< 1938 >
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 Davis’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.