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| * Bruce Barlow, brilliant young scientist and so-called "conqueror of the planets," combats menaces to the Earth, taking him to Saturn, the center of the Earth, and Venus. //Note: This series, written in 1940, was set in the then-far-off year of 1980. Although the technology for interplanetary travel shown in this series is still too advanced for 1980, this series is still conceivably possible, although events would have to be much more secretive than depicted.// [Whirlwind Comics #1-3] | * [[Bruce Barlow]], brilliant young scientist and so-called "conqueror of the planets," combats menaces to the Earth, taking him to Saturn, the center of the Earth, and Venus. //Note: This series, written in 1940, was set in the then-far-off year of 1980. Although the technology for interplanetary travel shown in this series is still too advanced for 1980, this series is still conceivably possible, although events would have to be much more secretive than depicted.// [Whirlwind Comics #1-3] |
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| === June, 1980 === | === June, 1980 === |
| === February, 1981 === | === February, 1981 === |
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| * [[Ms. Michael Tree]], private investigator, has her first public case in Chicago after her husband Michael Tree is murdered. //Note: Ms. Tree exists on Earth-4 because of her association with Michael Mauser. In her normal continuity, Ms. Tree is the daughter of Dragnet's Joe Friday, but on Earth-4 her father is his counterpart, Sgt. Joe Pride of the Racket Squad. Ms. Tree's name before her marriage was Michael Pride.// [Eclipse, the Magazine #1] | * [[Ms. Tree|Ms. Michael Tree]], private investigator, has her first public case in Chicago after her husband Michael Tree is murdered. //Note: Ms. Tree exists on Earth-4 because of her association with Michael Mauser. In her normal continuity, Ms. Tree is the daughter of Dragnet's Joe Friday, but on Earth-4 her father is his counterpart, Sgt. Joe Pride of the Racket Squad. Ms. Tree's name before her marriage was Michael Pride.// [Eclipse, the Magazine #1] |
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| === March, 1981 === | === March, 1981 === |
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| * [[Blue Beetle III]] and [[the Question]] return and team up against a villain known as the Enigma, who Blue Beetle III had put in prison for ten years. [Charlton Bullseye v2 #1] | * [[Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)|Blue Beetle III]] and [[Question|the Question]] return and team up against a villain known as the Enigma, who Blue Beetle III had put in prison for ten years. [Charlton Bullseye v2 #1] |
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| === August, 1981 === | === August, 1981 === |
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| * **[[The Vanguards]]** (**[[Celestra]]**, **[[Corona]]**, and **[[Cerebra]]**), in **a single adventure**, battle the evil Overlords (Nightmare, Arcturos, and Killstar) in the Alpha star system, which contains three inhabited planets engaged in civil war. The rebels, called the Alphasquad and led by the Vanguards, overthrow the Overlords and free the Alpha star system. The Overlords escape to Earth. //Note: Presumably some time after this story the Overlords were pursued by the Vanguards to Earth, where a battle ensued, but this has not yet been shown to happen. Cerebra is the sole survivor of a race of psionics from the planet Onym in the Alpha star system; however, it is possible that Onym is the same planet that Cy Key (Mastermind) comes from, meaning that they are the sole survivors of their species.// [Charlton Bullseye v2 #4] | * **[[Vanguards|The Vanguards]]** (**[[Celestra]]**, **[[Corona (Earth-4)|Corona]]**, and **[[Cerebra]]**), in **a single adventure**, battle the evil Overlords (Nightmare, Arcturos, and Killstar) in the Alpha star system, which contains three inhabited planets engaged in civil war. The rebels, called the Alphasquad and led by the Vanguards, overthrow the Overlords and free the Alpha star system. The Overlords escape to Earth. //Note: Presumably some time after this story the Overlords were pursued by the Vanguards to Earth, where a battle ensued, but this has not yet been shown to happen. Cerebra is the sole survivor of a race of psionics from the planet Onym in the Alpha star system; however, it is possible that Onym is the same planet that Cy Key (Mastermind) comes from, meaning that they are the sole survivors of their species.// [Charlton Bullseye v2 #4] |
| * A super-powered action hero named **[[Guardian]]** has a **single case**. [Charlton Bullseye v2 #4] | * A super-powered action hero named **[[Guardian (Earth-4)|Guardian]]** has a **single case**. [Charlton Bullseye v2 #4] |
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| === December, 1981 === | === December, 1981 === |
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| * [[Captain Atom]] returns, now in his original costume and under the command of Gen. Wade Wolfe. After Wolfe sells him out to extraterrestrials, Captain Atom quits the U.S. military. //Note: After this case, Captain Atom breaks off his engagement to Janet Rogers, abandons his original costume and returns to the metal-based costume he used in the late 1960s. Gen. Wade Wolfe is court-martialed and dishonorably discharged from the military for his actions, and Gen. Clinton Eining regains his role as head of the Captain Atom Project after he and Jeff "Gunner" Goslin coax Captain Atom back into the military.// [Charlton Bullseye v2 #7] | * [[Captain Atom]] returns, now in his original costume and under the command of Gen. Wade Wolfe. After Wolfe sells him out to extraterrestrials, Captain Atom quits the U.S. military. //Note: After this case, Captain Atom breaks off his engagement to Janet Rogers, abandons his original costume and returns to the metal-based costume he used in the late 1960s. Gen. Wade Wolfe is court-martialed and dishonorably discharged from the military for his actions, and Gen. Clinton Eining regains his role as head of the Captain Atom Project after he and Jeff "Gunner" Goslin coax Captain Atom back into the military.// [Charlton Bullseye v2 #7] |
| * [[Nightshade]] returns and battles her returning foe, [[the Ghost]]. //Note: While she began her career as a CIA agent, this story shows that Eve Eden has since joined the OSI (now called the Office of Special Investigations), the same organization that has employed bionic agents Steve Austin and Jaime Sommers. Eve's handler or immediate superior is Agent Rocky Lane, who is likely related to (or possibly the same person as) the Rocky Lane of the Old West.// [Charlton Bullseye v2 #7] | * [[Nightshade]] returns and battles her returning foe, [[Ghost (Alec Rois)|the Ghost]]. //Note: While she began her career as a CIA agent, this story shows that Eve Eden has since joined the OSI (now called the Office of Special Investigations), the same organization that has employed bionic agents Steve Austin and Jaime Sommers. Eve's handler or immediate superior is Agent Rocky Lane, who is likely related to (or possibly the same person as) the Rocky Lane of the Old West.// [Charlton Bullseye v2 #7] |
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| === April, 1982 === | === April, 1982 === |
| === August, 1982 === | === August, 1982 === |
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| * **[[Golden Lad]]** comes out of suspended animation after 36 years when the Minstrel forgets to pay the Keeper. Fighting alongside Thunderbunny on a **single case**, he is shot by an energy cannon and instantly ages to an old man. He falls unconscious and is taken away to the hospital, but not until he tells Thunderbunny about the Keeper and the other golden age heroes the villain is keeping captive. //Note: Golden Lad is referred to as Golden Kid in this story. Only a few heroes are pictured (none Charlton or Earth-4 characters); they include Bulletman, the Spirit, Miss Fury, and Blackhawk. The actual heroes kept captive by the Keeper are their closest visual Earth-4 counterparts: Torpedo Man (or Dynamo), the Grey Mask, Black Venus, and the Golden Eagle, and other heroes who disappeared unaccountably in the 1940s.// [Charlton Bullseye v2 #10] | * **[[Golden Man|Golden Lad]]** comes out of suspended animation after 36 years when the Minstrel forgets to pay the Keeper. Fighting alongside Thunderbunny on a **single case**, he is shot by an energy cannon and instantly ages from his preserved 14-year-old form to an old man. He falls unconscious and is taken away to the hospital, but not until he tells Thunderbunny about the Keeper and the other golden age heroes the villain is keeping captive. //Note: Golden Lad is referred to as Golden Kid in this story. Only a few heroes are pictured (none Charlton or Earth-4 characters); they include Bulletman, the Spirit, Miss Fury, and Blackhawk. The actual heroes kept captive by the Keeper are their closest visual Earth-4 counterparts: Torpedo Man (or Dynamo), the Grey Mask, Black Venus, and the Golden Eagle, and other heroes who disappeared unaccountably in the 1940s.// [Charlton Bullseye v2 #10] |
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| === September, 1982 === | === September, 1982 === |
| === October, 1982 === | === October, 1982 === |
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| * The Sentinels of Justice (Captain Atom, Blue Beetle III, Nightshade, and the Question, as well as the Peacemaker, Son of Vulcan, and Tyger) travel to the parallel universes of Earth-1 and Earth-2, where they meet those worlds' Justice League of America and Justice Society of America. The Sentinels, the JLA, and the JSA team up to stop a plan by the rulers of Earth-4's Land of the Nightshades, Earth-2's Fairyland, and Earth-1's Magic Land to conquer all three parallel Earths. Amongst the super-villains that the Sentinels and the other teams fight are the Ghost, Doctor Spectro, Major Force, Punch and Jewelee, the Madmen, and the Squids. At the conclusion of this case, Doctor Fate causes everyone on all three Earths and related dimensions to forget that this case occurred at all. ["[[http://the5earths.50megs.com/earth-2/timespast/jsa1982-01.htm|JSA: Times Past, 1982: Crisis on Earth-Four]]"] | * The Sentinels of Justice (Captain Atom, Blue Beetle III, Nightshade, and the Question, as well as the Peacemaker, Son of Vulcan, and Tyger) travel to the parallel universes of Earth-1 and Earth-2, where they meet those worlds' Justice League of America and Justice Society of America. The Sentinels, the JLA, and the JSA team up to stop a plan by the rulers of Earth-4's Land of the Nightshades, Earth-2's Fairyland, and Earth-1's Magic Land to conquer all three parallel Earths. Amongst the super-villains that the Sentinels and the other teams fight are the Ghost, Doctor Spectro, Major Force, Punch and Jewelee, the Madmen, and the Squids. At the conclusion of this case, Doctor Fate causes everyone on all three Earths and related dimensions to forget that this case occurred at all. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/jsa-tp1982-01/|Justice Society of America: Times Past, 1982: Crisis on Earth-Four]]"] |
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| === November, 1982 === | === November, 1982 === |
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| * A Central City bank teller named David Carson unwittingly travels to the Fifth Plane, where he learns he is [[Lord Cumulus]], ruler and protector of that dimension's Fen-Ra. There, Lord Cumulus defends Fen-Ra against the evil [[Prince Chaos]]. Lord Cumulus is assisted by the wizard [[Lugulbanda]] and the immortal female warrior [[Sargon]], mistress of war. //Note: The events and characters of First Comics' Warp series (and possibly some other characters in the First Comics universe) exist on Earth-4 thanks to a crossover story in E-Man (First) #13.// [Warp #1, based on the Warp! sci-fi stage plays by Stuart Gordon and Bury St. Edmund] | * A bank teller from Central City, Iowa, named David Carson unwittingly travels to the Fifth Plane, where he learns he is [[Lord Cumulus]], ruler and protector of that dimension's Fen-Ra. There, Lord Cumulus defends Fen-Ra against the evil [[Prince Chaos]]. Lord Cumulus is assisted by the wizard [[Lugulbanda]] and the immortal female warrior [[Sargon]], mistress of war. //Note: The events and characters of First Comics' Warp series (and possibly some other characters in the First Comics universe) exist on Earth-4 thanks to a crossover story in E-Man (First) #13.// [Warp #1, based on the Warp! sci-fi stage plays by Stuart Gordon and Bury St. Edmund] |
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| === December, 1982 === | === December, 1982 === |
| === January, 1983 === | === January, 1983 === |
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| * Private investigator Roger Loring becomes the action hero known as **[[the Scythe]]** in order to investigate the murders of other private detectives. [Ms. Tree's Thrilling Detective Adventures #2] | * Private investigator Roger Loring becomes the action hero known as **[[Scythe|the Scythe]]** in order to investigate the murders of other private detectives. [Ms. Tree's Thrilling Detective Adventures #2] |
| * Dr. Ford Fairmont, the blind chief executive officer of Para-Sight Industries who is also an inventor and comic-book aficionado, recreates his favorite comic book characters in real-life by kidnapping young mutants and turning them into thinly veiled caricatures of Marvel Comics' X-Men characters, whom he calls the F-Men. He creates Zitpops (Snott Slummers), Drizzle (Ororeo), the Weasel (Hooligan), Slimesquirmer (Kurt Angstner), Clodhoppus (Peter Raskolnikov), and Airhead (Kitty Pron). Fairmont then has the F-Men capture Nova and turns her into the Albatross (Jean Beige). Meanwhile, the comic-book publishing company that owns the trademark first hires the criminal Masternose to kidnap Nova, and then creates the Revengers (Mindquake, Hussy, and Hamfist) to kidnap the F-Men. After an extensive battle, in which Nova undergoes further character changes (the Black Princess and Dark Albatross), Nova uses Fairmont's mutant energizer facility to remove all her powers and change herself back into a normal human woman again, Fairmont signs a contract reneging all rights to the F-Man, and Michael Mauser returns all the former F-Men members to their respective parents. Happy to be a normal woman again, Nova Kane stops dating other guys and begins to renew her relationship with E-Man. //Note: Since the "mutant energizer facility" doesn't have the power to either grant or remove super-powers, but instead only imprints a psychological profile on someone, Nova is a normal woman again only because she believes she is normal. In fact, she will eventually restore her ability to access her powers when the Crisis on Infinite Earths occurs, and when she needs them most. Other than Katherine "Kitty" Pron, the F-Men's real names are unknown, since the names they use are all caricatures of fictional characters.// [E-Man (First) #2-3] | * Dr. Ford Fairmont, the blind chief executive officer of Para-Sight Industries who is also an inventor and comic-book aficionado, recreates his favorite comic book characters in real-life by kidnapping young mutants and turning them into thinly veiled caricatures of Marvel Comics' X-Men characters, whom he calls the F-Men. He creates Zitpops (Snott Slummers), Drizzle (Ororeo), the Weasel (Hooligan), Slimesquirmer (Kurt Angstner), Clodhoppus (Peter Raskolnikov), and Airhead (Kitty Pron). Fairmont then has the F-Men capture Nova and turns her into the Albatross (Jean Beige). Meanwhile, the comic-book publishing company that owns the trademark first hires the criminal Masternose to kidnap Nova, and then creates the Revengers (Mindquake, Hussy, and Hamfist) to kidnap the F-Men. After an extensive battle, in which Nova undergoes further character changes (the Black Princess and Dark Albatross), Nova uses Fairmont's mutant energizer facility to remove all her powers and change herself back into a normal human woman again, Fairmont signs a contract reneging all rights to the F-Man, and Michael Mauser returns all the former F-Men members to their respective parents. Happy to be a normal woman again, Nova Kane stops dating other guys and begins to renew her relationship with E-Man. //Note: Since the "mutant energizer facility" doesn't have the power to either grant or remove super-powers, but instead only imprints a psychological profile on someone, Nova is a normal woman again only because she believes she is normal. In fact, she will eventually restore her ability to access her powers when the Crisis on Infinite Earths occurs, and when she needs them most. Other than Katherine "Kitty" Pron, the F-Men's real names are unknown, since the names they use are all caricatures of fictional characters.// [E-Man (First) #2-3] |
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| === April, 1983 === | === April, 1983 === |
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| * The original **[[Blue Beetle]]** returns when Dan Garret, as young as ever, comes out of a coma-like state and joins CIB (Central Intelligence Bureau) as an agent. Blue Beetle III learns that the original Blue Beetle is alive and well. //Note: This story reveals that Ted Kord is also a CIB agent at this time. Ted Kord resigns from CIB after this story. This story also reveals that two mysterious gods are behind the original Blue Beetle's heroic career, probably explaining why he is eternally young and why his powers began increasing to Superman-like levels in 1940. This story also reveals that Dan Garret had a short-lived stint as an action hero in the 1960s; since he is a separate figure from Blue Beetle II, Garret probably operated under the name of the Human Fly.// [Americomics #3] | * The original **[[Blue Beetle (Dan Garret)|Blue Beetle]]** returns when Dan Garret, as young as ever, comes out of a coma-like state and joins CIB (Central Intelligence Bureau) as an agent. Blue Beetle III learns that the original Blue Beetle is alive and well. //Note: This story reveals that Ted Kord is also a CIB agent at this time. Ted Kord resigns from CIB after this story. This story also reveals that two mysterious gods are behind the original Blue Beetle's heroic career, probably explaining why he is eternally young and why his powers began increasing to Superman-like levels in 1940. This story also reveals that Dan Garret had a short-lived stint as an action hero in the 1960s; since he is a separate figure from Blue Beetle II, Garret probably operated under the name of the Human Fly.// [Americomics #3] |
| * E-Man and Michael Mauser battle the Psychobabbler, who is actually Dr. Elrod Flummox, leader of the Church of Technolography. [E-Man (First) #5] | * E-Man and Michael Mauser battle the Psychobabbler, who is actually Dr. Elrod Flummox, leader of the Church of Technolography. [E-Man (First) #5] |
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| === May, 1983 === | === May, 1983 === |
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| * **[[The Sentinels of Justice]]** return to battle the Manipulator (secretly a businessman named Jonathan Barrington Collingsworth, Jr., head of Cross Industries) and his team of hired criminals (Iron Arms, the Mad Men, Fiery-Icer, and the Banshee II). An unknown foe is, in turn, secretly controlling the Manipulator's mind. //Note: This story establishes that the Sentinels of Justice have been operating as a team for a while now. Lt. Fisher is now Capt. Fisher in the Hub City Police Department. The Banshee II has vastly upgraded his flight suit by this time.// ["Sentinels of Justice," Americomics Special #1 (August, 1983)] | * **[[Sentinels of Justice|The Sentinels of Justice]]** return to battle the Manipulator (secretly a businessman named Jonathan Barrington Collingsworth, Jr., head of Cross Industries) and his team of hired criminals (Iron Arms, the Mad Men, Fiery-Icer, and the Banshee II). An unknown foe is, in turn, secretly controlling the Manipulator's mind. //Note: This story establishes that the Sentinels of Justice have been operating as a team for a while now. Lt. Fisher is now Capt. Fisher in the Hub City Police Department. The Banshee II has vastly upgraded his flight suit by this time.// ["Sentinels of Justice," Americomics Special #1 (August, 1983)] |
| * Scientist Dr. Ed Serch invents an experimental space environmental suit. After an accident while wearing it, his assistant Mac Rey becomes the electromagnetically super-powered action hero known as **[[Static]]** and has his first case. [Eclipse Monthly #1] | * Scientist Dr. Ed Serch invents an experimental space environmental suit. After an accident while wearing it, his assistant Mac Rey becomes the electromagnetically super-powered action hero known as **[[Static (Mac Rey)|Static]]** and has his first case. [Eclipse Monthly #1] |
| * E-Man battles the Feeder (an extraterrestrial sentient pocket of energy like E-Man) and his costumed henchmen, all called Thoughtmaster. Michael Mauser takes on his 18-year-old nephew, Donald Duke, as an apprentice in the private eye business. [E-Man (First) #6-7] | * E-Man battles the Feeder (an extraterrestrial sentient pocket of energy like E-Man) and his costumed henchmen, all called Thoughtmaster. Michael Mauser takes on his 18-year-old nephew, Donald Duke, as an apprentice in the private eye business. [E-Man (First) #6-7] |
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| === June, 1983 === | === June, 1983 === |
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| * A gang of crooked acrobats called the Flying Fiermonts (Robard Fiermont, his son Warren Fiermont, and his daughter Christine Fiermont) are freed after eight months in prison. When they refuse to work for Havoc Muggintore's syndicate, which had set them up, Muggintore has Robard's wife Donna, the mother of his children, killed in retaliation. The Fiermonts are then arrested by the police after Muggintore set them up once again. Meanwhile, Dr. Franklin Henney of Project Dragon has created the Dragon, an super-advanced ship meant for crimefighting purposes. When the Fiermonts escape police custody, they run to the roof and into the Dragon, which Henney pilots. Henney explains that whoever dons the three suits becomes telepathically linked to the Dragon and gains powers. The Fiermonts don the suits, and Henney activates them so that they become **[[the Dragon Force]]**, with code names **[[Mindfire]]** (Robard), **[[Battleclaw]]** (Warren), and **[[Speedwing]]** (Christine). In its **single known case**, the Dragon Force attacks Muggintore's fortress, and the criminal releases the giant, powerful beast-machine called the Devil's Organist. The Dragon Force destroys the Devil's Organist, but Muggintore escapes with several other monstrous weapons at his disposal. [Scary Tales #40] | * A gang of crooked acrobats called the Flying Fiermonts (Robard Fiermont, his son Warren Fiermont, and his daughter Christine Fiermont) are freed after eight months in prison. When they refuse to work for Havoc Muggintore's syndicate, which had set them up, Muggintore has Robard's wife Donna, the mother of his children, killed in retaliation. The Fiermonts are then arrested by the police after Muggintore set them up once again. Meanwhile, Dr. Franklin Henney of Project Dragon has created the Dragon, an super-advanced ship meant for crimefighting purposes. When the Fiermonts escape police custody, they run to the roof and into the Dragon, which Henney pilots. Henney explains that whoever dons the three suits becomes telepathically linked to the Dragon and gains powers. The Fiermonts don the suits, and Henney activates them so that they become **[[Dragon Force|the Dragon Force]]**, with code names **[[Mindfire]]** (Robard), **[[Battleclaw]]** (Warren), and **[[Speedwing]]** (Christine). In its **single known case**, the Dragon Force attacks Muggintore's fortress, and the criminal releases the giant, powerful beast-machine called the Devil's Organist. The Dragon Force destroys the Devil's Organist, but Muggintore escapes with several other monstrous weapons at his disposal. [Scary Tales #40] |
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| === July, 1983 === | === July, 1983 === |
| === October, 1984 === | === October, 1984 === |
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| * Alfie Alcott (former criminal associate of Samuel Boar) seeks the help of E-Man and Teddy Q for a case in Australia. There, E-Man meets the super-powered Australian action hero named **[[Kid Kanga]]** and his sidekick, Boomer (a kangaroo). Together, they battle the costumed villainess Marsupial Mama and her Tasmanian Devillettes, a trio of costumed villainesses. After E-Man is dissolved in a chemical vat, Teddy Q gains energy-based super-powers from his atoms and becomes **[[Captain Koala]]**, defeating Marsupial Mama before restoring E-Man to life, thereby removing his **Captain Koala** powers. Meanwhile, Donald Duke shuts down the Mauser Detective Agency office in New York and helps his uncle Michael Mauser permanently relocate to Chicago. [E-Man (First) #22] | * Alfie Alcott (former criminal associate of Samuel Boar) seeks the help of E-Man and Teddy Q for a case in Australia. There, E-Man meets the super-powered Australian action hero named **[[Creature Kid|Kid Kanga]]** and his sidekick, Boomer (a kangaroo). Together, they battle the costumed villainess Marsupial Mama and her Tasmanian Devillettes, a trio of costumed villainesses. After E-Man is dissolved in a chemical vat, Teddy Q gains energy-based super-powers from his atoms and becomes **[[Captain Koala]]**, defeating Marsupial Mama before restoring E-Man to life, thereby removing his **Captain Koala** powers. Meanwhile, Donald Duke shuts down the Mauser Detective Agency office in New York and helps his uncle Michael Mauser permanently relocate to Chicago. [E-Man (First) #22] |
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| === December, 1984 === | === December, 1984 === |
| * The gods give Johnny Mann his powers back, and he becomes **[[Son of Vulcan]]** once more. ["Sentinels of Justice: The Calm Before the Storm, Chapter 1: Son of Vulcan"] | * The gods give Johnny Mann his powers back, and he becomes **[[Son of Vulcan]]** once more. ["Sentinels of Justice: The Calm Before the Storm, Chapter 1: Son of Vulcan"] |
| * David Crandall (the former Nature Boy) regains his memories and becomes **[[Nature Man]]** once more. //Note: In retaliation, the twelve Masters of the Elements who created him and later caused his amnesia at this time grant powers to twelve other humans, who become the super-assassins Blue Bolt, Ariel, Pyra, Terror Firma, Ice Queen, Aquatic, Susie Cyclone, and others. Nature Man evades them alone for some months, managing to destroy six of them himself during that period.// ["The Natural: Masters of the Elements"] | * David Crandall (the former Nature Boy) regains his memories and becomes **[[Nature Man]]** once more. //Note: In retaliation, the twelve Masters of the Elements who created him and later caused his amnesia at this time grant powers to twelve other humans, who become the super-assassins Blue Bolt, Ariel, Pyra, Terror Firma, Ice Queen, Aquatic, Susie Cyclone, and others. Nature Man evades them alone for some months, managing to destroy six of them himself during that period.// ["The Natural: Masters of the Elements"] |
| * July 29: Antimatter appears on Earth-4, followed by time warps that last until the five Earths are combined. **[[Judomaster]]** (Rip Jagger) is transported from 1945 to 1985 through a time warp. The Sentinels of Justice travels to the American West to investigate the antimatter cloud. There, the fear-driven team battles Azrael, Blok, Flash of Earth-2, Katana, and Martian Manhunter. Earth-4 is drawn into a protective netherverse along with Earth-X and Earth-S, joining Earth-1 and Earth-2. The red skies and antimatter storms end. //Note: Rip Jagger spends the next year and a half getting acquainted with modern times before becoming a U.S. agent in early 1987.// [Crisis on Infinite Earths #6; "Judomaster: Mozambique: Situation Critical"] | * July 29: Antimatter appears on Earth-4, followed by time warps that last until the five Earths are combined. **[[Judomaster (Rip Jagger)|Judomaster]]** (Rip Jagger) is transported from 1945 to 1985 through a time warp. The Sentinels of Justice travels to the American West to investigate the antimatter cloud. There, the fear-driven team battles Azrael, Blok, Flash of Earth-2, Katana, and Martian Manhunter. Earth-4 is drawn into a protective netherverse along with Earth-X and Earth-S, joining Earth-1 and Earth-2. The red skies and antimatter storms end. //Note: Rip Jagger spends the next year and a half getting acquainted with modern times before becoming a U.S. agent in early 1987.// [Crisis on Infinite Earths #6; "Judomaster: Mozambique: Situation Critical"] |
| * Nova Kane's powers return. | * Nova Kane's powers return. |
| * July 30: Pariah, Alex Luthor, and Harbinger gather a representative group of super-heroes from each Earth. Harbinger explains the origin of the Multiverse. The Sentinels of Justice discuss the Crisis. Harbinger's group of heroes (including Captain Atom) battles the Anti-Monitor; Supergirl dies. [Crisis on Infinite Earths #7] | * July 30: Pariah, Alex Luthor, and Harbinger gather a representative group of super-heroes from each Earth. Harbinger explains the origin of the Multiverse. The Sentinels of Justice discuss the Crisis. Harbinger's group of heroes (including Captain Atom) battles the Anti-Monitor; Supergirl dies. [Crisis on Infinite Earths #7] |
| * Detectives at a convention (including Michael Mauser) find a dead Angle Man. [Crisis on Infinite Earths #11] | * Detectives at a convention (including Michael Mauser) find a dead Angle Man. [Crisis on Infinite Earths #11] |
| * Anti-Monitor draws the combined Earth into the antimatter universe. Harbinger begins gathering heroes to battle Anti-Monitor. Shadow demons infest Earth, battling heroes around the world. Harbinger sends Earth's most powerful heroes (including Captain Atom) into final battle with the Anti-Monitor. Remaining heroes fight shadow demons on Earth. Mystical heroes meet and bond their energies together to form a magic-based attack on the Anti-Monitor. [Crisis on Infinite Earths #11] | * Anti-Monitor draws the combined Earth into the antimatter universe. Harbinger begins gathering heroes to battle Anti-Monitor. Shadow demons infest Earth, battling heroes around the world. Harbinger sends Earth's most powerful heroes (including Captain Atom) into final battle with the Anti-Monitor. Remaining heroes fight shadow demons on Earth. Mystical heroes meet and bond their energies together to form a magic-based attack on the Anti-Monitor. [Crisis on Infinite Earths #11] |
| * **[[The Sensational Sentinels]]** reunite one last time before **retiring for good** and handing their special devices over to Sarge Steel. | * **[[Sensational Sentinels|The Sensational Sentinels]]** reunite one last time before **retiring for good** and handing their special devices over to Sarge Steel. |
| * Tetsuro "Tiger" Tanaka, now 54 years old, becomes **[[Judomaster II]]** for the **last time**. | * Tetsuro "Tiger" Tanaka, now 54 years old, becomes **[[Judomaster (Tiger Tanaka)|Judomaster II]]** for the **last time**. |
| * Heroes attack the Anti-Monitor. Mystical heroes gather and contain the shadows and taint them with magical energy. Heroes down the Anti-Monitor for the first time; Anti-Monitor reabsorbs all the shadow demons for extra power. Superman of Earth-2 destroys the Anti-Monitor. [Crisis on Infinite Earths #12] | * Heroes attack the Anti-Monitor. Mystical heroes gather and contain the shadows and taint them with magical energy. Heroes down the Anti-Monitor for the first time; Anti-Monitor reabsorbs all the shadow demons for extra power. Superman of Earth-2 destroys the Anti-Monitor. [Crisis on Infinite Earths #12] |
| * August 6: Memorial services begin for Earth's fallen heroes. The Crisis over, Shazam separates the combined Earth into five Earths once more: Earth-1, Earth-2, Earth-S, Earth-X, and Earth-4. Five Monitors are chosen for each Earth: Alexander Luthor for Earth-2, Harbinger for Earth-1, Shazam for Earth-S, Uncle Sam for Earth-X, and Son of Vulcan for Earth-4. | * August 6: Memorial services begin for Earth's fallen heroes. The Crisis over, Shazam separates the combined Earth into five Earths once more: Earth-1, Earth-2, Earth-S, Earth-X, and Earth-4. Five Monitors are chosen for each Earth: Alexander Luthor for Earth-2, Harbinger for Earth-1, Shazam for Earth-S, Uncle Sam for Earth-X, and Son of Vulcan for Earth-4. |
| * ["Sentinels of Justice: The Calm Before the Storm"] | * ["Sentinels of Justice: The Calm Before the Storm"] |
| * The gods of Mt. Olympus appoint Son of Vulcan as the overseer of the world, Earth-4's Monitor. | * The gods of Mt. Olympus appoint Son of Vulcan as the overseer of the world, Earth-4's Monitor. |
| * Marian Garrett, 19-year-old daughter of Dr. Daniel Northrup Garrett and his wife, Prof. Luri Hoshid Garrett, gains her father's scarab and becomes **[[Blue Beetle IV]]**, concurrently active with Blue Beetle I (immortal CHESS agent Dan Garret) and Blue Beetle III (Sentinels of Justice member Ted Kord) and operating out of Detroit, Michigan. | * Marian Garrett, 19-year-old daughter of Dr. Daniel Northrup Garrett and his wife, Prof. Luri Hoshid Garrett, gains her father's scarab and becomes **[[Blue Beetle (Marian Garrett)|Blue Beetle IV]]**, concurrently active with Blue Beetle I (immortal CHESS agent Dan Garret) and Blue Beetle III (Sentinels of Justice member Ted Kord) and operating out of Detroit, Michigan. |
| * Nightshade makes a failed attempt to rescue her brother Larry from the Incubus in the Land of the Nightshades. Her body is saved by the Mysterious Traveler and her soul by Phantom Lady. The funeral of Caroline Dean (Liberty Belle) is held. | * Nightshade makes a failed attempt to rescue her brother Larry from the Incubus in the Land of the Nightshades. Her body is saved by the Mysterious Traveler and her soul by Phantom Lady. The funeral of Caroline Dean (Liberty Belle) is held. |
| * **[[Black Fury III]]** and his partner **[[Street Hawk]]** begin fighting crime in Crown City and meet the Question. | * **[[Black Fury III]]** and his partner **[[Street Hawk]]** begin fighting crime in Crown City and meet the Question. |
| === September, 1985 === | === September, 1985 === |
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| * Sarge Steel forms **[[LAW (Living Assault Weapons)]]**, a metahuman task force division of Checkmate. Hank Hennessy leads the team, which comprises **[[John "Specs" Anders]]** (former member of the Tyro Team), **[[the Red Knight II]]** (Connie Webb, a Checkmate field agent), **[[Syntac]]** (former OSI agent and Rog 2000's fellow android), **[[Destiny Fox]]** (a woman with the powers of an Apache river god), and **[[the Puppeteer II]]** (Van Dale, grandson of the original Puppeteer/Captain V). ["LAW: Living Assault Weapons"] | * Sarge Steel forms **[[Living Assault Weapons|LAW (Living Assault Weapons)]]**, a metahuman task force division of Checkmate. Hank Hennessy leads the team, which comprises **[[Specs Anders|John "Specs" Anders]]** (former member of the Tyro Team), **[[Red Knight (Connie Webb)|the Red Knight II]]** (Connie Webb, a Checkmate field agent), **[[Syntac]]** (former OSI agent and Rog 2000's fellow android), **[[Destiny Fox]]** (a woman with the powers of an Apache river god), and **[[Puppeteer (Van Dale)|the Puppeteer II]]** (Van Dale, grandson of the original Puppeteer/Captain V). ["LAW: Living Assault Weapons"] |
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| === October, 1985 === | === October, 1985 === |
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| * ["Green Mask: The Vita-Ray Rush"] | * ["Green Mask: The Vita-Ray Rush"] |
| * Captain Atom and Redstar stop a giant monster secretly created by [[Dr. Tetsuo Moto]] from attacking Europe. ["Sentinels of Justice: Fantastic Giants, Chapter 1: The First Monster"] | * Captain Atom and Redstar stop a giant monster secretly created by [[Tetsuo Moto|Dr. Tetsuo Moto]] from attacking Europe. ["Sentinels of Justice: Fantastic Giants, Chapter 1: The First Monster"] |
| * In Japan, an eleven-year-old boy genius named Akira Moto discovers the android body of Volton II (thanks to some help from the Mysterious Traveler) and discovers how to control it. ["Sentinels of Justice: Fantastic Giants, Chapter 2: Volton, Defender of Japan"] | * In Japan, an eleven-year-old boy genius named Akira Moto discovers the android body of Volton II (thanks to some help from the Mysterious Traveler) and discovers how to control it. ["Sentinels of Justice: Fantastic Giants, Chapter 2: Volton, Defender of Japan"] |
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| === December, 1985 === | === December, 1985 === |
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| * Akira Moto has his first adventure in Volton II's android body, effectively becoming **[[Volton III]]**. ["Sentinels of Justice: Fantastic Giants, Chapter 2: Volton, Defender of Japan"] | * Akira Moto has his first adventure in Volton II's android body, effectively becoming **[[Volton (Akira Moto)|Volton III]]**. ["Sentinels of Justice: Fantastic Giants, Chapter 2: Volton, Defender of Japan"] |
| * **[[The Paragons]]**, a loose-knit team of European action-heroes, is formed. ["The Paragons: Deus Ex Astra"] | * **[[Paragons|The Paragons]]**, a loose-knit team of European action-heroes, is formed. ["The Paragons: Deus Ex Astra"] |
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| ==== 1986 ==== | ==== 1986 ==== |
| === February, 1986 === | === February, 1986 === |
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| * David Crandall gives up his **Nature Man** powers to Kate McCormick, who becomes the super-powered action heroine known as **[[the Natural]]**. ["The Natural: Masters of the Elements"] | * David Crandall gives up his **Nature Man** powers to Kate McCormick, who becomes the super-powered action heroine known as **[[Natural|the Natural]]**. ["The Natural: Masters of the Elements"] |
| * ["Sentinels of Justice: Dragon's Den"] | * ["Sentinels of Justice: Dragon's Den"] |
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| * Michael "Booster" Carter and the security robot Skeets travel back in time from the 30th century (using Hap Holliday's time-yacht) while wearing a power-suit that he modifies. He has his first adventure as the action hero **[[Booster Gold]]** and meets Blue Beetle III, who becomes his friend. ["Sentinels of Justice: Superpowers, Book Two"] | * Michael "Booster" Carter and the security robot Skeets travel back in time from the 30th century (using Hap Holliday's time-yacht) while wearing a power-suit that he modifies. He has his first adventure as the action hero **[[Booster Gold]]** and meets Blue Beetle III, who becomes his friend. ["Sentinels of Justice: Superpowers, Book Two"] |
| * After the Sentinels of Justice save the Project X orbiting space satellite from Soviet agents, the U.S. government grants the satellite to the team. The Sentinels spend the next few months transforming it into their new headquarters. Three new members join the Sentinels of Justice: **[[Liberty Belle II]]** (Candy Dean), **[[Guardian II]]** (originally called Sentinel), and **[[Lady Quark]]** (Tashana) from Earth-6. ["Sentinels of Justice: Superpowers, Book Two"] | * After the Sentinels of Justice save the Project X orbiting space satellite from Soviet agents, the U.S. government grants the satellite to the team. The Sentinels spend the next few months transforming it into their new headquarters. Three new members join the Sentinels of Justice: **[[Liberty Belle (Candy Dean)|Liberty Belle II]]** (Candy Dean), **[[Guardian (Debbie Huston)|Guardian II]]** (originally called Sentinel), and **[[Lady Quark]]** (Tashana) from Earth-6. ["Sentinels of Justice: Superpowers, Book Two"] |
| * ["Mercury Man: A New Beginning"] | * ["Mercury Man: A New Beginning"] |
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| === June, 1986 === | === June, 1986 === |
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| * Rei Suzaki, a young Japanese-American woman, becomes the action heroine known as **[[the Joker]]** in Central City. ["Earth-4 Premiere: The Joker: Madmen and an Annoyed Woman"] | * Rei Suzaki, a young Japanese-American woman, becomes the action heroine known as **[[Joker (Rei Suzaki)|the Joker]]** in Central City. ["Earth-4 Premiere: The Joker: Madmen and an Annoyed Woman"] |
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| === July, 1986 === | === July, 1986 === |
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| * August 6: Two weeks before this date, an anthropologist named Don Johnston studying a newly discovered Indian tribe in South America, ingests a potion that gives him visions of the future in which the world is destroyed by fire on August 6, 1986. When the date comes and goes without incident, Johnston is relieved. On that same date, the planet Sondu eighty light years away is destroyed in the same way as Johnston's visions. //Note: This story, published in 1960, takes place in 1986 in the regular Earth-4 timeline, since there are no world-changing events causing it to be an alternate timeline.// ["The Incredible Visions," Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton) #50] | * August 6: Two weeks before this date, an anthropologist named Don Johnston studying a newly discovered Indian tribe in South America, ingests a potion that gives him visions of the future in which the world is destroyed by fire on August 6, 1986. When the date comes and goes without incident, Johnston is relieved. On that same date, the planet Sondu eighty light years away is destroyed in the same way as Johnston's visions. //Note: This story, published in 1960, takes place in 1986 in the regular Earth-4 timeline, since there are no world-changing events causing it to be an alternate timeline.// ["The Incredible Visions," Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton) #50] |
| * Booster Gold battles Agent Broderick of the Transdimensional Police, Time Division, from his native era of the 30th century, who believes Booster Gold will eventually become the tyrant Monarch in a few decades. Booster Gold convinces Agent Broderick to let him remain in the 20th century for now. ["Sentinels of Justice: Atomic Nightmare, Chapter 3: Time Cop"] | * Booster Gold battles Agent Broderick of the Transdimensional Police, Time Division, from his native era of the 30th century, who believes Booster Gold will eventually become the tyrant Monarch in a few decades. Booster Gold convinces Agent Broderick to let him remain in the 20th century for now. ["Sentinels of Justice: Atomic Nightmare, Chapter 3: Booster Gold in Time Cop"] |
| * ["Sentinels of Justice: Duplicity"] | * ["Sentinels of Justice: Duplicity"] |
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| * ["Sentinels of Justice: Another Crisis on Earth-Four"] | * ["Sentinels of Justice: Another Crisis on Earth-Four"] |
| * **[[The New Mystery Men]]**, a low-profile team of action-heroes, is formed in Detroit, Michigan. //Note: This team is unaffiliated with the original Mystery Men team that operated during World War II.// ["The New Mystery Men: A League of Their Own"] | * **[[New Mystery Men|The New Mystery Men]]**, a low-profile team of action-heroes, is formed in Detroit, Michigan. //Note: This team is unaffiliated with the original Mystery Men team that operated during World War II.// ["The New Mystery Men: A League of Their Own"] |
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| === May, 1987 === | === May, 1987 === |