< 1938 >
24-year-old Happy Terrill accompanies Professor Dayzl in a weather balloon experiment into the upper atmosphere, testing his experimental new interspace communication device. As he climbs outside the gondola during an emergency to fix the balloon, the device triggers the dormant Martian interspatial communication arrays stationed through the solar system, triggering a pulse of pure alien energy from the sun to strike Langford. He falls from the balloon but discovers his new ability to control and manifest light energy, flying to safety. He embraces his new powers, becoming the Ray.
36-year-old Robert Turowski's perfects his kinetic absorbtion device. He uses it to rob a bank, and attempts to attack Midwestern University for rejecting his designs as the Turtle. 25-year-old Jay Garrick has to stop him without his speed, and he is put in prison, where he begins working to recreate his kinetic absorber.
28-year-old Alan Armstrong invents his Spy-Smasher identity, using his own inventions & gyrosub.
38-year-old Iron Munro begins working against 32-year-old Gerald Shugel & his Nazi overlord's attempts to sabotage or steal his work
19-year-old Sandra Knight saves her father from home-invading assassins, getting a taste for adventure. She invents her own espionage equipment, including Professor Desmond’s Darklight Projectors, and uses deliberately distracting pinup costume as Phantom Lady.
28-year-old Rex Tyler uses his personal research with Miraclo to start Tyler Chemicals.
26-year-old Al Pratt marries his college sweetheart Mary James.
22-year-old Thaal Sinestro becomes an anthropologist dedicated to preserving the remains of the ancient civilizations of Korugar.
22-year-old John Sargent comes into possession of the Ruby of Life. His Homo Magi ancestry allows him to unlock it's powers, granting him clairvoyant & transmutive powers that he uses as a part-time hero.
22-year-old Jackie Johnson is married.
18-year-old Warren Griffith surrenders to S.H.A.D.E. to try to control his transformations.
18-year-old Will Everett attends a historically black college on a track scholarship, majoring in business administration. He plays football and becomes class president.
17-year-old Johnny Sorrow moves to Hollywood to become an actor.