Golden Age of Heroes 1938 to 1951

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1938

• Crimson Avenger
• Speed Saunders joins Office of Strategic Services
• Flash I (Jay Garrick)
• John Zatara discovers magic written by Leonardo da Vinci

1939

• Green Lantern I (Alan Scott)
• Sandman I (Wesley Dodds)
• Hawkman I (Carter Hall)
• The Spectre I (Jim Corrigan)
• Starman I (Ted Knight)
• Steel I
• Blackhawk
• Doll Man
• Ted Knight helps atomic bomb development
• Hawkman I kills Dr Hastor

1940

• Johnny Thunder II and Thunderbolt I (YZ)
• Hourman I (Rex "Tick-Tock" Tyler)
• Atom I (Al Pratt)
• Dr Fate I (Kent Nelson) empowered by the Lord of Order
• Scarab (Louis Sendak)
• Justice Society of America - Flash I, Green Lantern I, Sandman I, Hawkman I, The Spectre I, Hourman I, Atom I, Dr Fate I

1941

• Flash I meets Max
• Starman I battles Mist I
• Shade begins criminal career in Keystone City
• JSA and Impulse defeat Extant
• Fury I (Helena Kosmatos)
• Dr Mid-Nite I (Charles McNider)
• Wildcat I (Ted Grant)
• Fury I, Dr Mid-Nite I and Wildcat I join JSA
• Sandy the Golden Boy (Sanderson "Sandy" Hawkins)
• Hawkgirl I (Shiera Sanders)
• JSA and Dr Fate I thwart Ian Karkull's scheme to murder F.D.R.
• Freedom Fighters - Doll Man, Phantom Lady, Black Condor I, Ray I, Human Bomb
• Hourman I joins Freedom Fighters briefly
• Star-Spangled Kid I (Sylvester Pemberton)
• Stripesy (Pat Dugan)
• Shining Knight II
• Vigilante I
• Johnny Quick
• Seven Soldiers of Victory - Star-Spangled Kid I, Stripesy, Shining Knight II, Vigilante I, Stuff the Chinatown Kid, Crimson Avenger, Wing
• Mr Terrific (Terry Sloane)
• Mr Terrific joins JSA
• Liberty Belle
• Robotman
• Tarantula
• Firebrand
• Law's Legionnaires

1942

• World War 2
• All-Star Squadron forms by Presidential edict
• Johnny Sorrow
• Wonder Woman III journeys back in time to help liberate Thunderbolt from Dark Angel, joins JSA
• Guardian
• Newsboy Legion
• Amazing-Man I
• T.N.T.
• Dan the Dyna-mite
• Neptune Perkins
• All-Star Squadron battle their children, who are under the Ultra-Humanite's control
• Young All-Stars - Iron Munro, Fury, T.N.T., Flying Fox, Neptune Perkins, Tsunami
• Armed Forces overseas include: Sgt. Rock, Easy Company, Haunted Tank, The Losers, Mlle. Marie, Unknown Soldier, Viking Commando, Blackhawks, Boy Commandos, Creature Commandos, G.I. Robot, The Ghost Patrol, Gravedigger

1944

• Injustice Society of the World - Brain Wave, Vandal Savage, Wizard, Fiddler, Thinker, Gambler, later includes Icicle I, Harlequin I, Tigress, Shade, Sportsmaster, Solomon Grundy
• JSA and Scarab battle King of Tears

1945

• Ragman (Jerzy Reganiewicz, Gerry Regan) appears in Warsaw
• Stalker and his disciples
• Dr Occult sacrifices his soul and merges with Rose Psychic
• Ian Karkull's shadow explodes, raining temporal energy on the JSA

1946

• Ted Knight suffers nervous breakdown following atom bomb drop and murder of Doris Lee

1947

• Flash I assists Max against the Screaming Skull
• Black Canary I (Dinah Drake)
• Black Canary I joins JSA
• Sandy the Golden Boy transformed into Silicon Monster, placed into suspended animation
• Golden Wasp kidnaps Wildcat I's son, Jake Grant

1948

• Max leaps forward in time, not knowing he has fathered a daughter

1950

• Wonder Woman III returns to the present

1951

• JSA forced into retirement by House Un-American Activities Committee
• Alan Scott gives up crimefighting
• Ted Knight leaves Opal City for a year
• Starman II
• Starman II killed or vanished
• Ted Knight meets Adele Doris Drew
• Ted Knight resumes Starman role

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