• 15 BILLION YEARS AGO
  • The Big Bang occurs; the universe is formed. This is the "Prime Universe".

• 10 BILLION YEARS AGO
  • The Maltusians, a race of beings with superior intellect and mental powers from the planet Maltus, emigrate to the planet Oa in the center of the universe.

• 5 BILLION YEARS AGO
  • Life emerges on Earth.

• 4.4 BILLION YEARS AGO
  • A renegade Oan named Krona links past and future together, releasing entropy into the universe. This creates the multiverse, including the anti-matter universe of Qward. The creation of the multiverse replicates the Prime Universe infinite times over, with its parallel realities linked together through vibrational attunement.
  • To atone for Krona's crime and restore order, the Oans become the Guardians of the Universe.
  • The Guardians trap all random magic within the Starheart.

• 3 BILLION YEARS AGO
  • The Manhunters, an android police force, are created by the Guardians but are abandoned when they prove unreliable.
  • The Guardians recruit sentient, intelligent beings from across the cosmos and launch the Green Lantern Corps, first with ray guns and later with miraculous power rings charged by lantern-shaped batteries. The universe is divided into 3,600 sectors each patrolled by at least one Green Lantern.

• 2.5 BILLION YEARS AGO
  • The Oan race splits along gender lines; females evolve into Zamarons.

• 100,000 YEARS AGO
  • Atlantis is created.
  • The Homo Magi evolve.
  • Arion becomes one of the most powerful sorcerers in Atlantis.
  • The first woman is killed by man’s aggression. Her soul rests in Limbo until it is reborn as Princess Diana of Themyscira (i.e. Wonder Woman).

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• 50, 000 YEARS AGO
  • Vandar Adg of the Blood Tribe, a Cro-Magnon chieftain, and his archenemy from a rival tribe are made immortal by exposure to the inherent radiation of a mysterious meteor. Adg is destined to become known as Vandal Savage and his nemesis as the Immortal Man. The two begin their conflict that will stretch across the ages.
  • The man who was destined to become known as Doctor Mist steps into the Rolling Pillar of Life and gains immortality and incredible power.
  • What remains of Atlantis sinks.
  • The sea level of the oceans rise drastically and much of Mankind’s ancient past is lost beneath the waves.

• 46,000 YEARS AGO
  • An incarnation of the Resurrection Man aids Arion in salvaging the lost Atlantis Chronicles.

• 14,000 YEARS AGO
  • An incarnation of the Resurrection Man becomes a pharaoh in Ancient Egypt.

• 3,000 YEARS AGO
  • The Amazon race is born. After an attack by Heracles, the Amazon Nation splits into two groups. One, led by Queen Hippolyta, journeys to Paradise Island, rebuilds the city of Themyscira and gains immortality. The other, led by Antiope, settles in Bana Migdahl.
  • The Roman Empire is founded.
  • A shepherd named Marcus is framed for an assassination attempt on Praetor Crassus. In winning his freedom, Marcus becomes the Golden Gladiator.

• 500 C. E.
  • Camelot is founded. The legendary exploits of King Arthur, Merlin, the Silent Knight and the Shining Knight become oral record.
  • Merlin calls forth Etrigan the Demon and mystically bonds him with Jason Blood to create a champion to protect Camelot and Mankind.

• 964 C. E.
  • Jon, the Viking Prince, makes his first appearance.

• 1648 C. E.
  • The small town of Port O’ Souls is settled by Puritan and later Huguenot refugees; this is the future site of Opal City, Massachusetts.

• 1655 C. E.
  • The Imperial Colony is settled by the English in Maryland.

• 1677 C. E.
  • The Imperial Colony is renamed Empire City.

• 1691 C. E.
  • The Queenspointe Colony is established by the English in Virginia.

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• 1713 C. E.
  • Queenspointe is established as the City of Queenspointe.

• Late 1700s - Early 1800s C. E.
  • Thomas Hawk, the frontiersman who became known as Tomahawk, Uncle Sam, (the living embodiment of the Spirit of Freedom) Hawk, (Son of Tomahawk) and Firehair of the Blackfoot Tribe all appear.
  • The Daily Planet newspaper is founded, (1828) and is it first named the New World Daily.
  • First recorded sighting of the demon Faceless Jack in Empire City.

• 1838 C. E.
  • A fort messenger named Max, (his last name remains unrevealed) gains the power of superspeed and begins fighting crime in the American West under the name Ahwehota, or Windrunner.
  • The Shade gains his dark, evil powers in a dark, evil part of London, England.

• 1844 C. E.
  • Max, (Windrunner) skims the edge of the Speed Force for the first time, shooting him nearly half a century into the future.

• MID TO LATE 1800s C. E.
  • Bat Lash, Don Caballero and Matt Savage fight injustice in the Wild West.
  • Jonah Hex becomes the West's most feared bounty hunter.
  • "Fix-Em" man Hannibal Hawkes fights evildoers as Nighthawk.
  • Lazarus Lane is possessed by the spirit of survival and becomes El Diablo.
  • Schoolteacher John Dane dyes his hair to hide his identity and becomes Johnny Thunder.
  • Jeanne Walker Tane, the "Robin Hood of the Wild West", is renamed Madame .44 by Wyatt Earp.
  • The Trigger Twins, Walter and Wayne Trigger, are feared by criminals for their astounding marksmanship skills.
  • Brian Savage, also known as Ke-Woh-No-Tay, becomes Scalphunter.

• 1891 C. E.
  • Max, (Windrunner) reappears and adopts the new alias Whip Whirlwind before attempting to break into the Speed Force again and leaping forward in time an indeterminate number of times, traversing many years.
  • The Shade makes Opal City his new home.

• 1914 - 1921 C. E.
  • Stephen Henry Savage, Jr. earns the nickname of Balloon Buster by destroying German combat balloons while in the Army Air Corps. He also fights valiantly against his archenemy, Enemy Ace.

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• 1917 C. E.
  • An incarnation of the Resurrection Man encounters Enemy Ace in the trenches of World War I.

• 1919 C. E.
  • Morpheus is imprisoned.

• 1935 C. E.
  • Dr. Occult uses his mystic Symbol of the Seven to fight the forces of evil.

• 1937 C. E.
  • Max (Whip Whirlwind) reappears again and begins operating under the name Quicksilver.

• 1938 C. E. (the Golden Age of Heroes begins)
  • Newspaper publisher Lee Travis starts his career as the Crimson Avenger.
  • Jay Garrick breathes "hard water particles" and is gifted with superspeed powers. He becomes the first Flash.

• 1939 C. E.
  • Alan Scott finds a mysterious meteor, (actually a piece of the Starheart) from which he fashions a magical ring and lantern to become Earth's first Green Lantern.
  • Deceased police detective Jim Corrigan's spirit is returned to Earth where he fights evil as the Spirit of Vengeance, the Spectre.
  • Ted Knight aids in the creation of the Atomic Bomb and later develops the Gravity Rod and Cosmic Rod to become the first Starman.
  • Wesley Dodds uses sedative and hypnotic gases to fight crime as the Sandman.
  • Henry Heywood III becomes Steel, a metal-skeletoned super patriot.
  • Carter Hall acquires an Egyptian artifact and becomes Hawkman.
  • Janos Prohaska becomes Blackhawk to fight the invaders of his native Poland.
  • Darrel Dane drinks a shrinking formula and become the diminutive Doll Man.

• 1940 C. E.
  • The Justice Society forms.
  • Inspired by pirate movies, Douglas Willoghby assumes the costumed identity of Swashbuckler in Empire City, Maryland. He is helped by his "girl Friday", Charity Brandenburg.
  • Johnny Thunder uses the magical Thunderbolt to save lives and fight against the Axis forces.
  • Rex Tyler uses Miraclo, a drug of his own design, to fight crime as Hourman.
  • After extensive training, Al Pratt debuts as the Atom.
  • Kent Nelson becomes Dr. Fate through the use of a helm inhabited by the spirit of Nabu, a Lord of Order.

• 1941 C. E.
  • The Freedom Fighters and the Laws Legionnaires form.
  • Journalist Charles McNider is blinded by a mobster's grenade, but soon realizes he can see clearly in darkness. He begins his crusade against organized crime as Dr. Mid-Nite.
  • Sylvester Pemberton and Pat Dugan are inspired by the idea of a living American flag to defend America as the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripsey.
  • Freed from the ice he had been trapped in since the time of Camelot, Sir Justin is awakened and resumes his career as the Shining Knight.
  • Greg Sanders, son of a Wyoming sheriff who was killed in the line of duty, decides to fight crime Old-West-style in New York City as the Vigilante.
  • Johnny Chambers, uttering the "superspeed mantra", 3x2(9yz), becomes Johnny Quick.
  • Undefeated heavyweight boxing champion Ted Grant uses his athletic prowess to fight crime as Wildcat.
  • Terry Sloane relies on his thousands of talents to thwart evildoers as Mr. Terrific.
  • Libby Lawrence debuts as Liberty Belle, whose latent powers are activated through the vibrations of the Liberty Bell.
  • With the help of his assistant Chuck Grayson, scientist Robert Crane transplants his brain into a robotic body and becomes Robotman.
  • Jonathan Law fights injustice with his web-shooting gun and suction cup shoes as the Tarantula.
  • Sandy Hawkins aids the Sandman as Sandy the Golden Boy.
  • Jay Garrick meets the speedster once known as Windrunner and now known as Max Mercury. Max teaches Jay much about his power's potential.
  • Starman battles the first Mist.
  • The Shade begins his criminal career everywhere but in Opal City, his home.

• 1941 - 1945 C. E.
  • Virtually all American heroes join the All-Star Squadron and its offshoot, the Young All-Stars, for the duration of the war.
  • Overseas forces help win World War II; they include Sgt. Rock and Easy Company, the Haunted Tank, the Losers, Mademoiselle Marie, the Unknown Soldier, the Viking Commando, the Blackhawks, the Boy Commandos, the Creature Commandos, G.I. Robot, the Ghost Patrol and Gravedigger.
  • Jim Harper Becomes the Guardian and forms the Newsboy Legion.
  • Will Everett debuts as Amazing Man.
  • Tex Thomas, as TNT, with Danny Dunbar as Dan the Dyna-Mite, fights for the American Way.
  • Born with a sodium deficiency that could be cured by immersion in sea water, Neptune Perkins becomes a heroic undersea adventurer.

• 1946 C. E.
  • The planet Krypton explodes and its sole survivor, Kal-El, is sent rocketing to Earth in his birthing matrix.
  • Ted Knight has a mental breakdown following the A-bomb drop and the murder of his longtime girlfriend, Doris Lee. It takes his years to recover, during which time he is at best a part-time Starman.

• 1952 C. E.
  • Lex Luthor is born in the Suicide Slum of Metropolis, Delaware.
  • Douglas Willoughby marries Charity Brandenburg, but continues his career as Swashbuckler.

• 1954 C. E.
  • After intensive training, Dinah Laurel Lance begins her career as the original Black Canary.
  • Ted Knight leaves Opal City and meets his future wife, Adelis Doris Drew.
  • The mysterious second Starman operates for a time in Opal City before disappearing; his appearance inspires Ted Knight to resume his career as Starman.

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• 1958 C. E.
  • The Justice Society of America disbands.
  • Swashbuckler permanently retires after helping the mysterious Wonder Woman return home.
  • The Golden Age of Heroes ends.

• 1960 C. E.
  • Max Mercury reappears and operates as the Blue Streak.

• 1966 C. E.
  • J'onn J'onzz, the sole survivor of H'ronmeer's Curse - a plague that destroyed the Martian race - is accidentally teleported to Earth.
  • The evil Savitar becomes the new avatar of the Speed Force.
  • Blue Streak and Johnny Quick battle Savitar, causing Savitar and Blue Streak to leap forward in time.

• 1967 C. E.
  • The first son of Ted and Adelis Knight, David, is born.

• 1968 C. E.
  • Hawkman and Hawkwoman help an alien named Paran Katar return to his home planet of Thanagar where they join him in a race against time to capture the shape shifting criminal, Byth Jabari. Their exploits spark the imaginations of the Thanagarians after they are successful in apprehending Byth, and inspire Paran Katar to found the legendary Hawk Police.

• 1970 C. E.
  • Kal-El's birthing matrix arrives on Earth, landing near Smallville, Kansas. He is found by Jonathan and Martha Kent, a young couple who raise him as their own son.
  • Paran Katar’s wife, Thal Paran, gives birth to twins who he names in honor of Carter and Shiera Hall, (AKA Hawkman and Hawkgirl) Katar Hol and Shayera Thal.

• 1971 C. E.
  • Ted Grant retires as the still undefeated heavyweight boxing champion.
  • The second son of Ted and Adelis Knight, Jack, is born.
  • Project Atom transforms Nathaniel Adam into Captain Atom.
  • Zatanna is born to Zatara and Sindella.

• 1972 C. E.
  • Tommy Monaghan, (Hitman) is born.
  • John Chambers and his wife, Libby Lawrence-Chambers, (the semi-retired Golden Age heroes Johnny Quick and Liberty Belle) are exposed to "temporal radiation" that reverts them back to their 30s. This exotic radiation is a manifestation of Hypertime, which does not yet exist.

• 1973 C. E.
  • Mitch Shelley, the current incarnation of Resurrection Man, is born in Viceroy, South Carolina.

• 1975 C. E.
  • Queen Hippolyta of the Amazons is instructed by the Greek Gods to form the shape of a baby from the clay of Themyscira and is overjoyed when the gods bring her daughter, Diana, to life and give her the gifts she will need to become the Amazons' emissary to the rest of the world.
  • Hector Hall, son of Carter and Shiera Hall, is born.

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• 1976 C. E.
  • Bruce Wayne's parents are murdered in what would become known as Gotham's Crime Alley (he is only five years old at the time).
  • John Henry Irons' parents and two of his grandparents are killed (he is only two at the time). He is raised by his remaining grandparents who teach him morality and instill in him a sense of justice.

• 1979 C. E.
  • Mikaal Tomas comes to Earth as part of an alien invasion. After becoming the third Starman, he relocates to Opal City and disappears soon afterward.
  • Jessica Leigh Ann Chambers, (nicknamed "Jesse") is born to John Chambers and Libby Lawrence-Chambers.

• 1986 C. E.
  • Sixteen year old Rob Ward learns from his mother that he was a hybrid human / Zeebeefreebian and decides to hide the truth from the world.

• 1987 C. E.
  • Rob Ward's life changes forever when his friend, Melinda Mimms, is raped and killed by the insane supervillain Megarath. Rob adopts the identity of Labrynthe and brings Megarath to justice after refusing to kill the villain for revenge.

• 1988 C. E.
  • Clark Kent leaves Smallville, Kansas to find his destiny. After traveling around the world doing good deeds in secret, he ends up in Metropolis, Delaware. There he enrolls at the University of Metropolis and meets Lori Lemaris.
  • Chemist Alec Holland is killed in an explosion and his consciousness becomes the pattern for Swamp Thing, the planet's new earth elemental.
  • Cave Carson, a geologist and world-renowned spelunker, begins his fight against sinister evils.
  • A group of divers band together to become the Sea Devils.
  • After losing his hand in a grenade explosion, a U. S. Special Forces officer is given a mechanical hand as a replacement and begins his career as Sarge Steel.
  • The Chief, a mystery man, brings together Rita Farr, Larry Trainor and Cliff Steele to form the Doom Patrol.
  • Stunt man Buddy Baker investigates an alien spaceship that landed near his home; after being bathed in an unknown form of radiation, he finds he can mimic the abilities of any animals he is near. Using his newfound powers, Baker becomes Animal Man.
  • Katar and Shayera Thal enroll in the Hawk Police Academy on Thanagar. When they graduates, they are assigned to an ongoing investigation of the mysterious criminal gang known as the Manhawks (who have become the antithesis of everything the Hawk Police has come to represent since its founding).

• 1989 C. E.
  • Inspired to study physics because of his interest in football, John Henry Irons enters college and studies hard. He quickly rises to the top of his class. One of his college football teammates is Guy Gardner.
  • The robotic heroes Platinum, Gold, Mercury, Iron, Lead and Tin battle evil for the first time as the Metal Men.
  • Rex Mason becomes Metamorpho when he comes into contact with a mysterious meteor after being left for dead in a lost Egyptian pyramid.
  • Kyle "Ace" Morgan, Les "Rocky" David, Matthew "Red" Ryan and Walter "Prof" Haley band together after surviving a plane crash to form the Challengers of the Unknown.
  • Killed by the League of Assassins, circus aerialist Boston Brand becomes the ghostly hero Deadman.
  • While attending college at Imperial University in Empire City, Maryland, twenty-one year old senior Ed Johnson is struck by freakish, purplish lightning and is left comatose.
  • Katar Hol is partnered with his twin sister, Shayera Thal during their investigation of the Manhawks. Their exploits become legendary as they are able to apprehend the Manhawks without any assistance from their fellow Hawk Policemen.

• 1990 C. E.
  • Ed Johnson emerges from his coma and superspeed powers begin to manifest themselves sporadically. He eventually learns how to control them and assumes the identity of Speedstar.
  • Rich playboy Oliver Queen is stranded on a deserted island and teaches himself archery to survive. Later he will use his newfound skills to escape from the island by capturing a group of pirates and become the hero Green Arrow.
  • Rob Ward moves to Queenspointe, Virginia to attend Queenspointe University. He brings his identity of Labrynthe with him.

• 1991 C. E.
  • Clark Kent publicly uses his powers to save the space plane CONSTITUTION. Among its passengers is Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane, who writes about the mysterious "Superman" who saved her.
  • Managing to keep his identity secret, Clark devises the identity of Superman with the help of his parents.
  • Superman makes his official, costumed debut, initiating the New Heroic Age.
  • Bruce Wayne creates the guise of Batman to fight injustice in the streets of Gotham City.
  • Selina Kyle trains under Ted (Wildcat) Grant and later takes up costume and bullwhip, becoming Catwoman.
  • After being doused in chemicals, the "Red Hood" becomes the Joker.
  • Dinah Lance debuts as the new Black Canary.
  • Clark Kent secures a position as a reporter at the Daily Planet after landing an exclusive interview with Superman.
  • Barry Allen is doused with electrified chemicals and becomes the second Flash.
  • Hal Jordan is given a power ring from the dying alien Abin Sur and becomes the second Green Lantern.
  • J'onn J'onzz makes his public appearance as the Martian Manhunter.
  • Batman and Superman become uneasy allies.
  • Arthur Curry debuts as Aquaman after helping the Flash battle the Trickster.
  • Project Cadmus begins with the unveiling of the Guardian and the Newsboy Legion clones.
  • Superman helps five new heroes, (Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Green Lantern, the Flash and Black Canary) stop an alien invasion; these heroes soon form the Justice League of America.
  • The new Justice League of America sets up its first base, the "Secret Sanctuary", in Happy Harbor, Rhode Island, with the Flash as its first chairman.
  • A scarab from the tomb of Kha-ef-re transforms Dan Garrett into the Blue Beetle.
  • Adam Strange teleports to the planet Rann, located in Alpha Centauri, for the first time.
  • Triumph makes his debut and disappears soon after.
  • Speedy debuts as Green Arrow's partner.
  • Hector Hall, son of the Golden Age Hawkman and Hawkgirl, assumes the identity of Silver Scarab.

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• 1992 C. E.
  • The Haly's Circus aerialists, the Flying Graysons, are murdered by Tony Zucco. Their twelve year old son, Dick, becomes ward of millionaire Bruce Wayne.
  • Superman meets Lex Luthor for the first time.
  • Barry Allen marries Iris West.
  • The Metropolis Police Department organizes its Special Crimes Unit under Captain Margaret Sawyer and Inspector Dan Turpin.
  • Wally West, Barry Allen's thirteen year old nephew, gains superspeed powers in an accident similar to Barry Allen's, becoming Kid Flash.
  • Ray Palmer uses a lens made from the remains of a white dwarf star to become the new Atom.
  • Ralph Dibny becomes the Elongated Man after drinking Gingold extract.
  • The surviving members of the Justice Society of America reunite and join forces with the justice League of America; Hawkman and Hawkgirl become liaisons between, and members of, both teams.
  • Speedstar and Cutlass meet for the first time.
  • T'Charr, a Lord of Chaos, and Terataya, a Lord of Order, transform Hank and Don Hall into Hawk and Dove.
  • Zatanna, daughter of the magician Zatarra, debuts.
  • Eleven year old Garth becomes Aqualad, Aquaman's partner.
  • Jack Ryder becomes the Creeper.

• 1993 C. E.
  • The Flash meets the time-traveling Reverse Flash, Professor Zoom.
  • After intensive training, Dick Grayson becomes the first Robin and Batman's partner.
  • The JLA relocates its headquarters to a satellite in orbit above Earth.
  • John Henry Irons creates the BG-80 "Toastmaster" and a flying armor prototype for Amertek.
  • Bruce Gordon frees Eclipso.
  • Etrigan the Demon and Jason Blood reappear.
  • Eel O'Brien becomes Plastic Man.
  • Labrynthe meets Speedstar for the first time.
  • Guided by dreams given to her by the Titans of Myth, thirteen year old Donna Troy becomes the first Wonder Girl.
  • Deathstroke the Terminator makes his first appearance.
  • Reporter Vic Sage becomes the faceless vigilante, the Question.

• 1994 C. E.
  • The Teen Titans are formed by Wonder Girl, Aqualad, Kid Flash, Speedy and Robin. Robin is elected its first leader.
  • Dr. Teng creates the first "Bizarro" clone of Superman for Lex Luthor.
  • Iris Allen learns she is actually a refugee from the early 30th Century.
  • On a distant planet, Prince Gavyn becomes the fourth Starman, cosmic protector of his empire.
  • The Manhunter, Paul Kirk, is resurrected.
  • John Stewart becomes a reserve Green Lantern.

• 1995 C. E.
  • Superman and other heroes, including the JLA and JSA, are drawn across the cosmos and become involved in a war between New Genesis and Apokolips.
  • The JLA is officially sanctioned by the United Nations as a worldwide peacekeeping force, mainly through the efforts of American President Bill Clinton.
  • Barbara Gordon becomes the first Batgirl.
  • Robin organizes and leads the New Teen Titans after the dissolution of the previous group. Donna Troy abandons her Wonder Girl identity in favor of becoming Troia.
  • Princess Diana wins the contest to select an Amazonian champion and becomes the first Wonder Woman.
  • Wonder Woman travels to the Patriarch's World, settles in Boston, Massachusetts and defeats the Greek god Ares for the first time.
  • Wonder Woman survives the Challenge of the Gods and, in so doing, frees the Amazons from the burden of guarding the evil beneath Paradise Island.
  • Kara, granddaughter of Arion the Immortal, becomes Power Girl.
  • Not aware of her criminal split-personality, Rose Forrest becomes Thorn.

• 1996 C. E.
  • Superman meets Wonder Woman for the first time.
  • Superman and Batman learn each other's secret identities.
  • Jose Delgado becomes the Gangbuster.
  • Superman learns he is the Last Son of Krypton.
  • Dick Grayson gives up the role of Robin and later becomes Nightwing, after his Wild West hero.
  • Professor Zoom kills Iris Allen.
  • Blue Streak reappears, takes the name Max Mercury and prepares for Savitar's return.
  • The Flash is tried for manslaughter after being forced to kill Professor Zoom. He is acquitted of any wrong-doing.
  • Batman resigns from the JLA and forms the Outsiders.
  • Green Lantern Hal Jordan is banished from Earth by the Guardians of the Universe in order that he could help fully police his sector of the universe, 2814.
  • John Stewart is made an active Green Lantern and charged with the protection of Earth.
  • The Greek gods leave Earth in a "Cosmic Migration" after Darkseid of the New Gods destroys Mount Olympus.
  • While in search of her Golden Lasso, (which had been stolen by the Cheetah) Princess Diana discovers the city of Bana Migdahl, which Antiope's group of Amazons had founded. Eventually, Diana retrieves her mother's original Golden Girdle of Gaea, which had been stolen by Heracles 3,000 years ago.
  • The JLA satellite is destroyed and Aquaman disbands the League so that he could reform it with members totally committed to the team.
  • JLA headquarters moves to Detroit, Michigan for a short time and then returns to its original location in Happy Harbor.
  • The JLA is disbanded again, this time by the Martian Manhunter. However, Batman reforms it to stop the anti-hero sentiment created by the agents of Darkseid.
  • Maxwell Lord seizes control of the JLA and turns it into the Justice League International.
  • The Omega Men form in the distant star system of Vega.
  • Ted Kord uses his vast fortune to become the second Blue Beetle.
  • Nathaniel Adam emerges from a quantum field as Captain Atom.
  • Infinity, Inc. is formed by descendants of the original JSA.
  • Labrynthe and Speedstar trust each other with their true identities.
  • Dean Patrick Cassidy, a Hollywood stuntman, becomes trapped in a costume he created and becomes the Blue Devil.
  • Beatriz Da Costa changes her name from Green Flame to Fire and Tora Olafsdotter changes her name from Ice Maiden to Ice after the two friends join the JLI.
  • Ronnie Raymond and Professor Martin Stein are caught in a nuclear power plant explosion. The blast bestows upon them the power to merge their two, separate selves into a single form - the hero Firestorm.
  • After a tour of duty in the military, Tommy Monaghan starts working as a contract killer in Gotham City, New Jersey.
  • Professor Alastair Quinn becomes the criminal mastermind known as the Cowl in Empire City.
  • Speedstar encounters the Cowl for the first time.
  • The villain known as Rafael first appears in Queenspointe. Labrynthe encounters him soon after.

• 1997 C. E.
  • The evil Anti-Monitor leads hordes of Shadow Demons from the anti-matter universe of Qward in an attempt to destroy all of reality in an event known as "the Crisis". This event shatters the multiverse and restructures it forever. Instead of replicated realities "tied" together through vibrational attunement, Hypertime is created and a myriad of possible time streams are created to link together the strands of the restructured "Prime Universal Matrix".
  • Billy Batson is given amazing powers by the wizard Shazam and becomes the costumed champion, Captain Marvel, of Fawcett City, Ohio.
  • Barry Allen learns that Iris Allen was still alive in the distant future. He travels to the year 2957 to be with her. One month later, he is drawn into the Crisis and dies saving the universe from the Anti-Monitor.
  • Wally West's powers are severely diminished in the last battle with the Anti-Monitor. Despite this, he becomes the third Flash in memory of Barry Allen.
  • The new Dr. Light makes her first appearance during the Crisis and joins the JLI.
  • Guy Gardner is activated as a Green Lantern during the Crisis.
  • Prince Gavyn, (Starman IV) dies while protecting his planet during the Crisis.
  • Ted Knight, the original Starman, and the rest of the surviving members of the JSA are trapped in Limbo; the world thinks they are dead.
  • Will Payton becomes the fifth Starman.
  • Orphan and juvenile delinquent Jason Todd is adopted by Bruce Wayne and later becomes the second Robin.
  • Barbara Gordon gives up her Batgirl identity after she shot and crippled by the Joker. She later becomes the heroine known as Oracle.
  • Helena Bertinelli undertakes a program of rigorous training and becomes the Huntress to avenge the mob-related murder of her family.
  • In search for his mother, Jason Todd - as Robin - is captured and killed by the Joker.
  • Professor Emmett Vale discovers kryptonite and uses the only known fragment to power the robotic cyborg Metallo.
  • Lex Luthor captures Metallo and fashions a ring from his kryptonite "heart"; later, Luthor is forced to have his hand amputated because of kryptonite radiation poisoning.
  • Carnival mentalist Milton Fine becomes Brainiac.
  • The Suicide Squad and Checkmate are formed by the American Government as "extremist special forces".
  • The Guardians of the Universe depart from the known universe, disbanding the Green Lantern Corps.
  • The Controllers, distant cousins of the Guardians, expand their Darkstar program to help protect the universe.
  • Mark Shaw becomes the new Manhunter.
  • The Outsiders disband.
  • The Rocket Reds are formed in the U. S. S. R.
  • Lobo comes to Earth for the first time.
  • Speedstar encounters Lobo briefly and wins the bounty hunter's respect.
  • Labrynthe begins to search secretly for other Zeebeefreebians like himself, after his mother lets slip that there were other Zeebeefreebians who might have settled on Earth.
  • A war masterminded by the ancient sorceress Circe breaks out between the pantheons of Earth's gods. Although Hermes and Circe perish and Wonder Woman is reverted back to her clay beginnings in Circe's final act of defiance, both Circe and Wonder Woman are resurrected by the gods for reasons of their own.
  • JLA embassies spring up around the world. The Justice League is split into two teams, Justice League America and Justice League Europe.
  • Superman discovers the Kryptonian Eradicator artifact, which creates the Fortress of Solitude in Antarctica upon his return to Earth.
  • Rip Hunter cracks the time barrier. His life is forever changed.
  • The Daxamite hero named Valor makes his debut on Earth.
  • The New Teen Titans is disbanded.

• 1998 C. E.
  • The Eradicator turns Superman into the Krypton Man, but Clark is able to overcome the artifact's influence with the help of his earthborn family.
  • Clark Kent leaves the Daily Planet for a short time to become managing editor of Newstime magazine. After his return, he begins dating Lois Lane.
  • The new Flash, Wally West, moves to Keystone City, Pennsylvania. His powers begin to gradually increase.
  • David Knight and Will Payton vie for the role of Starman. However, after they battle with the original Mist, David concedes the role to Payton (who continues to be Starman).
  • Ray Palmer fakes his own death and gives his size-reducing belt and "Atom" identity to Adam Cray.
  • Martian Manhunter falls under the sway of the Bloodgem and becomes the hero Bloodwynd.
  • Lawyer Mitch Shelley's office is bombed and the amnesiac Shelly is kidnapped, experimented on and murdered by "the Lab".

• 1999 C. E.
  • Will Payton is presumed dead after fighting Eclipso.
  • The JSA reappears from Limbo.
  • David Knight becomes the sixth Starman but is killed a week later by the Mist's son, Kyle.
  • Jack Knight becomes the seventh Starman to stop the Mist's crime wave. Jack kills Kyle and defeats the Mist with the help of the Shade.
  • The Guardians return and reinstate the Green Lantern Corps.
  • Queen Hippolyta calls for a new contest and arranges it so that Artemis, one of the descendants of Antiope's Amazons, wins the title of Wonder Woman.
  • The second Wonder Woman, Artemis, is killed in battle with the White Magician; Princess Diana reclaims the title.
  • In a battle with the madman calling himself Charybdis, Aquaman's left hand is eaten by a swarm of piranha. It is eventually replaced with a cybernetic hook created by S. T. A. R. Labs.
  • The Linear Men's existence, and Rip Hunter's association with them, is revealed to the public.
  • Princess Diana moves to Gateway City and soon finds herself defending Paradise Island from the forces of Darkseid.
  • Eleven year old Cassie Sandmark, due to her association with Princess Diana, becomes the new Wonder Girl.
  • Due to an attack on his life by Amertek, John Henry Irons fakes his death and assumes the identity of a construction worker in Metropolis.
  • Project Cadmus begins top-secret cloning experiments aimed at creating a superbeing.
  • Ten year old Timothy Drake becomes the third Robin.
  • The Darkstar Colos comes to Earth to recruit members for the Controllers' peacekeeping force throughout the universe.
  • Metahuman crime lord, Hammerjack establishes himself in Empire City.
  • Stephanie Brown becomes the Spoiler to stop her father, the Cluemaster.
  • Wally West meets Linda Park.
  • Wally regains his top speed in a battle with the Reverse Flash (before the villain even met Barry Allen).
  • Lois Lane and Clark Kent are engaged and he reveals his secret identity to her.
  • Lex Luthor II, who is actually a clone of the original Lex Luthor, surfaces.
  • Superman formally joins the JLA.
  • A series of upheavals cause many members to enter and leave the ranks of the JLA and JLE.
  • Ray Terrill, (son of the Golden Age hero, the Ray, [Raymond "Happy" Terrill]) begins his crime-fighting career as the second Ray.
  • Team Titans forms under Speedy's supervision.
  • Lonny Machin becomes Anarchy.
  • Tommy Monaghan is attacked by a parasitic alien, giving him X-ray vision and limited telepathy. He uses his new powers to become Hitman.
  • Mitch Shelley returns from the dead with no memory of his past and new paranormal powers. He uses his newfound abilities to help those around him as the Resurrection Man.

• 2000 C. E.
  • Nash, the daughter of the original Mist, assumes her father's former identity and begins a crime wave in Opal City. During a battle with Starman, she knocks him out and conceives a child with him.
  • Green Lantern Hal Jordan is allowed to return to Earth. Green Lantern John Stewart is taken to the planet Oa to oversee the Mosaic Community.
  • Princess Diana receives a morphing, invisible plane from a race of aliens living under the Antarctic ice.
  • Mark Tyler becomes the vigilante Mourningstar.
  • When Diana and the other Amazons begin reverting to clay, the Olympian gods decide to return to Earth. They resurrect their faithful followers.
  • Doomsday, a creature of Kryptonian origin, appears and cuts a swath of destruction on its way towards Metropolis. Superman stops the creature at the cost of both their lives.
  • John Henry Irons, inspired by Superman's self-sacrifice, creates a suit of armor and calls himself the Man of Steel; later her would be known simply as Steel.
  • A clone from Project Cadmus is stolen by the Newsboy Legion and becomes Superboy.
  • The Eradicator reappears in human form, calling himself the Last Son of Krypton.
  • Thirteen year old Cissie King-Jones adopts the identity of Arrowette.
  • Hank Henshaw combines the information stored within Superman's birthing matrix with his own machine-controlling powers to create a cyborg body of Superman for himself.
  • Coast City, California is destroyed by the interplanetary conqueror, Mongul with the help of the traitorous Cyborg. The partners create Engine City, the staging point for a full-scale invasion, in its place.
  • Superman returns from the grave due to all the solar energy his body had absorbed from Earth's sun. He is transformed into the "Man of Energy" and has a containment suit created for him by Professor Emil Hamilton.
  • The resurrected Superman, Superboy and Steel defeat the Cyborg.
  • Green Lantern avenges Coast City by defeating Mongul.
  • The Cowl discovers a relationship between the nature of Hypertime and the Speed Force.
  • Speedstar first clashes with Hammerjack and his crime family. He is not able to prove Hammerjack of any wrong-doing and vows to bring him to justice.
  • Engine City is destroyed when the Last Son of Krypton sacrifices himself to stop the alien invasion of Earth. A monument is raised to the citizens of Coast City and to the Last Son of Krypton to honor their lives.
  • Hal Jordan's grief over the loss of Coast City, his resentment at the time he lost with his loved ones due to his duties as a Green Lantern, and his feelings of powerlessness cause him to go insane. He single-handedly destroys the Green Lantern Corps, the main power battery on Oa and nearly all the Guardians of the Universe. In the process of his lashing out, Hal Jordan becomes Parallax.
  • Dr. Sydney Happerson is killed by a weakened Lex Luthor, but not before he destroys one-third of Downtown Metropolis.
  • Downtown Metropolis is repaired when Brainiac 2.0 attempts to "reboot" the city and transform the world to his own designs. Although Superman is successful in stopping the transformation of the world and defeats Brainiac 2.0, Metropolis becomes the City of Tomorrow.
  • Jean Paul Valley becomes Azrael, the avenging angel of the Order of St. Dumas.
  • Speedy becomes Arsenal.
  • Batman is weakened and then critically injured by the villain Bane.
  • Jean Paul Valley becomes the second Batman at the request of the original.
  • Kyle Rayner becomes the last Green Lantern when he is given the last power ring by the last Guardian of the Universe. He is given no choice in the matter.
  • John Stewart, stranded on Oa and unable to fulfill his responsibilities to safeguard the Mosaic Community, is approached by the Darkstars and recruited as one of their own.
  • The Mosaic Community destroys itself, despite the efforts of Darkstar John Stewart. Stewart, the sole survivor of the cataclysmic tragedy, mournfully returns to Earth.
  • The Outsiders reform.
  • Through an unusual biochemical process, Grant Emerson is transformed into Damage.
  • Guy Gardener's latent alien Vuldarian genes, of which he had no previous knowledge, activate to save his life after being stranded in the star system of Vega alongside the Omega Men when the Green Lantern Corps was destroyed. He adopts the identity of Warrior and eventually returns home to Earth.
  • Superboy saves Valor's life by sending him into the "Phantom Zone". Later, Superboy is taken to the future for the first time by the members of the Legion of Super-Heroes in order to free Valor from the zone.
  • Deborah Keenan becomes a Darkstar. She is later given the responsibilities of Protectorate of Earth by Colos before he leaves to report to his superiors. She bases her operations in the deserts of Nevada, near her home in Las Vegas.
  • The mysterious Supergirl, Laurel Kent, (a refugee from a possible future and daughter of Clark and Lois Kent) arrives on Earth to prevent the future she knew. She possesses the same powers as Superman, the Man of Energy.
  • Labrynthe first meets the vigilante known as Mourningstar.
  • The new Batman descends into madness, getting increasingly violent and has the mantle of the bat stripped from him by Bruce Wayne. Jean Paul Valley reassumes his identity as Azrael.
  • Still needing time to recover from his injuries, Bruce Wayne allows Dick Grayson to become Batman for a time.
  • Labrynthe's search for other Zeebeefreebians on Earth leads him to conclude that there were an untold number of hybrids like himself living on Earth he had never met before.
  • Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham City and reclaims the mantle of the bat, adopting a darker look and tone.
  • The Cowl enlists Rafael's help in persuading local research facilities to test his theories.
  • A virulent plague known only as "the Clench" is released upon Gotham City by the Order of ST. Dumas. Azrael unlocks the disease's secrets and delivers a vaccine in time to cure Robin, who had succumbed to it.
  • Ra's al Ghul and his new ally, Bane, are revealed to be the masterminds behind the Clench. Batman and his allies pursue Ra's and Bane across the globe in order to prevent them from releasing a worse cache of viruses from an ancient "Wheel of Plagues".
  • Superman is able to assume a powerless human form and resume his life as Clark Kent.
  • Nightwing begins operating in Bludhaven, New Jersey in an attempt to uncover murders linked to Black Mask and his gang.
  • Azrael destroys the Ice Cathedral, principal base of the Order of St. Dumas.
  • Attempting to fix the mistakes of the past, Parallax destroys time in order to reshape it to his will in an event called Zero Hour.
  • Alan Scott loses his power ring and is made younger. With the energies of the Starheart now a part of him, Scott renames himself Sentinel.
  • The original Hourman, Atom and Dr. Mid-Nite die.
  • The remaining members of the JSA retire.
  • After being lost in time, triumph returns from the void to reclaim his position as a founder of the JLA.
  • Green Arrow, (Oliver Queen) is killed in action while with the JLA.
  • Bart Allen arrives in the 20th Century and assumes the identity of Impulse.
  • The Atom, (Ray Palmer) is reduced to the age of 18 after attempting to attack the villain Extant during Zero Hour.
  • Clark Kent's boyhood friend, Kenny Braverman becomes the kryptonite-empowered villain Conduit and begins a systematic plan to destroy all of Clark's loved ones out of jealousy.
  • Superman finds the bottled city of Kandor.
  • Linda Park is murdered by Savitar, who has returned to Earth to finish what he started.
  • The demon Neron offers the villains and heroes of Earth their heart's desires in exchange for their souls. Neron is duped by the Trickster and his plans are thwarted.
  • The JLA is disbanded by the United Nations.
  • The Flash, (Wally West) confronts Savitar alongside Max Mercury, the original Flash, Impulse, Johnny Quick and Jesse Quick. The Flash tricks Savitar into following him into the Speed Force, thereby sacrificing himself to save the world. However, the villain brutally murders Libby Lawrence-Chambers, (the semi-retired Golden Age hero, Liberty Belle) before he is defeated. In Wally’s honor, Jesse Quick assumes the mantle of the Flash by becoming Lady Flash.
  • Contessa Erica Alexandra del Portenza takes over LexCorp and later marries Lex Luthor.
  • The New Titans reform under Arsenal after the disbanding of the Team Titans.
  • Supergirl joins Superboy in the future for the first time and meets the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th Century.
  • Katar Hol and Shayera Thal arrive on Earth to apprehend a dangerous alien life form that was sent to Earth by the aging criminal Byth Jabari. They are dubbed the new Hawkman and Hawkgirl by the media, something that Carter and Shiera Hall voice their approval of before the twins journey home once again.

• 2001 C. E.
  • Labrynthe and Speedstar confront the demon Faceless Jack and the mysterious group known only as the Thirteen. Through the power of the Spectre, both heroes are taken back to inhabit the body of Charity Brandenburg, the unsung partner and lover of Empire City's Golden Age hero, Swashbuckler, so they could learn the nature of the soul they were defending from Faceless Jack (it is hinted that Charity was the soul Faceless Jack was after and, in very cryptic ways, that either Speedstar or Labrynthe was actually Charity's reincarnated soul).
  • The Cowl prepares to explore the boundaries of Hypertime and the Speed Force.
  • Earth's sun is menaced by the Sun Eater, causing the planet to darken worldwide and Superman to lose his powers.
  • Labrynthe learns that Zeebeefreebians were distantly related to White Martians from his mother and warned that it was foolhardy to investigate any further to find others like himself.
  • Speedstar confronts a future version of himself who battles him and races him to join the Speed Force. The future version of himself merges with the Speed Force as Speedstar's powers are reduced due to the backlash of energies. During this adventure, Speedstar encounters an "after-image" of the Wally West Flash who warns him of his future self and of forthcoming events.
  • Hal Jordan, using his powers as Parallax, sacrifices himself to stop the Sun Eater.
  • Clark Kent and Lois Lane marry. Clark regains his powers as Superman.
  • Supergirl confronts Clark and Lois concerning her true origins, but keeps the reasons for her being in the past to herself.
  • Steel creates a new suit of armor with a modified "S" on it.
  • The Contessa gives birth to Lena Luthor.
  • A new JLA forms with its most powerful lineup yet: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Lady Flash, Green Lantern and the Martian Manhunter. Soon, the JLA is called upon to stop an invasion by a force of White Martians known as the Hyperclan.
  • Aztek and the second Green Arrow, (Connor Hawke) join the JLA.
  • Cyborg attempts to separate Superman into two separate energy forms but through the last-second actions of Supergirl instead causes Supergirl to become Supergirl Red and Supergirl Blue.
  • In Richmond, Virginia, Wonder Girl and Arrowette confront the apparently twelve year old girl calling herself the Secret. The three girls decide to band together as Young Justice.
  • The funeral for Libby Lawrence-Chambers is held in a private ceremony in New Mexico.
  • Starman and the Mist's son is born.
  • Young Justice first meet the Red Tornado, Earth’s Air Elemental, who agrees to become their mentor. The trio adopt a labyrinth of caves under Brown’s Island as their headquarters, nicknaming it the "Justice Caves".
  • Young Justice clashes with the organization, All-Purpose Enforcement Squad (A.P.E.S.).
  • Green Lantern, (Kyle Rayner) is confronted by the last Guardian of the Universe who entrusts him to rebuild the Green Lantern Corps. He leaves Earth to carry out his duties, accompanied by Jade, (daughter of Sentinel [the original Green Lantern]). who is given the original power ring from the late Hal Jordan. He is later joined by Darkstar John Stewart and former Green Lantern Guy Gardner, both of whom turn down being reinstated in the new Green Lantern Corps, but agree to help keep the dream alive.
  • In a battle with the demon Neron, Princess Diana is killed and her soul taken to Mount Olympus where she is resurrected as the Goddess of Truth.
  • Hector Hall, son of Hawkman and Hawkgirl and formerly the Scarlet Scarab, assumes the mantle of Doctor Fate after it is revealed that it was his destiny.
  • Queen Hippolyta becomes the third Wonder Woman, but mysteriously disappears.
  • Andrea Thomas, a 28 year old Egyptologist working for the Eastern Shore Museum of Fine Arts of Virginia in Queenspointe, is among a team of archeologists in a previously unknown pyramid in the Valley of Kings when she discovers an ancient Egyptian amulet that transforms her into an avatar of the goddess Isis. She decides to assume the identity of Isis for the benefit of Mankind.
  • The new JLA disbands and reforms with a new 14-member team consisting of Superman, Batman, Aquaman, Lady Flash, the Martian Manhunter, Aztek, Green Arrow, Steel, the Huntress, Tomorrow Woman, Orion of the New Gods, Doctor Fate, Oracle and a floating position to be filled by a "mission specialist". The Martian Manhunter is recognized as the overall caretaker of the team.
  • The Cowl's research experiments lead him to believe that he could seize control of Hypertime and begins to make the necessary calculations and preparations.
  • Speedstar and Labrynthe, investigating mysterious temporal explosions by research facilities in their respective cities, are hurled through Hypertime with the Cowl and Rafael to an alternate 31st Century where they confront a Legion of Super-Heroes that counts the Man of Steel Superman as one of their members. They join forces with the Legion to uncover an elaborate plot by the Time Trapper to gain total mastery over Hypertime by merging with his original self, the Cowl. During the climactic battle with the Time Trapper in his realm within Hypertime, Speedstar is presumed dead when he is caught in the collapse of the Trapper's domain. Labrynthe is returned to his proper time and place. He is met by an older version of Speedstar who claims to have spent decades wandering throughout Hypertime in his finding his way back home.
  • Chronos decides to do something about the "infection" he has discovered in Hypertime.
  • The older Speedstar assumes his life and grows increasingly romantic with Cutlass and is haunted by traumatic nightmares which motivate him to push himself beyond human limits to protect his city any way he can from all perceived threats.
  • Cutlass, in a desperate effort to reach Speedstar, begins a physically romantic relationship with him. While it is something that she has secretly hoped for a long time, it is a relationship that means more to her than it does to the future Speedstar.
  • Young Justice confronts the so-called Psyba-Rats.
  • The Millenium Giants awaken and begin to undo the effects of the last millennia. In the process of stopping them, Supergirl Red and Blue as reintegrated and transformed into the Maid of Steel Supergirl.
  • In an effort to find help for a burned-out and tormented Speedstar, Labrynthe and Cutlass contact the JLA in hopes of finding an appropriate psychiatrist. They discover a series of temporal phenomena in recent years and agree to help the JLA investigate them further. Lady Flash agrees to help Speedstar and contacts Max Mercury. Max agrees to counsel Speedstar.
  • An earthquake registering 7.6 on the Richter Scale hits Gotham City, destroying all but a few buildings, including Wayne Manor and most of the Batcave.
  • Cameron Chase becomes an agent for the Department of Extranormal Operations, (DEO) a government agency that monitors metahuman activity in order to safeguard the public.
  • Walker Gabriel becomes the second Chronos. While traveling through time, he discovers the city outside of time, Chronopolis, and of an "infection" to Hypertime and the Speed Force.
  • Under the control of Mister Mind, Sarge Steel orders a nuclear strike on Fairfield, Ohio, the home of Captain Marvel's friends and family. Thousands are killed.
  • Gotham City is refused relief funding from the Bush Administration. All roads to the city are cut off and declared a "No Man's Land" that is no longer considered a part of the United States. Batman is forced to take an indefinite leave of absence when he gets caught in Gotham City during the quake. Batman digs in for the long haul to protect the innocents who were abandoned by the government.
  • The JLA is forced to replace Batman when it seems that the Bush Administration views Gotham City as a lost cause and the JLA is forbidden to take any action. Batman names Wildcat, (the enduring Golden Age hero who trained Batman) as his replacement.
  • Princess Diana discovers that the supposedly destroyed Promethean, (the Ancient gods) are returning to wage a war against all Creation. Defying the gods to protect the Earth, she is stripped of her godly abilities and finds a new purpose and direction in her life. She resumes her career as Wonder Woman after learning of her mother's mysterious disappearance.
  • Losing his cybernetic hook in a battle with the undersea king, Noble, Aquaman is fitted with a prosthetic hand made of Atlantean metal, which can shape itself into almost any form he can imagine.
  • The JLA is contacted by the second Chronos to warn them of the imminent collapse of the time stream unless they could help purge the Speed Force and Hypertime of an "infection". They accompany Chronos into the Hypertime Flux.
  • Terrorists manage to hijack four planes and cause the events of September 11th focused on the former World Trade Towers and the Pentagon.
  • The future Speedstar lashes out at Muslim residents of Empire City, fearing another terrorist attack. Although he apologizes profusely, it changes how he was seen by the public.
  • The JLA, caught in Hypertime and helping Chronos, (and indeed the "after-images" of both Barry Allen and Wally West within the Speed Force) against the Time Trapper and his bid for gaining total mastery over Hypertime through directly influencing the Speed Force. It is revealed that the future version of Speedstar was a "quantum duplicate" that housed the essence of the Trapper. The JLA is successful in defeating the Trapper. In the resulting backlash of energies, Superman is caught in a Hypertime eddy that causes him to be split in two - the Man of Energy and the Man of Steel. The Man of Steel is apparently lost in the time stream (he emerges in the alternate 31st Century, destined to become a staunch member of the LSH).
  • The older Speedstar is seen as a threat to public safety by the Empire City media and precautions are secretly made by the authorities that would enable them to deal with him.
  • After losing a battle with Hammerjack, the older Speedstar is apparently lost in Hypertime as the Cowl reemerges from being lost in time.
  • Speedstar returns home by the Legion of Super-Heroes from the 31st Century after he had taken part in an adventure that allied them with the other Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th Century, Superboy and Supergirl that ended when Supergirl sacrificed herself to "realign" the time stream. Her self-sacrifice causes the 30th Century LSH to be replaced by the formerly alternate 31st Century LSH and causes a new future to take root.
  • Ed Johnson, (Speedstar) learns that Cutlass was carrying the unborn child of his "quantum duplicate". She cuts all ties with him, still mourning her lover’s passing.
  • Speedstar seeks out Max Mercury's counsel concerning Cutlass and her unborn child.
  • Reducing his role in the JLA, the Martian Manhunter dedicates himself to becoming the protector of the planet's southern hemisphere. Taking his place in the JLA was Zauriel, a fallen angel of the Pax Dei.
  • Wonder Woman, while investigating her mother's disappearance, uncovers evidence that she was lost in the past when she uncovers a photograph from World War Two of a JSA containing her mother that should never have existed.
  • Labrynthe learns of a new "syndicate" linking Queenspointe and Empire City. He and Speedstar begin to investigate and realize the scope of the criminal organization was more than they could ever have imagined.
  • Speedstar and Lady Flash become lovers.
  • Impulse regains his lost memory to realize that he was the son of Speedstar and the 31^st Century Dawn Allen, (a direct descendant of the Barry Allen Flash and part of the duo that made up the hero team the "Tornado Twins") and resigns from the New Titans to return to his proper time.
  • Isis meets Cutlass for the first time when she helps to dispatch an ancient Egyptian demon after it was accidentally released by Professor Hubert G. Wyndam of Imperial University.
  • Labrynthe seeks information on the mysterious syndicate from Mourningstar after he locates him in a drug-den within Queenspointe. Using his telepathic powers, the hero doesn’t attract attention to himself and learns that Zeebeefreebian technology might be involved in the syndicate’s rise to power. He also suspects that his frequent foe Rafael and one of Speedstar’s enemies, Hammerjack might be the operating force behind the syndicate. He joins the metahuman vigilante, Mourningstar in investigating his suspicions. What they uncover is only more questions as to what is really going on when they learn of the involvement of the Blood Clan, (an international organization of assassins) in a "gang war" to control the Sister Cities of the Chesapeake.
  • Zauriel sacrifices himself to save Earth from Mageddon, an ancient piece of Elder God technology. Although it is only his physical form which ceases to exist, he is replaced in the JLA by the current Starman.
  • Thanksgiving night. Speedstar is engulfed in a blinding, purplish explosion and finds himself joined by Lady Flash, Max Mercury and Labrynthe to stop a war between the Blood Clan and a mysterious, unknown faction. Speedstar finds his speed powers to have increased to previously lost levels and the heroes learn that the heavily armed members of the unknown faction were actually field agents for the new syndicate that has apparently seized control of nearly all criminal activity within both Empire City, MD and Queenspointe, VA.

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