DC Golden Age Timeline ...Part Four
Ten Years Ago to Today
Ten Years Ago...
***John and Libby Chambers divorce
- March
- 18- Hal Jordan ( 31 ) becomes a member of the Green Lantern Corps
- May
- --Barry Allen begins adventuring as The Flash ( 24 )
- --Dinah Lance's mutant "sonic scream" manifests, begins adventuring as
The Black Canary ( 19 )
- June
- -- Orin, known as "Arthur Curry, Jr.", assists Flash2 in fighting
The Trickster; begins adventuring as Aquaman ( 20 ) ///A:T&T# 1-4///
*** Ray Palmer begins experimenting with a "white dwarf star" fragment, begins
adventuring as The Atom ( 21 ) //SHOW# 34//
- July
- 4- Fighting off an alien invasion, Flash2, Green Lantern2, Black Canary2,
Aquaman and Martian Manhunter form THE JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA ///SO# 32///
Nine Years Ago...
*** The Justice League, along with many other heroes, repel another Appalaxian invasion force ///JLA:YO# 11-12///
*** Former Newsboy Legionaires regroup to form administrative core for Project Cadmus; Jim Harper retires from Metropolis PD to head security, he is murdered and then is cloned into The Golden Guardian ( 27* )
*** Metropolis forms first Special Crimes Unit to deal with metahuman criminals, headed by Maggie Sawyer and Dan "Brooklyn" Turpin
*** Green Arrow joins JLofA; Oliver Queen meets Dinah Lance //JLofA# 4//
- April
- -- Wally West makes contact with The Speed Force, begins adventuring as
Kid Flash ( 14 ) //FL# 110//
- June
- -- Both "old" and "new" Flashes rescue Keystone City, Jay Garrick becomes semi-
active ///SO# 50///
*** Zatara is kidnapped, Zatanna Zatara begins searching for him and touring as
Zatanna, Maid of Magic ( 16 ) ///SO# 27///
*** Vandal Savage captures JSA ( Flash1, Green Lantern1, Johnny Thunder, Dr.Mid-
Nite, Atom1 and Miss America ), rescued by Flash2; JSA begin to set up unofficiial
meetings, all but Miss America begins to adventure semi-actively //FL# 137//
***Justice Society ( Doctor Fate, Hourman, Black Canary1, Green Lantern1, Hawkman )
come out of retirement to aid Justice League with THE CRIME CHAMPIONS
( Felix Faust, Chronos, Dr. Alchemy, Fiddler, Icicle and Wizard ). //JLofA# 21-22//;
JSA re-activate Gotham City HQ.
Eight Years Ago...
*** Justice League and Justice Society defeat the Champions of Quard; Starman
goes full-time //JLofA# 29-30//
*** Hawkman joins Justice League as "Senior Advisor" //JLofA# 31//
*** Mr. Terrific becomes re-active
*** Spectre frees himself from Jim Corrigan's body //SHOW# 60//
*** Justice Society and JLA defeat "Anti-Matter Man", Sandman becomes semi-active;
Ted Grant closes Grant's Gym, adventures as Wildcat full-time //JLofA# 46-47//
*** Zatanna enlists the aid of the Justice League, Elongated Man and John Constantine in
finding her father and defeating the Warlord of Ys //JLofA# 51//
Seven Years Ago...
*** The Tornado Champion enjoins with an android body, becomes The Red Tornado,
joins Justice Society //JLofA# 64-65//
*** Justice League moves their headquarters to a geosynchronos sattalite above the United States //JLofA#78//
*** Atoms defeat The Thinker //ATOM# 29 //
*** Green Lanterns battle Krona //GLv2# 40//
*** Sargon possessed by Rubies of Life, battles Flash2 //FLv1# 186//
*** Zatanna aids Justice League in defeating Angorian Avengers/ Justifiers //JLofA# 87//
*** Sargon freed from possession, aids Justice League and Superman against
Starbreaker //JLofA# 96-98//
*** Justice League and Justice Society free Seven Soldiers of Victory from their
various time-traps, Wing is revealed to have died //JLofA# 100-102//
- November
- -- Elongated Man joins Justice League //JLofA# 105//
- -- Red Tornado joins the Justice League //JLofA# 106//
Six Years Ago...
*** Justice League and Justice Society assist Sandman in partially curing Sandy
//JLofA# 113//
*** Power Girl appears, "adopted" by Justice Society, assists JSA
and Star-Spangled Kid against Brain Wave and Per Degaton //AS# 58-59//
*** Justice Society and Justice League aid Crime Crusuaders in saving Earth //JLofA# 135-137//
*** Hawkgirl joins Justice League //JLofA# 140-141//
*** Justice Society battles Vulcan ( Col. Christopher Pike ), Injustice
Society; several JSA members battle, some under the influence of Psycho-Pirate;
Gotham Broadcasting, headed by Alan Scott, goes bankrupt //AS# 60-69//; then
JSA and JLA meet the Legion of Super-Heroes as they battle Mordu //JLofA# 147-148//
*** Crimson Avenger dies saving New York from an exploding barge //DCCP# 38//
*** Harold L. Jordan begins adventuring as Air Wave ( 15 ) //GL/GA# 100//
- May
- -- Flashes, Kid Flash and Johnny Quick battle Gorilla Grodd, Kid Flash retires,
graduates from high school //FLASHSPEC //
*** Justice Society and JLA battle The Lord of Time //JLofA# 160-161//
*** Zatanna joins Justice League //JLofA# 161//
*** Justice Society battle The Darklord of Fear
*** Secret Society of Super-Villains attack Justice Society //SSOSV# 15//
*** Mr. Terrific killed by The Spirit King, an agent of Asmodaeus //JLofA# 171-172//
*** Justice Society and JLA defeat Secret Society of Super-Villains //JLofA# 195-197//
*** Justice League teams with 1960's Justice Society and 1942's All-Star Squadron against
Per Degaton //JLofA# 207-209, ASSq# 14-15//
- October
- -- Star-Spangled Kid learns of Crimson Avenger's death, final meeting of SSoV
//II# 13//
- -- Jenny-Lynn Hayden's Power Pulse manifests, learns of twin brother Todd,guesses
that their abilities are related to GL1
- December
- 25-31- INFINITY INCORPERATED begins. Founding Members include:
Silver Scarab ( Hector Hall, 20 ), Fury ( Lyta Trevor, 20 ),
Nuklon ( Al Rothstein, 19 ), Jade ( Jenny-Lynn Hayden, 18 ),
Obsidian ( Todd Rice, 18 ), and the Feitherian half-breed known as
Northwind, Star-Spangled Kid and Power Girl, later joined by Brainwave
( Hank King, Jr., 20 ). They defeat hypnotised JSA members and Ultra-Humanite.
Some of the members time-travel to early February, 1942. The villain Brain Wave is
killed assisting Infinity Inc., but infects his son, Brainwave with his evil thoughts.
//II# 1-12//
Five Years Ago...
- January
- -- Infintiy Inc holds thir first news conference; Silver Scarab and Fury announce
their engagement and reveal the secret ID's of Hawkman and Hawkgirl //II# 13//
- -- Infinity Inc battle Chroma, an alien musician //II# 14-15//
- April
- -- Barry Allen transported to 30th Century to live with his wife
*** Justice League is disbanded and reformed by Aquaman
CRISIS
-- Dr. Beth Chapel injured, begins adventuring as Dr. Midnight ( 28 ),
Rick Tyler begins adventuring as Hourman2 ( 20 ), Yolanda Montoya begins
adventuring as Wildcat2 ( 23 ); Barry Allen dies,
Wally West becomes The Flash; Hawkman gravely injured
- July
- -- Rose Canton reveals parentage of Jade and Obsidian, Thorn split-personality
causes her suicide
- 20- Alan Scott marries Molly Mayne
- November
- -- Justice Society ( Hawkman, Sandman, Dr. Mid-Nite, Flash, Wildcat, Starman
and Hourman ) with Hawkgirl and Sandy are trapped in "Asgard" pocket dimension
*** Fel Ander,a Thanagarian spy, begins adventuring as Hawkman, taking Sharon,
an American, as his wife and partner as Hawkwoman ( 24 )
*** Justice League reformend under UN control
Four Years Ago...
***Milleneum
*** Infinity Inc. and Global Guardians battle INJUSTICE, UNLIMITED
( Wizard, Fiddler, Shade, Hazard, Artemis, Icicle2 )
*** Silver Scarab "possessed" by the reincarnation of Dr. Hastor, then killed
*** Thinker injured on Suicide Squad mission, retires
*** Air Wave develops powers, begins tutorage under IMHS advisors, changes identity
to Maser ( 18 )
*** The spirit of Hector Hall is transferred to the body of Sandford "Sandman"
Garrett, retrieves his fiance', the pregnant ( approximately six months ) Lyta
Trevor, marries her and the both make their home in the Dreamrealm
*** Delilah "Dee" Tyler graduates from Our Lady of The Shadows University, begins
adventuring as Phantom Lady ( 22 ) ///ACT# 636///
*** Injustice Unlimited ( Artemis, Hazard, Icicle2, The Dummy, Harlequin )
battle Infinity Inc, but before they are defeated Skyman is killed. Infinity
Incorperated disbands.///II# 51-53///
- September
- 14- The Endless Aspect known as Dream ( or Morpheus ) is freed from his
inprisonment; meets JLA members abd John Constantine, battles Dr. Destiny
///SAND# 1-7///
*** Dinah Drake Lance dies of cancer ///SO# 50///
*** Will Payton is struck by cosmic ray satallite, infusing him with the soul of Prince Gayvin, begins adventuring as Starman
( 26 ) ///STARMAN# 1///
*** Dream destroys Hec Hall/Sandman, sends Lyta Trevor-Hall back to Earth
///SAND# ///
- November
- --INVASION... Meta-human gene bombs increase powers, kill or change
many meta-humans, normal people
*** Katar Hol and Shayera Thal come to Earth, begin adventuring as Hawkman
and Hawkwoman
Three Years Ago...
*** Armageddon +10... Justice Society freed from "Asgard Dimension"
*** Jesse Chambers begins adventuring as Jesse Quick ( 22 ), aids Wally
West and Justice Society against the Ultra-Humanite ///JSofA# 1-3///
*** Kiku takes control of Thunderbolt, becomes ward of Johnny Thunder
///JSofA# 4-6///
Two Years Ago...
*** Grant Emerson begins adventuring asDamage ( 16 )
*** Alan Scott rejuvinated by The Starheart, changes name to Sentinel
*** Lyta Trevor-Hall gives birth to Daniel Hall
*** Thomas Terril dies, Ray Terril begins adventuring as The Ray
( 18 )
*** Black Condor appears
*** Kyle Raynor begins adventuring as Green Lantern3 ( 24 )
*** Bart Allen is sent to the present from the 30th Century, begins adventuring
as Impulse ( 14* )
*** ZERO HOUR... Atom1, Dr. Mid-Nite and Hourman are killed by Extant,
a pawn of Green Lantern2, now known as Parallax; all dimensional counterparts
of the Hawk Avatar ( including Carter and Shiera Hall ) merge into Katar Hol;
Doctor Fate and Inza Nelson are divested of their youth and artifacts, all JSA
members reach near their normal ages ///ZH# 4-0///
*** Johnny Thunder placed in rest home full time
*** Jared Stevens aquires Nabu's powers and artifacts, becomes Fate
( 31 )
One Year Ago...
*** David Knight begins adventuring as Starman, but is killed after a week; his brother
Jack begins adventuring as Starman ( 29 ) ///STAR# 0///
- February
- 22- The Endless Aspect of Dream is passed onto Daniel Hall as Morpheus ends
his existience ///SAND# 75///
*** Flash1 and Flash3, Impulse, Johnny and Jesse Quick and Max Mercury battle
Kobra, then Savitar. Both Savitar and Johnny Quick join with the Speed Force.
*** Flash1, Fate, Sentinel and The Spectre put the souls of Kent and Inza Nelson to rest ///FATE# 23///
- September
- -- FINAL NIGHT... The Sun Eater envelops Earth's sun and nearly causes it to go nova. It is destroyed by Parallax, who sacrifices his life to stop it. ///FN# 1-4///
Recently...
*** The Spectre aids Michael Holt, who begins adventuring as Mr. Terrific ( 28 )
*** The Spectre releases Jim Corrigan's spirt, which moves on to Heaven, Spectre retires? ///SSPEC# 62///
*** Sentinel, Green Lantern3 and Jade destroy The Starheart; Jade's powers burnt out, Sentinel begins to slowly move towards normal age
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Version 1.0 completed July 3, 1998.
Updated September 2, 1998
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