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* August 4: The Blue Devil of Earth-1 is accidentally sent to Earth-X, where he uncovers a meeting of the Nazi Underground held at Verner Studios in Los Angeles, California. Studio mogul Jock Verner summons V-2 (Van Vanucci) and his Sturm und Drangers (Sharon Scott and Edward Bloom) to battle the Blue Devil, who escapes before they can reach him. //Note: It is evident that Jock Verner was already anticipating the imminent rise of the Axis, including the invasion of California that would take place two days later.// | * August 4: The Blue Devil of Earth-1 is accidentally sent to Earth-X, where he uncovers a meeting of the Nazi Underground held at Verner Studios in Los Angeles, California. Studio mogul Jock Verner summons V-2 (Van Vanucci) and his Sturm und Drangers (Sharon Scott and Edward Bloom) to battle the Blue Devil, who escapes before they can reach him. //Note: It is evident that Jock Verner was already anticipating the imminent rise of the Axis, including the invasion of California that would take place two days later.// | ||
* August 5: Earth-X is merged with Earth-1, Earth-2, Earth-4, and Earth-S for 24 hours. [Crisis #11-12] | * August 5: Earth-X is merged with Earth-1, Earth-2, Earth-4, and Earth-S for 24 hours. [Crisis #11-12] | ||
- | * August 6: The five Earths are separated once more. The Freedom Fighters, along with Ray Terrill, are left stranded on Earth-2. During their absence the underground Nazi forces take the opportunity to reestablish themselves. They retake Germany (as well as Italy and Japan) in a bloody coup, and then proceed on a whirlwind campaign, managing to conquer much of Europe, England, and Northern Africa, while the Japanese (actually a puppet government for the Nazis) conquer California on the North American continent, all in the space of three months. It is later revealed that they used " | + | * August 6: The five Earths are separated once more. The Freedom Fighters, along with Ray Terrill, are left stranded on Earth-2. During their absence the underground Nazi forces take the opportunity to reestablish themselves. They retake Germany (as well as Italy and Japan) in a bloody coup, and then proceed on a whirlwind campaign, managing to conquer much of Europe, England, and Northern Africa, while the Japanese (actually a puppet government for the Nazis) conquer California on the North American continent, all in the space of three months. It is later revealed that they used " |
- | * Rod Reilly (formerly the original Firebrand) becomes the **Unknown Soldier**, an operative for the Allied forces with refined abilities for disguise, as well as a recuperative power. [" | + | * Rod Reilly (formerly the original Firebrand) becomes the **Unknown Soldier**, an operative for the Allied forces with refined abilities for disguise, as well as a recuperative power. [" |
- | * The **[[SS Ubermenschen]]** are revealed to the world as S.S. men with the powers, abilities and names of some of the very first team of Freedom Fighters: the **[[Red Torpedo II]]**, **[[Magno II (Earth-X)|Magno II]]**, the **[[Invisible Hood II]]**, **[[Neon the Unknown II]]**, and the **[[Ray III (Earth-X)|Ray III]]**. They are initially led by the **[[Manhunter II (Earth-X)|Manhunter II]]**, also known as the Manhunter from Mars because he is supposedly a Martian with chalk-white skin. [" | + | * The **[[SS Ubermenschen]]** are revealed to the world as S.S. men with the powers, abilities and names of some of the very first team of Freedom Fighters: the **[[Red Torpedo II]]**, **[[Magno II (Earth-X)|Magno II]]**, the **[[Invisible Hood II]]**, **[[Neon the Unknown II]]**, and the **[[Ray III (Earth-X)|Ray III]]**. They are initially led by the **[[Manhunter II (Earth-X)|Manhunter II]]**, also known as the Manhunter from Mars because he is supposedly a Martian with chalk-white skin. [" |
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=== March === | === March === | ||
- | * March 14: In Hamburg, Germany, a truckload of gun parts bound for the Eastern Front is stolen by a hijacker named Denny Dyce. ["The Marksman: Unusual Suspects, Book One"] | + | * March 14: In Hamburg, Germany, a truckload of gun parts bound for the Eastern Front is stolen by a hijacker named Denny Dyce. ["The Marksman: Unusual Suspects" |
* March 15: In Occupied England, Wilhelm Schultz evades the Nazi super-agent the Ray II. The Jester II steals a new German secret weapon and uses it on the Ides of March just after midnight to destroy Big Ben and the Dover Radar Line Headquarters, | * March 15: In Occupied England, Wilhelm Schultz evades the Nazi super-agent the Ray II. The Jester II steals a new German secret weapon and uses it on the Ides of March just after midnight to destroy Big Ben and the Dover Radar Line Headquarters, | ||
- | * March 15: While the radar capabilities in England are down early that morning, the gun parts stolen in Hamburg are shipped off to England, where they are received by the British Resistance. That day, five criminals in Hamburg are arrested on suspicion of committing the hijacking -- Red McGraw, Dickie Stanton, Denny Dyce, Wolfgang Hurtz, and Alexander " | + | * March 15: While the radar capabilities in England are down early that morning, the gun parts stolen in Hamburg are shipped off to England, where they are received by the British Resistance. That day, five criminals in Hamburg are arrested on suspicion of committing the hijacking -- Red McGraw, Dickie Stanton, Denny Dyce, Wolfgang Hurtz, and Alexander " |
- | * March 22: McGraw, Stanton, Dyce, Hurtz, and Mouthpiece hijack a shipment of diamonds but end up killing three men and discovering heroin instead of the expected diamonds and realize they are being manipulated by someone. ["The Marksman: Unusual Suspects, Book Two"] | + | * March 22: McGraw, Stanton, Dyce, Hurtz, and Mouthpiece hijack a shipment of diamonds but end up killing three men and discovering heroin instead of the expected diamonds and realize they are being manipulated by someone. ["The Marksman: Unusual Suspects" |
- | * The Freedom Fighters learn of a German plan by a Nazi agent called | + | * The Freedom Fighters learn of a German plan by a Nazi agent called |
=== April === | === April === | ||
* Hourgirl is called in to help Ah Chan, an old friend of her foster father who runs the Hedley Heights Retired Living Community. There, she meets [[Drusilla Zero|Dr. Drusilla Zero]], daughter of 1940s ghost-breaker Dr. Stephen Zero, and together they uncover the criminal plot by another retirement home owner to discredit Ah Chan. [" | * Hourgirl is called in to help Ah Chan, an old friend of her foster father who runs the Hedley Heights Retired Living Community. There, she meets [[Drusilla Zero|Dr. Drusilla Zero]], daughter of 1940s ghost-breaker Dr. Stephen Zero, and together they uncover the criminal plot by another retirement home owner to discredit Ah Chan. [" | ||
- | * April 15: McGraw, Stanton, Dyce, Hurtz, and Mouthpiece meet with an English lawyer representing the mysterious and dreaded crime lord, Baron Povalsky. The lawyer reveals they have all stolen from the Baron and owe him. After Stanton turns up dead, the men attempt to kill the lawyer but are instead blackmailed into stopping an drug deal by a rival gang of Afghan opium smugglers. ["The Marksman: Unusual Suspects, Book Two"] | + | * April 15: McGraw, Stanton, Dyce, Hurtz, and Mouthpiece meet with an English lawyer representing the mysterious and dreaded crime lord, Baron Povalsky. The lawyer reveals they have all stolen from the Baron and owe him. After Stanton turns up dead, the men attempt to kill the lawyer but are instead blackmailed into stopping an drug deal by a rival gang of Afghan opium smugglers. ["The Marksman: Unusual Suspects" |
- | * April 18: The five hijackers disrupt the drug deal, only to find that there are no drugs, and all the men except Mouthpiece are killed. Hurtz is himself shot in the chest with a crossbow by Baron Povalsky. ["The Marksman: Unusual Suspects, Book One-Two"] | + | * April 18: The five hijackers disrupt the drug deal, only to find that there are no drugs, and all the men except Mouthpiece are killed. Hurtz is himself shot in the chest with a crossbow by Baron Povalsky. ["The Marksman: Unusual Suspects" |
- | * April 25: After receiving complete immunity, Mouthpiece is grilled by Count Helmut von Stauffen, the Black Knight of the S.S., who believes Hurtz is Baron Povalsky. Meanwhile, the Red Tornado II of the S.S. Ubermenschen interviews a witness to the slaughter who is the only man alive to have seen the Baron. Mouthpiece leaves the police station in Venice before a sketch made from the witness' | + | * April 25: After receiving complete immunity, Mouthpiece is grilled by Count Helmut von Stauffen, the Black Knight of the S.S., who believes Hurtz is Baron Povalsky. Meanwhile, the Red Tornado II of the S.S. Ubermenschen interviews a witness to the slaughter who is the only man alive to have seen the Baron. Mouthpiece leaves the police station in Venice before a sketch made from the witness' |
=== May === | === May === |