History of Uncle Dave's Supers Game World

The game world started as a CHAMPIONS campaign shortly after I read a magazine article in which Aaron Allston described the setting for his super-hero game. In short, all my favorite characters from the comics debut in the game world around the same year the were actually first published. They adventure, change, grow and age from there.

This timeline details the history of my super hero game world. I'll be adding to it from time to time as I find and convert more old notes to webscript. I'd be remiss if I didn't credit those who've helped provide words or thought towards this campaign through the years. Click

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The Distant Past

20 BILLION YEARS AGO:	Before the stars came to be…when the galaxies were mere cosmic dust…there existed the first being of the universe. Though his name would later become synonymous with destruction, it is from the creation of GALACTUS that we mark the beginning of the universe.
15 BILLION YEARS AGO:	The universe is formed by the Big Bang. Whatever came before gave way to entropy and imploded, resulting in a cosmos wide burst of new life. The entirety of creation fills the void (called the Chaosplasm) that remains just outside the matter of creation. The sole existing being is shredded by the blast, creating two new beings of equal power called Monitor and Anti-Monitor. The Anti-Monitor flees to the Negative zone dimension and begins his dominion there. The Monitor becomes the care-taker of this universe, creating the race known as the Watchers to aid him. Galactus, diminished by the power of the two Monitors, acquires a never-ending hunger that can only be satisfied by the living energies of worlds. Satiated with the power of the Big Bang, Galactus sleeps for millions of years. During this period the Endless come into existence and at the heart of creation Heaven is formed. The greatest of the angels, Lucifer Lightbringer, rebels against Heaven and is cast into the Chaosplasm along with his rebellious allies, creating Hell.
10 BILLION YEARS AGO:	The Maltusian civilization is the first race in the universe to survive through its early emotional, violent, and destructive period and achieve a 'perfect' society. For the next five billion years the Maltusians prosper, moving to the planet Oa when the Maltusian sun goes nova. During their relocation, the Maltusians/Oans realize their actions are being observed by a Watcher, but the Watcher avoids contact.
5 BILLION YEARS AGO:	Oan scouts discover the Celestials, race as advanced and more powerful than their own, however, much fewer in number. The Celestials appear to be evolved from the Chaosplasm, making communication difficult. Contact between the two races is rare and un-rewarding for both. An Oan scientist named Krona, influenced by the Anti-Monitor, violates the sole restriction they have placed on scientific research, the origin of the universe itself. This clash between science and magic has several catastrophic results, the first being that the very fabric of space itself rips in half, allowing the Anti-Monitor to steal power from his rival, causing the Negative Zone and this universe to be equal in size, power and potential. The reverberations of this echo through our positive-matter universe and release a wave of Evil that threatens to overwhelm everything. The Oans also quickly theorize that the loss of half of the universe's mass and energy upsets a careful balance between order and entropy and that a billion years of the universe's lifespan has been lost. In addition, they fear that entropy will eventually consume the universe, instead of the universe existing forever in a continual state of destruction and recreation (the Big Bang-Big Crunch-Big Bang theory.) One additional side effect of Krona's experiment that the Oans are unaware of is the creation of elemental forces in the wake of the creation of the two universes. These elemental forces, some of creative energies and others of leftover Chaosplasm, will eventually evolve into the mystical Lords of Order and Chaos. To punish Krona for his experiments (Krona, like all the Oans, is immortal and survived the explosion of his equipment) the other Oans transform him into pure energy and banish him to the farthest reaches of the universe, condemned to wander forever (Krona manages to come, back and cause trouble again in the 20th century but it is believed that he suffered a final defeat in the 1980's and is gone forever.) The Oans dedicate themselves to undoing the effects of Krona's experiment and rename themselves the Guardians of the Universe. However, one faction of the Oans feels that stemming the growth of evil is not enough, that it is necessary to exterminate evil wherever it is found. This faction leaves Oa for places unknown and eventually forms the organization known as the Controllers (who, like the Guardians, will create a universal force to carry out their wishes, the Darkstars.) The first task the Guardians of the Universe undertake is to collect and dispose of the magical energies of the universe; unable to control or understand magic, and because the conflict between magic and science was the source of the disaster Krona unleashed, the Guardians fear it and seek to deny it to any who would use it. After several million years the Guardians succeed in collecting a significant portion of the magical energies of the universe but they are unable to destroy it. They instead bury it deep within the heart of a star where no one will presumably be able to find it and use it. (What the Guardians do not anticipate is the magical energies gaining sentience and being able to send a portion of itself out of the star. This piece of the "Starheart" eventually makes its way to Earth where it leads to the origin of Green Lantern I (Alan Scott)in the 20th century.) Weakened by this loss of magical energies, a demonic race (but not to be confused with the demons of Hell) known as the Predead are banished from the face of what will become Earth by a race known as the Time-less Ones (mistakenly identified as the Lords of Order in some mystic writings). With the Earth purged of these beings, 'normal' life begins to evolve. The first life forms to gain sentience are the plants. Yggdrasil, the world-tree, is the first of Earth's "children" to gain sentience, due in part to a visit out of time by the 20th century Swamp Thing.
3 BILLION YEARS AGO:	The Kree Empire achieves starflight and begins exploring space around them. The Guardians attempt to create a race of warriors to patrol the universe and combat evil first-hand. Their first experiment results in the lizard-like Psions, a failure. After. several million years the Psions revolt and start carving out an empire, leading the Guardians to banish them to one star system, the Vegan system in the Milky Way galaxy. The Guardians second attempt is the creation of androids called the Manhunters. The Manhunters appear to work better than the Psions but in truth they're just better at concealing their betrayal, to the point that when the Guardians do finally discover it they are unable to confine the Manhunters to just one system as they did with the Psions. (The Manhunters return to threaten the universe several more times before finally being destroyed in the 20th century.)
2.5 BILLION YEARS AGO:	The Skrull Empire achieves starflight. Encountering the Kree, they declare the first of hundreds of Kree-Skrull (and later sometimes Khund/Dominator/etc.) wars. The female Oans (who apparently did not become Guardians) become fed up with the obsession of the males in fighting evil and leave them. (Eventually the female Oans become a fearsome warrior race known as the Zamarons who come into conflict with the Guardians several times before reconciling with them in the 20th century.)
2 BILLION YEARS AGO:	The Dominator and Khund races achieve starflight. They join the stellar community as aggressive combatants for domination. After millions of years of expansion, discovery and war, the major space empires of the Psions, Khund, Kree, Skrull and Dominators occupies nearly half of the known universe. The Guardians finally draft a plan that serves them well through the next two billion years, the Green Lantern Corps. By recruiting the bravest and most worthy beings from across space to aid them in their cause the Guardians avoid the problems that led to the failure of the Psions and Manhunters. The Green Lanterns patrol "free space" not belonging to one of the existing space empires.
1 BILLION YEARS AGO:	A race known as the Lizard Kings becomes the first native Earth race to create a civilization, one based on magic. But this primordial golden age comes to an end in a great terrestrial armageddon, clearing the way for the next species to evolve into intelligence, humanity.
5 MILLION YEARS AGO:	The Celestials visit Earth. In what is thought to be an experiment, they create five pantheons of god-like beings (Greek/Roman, Norse/German, Asian, Central American, and Kirby Old Gods) and place them in pocket dimensions with easy access to Earth. At first, the pantheons fight for total control of the Earth, but soon agree to their respective sections. Eventually, most gods get bored with Earth altogether, and visit or meddle rarely, if ever.
100 THOUSAND YEARS AGO:	The first great human civilization arises on Atlantis. An early conflict between the forces of science and magic is ended peacefully, allowing Atlantis to flourish and achieve levels in both areas far in excess of anything seen again (to date) on Earth.
50 THOUSAND YEARS AGO:	The Skrull empire dumps the results of the a failed attempt to create super soldiers on Earth. These beings become known at the Eternals and the Deviants. Offspring of these beings will later be known as Inhumans. Avoiding contact with man, the Eternals and Deviants bond together and relocate to Titan, a moon of Saturn. After spending some time adventuring amongst the Earth's super hero community, the Inhumans retire to a special base on the moon.
15 THOUSAND YEARS AGO:	Atlantis is destroyed; first the great city of Atlantis is lost in a battle with an alien invasion force and then the entire island continent is later lost to the floodwaters of the retreating Ice Age. The only remnants of Atlantean civilization are the cities of Poseidonis and Tritonis, who find ways to survive beneath the ocean's surface. Human civilization is sent back to the Stone Age. During this period, Vandal Savage becomes the first immortal human. The loss of Atlantis also removes much of the magical energies remaining on Earth, which destroys the divine forces that sprung from those energies. In their place arise primeval, elemental forces that will eventually be shaped by human belief into "gods". During this period, Vandal Savage becomes the first immortal human.

Ancient History

5 THOUSAND YEARS AGO:	Civilization begins to rebuild itself around the world. It is in these early societies that godlike forces begin appearing on Earth; the wizard Shazam, Nabu (a Lord of Order who eventually becomes known as Doctor Fate), Rama Kushna and a host of deities such as the Norse, Egyptian and Greek pantheons. The offshoot of homo sapiens known as homo magi is believed to have started in this time period.
1200 BC:	The Amazons of ancient Greece leave "man's world" for the mystical island of Themyscira, deep in the Atlantic Ocean. It is this isolation that allows the Amazons to survive to the present day and re-enter the world in the 1920's.
1ST CENTURY AD:	Far from Earth (in fact, in another dimension) a race of Old Gods dies, giving birth to the New Gods and their two homeworlds, New Genesis and Apokolips.
6TH CENTURY AD:	The great kingdom of Camelot is created in Britain; during its short existence it echoes much of the majesty of lost Atlantis. But as with the loss of Atlantis, the loss of Camelot removes more of the remaining magical energies on Earth. Attempts during the Middle Ages to recreate Camelot fall far short, and magic becomes weaker as science gains a stronger foothold throughout much of the world, though isolated pockets where magic remains strong can be found up through the 20th century.
15TH CENTURY AD:	The world becomes so inhospitable to magical creatures that many leave the Earth plane forever, travelling to other dimensions where magic remains strong. One such group settles the Gemworld.

The 20th Century

1898:	The planet Krypton explodes in a far away galaxy. Several artifacts of the civilization, some living, escape the final blast.
1918:	Charles Kent born in Smallville, Kansas.
1924:	Magnus, who would become known as Magneto, is born in Austria to Jewish parents.
1925:	Themysyria brought on to the Earth plane, ruled in peace and equality by Queen's Hypolyta and Diana.
1926:	Jonathan Kent born in Smallville, Kansas.
1928:	Thomas and Martha Wayne are killed in Crime Alley (Gotham City), leaving a nine year old Bruce Wayne an orphan.
1932:	Herbert Wyndham invents human evolutionary technology at Corneall University. He quietly leaves and opens a private lab.
1935:	A mystic group known as the Seven sends Dr. Occult into the world to combat an increase in evil of a magical nature. Dr. Occult becomes the first in a long line of "Mystery Men" to appear in the 1930's (and probably the first member of the "Trenchcoat Brigade".).
1936:	Charles Kent leaves Smallville, moving first to Cleveland and then on to Toronto as he pursues a career in journalism. Jonathan Kent stays behind to run the family farm.
1938:	The Golden Age of Heroes truly begins with the appearances of the Flash I and the Crimson Avenger. While the Crimson Avenger falls under the description of a "Mystery Man", the Flash becomes the world's first "superhero". Kryptonian device known as the "Eradicator" falls to Earth in the Arctic. Charles Kent is the first human to discover the device and is promptly possessed by the intelligent, sentient energies that inhabit the device. The Kryptonian energies fill his body, making him more than human. The amalgam of Charles Kent & the Eradicator becomes "Superman I" and uses the space device itself as the centerpiece of an Arctic sanctuary.
1939:	Public debut of Batman I (Bruce Wayne) in Gotham City. Hitler leads Germany and the world into war by attacking Poland. Public debut of Superman I (Charles Kent) in Cleveland.
1940:	Herbert Wyndham founds the Wundagore complex on the mountain in Transia. He begins new research deeper into human evolution. First Appearance of the Justice Society (Flash I (Jay Garrick), Hourman I (Rex Tyler), Captain America, Sandman, Green Lantern I (Alan Scott), Hawkman I (Prince Katar Hall), Human Torch I, Liberty Belle, Dr Fate, Atom I, Starman I (Ted Knight), Sub-Mariner). The first headquarters is in Gotham City, but, strangely, the Batman never joins. Spear of Destiny used in ritual to keep Allied (mostly British at this point) super heroes out of Axis controlled territory.
1941:	At request of President Roosevelt, Captain America forms the All-Star Squadron from non-super-powered heroes to avoid conflict with the Spear of Destiny. Other JSA members patrol the rest of the war zones, except for the Invaders, a small group lead by Human Torch I and the Sub-Mariner, who seek to bring the conflict to the Axis home lands. Capt. America and SandmanI eventualy join the Invaders. Several more superhero groups form, including the Seven Soldiers of Victory and the Freedom Fighters. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the full fury of the American Super-hero retalliation is felt. Through occult means Germany's Adolf Hitler and Japan's Dragon King are able to prevent the Allie's most powerful heroes from entering Axis-controlled territories, preventing the war from being ended quickly.
1942:	Steve Trever crashes his airplane onto the island of Themysyria. First appearance of Wonder Woman (Queen Diana). Superman I joins the All-Star Squadron and the Justice Society.
1943:	Hiding from the Nazis deep in the bowels of Wundagore mountain, Herbert Wyndham uses his own technology on himself, becoming the "High Evolutionary." He uses his new intellect and powers to secure all the resources he needs as the World War II comes to a close. Human Torch I and Bucky are killed, Captain America frozen in ice, the Sub-Mariner mindwiped and Sandman stranded in the arctic when the Invaders mistake advanced covert alien activity for a Nazi special project.
1945:	With the end of World War II, the All-Star Squadron is disbanded. Many heroes retire to normal lives though many remain active as crime-fighters and the JSA remains an active organization until it is forced to disband in the 1950's.
1946:	The Seven Soldiers of Victory are cast into Limbo until the 1980's. Magnus first meets Charles Xavier in the Middle East. He displays his powers in public for the first time and later adopts the identity of Magneto.
1950:	Superman I (Charles Kent) marries Lana Lang.
1951:	High Evolutionary creates the New Men, founding the Knights of Wundagore. These intelligent beings evolved by the High Evolutionary from various animals. Ghostly being called 'Spawn' or 'Spectre' attacks the mobs on the east coast of the United States.
1952- 1953:	Senator Joseph McCarthy's Un-American Activities Committee accuses the Justice Society of aiding enemy spies, forcing the Justice Society of America to disband rather than reveal their identities to the public. This atmosphere of distrust leads most other costumed adventurers to either retire or stick to the shadows and avoid public scrutiny.
1954:	In response to congressional (and pressure from wife Lana Lang-Kent) Superman I (Charles Kent) goes into semi-retirement, only appearing in extreme need.
1955:	Wonder Woman I (Queen Diana) marries Steve Trevor, loses title and immortality. While still using the name Wonder Woman, her activities are curtailed.
1956:	Batman I (Bruce Wayne) adopts 10 year old Dick Greyson. Dick debuts as Robin I that same year. John Constantine born in Liverpool, England.
1957:	J'onn J'onzz is accidentally teleported from Mars to Earth and becomes the Martian Manhunter.
1958:	Laurel Kent, daughter of Superman I and Lana Lang-Kent born. Laurel seems to be a normal human (unpowered) girl. Reed Richards and Victor Von Doom attend New York University together. Lab accident scars Von Doom's face slightly.
1959:	Bruce Wayne marries Selina Kyle (former Catwoman).
1960:	Accident while testing Gamma Bomb for U.S. Military changes Bruce Banner into the savage Hulk.
1961:	The Doom Patrol sacrifices itself to prevent the destruction of a small town, though most of the team actually survives and resurfaces through the 1980's. With the sacrifice of the Doom Patrol and the public acts of others, the political climate has changed enough such that super humans are hailed again as heroes. Helena Wayne, daughter of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle-Wayne, is born. Lab accident transforms Barry Allen into Flash II.
1962:	Abin Sur crash landson Earth. His ring finds a worthy replacement as Abin Sur dies, and Hal Jordon becomes Green LanternII. Inspired by the Justice Society, a group of new super-heroes band together as the Justice League of America. Superman I (Charles Kent) brings together Aquaman and Green Lantern II (Hal Jordon), Flash II (Barry Allen), and Black Canary II (Dinah Lance). The "old time" heroes, Batman I (Bruce Wayne), Hawkman I, the Martian Manhunter and the original, formerly immortal, Wonder Woman (Queen Diana) join this new team, and are considered the "elder statesbeings" of the team. Robin I (Dick Greyson) adventures with and sometimes leads the Teen Titans (through 1967), a group of super powered sidekicks. The team includes Aqualad, Speedy and Kid Flash (Wally West). Space ship from Krypton delivers the infant Kal-El to Earth. Superman I manipulates events so the arrival on Earth is undetected and the space ship lands in Smallville, where the infant will be raised by Jonathan and Martha Kent. Superman I monitors Kal-El's early years, but does not make contact with him until Kal's (now called "Clark Kent") Kryptonian powers begin to manifest in Clark's teen years.
1963:	High Evolutionary creates Earth II.
1964:	Magneto encounters Quicksilver I and Scarlet Witch at ruins of Wundagore complex. He persuades them to join his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (which also includes Toad and Blob) and rebuilds Wundagore as their new base. Inspired by President Kennedy's challenge to America, Reed Richards (age 22), Ben Grimm (25) and Sue (18) and Johnny Storm (14) attempt to reach the Moon in Reed's experimental rocket design. They encounter unusually strong cosmic radiation and are thrown back to earth. The radiation changes them into the Fantastic Four. Professor Xavier starts School for Exceptional Students. First 'x-men' include Cyclops (age 15), Marvel Girl (13), Ice Man (12), Beast (13) and Angel (14).
1965:	Hypolyta Trevor (who will go on to become Wonder Girl/Fury) is born. Johnny Storm prevents crowd from harassing a homeless man; discovers Sub-Mariner and restores his memory. Sub-Mariner goes on personal vendetta against surface world..
1966:	Earth II's existence is forbidden by the Source and added to the museum of experiments that went too far. High Evolutionary's psyche is shattered. Avengers form in Chicago. First members are Iron Man, Thor, Hawkeye, Wasp and Giant Man.
1967:	Dr. Doom (Victor Von Doom) completes his studies and, tying his own advanced technology with ancient mysticism, conquers Latvia. JLA and Aquaman finally stop Sub-Mariner rampage against the surface world. Sub-Mariner repents and goes into hiding, leaving Aquaman as the king of the seas. Teen Titans break up and go their separate ways.
1968:	Army experiment changes Nathaniel Adam into Captain Atom, hurling him 20 years into the future. Despondent High Evolutionary returns to Earth and seeks out battle with the Hulk as a means of suicide. He is damaged severely, but lives.
1969:	Galactus arrives to drain the Earth of it's energies. Most of Earth's heroes that can reach New York (Galactus's touch down point) are defeated and some killed. The Fantastic Four retrieve the device known as the "Ultimate Nullifier" and it's threat causes Galactus to withdraw. Galactus's herald, the Silver Surfer, is trapped on Earth. Bruce Wayne retires as Batman I.
1970:	Bruce Wayne becomes Gotham Police Commissioner.
1971:	Recovered, Herbert Wyndham, the High Evolutionary, returns to Wundagore to begin anew. Reed Richards and Susan Storm marry. Dick Greyson changes his identity to from "Robin I" to "Nightwing" and moves to New York to lead the newly reformed Teen Titans, which includes Speedy, Kid Flash, Aqualad, Mal and Lilith.
1972:	Lana Lang-Kent dies of cancer. Tamaranian scout Prince K'korimir crash lands in the Soveit controlled Eastern Germany. He has a brief adventure as "Firestar" before KGB and Russian military kill the alien.
1973:	Magneto fights with High Evolutionary over the "Brood" being created from the legacy of modern day heroes. The Knights of Wundagore (with Quicksilver I) drive off Magneto's forces, but are badly damaged. The fight draws the attention of world intelligence and the Wundagore complex is attacked within hours and seemingly destroyed by the unusual alliance of A.I.M., SHIELD, the Brotherhood of Evil and the X-Men. The High Evolutionary is killed (along with the New Men and the Knights of Wundagore), his Brood suspended in development. Since the breeding chambers were buried in the deepest part of the mountain, the world thinks the possibility of the Brood surviving is negligble, and the threat is soon forgotten.
1974:	Laura Kent is caught in battle between Superman I, Kang the Conqueror, and the Linear Men. She is transported to the future. Her meta-gene is activated by her trip through time and she arrives in the future as "Supergirl, 3098" and becomes a leading force in the Legion of Super Heroes.
1975:	Some of the more robust members of the Justice Society come out of retirement to reform the Justice Society. Since they reactivated because they thought newer meta-humans needed more guidence, they spend most of their time in less active, but more inspirational roles. The new team is based in Central City, instead of Gotham.
1976:	Children of the Justice Society band together as Infinity, Unlimited. The team includes Brainwave Jr., Skyman, Nuklon, Fury, Changeling, Jade and Obelisk. They have a brief, but memorable career, before retiring themselves in the late 1979.
1977:	At Bruce Wayne's request, Dick Greyson changes identities from "Nightwing" to "Batman II". Gotham once again has a Batman. Luther Industries take over A.I.M. holdings following A.I.M.'s complete defeat and exposure by the Avengers.
1978:	Helena Wayne debuts as the "Huntress." She and Batman II work together some times, but the Huntress is more active than Batman II and slowly grows her own reputation. Magneto and the Brotherhood of Evil II occupy Wundagore.
1979:	Franklyn Richards is born, son of Reed and Susan Richards. The child's telekinetic powers are apparent from birth. Superman I returns from four-year (current time) trip through the time stream looking for his daughter Laura. All alone, he plunges back into active duty, forming the new Justice League.
1980:	John Constantine and friends confront demon Nergal, but are defeated. Constantine makes first trip to Hell.
1981:	Magneto leaves Wundagore. The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants II disbands. Texas Rangers form in Dallas. Initial members include Sidewinder, Tornado, Two-Gun, Sherrif Dodd and Jonah Hexx. Dick Greyson operates as Batman II to lead the Outsiders (through 1987).
1982:	The New Gods first appear on Earth. Timothy Hunter is born, a mystic hybrid between a mortal man and the Queen of the Fairies.
1983:	The Seven Soldiers of Victory are freed from Limbo. Huntress adopts 14 year old Jason Todd as "Robin II".
1984:	As the Justice League grows, it becomes Justice League International, and the elder Leaguers make room for the new "young turks" like Firestorm, Zatanna, Vixen, Nova, Quasar, and Gypsy.
1985:	Superman I (Charles Kent) marries Lori Lemaris. Lois Lane joins staff of the Daily Planet in Metropolis as intern reporter. The team Vanguard forms in Los Angeles. Initial members include Tempest, Wildcard, Amok, Wonder Man, Flashfire and Jerimiah. The Flash II is accused of the murder of Professor Zoom. He is found innocent, and retires to the 30th Century with his wife, Iris.
1986:	Clark Kent saves Air Force One from crashing on approach into Metropolis, publicly demonstrating his powers. He quickly adopts the identity of "Superman II". Superman I retires to Arctic sanctuary. In a war against Thanos, Darkseid and his Anti-Life Shadow Demons, both Wonder Woman I (Queen Diana) and The Flash II (Barry Allen) give their lives to save the world. Wally West becomes the Flash III. On the heels of the darkness wars, a being from another dimension of unimaginable power kidnaps several heroes and villains, investingating the concepts of good and evil in the first Secret War
1987:	Princess Diana is sent to replace her Aunt as Wonder Woman II. Soviets form Rocket Red Brigade. JLA/JLI achieves United Nations backing and begins building satelite and regional HQs. After a brief breakup, the Teen Titans reform as just "the Titans," and welcome new members Jericho, Cyborg, Changeling, Starfire, Wonder Girl and Raven. Raven dies later that year, sacrificing herself to save the world from her father Trigon.
1988:	On the heels of the Crisis, the Brujeria cult uses the universal panic to summon a primordial entity of evil from the Chaosplasm beyond the Afterworlds, threatening all reality with destruction. John Constantine brings together the world's mystic community, but they are largely ineffective. In the end, through the efforts of the Swamp Thing, a balance is struck between the entity and God (for lack of a better name) and the threat is averted. Captain Atom (formerly Nathaniel Adam) re-enters this universes time stream. The Guardians of the Universe reconcile with the Zamarans and leave the universe to conceive a new generation of beings, trusting that the Green Lantern Corps will be able to operate without their leadership. One Guardian is left behind to serve as counsel for the Corps, an action that ultimately proves to be a mistake. The renegade Green Lantern Sinestro almost succeeds in destroying the Corps, leaving very few Lanterns operating in the universe. The Controllers expand the Darkstars into the abandoned sectors of space.* The Silver Surfer breaks free of Galactus's restriction to Earth and surfs the stars independently for the first time. The Beyonder returns to our universe for further learning about humans in what is called the second Secret War. Reed and Susan Richards retire from active adventuring. They are replaced in the Fantastic Four (now five?) by She-Hulk, Blue Beetle and Booster Gold..
1989:	A single Guardian of the Universe and a Zamaron return to the universe to reveal that within the next millennium humanity will evolve to the point where they could assume the mantle of the Guardians. The Man hunters come to Earth in an attempt to prevent this from happening but are defeated and ultimately destroyed by Earth's superheroes. Magneto is saved by a group of worshipping mutants who become the Brotherhood III. Together, they create Asteroid-M. Luthor Industries becomes dominant in world business and on Stock Exchange.
1990:	The team called the Guardians forms in Columbus, Ohio. The initial members are Sunshine, Tank, BlueStreak, Mist, Jedi and Leprechaun. Billy Batson becomes Captain Marvel for the first time. The announcement that the Guardians of the Universe believed humanity would evolve into "cosmic greatness" causes great consternation throughout the known universe. Twelve alien races ally together in an attempt to deny Earth this potential future, though one, the Daxamites, ultimately switch sides and aid Earth. The leaders of the invasion, the Dominators, perform experiments on captive humans and discover the metagene, a genetic adaptation responsible for Earth's great number of superpowered individuals. But even with their "gene bomb" the Dominators and their allies are defeated. Earth establishes diplomatic relations with Daxam and one other of the invaders, the Thanagarians. In addition, the actions of the alliance leads to the formation of the galactic police force called L.E.G.I.O.N..
1991:	The lone Guardian left on Oa to council the now-defunct Green Lantern Corps goes insane from loneliness and to fill that void kidnaps entire cities from planets around the universe, transplanting them to Oa, which becomes known as the Mosaic World. Earth's Green Lanterns are instrumental in stopping the Mad Guardian though it actually takes the return of the Guardians of the Universe (or at least beings resembling them) to put an end to him. As with Krona, the Guardians cannot kill their comrade, so they transform him into energy and disperse him through the universe. The Guardians do not return the kidnapped planets to their home systems and instead install one of Earth's Green Lanterns, John Stewart, to watch over the Mosaic cities and help them live together in harmony. The Guardians then begin recreating the Green Lantern Corps.
1992:	Several of Earth's godly pantheons become embroiled in a war amongst themselves, which spills over onto Earth briefly before being stopped. The Darkstars make their first appearance on Earth and jurisdiction rights between the Darkstars, L.E.G.I.O.N. and the Green Lantern Corps L.E.G.I.O.N. are worked out after an incident on the planet Maltus draws all three organizations into the same situation. Star Heart is uncovered after millenia of hiding. Allan Scott merges with the essence and absorbs his ring. The Star Heart itself explodes, releasing magic throughout this universe.
1993:	The Huntress is forced to reveal her identity. Helena Wayne retires as the Huntress. Mutant uprising on island of Genoshia (where mutants are slaves) is brutally put down. Captain Marvel gives away a portion of his power, helps create Mary Marvel. Thanos assembles the five stones of creation to form the Infinity Gauntlet. Heroes through out the Multiverse unite to defeat him. Warlock returns from his retirement in the Soul Gem.
1994:	Superman II becomes ad-hoc member of the Justice League. A being known as Waverider appears from the future to determine the identity of Monarch, a superhero who goes rogue in the year 2001 and takes over the world, slaying every other superpowered being on the planet in the process. Waverider discovers to his dismay that Monarch was not a superhero who went bad and that Monarch is using Waverider to insure his own creation by manipulating probable timelines, that literally anyone could become Monarch (or more accurately, that anyone could be chosen by Monarch to become Monarch). Magus, the alter-ego of Adam Warlock, manages to assemble the Infinity Gems once again, leading to the Infinity War.
1995:	Batman II broken by Bane. A member of the Order St Dumas named Azrael briefly takes the name of Batman. Dick Greyson recovers the mantle of the bat by end of year. Timothy Hunter is initiated into the secrets of magic and learns that he is destined to be a pivotal role in a great mystical conflict that will occur 15 years in the future. Whether Timothy will be leading the forces of light or the forces of darkness is uncertain and forces on both sides try to sway Timothy onto their side. The team Emerald Aces is formed in Seattle. Initial members include Comet, Peacekeeper, Jubilee, Bombshell, Green Arrow and Black Canary. Joker constructs a final deathtrap. Armed with the knowledge of Huntress's true identity, he finally puts all the clues together to exact his revenge. The trap kills Jason Todd and Selena Kyle-Wayne (Helena Wayne was out of the country) while Bruce Wayne is forced to watch. Joker leaves Bruce Wayne alive but crippled as a final torment.
1996:	Jack Knight, the grandson of Starman, becomes the 4th Starman long after Starman II is murdered by the Mist. (Starman II was David Knight, son of Ted Knight. He was Starman in the reformed Justice Society. He was murdered by the Mist. The hero formerly known as Starman III, Will Payton, used the name Starman for a few weeks, until David's lawyers contacted him.) A being called the Goddess attempts to use the Infinity Gems to reinvent the multiverse. Realizing the Goddess is yet another portion of his own personality, Adam Warlock end the threat by carrying all of the gems into the great wall of the Source.
1997:	After long recovery and extensive searching, Huntress, Batman II (Dick Greyson) and Bruce Wayne (in a prototype suit of battle armor) track the Joker down to his Ha-ha-hacienda, centered around an unrecorded Lazarus pit. Joker is killed. Bruce Wayne terminally wounded, but healed and rejuvenated by submersion in the Lazarus Pit. Dick Greyson retires as Batman II, goes into politics.
1998:	Rejuvenated Bruce Wayne becomes Batman once again. He adopts the 14 year old Tim Drake as "Robin III".
1999:	At long last and unbeknownst to the rest of the planet, the Brood awaken….