnerability and the power to cause explosions with his hands, and becomes the mystery-man known as the **[[Human Bomb]]**. After he discovers that the German Consul is behind the murder of his father, he uses his explosive power to kill him. [Police Comics #1 (August, 1941)]</color
-  * <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">On Earth-X, having an hour to spend before a meeting, Daily Star reporter Joan Dale falls asleep at the foot of the Statue of Liberty and wishes for the power to do good; then the spirit of liberty herself (which is actually USA the Spirit of Old Glory) grants Joan the magical power of transmuting anything or anyone and several other magical powers, such as teleportation and imbuing personalities into objects she's transformed. Joan becomes the patriotic mystery-woman known as</span></html> **[[Miss America]]**, <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">originally acting in an ordinary red dress. [Miss America, Military Comics #1 (August, 1941)]</span></html>+  * <color /#ECECEC>On Earth-X, having an hour to spend before a meeting, Daily Star reporter Joan Dale falls asleep at the foot of the Statue of Liberty and wishes for the power to do good; then the spirit of liberty herself (which is actually USA the Spirit of Old Glory) grants Joan the magical power of transmuting anything or anyone and several other magical powers, such as teleportation and imbuing personalities into objects she's transformed. Joan becomes the patriotic mystery-woman known as **[[Miss America]]**, originally acting in an ordinary red dress. [Miss America, Military Comics #1 (August, 1941)]</color>
   * Hourman, with the help of the Minute-Men of America, exposes a corrupt mayor who is in cahoots with Big Benny, the crooked political boss of that town. Months later, Hourman witnesses the low-rent Hour Man Apartments being opened, replacing a crime-ridden slum. [The Hour Man, Adventure Comics #66 (September, 1941)]   * Hourman, with the help of the Minute-Men of America, exposes a corrupt mayor who is in cahoots with Big Benny, the crooked political boss of that town. Months later, Hourman witnesses the low-rent Hour Man Apartments being opened, replacing a crime-ridden slum. [The Hour Man, Adventure Comics #66 (September, 1941)]
   * With the Flash becoming an inactive JSA member to devote more time to his solo cases (GL becomes chairman), Johnny Thunder crashes his going-away party and petitions to be allowed to join.  The other members concoct their version of a snipe hunt, in which Johnny is to apprehend "Killer" McPanzee, ostensibly a dangerous criminal but in reality a rather timid old coot. ["The Justice Society of America Initiates Johnny Thunder," All-Star Comics #6 (August-September, 1941)]   * With the Flash becoming an inactive JSA member to devote more time to his solo cases (GL becomes chairman), Johnny Thunder crashes his going-away party and petitions to be allowed to join.  The other members concoct their version of a snipe hunt, in which Johnny is to apprehend "Killer" McPanzee, ostensibly a dangerous criminal but in reality a rather timid old coot. ["The Justice Society of America Initiates Johnny Thunder," All-Star Comics #6 (August-September, 1941)]
   * Shiera Sanders becomes the heiress to a fortune. ["The Justice Society of America Initiates Johnny Thunder," All-Star Comics #6 (August-September, 1941)]   * Shiera Sanders becomes the heiress to a fortune. ["The Justice Society of America Initiates Johnny Thunder," All-Star Comics #6 (August-September, 1941)]
   * Chic Carter has first public case as the Sword. [Smash #24]   * Chic Carter has first public case as the Sword. [Smash #24]
-  * Al Pratt wins a trip to Hollywood and rescues his favorite starlet as the Atom. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/atom-e2-tp1941-01/|The Atom: Times Past, 1941: Star Struck]]"]+  * Al Pratt wins a trip to Hollywood and rescues his favorite starlet as the Atom. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/atom-e2-tp1941-01/|The Atom: Times Past, 1941: Star Struck]]"]
   * April 12: After a series of electrical outages plagues the East Coast, FBI agent Woodley Allen (Doris Lee's uncle) contacts Starman just outside New York City to stop the Brotherhood of the Electron and its leader, Doctor Doog ("good" spelled backwards). Starman frees Prof. Abraham Davis (kidnapped six months ago for his invention called the Ultra-Dynamo), who gives him his blessing to use the gravity rod without realizing Starman is his fellow collaborator Ted Knight. Immediately after his first case as Starman, Ted formally proposes to Doris Lee, who becomes his fiancée. Starman primarily operates in New York City at this time, but he also has his ancestral home in Opal City and another residence in Washington, D.C. Starman's nicknames include the Astral Avalanche, the Astral Avenger, the Astral Crime-Crusher, the Astral Man, the Astral Traveler, the Crime-Crusher of the Constellations, the Crimson Cavalier, the Crimson Crime-Crusher, the Dark Knight, the Man of Night, the Mystery Man of Night, and the Scarlet Scourge. //Note: When he tells his story later on to Jonathan Law, Ted Knight omits the fact that he and Abraham Davis created the gravity rod together in order to harness the cosmic energy that Ted had discovered, since he wanted to downplay his own scientific background. The next story indicates that Ted and Doris have become formally engaged by then.// ["The Amazing Starman," Adventure Comics #61 (April, 1941); "Catch a Falling Starman," All-Star Squadron #41 (January, 1985)]   * April 12: After a series of electrical outages plagues the East Coast, FBI agent Woodley Allen (Doris Lee's uncle) contacts Starman just outside New York City to stop the Brotherhood of the Electron and its leader, Doctor Doog ("good" spelled backwards). Starman frees Prof. Abraham Davis (kidnapped six months ago for his invention called the Ultra-Dynamo), who gives him his blessing to use the gravity rod without realizing Starman is his fellow collaborator Ted Knight. Immediately after his first case as Starman, Ted formally proposes to Doris Lee, who becomes his fiancée. Starman primarily operates in New York City at this time, but he also has his ancestral home in Opal City and another residence in Washington, D.C. Starman's nicknames include the Astral Avalanche, the Astral Avenger, the Astral Crime-Crusher, the Astral Man, the Astral Traveler, the Crime-Crusher of the Constellations, the Crimson Cavalier, the Crimson Crime-Crusher, the Dark Knight, the Man of Night, the Mystery Man of Night, and the Scarlet Scourge. //Note: When he tells his story later on to Jonathan Law, Ted Knight omits the fact that he and Abraham Davis created the gravity rod together in order to harness the cosmic energy that Ted had discovered, since he wanted to downplay his own scientific background. The next story indicates that Ted and Doris have become formally engaged by then.// ["The Amazing Starman," Adventure Comics #61 (April, 1941); "Catch a Falling Starman," All-Star Squadron #41 (January, 1985)]
   * April 12: Criminal scientific wizard Ian Karkull perfects a shadow-maker machine that can transform a human into shadow and back again with a materializer beam. When he sends a criminal in shadow form to murder his old partner, Everett Dahlen, Doctor Fate tracks him down just as Karkull is sending his shadow men to rob a bank, but Karkull incapacitates Fate with a beam of transareal power. When Fate recovers and defeats his gang, Karkull turns himself into a shadow to hide, but is trapped in that form when Fate destroys the machine that can return his material form. Shortly after, Wotan (who is still trapped underground) astral projects his soul to the upper world, where he encounters Ian Karkull in his shadow form. With Karkull's help, Wotan is freed from his prison through an incantation. Wotan and Karkull then travel to the Arctic Circle, where they begin building strange weapons to attack the world from their base, a domed city. [Doctor Fate, More Fun Comics #69 (July, 1941); Doctor Fate, More Fun Comics #70 (August, 1941)]   * April 12: Criminal scientific wizard Ian Karkull perfects a shadow-maker machine that can transform a human into shadow and back again with a materializer beam. When he sends a criminal in shadow form to murder his old partner, Everett Dahlen, Doctor Fate tracks him down just as Karkull is sending his shadow men to rob a bank, but Karkull incapacitates Fate with a beam of transareal power. When Fate recovers and defeats his gang, Karkull turns himself into a shadow to hide, but is trapped in that form when Fate destroys the machine that can return his material form. Shortly after, Wotan (who is still trapped underground) astral projects his soul to the upper world, where he encounters Ian Karkull in his shadow form. With Karkull's help, Wotan is freed from his prison through an incantation. Wotan and Karkull then travel to the Arctic Circle, where they begin building strange weapons to attack the world from their base, a domed city. [Doctor Fate, More Fun Comics #69 (July, 1941); Doctor Fate, More Fun Comics #70 (August, 1941)]
-  * <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">April 12: On Earth-X, Sandra Knight saves her father, Senator Henry Knight, from would-be kidnappers who call her a "phantom lady." Sandra Knight soon begins adventuring as a costumed mystery-woman called</span></html> **[[Phantom Lady (Earth-X)|Phantom Lady]]**, <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">using a black-light ray invented by a scientist-friend of her cousin Ted Knight. Her love interest is Don Borden, a State Department investigator. 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. [Phantom Lady, Police Comics #1 (August, 1941)]</span></html+  * <color /#ECECEC>April 12: On Earth-X, Sandra Knight saves her father, Senator Henry Knight, from would-be kidnappers who call her a "phantom lady." Sandra Knight soon begins adventuring as a costumed mystery-woman called **[[Phantom Lady (Earth-X)|Phantom Lady]]**, using a black-light ray invented by a scientist-friend of her cousin Ted Knight. Her love interest is Don Borden, a State Department investigator. 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. [Phantom Lady, Police Comics #1 (August, 1941)]</color
-  * <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">April 12-19: On Earth-X, Criminal "Eel" O'Brien is shot and doused with acid at the Crawford Chemical Works, and discovers his body has become completely pliable and elastic, allowing him to stretch and become any shape at will. He decides to fight crime with his powers and becomes the mystery-man known as</span></html> **[[Plastic Man (Earth-2)|Plastic Man]]**. <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">In his first case, he captures his old gang, led by Skizzle Shanks. [Plastic Man, Police Comics #1 (August, 1941)]</span></html>+  * <color /#ECECEC>April 12-19: On Earth-X, Criminal "Eel" O'Brien is shot and doused with acid at the Crawford Chemical Works, and discovers his body has become completely pliable and elastic, allowing him to stretch and become any shape at will. He decides to fight crime with his powers and becomes the mystery-man known as **[[Plastic Man (Earth-2)|Plastic Man]]**. In his first case, he captures his old gang, led by Skizzle Shanks. [Plastic Man, Police Comics #1 (August, 1941)]</color>
  
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   * The full membership of the Blackhawks and first chronicled appearances start. [Military #1]   * The full membership of the Blackhawks and first chronicled appearances start. [Military #1]
   * Rodney Reilly becomes Firebrand I. [Police #1]   * Rodney Reilly becomes Firebrand I. [Police #1]
-  * The JSA meets western gunfighter John Tane, alias Johnny Thunder, and rescue his wife, Jeanne Walker Tane, alias Madame .44, who has remained unaging for 50 years after being possessed by an occultist named Lucius Bender, known as Hell-Bender. Tane is also made young once more through a spell cast by the Spectre and Doctor Fate, allowing the two to spend the rest of their lives together. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1941-01/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1941: Thunder at Sunset]]"]+  * The JSA meets western gunfighter John Tane, alias Johnny Thunder, and rescue his wife, Jeanne Walker Tane, alias Madame .44, who has remained unaging for 50 years after being possessed by an occultist named Lucius Bender, known as Hell-Bender. Tane is also made young once more through a spell cast by the Spectre and Doctor Fate, allowing the two to spend the rest of their lives together. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1941-01/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1941: Thunder at Sunset]]"]
   * Meeting an explorer named Bob Walker whose Arundel Expedition to the Arctic last year was completely wiped out by a powerful wind, Doctor Fate discovers that his arch-foes Wotan and Ian Karkull have teamed up to conquer the world from their domed city in the Arctic. After Fate and Inza Cramer are captured, Wotan remotely destroys a ship with a ray as an example. Walker and a group of men attack the domed city, and after a brief battle Wotan unleashes flames of energy, resulting in the destruction of the domed city and the supposed deaths of Wotan and Karkull. In reality, they are thrown into a nether dimension. //Note: Since Karkull was only turned into a shadow the previous month, and was in the form of a shadow when he released Wotan, those two couldn't have been behind the destruction of the Arundel Expedition, since it took place last year in 1940. Possibly the domed city in the Arctic was built by Wotan sometime in the 1930s or earlier, and already housed many of his scientific weapons. This is more reasonable than the idea that Wotan and Karkull not only built a domed city, but also built an array of weapons and recruited a gang within the span of a month.// [Doctor Fate, More Fun Comics #70 (August, 1941)]   * Meeting an explorer named Bob Walker whose Arundel Expedition to the Arctic last year was completely wiped out by a powerful wind, Doctor Fate discovers that his arch-foes Wotan and Ian Karkull have teamed up to conquer the world from their domed city in the Arctic. After Fate and Inza Cramer are captured, Wotan remotely destroys a ship with a ray as an example. Walker and a group of men attack the domed city, and after a brief battle Wotan unleashes flames of energy, resulting in the destruction of the domed city and the supposed deaths of Wotan and Karkull. In reality, they are thrown into a nether dimension. //Note: Since Karkull was only turned into a shadow the previous month, and was in the form of a shadow when he released Wotan, those two couldn't have been behind the destruction of the Arundel Expedition, since it took place last year in 1940. Possibly the domed city in the Arctic was built by Wotan sometime in the 1930s or earlier, and already housed many of his scientific weapons. This is more reasonable than the idea that Wotan and Karkull not only built a domed city, but also built an array of weapons and recruited a gang within the span of a month.// [Doctor Fate, More Fun Comics #70 (August, 1941)]
   * Hourman has a bizarre, paranoid dream (possibly a side effect from months of Miraclo use) about a being called Doctor Wizen, who takes him into outer space and back, and who controls Mr. Bannerman. [The Hour Man, Adventure Comics #69 (December, 1941)]   * Hourman has a bizarre, paranoid dream (possibly a side effect from months of Miraclo use) about a being called Doctor Wizen, who takes him into outer space and back, and who controls Mr. Bannerman. [The Hour Man, Adventure Comics #69 (December, 1941)]
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   * June 27: At the behest of the conscience-stricken Green Lantern, the Justice Society pledge themselves to raise a million dollars for children orphaned by World War II.  Johnny Thunder himself pledges to raise $300,000, but has no idea how he will do it. [All-Star Comics #7 (October-November, 1941)]   * June 27: At the behest of the conscience-stricken Green Lantern, the Justice Society pledge themselves to raise a million dollars for children orphaned by World War II.  Johnny Thunder himself pledges to raise $300,000, but has no idea how he will do it. [All-Star Comics #7 (October-November, 1941)]
   * June 28:    * June 28: 
-    * The Justice Society, along with non-members, defeat Ian Karkull, who bathes most of them with mystical radiation, retarding their aging. Green Lantern takes leave of absence and becomes an honorary member, Hawkman becomes the chairman, Hourman takes leave of absence in order to find out how to remove side effects from Miraclo use, and he temporarily retires as a mystery-man. Starman applies to join the Justice Society in Hourman's place and is invited to the next JSA meeting. [All-Star Squadron Annual #3 (1984)] +    * The Justice Society, along with non-members, defeat Ian Karkull, who bathes most of them with mystical radiation, retarding their aging. Green Lantern takes leave of absence and becomes an honorary member, Hawkman becomes the chairman, Hourman takes leave of absence in order to find out how to remove side effects from Miraclo use, and he temporarily retires as a mystery-man. Starman applies to join the Justice Society in Hourman's place and is invited to the next JSA meeting. ["The Justice Society Adventure the World's Not Ready to Learn About Yet," All-Star Squadron Annual #3 (1984)] 
-    * Kent Nelson, realizing that Nabu is attempting to fully possess and control him as Doctor Fate through the Helm of Nabu, places the Helm aside. He and Inza Cramer create a half-helmet, using from this point on the powers he was taught to use by Nabu rather than the full spectrum of Doctor Fate powers that Nabu possesses. [All-Star Squadron Annual #3 (1984); "When Fate Thy Measure Takes," All-Star Squadron #23 (July, 1983)]+    * Kent Nelson, realizing that Nabu is attempting to fully possess and control him as Doctor Fate through the Helm of Nabu, places the Helm aside. He and Inza Cramer create a half-helmet, using from this point on the powers he was taught to use by Nabu rather than the full spectrum of Doctor Fate powers that Nabu possesses. ["The Justice Society Adventure the World's Not Ready to Learn About Yet," All-Star Squadron Annual #3 (1984); "When Fate Thy Measure Takes," All-Star Squadron #23 (July, 1983)]
   * The Crimson Avenger, long known as an outlaw vigilante, works alongside the police for the first time after his secret identity of Lee Travis is framed for grand theft. [The Crimson Avenger, Detective Comics #57 (November, 1941)]   * The Crimson Avenger, long known as an outlaw vigilante, works alongside the police for the first time after his secret identity of Lee Travis is framed for grand theft. [The Crimson Avenger, Detective Comics #57 (November, 1941)]
  
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   * July 8: At the Justice Society of America's monthly meeting, Starman (who was invited as a new member) and Doctor Mid-Nite (who arrives with information on a rash of insanity) win their spurs as new members when the Justice Society, in their individual cases, are stymied when important witnesses seemingly go insane with a strong fear of light. The JSA battle Professor Elba, who is secretly Prof. Able, secretly manipulated into committing his crimes by the Brain Wave (Dr. Henry A. King) in his first foray against the JSA. The JSA meet Dr. King without knowing who he is, and he places a posthypnotic command into all JSAers minds to come when he summons them. ["Two New Members Win Their Spurs," All-Star Comics #8 (December, 1941-January, 1942); "For the Dark Things Cannot Stand the Light," All-Star Squadron #20 (April, 1983)]   * July 8: At the Justice Society of America's monthly meeting, Starman (who was invited as a new member) and Doctor Mid-Nite (who arrives with information on a rash of insanity) win their spurs as new members when the Justice Society, in their individual cases, are stymied when important witnesses seemingly go insane with a strong fear of light. The JSA battle Professor Elba, who is secretly Prof. Able, secretly manipulated into committing his crimes by the Brain Wave (Dr. Henry A. King) in his first foray against the JSA. The JSA meet Dr. King without knowing who he is, and he places a posthypnotic command into all JSAers minds to come when he summons them. ["Two New Members Win Their Spurs," All-Star Comics #8 (December, 1941-January, 1942); "For the Dark Things Cannot Stand the Light," All-Star Squadron #20 (April, 1983)]
   * July 6-11: Starman battles an occultist named Cuthbert Cain, who uses a camera to make men his slaves, including FBI troubleshooter Woodley Allen. As he attempts to make Starman his slave, Cain accidentally takes a picture of himself and disappears, apparently dead. ["The Case of the Camera Curse," Adventure Comics #66 (September, 1941)]   * July 6-11: Starman battles an occultist named Cuthbert Cain, who uses a camera to make men his slaves, including FBI troubleshooter Woodley Allen. As he attempts to make Starman his slave, Cain accidentally takes a picture of himself and disappears, apparently dead. ["The Case of the Camera Curse," Adventure Comics #66 (September, 1941)]
-  * Richard "Buck" Dare becomes Captain X of the R.A.F. 
   * July 21-28: J. Edgar Hoover calls on the Justice Society again, this time to ask their help in routing out Nazi and Fascist spies in Mexico and South America. J. Edgar Hoover voted in as Associate Member of the JSA. //Note: Dian Belmont's appearance in this story means that it takes place before her supposed death in August, 1941.// [Justice Society of America, All-Star Comics #9 (February-March, 1942)]   * July 21-28: J. Edgar Hoover calls on the Justice Society again, this time to ask their help in routing out Nazi and Fascist spies in Mexico and South America. J. Edgar Hoover voted in as Associate Member of the JSA. //Note: Dian Belmont's appearance in this story means that it takes place before her supposed death in August, 1941.// [Justice Society of America, All-Star Comics #9 (February-March, 1942)]
  
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   * Greg Sanders becomes the Vigilante. The Vigilante's nicknames include the Western Warrior. [Action Comics #42]   * Greg Sanders becomes the Vigilante. The Vigilante's nicknames include the Western Warrior. [Action Comics #42]
   * Bob Daley becomes Fat Man. [Action Comics #42]   * Bob Daley becomes Fat Man. [Action Comics #42]
-  * Wing How dons a yellow and red costume and mask and becomes **[[Wing]]**, the Crimson Avenger's costumed partner. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/crimsonavenger1986-01-2/|The Crimson Avenger: Promises to Keep, Chapter 2: The Hammer]]"]; The Crimson Avenger, World's Finest Comics #4 (Winter, 1941)]+  * Wing How dons a yellow and red costume and mask and becomes **[[Wing]]**, the Crimson Avenger's costumed partner. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/crimsonavenger1986-01-2/|The Crimson Avenger: Promises to Keep, Chapter 2: The Hammer]]"]; The Crimson Avenger, World's Finest Comics #4 (Winter, 1941)]
   * Wonder Woman becomes Diana Prince and has first public case in Washington D.C. [William Moulton Marston &amp; Harry G. Peter] [All-Star Comics #8]   * Wonder Woman becomes Diana Prince and has first public case in Washington D.C. [William Moulton Marston &amp; Harry G. Peter] [All-Star Comics #8]
   * August 5-6: While the vacationing Ted Knight and Doris Lee are visiting Gigantic Cave in Kentucky, Woodley Allen summons Starman after files are stolen from his FBI office by invisible men. In the meantime, Doris and a group of other tourists are trapped by an avalanche in the cave, and when Starman goes to rescue them, he encounters the gang of invisible men, called Living Shadows, and is captured. Their leader, the Mist, attempts to kill the unconscious Starman by throwing him into a very deep pit. The Mist explains to Doris that, during World War I, he tried to sell his inviso-solution to the U.S. but was refused and scoffed at, prompting him to pursue his revenge now that another war has begun, by selling U.S. secrets to the Axis. After Doris refuses to join him, he throws her into the same pit, where Starman saves her after being revived by the air. Starman then goes after the Mist's invisible bombers, which have been sent to destroy America's industrial centers, but Doris is captured once more, and the Mist forces her onto his spaceship. The Mist attempts to kill Starman, who instead enters the ship, knocks out the Mist, and rescues Doris before it crashes to the ground, supposedly killing the Mist. //Note: The Mist's full name, Kyle Andrew Murphy, is left unrevealed until the 1980s. The Mist is able to become invisible only at this time; it is not until the 1960s that he has developed the additional ability to become intangible.// ["The Menace of the Invisible Raiders," Adventure Comics #67 (October, 1941)]   * August 5-6: While the vacationing Ted Knight and Doris Lee are visiting Gigantic Cave in Kentucky, Woodley Allen summons Starman after files are stolen from his FBI office by invisible men. In the meantime, Doris and a group of other tourists are trapped by an avalanche in the cave, and when Starman goes to rescue them, he encounters the gang of invisible men, called Living Shadows, and is captured. Their leader, the Mist, attempts to kill the unconscious Starman by throwing him into a very deep pit. The Mist explains to Doris that, during World War I, he tried to sell his inviso-solution to the U.S. but was refused and scoffed at, prompting him to pursue his revenge now that another war has begun, by selling U.S. secrets to the Axis. After Doris refuses to join him, he throws her into the same pit, where Starman saves her after being revived by the air. Starman then goes after the Mist's invisible bombers, which have been sent to destroy America's industrial centers, but Doris is captured once more, and the Mist forces her onto his spaceship. The Mist attempts to kill Starman, who instead enters the ship, knocks out the Mist, and rescues Doris before it crashes to the ground, supposedly killing the Mist. //Note: The Mist's full name, Kyle Andrew Murphy, is left unrevealed until the 1980s. The Mist is able to become invisible only at this time; it is not until the 1960s that he has developed the additional ability to become intangible.// ["The Menace of the Invisible Raiders," Adventure Comics #67 (October, 1941)]
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   * Victor Leong becomes Stuff the Chinatown Kid [?]   * Victor Leong becomes Stuff the Chinatown Kid [?]
   * Needing help to battle Doctor Poison, Wonder Woman recruits Etta Candy and ninety-nine other girls from the Beeta Lambda Holliday College for Women in Washington, D.C. They become known as the Holliday Girls (known members include Betty, Brenda, Dorothy Lord, Eve Brown, Faith Alden, Gay, Gell Osey, Glamora Treat, Hester, Janet Foster, Jean Townsend, Lillie, Lita Little, Lorrie, Marcia, Marcy Young, Mary Lane, Patsy Peters, Roberta "Bobbie" Strong, Ruth Rorick, Susan Tardee, Tina Toy, Thelma Tall, Tress Akter, Virginia True, and Millie &amp; Tillie Heyday). [Sensation #2]   * Needing help to battle Doctor Poison, Wonder Woman recruits Etta Candy and ninety-nine other girls from the Beeta Lambda Holliday College for Women in Washington, D.C. They become known as the Holliday Girls (known members include Betty, Brenda, Dorothy Lord, Eve Brown, Faith Alden, Gay, Gell Osey, Glamora Treat, Hester, Janet Foster, Jean Townsend, Lillie, Lita Little, Lorrie, Marcia, Marcy Young, Mary Lane, Patsy Peters, Roberta "Bobbie" Strong, Ruth Rorick, Susan Tardee, Tina Toy, Thelma Tall, Tress Akter, Virginia True, and Millie &amp; Tillie Heyday). [Sensation #2]
-  * <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">On Earth-X, Donald Daniel Richards becomes</span></html> **[[Manhunter]]**. <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">[Police Comics #8 (March, 1942)]</span></html>+  * <color /#ECECEC>On Earth-X, Donald Daniel Richards becomes **[[Manhunter]]**. [Police Comics #8 (March, 1942)]</color>
   * November 4: Prof. Juniper Grimm completes the Time-Sphere, a time machine allowing him to briefly visit New York City in the 30th century. But Starman's old enemy the Light, hearing about the Time-Sphere's existence, kidnaps Prof. Grimm and seizes the time machine, then uses it to bring back Futurites -- giant men in protective suits from the future -- to terrorize New York City. Starman is nearly defeated when his gravity rod's stellar energy is depleted, except for a timely eclipse that allows it to quickly recharge, giving Starman the boost he needs to escape and defeat the Light and defeat one of the Futurites. The other Futurites escape back to the future with the Time-Sphere. //Note: The present year of 1942 is mentioned, but this is a chronicler's error.// ["The Invaders from the Future," Adventure Comics #71 (February, 1942)]   * November 4: Prof. Juniper Grimm completes the Time-Sphere, a time machine allowing him to briefly visit New York City in the 30th century. But Starman's old enemy the Light, hearing about the Time-Sphere's existence, kidnaps Prof. Grimm and seizes the time machine, then uses it to bring back Futurites -- giant men in protective suits from the future -- to terrorize New York City. Starman is nearly defeated when his gravity rod's stellar energy is depleted, except for a timely eclipse that allows it to quickly recharge, giving Starman the boost he needs to escape and defeat the Light and defeat one of the Futurites. The other Futurites escape back to the future with the Time-Sphere. //Note: The present year of 1942 is mentioned, but this is a chronicler's error.// ["The Invaders from the Future," Adventure Comics #71 (February, 1942)]
   * November 4: When Morton Kirk invents a space-folding machine that can instantly transport objects from one place to another with a purple ray, he realizes how dangerous his invention is when he briefly transports an active volcano and wild animals from a distant jungle into Cliffland. After ceasing his experiments, Kirk is imprisoned by his assistant, Nat Rhodes, who then blackmails the city with the device. The Spectre swats away icebergs before they can damage buildings, then saves Cliffland from being deluged by water from the ocean. Kirk stops Rhodes by transporting them both into a distant sea, where they drown. [The Spectre, More Fun Comics #73 (November, 1941)]   * November 4: When Morton Kirk invents a space-folding machine that can instantly transport objects from one place to another with a purple ray, he realizes how dangerous his invention is when he briefly transports an active volcano and wild animals from a distant jungle into Cliffland. After ceasing his experiments, Kirk is imprisoned by his assistant, Nat Rhodes, who then blackmails the city with the device. The Spectre swats away icebergs before they can damage buildings, then saves Cliffland from being deluged by water from the ocean. Kirk stops Rhodes by transporting them both into a distant sea, where they drown. [The Spectre, More Fun Comics #73 (November, 1941)]
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   * December 4: Starman visits outer space for the first time when he is placed in a rocket and shot out of Earth's atmosphere by a criminal seeking a family inheritance. ["The Case of the Murders in Outer Space," Adventure Comics #73 (April, 1942)]   * December 4: Starman visits outer space for the first time when he is placed in a rocket and shot out of Earth's atmosphere by a criminal seeking a family inheritance. ["The Case of the Murders in Outer Space," Adventure Comics #73 (April, 1942)]
   * December 4-6: Sandman and Sandy the Golden Boy battle a criminal named Fairy Tales Fenton, a former professor of metallurgy who poses as the Norse god Thor. Sandy is hospitalized with injuries sustained during the battle. ["The Villain from Valhalla," Adventure Comics #75 (June, 1942)]   * December 4-6: Sandman and Sandy the Golden Boy battle a criminal named Fairy Tales Fenton, a former professor of metallurgy who poses as the Norse god Thor. Sandy is hospitalized with injuries sustained during the battle. ["The Villain from Valhalla," Adventure Comics #75 (June, 1942)]
-  * December 7: Uncle Sam, having recruited the Red Torpedo, Magno, Miss America, Neon the Unknown, and the Invisible Hood, finally travels to Rex Tyler's lab and recruits Hourman, who names their team the [[Freedom Fighters]]. Bringing the team back to Earth-X over the Pacific Ocean some miles west of Hawaii, Uncle Sam and his Freedom Fighters successfully battle a squadron of Japanese Zeros. Miss America uses her matter-creating powers to create out of thin air the Red Torpedo's flying submarine, upon which the team is resting when one Zero dive-bombs the team and crashes into the submarine, disintegrating the submarine and apparently killing <html><span style="color:#FF0000;font-weight:bold;">the Red Torpedo</span>, <span style="color:#FF0000;font-weight:bold;">Magno</span>, <span style="color:#FF0000;font-weight:bold;">Neon the Unknown</span>, and <span style="color:#FF0000;font-weight:bold;">the Invisible Hood</span>, although <span style="color:#FF0000;font-weight:bold;">Miss America</span></html> survives, as do Uncle Sam and Hourman. The Japanese, meanwhile, call off the Pearl Harbor attack, figuring the chances of a surprise attack are now slim. The U.S. does not enter the war at this time. //Note: This occurs sometime after Hourman takes a leave of absence from the Justice Society of America on Earth-2, which occurs on June 28, 1941, as shown in All-Star Squadron Annual #3. Although there is a reference to Uncle Sam visiting Hourman in the summer, he actually visits him on the morning of December 7, a date which is confirmed later in the same issue.// [All-Star Squadron #31-32]+  * December 7: Uncle Sam, having recruited the Red Torpedo, Magno, Miss America, Neon the Unknown, and the Invisible Hood, finally travels to Rex Tyler's lab and recruits Hourman, who names their team the [[Freedom Fighters]]. Bringing the team back to Earth-X over the Pacific Ocean some miles west of Hawaii, Uncle Sam and his Freedom Fighters successfully battle a squadron of Japanese Zeros. Miss America uses her matter-creating powers to create out of thin air the Red Torpedo's flying submarine, upon which the team is resting when one Zero dive-bombs the team and crashes into the submarine, disintegrating the submarine and apparently killing <color #FF0000>**the Red Torpedo**</color>, <color #FF0000>**Magno**</color>, <color #FF0000>**Neon the Unknown**</color>, and <color #FF0000>**the Invisible Hood**</color>, although <color #FF0000>**Miss America**</color> survives, as do Uncle Sam and Hourman. The Japanese, meanwhile, call off the Pearl Harbor attack, figuring the chances of a surprise attack are now slim. The U.S. does not enter the war at this time. //Note: This occurs sometime after Hourman takes a leave of absence from the Justice Society of America on Earth-2, which occurs on June 28, 1941, as shown in All-Star Squadron Annual #3. Although there is a reference to Uncle Sam visiting Hourman in the summer, he actually visits him on the morning of December 7, a date which is confirmed later in the same issue.// [All-Star Squadron #31-32]
   * December 7: The same vortex that transports Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters to Earth-X also transports Midnight and Doll Man, who independently track Uncle Sam down to Rex Tyler's lab and decide to jump into the vortex when they see the others disappearing into it. The two also end up on Earth-X, only across the world in German-Occupied Paris, France. There, Midnight and Doll Man save the lives of two French Resistance fighters (a blonde named Simone and an unnamed male) and are soon introduced to the head of the local Resistance. They fight with the French Resistance for the next two months. [All-Star Squadron #32]   * December 7: The same vortex that transports Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters to Earth-X also transports Midnight and Doll Man, who independently track Uncle Sam down to Rex Tyler's lab and decide to jump into the vortex when they see the others disappearing into it. The two also end up on Earth-X, only across the world in German-Occupied Paris, France. There, Midnight and Doll Man save the lives of two French Resistance fighters (a blonde named Simone and an unnamed male) and are soon introduced to the head of the local Resistance. They fight with the French Resistance for the next two months. [All-Star Squadron #32]
-  * <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">On Earth-X, Hourman is found unconscious by the Japanese, who keep him a prisoner for the next two months, trying to discover the secret of his tremendous strength. [All-Star Squadron #35]</span></html+  * <color /#ECECEC>On Earth-X, Hourman is found unconscious by the Japanese, who keep him a prisoner for the next two months, trying to discover the secret of his tremendous strength. [All-Star Squadron #35]</color
-  * <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">On Earth-X, Uncle Sam washes up on a beach in Hawaii days later and is found by U.S. soldiers who don't believe his story about preventing an invasion of Pearl Harbor, thinking him crazy. Uncle Sam is incarcerated in a padded cell by the military for the next two months, during which time he realizes that by stopping the attack on Pearl Harbor, America does not join in the war effort, allowing the Axis powers to invade even more of Europe and Asia. Uncle Sam spends much of his time attempting to create a vortex to return to Earth-2. [All-Star Squadron #32]</span></html>+  * <color /#ECECEC>On Earth-X, Uncle Sam washes up on a beach in Hawaii days later and is found by U.S. soldiers who don't believe his story about preventing an invasion of Pearl Harbor, thinking him crazy. Uncle Sam is incarcerated in a padded cell by the military for the next two months, during which time he realizes that by stopping the attack on Pearl Harbor, America does not join in the war effort, allowing the Axis powers to invade even more of Europe and Asia. Uncle Sam spends much of his time attempting to create a vortex to return to Earth-2. [All-Star Squadron #32]</color>
   * December 6: //Note: This story features a scene with Wonder Woman, the Flash, and Green Lantern similar to the cover of Comic Cavalcade #1. This story features a scene with Superman, Batman, and Robin similar to the cover of World's Finest Comics #6.// [Justice League of America #193]   * December 6: //Note: This story features a scene with Wonder Woman, the Flash, and Green Lantern similar to the cover of Comic Cavalcade #1. This story features a scene with Superman, Batman, and Robin similar to the cover of World's Finest Comics #6.// [Justice League of America #193]
   * December 7: All-Star Squadron is founded by FDR on the eve of the raid on Pearl Harbor. [Roy Thomas] [All-Star Squadron #1]   * December 7: All-Star Squadron is founded by FDR on the eve of the raid on Pearl Harbor. [Roy Thomas] [All-Star Squadron #1]
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   * December 9: Danette Reilly becomes Firebrand II. ["Never Step on a Feathered Serpent," All-Star Squadron #5 (January, 1982)]   * December 9: Danette Reilly becomes Firebrand II. ["Never Step on a Feathered Serpent," All-Star Squadron #5 (January, 1982)]
   * December 9-10: The All-Star Squadron battles the Feathered Serpent and his cult in Mexico, who are aligned with the Nazis. ["Never Step on a Feathered Serpent," All-Star Squadron #5 (January, 1982); "Mayhem in the Mile-High City," All-Star Squadron #6 (February, 1982)]   * December 9-10: The All-Star Squadron battles the Feathered Serpent and his cult in Mexico, who are aligned with the Nazis. ["Never Step on a Feathered Serpent," All-Star Squadron #5 (January, 1982); "Mayhem in the Mile-High City," All-Star Squadron #6 (February, 1982)]
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/bravebold-e2-jt-ww-tp1941/|The Brave and the Bold: Johnny Thunder and Wonder Woman: Times Past, 1941: Swings and Arrows]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/bravebold-e2-jt-ww-tp1941/|The Brave and the Bold: Johnny Thunder and Wonder Woman: Times Past, 1941: Swings and Arrows]]"]
   * Paul Kirk becomes Manhunter II in Empire City. //Note: Secret Origins v2 #22 places this story not long after Pearl Harbor.// [Adventure Comics #73]   * Paul Kirk becomes Manhunter II in Empire City. //Note: Secret Origins v2 #22 places this story not long after Pearl Harbor.// [Adventure Comics #73]
   * [[Percival Popp]], a criminology dabbler who fancies himself //the Super-Cop// despite not being a police officer, becomes the Spectre's unwanted nuisance of a sidekick when he begins trailing Detective Jim Corrigan. In their first case together, the Spectre and Popp stop criminal scientist Mortimer Crandall, nicknamed the Avenger, who uses a fourth-dimensional transportation machine to kidnap a group of wealthy men in a revenge scheme. The Spectre cures Crandall by exposing him to the Nebula of Truth, which cleanses him of his evil ways, and Crandall destroys his machine. //Note: It is later revealed that Percival Popp's true name is J. Percival Poplaski, and that Popp is merely a name he uses professionally.// ["Introducing Percival Popp the Super-Cop," More Fun Comics #74 (December, 1941)]   * [[Percival Popp]], a criminology dabbler who fancies himself //the Super-Cop// despite not being a police officer, becomes the Spectre's unwanted nuisance of a sidekick when he begins trailing Detective Jim Corrigan. In their first case together, the Spectre and Popp stop criminal scientist Mortimer Crandall, nicknamed the Avenger, who uses a fourth-dimensional transportation machine to kidnap a group of wealthy men in a revenge scheme. The Spectre cures Crandall by exposing him to the Nebula of Truth, which cleanses him of his evil ways, and Crandall destroys his machine. //Note: It is later revealed that Percival Popp's true name is J. Percival Poplaski, and that Popp is merely a name he uses professionally.// ["Introducing Percival Popp the Super-Cop," More Fun Comics #74 (December, 1941)]
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 ===January, 1942=== ===January, 1942===
  
-  * At the stroke of midnight, Commander Steel is given a signal that triggers Baron Blitzkrieg's posthypnotic command to assassinate both Roosevelt and Churchill at the White House. The All-Star Squadron stops him and brings him out of the spell, and Commander Steel joins the All-Star Squadron. The feedback damages Baron Blitzkrieg, who is later brought back to Berlin by his dwarf aide, Zwerg. ["Should Old Acquaintance Be Destroyed," All-Star Squadron #9 (May, 1982)]+  * December 31-January 1: At the stroke of midnight, Commander Steel is given a signal that triggers Baron Blitzkrieg's posthypnotic command to assassinate both Roosevelt and Churchill at the White House. The All-Star Squadron stops him and brings him out of the spell, and Commander Steel joins the All-Star Squadron. The feedback damages Baron Blitzkrieg, who is later brought back to Berlin by his dwarf aide, Zwerg. ["Should Old Acquaintance Be Destroyed," All-Star Squadron #9 (May, 1982)] 
 +  * January 1-5: Dr. Wilfred Doome, a self-proclaimed great scientist, uses a time machine to bring five of the greatest conquerors of all time to the present and engages them to seek out the five rarest metals on Earth, all to help him build a machine that will open the gate to the future. The Seven Soldiers of Victory overhear their plans and plan to stop them. At the U.S.-Canada border, the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy battle Napoleon, who tries to steal a gold shipment. At the Florida Everglades, Green Arrow and Speedy battle Alexander the Great, who tries to steal robots powered by radium, which were invented by scientist Leo Starr. In Alaska, the Shining Knight battles Genghis Khan, who tries to steal a platinum shipment. In South Dakota, the Vigilante and Billy Gunn battle Attila the Hun, who tries to steal Tantalum. At sea, the Crimson Avenger and Wing battle Nero, who tries to seize a shipment of uranium. Regrouping, the Seven Soldiers converge on Dr. Doome's tower on Long Island, but Doome escapes into the past. Speedy grabs a time-rod, and the team steps into the time machine, only to arrive in the 12th century B.C. during the siege of Troy, where they meet Ulysses. When Doome returns to the present, Speedy uses the time-rod to return the team there also. Then, when Doome escapes into the future, the time machine blows up, but the team survives. ["The Tyrants of Time," Leading Comics #3 (Summer, 1942); "A Man Called Doome," All-Star Squadron #29 (January, 1984)]
   * Hawkgirl begins wearing a beak-less mask. ["If An Eye Offend Thee," All-Star Squadron #10 (June, 1982)]   * Hawkgirl begins wearing a beak-less mask. ["If An Eye Offend Thee," All-Star Squadron #10 (June, 1982)]
-  * Akhet the Star-Smasher, an apparent alien with a huge, powerful, mechanical flying eye-shaped spacecraft, appears to each major leader on Earth, demanding the planet's surrender to the Binary Brotherhood of Proxima Centauri. The All-Star Squadron discovers that Akhet is a ruse perpetrated by Dr. Anton Hastor, Hawkman's old enemy. Hawkman defeats Hastor and thus the flying eye. ["If An Eye Offend Thee," All-Star Squadron #10 (June, 1982); "Star-Smasher's Secret," All-Star Squadron #11 (July, 1982); "Doomsday Begins at Dawn," All-Star Squadron #12 (August, 1982)] +  * January 5-7: Akhet the Star-Smasher, an apparent alien with a huge, powerful, mechanical flying eye-shaped spacecraft, appears to each major leader on Earth, demanding the planet's surrender to the Binary Brotherhood of Proxima Centauri. The All-Star Squadron discovers that Akhet is a ruse perpetrated by Dr. Anton Hastor, Hawkman's old enemy. Hawkman defeats Hastor and thus the flying eye. ["If An Eye Offend Thee," All-Star Squadron #10 (June, 1982); "Star-Smasher's Secret," All-Star Squadron #11 (July, 1982); "Doomsday Begins at Dawn," All-Star Squadron #12 (August, 1982)]
-  * Dr. Wilfred Doome, a self-proclaimed great scientist, uses a time machine to bring five of the greatest conquerors of all time to the present and engages them to seek out the five rarest metals on Earth, all to help him build a machine that will open the gate to the future. The Seven Soldiers of Victory overhear their plans and plan to stop them. At the U.S.-Canada border, the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy battle Napoleon, who tries to steal a gold shipment. At the Florida Everglades, Green Arrow and Speedy battle Alexander the Great, who tries to steal robots powered by radium, which were invented by scientist Leo Starr. In Alaska, the Shining Knight battles Genghis Khan, who tries to steal a platinum shipment. In South Dakota, the Vigilante and Billy Gunn battle Attila the Hun, who tries to steal Tantalum. At sea, the Crimson Avenger and Wing battle Nero, who tries to seize a shipment of uranium. Regrouping, the Seven Soldiers converge on Dr. Doome's tower on Long Island, but Doome escapes into the past. Speedy grabs a time-rod, and the team steps into the time machine, only to arrive in the 12th century B.C. during the siege of Troy, where they meet Ulysses. When Doome returns to the present, Speedy uses the time-rod to return the team there also. Then, when Doome escapes into the future, the time machine blows up, but the team survives. ["The Tyrants of Time," Leading Comics #3 (Summer, 1942); "A Man Called Doome," All-Star Squadron #29 (January, 1984)]+
   * January 7: The All-Star Squadron holds its first meeting and elects Liberty Belle as chairwoman. ["One Day, During the War," All-Star Squadron #13 (September, 1982)]   * January 7: The All-Star Squadron holds its first meeting and elects Liberty Belle as chairwoman. ["One Day, During the War," All-Star Squadron #13 (September, 1982)]
   * January 8: Commander Steel learns that his former fiancee Gloria Giles is now married to Brad Farley, and that her father died a year earlier. ["One Day, During the War," All-Star Squadron #13 (September, 1982)]   * January 8: Commander Steel learns that his former fiancee Gloria Giles is now married to Brad Farley, and that her father died a year earlier. ["One Day, During the War," All-Star Squadron #13 (September, 1982)]
-  * Paladin of Light enters the world and fights the Flash, Green Lantern, and the disbanded JSA, before the misunderstanding is sorted out. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1942-01/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1942: The Man Who Fell to Earth]]"]+  * Paladin of Light enters the world and fights the Flash, Green Lantern, and the disbanded JSA, before the misunderstanding is sorted out. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1942-01/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1942: The Man Who Fell to Earth]]"]
   * Rookie policeman Jim Harper becomes the Guardian in New York City's Suicide Slum. [Star Spangled Comics #7; "The Three Faces of Evil," All-Star Squadron Annual #1 (1982)]   * Rookie policeman Jim Harper becomes the Guardian in New York City's Suicide Slum. [Star Spangled Comics #7; "The Three Faces of Evil," All-Star Squadron Annual #1 (1982)]
   * Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, the Flash, the Atom, Wildcat, and the Guardian battle an evil globe being banished to Earth-2's universe by the Guardians of Earth-1's universe eons ago, after the globe being possesses Joe Morgan (alias Nat Milligan), who trained at various times Ted Grant (Wildcat), Al Pratt (the Atom), and Jim Harper (the Guardian). //Note: This story features a scene with Wonder Woman, the Flash, and Green Lantern similar to the cover of Comic Cavalcade #2.// ["The Three Faces of Evil," All-Star Squadron Annual #1 (1982)]   * Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, the Flash, the Atom, Wildcat, and the Guardian battle an evil globe being banished to Earth-2's universe by the Guardians of Earth-1's universe eons ago, after the globe being possesses Joe Morgan (alias Nat Milligan), who trained at various times Ted Grant (Wildcat), Al Pratt (the Atom), and Jim Harper (the Guardian). //Note: This story features a scene with Wonder Woman, the Flash, and Green Lantern similar to the cover of Comic Cavalcade #2.// ["The Three Faces of Evil," All-Star Squadron Annual #1 (1982)]
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   * January 25-26: Robotman is arrested for being a public menace. ["The Trial of Robotman," Star Spangled Comics #15 (December, 1942); "To Slay the Body Electric," All-Star Squadron #17 (January, 1983)]   * January 25-26: Robotman is arrested for being a public menace. ["The Trial of Robotman," Star Spangled Comics #15 (December, 1942); "To Slay the Body Electric," All-Star Squadron #17 (January, 1983)]
   * Thomas N. Thomas and Daniel Dunbar become TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite. [Star Spangled Comics #7] SHOULD BE EARLIER   * Thomas N. Thomas and Daniel Dunbar become TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite. [Star Spangled Comics #7] SHOULD BE EARLIER
 +  * January 30-31: When Percival Popp attempts to play matchmaker with Jim Corrigan and Clarice Winston, he inadvertently uncovers a plot by an artist named Armand to steal Clarice's soul through black magic by painting it on canvas with the aid of a metal figure. After Armand throws the small figure off the docks, causing Clarice to fall into a coma, Popp attempts to save her by retrieving it. Realizing that Popp may discover his corpse, still buried in a barrel of cement, the Spectre appeals to the Voice to restore his body to life. Now fully alive once more thanks to the Ray of Life, Jim Corrigan swims to the surface, where he and Popp confront Armand, returned to retrieve the metal figure himself. After Armand shoots him, Corrigan realizes that although he is once more alive he still retains the supernatural powers of the Spectre, which he uses to cause Armand to vanish. Given a new lease on life, Corrigan resumes his relationship with Clarice. //Note: This is the first story that suggests Jim Corrigan and the Spectre are separate individuals. This story must take place sometime before All-Star Comics #13, since in that issue the Spectre is taken by surprise that he needs to breathe oxygen as a living human being once more, as if this has only happened recently. This story also takes place shortly before All-Star Squadron #20.// [The Spectre, More Fun Comics #75 (January, 1942)]
  
 ===February, 1942=== ===February, 1942===
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   * Superman completes building work on his Secret Citadel in the mountains in upstate New York.   * Superman completes building work on his Secret Citadel in the mountains in upstate New York.
   * On trial as a public menace, Robotman reveals that he is Robert Crane's brain in a robot body; the court declares him a human being. ["The Trial of Robotman," Star Spangled Comics #15 (December, 1942); "To Slay the Body Electric," All-Star Squadron #17 (January, 1983)]   * On trial as a public menace, Robotman reveals that he is Robert Crane's brain in a robot body; the court declares him a human being. ["The Trial of Robotman," Star Spangled Comics #15 (December, 1942); "To Slay the Body Electric," All-Star Squadron #17 (January, 1983)]
-  * Phantom Lady and Black Condor team up against a crooked politician. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/bravebold-e2-pl-bc-tp1942/|The Brave and the Bold: Phantom Lady and Black Condor: Times Past, 1942: Lethal Legislation]]"]+  * Phantom Lady and Black Condor team up against a crooked politician. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/bravebold-e2-pl-bc-tp1942/|The Brave and the Bold: Phantom Lady and Black Condor: Times Past, 1942: Lethal Legislation]]"]
   * Ghost Patrol (Fred, Pedro, and Slim). [Flash Comics #29]   * Ghost Patrol (Fred, Pedro, and Slim). [Flash Comics #29]
   * Olympic champion Will Everett becomes Amazing-Man, originally one of the Ultra-Humanite's super-powered agents. ["The Secret Origin of Amazing-Man," All-Star Squadron #23 (July, 1983)]   * Olympic champion Will Everett becomes Amazing-Man, originally one of the Ultra-Humanite's super-powered agents. ["The Secret Origin of Amazing-Man," All-Star Squadron #23 (July, 1983)]
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     * February 10-11: The All-Star Squadron and Infinity Inc. battle the Ultra-Humanite and his agents when they attempt to destroy the three branches of the U.S. government: the Supreme Court, the Congress, and the President. The All-Stars and the Infinitors also prevent Ultra-Humanite from stealing Robotman's body to house his brain. The Atom is exposed to a high amount of radiation when battling Cyclotron, which years later grants him amazing strength. Cyclotron sacrifices his life in a doomed attempt to kill the Ultra-Humanite by exploding his body, but the Ultra-Humanite manages to teleport himself away in time. Infinity Inc. is sent back to the future, and the super-villains from the future are sent back to their prison in Limbo. The Atom (Al Pratt) and Firebrand (Danette Reilly) rescue Terri-Lynn Kurtzberger, Terry Curtis' orphaned infant daughter. ["The Ultra War," All-Star Squadron Annual #2 (1983)]     * February 10-11: The All-Star Squadron and Infinity Inc. battle the Ultra-Humanite and his agents when they attempt to destroy the three branches of the U.S. government: the Supreme Court, the Congress, and the President. The All-Stars and the Infinitors also prevent Ultra-Humanite from stealing Robotman's body to house his brain. The Atom is exposed to a high amount of radiation when battling Cyclotron, which years later grants him amazing strength. Cyclotron sacrifices his life in a doomed attempt to kill the Ultra-Humanite by exploding his body, but the Ultra-Humanite manages to teleport himself away in time. Infinity Inc. is sent back to the future, and the super-villains from the future are sent back to their prison in Limbo. The Atom (Al Pratt) and Firebrand (Danette Reilly) rescue Terri-Lynn Kurtzberger, Terry Curtis' orphaned infant daughter. ["The Ultra War," All-Star Squadron Annual #2 (1983)]
   * February 11-12: The Justice Battalion of America, witnessing the Atom collapse in a hospital from radiation poisoning via the Magic Sphere, leave Washington, D.C., to join him. At the hospital, they use the Magic Sphere to witness how Doctor Fate sought out the Spectre, only to find him under the control of Kulak, high priest of Brztal, who possesses the Ring of Life that the Spectre once used to overcome him. Kulak breaks through into Earth's dimension, appearing simultaneously everywhere on Earth. Sargon the Sorcerer partially restores the hospitalized Atom's strength, then joins the battle against Kulak, preventing Kulak from entering Earth's dimension by placing Sargon's Ruby of Life in contact with the Ring of Life worn by Kulak. The Spectre, under Kulak's control, appears on Earth, and all of humanity comes under Kulak's spell of hatred, turning everyone against everyone else. While the Justice Battalion battles the possessed Spectre, Sargon rescues Doctor Fate, who appears in Kulak's realm. Kulak seizes the Helm of Nabu and dons it, only to send him hurtling powerless through the dimensions (along with the Helm of Nabu), breaking his spell over the world. ["A Spectre is Haunting the Multiverse," All-Star Squadron #27 (November, 1983); "By Hatred Possessed," All-Star Squadron #28 (December, 1983)]   * February 11-12: The Justice Battalion of America, witnessing the Atom collapse in a hospital from radiation poisoning via the Magic Sphere, leave Washington, D.C., to join him. At the hospital, they use the Magic Sphere to witness how Doctor Fate sought out the Spectre, only to find him under the control of Kulak, high priest of Brztal, who possesses the Ring of Life that the Spectre once used to overcome him. Kulak breaks through into Earth's dimension, appearing simultaneously everywhere on Earth. Sargon the Sorcerer partially restores the hospitalized Atom's strength, then joins the battle against Kulak, preventing Kulak from entering Earth's dimension by placing Sargon's Ruby of Life in contact with the Ring of Life worn by Kulak. The Spectre, under Kulak's control, appears on Earth, and all of humanity comes under Kulak's spell of hatred, turning everyone against everyone else. While the Justice Battalion battles the possessed Spectre, Sargon rescues Doctor Fate, who appears in Kulak's realm. Kulak seizes the Helm of Nabu and dons it, only to send him hurtling powerless through the dimensions (along with the Helm of Nabu), breaking his spell over the world. ["A Spectre is Haunting the Multiverse," All-Star Squadron #27 (November, 1983); "By Hatred Possessed," All-Star Squadron #28 (December, 1983)]
-  * February 13-15: The women of the All-Star Squadron battle Star Sapphire in order to free the male members, visiting other universes and times to do so. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/allstarsquadron-tp1942-01/|All-Star Squadron: Times Past, 1942: Gender Gasp]]"]+  * February 13-15: The women of the All-Star Squadron battle Star Sapphire in order to free the male members, visiting other universes and times to do so. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/allstarsquadron-tp1942-01/|All-Star Squadron: Times Past, 1942: Gender Gasp]]"]
   * February 16: The Black Dragon Society, a secret organization of Japanese spies in America, strikes across the country, abducting eight inventors to seize their war inventions for Japan. The Justice Battalion of America, now operating out of a new headquarters at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., is assigned to recover the inventors and keep their work out of Japanese hands. Hawkman saves New York City from being bombed by the Black Dragons. ["The Justice Society of America Pursues Victory for America and Democracy," All-Star Comics #12 (August-September, 1942); "Day of the Black Dragon," All-Star Squadron #30 (February, 1984)]   * February 16: The Black Dragon Society, a secret organization of Japanese spies in America, strikes across the country, abducting eight inventors to seize their war inventions for Japan. The Justice Battalion of America, now operating out of a new headquarters at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., is assigned to recover the inventors and keep their work out of Japanese hands. Hawkman saves New York City from being bombed by the Black Dragons. ["The Justice Society of America Pursues Victory for America and Democracy," All-Star Comics #12 (August-September, 1942); "Day of the Black Dragon," All-Star Squadron #30 (February, 1984)]
-  * February 17-18: Several All-Star Squadron members attend a Press Convention, including Liberty Belle, Johnny Quick, Superman, the Ray, and the Sword. A new group of villains appears, calling themselves the Brotherhood of the Electron: Sieur Satan, Lightning Master, Doctor Doog, and Doctor Light. After they attack the convention and kidnap Superman, a group of All-Stars and Lois Lane defeats the Brotherhood and frees Superman. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/allstarsquadron-tp1942-02/|All-Star Squadron: Times Past, 1942: Overlord of the Underworld]]"]+  * February 17-18: Several All-Star Squadron members attend a Press Convention, including Liberty Belle, Johnny Quick, Superman, the Ray, and the Sword. A new group of villains appears, calling themselves the Brotherhood of the Electron: Sieur Satan, Lightning Master, Doctor Doog, and Doctor Light. After they attack the convention and kidnap Superman, a group of All-Stars and Lois Lane defeats the Brotherhood and frees Superman. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/allstarsquadron-tp1942-02/|All-Star Squadron: Times Past, 1942: Overlord of the Underworld]]"]
   * February 19: Roosevelt signs an executive order calling for the creation of internment camps for Japanese-born and Japanese-descended U.S. citizens.   * February 19: Roosevelt signs an executive order calling for the creation of internment camps for Japanese-born and Japanese-descended U.S. citizens.
-  * <html><span style="background-color:rgb(236,236,236)">February 22: On Earth-X, Uncle Sam, still locked away in a padded cell, has another vision of an attack on U.S. soil, this time on the coast of California. He now finally succeeds in creating a vortex that transports him back to Earth-2. Unbeknownst to him, one of his preliminary attempts allows Baron Blitzkrieg to transport himself from Earth-2 to the Berlin, Germany, of Earth-X, where his sight is restored. Using his powers, he communicates with his aide Zwerg to orchestrate a wave of Nazi sabotage all along the East Coast, keeping the All-Stars distracted while the Japanese prepare to bomb the California coast. Then Blitzkrieg travels to the Pacific, where the Japanese hand over the captured Hourman to him. [All-Star Squadron #32, 35]</span></html>+  * <color /#ECECEC>February 22: On Earth-X, Uncle Sam, still locked away in a padded cell, has another vision of an attack on U.S. soil, this time on the coast of California. He now finally succeeds in creating a vortex that transports him back to Earth-2. Unbeknownst to him, one of his preliminary attempts allows Baron Blitzkrieg to transport himself from Earth-2 to the Berlin, Germany, of Earth-X, where his sight is restored. Using his powers, he communicates with his aide Zwerg to orchestrate a wave of Nazi sabotage all along the East Coast, keeping the All-Stars distracted while the Japanese prepare to bomb the California coast. Then Blitzkrieg travels to the Pacific, where the Japanese hand over the captured Hourman to him. [All-Star Squadron #32, 35]</color>
   * February 22-24: Earth-X:   * February 22-24: Earth-X:
     * February 22-23: The All-Star Squadron holds its first general meeting. The Seven Soldiers of Victory (minus the Shining Knight) meets the Justice Battalion of America. Phantom Lady shows off her new green goggles that disguise her face more effectively. Liberty Belle shows off her updated costume (a cape and new gloves, boots, and mask). The Whip has abandoned his fake accent. Uncle Sam, finally able to return to Earth-2 from Earth-X, addresses the team and pleads for their help to return to prevent the invasion of the U.S. mainland. The All-Stars are divided on whether they should journey to that parallel Earth to fight the more powerful Nazi threat there. Midnight shows up with an injured Doll Man. ["Uncle Sam Wants You," All-Star Squadron #31 (March, 1984)]     * February 22-23: The All-Star Squadron holds its first general meeting. The Seven Soldiers of Victory (minus the Shining Knight) meets the Justice Battalion of America. Phantom Lady shows off her new green goggles that disguise her face more effectively. Liberty Belle shows off her updated costume (a cape and new gloves, boots, and mask). The Whip has abandoned his fake accent. Uncle Sam, finally able to return to Earth-2 from Earth-X, addresses the team and pleads for their help to return to prevent the invasion of the U.S. mainland. The All-Stars are divided on whether they should journey to that parallel Earth to fight the more powerful Nazi threat there. Midnight shows up with an injured Doll Man. ["Uncle Sam Wants You," All-Star Squadron #31 (March, 1984)]
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     * February 23: Using the power of the Spectre, Uncle Sam leads an All-Star Squadron task force (Doll Man, Black Condor, Phantom Lady, the Human Bomb, the Ray, and the Red Bee) back to Earth-X. Arriving at Goleta, just outside Santa Barbara, California, as the Japanese invasion begins, the team assists in the defense of California. On Earth-2, arriving at Santa Barbara, Johnny Quick and Firebrand meet Neptune Perkins, while Starman and Liberty Belle battle Tsunami (Miya Shimada), who has kidnapped Capt. Rick Cannon. After Tsunami accidentally kills her own father, she flees. Meanwhile, the Spectre, forbidden to enter Earth-X, inadvertently causes the two parallel universes to enter the same vibrational plane and struggles to keep them from destroying each other. On Earth-X, attacking a Japanese Destroyer, the team finds Baron Blitzkrieg, who has Hourman chained to the front of a cannon, having discovered the Japanese had him. ["The Battle of Santa Barbara, Times Two," All-Star Squadron #33 (May, 1984)]     * February 23: Using the power of the Spectre, Uncle Sam leads an All-Star Squadron task force (Doll Man, Black Condor, Phantom Lady, the Human Bomb, the Ray, and the Red Bee) back to Earth-X. Arriving at Goleta, just outside Santa Barbara, California, as the Japanese invasion begins, the team assists in the defense of California. On Earth-2, arriving at Santa Barbara, Johnny Quick and Firebrand meet Neptune Perkins, while Starman and Liberty Belle battle Tsunami (Miya Shimada), who has kidnapped Capt. Rick Cannon. After Tsunami accidentally kills her own father, she flees. Meanwhile, the Spectre, forbidden to enter Earth-X, inadvertently causes the two parallel universes to enter the same vibrational plane and struggles to keep them from destroying each other. On Earth-X, attacking a Japanese Destroyer, the team finds Baron Blitzkrieg, who has Hourman chained to the front of a cannon, having discovered the Japanese had him. ["The Battle of Santa Barbara, Times Two," All-Star Squadron #33 (May, 1984)]
     * February 23: Johnny Quick, Firebrand, and Neptune Perkins investigate a Japanese submarine off the California coast, and Johnny and Neptune are captured. On Earth-X, the team there battles Baron Blitzkrieg, who singlehandedly defeats and captures them. Tsunami returns to the Japanese submarine where she had disembarked earlier, and Starman, Liberty Belle, and Firebrand prevent the Japanese from shelling the oil refineries on the coast, then accidentally destroy the Japanese submarine during a rescue attempt. Tsunami attacks the surviving All-Stars. ["The Wrath of Tsunami," All-Star Squadron #34 (June, 1984)]     * February 23: Johnny Quick, Firebrand, and Neptune Perkins investigate a Japanese submarine off the California coast, and Johnny and Neptune are captured. On Earth-X, the team there battles Baron Blitzkrieg, who singlehandedly defeats and captures them. Tsunami returns to the Japanese submarine where she had disembarked earlier, and Starman, Liberty Belle, and Firebrand prevent the Japanese from shelling the oil refineries on the coast, then accidentally destroy the Japanese submarine during a rescue attempt. Tsunami attacks the surviving All-Stars. ["The Wrath of Tsunami," All-Star Squadron #34 (June, 1984)]
-    * February 23-24: The All-Stars and Neptune Perkins battle Tsunami. Meanwhile, the Spectre is struggling to keep Earth-2 and Earth-X from colliding, causing an atmospheric effect like the Aurora Borealis to appear in the sky. On Earth-X, all of the All-Stars there except the Red Bee, thought dead in the battle, awaken in the ruins of a fortress on the Channel Islands off the California coast, where Baron Blitzkrieg has brought them to die while the Japanese shell the coastline. The Red Bee, having survived and swam all the way there, attacks Baron Blitzkrieg, acting as a diversion just long enough for Hourman to regain his powers through Phantom Lady's black-light ray and break loose, but not before Baron Blitzkrieg breaks <html><span style="color:#FF0000;font-weight:bold;">the Red Bee</span>'s</html> back, killing him. Hourman and Uncle Sam battle Baron Blitzkrieg, who manages to create a vortex himself to escape with three Nazi lackeys back to Earth-2. The Spectre, communicating with the team, says that to maintain the cosmic balance three heroes must remain on Earth-X to compensate for the three Earth-X Nazis. Uncle Sam, the Black Condor, and the Ray stay on Earth-X as the **Freedom Fighters**, while Hourman, Phantom Lady, Doll Man, and the Human Bomb return to Earth-2. There, Tsunami escapes from Neptune Perkins, while Baron Blitzkrieg finds himself blind once more upon his return, but he also escapes from the All-Stars. Liberty Belle chooses Johnny Quick over Rick Cannon. The Spectre returns to Earth-2 and informs the team of the Red Bee's death. ["That Earths May Live," All-Star Squadron #35 (July, 1984)]+    * February 23-24: The All-Stars and Neptune Perkins battle Tsunami. Meanwhile, the Spectre is struggling to keep Earth-2 and Earth-X from colliding, causing an atmospheric effect like the Aurora Borealis to appear in the sky. On Earth-X, all of the All-Stars there except the Red Bee, thought dead in the battle, awaken in the ruins of a fortress on the Channel Islands off the California coast, where Baron Blitzkrieg has brought them to die while the Japanese shell the coastline. The Red Bee, having survived and swam all the way there, attacks Baron Blitzkrieg, acting as a diversion just long enough for Hourman to regain his powers through Phantom Lady's black-light ray and break loose, but not before Baron Blitzkrieg breaks <color #FF0000>the Red Bee's</color> back, killing him. Hourman and Uncle Sam battle Baron Blitzkrieg, who manages to create a vortex himself to escape with three Nazi lackeys back to Earth-2. The Spectre, communicating with the team, says that to maintain the cosmic balance three heroes must remain on Earth-X to compensate for the three Earth-X Nazis. Uncle Sam, the Black Condor, and the Ray stay on Earth-X as the **Freedom Fighters**, while Hourman, Phantom Lady, Doll Man, and the Human Bomb return to Earth-2. There, Tsunami escapes from Neptune Perkins, while Baron Blitzkrieg finds himself blind once more upon his return, but he also escapes from the All-Stars. Liberty Belle chooses Johnny Quick over Rick Cannon. The Spectre returns to Earth-2 and informs the team of the Red Bee's death. ["That Earths May Live," All-Star Squadron #35 (July, 1984)]
   * A Nazi scientist named Hans Gootsden, having invented a spatial-displacement ray, trains it on Captain Marvel in the parallel universe of Earth-S (having observed him through a viewer for months). On Earth-S, Captain Marvel is struck by some type of energy that causes him to disappear. The wizard Shazam tells Captain Marvel Junior and Mary Marvel he is on another Earth, and the two make their way to Earth-2, only to discover that Captain Marvel has come under Hitler's power. On Earth-2 in Berlin, Captain Marvel and Billy Batson are split into two separate beings. Keeping Billy tied up and gagged, Hitler uses Captain Marvel as a new weapon against the British. //Note: Although it is late February, 1942, on Earth-2, it is early July, 1942, on Earth-S, since time moves differently in some parallel universes.// ["Lightning in Berlin," All-Star Squadron #37 (September, 1984); "Thunder Over London," All-Star Squadron #36 (August, 1984)]   * A Nazi scientist named Hans Gootsden, having invented a spatial-displacement ray, trains it on Captain Marvel in the parallel universe of Earth-S (having observed him through a viewer for months). On Earth-S, Captain Marvel is struck by some type of energy that causes him to disappear. The wizard Shazam tells Captain Marvel Junior and Mary Marvel he is on another Earth, and the two make their way to Earth-2, only to discover that Captain Marvel has come under Hitler's power. On Earth-2 in Berlin, Captain Marvel and Billy Batson are split into two separate beings. Keeping Billy tied up and gagged, Hitler uses Captain Marvel as a new weapon against the British. //Note: Although it is late February, 1942, on Earth-2, it is early July, 1942, on Earth-S, since time moves differently in some parallel universes.// ["Lightning in Berlin," All-Star Squadron #37 (September, 1984); "Thunder Over London," All-Star Squadron #36 (August, 1984)]
   * February 24: The All-Star Squadron discovers that Adolf Hitler has a so-called super-Nazi (Captain Marvel) under his control, who aids the Luftwaffe in a raid on Britain; the Shining Knight is injured in battle with Captain Marvel. Superman realizes that this super-Nazi looks identical to Captain Marvel from the comics. In Nazi Germany, Hitler, using the Spear of Destiny, is keeping Billy Batson (mystically separated from Captain Marvel) a prisoner. Superman travels to Britain to visit the Shining Knight in the hospital, and he ends up battling Captain Marvel in the skies over London, and Captain Marvel knocks out Superman. The All-Star Squadron battles Captain Marvel, who tries to lure the All-Stars into Nazi-conquered territory, thus placing them under the spell of the Spear of Destiny. Freddy Freeman and Mary Bromfield, having followed the All-Stars from Washington, D.C., turn into Captain Marvel Junior and Mary Marvel. ["Thunder Over London," All-Star Squadron #36 (August, 1984)]   * February 24: The All-Star Squadron discovers that Adolf Hitler has a so-called super-Nazi (Captain Marvel) under his control, who aids the Luftwaffe in a raid on Britain; the Shining Knight is injured in battle with Captain Marvel. Superman realizes that this super-Nazi looks identical to Captain Marvel from the comics. In Nazi Germany, Hitler, using the Spear of Destiny, is keeping Billy Batson (mystically separated from Captain Marvel) a prisoner. Superman travels to Britain to visit the Shining Knight in the hospital, and he ends up battling Captain Marvel in the skies over London, and Captain Marvel knocks out Superman. The All-Star Squadron battles Captain Marvel, who tries to lure the All-Stars into Nazi-conquered territory, thus placing them under the spell of the Spear of Destiny. Freddy Freeman and Mary Bromfield, having followed the All-Stars from Washington, D.C., turn into Captain Marvel Junior and Mary Marvel. ["Thunder Over London," All-Star Squadron #36 (August, 1984)]
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   * March 7: Johnny Quick and Liberty Belle travel to Philadelphia, where Belle reveals that she is a descendant of Miss Liberty, who fought alongside Tomahawk during the American Revolutionary War, and Belle has had dreams in which she experiences Miss Liberty being crushed to death by the Liberty Bell, which is how she died nearly 200 years ago. Belle introduces Johnny to Tom Revere, elderly keeper of the Liberty Bell and the closest thing she has to family. Then Baron Blitzkrieg and his super-speedster agent Zyklon arrive (having followed the two All-Stars) to steal the Liberty Bell, killing Tom. In the ensuing battle, Blitzkrieg's dwarf assistant Zwerg is injured. Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and the Flash arrive to save Liberty Belle, but upon learning that Tom died, Belle quits as a mystery woman. Meanwhile, Baron Blitzkrieg plans to use the Liberty Bell in a bizarre procedure to restore his sight. //Note: This story features a scene with Wonder Woman, the Flash, and Green Lantern similar to the cover of Comic Cavalcade #3.// ["Give Me Liberty, Give Me Death," All-Star Squadron #45 (May, 1985)]   * March 7: Johnny Quick and Liberty Belle travel to Philadelphia, where Belle reveals that she is a descendant of Miss Liberty, who fought alongside Tomahawk during the American Revolutionary War, and Belle has had dreams in which she experiences Miss Liberty being crushed to death by the Liberty Bell, which is how she died nearly 200 years ago. Belle introduces Johnny to Tom Revere, elderly keeper of the Liberty Bell and the closest thing she has to family. Then Baron Blitzkrieg and his super-speedster agent Zyklon arrive (having followed the two All-Stars) to steal the Liberty Bell, killing Tom. In the ensuing battle, Blitzkrieg's dwarf assistant Zwerg is injured. Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and the Flash arrive to save Liberty Belle, but upon learning that Tom died, Belle quits as a mystery woman. Meanwhile, Baron Blitzkrieg plans to use the Liberty Bell in a bizarre procedure to restore his sight. //Note: This story features a scene with Wonder Woman, the Flash, and Green Lantern similar to the cover of Comic Cavalcade #3.// ["Give Me Liberty, Give Me Death," All-Star Squadron #45 (May, 1985)]
   * March 8: The All-Star Squadron meets to decide how to find Baron Blitzkrieg and the Liberty Bell. Johnny Quick heads to the hospital where Zwerg is kept, only to find Libby Lawrence (Liberty Belle) using force to extract information from him. They learn of Blitzkrieg's plan to restore his sight using lightning and the same Liberty Bell vibrations that empower Libby. Liberty Belle (back in costume) and Hawkgirl ambush Zyklon and Baron Blitzkrieg to stop the procedure but fail. A lightning bolt passing through the Liberty Bell both restores Blitzkrieg's vision while also giving Liberty Belle vibratory and sonic powers that allow her to save herself from being crushed by the bell like her ancestress. Zyklon and Baron Blitzkrieg escape. //Note: Miss Liberty is said to have died 160 years ago, which would be 1782.// ["Philadelphia, It Tolls for Thee," All-Star Squadron #46 (June, 1985)]   * March 8: The All-Star Squadron meets to decide how to find Baron Blitzkrieg and the Liberty Bell. Johnny Quick heads to the hospital where Zwerg is kept, only to find Libby Lawrence (Liberty Belle) using force to extract information from him. They learn of Blitzkrieg's plan to restore his sight using lightning and the same Liberty Bell vibrations that empower Libby. Liberty Belle (back in costume) and Hawkgirl ambush Zyklon and Baron Blitzkrieg to stop the procedure but fail. A lightning bolt passing through the Liberty Bell both restores Blitzkrieg's vision while also giving Liberty Belle vibratory and sonic powers that allow her to save herself from being crushed by the bell like her ancestress. Zyklon and Baron Blitzkrieg escape. //Note: Miss Liberty is said to have died 160 years ago, which would be 1782.// ["Philadelphia, It Tolls for Thee," All-Star Squadron #46 (June, 1985)]
-  * March 9: Superman fights Funnyface. Meanwhile, Johnny Chambers and Libby Lawrence become engaged and find themselves continually thwarted from assisting Superman against Funnyface. ["Case of the Funny Paper Crimes," Superman #19 (November-December, 1942); ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/allstarsquadron-tp1942-03/|All-Star Squadron: Times Past, 1942: Funny-Paper Love]]"]+  * March 9: Superman fights Funnyface. Meanwhile, Johnny Chambers and Libby Lawrence become engaged and find themselves continually thwarted from assisting Superman against Funnyface. ["Case of the Funny Paper Crimes," Superman #19 (November-December, 1942); ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/allstarsquadron-tp1942-03/|All-Star Squadron: Times Past, 1942: Funny-Paper Love]]"]
   * March 10: On their way to the monthly meeting of the Justice Battalion, Doctor Fate and Starman stop by the Perisphere. Fate tells Jonathan Law his secret origin. Winston Churchill requests the help of Doctor Fate, and Starman leaves to attend the JSA meeting alone. //Note: Although this is not mentioned in the story, it's likely that the JSA merely postpones their regular meeting until all the members can make it, which ends up being April 1st.// ["The Secret Origin of Doctor Fate," All-Star Squadron #47 (July, 1985)]   * March 10: On their way to the monthly meeting of the Justice Battalion, Doctor Fate and Starman stop by the Perisphere. Fate tells Jonathan Law his secret origin. Winston Churchill requests the help of Doctor Fate, and Starman leaves to attend the JSA meeting alone. //Note: Although this is not mentioned in the story, it's likely that the JSA merely postpones their regular meeting until all the members can make it, which ends up being April 1st.// ["The Secret Origin of Doctor Fate," All-Star Squadron #47 (July, 1985)]
   * March 11-12: The Shining Knight, sent to investigate an area of England that was once the site of Camelot but is now closed off from the rest of the country, encounters a figure appearing to be King Arthur and is knocked out. A day later, Doctor Fate and a few All-Star Squadron members arrive in England, where they and the Blackhawks fight the Luftwaffe, then meet Winston Churchill. On the former site of Camelot, the All-Stars discover a castle where there had been nothing but ruins, and they are attacked by a robot appearing as Merlin. Doctor Fate discovers that King Arthur is really Wotan, his arch-nemesis, who sends the entranced Shining Knight to slay him. //Note: The text says it is late March, but this is probably erroneous.// ["Camelot 1942," All-Star Squadron #48 (August, 1985)]   * March 11-12: The Shining Knight, sent to investigate an area of England that was once the site of Camelot but is now closed off from the rest of the country, encounters a figure appearing to be King Arthur and is knocked out. A day later, Doctor Fate and a few All-Star Squadron members arrive in England, where they and the Blackhawks fight the Luftwaffe, then meet Winston Churchill. On the former site of Camelot, the All-Stars discover a castle where there had been nothing but ruins, and they are attacked by a robot appearing as Merlin. Doctor Fate discovers that King Arthur is really Wotan, his arch-nemesis, who sends the entranced Shining Knight to slay him. //Note: The text says it is late March, but this is probably erroneous.// ["Camelot 1942," All-Star Squadron #48 (August, 1985)]
   * March 12: After a swift battle, Doctor Fate and the All-Stars are captured by Wotan, who has allied himself with Adolf Hitler, and who destroys Blackhawk's plane, apparently killing both Blackhawk and his passenger, Hourman. Another prisoner is discovered to be Doctor Occult, who was recently captured by Wotan. The British Army moves in, only to be massacred by Wotan's knight-robots. Hourman and Blackhawk, who had survived the explosion of Blackhawk's plane, battle the knight-robots. The Shining Knight comes out of Wotan's spell and battles Wotan. Hourman is forced to take a second Miraclo pill to survive, but this causes him to have a heart attack. Doctor Fate takes him to a hospital. ["Death-Sword at Sunrise," All-Star Squadron #49 (September, 1985)]   * March 12: After a swift battle, Doctor Fate and the All-Stars are captured by Wotan, who has allied himself with Adolf Hitler, and who destroys Blackhawk's plane, apparently killing both Blackhawk and his passenger, Hourman. Another prisoner is discovered to be Doctor Occult, who was recently captured by Wotan. The British Army moves in, only to be massacred by Wotan's knight-robots. Hourman and Blackhawk, who had survived the explosion of Blackhawk's plane, battle the knight-robots. The Shining Knight comes out of Wotan's spell and battles Wotan. Hourman is forced to take a second Miraclo pill to survive, but this causes him to have a heart attack. Doctor Fate takes him to a hospital. ["Death-Sword at Sunrise," All-Star Squadron #49 (September, 1985)]
   * March 30-31: Starman discovers that a doctor named Ivan Caroff has developed an animalizing lamp that can imbue animalistic characteristics and an animal-like appearance to humans, and his panther-man Klaw is behind a recent theft and murder. But after Caroff captures Starman, the hero is briefly given a lion's head and characteristics, which Starman manages to cure through the use of his gravity rod. Then Caroff is accidentally exposed to his own ray, which at first imbues him with a pig's characteristics before finally dissolving his body entirely through overexposure. Starman then melts the animalizing lamp in order to keep it out of the wrong hands. ["The Case of the Monstrous Animal-Men," Adventure Comics #74 (May, 1942)]   * March 30-31: Starman discovers that a doctor named Ivan Caroff has developed an animalizing lamp that can imbue animalistic characteristics and an animal-like appearance to humans, and his panther-man Klaw is behind a recent theft and murder. But after Caroff captures Starman, the hero is briefly given a lion's head and characteristics, which Starman manages to cure through the use of his gravity rod. Then Caroff is accidentally exposed to his own ray, which at first imbues him with a pig's characteristics before finally dissolving his body entirely through overexposure. Starman then melts the animalizing lamp in order to keep it out of the wrong hands. ["The Case of the Monstrous Animal-Men," Adventure Comics #74 (May, 1942)]
-  * March 30-31: When Percival Popp attempts to play matchmaker with Jim Corrigan and Clarice Winston, he inadvertently uncovers a plot by an artist named Armand to steal Clarice's soul through black magic by painting it on canvas with the aid of a metal figure. After Armand throws the small figure off the docks, causing Clarice to fall into a coma, Popp attempts to save her by retrieving it. Realizing that Popp may discover his corpse, still buried in a barrel of cement, the Spectre appeals to the Voice to restore his body to life. Now fully alive once more thanks to the Ray of Life, Jim Corrigan swims to the surface, where he and Popp confront Armand, returned to retrieve the metal figure himself. After Armand shoots him, Corrigan realizes that although he is once more alive he still retains the supernatural powers of the Spectre, which he uses to cause Armand to vanish. Given a new lease on life, Corrigan resumes his relationship with Clarice. //Note: This is the first story that suggests Jim Corrigan and the Spectre are separate individuals. This story must take place shortly before All-Star Comics #13, since in that issue the Spectre is taken by surprise that he needs to breathe oxygen as a living human being once more, as if this has only happened recently.// [The Spectre, More Fun Comics #75 (January, 1942)] +  * March 31: The Spider has his final encounter with the <color #FF0000>Yellow Scorpion,</color> who escapes after attempting to destroy a U.S. battleship docked in the harbor. [Alias the Spider, Crack Comics #24 (July, 1942)]
-  * March 31: The Spider has his final encounter with the <html><span style="color:#FF0000;">Yellow Scorpion</span>,</html> who escapes after attempting to destroy a U.S. battleship docked in the harbor. [Alias the Spider, Crack Comics #24 (July, 1942)]+
   * March 30-April 1: Sandman and Sandy the Golden Boy begin driving the new, streamlined //Sandcar//. Sandman's costume now has a purple band stretching horizontally from shoulder to shoulder to meet his cowl. ["Mr. Noah Raids the Town," Adventure Comics #76 (July, 1942)]   * March 30-April 1: Sandman and Sandy the Golden Boy begin driving the new, streamlined //Sandcar//. Sandman's costume now has a purple band stretching horizontally from shoulder to shoulder to meet his cowl. ["Mr. Noah Raids the Town," Adventure Comics #76 (July, 1942)]
  
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-  * Rick Raleigh, Jr., son of Richard Raleigh (the Red Bee) is born. Although he never knew his father, he grew up under his father's shadow and eventually grew embittered against other mystery-men who overshadowed the Red Bee. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/worldsfinest-e2-tp1959-01/|World’s Finest: Superman and Batman: Times Past, 1959: ‘Tis the Season for Death]]"]+  * Rick Raleigh, Jr., son of Richard Raleigh (the Red Bee) is born. Although he never knew his father, he grew up under his father's shadow and eventually grew embittered against other mystery-men who overshadowed the Red Bee. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/worldsfinest-e2-tp1959-01/|World’s Finest: Superman and Batman: Times Past, 1959: ‘Tis the Season for Death]]"]
   * Doctor Fate stops the Clock, a round-faced, rotund crime boss who resembles the face of a clock, when he hires men to impersonate lost heirs of family fortunes in order to collect their inheritances. //Note: Given their close resemblance, it's likely that this is the same Clock who later battled Robin in Star Spangled Comics #'s 70, 74, 79, and 97.// ["Hall of Lost Heirs," More Fun Comics #81 (July, 1942)]   * Doctor Fate stops the Clock, a round-faced, rotund crime boss who resembles the face of a clock, when he hires men to impersonate lost heirs of family fortunes in order to collect their inheritances. //Note: Given their close resemblance, it's likely that this is the same Clock who later battled Robin in Star Spangled Comics #'s 70, 74, 79, and 97.// ["Hall of Lost Heirs," More Fun Comics #81 (July, 1942)]
   * Paula Brooks has first public case as the Tigress.   * Paula Brooks has first public case as the Tigress.
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   * Hourman [Adventure Comics #78-79]   * Hourman [Adventure Comics #78-79]
   * June 10-11: Superman and Wonder Woman battle Baron Blitzkrieg and Sumo the Samurai over the fate of a prototype nuclear device. [All-New Collectors' Edition C-54]   * June 10-11: Superman and Wonder Woman battle Baron Blitzkrieg and Sumo the Samurai over the fate of a prototype nuclear device. [All-New Collectors' Edition C-54]
 +  * Green Arrow, Speedy and the Crimson Avenger investigate a series of sensational escapes of several vicious criminals from prison, all arranged by the sinister Skull, who claims to be the wealthiest man in the world and who obtained these criminals to gain for him things that his money could not buy. After individually overcoming the escaped criminals, the Law's Legionnaires confront the Skull for a showdown match with him before he can use the machine his aide had stolen to give him perpetual life. Ironically, the Skull instead ends up prematurely aging himself with the machine and dies. ["The Miracles That Money Couldn't Buy," Leading Comics #5 (Winter, 1942-1943)]
   * Tex Thompson becomes the Americommando, carrying out undercover operations in Europe while disguised as a German officer. (Action Comics #52, Secret Origins #29)   * Tex Thompson becomes the Americommando, carrying out undercover operations in Europe while disguised as a German officer. (Action Comics #52, Secret Origins #29)
   * June 28-30: Starman encounters the Mist once again after the criminal breaks out of prison by making his prison cell invisible with the use of smuggled-in inviso-solution. While recapturing the Mist, Starman sustains a broken rib, and Ted Knight is hospitalized for a few days afterward. Doris Lee begins to suspect a connection between Ted Knight and Starman. //Note: It's probable that Woodley Allen figures out that Starman is his niece Doris' fiancé Ted Knight due to both men having a broken rib at the same time. Starman is called the Astral Avenger for the first time in this story.// ["Finders Keepers," Adventure Comics #77 (August, 1942)]   * June 28-30: Starman encounters the Mist once again after the criminal breaks out of prison by making his prison cell invisible with the use of smuggled-in inviso-solution. While recapturing the Mist, Starman sustains a broken rib, and Ted Knight is hospitalized for a few days afterward. Doris Lee begins to suspect a connection between Ted Knight and Starman. //Note: It's probable that Woodley Allen figures out that Starman is his niece Doris' fiancé Ted Knight due to both men having a broken rib at the same time. Starman is called the Astral Avenger for the first time in this story.// ["Finders Keepers," Adventure Comics #77 (August, 1942)]
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-  * On the recommendation of both Albert Einstein and President Roosevelt, Ted Knight becomes a consultant to the Atomic Energy Research Project headed by Gen. Leslie Groves. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/starman-e2-tp1945-01-00/|Starman: Times Past, 1945: Nuclear Furnace, Prologue: The Project]]"]+  * On the recommendation of both Albert Einstein and President Roosevelt, Ted Knight becomes a consultant to the Atomic Energy Research Project headed by Gen. Leslie Groves. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/starman-e2-tp1945-01-00/|Starman: Times Past, 1945: Nuclear Furnace, Prologue: The Project]]"]
   * Doctor Fate begins using a second headquarters in a towering castle called Castle Destiny, high in the mountains, possibly to continue his medical studies. ["The Two Fates," More Fun Comics #83 (September, 1942)]   * Doctor Fate begins using a second headquarters in a towering castle called Castle Destiny, high in the mountains, possibly to continue his medical studies. ["The Two Fates," More Fun Comics #83 (September, 1942)]
   * On an alternate Earth, the Justice Society and then the universe is destroyed by a visiting Mr. Mxyzptlk and Bat-Mite of Earth-1. [World's Funnest]   * On an alternate Earth, the Justice Society and then the universe is destroyed by a visiting Mr. Mxyzptlk and Bat-Mite of Earth-1. [World's Funnest]
-  * Green Arrow, Speedy and the Crimson Avenger investigate a series of sensational escapes of several vicious criminals from prison, all arranged by the sinister Skull, who claims to be the wealthiest man in the world and who obtained these criminals to gain for him things that his money could not buy. After individually overcoming the escaped criminals, the Law's Legionnaires confront the Skull for a showdown match with him before he can use the machine his aide had stolen to give him perpetual life. Ironically, the Skull instead ends up prematurely aging himself with the machine and dies. ["The Miracles That Money Couldn't Buy," Leading Comics #5 (Winter, 1942-1943)] 
   * July 18: To get much-needed foodstuffs to resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied countries, Hawkman devises a capsule containing molecularly-reduced dinners which can be expanded to full size with a special solution, and the Justice Battalion members each choose a country to which to deliver the meals and to aid the local resistance. They are absent from America on their assignment for one month. Hawkman travels to occupied France, where he aids an imprisoned French Resistance leader known as the Sly One. Starman travels to occupied Poland, where he aids Polish Resistance fighters dressed as medieval knights, akin to the Bowman of Mons. The Atom travels to occupied Holland. Doctor Fate travels to Germany and visits concentration camps, feeding the prisoners and teaching them how to commit sabotage without being found out. Doctor Mid-Nite visits occupied Norway. The Spectre travels to occupied Belgium, where he aids a group of patriots by bringing two Nazis to Pluto (presumably the Hyperspace version of Pluto seen in last issue). Johnny Thunder visits occupied Czechoslovakia. The Sandman and Sandy the Golden Boy (who has accompanied him for the trip) visit occupied Greece and help prevent the planned invasion of Turkey by passing on information to the Allies. //Note: It's possible that Wonder Woman also visited an occupied country such as Russia or China and was thus also occupied for one month, even though it is not mentioned in this story; it has been stated that Wonder Woman took an active role in more JSA cases than is officially acknowledged in the comics. According to Young All-Stars #27, the Spectre and Doctor Fate create temporary ectoplasmic shields to ward off the effects of the Spear of Victory and the Holy Grail, which the Axis uses to turn any magic-based heroes into Nazis; this took a special spell that took a lot of energy out of both of them.// ["Food for Starving Patriots," All-Star Comics #14 (December, 1942-January, 1943)]   * July 18: To get much-needed foodstuffs to resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied countries, Hawkman devises a capsule containing molecularly-reduced dinners which can be expanded to full size with a special solution, and the Justice Battalion members each choose a country to which to deliver the meals and to aid the local resistance. They are absent from America on their assignment for one month. Hawkman travels to occupied France, where he aids an imprisoned French Resistance leader known as the Sly One. Starman travels to occupied Poland, where he aids Polish Resistance fighters dressed as medieval knights, akin to the Bowman of Mons. The Atom travels to occupied Holland. Doctor Fate travels to Germany and visits concentration camps, feeding the prisoners and teaching them how to commit sabotage without being found out. Doctor Mid-Nite visits occupied Norway. The Spectre travels to occupied Belgium, where he aids a group of patriots by bringing two Nazis to Pluto (presumably the Hyperspace version of Pluto seen in last issue). Johnny Thunder visits occupied Czechoslovakia. The Sandman and Sandy the Golden Boy (who has accompanied him for the trip) visit occupied Greece and help prevent the planned invasion of Turkey by passing on information to the Allies. //Note: It's possible that Wonder Woman also visited an occupied country such as Russia or China and was thus also occupied for one month, even though it is not mentioned in this story; it has been stated that Wonder Woman took an active role in more JSA cases than is officially acknowledged in the comics. According to Young All-Stars #27, the Spectre and Doctor Fate create temporary ectoplasmic shields to ward off the effects of the Spear of Victory and the Holy Grail, which the Axis uses to turn any magic-based heroes into Nazis; this took a special spell that took a lot of energy out of both of them.// ["Food for Starving Patriots," All-Star Comics #14 (December, 1942-January, 1943)]
  
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 ===September, 1942=== ===September, 1942===
  
 +  * The Seven Soldiers of Victory are offered $1 billion to recover a fortune in gold that was hidden away in the Andes Mountain range by the Incan Indians from murderous Spaniards. In order to gain a billion dollars for the U.S. war effort, the team agrees and makes it a competition, following a map and obscure clues in search of the treasure. But an unknown enemy sets the Law's Legionnaires against each other, pitting Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy against Green Arrow and Speedy, and the Shining Knight against the Vigilante. Finally, the Legionnaires team up, find the treasure, and defeat the crooks. ["The Treasure That Time Forgot," Leading Comics #6 (Spring, 1943)]
   * Having passed his medical school exams, Dr. Kent Nelson begins his one-year internship at the Weatherby Free Clinic run by Dr. Roland. As Doctor Fate, he stops wearing his Cloak of Healing in solo cases, donning it only for his adventures with the JSA. ["The Man Who Changed Faces," More Fun Comics #85 (November, 1942)]   * Having passed his medical school exams, Dr. Kent Nelson begins his one-year internship at the Weatherby Free Clinic run by Dr. Roland. As Doctor Fate, he stops wearing his Cloak of Healing in solo cases, donning it only for his adventures with the JSA. ["The Man Who Changed Faces," More Fun Comics #85 (November, 1942)]
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/misterterrific-tp1942-01/|Mister Terrific: Times Past, 1942: Enigma]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/misterterrific-tp1942-01/|Mister Terrific: Times Past, 1942: Enigma]]"]
   * The Sandman is shot in the back while in pursuit of a criminal who stole an ancient Greek hourglass that purportedly contains the lost formula for Greek fire. Sandy brings the Sandman to a hospital, where doctors save his life, but he is hospitalized for days. //Note: The Sandman's dream of time traveling back to the Battle of Saratoga in this story may be an actual case of astral projection through time.// ["Footprints in the Sands of Time," Adventure Comics #79 (October, 1942)]   * The Sandman is shot in the back while in pursuit of a criminal who stole an ancient Greek hourglass that purportedly contains the lost formula for Greek fire. Sandy brings the Sandman to a hospital, where doctors save his life, but he is hospitalized for days. //Note: The Sandman's dream of time traveling back to the Battle of Saratoga in this story may be an actual case of astral projection through time.// ["Footprints in the Sands of Time," Adventure Comics #79 (October, 1942)]
  
 ===October, 1942=== ===October, 1942===
  
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/operationliberty-tp1942-01/|Operation: Liberty: Times Past, 1942: Fall ’42]]"+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/operationliberty-tp1942-01/|Operation: Liberty: Times Past, 1942: Fall ’42]]"
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/bravebold-e2-bm-dmn-tp1942/|The Brave and the Bold: Batman and Doctor Mid-Nite: Times Past, 1942: Death Has Many Doors]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/bravebold-e2-bm-dmn-tp1942/|The Brave and the Bold: Batman and Doctor Mid-Nite: Times Past, 1942: Death Has Many Doors]]"]
   * Neptune Perkins and Tsunami join the All-Star Squadron in an untold story.   * Neptune Perkins and Tsunami join the All-Star Squadron in an untold story.
   * A gang of criminals (Noggin, Statler, and Four-Eyes), stumbling onto a time machine called the Time-Mobile, use it to travel back in time to the year 1599, where they kidnap William Shakespeare and bring him back to 1942 with them to act as their mastermind, planning crimes for them. Starman rescues the inventor of the Time-Mobile, stops the gang, and rescues Shakespeare himself, whom the inventor brings back to his own time. //Note: The unnamed inventor who invents the Time-Mobile may be Prof. Juniper Grimm, who invented the Time-Sphere as shown in Adventure Comics #71, since Starman seems to recognize him, as he calls him "Professor." Batman is mentioned in this story.// ["The Time-Machine Crime," Adventure Comics #80 (November, 1942)]   * A gang of criminals (Noggin, Statler, and Four-Eyes), stumbling onto a time machine called the Time-Mobile, use it to travel back in time to the year 1599, where they kidnap William Shakespeare and bring him back to 1942 with them to act as their mastermind, planning crimes for them. Starman rescues the inventor of the Time-Mobile, stops the gang, and rescues Shakespeare himself, whom the inventor brings back to his own time. //Note: The unnamed inventor who invents the Time-Mobile may be Prof. Juniper Grimm, who invented the Time-Sphere as shown in Adventure Comics #71, since Starman seems to recognize him, as he calls him "Professor." Batman is mentioned in this story.// ["The Time-Machine Crime," Adventure Comics #80 (November, 1942)]
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   * Creature Commandos.   * Creature Commandos.
   * Lance Gallant becomes **[[Captain Triumph]]**. ["Meet Captain Triumph," Crack Comics #27 (January, 1943)]   * Lance Gallant becomes **[[Captain Triumph]]**. ["Meet Captain Triumph," Crack Comics #27 (January, 1943)]
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/operationliberty-tp1942-02/|Operation: Liberty: Times Past, 1942: Homefront]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/operationliberty-tp1942-02/|Operation: Liberty: Times Past, 1942: Homefront]]"]
  
 ===December, 1942=== ===December, 1942===
  
   * Henry King, a mutant with the power to create three-dimensional images of whatever person or persons he thinks of, rules over a network of frightened gangsters as the master criminal called the Brain Wave. The individual Justice Battalion of America members, fighting different gangs, soon discover his hand behind each of them. But when the men go missing, Wonder Woman gathers the women in the JSAers' lives to go fight the Brain Wave, each one dressed up as a JSAer. //Note: Wonder Woman already had female-sized versions of the JSA's outfits made up a few weeks ago as a hobby, with something like this in mind. After this story, Doctor Fate and the Spectre remove the knowledge of the JSAers' secret identities from their girlfriends (the ones who didn't already know).// ["The Man Who Created Images," All-Star Comics #15 (February-March, 1943)]   * Henry King, a mutant with the power to create three-dimensional images of whatever person or persons he thinks of, rules over a network of frightened gangsters as the master criminal called the Brain Wave. The individual Justice Battalion of America members, fighting different gangs, soon discover his hand behind each of them. But when the men go missing, Wonder Woman gathers the women in the JSAers' lives to go fight the Brain Wave, each one dressed up as a JSAer. //Note: Wonder Woman already had female-sized versions of the JSA's outfits made up a few weeks ago as a hobby, with something like this in mind. After this story, Doctor Fate and the Spectre remove the knowledge of the JSAers' secret identities from their girlfriends (the ones who didn't already know).// ["The Man Who Created Images," All-Star Comics #15 (February-March, 1943)]
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/littleboyblue-tp1942-01/|Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys: Times Past, 1942: A (Little Boy) Blue Christmas]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/littleboyblue-tp1942-01/|Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys: Times Past, 1942: A (Little Boy) Blue Christmas]]"]
  
 ====1943====  ====1943==== 
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-  * The Seven Soldiers of Victory are offered $1 billion to recover a fortune in gold that was hidden away in the Andes Mountain range by the Incan Indians from murderous Spaniards. In order to gain a billion dollars for the U.S. war effort, the team agrees and makes it a competition, following a map and obscure clues in search of the treasure. But an unknown enemy sets the Law's Legionnaires against each other, pitting Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy against Green Arrow and Speedy, and the Shining Knight against the Vigilante. Finally, the Legionnaires team up, find the treasure, and defeat the crooks. ["The Treasure That Time Forgot," Leading Comics #6 (Spring, 1943)] +  * Ted Knight completes a device called the RadCAM for the Manhattan Project. A Nazi agent steals it and uses it to transform another Nazi agent into a super-villain called the Aryan Flame. Starman battles the Aryan Flame with the help of Johnny Quick and Captain Triumph, who successfully contain him, but the villain later apparently dies. Frustrated with the direction of the project, Ted quits the project and gives up all atomic power research. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/starman-e2-tp1945-01-01/|Starman: Times Past, 1945: Nuclear Furnace, Chapters 1-3]]"]
-  * Ted Knight completes a device called the RadCAM for the Manhattan Project. A Nazi agent steals it and uses it to transform another Nazi agent into a super-villain called the Aryan Flame. Starman battles the Aryan Flame with the help of Johnny Quick and Captain Triumph, who successfully contain him, but the villain later apparently dies. Frustrated with the direction of the project, Ted quits the project and gives up all atomic power research. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/starman-e2-tp1945-01-01/|Starman: Times Past, 1945: Nuclear Furnace, Chapters 1-3]]"]+
  
 ===February, 1943=== ===February, 1943===
  
   * Dr. Kent Nelson and Inza Cramer become engaged at this time. ["The Case of the Healthy Patient," More Fun Comics #90 (April, 1943)]   * Dr. Kent Nelson and Inza Cramer become engaged at this time. ["The Case of the Healthy Patient," More Fun Comics #90 (April, 1943)]
-  * The Spectre encounters the costumed super-villain Spectrum, the king of color, who uses a combination of color and sound to manipulate emotions and hypnotize people. Spectrum is revealed to be Hal Herman, a movie studio gag man, formerly of the color department, who tries to kill Corrigan in order to hypnotize Clarice Winston into marrying him. After the Spectre pursues him, Spectrum crashes into a paint shop and drowns in colorful paints. //Note: After this story, Jim Corrigan has a change of heart and breaks off his relationship with Clarice Winston a second and final time, possibly reasoning that she'll always be in danger as long as he's around, and she deserves better. Corrigan also moves from Cliffland to Gotham City after this story, as evidenced by the references to Gotham Town in issue #82 and Gotham City in issues #88, #92, and #94 (notwithstanding the single reference to Calver City in issue #84), and the distinct lack of any references to Cliffland. The reference to Times Square in issue #92 and Long Island in issue #93 indicate that the Spectre is actually operating in New York City, which is also nicknamed Gotham. Detective Corrigan is transferred to Gotham's Fifth Precinct. Percival Popp decides to follow Corrigan to Gotham City, still trying to be his partner despite Corrigan's insistence that he's a lone wolf. Unknown to Percival Popp, his short-lived girlfriend Bubbles Twinkletoes becomes pregnant with Popp's child, Nelly Poplaski, who is born in Cliffland in November, 1943, though Popp wouldn't learn of her existence until at least 1945.// ["King of Color," More Fun Comics #80 (June, 1942)]+  * The Spectre encounters the costumed super-villain Spectrum, the king of color, who uses a combination of color and sound to manipulate emotions and hypnotize people. Spectrum is revealed to be Hal Herman, a movie studio gag man, formerly of the color department, who tries to kill Corrigan in order to hypnotize Clarice Winston into marrying him. After the Spectre pursues him, Spectrum crashes into a paint shop and drowns in colorful paints. //Note: After this story, Jim Corrigan has a change of heart and breaks off his relationship with Clarice Winston a second and final time, possibly reasoning that she'll always be in danger as long as he's around, and she deserves better. Corrigan also moves from Cliffland to New York City after this story, as evidenced by the references to Gotham Town in issue #82 and Gotham City in issues #88, #92, and #94 (notwithstanding the single reference to Calver City in issue #84), and the distinct lack of any references to Cliffland. The reference to Times Square in issue #92 and Long Island in issue #93 indicate that the Spectre is actually operating in New York City, which is also nicknamed Gotham. Detective Corrigan is transferred to New York City's Fifth Precinct. It is likely that, as a consequence of leaving Cliffland, Corrigan is forced by the Voice to give up his original body, which is restored to its deceased condition in a barrel of cement near the wharves at Cliffland, since that body is still there and undiscovered until 1988. Percival Popp decides to follow Corrigan to New York City, still trying to be his partner despite Corrigan's insistence that he's a lone wolf. Unknown to Percival Popp, his short-lived girlfriend Bubbles Twinkletoes (her real name is probably something hard to remember or pronounce, such as Babette Trzebiatowski) becomes pregnant with Popp's child, Nelly Poplaski, who is born in Cliffland in November, 1943, though Popp wouldn't learn of her existence until at least 1945.// ["King of Color," More Fun Comics #80 (June, 1942)]
   * Trying the age-old tactic of divide and conquer, Adolf Hitler sends several of his handpicked agents into America to incite racial, religious, and class hatred and to weaken the country for his gain. Hawkman stumbles onto the plot and sends the other Justice Battalion of America members to trouble spots. They are assisted by the JSA's fan club, the Junior Justice Society. ["The Justice Society Fights for a United America," All-Star Comics #16 (April-May, 1943)]   * Trying the age-old tactic of divide and conquer, Adolf Hitler sends several of his handpicked agents into America to incite racial, religious, and class hatred and to weaken the country for his gain. Hawkman stumbles onto the plot and sends the other Justice Battalion of America members to trouble spots. They are assisted by the JSA's fan club, the Junior Justice Society. ["The Justice Society Fights for a United America," All-Star Comics #16 (April-May, 1943)]
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/bravebold-e2-atom-dmn-tp1943/|The Brave and the Bold: The Atom and Doctor Mid-Nite: Times Past, 1943: The Methuselah Menace]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/bravebold-e2-atom-dmn-tp1943/|The Brave and the Bold: The Atom and Doctor Mid-Nite: Times Past, 1943: The Methuselah Menace]]"]
   * The Sandman and Sandy battle the Carnival Mob, comprising four former members of the Mammoth Carnival: Midget Mannion the mighty mite, Stretcho the rubber man (who can stretch his body in a limited way), Samson the modern Goliath, and Presto, master of magic. ["Crime Carnival," Adventure Comics #84 (March, 1943)]   * The Sandman and Sandy battle the Carnival Mob, comprising four former members of the Mammoth Carnival: Midget Mannion the mighty mite, Stretcho the rubber man (who can stretch his body in a limited way), Samson the modern Goliath, and Presto, master of magic. ["Crime Carnival," Adventure Comics #84 (March, 1943)]
   * February 20: As a public panic begins, Starman -- who uses a spare gravity rod, since his original is missing -- investigates a case of a green ray killing the astronomers at the Palomine Observatory in California but is struck down by it, giving him amnesia instead of killing him, and he is nursed back to health by an old farmer and his wife who don't recognize him. In reality, it is a hoax perpetrated by a crook named Slim Jordan, who makes the observatory a base for crime, striking down anyone who approaches with the green death-ray. ["The Doom from the Skies," Adventure Comics #84 (March, 1943)]   * February 20: As a public panic begins, Starman -- who uses a spare gravity rod, since his original is missing -- investigates a case of a green ray killing the astronomers at the Palomine Observatory in California but is struck down by it, giving him amnesia instead of killing him, and he is nursed back to health by an old farmer and his wife who don't recognize him. In reality, it is a hoax perpetrated by a crook named Slim Jordan, who makes the observatory a base for crime, striking down anyone who approaches with the green death-ray. ["The Doom from the Skies," Adventure Comics #84 (March, 1943)]
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   * After several weeks, Starman regains his memory and stops Slim Jordan, whom he learns stole his original gravity rod from Ted Knight's New York City home and used the gravity rod as a death-ray. ["The Doom from the Skies," Adventure Comics #84 (March, 1943)]   * After several weeks, Starman regains his memory and stops Slim Jordan, whom he learns stole his original gravity rod from Ted Knight's New York City home and used the gravity rod as a death-ray. ["The Doom from the Skies," Adventure Comics #84 (March, 1943)]
   * Mister Who escapes from prison when one of his gang sends him a letter soaked in Solution Z, and he shrinks small enough to be carried away by a trained homing pigeon. When Doctor Fate attempts to recapture him, he's knocked out and then forced to drink a form of Solution Z that causes him to shrink before he is imprisoned in a bird cage. Escaping, Fate battles Who while still the size of a doll, then defeats him when the solution finally wears off. ["The Man Who Belittled Fate," More Fun Comics #91 (May-June, 1943)]   * Mister Who escapes from prison when one of his gang sends him a letter soaked in Solution Z, and he shrinks small enough to be carried away by a trained homing pigeon. When Doctor Fate attempts to recapture him, he's knocked out and then forced to drink a form of Solution Z that causes him to shrink before he is imprisoned in a bird cage. Escaping, Fate battles Who while still the size of a doll, then defeats him when the solution finally wears off. ["The Man Who Belittled Fate," More Fun Comics #91 (May-June, 1943)]
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/dc-e2-spacetimegambit-tp1943-01/|DC Universe: Times Past, 1943: The Space-Time Gambit, Book 1: Time's Pawns]]"+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/dc-e2-spacetimegambit-tp1943-01/|DC Universe: Times Past, 1943: The Space-Time Gambit, Book 1: Time's Pawns]]"
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/dc-e2-spacetimegambit-tp1943-02/|DC Universe: Times Past, 1943: The Space-Time Gambit, Book 2: Timelines]]"+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/dc-e2-spacetimegambit-tp1943-02/|DC Universe: Times Past, 1943: The Space-Time Gambit, Book 2: Timelines]]"
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/dc-e2-spacetimegambit-tp1943-03/|DC Universe: Times Past, 1943: The Space-Time Gambit, Book 3: Timeline War]]"+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/dc-e2-spacetimegambit-tp1943-03/|DC Universe: Times Past, 1943: The Space-Time Gambit, Book 3: Timeline War]]"
-  * //Note: Takes place in March.// ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/bravebold-e2-robin-cosmo-tp1943/|The Brave and the Bold: Times Past, 1943: Get Lucky]]"]+  * //Note: Takes place in March.// ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/bravebold-e2-robin-cosmo-tp1943/|The Brave and the Bold: Times Past, 1943: Get Lucky]]"]
  
 ===April, 1943=== ===April, 1943===
  
   * The Seven Soldiers of Victory are summoned together under the guise of a charity event by an emissary of Wisstark, a hidden city in Antarctica, for help. The team agrees to help and is brought there in a huge, capsule-shaped, flying glass ship, where they meet the Wizard of Wisstark, who it turns out is an American stage magician from New York City who uses his tricks of the trade to create illusions. He enlists the help of the Seven Soldiers to protect Wisstark from a neighboring city called Stanovia, which is led by three wizards, and the team members take on assignments. Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy try to enlist the help of the giants living in the mountains but only manage to capture film footage of them. Green Arrow and Speedy visit Stanovia and discover that the three wizards aren't using real magic at all but science-based illusions. Crimson Avenger and Wing battle invisible invaders from Stanovia who attempt to steal the flying ship, which was originally created by the three wizards. The Vigilante uncovers a Stanovian ploy to impersonate the Wizard of Wisstark. The Shining Knight becomes the general of Wisstark's army and tries to train them for real battle. At dawn the next day, the armies of Wisstark and Stanovia meet on a plain that acts as a battleground. The Stanovian army begins to win when the three wizards use their illusion-casting abilities to confuse and panic the Wisstark army, but the Seven Soldiers fight back with illusions of their own, including film footage of the giants captured by the Star-Spangled Kid, and their side wins. The three wizards, while fleeing, fall to their death in a trap they themselves made, and the war is over. ["Wizard of Wisstark," Leading Comics #7 (Summer, 1943)]   * The Seven Soldiers of Victory are summoned together under the guise of a charity event by an emissary of Wisstark, a hidden city in Antarctica, for help. The team agrees to help and is brought there in a huge, capsule-shaped, flying glass ship, where they meet the Wizard of Wisstark, who it turns out is an American stage magician from New York City who uses his tricks of the trade to create illusions. He enlists the help of the Seven Soldiers to protect Wisstark from a neighboring city called Stanovia, which is led by three wizards, and the team members take on assignments. Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy try to enlist the help of the giants living in the mountains but only manage to capture film footage of them. Green Arrow and Speedy visit Stanovia and discover that the three wizards aren't using real magic at all but science-based illusions. Crimson Avenger and Wing battle invisible invaders from Stanovia who attempt to steal the flying ship, which was originally created by the three wizards. The Vigilante uncovers a Stanovian ploy to impersonate the Wizard of Wisstark. The Shining Knight becomes the general of Wisstark's army and tries to train them for real battle. At dawn the next day, the armies of Wisstark and Stanovia meet on a plain that acts as a battleground. The Stanovian army begins to win when the three wizards use their illusion-casting abilities to confuse and panic the Wisstark army, but the Seven Soldiers fight back with illusions of their own, including film footage of the giants captured by the Star-Spangled Kid, and their side wins. The three wizards, while fleeing, fall to their death in a trap they themselves made, and the war is over. ["Wizard of Wisstark," Leading Comics #7 (Summer, 1943)]
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1943-01/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1943: Woman Trouble]]"+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1943-01/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1943: Woman Trouble]]"
-  * //Note: This story takes place in the spring, and takes place concurrently with "Woman Trouble."// ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/youngallstars-tp1943-01/|Young All-Stars: Times Past, 1943: Aryan Youth]]"]+  * //Note: This story takes place in the spring, and takes place concurrently with "Woman Trouble."// ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/youngallstars-tp1943-01/|Young All-Stars: Times Past, 1943: Aryan Youth]]"]
   * April 20: Playboy Dennis Towns, having been jinxed on land and in the sea, attempts to fly to the Moon in a rocket-ship. Moments later, the Moon itself appears to speak, proclaiming Towns' death. As Starman investigates, the city is struck by a series of disasters as buildings collapse. Then a gang of crooks calling themselves the Moonmen begin looting. Starman discovers that Dennis Towns is the Moonman, pretending to speak from the Moon to cover a series of robberies. ["The Moonman's Muggs," Adventure Comics #86 (June-July, 1943)]   * April 20: Playboy Dennis Towns, having been jinxed on land and in the sea, attempts to fly to the Moon in a rocket-ship. Moments later, the Moon itself appears to speak, proclaiming Towns' death. As Starman investigates, the city is struck by a series of disasters as buildings collapse. Then a gang of crooks calling themselves the Moonmen begin looting. Starman discovers that Dennis Towns is the Moonman, pretending to speak from the Moon to cover a series of robberies. ["The Moonman's Muggs," Adventure Comics #86 (June-July, 1943)]
  
 ===May, 1943=== ===May, 1943===
  
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1943-02/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1943: Society Girls]]"+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1943-02/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1943: Society Girls]]"
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/secretorigins-e2-oculist-tp1943/|Secret Origins: The Oculist: Times Past, 1943: The Secret Origin of the Oculist]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/secretorigins-e2-oculist-tp1943/|Secret Origins: The Oculist: Times Past, 1943: The Secret Origin of the Oculist]]"]
   * May 28: Doctor Fate encounters the Clock once more he discovers that the crime boss is able to easily get in or out of his prison cell through a tunnel, and has resumed his criminal schemes, using his supposed incarceration as an alibi. Fate returns him to prison. ["Fate Turns Back the Clock," More Fun Comics #92 (July-August, 1943)]   * May 28: Doctor Fate encounters the Clock once more he discovers that the crime boss is able to easily get in or out of his prison cell through a tunnel, and has resumed his criminal schemes, using his supposed incarceration as an alibi. Fate returns him to prison. ["Fate Turns Back the Clock," More Fun Comics #92 (July-August, 1943)]
  
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   * Upset with the fact that the Seven Soldiers of Victory seem to be wise to his vast criminal organization's plans, the Dummy, with the use of a time machine, sends each of the heroes to a different era in the past. Green Arrow and Speedy are hurled back into the days of the Three Musketeers and are arrested along with the three for dueling, and because of the disappearance of the Queen's pearl necklace. The Crimson Avenger and Wing find themselves into ancient China of 225 B.C. and meet up with an inventor, who shows them his creations. In the end, our heroes must battle the Japanese with one of that inventor's creations: gunpowder. The Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy find themselves aboard a Viking ship, helping Eric the Red and Leif Ericson battle their enemies, then agree to help them find food for their people, leading to the discovery of Vineland (America). Three of the Dummy's men use the time machine to go back into the time of the ancient Romans, where Vigilante has been sent, to rob Crassus, a millionaire by contemporary standards. The Shining Knight lands in ancient Italy to discover Leonardo Da Vinci attempting to fly with one of his contraptions, and saves him from one of his enemies. Then he discovers that da Vinci has invented a time machine, and the Knight decides to put it to good use. The Shining Knight uses the time machine to bring each of the Soldiers back to the present time in order to round up the Dummy and his men. [Leading Comics #8 (Fall, 1943)]   * Upset with the fact that the Seven Soldiers of Victory seem to be wise to his vast criminal organization's plans, the Dummy, with the use of a time machine, sends each of the heroes to a different era in the past. Green Arrow and Speedy are hurled back into the days of the Three Musketeers and are arrested along with the three for dueling, and because of the disappearance of the Queen's pearl necklace. The Crimson Avenger and Wing find themselves into ancient China of 225 B.C. and meet up with an inventor, who shows them his creations. In the end, our heroes must battle the Japanese with one of that inventor's creations: gunpowder. The Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy find themselves aboard a Viking ship, helping Eric the Red and Leif Ericson battle their enemies, then agree to help them find food for their people, leading to the discovery of Vineland (America). Three of the Dummy's men use the time machine to go back into the time of the ancient Romans, where Vigilante has been sent, to rob Crassus, a millionaire by contemporary standards. The Shining Knight lands in ancient Italy to discover Leonardo Da Vinci attempting to fly with one of his contraptions, and saves him from one of his enemies. Then he discovers that da Vinci has invented a time machine, and the Knight decides to put it to good use. The Shining Knight uses the time machine to bring each of the Soldiers back to the present time in order to round up the Dummy and his men. [Leading Comics #8 (Fall, 1943)]
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/bravebold-e2-dmn-sm-tp1943/|The Brave and the Bold: Doctor Mid-Nite and the Sandman: Times Past, 1943: Assignment: London]]"+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/bravebold-e2-dmn-sm-tp1943/|The Brave and the Bold: Doctor Mid-Nite and the Sandman: Times Past, 1943: Assignment: London]]"
-  * After Jim Corrigan rejects him one last time, Percival Popp begins an informal partnership with Corrigan's alter ego, the Spectre, since Popp has a knack for accidentally uncovering criminal schemes. //Note: Jim Corrigan has relocated to Gotham City (called Gotham Town) by this time.// ["The Truth Hurts," More Fun Comics #82 (August, 1942)]+  * After Jim Corrigan rejects him one last time, Percival Popp begins an informal partnership with Corrigan's alter ego, the Spectre, since Popp has a knack for accidentally uncovering criminal schemes. //Note: Jim Corrigan has relocated to New York City (called Gotham Town) by this time.// ["The Truth Hurts," More Fun Comics #82 (August, 1942)]
  
 ===July, 1943=== ===July, 1943===
  
   * The powerful Osira, who has slept for 3000 years, is revived after the pyramid she's slept in receives oxygen. Flying off, she places the U.S. Congress under mind-control through the use of a special pyramid, until Wonder Woman frees them by displacing the pyramid. All over the world, world leaders have similarly come under Osira's control, pleading for world peace, while Osira has also defeated the Justice Society of America, placing five (Sandman, Atom, Starman, Mister Terrific, and Johnny Thunder) in her pyramid in Egypt, while others are trapped on the Moon. Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor head to Egypt, where Wonder Woman battles Osira but is defeated and learns of the JSA's fate. Osira takes Steve Trevor as her consort, since Steve is her deceased husband's double. Wonder Woman breaks free, but Osira uses the five JSAers as soldiers against her. Wonder Woman defeats the JSAers with the help of the Thunderbolt, then convinces Osira (with the help of her consort's spirit) that she has merely created a false peace. Osira allows her body to disintegrate so she can rejoin Hefnakhti in the afterlife. //Note: The Sandman is shown wearing his original gas-mask costume, while Johnny Thunder is shown wearing his green suit rather than his white sailor's suit that he's worn constantly since joining the U.S. Navy, but this is in keeping with his appearance in All-Star Comics #17, which takes place a month later. Mister Terrific is shown as a JSAer here, two years before he joins the team, though it is possible that he's an honorary member by this time, or that he was with the JSA when they were taken by Osira.// ["This War Has Been Cancelled," Wonder Woman #231 (May, 1977); "A Duel of Gods," Wonder Woman #232 (June, 1977)]   * The powerful Osira, who has slept for 3000 years, is revived after the pyramid she's slept in receives oxygen. Flying off, she places the U.S. Congress under mind-control through the use of a special pyramid, until Wonder Woman frees them by displacing the pyramid. All over the world, world leaders have similarly come under Osira's control, pleading for world peace, while Osira has also defeated the Justice Society of America, placing five (Sandman, Atom, Starman, Mister Terrific, and Johnny Thunder) in her pyramid in Egypt, while others are trapped on the Moon. Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor head to Egypt, where Wonder Woman battles Osira but is defeated and learns of the JSA's fate. Osira takes Steve Trevor as her consort, since Steve is her deceased husband's double. Wonder Woman breaks free, but Osira uses the five JSAers as soldiers against her. Wonder Woman defeats the JSAers with the help of the Thunderbolt, then convinces Osira (with the help of her consort's spirit) that she has merely created a false peace. Osira allows her body to disintegrate so she can rejoin Hefnakhti in the afterlife. //Note: The Sandman is shown wearing his original gas-mask costume, while Johnny Thunder is shown wearing his green suit rather than his white sailor's suit that he's worn constantly since joining the U.S. Navy, but this is in keeping with his appearance in All-Star Comics #17, which takes place a month later. Mister Terrific is shown as a JSAer here, two years before he joins the team, though it is possible that he's an honorary member by this time, or that he was with the JSA when they were taken by Osira.// ["This War Has Been Cancelled," Wonder Woman #231 (May, 1977); "A Duel of Gods," Wonder Woman #232 (June, 1977)]
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/youngallstars-tp1943-02/|Young All-Stars: Times Past, 1943: When Sidekicks Unite]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/youngallstars-tp1943-02/|Young All-Stars: Times Past, 1943: When Sidekicks Unite]]"]
  
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 ===September, 1943=== ===September, 1943===
  
-  * //Note: This story begins in the summer, but the bulk of it takes place in the first week of September.// ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/secretorigins-e2-lilydeluna-tp1943/|Secret Origins: Lily DeLuna: Times Past, 1943: The Summer of ’43]]"]+  * //Note: This story begins in the summer, but the bulk of it takes place in the first week of September.// ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/secretorigins-e2-lilydeluna-tp1943/|Secret Origins: Lily DeLuna: Times Past, 1943: The Summer of ’43]]"]
   * September 14: Frustrated exterminator Elmer Pane devotes years of research to find a way to give humans the proportionate power of insects. Becoming the King Bee, he turns homeless men into termite-men, borer-men, water beetle-men, hornet-men, spider-men, ant-men, grasshopper-men, fly-men, and bee-men and offers his insect-powered crooks' services to the underworld, eventually becoming wealthy enough to build a great laboratory in the Great Forest. The members of the Justice Society each battle the insect-men and learn of the King Bee's location, where they defeat him and retrieve a list of antidotes to cure the insect-men. //Note: Although Wonder Woman is not shown in battle, it is almost certain that she also fought a group of insect-men and may have participated in the raid on King Bee's lair.// ["Insects Turn to Crime," All-Star Comics #18 (Fall, 1943)]   * September 14: Frustrated exterminator Elmer Pane devotes years of research to find a way to give humans the proportionate power of insects. Becoming the King Bee, he turns homeless men into termite-men, borer-men, water beetle-men, hornet-men, spider-men, ant-men, grasshopper-men, fly-men, and bee-men and offers his insect-powered crooks' services to the underworld, eventually becoming wealthy enough to build a great laboratory in the Great Forest. The members of the Justice Society each battle the insect-men and learn of the King Bee's location, where they defeat him and retrieve a list of antidotes to cure the insect-men. //Note: Although Wonder Woman is not shown in battle, it is almost certain that she also fought a group of insect-men and may have participated in the raid on King Bee's lair.// ["Insects Turn to Crime," All-Star Comics #18 (Fall, 1943)]
  
 ===October, 1943=== ===October, 1943===
  
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/sevensoldiers-tp1943-01/|The Seven Soldiers of Victory: Times Past, 1943: Return of the Dark Cross]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/sevensoldiers-tp1943-01/|The Seven Soldiers of Victory: Times Past, 1943: Return of the Dark Cross]]"]
   * October 13: Starman battles the Sun, the Moon, and Saturn once more. ["The Plundering Planets," Adventure Comics #89 (December, 1943-January, 1944)]   * October 13: Starman battles the Sun, the Moon, and Saturn once more. ["The Plundering Planets," Adventure Comics #89 (December, 1943-January, 1944)]
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/bravebold-e2-ww-hawkgirl-tp1943/|The Brave and the Bold: Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl: Times Past, 1943: The Eye of Bast]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/bravebold-e2-ww-hawkgirl-tp1943/|The Brave and the Bold: Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl: Times Past, 1943: The Eye of Bast]]"]
  
 ===November, 1943=== ===November, 1943===
  
-  * Nelly Poplaski, daughter of Percival Popp (J. Percival Poplaski) and Bubbles Twinkletoes, is born in Cliffland, Ohio. Because of the Spectre's supernatural presence around Popp for several years, Nelly is born with supernatural abilities herself, and later becomes the Spectress of Team Justice. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/showcase-e2-teamjustice-tp1959-3/|Showcase: Team Justice: Times Past, 1959: Justice in the Making, Chapter 3: Triple Trouble]]"]+  * Nelly Poplaski, daughter of Percival Popp (J. Percival Poplaski) and Bubbles Twinkletoes, is born in Cliffland, Ohio. Because of the Spectre's supernatural presence around Popp for several years, Nelly is born with supernatural abilities herself, and later becomes the Spectress of Team Justice. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/showcase-e2-teamjustice-tp1959-3/|Showcase: Team Justice: Times Past, 1959: Justice in the Making, Chapter 3: Triple Trouble]]"]
   * November 12: A head injury years ago causes a frustrated would-be composer named Hector Bauer to take out his revenge on seven childhood friends who succeeded in music where he failed, forcing him to become a humble piano maker. Hawkman is captured after preventing the first crime, and while paralyzed he learns of Bauer's plans for his revenge and manages to leave clues for the Justice Society to stop the other revenge crimes. The JSA does so and converges on Bauer's home, where they free Hawkman. //Note: Hawkman has taught all the Justice Society members the art of bird language for use in emergencies.// ["The Crimes Set to Music," All-Star Comics #19 (Winter, 1943-1944)]   * November 12: A head injury years ago causes a frustrated would-be composer named Hector Bauer to take out his revenge on seven childhood friends who succeeded in music where he failed, forcing him to become a humble piano maker. Hawkman is captured after preventing the first crime, and while paralyzed he learns of Bauer's plans for his revenge and manages to leave clues for the Justice Society to stop the other revenge crimes. The JSA does so and converges on Bauer's home, where they free Hawkman. //Note: Hawkman has taught all the Justice Society members the art of bird language for use in emergencies.// ["The Crimes Set to Music," All-Star Comics #19 (Winter, 1943-1944)]
  
 ===December, 1943=== ===December, 1943===
  
-  * //Note: This story must take place sometime after the Cheetah's first appearance.// ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1943-03/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1943: Acts of Vengeance]]"+  * //Note: This story must take place sometime after the Cheetah's first appearance.// ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1943-03/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1943: Acts of Vengeance]]"
-  * //Note: This story must take place sometime after the Cheetah's first appearance and takes place at the same time as Acts of Vengeance.// ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/sandman-e2-tp1943-01/|The Sandman: Times Past, 1943: Fashion for Dying]]"]+  * //Note: This story must take place sometime after the Cheetah's first appearance and takes place at the same time as Acts of Vengeance.// ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/sandman-e2-tp1943-01/|The Sandman: Times Past, 1943: Fashion for Dying]]"]
   * Blinky Boylan, of the Three Dimwits, hypnotises himself into turning into a superhero called Muscleman. [All-Flash #13]   * Blinky Boylan, of the Three Dimwits, hypnotises himself into turning into a superhero called Muscleman. [All-Flash #13]
   * December 11: Starman discovers a time-lost land in a fog-laden, hidden valley in the Sierra Madrone Mountains where the population lives as if it's still the Middle Ages, after a female scientist named Babs Mercer disappears and is tried as a witch there. Starman rescues Babs from Sir Bors the Black, ruler of the land of Brame, and frightens both Sir Bors and Mantin the court magician so much that they'll always be too afraid of Americans to accuse anyone else of witchcraft or hold them hostage. ["Land Beneath the Fog," Adventure Comics #90 (February-March, 1944)]   * December 11: Starman discovers a time-lost land in a fog-laden, hidden valley in the Sierra Madrone Mountains where the population lives as if it's still the Middle Ages, after a female scientist named Babs Mercer disappears and is tried as a witch there. Starman rescues Babs from Sir Bors the Black, ruler of the land of Brame, and frightens both Sir Bors and Mantin the court magician so much that they'll always be too afraid of Americans to accuse anyone else of witchcraft or hold them hostage. ["Land Beneath the Fog," Adventure Comics #90 (February-March, 1944)]
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-  * April 12: The Brain Wave uses the power of his mind to mentally command Mister Terrific to become Mister Horrific, whom he sends to take down several of the JSA members one by one, capturing them. Only Wonder Woman is able to finally stop Mister Horrific, and she uses her magic lasso to undo the Brain Wave's hypnotic control over him. Since Doctor Fate, the Spectre, and the Sandman are absent for this case, and Starman informs the JSA that he plans to leave the team by the end of the year, Mister Terrific and Wildcat are offered provisional membership and agree to act as reserve members whenever other JSAers cannot make it to a meeting. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1944-01/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1944: The Incredible Mister Horrific]]"]+  * April 12: The Brain Wave uses the power of his mind to mentally command Mister Terrific to become Mister Horrific, whom he sends to take down several of the JSA members one by one, capturing them. Only Wonder Woman is able to finally stop Mister Horrific, and she uses her magic lasso to undo the Brain Wave's hypnotic control over him. Since Doctor Fate, the Spectre, and the Sandman are absent for this case, and Starman informs the JSA that he plans to leave the team by the end of the year, Mister Terrific and Wildcat are offered provisional membership and agree to act as reserve members whenever other JSAers cannot make it to a meeting. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1944-01/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1944: The Incredible Mister Horrific]]"]
  
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   * To convince Dick Amber, a young man opposed to World War II, that Germany is a foe worth fighting, the JSA invoke the spirit of the Conscience of Man, who causes him to assume various identity-forms of Germans throughout the years, in each era with a Justice Society member accompanying him while possessing Conscience's powers. Wildcat and Mister Terrific participate in this case as reserve members, taking the place of the absent Starman and the Spectre. In the year 1410, watched over by Hawkman, Dick Amber is Reinhard the Fair, who is sent to join the Order of Teutonic Knights who rule Prussia, when he realizes the Teutonic Knights are in the wrong in their invasion of Poland, and he helps the Poles defeat the Teutons in the Battle of Grunwald (or Tannenberg). In the 18th century, watched over by Mister Terrific, Dick Amber is Manfred von Klug, cousin of Frederick the Great, and after constant warring on other nations finally resigns as a general from the Prussian army. In 1824, watched over by Doctor Mid-Nite, Dick Amber is Wilhelm von Shurtleff, who fights a bully at the Prussian War Academy. In 1872, watched over by the Atom, Dick Amber is Helmut von Conrad who, discovering that the Franco-Prussian War was fought based on a lie, confronts German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck but is unable to kill him. In 1896, watched over by Wildcat, Dick Amber is Franz Unger, who helps a fugitive named Udolph Thieffel escape into Switzerland. In 1923, watched over by Johnny Thunder, Dick Amber is Karl Wertz, who is pressured into joining the fledgling Nationalist-Socialist Party by his friend, who is ordered by a younger Adolf Hitler to kill him in an effort to keep him from telling the police about the Nazis' plans. In the present, Dick Amber decides to do his part by joining the U.S. Army. //Note: The present-day portion of this story takes place in early 1945, but the rest of the story being retold is from several months earlier, since Dick Amber would have had to have several months in order to win the Congressional Medal of Honor as a U.S. Army sergeant.// ["This Is Our Enemy," All-Star Comics #24 (Spring, 1945)]   * To convince Dick Amber, a young man opposed to World War II, that Germany is a foe worth fighting, the JSA invoke the spirit of the Conscience of Man, who causes him to assume various identity-forms of Germans throughout the years, in each era with a Justice Society member accompanying him while possessing Conscience's powers. Wildcat and Mister Terrific participate in this case as reserve members, taking the place of the absent Starman and the Spectre. In the year 1410, watched over by Hawkman, Dick Amber is Reinhard the Fair, who is sent to join the Order of Teutonic Knights who rule Prussia, when he realizes the Teutonic Knights are in the wrong in their invasion of Poland, and he helps the Poles defeat the Teutons in the Battle of Grunwald (or Tannenberg). In the 18th century, watched over by Mister Terrific, Dick Amber is Manfred von Klug, cousin of Frederick the Great, and after constant warring on other nations finally resigns as a general from the Prussian army. In 1824, watched over by Doctor Mid-Nite, Dick Amber is Wilhelm von Shurtleff, who fights a bully at the Prussian War Academy. In 1872, watched over by the Atom, Dick Amber is Helmut von Conrad who, discovering that the Franco-Prussian War was fought based on a lie, confronts German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck but is unable to kill him. In 1896, watched over by Wildcat, Dick Amber is Franz Unger, who helps a fugitive named Udolph Thieffel escape into Switzerland. In 1923, watched over by Johnny Thunder, Dick Amber is Karl Wertz, who is pressured into joining the fledgling Nationalist-Socialist Party by his friend, who is ordered by a younger Adolf Hitler to kill him in an effort to keep him from telling the police about the Nazis' plans. In the present, Dick Amber decides to do his part by joining the U.S. Army. //Note: The present-day portion of this story takes place in early 1945, but the rest of the story being retold is from several months earlier, since Dick Amber would have had to have several months in order to win the Congressional Medal of Honor as a U.S. Army sergeant.// ["This Is Our Enemy," All-Star Comics #24 (Spring, 1945)]
   * On Earth-C, Merton McSnurtle of Zooville is selected by gods from another planet for good on Earth; equipped with an automatic conscience that doesn't leave him alone for a second, he becomes The Terrific Whatzit, who is a funny animal version of the Flash. [Martin Naydel] [Funny Stuff #1]   * On Earth-C, Merton McSnurtle of Zooville is selected by gods from another planet for good on Earth; equipped with an automatic conscience that doesn't leave him alone for a second, he becomes The Terrific Whatzit, who is a funny animal version of the Flash. [Martin Naydel] [Funny Stuff #1]
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/allstarsquadron-tp1944-01/|All-Star Squadron: Times Past, 1944: Crisis at the Cotillion]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/allstarsquadron-tp1944-01/|All-Star Squadron: Times Past, 1944: Crisis at the Cotillion]]"]
  
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   * Newspaper publisher Rex Morgan summons the Justice Society to accept the written challenge of the Psycho-Pirate, a mysterious criminal who exploits emotions in his crimes, and who dares the JSA members to stop six emotion-based crimes he has planned. Hawkman foils a crime based on love, in which the Psycho-Pirate had Shiera Sanders kidnapped to act as leverage. Starman foils a crime based on hate. Doctor Mid-Nite frees an entire suburban city cut off from the outside world and gripped with fear of a plague being loosed upon them. Johnny Thunder is manipulated by conceit into getting himself captured, until the Thunderbolt saves the day. The Spectre foils a scheme based on greed. The Atom, tricked into thinking the JSA has been defeated, almost gives in to despair, but when he fights back, he is shot in the shoulder by the Psycho-Pirate. The assembled Justice Society gathers back at the //Courier// newspaper offices, where the wounded Atom manages to reveal that the Psycho-Pirate is really Charley Halstead, the //Courier// linotyper who is Rex Morgan's best friend and was jealous of his success. As Halstead is taken into custody, he vows to have his revenge on the JSA. The Spectre and Starman resign from the Justice Society shortly after this case. //Note: Wonder Woman does not appear in this story.// ["The Plunder of the Psycho-Pirate," All-Star Comics #23 (Winter, 1944-1945)]   * Newspaper publisher Rex Morgan summons the Justice Society to accept the written challenge of the Psycho-Pirate, a mysterious criminal who exploits emotions in his crimes, and who dares the JSA members to stop six emotion-based crimes he has planned. Hawkman foils a crime based on love, in which the Psycho-Pirate had Shiera Sanders kidnapped to act as leverage. Starman foils a crime based on hate. Doctor Mid-Nite frees an entire suburban city cut off from the outside world and gripped with fear of a plague being loosed upon them. Johnny Thunder is manipulated by conceit into getting himself captured, until the Thunderbolt saves the day. The Spectre foils a scheme based on greed. The Atom, tricked into thinking the JSA has been defeated, almost gives in to despair, but when he fights back, he is shot in the shoulder by the Psycho-Pirate. The assembled Justice Society gathers back at the //Courier// newspaper offices, where the wounded Atom manages to reveal that the Psycho-Pirate is really Charley Halstead, the //Courier// linotyper who is Rex Morgan's best friend and was jealous of his success. As Halstead is taken into custody, he vows to have his revenge on the JSA. The Spectre and Starman resign from the Justice Society shortly after this case. //Note: Wonder Woman does not appear in this story.// ["The Plunder of the Psycho-Pirate," All-Star Comics #23 (Winter, 1944-1945)]
-  * October 31: Accepted as a candidate for officers' training school, Jim Corrigan decides to allow the Spectre to continue his war on crime by splitting off from him, with the result that he's now always invisible. The invisible Spectre remains in Gotham City and fights crime with the aid of his cat's-paw Percival Popp, acting as a kind of guardian angel. //Note: This story is necessarily placed here, since the Spectre is not invisible in any of his JSA cases, requiring that this story and all that follow it take place afterward.// ["Crime-Buster by Proxy," More Fun Comics #90 (April, 1943)]+  * October 31: Accepted as a candidate for officers' training school, Jim Corrigan decides to allow the Spectre to continue his war on crime by splitting off from him, with the result that he's now always invisible. The invisible Spectre remains in New York City and fights crime with the aid of his cat's-paw Percival Popp, acting as a kind of guardian angel. //Note: This story is necessarily placed here, since the Spectre is not invisible in any of his JSA cases, requiring that this story and all that follow it take place afterward.// ["Crime-Buster by Proxy," More Fun Comics #90 (April, 1943)]
  
 ===November, 1944=== ===November, 1944===
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-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1944-02/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1944: The Evil Plot]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1944-02/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1944: The Evil Plot]]"]
  
 ====1945==== ====1945====
  
   * Molly Maynne becomes the Harlequin. [All-American Comics #89]   * Molly Maynne becomes the Harlequin. [All-American Comics #89]
-  * The White School on the multi-dimensional island of Tourmaline is attacked and bombed by a group of former students turned Nazi mystics from Earth-X, members of the Thule Society who seek to use the Clock Tower to conquer parallel universes and other dimensions. To defend itself, the island disappears into the mystical dimension of Darkworld, causing the Nazi mystics to drown in the ocean. Most of the instructors and students are saved, each returning to his or her world of origin and given partial amnesia about the island and the school. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-s/bravebold-es-mm-ab1987/|The Brave and the Bold: Mary Marvel and Atom Blake: Magic and Demons and Ghouls, Oh My!]]"]+  * The White School on the multi-dimensional island of Tourmaline is attacked and bombed by a group of former students turned Nazi mystics from Earth-X, members of the Thule Society who seek to use the Clock Tower to conquer parallel universes and other dimensions. To defend itself, the island disappears into the mystical dimension of Darkworld, causing the Nazi mystics to drown in the ocean. Most of the instructors and students are saved, each returning to his or her world of origin and given partial amnesia about the island and the school. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-s/bravebold-es-mm-ab1987/|The Brave and the Bold: Mary Marvel and Atom Blake: Magic and Demons and Ghouls, Oh My!]]"]
  
 ===January, 1945=== ===January, 1945===
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   * The JSA learns that Sgt. Dick Amber, whom they convinced to join the U.S. Army months earlier, has won the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery on the battlefield in Europe. The JSA signs a document called "Formula for a Lasting Peace," which outlines their ideas to reform the warlike German people. Wildcat and Mister Terrific are present for this meeting only, to help recount their part in Dick Amber's story, but they do not sign the document since they're not full members. The Flash and Green Lantern return to full membership in the JSA at this time. //Note: Only the present-day portion of this story takes place at this time. The rest of the story is a retelling of a case that occurs months earlier, in mid-1944.// ["This Is Our Enemy," All-Star Comics #24 (Spring, 1945)]   * The JSA learns that Sgt. Dick Amber, whom they convinced to join the U.S. Army months earlier, has won the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery on the battlefield in Europe. The JSA signs a document called "Formula for a Lasting Peace," which outlines their ideas to reform the warlike German people. Wildcat and Mister Terrific are present for this meeting only, to help recount their part in Dick Amber's story, but they do not sign the document since they're not full members. The Flash and Green Lantern return to full membership in the JSA at this time. //Note: Only the present-day portion of this story takes place at this time. The rest of the story is a retelling of a case that occurs months earlier, in mid-1944.// ["This Is Our Enemy," All-Star Comics #24 (Spring, 1945)]
   * Percival Popp wears a Spectre costume to stop a gang of crooks attempting to rob a swank Long Island party, while the Spectre invisibly does his fighting for him. ["Crime Cures a Complex," More Fun Comics #93 (September-October, 1943)]   * Percival Popp wears a Spectre costume to stop a gang of crooks attempting to rob a swank Long Island party, while the Spectre invisibly does his fighting for him. ["Crime Cures a Complex," More Fun Comics #93 (September-October, 1943)]
-  * An army from the Venus of another dimension in hyperspace invades Earth, waging war on Axis and Allies alike until the JSA stops them. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1945-01/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1945: The Nightmare Invasion]]"]+  * An army from the Venus of another dimension in hyperspace invades Earth, waging war on Axis and Allies alike until the JSA stops them. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1945-01/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1945: The Nightmare Invasion]]"]
   * The Seven Soldiers of Victory, investigating rumors of fictional characters from books come to life, meet an eccentric scientist named Dr. Wimsett, who has discovered a way to chemically cause fictional characters to pop into existence. But several of the characters he's already brought to life have escaped, and only Humpty Dumpty remains behind to tell of their plans. The Law's Legionnaires divide to track down and fight the escaped characters. The Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy battle Long John Silver from //Treasure Island//. Green Arrow and Speedy track down Falstaff from Shakespeare's plays. The Crimson Avenger and Wing foil the schemes of Uriah Heep from //David Copperfield// and the Old Man of the Sea who was a nemesis of Sinbad the Sailor. The Shining Knight goes in pursuit of the giant from //Jack and the Beanstalk//, who is accompanied by the Cheshire Cat and a lion and a unicorn from //Alice in Wonderland//. The Vigilante hunts down miniature Lilliputian men from //Gulliver's Travels//. Finally, the Law's Legionnaires together battle the assembled fictional characters when they attempt to break free, and when Humpty Dumpty accidentally falls upon a tableful of chemicals, he chances upon the exact combination needed to make the fictional characters vanish once more. //Note: It's likely that Dr. Wimsett is actually using the same technology to bring fictional characters to life that Funnyface once used in 1942, when he fought Superman by bringing comic-strip characters to life. Possibly Dr. Wimsett was in league with Funnyface and hid his true motivations from the heroes.// ["The Bandits from the Books," Leading Comics #14 (Spring, 1945)]   * The Seven Soldiers of Victory, investigating rumors of fictional characters from books come to life, meet an eccentric scientist named Dr. Wimsett, who has discovered a way to chemically cause fictional characters to pop into existence. But several of the characters he's already brought to life have escaped, and only Humpty Dumpty remains behind to tell of their plans. The Law's Legionnaires divide to track down and fight the escaped characters. The Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy battle Long John Silver from //Treasure Island//. Green Arrow and Speedy track down Falstaff from Shakespeare's plays. The Crimson Avenger and Wing foil the schemes of Uriah Heep from //David Copperfield// and the Old Man of the Sea who was a nemesis of Sinbad the Sailor. The Shining Knight goes in pursuit of the giant from //Jack and the Beanstalk//, who is accompanied by the Cheshire Cat and a lion and a unicorn from //Alice in Wonderland//. The Vigilante hunts down miniature Lilliputian men from //Gulliver's Travels//. Finally, the Law's Legionnaires together battle the assembled fictional characters when they attempt to break free, and when Humpty Dumpty accidentally falls upon a tableful of chemicals, he chances upon the exact combination needed to make the fictional characters vanish once more. //Note: It's likely that Dr. Wimsett is actually using the same technology to bring fictional characters to life that Funnyface once used in 1942, when he fought Superman by bringing comic-strip characters to life. Possibly Dr. Wimsett was in league with Funnyface and hid his true motivations from the heroes.// ["The Bandits from the Books," Leading Comics #14 (Spring, 1945)]
  
 ===February, 1945=== ===February, 1945===
  
-  * The Justice Society of America battles the Stalker in an untold case. Rex Tyler becomes Hourman for the first time in two years in order to break up a group of eight Nazi occultists with the help of Doctor Occult, the Spectre (who is still invisible), Doctor Fate (who still lacks the Helm of Nabu), Zatara the Magician, and Sargon the Sorcerer. But when an other-dimensional being called the Stalker arrives, bent on ending all war by eliminating all life, the Spectre, Fate, Zatara, and Sargon are absorbed, while Hourman and Occult barely escape with their lives. Hawkman calls in the entire membership of the JSA to face the Stalker. When the Stalker attacks Washington, D.C., the JSA attacks the Stalker en masse, injuring him enough that he must take time to heal, but he brings the eight dead occultists back to life to act as his disciples and sends them out. Green Lantern and Johnny Thunder defend Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Josef Stalin at the Yalta Conference in the Soviet Union from a disciple with ice powers. Starman and the Atom defeat the radioactive disciple threatening the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos. Hawkman and Wildcat travel to Angola, where with the help of the Manhunter and the Tigress they stop an animalistic disciple from blowing up Africa by igniting the world's largest underground oilfield. Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl travel to Iwo Jima in the Pacific, where they confront a water-powered disciple with the help of Steve Trevor. Doctor Mid-Nite and Hourman travel to Scotland, where they stop a diseased disciple from unleashing stockpiles of super-anthrax guarded by the U.S. Army. The Flash and Mister Terrific travel to Dresden in Germany, where they battle an explosive disciple amidst the Allied bombing and meet the disguised Tex Thomson, the Americommando. The Sandman and Sandy the Golden Boy return to New York City, where they, along with the Star-Spangled Kid, Stripesy, and the King, face an insanity-producing disciple who has caused the city's population to go mad. Superman, Batman, and Robin battle another disciple in the skies who has wind powers. Together, the assembled JSA learns that the Stalker is located in Antarctica, and with the help of the All-Star Squadron they attack the Stalker at his base, where they destroy his engine and finally subdue the Stalker himself, freeing the Spectre, Doctor Fate, Zatara, and Sargon. //Note: This story has never been told on Earth-2, but it has been referred to on occasion in Earth-2 stories. Although this story is based on the Justice Society Returns storyline from All-Star Comics v2 #1-2, All-American Comics v2 #1, Adventure Comics v2 #1, Thrilling Comics v2 #1, Sensation Comics v2 #1, Smash Comics v2 #1, National Comics v2 #1, and Star Spangled Comics v2 #1, that story is a Post-Crisis story set in the combined DC Universe in which several details differ somewhat from what occurs on Earth-2, including the erroneous inclusion of a few Quality Comics characters who were actually on Earth-X at this time.//+  * The Justice Society of America battles the Stalker in an untold case. Rex Tyler becomes Hourman for the first time in two years in order to break up a group of eight Nazi occultists with the help of Doctor Occult, Sargon the Sorcerer, Zatara the Magician, the Spectre (who is still invisible), and Doctor Fate (who still lacks the Helm of Nabu but is given a mystical replica made by Sargon the Sorcerer and the Spectre to temporarily grant him mystic powers). But when an other-dimensional being called the Stalker arrives, bent on ending all war by eliminating all life, the Spectre, Fate, Zatara, and Sargon are absorbed, while Hourman and Occult barely escape with their lives. Hawkman calls in the entire membership of the JSA to face the Stalker. When the Stalker attacks Washington, D.C., the JSA attacks the Stalker en masse, injuring him enough that he must take time to heal, but he brings the eight dead occultists back to life to act as his disciples and sends them out. Green Lantern and Johnny Thunder defend Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Josef Stalin at the Yalta Conference in the Soviet Union from a disciple with ice powers. Starman and the Atom defeat the radioactive disciple threatening the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos. Hawkman and Wildcat travel to Angola, where with the help of the Manhunter and the Tigress they stop an animalistic disciple from blowing up Africa by igniting the world's largest underground oilfield. Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl travel to Iwo Jima in the Pacific, where they confront a water-powered disciple with the help of Steve Trevor. Doctor Mid-Nite and Hourman travel to Scotland, where they stop a diseased disciple from unleashing stockpiles of super-anthrax guarded by the U.S. Army. The Flash and Mister Terrific travel to Dresden in Germany, where they battle an explosive disciple amidst the Allied bombing and meet the disguised Tex Thomson, the Americommando. The Sandman and Sandy the Golden Boy return to New York City, where they, along with the Star-Spangled Kid, Stripesy, and the King, face an insanity-producing disciple who has caused the city's population to go mad. Superman, Batman, and Robin battle another disciple in the skies who has wind powers. Together, the assembled JSA learns that the Stalker is located in Antarctica, and with the help of the All-Star Squadron they attack the Stalker at his base, where they destroy his engine and finally subdue the Stalker himself, freeing the Spectre, Doctor Fate, Zatara, and Sargon. //Note: This story has never been told on Earth-2, but it has been referred to on occasion in Earth-2 stories. Although this story is based on the Justice Society Returns storyline from All-Star Comics v2 #1-2, All-American Comics v2 #1, Adventure Comics v2 #1, Thrilling Comics v2 #1, Sensation Comics v2 #1, Smash Comics v2 #1, National Comics v2 #1, and Star Spangled Comics v2 #1, that story is a Post-Crisis story set in the combined DC Universe in which several details differ somewhat from what occurs on Earth-2, including the erroneous inclusion of a few Quality Comics characters who were actually on Earth-X at this time.//
  
 ===March, 1945=== ===March, 1945===
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   * The Justice Society finds an amnesiac man in their headquarters who just now regained part of his memory during an auto accident, and who claims to know that Rob Victor, a man convicted of murder twenty years ago in 1925, did not kill millionaire Timothy Kimball. The JSAers each take one clue to the man's identity to help him discover who he is so they can clear up the Kimball murder case once and for all. After following up on all the clues, and being attacked by gunmen, the JSA learn that the amnesiac man is Timothy Kimball himself, and that his own cousin, Hengast Kimball, attempted to murder him and pin the blame on Rob Victor, who also returns after being presumed dead for 18 years. ["The Mystery of the Forgotten Crimes," All-Star Comics #25 (Summer, 1945)]   * The Justice Society finds an amnesiac man in their headquarters who just now regained part of his memory during an auto accident, and who claims to know that Rob Victor, a man convicted of murder twenty years ago in 1925, did not kill millionaire Timothy Kimball. The JSAers each take one clue to the man's identity to help him discover who he is so they can clear up the Kimball murder case once and for all. After following up on all the clues, and being attacked by gunmen, the JSA learn that the amnesiac man is Timothy Kimball himself, and that his own cousin, Hengast Kimball, attempted to murder him and pin the blame on Rob Victor, who also returns after being presumed dead for 18 years. ["The Mystery of the Forgotten Crimes," All-Star Comics #25 (Summer, 1945)]
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/sevensoldiers-tp1945-01/|The Seven Soldiers of Victory: Times Past, 1945: The Victorious Seven]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/sevensoldiers-tp1945-01/|The Seven Soldiers of Victory: Times Past, 1945: The Victorious Seven]]"]
   * April 12: President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies of a stroke. Adolf Hitler, learning of Roosevelt's death, believes it is a sign of an eleventh-hour victory for Germany. ["Last Days of the Justice Society of America," Last Days of the Justice Society Special #1 (1986)]   * April 12: President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies of a stroke. Adolf Hitler, learning of Roosevelt's death, believes it is a sign of an eleventh-hour victory for Germany. ["Last Days of the Justice Society of America," Last Days of the Justice Society Special #1 (1986)]
-  * April 15: The entire assembled membership of the Justice Society of America -- the Atom, Batman, Doctor Fate, Doctor Mid-Nite, the Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Hourman, Mister Terrific, the Sandman, the Spectre, Starman, Superman, Wildcat, and Wonder Woman -- attend the funeral of President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Hyde Park, acting as honor guard. Meanwhile, in Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler wields the full power of the Spear of Destiny in an attempt to bring about Götterdämmerung -- also known as Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods -- to destroy the world and Germany as well, since he thinks the Germans have proven unworthy of him. But the attempt proves to be a failure on this day and on succeeding days. //Note: The Spectre is visible in this story because Jim Corrigan was briefly reunited with the Spectre for President Roosevelt's funeral, but the Spectre became invisible once more when Corrigan returned to the U.S. Army.// ["Last Days of the Justice Society of America," Last Days of the Justice Society Special #1 (1986); ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/dc-e2-wreckage1985-04-3/|DC Universe: Crawling from the Wreckage, Book 4, Chapter 3: Ragnarok Now]]"]+  * April 15: The entire assembled membership of the Justice Society of America -- the Atom, Batman, Doctor Fate, Doctor Mid-Nite, the Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Hourman, Mister Terrific, the Sandman, the Spectre, Starman, Superman, Wildcat, and Wonder Woman -- attend the funeral of President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Hyde Park, acting as honor guard. Meanwhile, in Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler wields the full power of the Spear of Destiny in an attempt to bring about Götterdämmerung -- also known as Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods -- to destroy the world and Germany as well, since he thinks the Germans have proven unworthy of him. But the attempt proves to be a failure on this day and on succeeding days. //Note: The Spectre is visible in this story because Jim Corrigan was briefly reunited with the Spectre for President Roosevelt's funeral, but the Spectre became invisible once more when Corrigan returned to the U.S. Army.// ["Last Days of the Justice Society of America," Last Days of the Justice Society Special #1 (1986); ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/dc-e2-wreckage1985-04-3/|DC Universe: Crawling from the Wreckage, Book 4, Chapter 3: Ragnarok Now]]"]
   * April 21: Adolf Hitler finally gives up his attempt to destroy the world with the Spear of Destiny. ["Last Days of the Justice Society of America," Last Days of the Justice Society Special #1 (1986)]   * April 21: Adolf Hitler finally gives up his attempt to destroy the world with the Spear of Destiny. ["Last Days of the Justice Society of America," Last Days of the Justice Society Special #1 (1986)]
   * April 28: Adolf Hitler marries his mistress Eva Braun.   * April 28: Adolf Hitler marries his mistress Eva Braun.
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   * May 2: Germany unconditionally surrenders to the Allies, ending World War II in Europe.   * May 2: Germany unconditionally surrenders to the Allies, ending World War II in Europe.
-  * May 7: In a laboratory located in Germany's Black Forest, two scientists named Dr. Teufel and Dr. Melch create a super-soldier powerful enough to fight Superman even as the Third Reich is falling to the invading Allied forces. Dr. Melch's son Heinrich Melch is granted great strength through a green meteorite (which, unknown to anyone at the time, is kryptonite) found by Teufel, which causes Heinrich to glow green at first until he controls his radiation. Dr. Teufel gives Heinrich a lead-lined orange and yellow costume and dubs the young man <font color="#38761d">**Atoman**</font>. But Nazi Germany surrenders the war the very next day, and Heinrich instead travels to Metropolis in the United States, where he eventually joins the //Daily Star// as its newest reporter, Henry Miller. [Superman radio serial (October 11-December 3, 1945; "The Secret Origins of the Superman and Batman Team," World's Finest Comics #271 (September, 1981)]+  * May 7: In a laboratory located in Germany's Black Forest, two scientists named Dr. Teufel and Dr. Melch create a super-soldier powerful enough to fight Superman even as the Third Reich is falling to the invading Allied forces. Dr. Melch's son Heinrich Melch is granted great strength through a green meteorite (which, unknown to anyone at the time, is kryptonite) found by Teufel, which causes Heinrich to glow green at first until he controls his radiation. Dr. Teufel gives Heinrich a lead-lined orange and yellow costume and dubs the young man **Atoman**. But Nazi Germany surrenders the war the very next day, and Heinrich instead travels to Metropolis in the United States, where he eventually joins the //Daily Star// as its newest reporter, Henry Miller. [Superman radio serial (October 11-December 3, 1945; "The Secret Origins of the Superman and Batman Team," World's Finest Comics #271 (September, 1981)]
   * Neptune Perkins and Hawkman first team up; capture a gang of criminals [Flash Comics #66]   * Neptune Perkins and Hawkman first team up; capture a gang of criminals [Flash Comics #66]
  
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   * Hawkman invites to a JSA meeting scientist Herbert Crawford, who claims that a living metallic spacecraft supposedly from Jupiter filled with tiny robot-like beings, all of which have the power to consume other metals, is heading toward Earth, and the Justice Society must find a way to stop them. But after Crawford doesn't show up, the JSA learns of strange occurrences that indicate the metal men have already landed on Earth, and they each investigate the catastrophes brought on by the aliens. Hawkman travels to Silverland City, where the metal men have begun absorbing silver from a mine and have grown large and silvery, then become dangerous conductors of electricity and strangely begin robbing, but Hawkman defeats them by throwing copper pennies at them, short-circuiting their bodies and killing them instantly. The Atom faces iron metal men and defeats them with high-pressure oxygen, which causes the iron in their structures to rust. Green Lantern fights magnesium metal men at the Ute Factory, and he destroys them by causing them to flare up after luring them safely outside. Doctor Mid-Nite faces copper metal men in Smithville, whom he tricks by substituting copper with painted lead, giving them lead-poisoning. The Flash faces gold metal men in the Metropolis Museum, defeating them by twisting their bodies at super-speed into formless shapes, since they are now as malleable as pure gold. Johnny Thunder investigates the crashed living Jovian spaceship in Alaska and is unable to stop it from growing as the sharklike ship eats everything it touches. The Thunderbolt gathers the entire JSA there, and they are able to defeat the Jovian ship by altering its chemical composition until it becomes weak and dies. Returning to JSA Headquarters, the team find Herbert Crawford, who changes color and attacks the heroes with great power, having gained all the powers (and weaknesses) of the metal men. After he's defeated, Crawford confesses that he signaled the metal men, telling them where to find huge metal deposits, and the grateful metal men told him how to receive metal characteristics and even stole for him. //Note: There is no evidence, just conjecture, that the metal men actually come from Jupiter, so they could have come from another star system, or even another galaxy.// ["Vampires of the Void," All-Star Comics #26 (Fall, 1945)]   * Hawkman invites to a JSA meeting scientist Herbert Crawford, who claims that a living metallic spacecraft supposedly from Jupiter filled with tiny robot-like beings, all of which have the power to consume other metals, is heading toward Earth, and the Justice Society must find a way to stop them. But after Crawford doesn't show up, the JSA learns of strange occurrences that indicate the metal men have already landed on Earth, and they each investigate the catastrophes brought on by the aliens. Hawkman travels to Silverland City, where the metal men have begun absorbing silver from a mine and have grown large and silvery, then become dangerous conductors of electricity and strangely begin robbing, but Hawkman defeats them by throwing copper pennies at them, short-circuiting their bodies and killing them instantly. The Atom faces iron metal men and defeats them with high-pressure oxygen, which causes the iron in their structures to rust. Green Lantern fights magnesium metal men at the Ute Factory, and he destroys them by causing them to flare up after luring them safely outside. Doctor Mid-Nite faces copper metal men in Smithville, whom he tricks by substituting copper with painted lead, giving them lead-poisoning. The Flash faces gold metal men in the Metropolis Museum, defeating them by twisting their bodies at super-speed into formless shapes, since they are now as malleable as pure gold. Johnny Thunder investigates the crashed living Jovian spaceship in Alaska and is unable to stop it from growing as the sharklike ship eats everything it touches. The Thunderbolt gathers the entire JSA there, and they are able to defeat the Jovian ship by altering its chemical composition until it becomes weak and dies. Returning to JSA Headquarters, the team find Herbert Crawford, who changes color and attacks the heroes with great power, having gained all the powers (and weaknesses) of the metal men. After he's defeated, Crawford confesses that he signaled the metal men, telling them where to find huge metal deposits, and the grateful metal men told him how to receive metal characteristics and even stole for him. //Note: There is no evidence, just conjecture, that the metal men actually come from Jupiter, so they could have come from another star system, or even another galaxy.// ["Vampires of the Void," All-Star Comics #26 (Fall, 1945)]
-  * July 16: ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/starman-e2-tp1945-01-04/|Starman: Times Past, 1945: Nuclear Furnace, Chapters 4-7]]"+  * July 16: ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/starman-e2-tp1945-01-04/|Starman: Times Past, 1945: Nuclear Furnace, Chapters 4-7]]"
-  * July 16: Doris Lee receives a telepathic message from Doris Knight of an alternate future, warning her not to let Ted Knight continue as Starman after their wedding, or he'll die. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/starman-e2-tp1948-01/|Starman: Times Past, 1948: Give Up the Stars]]"]+  * July 16: Doris Lee receives a telepathic message from Doris Knight of an alternate future, warning her not to let Ted Knight continue as Starman after their wedding, or he'll die. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/starman-e2-tp1948-01/|Starman: Times Past, 1948: Give Up the Stars]]"]
  
 ===August, 1945=== ===August, 1945===
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     * Ex-football player Fred Monday, who has a crippled brother named Jimmy, and who lost his own arm in World War II, contacts the Justice Society to help out six handicapped children with whom Jimmy has corresponded. The JSA members let their young charges help them in a campaign against local criminals. Hawkman travels to the bayous of Louisiana, where he receives the help of young Edouard Laviere, who is a victim of infantile paralysis and uses a wheelchair and crutches, against the Water Robbers gang. Doctor Mid-Nite visits the Northwest, where he is assisted by the completely blind Hal Porowski against men sabotaging his father's lumber company. Green Lantern heads for New Mexico, where he is helped by Sven Lindquist, who has an artificial arm, against a group of crooks preying upon people's superstitions. Wildcat (filling in for the absent Atom) visits Big City, where he is helped by the deaf Anthony Cellini to take down a gang of racketeers. Johnny Thunder goes out west, where Tommy O'Leary, who stutters uncontrollably, helps him foil the Bad Buttes Gang. The Flash is in Hollywood, where he is assisted by Billy Yancey, a spastic young unpublished script writer, to take down the gang using Billy's plots to commit ingenious crimes. As the JSAers regather and meet Fred and Jimmy Monday, Jimmy suggests the Justice Society enact a pledge to treat handicapped people as equals rather than pity them. //Note: This story takes place shortly after V-J Day in August, 1945, according to Wonder Woman #243. Also according to that story, Wonder Woman didn't take part in any of the action, though she was present at the first meeting in this story.// ["A Place in the World," All-Star Comics #27 (Winter, 1945-1946)]     * Ex-football player Fred Monday, who has a crippled brother named Jimmy, and who lost his own arm in World War II, contacts the Justice Society to help out six handicapped children with whom Jimmy has corresponded. The JSA members let their young charges help them in a campaign against local criminals. Hawkman travels to the bayous of Louisiana, where he receives the help of young Edouard Laviere, who is a victim of infantile paralysis and uses a wheelchair and crutches, against the Water Robbers gang. Doctor Mid-Nite visits the Northwest, where he is assisted by the completely blind Hal Porowski against men sabotaging his father's lumber company. Green Lantern heads for New Mexico, where he is helped by Sven Lindquist, who has an artificial arm, against a group of crooks preying upon people's superstitions. Wildcat (filling in for the absent Atom) visits Big City, where he is helped by the deaf Anthony Cellini to take down a gang of racketeers. Johnny Thunder goes out west, where Tommy O'Leary, who stutters uncontrollably, helps him foil the Bad Buttes Gang. The Flash is in Hollywood, where he is assisted by Billy Yancey, a spastic young unpublished script writer, to take down the gang using Billy's plots to commit ingenious crimes. As the JSAers regather and meet Fred and Jimmy Monday, Jimmy suggests the Justice Society enact a pledge to treat handicapped people as equals rather than pity them. //Note: This story takes place shortly after V-J Day in August, 1945, according to Wonder Woman #243. Also according to that story, Wonder Woman didn't take part in any of the action, though she was present at the first meeting in this story.// ["A Place in the World," All-Star Comics #27 (Winter, 1945-1946)]
     * The Angle Man from Earth-1 in the 1980s arrives on Earth-2 in 1945. At the conclusion of the JSA's latest case, Wonder Woman and the Spectre are visiting with the team. Wonder Woman then heads back to Washington, D.C., to fight the Earth-1 Angle Man. Meanwhile, on Earth-1 in the 1980s, Wonder Woman discovers that Angle Man and his Angler are missing, and she is transported to Earth-2 in 1945. The two Wonder Women team up to capture the Angle Man, then the Earth-1 Wonder Woman causes the Earth-2 Wonder Woman along with Steve Trevor and Etta Candy to forget about meeting her, before she returns to Earth-1 in the 1980s with the Angle Man. //Note: This story takes place immediately after All-Star Comics #27.// ["Tomorrow's Gods and Demons," Wonder Woman #242 (April, 1978); "The Five-Sided Square," Wonder Woman #243 (May, 1978)]     * The Angle Man from Earth-1 in the 1980s arrives on Earth-2 in 1945. At the conclusion of the JSA's latest case, Wonder Woman and the Spectre are visiting with the team. Wonder Woman then heads back to Washington, D.C., to fight the Earth-1 Angle Man. Meanwhile, on Earth-1 in the 1980s, Wonder Woman discovers that Angle Man and his Angler are missing, and she is transported to Earth-2 in 1945. The two Wonder Women team up to capture the Angle Man, then the Earth-1 Wonder Woman causes the Earth-2 Wonder Woman along with Steve Trevor and Etta Candy to forget about meeting her, before she returns to Earth-1 in the 1980s with the Angle Man. //Note: This story takes place immediately after All-Star Comics #27.// ["Tomorrow's Gods and Demons," Wonder Woman #242 (April, 1978); "The Five-Sided Square," Wonder Woman #243 (May, 1978)]
-  * August 24-26: ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/starman-e2-tp1945-01-08/|Starman: Times Past, 1945: Nuclear Furnace, Chapters 8-16]]"]+  * August 24-26: ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/starman-e2-tp1945-01-08/|Starman: Times Past, 1945: Nuclear Furnace, Chapters 8-16]]"]
  
 ===September, 1945=== ===September, 1945===
  
-  * When the evil astral being Azmodus arrives on Earth and takes a human host, some cosmic fluke causes both Azmodus and the Spectre to be trapped in their human hosts for the next two decades. The Spectre now finds himself entirely unable to leave or separate from Corrigan's body. ["War That Shook the Universe," Showcase #60 (January-February, 1966)]+  * When the evil astral being Azmodus arrives on Earth from the astral world of Tholagga and takes a human host, some cosmic fluke causes both Azmodus and the Spectre to be trapped in their human hosts for the next two decades. The Spectre now finds himself entirely unable to leave or separate from Corrigan's body. //Note: The name of Azmodus' original human host remains unknown.// ["War That Shook the Universe," Showcase #60 (January-February, 1966)]
  
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-  * Ted Knight (Starman) marries Doris Lee. She asks him to honor his promise not to be Starman after their wedding, and he readily agrees, having lost his enthusiasm for it since the summer. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/starman-e2-tp1945-01-16/|Starman: Times Past, 1945: Nuclear Furnace, Chapter 16]]"]+  * Ted Knight (Starman) marries Doris Lee. She asks him to honor his promise not to be Starman after their wedding, and he readily agrees, having lost his enthusiasm for it since the summer. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/starman-e2-tp1945-01-16/|Starman: Times Past, 1945: Nuclear Furnace, Chapter 16]]"]
   * Heinrich Miller, having joined the //Daily Star// as reporter Henry Miller, battles Superman as Atoman, using his kryptonite radiation to weaken Superman. In their last showdown, the Atoman apparently dies, and Superman dresses him in the lead-lined orange and yellow costume he found, then buries him in a lead-lined coffin in the cornerstone of the newly constructed Victory Building in Metropolis. [Superman radio serial (October 11-December 3, 1945; "The Secret Origins of the Superman and Batman Team," World's Finest Comics #271 (September, 1981)]   * Heinrich Miller, having joined the //Daily Star// as reporter Henry Miller, battles Superman as Atoman, using his kryptonite radiation to weaken Superman. In their last showdown, the Atoman apparently dies, and Superman dresses him in the lead-lined orange and yellow costume he found, then buries him in a lead-lined coffin in the cornerstone of the newly constructed Victory Building in Metropolis. [Superman radio serial (October 11-December 3, 1945; "The Secret Origins of the Superman and Batman Team," World's Finest Comics #271 (September, 1981)]
   * Wesley Dodds (the Sandman) suffers his first heart attack, and he and Sandy Hawkins are forced to retire from crime-fighting as the Sandman and Sandy the Golden Boy. Over the next year and a half, Wes spends much of his time in his laboratory inventing various weapons and equipment for his eventual return to crime-fighting, including a silicoid gun and a prototype sand-gun. Sandy, meanwhile, finishes high school and goes on to college. ["Hostile Witness," America Vs. the Justice Society #3 (March, 1985)]   * Wesley Dodds (the Sandman) suffers his first heart attack, and he and Sandy Hawkins are forced to retire from crime-fighting as the Sandman and Sandy the Golden Boy. Over the next year and a half, Wes spends much of his time in his laboratory inventing various weapons and equipment for his eventual return to crime-fighting, including a silicoid gun and a prototype sand-gun. Sandy, meanwhile, finishes high school and goes on to college. ["Hostile Witness," America Vs. the Justice Society #3 (March, 1985)]
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-  * The JSA travel to the 5th Dimension and the Seven Soldiers of Victory is reunited in order to stop them from being used as pawns. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1946-01/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1946: The Wish Master]]"]+  * The JSA travel to the 5th Dimension and the Seven Soldiers of Victory is reunited in order to stop them from being used as pawns. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1946-01/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1946: The Wish Master]]"]
  
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-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/starman-e2-tp1945-01-16/|Starman: Times Past, 1945: Nuclear Furnace, Chapter 16]]"+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/starman-e2-tp1945-01-16/|Starman: Times Past, 1945: Nuclear Furnace, Chapter 16]]"
-  * Mister Terrific travels to Germany in search of the missing Tex Thomson (Mister America/Americommando), where he defeats and arrests Baron Blitzkrieg for his war crimes with the help of Thomson, who is disguised as the Iron Claw. The two then free a few international heroes (Fireball of the U.S.S.R., Kuei of China, and Phantasmo of France -- three members of the wartime Young Allies team) with the help of anti-Nazi German heroine Red Eagle, who also frees her captive husband, Black Eagle. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/misterterrific-tp1946-01/|Mister Terrific: Times Past, 1946: American Heroes]]"]+  * Mister Terrific travels to Germany in search of the missing Tex Thomson (Mister America/Americommando), where he defeats and arrests Baron Blitzkrieg for his war crimes with the help of Thomson, who is disguised as the Iron Claw. The two then free a few international heroes (Fireball of the U.S.S.R., Kuei of China, and Phantasmo of France -- three members of the wartime Young Allies team) with the help of anti-Nazi German heroine Red Eagle, who also frees her captive husband, Black Eagle. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/misterterrific-tp1946-01/|Mister Terrific: Times Past, 1946: American Heroes]]"]
  
 ===August, 1946=== ===August, 1946===
  
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/starman-e2-tp1945-01-16e/|Starman: Times Past, 1945: Nuclear Furnace, Epilogue]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/starman-e2-tp1945-01-16e/|Starman: Times Past, 1945: Nuclear Furnace, Epilogue]]"]
   * Three of the Duna, a race of beings from a faraway planet whose bodies are glowing globes of mental energy, summon the Justice Society together and tell them that Zor, a renegade of their race, has taken possession of an Earthman's body and is using it to facilitate strange crimes involving advanced technology. The Justice Society agrees to find and stop Zor by investigating the strange crimes taking place across America. Hawkman investigates a series of crimes involving an antigravity beam. Doctor Mid-Nite investigates crimes committed by crooks wearing clothing that makes them invisible. Green Lantern investigates crimes seemingly committed by crooks given all the qualities of statues come to life, including those of Thor, Samson, and Achilles. The Atom investigates a gang of crooks using shoes enabling them to walk up walls. Johnny Thunder and his Thunderbolt look into a gang using a jet-propelled submarine with perfect vertical movement. The Flash investigates crimes by crooks using the borer, a machine that can tunnel through anything. After each JSAer has learned that Zor is in the body of an old toymaker named Willie Wonder, the team, along with the three Duna, converge on his toy shop. While the Justice Society overcomes the crooks there, the Duna extract Zor from Willie Wonder and take him back to their world, leaving Willie unharmed. ["The Workshop of Willie Wonder," All-Star Comics #31 (October-November, 1946)]   * Three of the Duna, a race of beings from a faraway planet whose bodies are glowing globes of mental energy, summon the Justice Society together and tell them that Zor, a renegade of their race, has taken possession of an Earthman's body and is using it to facilitate strange crimes involving advanced technology. The Justice Society agrees to find and stop Zor by investigating the strange crimes taking place across America. Hawkman investigates a series of crimes involving an antigravity beam. Doctor Mid-Nite investigates crimes committed by crooks wearing clothing that makes them invisible. Green Lantern investigates crimes seemingly committed by crooks given all the qualities of statues come to life, including those of Thor, Samson, and Achilles. The Atom investigates a gang of crooks using shoes enabling them to walk up walls. Johnny Thunder and his Thunderbolt look into a gang using a jet-propelled submarine with perfect vertical movement. The Flash investigates crimes by crooks using the borer, a machine that can tunnel through anything. After each JSAer has learned that Zor is in the body of an old toymaker named Willie Wonder, the team, along with the three Duna, converge on his toy shop. While the Justice Society overcomes the crooks there, the Duna extract Zor from Willie Wonder and take him back to their world, leaving Willie unharmed. ["The Workshop of Willie Wonder," All-Star Comics #31 (October-November, 1946)]
  
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-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/johnnythunder-e2-tp1946-01/|Johnny Thunder: Times Past, 1946: Bolt from the Blue]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/johnnythunder-e2-tp1946-01/|Johnny Thunder: Times Past, 1946: Bolt from the Blue]]"]
  
 ===December, 1946=== ===December, 1946===
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   * Johnny Thunder, while still in Gotham City after a JSA meeting, first meets the Black Canary. The Thunderbolt stops responding every time that Johnny calls for his help, and Johnny soon finds his T-bolt too unreliable to call, explaining several subsequent adventures in which the Thunderbolt does not appear. ["The Black Canary," Flash Comics #86 (August, 1947)]   * Johnny Thunder, while still in Gotham City after a JSA meeting, first meets the Black Canary. The Thunderbolt stops responding every time that Johnny calls for his help, and Johnny soon finds his T-bolt too unreliable to call, explaining several subsequent adventures in which the Thunderbolt does not appear. ["The Black Canary," Flash Comics #86 (August, 1947)]
   * Ted Grant (Wildcat) and his girlfriend Irina have a son, Jake, who is kidnapped shortly after birth by Wildcat's old enemy, the Yellow Wasp. Neither the child nor the Yellow Wasp are ever seen again. [Secret Origins #50]   * Ted Grant (Wildcat) and his girlfriend Irina have a son, Jake, who is kidnapped shortly after birth by Wildcat's old enemy, the Yellow Wasp. Neither the child nor the Yellow Wasp are ever seen again. [Secret Origins #50]
-  * Mars attacks various JSA members, as well as non-JSAer, Black Canary. Johnny Thunder is offered a job in Gotham City, working for Bruce Wayne in some capacity. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1947-01/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1947: The New Olympians]]"]+  * Mars attacks various JSA members, as well as non-JSAer, Black Canary. Johnny Thunder is offered a job in Gotham City, working for Bruce Wayne in some capacity. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1947-01/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1947: The New Olympians]]"]
   * Wesley Dodds tears to ribbons his yellow and purple Sandman costume, reminding him too much of what he'd had to do to Sandy Hawkins, and he returns to his original green-suited, purple-caped costume with a yellow-and-blue gas mask and an orange hat. Wesley Dodds tells most his friends in the JSA that Sandy Hawkins has left New York City to make his own way in the world, rather than admit the truth, though he does end up telling a couple of friends like Rex Tyler (Hourman) and Lee Travis (Crimson Avenger) the truth. The Sandman, in his original outfit, puts away the top gang boss in New York City, "Snooze" Simpson, in his first solo case in years, but he has no other cases after this. ["The Creature in the Velvet Cage," Justice League of America #113 (September-October, 1974); "Whatever Happened to the Sandman?" DC Comics Presents #42 (February, 1982)]   * Wesley Dodds tears to ribbons his yellow and purple Sandman costume, reminding him too much of what he'd had to do to Sandy Hawkins, and he returns to his original green-suited, purple-caped costume with a yellow-and-blue gas mask and an orange hat. Wesley Dodds tells most his friends in the JSA that Sandy Hawkins has left New York City to make his own way in the world, rather than admit the truth, though he does end up telling a couple of friends like Rex Tyler (Hourman) and Lee Travis (Crimson Avenger) the truth. The Sandman, in his original outfit, puts away the top gang boss in New York City, "Snooze" Simpson, in his first solo case in years, but he has no other cases after this. ["The Creature in the Velvet Cage," Justice League of America #113 (September-October, 1974); "Whatever Happened to the Sandman?" DC Comics Presents #42 (February, 1982)]
   * Paula Brooks (formerly Tigress) begins criminal career as the Huntress [Sensation #68]   * Paula Brooks (formerly Tigress) begins criminal career as the Huntress [Sensation #68]
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   * Kathy Kane inherits her uncle's fortune and becomes Batwoman. [Detective Comics #233 - date refers to Earth-2 version only]   * Kathy Kane inherits her uncle's fortune and becomes Batwoman. [Detective Comics #233 - date refers to Earth-2 version only]
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/misterterrific-tp1947-01/|Mister Terrific: Times Past, 1947: A Thousand Weapons to Choose From]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/misterterrific-tp1947-01/|Mister Terrific: Times Past, 1947: A Thousand Weapons to Choose From]]"] 
 +  * July 27: Ted Grant fights Juan "Kid" Montez, also known as "Mauler" Montez, the future father of Yolanda Montez, alias Wildcat II and Catwoman II. //Note: Date comes from a poster printed in Infinity Inc. #30.//
  
 ===August, 1947=== ===August, 1947===
  
   * The Wizard challenges the nation and the Justice Society by assembling an Injustice Society of the World and liberating convicts from prisons all over the country to join in an attempted coup against the government. ["The Injustice Society of the World," All-Star Comics #37 (October-November, 1947)]   * The Wizard challenges the nation and the Justice Society by assembling an Injustice Society of the World and liberating convicts from prisons all over the country to join in an attempted coup against the government. ["The Injustice Society of the World," All-Star Comics #37 (October-November, 1947)]
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/bravebold-e2-gl-ga-tp1947/|The Brave and the Bold: Green Lantern and Green Arrow: Times Past, 1947: Gotham’s Greenest]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/bravebold-e2-gl-ga-tp1947/|The Brave and the Bold: Green Lantern and Green Arrow: Times Past, 1947: Gotham’s Greenest]]"]
  
 ===September, 1947=== ===September, 1947===
  
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/bravebold-e2-dmn-guardian-tp1947/|The Brave and the Bold: Doctor Mid-Nite and the Guardian: Times Past, 1952: Shedding Some Light]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/bravebold-e2-dmn-guardian-tp1947/|The Brave and the Bold: Doctor Mid-Nite and the Guardian: Times Past, 1947: Shedding Some Light]]"]
  
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-  * Johnny Thunder and the Black Canary defeat a female crook called the Runaway Bride. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/johnnythunder-e2-tp1947-01/|Johnny Thunder: Times Past, 1947: Johnny Thunder Takes a Bride]]"]+  * Johnny Thunder and the Black Canary defeat a female crook called the Runaway Bride. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/johnnythunder-e2-tp1947-01/|Johnny Thunder: Times Past, 1947: Johnny Thunder Takes a Bride]]"]
  
 ===December, 1947=== ===December, 1947===
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 ====1948==== ====1948====
  
-  * 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. Gareth Gallowglass, a 12-year-old psychic prodigy from Earth-1, takes up residence on the island, now called Grim Island, after his fellow Sentinels of Magic of Earth-1 are killed protecting the five Earths from being invaded by Hell. ["[[http://www.5earths.com/earth-1/showcase-e1-sentinelsofmagic-tp1948/|Showcase: The Sentinels of Magic: Times Past, 1948: Sacrifices Must Be Made]]"]+  * 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. Gareth Gallowglass, a 12-year-old psychic prodigy from Earth-1, takes up residence on the island, now called Grim Island, after his fellow Sentinels of Magic of Earth-1 are killed protecting the five Earths from being invaded by Hell. ["[[https://5earths.com/earth-1/showcase-e1-sentinelsofmagic-tp1948/|Showcase: The Sentinels of Magic: Times Past, 1948: Sacrifices Must Be Made]]"]
  
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-  * The JSA once again battle the Alchemist (Prof. Zodiak) with the help of Mister Terrific. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1948-01/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1948: All in the Chemistry]]"]+  * The JSA once again battle the Alchemist (Prof. Zodiak) with the help of Mister Terrific. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1948-01/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1948: All in the Chemistry]]"]
  
 ===July, 1948=== ===July, 1948===
  
-  * The JSA almost used as a pawn by three long-lived villains (The Shade, the Ghost, and Blue Lama) to recover the ruby of a fourth, Septimus Graham, who went down with the //Titanic// in 1912 but survived to the present, as part of a plan hatched in 1850 -- when all four rubies are together at the time of a certain comet whose return was scheduled for 1948, whoever had them all would receive great power. The JSA stops them. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1948-02/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1948: Trail of the Ruby]]"]+  * The JSA almost used as a pawn by three long-lived villains (The Shade, the Ghost, and Blue Lama) to recover the ruby of a fourth, Septimus Graham, who went down with the //Titanic// in 1912 but survived to the present, as part of a plan hatched in 1850 -- when all four rubies are together at the time of a certain comet whose return was scheduled for 1948, whoever had them all would receive great power. The JSA stops them. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1948-02/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1948: Trail of the Ruby]]"]
  
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 ===October, 1948=== ===October, 1948===
  
-  * October 26: The Seven Soldiers of Victory battle the Nebula-Man (the transformed Dr. Wilfred Gwythyr Doome) and are time-lost. Wing How apparently dies in battle with the Nebula-Man, but in reality he is taken to the Nebula-Man's realm. Wesley Dodds, the former Sandmanlater begins searching for his missing friend Lee Travis (the Crimson Avenger) but is unsuccessful. ["The Unknown Soldier of Victory," Justice League of America #100 (August, 1972).] +  * October 26: A giant menace called the Nebula-Man (the transformed Dr. Wilfred Gwythyr Doome) walks over the world, conquering everyone who tries to stop him, and killing many people. Finally, the Seven Soldiers of Victory come out of retirement to stop the Nebula-Man in the Himalayas near Mount Everest. The Seven Soldiers battle the Nebula-Man, giving them enough time to complete the Nebula-Rod, which gathers nebuloid-energy from space to channel against the opposing nebula threat. Wing How uses the new secret weapon to destroy the Nebula-Man, sacrificing his life in the process, though in reality he is taken to the Nebula-Man's realm. Holy men from a nearby temple who witnessed the battle place Wing's body in a grave. The destruction of the Nebula-Man causes each of the Seven Soldiers of Victory to be sent into a different era in the past. //Note: It is not known if the Hand had anything to do with the appearance of the Nebula-Manbut he eventually learned how to create his own construction of nebuloid-energy, since he threatens the Earth with it in 1972.// ["The Unknown Soldier of Victory," Justice League of America #100 (August, 1972).] 
-  * The Crimson Avengers is sent to the time of the Aztecs, where he gains powers and is mistaken for the sun god Huitzilopotchli. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/crimsonavenger-tp1948-01/|The Crimson Avenger: Times Past, 1948: Losing Myself]]"+    * The Crimson Avenger is sent to the time of the Aztec Empire, where he has amnesia and gains strange powers from a fragment of the Nebula-Man and is worshipped as Huitzilopochtli, sun god of the Aztecs. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/crimsonavenger-tp1948-01/|The Crimson Avenger: Times Past, 1948: Losing Myself]]"
-  * Green Arrow is sent to the time of Robin Hood, where he takes that hero's place in a tournament after he is injured. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/greenarrow-e2-tp1948-01/|Green Arrow: Times Past, 1948: The Ballad of Green Arrow]]"+    * The Shining Knight is sent to the time of Genghis Khan, where he falls under the control of a shaman and is made to serve Khan as his knight, fighting at the forefront of Khan's invading horde. 
-  * Stripesy is sent to ancient Egypt during the time of Akhenaten, where he gains super-strength and is injured. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/showcase-e2-stripesy-tp1948/|Showcase: Stripesy: Times Past, 1948: Danger in Ancient Egypt]]"+    * Green Arrow is sent to the time of Robin Hood, where he takes that hero's place in a tournament after he is injured, and is arrested by the Sheriff of Nottingham. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/greenarrow-e2-tp1948-01/|Green Arrow: Times Past, 1948: The Ballad of Green Arrow]]"
-  * Speedy is sent to ancient Greece, where he seeks help from Circe to return to his own time but is instead turned into a centaur. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/showcase-e2-speedy-tp1948/|Showcase: Speedy: Times Past, 1948: Transformations]]"]+    * Stripesy is sent to ancient Egypt during the time of Akhenaten, where he gains super-strength and is injured. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/showcase-e2-stripesy-tp1948/|Showcase: Stripesy: Times Past, 1948: Danger in Ancient Egypt]]"
 +    * The Vigilante is sent to North America before the time of Columbus, where he is captured by Native Americans. 
 +    * The Star-Spangled Kid is sent back to the time of cavemen 50,000 years ago, where he isolates himself to avoid infecting the cavemen who have no immunity to his cold. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/starspangledkid-tp1948-01/|The Star-Spangled Kid: Times Past, 1948: The Caveman Kid]]"
 +    * Speedy is sent to ancient Greece, where he seeks help from the sorceress Circe to return to his own time but is instead turned into a centaur and brought to the isle of Aeaea. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/showcase-e2-speedy-tp1948/|Showcase: Speedy: Times Past, 1948: Transformations]]"] 
 +  * Wesley Dodds, the former Sandman, later begins searching for his missing friend Lee Travis (the Crimson Avenger) but is unsuccessful.
  
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-  * December 7: Doctor Darrk hires several super-villains to kill Hourman, who is only saved through the intervention of Starman (in action for the first time in three years) on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/bravebold-e2-hm-starman-tp1948/|The Brave and the Bold: Hourman and Starman: Times Past, 1948: Time and Stars]]"]+  * December 7: Doctor Darrk hires several super-villains to kill Hourman, who is only saved through the intervention of Starman (in action for the first time in three years) on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/bravebold-e2-hm-starman-tp1948/|The Brave and the Bold: Hourman and Starman: Times Past, 1948: Time and Stars]]"]
   * December 7: The All-Star Squadron holds its annual reunion dinner.   * December 7: The All-Star Squadron holds its annual reunion dinner.
-  * December 8: Doris Knight finally tells her husband Ted Knight (Starman) why she asked him to retire as Starman when they were married, and he agrees to remain in retirement for the near future. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/starman-e2-tp1948-01/|Starman: Times Past, 1948: Give Up the Stars]]"]+  * December 8: Doris Knight finally tells her husband Ted Knight (Starman) why she asked him to retire as Starman when they were married, and he agrees to remain in retirement for the near future. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/starman-e2-tp1948-01/|Starman: Times Past, 1948: Give Up the Stars]]"]
   * Lois 4XR, descendant of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, visits from the future and has a brief career as Superwoman. [Superman #57]   * Lois 4XR, descendant of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, visits from the future and has a brief career as Superwoman. [Superman #57]
-  * Taking a special elective course at university, Lily DeLuna meets famous newswomen Lois Lane and Libby Lawrence (Liberty Belle). //Note: The Huntress and the Sportsmaster, having first met in early 1948, are now a couple. This story takes place several weeks after the November, 1948, election, but before the college Christmas break. Lily DeLuna already graduated in May, 1948, so she is taking this special course purely for interest's sake.// ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/bravebold-e2-lois-libby-tp1948/|The Brave and the Bold: Lois Lane and Liberty Belle: Times Past, 1948: Women of Journalism]]"]+  * Taking a special elective course at university, Lily DeLuna meets famous newswomen Lois Lane and Libby Lawrence (Liberty Belle). //Note: The Huntress and the Sportsmaster, having first met in early 1948, are now a couple. This story takes place several weeks after the November, 1948, election, but before the college Christmas break. Lily DeLuna already graduated in May, 1948, so she is taking this special course purely for interest's sake.// ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/bravebold-e2-lois-libby-tp1948/|The Brave and the Bold: Lois Lane and Liberty Belle: Times Past, 1948: Women of Journalism]]"]
  
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   * The Justice Society is faced with a Western-style outlaw who claims to be the original Billy the Kid. //Note: This story indicates that Civic City is somewhere in the Midwest, not far from the old frontier.// [All-Star Comics #47]   * The Justice Society is faced with a Western-style outlaw who claims to be the original Billy the Kid. //Note: This story indicates that Civic City is somewhere in the Midwest, not far from the old frontier.// [All-Star Comics #47]
-  * The Justice Society battles a group of newly empowered super-villains with the help of Mister Terrific and Rex Tyler (Hourman). ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1949-01/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1949: The Science of Revenge]]"]+  * The Justice Society battles a group of newly empowered super-villains with the help of Mister Terrific and Rex Tyler (Hourman). ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1949-01/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1949: The Science of Revenge]]"]
  
 ===March, 1949=== ===March, 1949===
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-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/showcase-e2-vicvalor-tp1949/|Showcase: Vic Valor: Times Past, 1949: Vic Valor, Invincible]]"+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/showcase-e2-vicvalor-tp1949/|Showcase: Vic Valor: Times Past, 1949: Vic Valor, Invincible]]"
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/starman-e2-tp1949-01/|Starman: Times Past, 1949: An Alternate Destiny]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/starman-e2-tp1949-01/|Starman: Times Past, 1949: An Alternate Destiny]]"]
   * April 28: The Justice Society must fight a race of Fire People from a comet, who intend to rob Earth of its radium and inadvertently wipe humanity off the face of the planet. //Note: A newspaper in this story places it in April, 1950, but it must actually be April, 1949.// [All-Star Comics #49]   * April 28: The Justice Society must fight a race of Fire People from a comet, who intend to rob Earth of its radium and inadvertently wipe humanity off the face of the planet. //Note: A newspaper in this story places it in April, 1950, but it must actually be April, 1949.// [All-Star Comics #49]
  
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   * In a country in Northern Africa ruled by a sultan (probably Egypt), the Masked One founds a small but determined war party called the Cavaliers.   * In a country in Northern Africa ruled by a sultan (probably Egypt), the Masked One founds a small but determined war party called the Cavaliers.
   * In the United States, Mr. Crown founds the Swordsmen Party and begins warning the government about a secret enemy threatening America, urging a preemptive strike. In reality, the "secret enemy" are the American people themselves, who are placed in the grip of paranoia, seeing enemies in every corner. This coincides with the so-called Red Scare, which runs from 1947 to 1954.   * In the United States, Mr. Crown founds the Swordsmen Party and begins warning the government about a secret enemy threatening America, urging a preemptive strike. In reality, the "secret enemy" are the American people themselves, who are placed in the grip of paranoia, seeing enemies in every corner. This coincides with the so-called Red Scare, which runs from 1947 to 1954.
-  * <html><span style="color:#FF0000;font-weight:bold;">Captain Triumph</span></html> retires from superheroics. [Crack Comics #62]+  * <color #FF0000>**Captain Triumph**</color> retires from superheroics. [Crack Comics #62]
  
 ===August, 1949=== ===August, 1949===
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 ===September, 1949=== ===September, 1949===
  
-  * Lily DeLuna uncovers Starman's secret identity. //Note: Takes place shortly before the beginning of fall.// ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/showcase-e2-lilydeluna-tp1949/|Showcase: Lily DeLuna: Times Past, 1949: Lily DeLuna, Investigative Reporter]]"+  * Lily DeLuna uncovers Starman's secret identity. //Note: Takes place shortly before the beginning of fall.// ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/showcase-e2-lilydeluna-tp1949/|Showcase: Lily DeLuna: Times Past, 1949: Lily DeLuna, Investigative Reporter]]"
-  * Lily DeLuna and Doris Knight team up to fight Mekanique. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/bravebold-e2-lily-doris-tp1949/|The Brave and the Bold: Lily DeLuna and Doris Knight: Times Past, 1949: Super Girls’ Knight Out]]"]+  * Lily DeLuna and Doris Knight team up to fight Mekanique. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/bravebold-e2-lily-doris-tp1949/|The Brave and the Bold: Lily DeLuna and Doris Knight: Times Past, 1949: Super Girls’ Knight Out]]"]
  
 ===December, 1949=== ===December, 1949===
  
-  * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/batman-e2-tp1949-01/|Batman: Times Past, 1949: Death on Ice]]"]+  * ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/batman-e2-tp1949-01/|Batman: Times Past, 1949: Death on Ice]]"]
  
 **Go to [[Timeline of Earth-2 (1950s to 1970s)]]** **Go to [[Timeline of Earth-2 (1950s to 1970s)]]**
  
 **Timeline of Earth-2:** [[Timeline of Earth-2 (prehistory to 1920s)|prehistory to 1920s]] | [[Timeline of Earth-2 (1930s to 1940s)|1930s to 1940s]] | [[Timeline of Earth-2 (1950s to 1970s)|1950s to 1970s]] | [[Timeline of Earth-2 (1980s to the future)|1980s to the future]] | **Special timelines:** [[Timeline of Earth-2 during the Crisis]] | [[Timeline of Earth-2 (alternate timelines)|alternate timelines]] **Timeline of Earth-2:** [[Timeline of Earth-2 (prehistory to 1920s)|prehistory to 1920s]] | [[Timeline of Earth-2 (1930s to 1940s)|1930s to 1940s]] | [[Timeline of Earth-2 (1950s to 1970s)|1950s to 1970s]] | [[Timeline of Earth-2 (1980s to the future)|1980s to the future]] | **Special timelines:** [[Timeline of Earth-2 during the Crisis]] | [[Timeline of Earth-2 (alternate timelines)|alternate timelines]]
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