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1: The World was at Peace
WWII was over and America was trying to get back
to "normal." Johnny Chambers, formerly
aka Johnny Quick, worked on a documentary about
the "Mystery Men." Superheroes had been
banned from the war after it was learned the Nazis
had one which could negate the powers of others.
The President thought it would be too much of a
blow for the American public to take if a superhero
was killed. Many had given up their costumes.
Johnny visited with Alan Scott, who was financing
the film. Chambers' wife, Libby, had left him for
another hero - John Law, the Tarantula.
War hero Tex Thompson - Mr. America - pushed for
the creation of a new superhero. Thompson's patriotism
and eloquence got him elected to the Senate. He
pushed his former sidekick, Fatman (Bob Daley) away
as an embarrassment.
The Atom underwent tests. The scientists hoped to
use him as the basis for the new superheroes.
Rex Tyler - the Hourman - took down the Icicle before
his power ran out... in 24 minutes.
Chambers visited Ted Knight - the former Starman
- now in a mental institution. He'd had a breakdown
over the atom bomb.
Paul Kirk escaped an assassination attempt by unknown
gunners.
Tex Thompson visited Daniel Dunbar, who'd just been
kicked out of Princeton, telling him America needed
him.
Book
2: We had the Bomb
Thompson
introduced the world to his new group of government
backed mystery men: The Atom, Robotman, and Dan
the Dyna-Mite.
Johnny Chambers met Ted Knight at his observatory.
Ted had been released from the sanitarium. Ted thought
his experiments and research may have created the
first age of superheroes.
Daniel Dunbar prepared to undergo more tests which
would eventually turn him into a fully powered hero.
Everything was a success and he became Dynaman.
Alan Scott heard the Sportsmaster was robbing a
jewelry store nearby. He went after the villain
in plain clothes. Sportsmaster recognized him and
was able to get away after shooting the ringless
Scott in the shoulder.
Johnny Thunder and his magic Thunderbolt went looking
to join Thompson's team.
Rex Thompson, after a year of redeveloping the Miraclo
pill, went out as Hourman. That night, he realized
he was an addict. Tex Thompson introduced the world
to Tigress, a former jewel thief. Bob Daley ran
into Paul Kirk, who was suffering from amnesia.
Daley convinced the man he could help and the left
together. Soon, he realized a car was following
them. Shots were fired. Kirk leapt from their vehicle
onto the other and caused it to crash.
Tex Thompson planned to run for President in '52.
Book
3: We had Prosperity
Ted Knight improved his gravity rod and flew above
his observatory. John and Libby's divorce was finalized.
It was reported that one of Senator Thompson's rivals
committed suicide. In actuality, Robotman threw
him from his hospital window. Hourman made it the
full sixty minutes again.
Bob took Paul to Carter Hall, the former Hawkman,
in hopes his hypnotism could help the troubled man.
Kirk remembered he'd been Manhunter, a friend of
Tex's. He'd followed Tex to Europe and joined the
war. Together they took on some of the worst war
criminals and some of the deadliest missions.
Tex's girlfriend became worried about his moodswings.
She opened his diary. He was the Ultra-humanite.
UH had been working with Hitler and had his brain
transferred into Thompson's body. The cat was out
of the bag in the former superhero ring.
Book
4: We Had it All
Thompson and the President invited the former Mystery
Men to pledge allegiance to the flag at a ceremony.
They gathered together to form a plan. Hourman announced
he would be revealing his identity to the public
- he was turning over the Miraclo Pill and joining
Thompson's new Mystery Men.
The stuff hit the fan at the ceremony. Hitler's
brain had been transferred into the body of Daniel
Dunbar - he was the Dynaman. Alan Scott's HUAC hearing
was interrupted by the violence. He finally gave
in and put on his ring. Green Lantern went after
Dynaman; Manhunter brawled with Ultra-Humanite.
The heroes won. The government confiscated the diary
and said Thompson and Dynaman were heroes gone bad
- not brain transplant recipients.
As the years passed, new heroes were born...
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