<  1953  >

The Justice Society are called before the Un American Activities Commission. The Society chooses to disband and retire, but 40-year-old Jay Garrick reveals his identity and attends the hearing, his testimony crucial in the decline of Senator McCarthy's influence.

43-year-old Rex Tyler attempts to retire with the rest of the Justice Society, but his addiction proves to be not just to Miraclo, but to being Hourman. He continues to fight crime, now completely outside the law.

49-year-old Ted Grant opens his boxing club.

64-year-old Ritter Hendricksen becomes a speaker in the German Parliament.

50-year-old Olaf Bjornson dies saving his nephew from a farming accident.