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NOTE! This timeline, all characters refered too and the distinctive likeness thereoff, DC, the storylines mentioned (i.e. Zero Hour, Legends, etc) and the DC bullet are all copyright and TradeMark 1998 DC Comics. Their inclusion in this document does not in any way mean that I challenge the owner's rights. This is a fan-page, made to further the knowledge of, and the interest for, the DC line of comics.

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Notes on the specifics in the timeline are found at the bottom of the page.

15.000.000.000 years ago: The Big Bang
5.000.000.000 years ago: Life emerges on Earth
4.000.400.000 years ago: Renegade maltusian Krona links past and future together, releasing entropy into the Universe.; Guardians of the Universe; Controllers
3.000.000.000 years ago: Manhunters
2.500.000.000 years ago: Oan race splits along gender lines; females evolve into zamarons
100.000 years ago: Homo Magi; Birth of Atlantis; Immortal Man (Vandal Savage???)
50.000 years ago: Atlantis sinks
5000 BC: Dr. Mist (Nommo)
1200 BC: Amazon race born
Roman Empire: Golden Gladiator
6th century: Camelot; King Arthur (Arthur, son of Uther); Merlin; Etrigan (Iason Blaise, Jason Blood); Silent Knight (???); Shining Knight (Sir Justin)
964: Viking Prince
Late 1700s, early 1800s: Tomahawk (Tom Hawk); Uncle Sam; Hawk, son of Tomahawk (n/a); Firehair (n/a)
1826: Daily Planet founded
Mid- to late 1800s: Bat Lash (Bartholomew Aloysius Lash); Jonah Hex (Jonah Woodson Hex); Nighthawk (Hannibal Hawkes); Don Cabballero (n/a); El Diablo (Lazarus Lane); Johnny Thunder (John Tane); Madame .44 (Jeanne Walker Tane); Trigger Twins (Walter & Wayne Trigger); Matt Savage (n/a); Scalp Hunter (Brian Savage/Ke-Woh-No-Tay)
World War I Era: Baloon Buster (Steven Henry Savage, Jr.); Enemy Ace (n/a)
1919: Morpheus (Dream of the Endless) imprisoned
1935: Dr. Occult
1938: The Flash (Jay Garrick); Crimson Avenger (Lee Travis); The Golden Age of Heroes begins.
1939: Green Lantern (Alan Scott); Sandman (Wesley Dodds); Steel (Henry "Hank" Heywood III); Hawkman (Carter Hall); Blackhawk (Janos Prohaska); Doll Man (Darrel Dane); Jim Corrigan becoms The Spectre
1940: Johnny Thunder (Johnny Thunder); Hourman (Rex Tyler); Atom (Alan Pratt); Dr. Fate (Kent Nelson); Scarab; The Justice Society of America forms
1941: Starman (Ted Knight); Dr. Mid-Nite (Dr. Charles McNider); Fury; Star-Sprangled Kid & Stripesy; Shining Knight; Vigliante; Johnny Quick; Wildcat (Ted Grant); Mr. Terrific (Terry Sloane); Liberty Belle; Robotman; Tarantula; Sandy; Firebrand
1942: Guardian (Jim Harper) & The Newsboy Legion; Amazing-Man (Will Everett); TNT & Dan the Dyna-Mite; Neptune Perkins; Virtually all costumed heroes combine into the wartime only: All-Star Squadron (with the offshoot Young All-Stars). Armed forces in Europe include: Sgt. Rock, Easy Company, Haunted Tank, The Losers, Mlle. Marie, Unknown Soldier, Viking Commando, Blackhawks, Boy Commandos, G.I. Robot, The Ghost Patrol and Gravedigger
1947 / 47 years ago: Black Canary (Diana Drake Lance)
1951 / 43 years ago: The JSA disbands; end of The First Heroic Age
1959 / 35 years ago: J'Onn J'Onzz accidentally teleported to Earth
1961 / 33 years ago: Kal-El arrivers on Earth, near Smalville
1964 / 30 years ago: Captain Comet
1969 / 25 years ago: Bruce Wayne's parents (Thomas & Martha) killed by Joe Chill; Project Atom begins; Wonder Woman's clay form given life by the gods
1979 / 15 years ago: Clark Kent leaves Smallville for Metropolis; Cave Carson; Sea Devils; Sarge Steel; Doom Patrol; Animal Man (Buddy Baker); Alec Holland becomes Swamp Thing
1981 / 13 years ago: Metal Men; Metamorpho (Rex Mason); Challengers of the Unknown; Deadman (Boston Brand)
1983 / 11 years ago: Oliver Queen, stranded on desert island learns archery
1984 / 10 years ago: Superman (Kal-El/Clark Kent) makes his debut, inspiring a new heroic age; Batman (Bruce Wayne); The Joker; Catwoman (Selina Kyle); Flash (Barry Allen); Green Lantern (Hal Jordan); J'Onn J'Onzz goes public as Manhunter from Mars; Black Canary (Dinah Laurel Lance); Aquaman (Arthur Curry); Original Blue Beetle; Adam Strange first teleports to Rann; Katar Hol exiled on Thanagar; Speedy (Roy Harper); Triumph makes his debut, then disappears; Justice League of America forms
1985 / 9 years ago: The Atom (Raymond "Ray" Palmer); Kid Flash (Wally West); Elogated Man (Ralph Dibny); JSA re-forms; Doom Patrol "dies"; Creeper (Jack Ryder); Hawk & Dove (Hank & Don Hall); New Gods reappear on Earth; The Cadmus Project begins; Zatanna (Zatanna Zatara); Aqualad (Garth ?)
1986 / 8 years ago: Dick Grayson becomes Robin; Plastic Man (Eel O'Brian); Bruce Gordon frees Eclipso; Etrigan, The Demon reappears; Wonder Girl (Donna Troy); Deathsroke
1987 / 7 years ago: Teen Titans form; Manhunter (Paul Kirk) resurrected; John Stewart becoms reserve Green Lantern
1988 / 6 years ago: Power Girl (Kara and/or Karen Starr); Shade the Changing Man; Rose and Thorn; Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce)
1989 / 5 years ago: Omega Men form; Batgirl (Barbara Gordon); Ted Kord becomes Blue Beetle; Blue Devil (Dan Patrick Cassidy); Fire (Beatriz Costa); Ice (Tora Olafsdotter); Captain Atom (Nathaniel C. Adam) emerges from Quantum Field; New Titans form; Infinity, Inc. form; Firestorm (Ron Raymont and Professor Martin Stein)
1990 / 4 years ago: Outsiders form; Dick Grayson, (Robin) becomes Nightwing; CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS; Barry Allen dies: Wally West becomes the Flash; Guy Gardner activated as a Green Lantern; Dr. Light; JSA goes to Limbo; Wonder Woman (Diana Prince) comes to man's world; Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) makes his public debut; The Question (Charles Victor Szasz); Vigilante; Nightshade (Eve Eden)
1991 / 3 years ago: LEGENDS; Maxwell Lord forms the "New" Justice League; Jason Todd becomes Robin; Barbara Gordon crippled by the Joker; The Huntress (Helena Bertinelli); Suicide Squad, Checkmate formed; MILLENIUM; Guardians depart: Green Lantern Corps disband; Controllers expand Darkstar program; New Guardians; Gangbuster; Outsiders disband; Rocket Reds form in the USSR; Manhunter (Mark Shaw); Jason Todd killed by the Joker; Supergirl
1992 / 2 years ago: INVASION; L.E.G.I.O.N.; Valor (Lar Gand); Starman (Will Payton); Rip Hunter cracks the time barrier
1993 / 1 year ago: Tim Drake becomes current Robin; Hawkman and Hawkwoman arrive from Thanagar; Guardians return; GL Corps reinstated; WAR OF THE GODS; The Ray (Ray Terrill); Ragman; Team Titans; ARMAGEDDON; JSA return from limbo; Thunderbolt; Darkstar Colos comes to Earth; Existence of the Linear Men revealed; Superman killed by Doomsday
1994 / Now: Superman revived; Superboy; Steel (John Irons); The Eradicator; Jean Paul Valley becomes Azrael; Speedy becomes Arsenal; Parasites attack Earth: New Blood Heroes make their debut, including Anima and Gunfire; Coast City destoyed; Hal Jordan destroys Guardians, GL Corps and main power battery; Azrael assumes the identity of the Batman; Kyle Rayner becomes Green Lantern; Damage (Grant Emerson(Project Telemachus)); Outsiders re-form; Lex Luthor II nearly destroys Metropolis; Guy Gardner becomes Warrior; Donna Troy becomes a Darkstar; Impulse arrive from the future; ZERO HOUR; Original Hourman, Atom & Dr. Mid-Nite dies; JSA retires; Triumph returns from the Void; Vril Dox' son upsurps L.E.G.I.O.N.; core group becomes R.E.B.E.L.S.; Fate (Jared Stevens); Manhunter; Starman (Jack Knight); Primal Force; New Titans re-form under Arsenal
2456: Professor Zoom, The Reverse Flash
2458: Booster Gold (Michael Jon Carter)
30TH CENTURY: The Legion of Super-Heroes
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This timeline is based on the Official DC timeline, recorded in Zero Hour #0 (cover-date Sept. 94).

The secret/real identity of characters have been added where I know these. If you know some that I don't, or spot obvious errors, misspellings etc., please send me an: e-mail.

Some inconsistencies have been corrected. (Some may have been overlooked, send me an e-mail.)

It is my hope that I will shortly be able to continue this timeline, and add at least the most important things that has happened since "ZERO HOUR" (i.e. "FINAL NIGHT", the two Supermen and the "MILLENIUM WARS"). Any information that you can give me on these (and other?) subjects will therefore be more than welcome.

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This page could not have been made made without the generous help of: Dr. David Stepp, Craig E. Canevit, Greg Foldes, Dakota Goldsworth, Marc A. Leckstein , keeper of the DCU Web List, Halsted22, Jenna Kimberlin, Laura Gjovaag, John Prill, John Bullough and Michael Hutchison, keeper of the online DC Fanzine, Fanzing.

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