< 45 Years Ago >
21-year-old Nuidis Vulko becomes the science advisor to the Atlantean Throne, arguing against 30-year-old Kalandro & former advisor 23-year-old Thorne.
23-year-old Tom Curry finishes his time as a reservist. He becomes a lighthouse keeper full time.
Atros witnesses the destruction of Ryut in the Manhunter War between the Manhunters and the Green Lantern Corps, and the final death of his people.
25-year-old Ted Knight focuses his research on the original Starman's Cosmic Rod.
25-year-old Danette Reilly discovers a volcanic cave with mystical properties. she adopts her Firebrand identity to save her brother Rodney from gangsters. including mob gunman 22-year-old William Asmodeus Zard, starting his lifetime belief that superheroes are all secretly self-serving opportunists.
26-year-old Thaddeus Sivana is married.
26-year-old Glenda Mark meets a fellow author, Harry.
18-year-old Martha Kane starts studying sociology & finance at Gotham University, where she meets 22-year-old Thomas Wayne, who has just graduated & started med school.
4-year-old Mallah's violent behavior leads to him being given to 22-year-old Ernst Morden's research lab, where he begins his experiments, slowly increasing his intelligence.
Big Bear attends the Academy of Higher Consciousness on New Genesis.
18-year-old Jonathan Kent graduates high school and enlists in the army, and sees active combat.
18-year-old Simon Stagg goes to college.
17-year-old Jacob Kane is accepted at West Point.
16-year-old Johnny Chambers begins working as a photojournalist.
16-year-old Clifford Devoe attends Oxford University.
15-year-old Lawrence Crock earns national attention as a multi-sport prodigy. He earns the nickname "Crusher".
14-year-old Kilowog becomes a master mechanic & engineer, despite his caste.
11-year-old Slade Wilson's father Charles has an affair with Francine LeFarge. Slade threatens to tell his mother about the affair, and Charles abandons a pregnant Francine. Wade LeFarge is born in a homeless shelter.
11-year-old Susan Linden helps 14-year-old Phillip Sylvian build his garden lab, staying with him to get away from her father.
10-year-old Sam Bradley fights three other boys to stop them from bullying his brother, staying in the fight despite three broken ribs and an ocular hyphema until they are all incapacitated. He earns the lifelong nickname Slam Bradley.
Jefferson Pierce is born in Southside Metropolis, the son of reknowned reporter Alvin Pierce.
Martin Stein is born.
Angela Roth is born to a homeless teenage mother.
Inza Cramer is born.
David Connor is born.
Malcolm Merlyn is born, the only son of reclusive billionaire Arthur Merlyn.
Nubia is born to a Nigerian Boat Captain.