VI.  T h e  F u t u r e

Section Introduction | 21st-29th Centuries | 30th-31st Centuries (current version) / (version 1) / (version 2) | The Far Future

 

History

Notes and References

 

c. 2004?

 
 

Thom (Star Boy) Kallor comes from the future (see 3009 in Hypertimeline L2) to take the identity of Danny Blaine, and serve as Starman.

Starman v2 #73 <01.01>. Matt O’Dare learns that he is not only the reincarnation of Brian Savage, but will live again as Thom, and will fulfill this fate about “three or four years” after his own death [see 2000/Yr18]. This may or may not have happened yet (“behind the scenes”)—or it may now have been relegated to a divergent hypertimeline, given the changed future of the Legion.
 

c. 2006? (=Year 14 +10)

 
 

Hypertimeline A: Lord Chaos rules this alternate future. It is discovered by Monarch (Nathaniel Adam), who masquerades as Hank (Hawk) Hall and creates the Team Titans, sending them into the past (see 1996/Yr14), ostensibly to prevent Lord Chaos’ creation but in reality to lure him back to his defeat.

Armageddon: 2001 #1-2 <5-10.91>, Team Titans #1, #20, #24 <9.92, 5.94, 9.94>, New Titans Annual #7 <91>, #11 <95>, Extreme Justice #12-15 <1-4.95>, etc. The A:2001-related Annuals provided glimpses of many other alternate futures, also. This timeline was eliminated by ZH, taking with it all Team Titans except those “planted” from the primary timeline by the Time Trapper. (A possible alternate interpretation has also been circulated: that Hank Hall is initially real, but after becoming Extant is then imitated by Nathaniel Adam.)
 

c. 2009

 
 

Hypertimeline B: An adult Tim Hunter, grown evil, engages in a Magic War with Earth’s heroes.

Books of Magic mini-series #4 <4.91> (shown to 12-year-old Tim [see 1996/Yr14] as 15 years in his future).
 

c. 2010

 
 

Htl. A: Monarch defeats the last of this timeline’s heroes and seizes control of Earth.

A:2001 #1
 

c. 2012

 
 

Hypertimeline C: After ten years without a Batman, a dystopian Gotham is rocked when… the Dark Knight Returns.

Dark Knight #1-4 <4-7.86>. Dated by internal reference: Book One begins on Gordon’s 70th birthday; Bruce began his costumed career “thirty years ago,” and is stated to be 55 at his “death” in Book Four.
 

c. 2014

 
 

Hypertimeline D: Ten years into their own future, the Teen Titans of 2004/Year 22 discover they have become iron-fisted tyrants over half of North America.

Teen Titans v3 #17-19 <12-1.05>
 

2016

 
 

Hypertimeline E?: The time-hopping Ray and Black Canary visit briefly (from 1997/Yr15), and are guided back by a woman law officer named Gaelon. The Ray of this era is a corporate tycoon and rival of Vandal Savage, and is yanked from his moment of death into a far-future battle by Captain Atom.

Ray #11 <4.95>, #24-27 <6-9.96>.
 

2020s

 
 

Hypertimeline “K”?: Superman—in self-imposed retirement since Lois Lane’s tragic death—returns in the wake of Kansas’ nuclear destruction, and leads his colleagues in reigning in an undisciplined, violent generation of younger superhumans.

Kingdom Come #1-4 <7-10.96>. The date is inexact, but it must be prior to 2022, the earliest date mentioned in Kingdom #1 <2.99> for the death of any KC-derived Superman at Gog’s hands.
 

Htl. K?: Having fallen in love and borne a son, Superman and Wonder Woman (along with godfather Batman) must pursue the murderous Gog into the past (see 1998/Yr16) to rescue their child and save history, even at the risk of their own timeline. They are followed and aided by Ibn Al’Xuffash, son of Batman and Talia (see 1995/Yr13); Nightwing and Starfire’s daughter Mar’i (Nightstar); Wally West’s teenage daughter Iris (Kid Flash); and Plastic Man’s son Offspring, along with Linear Man Rip Hunter.

Kingdom #1-2 <2.99>, and related one-shots. Set two years after Kansas [Kid Flash #1]; and as above, the date must be no later than 2022. The implication at the end of Kingdom is that their timeline does, in fact, survive, whether or not it becomess the future of the primary DC timeline. Later events (see immediately below) strongly suggest that it is in fact the primary future.
 

Jay Garrick seeks out Iris West’s aid against the time-spanning curse of Cobalt Blue’s gem (see 1999/Yr17).

Flash v2 #146 <3.99>. Note that Luthor is finally in prison in this era (although seemingly destroyed in Son of the Bat #1).
 

Hypertimeline “M” ?: Ayo Sotinwa, still “a young girl in Africa” in our present, makes scientific contributions on an historic par with Edison, Einstein, and Ted Knight.

Starman v2 #1M <11.98> [flashback reference]. Dates and details uncertain. Notable mainly as the earliest historical event arising from a citation in the DC One Million (hyper)timeline’s future history.
 

2025

 
 

John Constantine, age 72, pulls off the coup of a lifetime—literally. When John’s young friend Daljit “Dolly” Smith, working class medic and apparent “royal bastard,” finds herself in the middle of a civil war between Royalists desperate for a successor to the dying King Charles III and Puritan Republicans desperate to prevent one, Constantine steps in to play both ends against the middle in his inimitable way… and maneuvers Dolly into place as England’s first elected president.

Hellblazer Special: Bad Blood #1-3 <9-12.00>. Note that against all odds, John’s friend Chas is also still alive!
 

2030

 
 

Htl. A: Monarch manipulates Matthew Ryder into traveling to the past (see 1996/Yr14), where he becomes Waverider. Monarch then follows, manipulating events to lead to his own origin.

A:2001 #1-2, etc. Monarch’s hidden agenda apparently included the hope that by creating the Hawk-Monarch, later Extant, he could alter the events of Zero Hour such that his timeline would become primary. This did not come to pass.
 

Hypertimeline F?: An alternate Matthew Ryder, a chronal scientist for LexCorp, discovers a stable moment outside the timestream that he dubs “Vanishing Point,” and relocates there to found the time-policing Linear Men.

Superman #73 <11.92>, Who’s Who in the DC Universe v2 <Update ’93>. Exact date is conjectural. Later recruits include Rip Hunter [LDCU 80-Pg Giant #1 <9.98>] and Liri Lee. While it was originally implied that this Ryder came from the primary timeline, he was also depicted as working for the bearded Lex Luthor II, an anachronism suggesting this timeline may, ironically, be divergent.
 

Htl. “M”?: The second Batman defeats Two-Face Two by proving statistically that his good side is dominant.

DC One Million #3 <11.98> [flashback reference]. Date is speculative. He is Bruce Wayne’s first successor, heralding a line of hundreds of Batmen through the ages [SOTB #1M].
 

c. 2040?

 
 

Hypertimeline F?: In an increasingly Orwellian society, citizen Buddy Blank becomes OMAC, the One Man Army Corps.

History of the DC Universe <86>; (OMAC v1 #1 <9-10.74>, et seq.) Set shortly before some unspecified near-future Great Disaster. This may or may not remain canonical, especially given John Byrne’s convoluted revision of the character in his OMAC mini-series <8-11.91>, and the re-imagining of OMAC in the present day [OMAC Project #1-6 <6-11.05>]. It’s not actually incompatible, however, with either the main timeline [below] or with Htl. A (given the predictable chaos following Monarch’s disappearance).
 

2045

 
 

World War III occurs, a “limited” nuclear war.

Hex #4 <12.85> provides the date. There is no reason to believe this is not part of the “primary” timeline. According to HDCU, seven superpowers were involved, along with a “Terrorist Triumvirate”; 17 nuclear missiles were launched, but only six detonated.
 

2050

 
 

Jonah Hex is kidnapped to the postwar future from 1875 by the eccentric Reinhold Borsten.

Jonah Hex #92 <8.85>; Hex #1 <9.85> et seq. Hex returns eventually, though, and dies in his own era [see 1904].
 

c. 2055

 
 

Rip Hunter’s colleague Bonnie Baxter stays here, to help the remnants of the Iluminati rebuild civilization.

Time Masters #8 <9.90> (mis-dating her arrival, however, as “July 1, 2035”).
 

2075-2100

 
 

[2079-2092] Axel Starker, aka Star Hawkins, has a successful career as a detective, aided by his robot helper Ilda.

(Strange Adventures #114 <3.60?> et seq; WWho v1 #? <?.85>); History of the DCU <1986>. As evinced by Hawkins’ lifestyle, the second generation after the war is almost fully recovered.
 

Htl. M?: Jack Knight’s grandson sullies the Starman name by turning to villainy.

Starman v2 #1M <11.98> [flashback reference]. Dating is uncertain.
 

Htl. M?: At the close of the 21st century, having “outlived his time… his friends… his beloved…” , the original Superman departs known space to explore in solitude. He is not seen again for nearly 68,000 years (see 701st Century). He is succeeded by his heir, Superman Secundus—the first in a long dynasty of Supermen who serve heroically in every era until at least the 853rd Century.

Superman: Man of Tomorrow #1M <11.98> [flashback references].
 

22nd Century

 
 

A new technological golden age emerges, as space exploration and colonization finally fulfill their potential. Water and other resources remain scarce, however, and the government is very strict, as a result of the preceding decades of anarchy.

(Speculation, based largely on knowledge of the 25th and 30th centuries; see below.) Note, according to Starman v2 #50 <2.99>, that discoveries about cosmic energy made by Ted (Starman) Knight were instrumental to Earth’s colonization of space.
 

Htl. M?: J’onn J’onzz travels to the stars alongside Earth’s explorers, serving as a protector of humanity throughout the third millennium, taking other forms and living other lives along the way.

Martian Manhunter #1M<11.98> [flashback references]. Exact dates and events uncertain.
 

[c. 2100?] Htl. G?: The orphaned Kamandi, grandson of OMAC, survives in a post-Disaster wilderness ruled by Beast-Men… until rescued by Horatio Tomorrow of the Planeteers; he grows up to become the heroic Colonel Tommy Tomorrow.

H DCU, retconning and combining origins from (Kamandi #59 <9-10.78> et seq., and Action #127 <12.48> et seq., respectively). Walker Gabriel encounters Beast-Men in the late 22nd century in Chronos #4 <6.98>. Tommy Tomorrow apparently remains canonical in the primary timeline (although originally, he was active c. the 2060s), but this origin might not be. It may also conflict with John Byrne’s revision of OMAC [see 2040].
 

[2113] Psychotic shape-changer Hayden Glass murders hundreds as the “Justice League Killer,” until apprehended by a time-stranded Walker Gabriel.

Chronos #1 <3.98>, #7 <9.98>. This story also indicates that earth governments of the period are largely corporate-run, and that public morals lean toward the neo-Victorian. Note that Gabriel later alters this timeline [Chronos #10 <1.99>] so that Glass is apprehended earlier.
 

Home era of the Space Rangers and the Planeteers (apparently, the respective civilian and military authorities of Earth in this period).

HDCU; respective origins/1st apps: (Showcase #15 <7-8.58>, Real Fact Comics #16 <9-10.48>; WWho v1 #?). HDCU canonically retconned the Rangers as an organization, inspired by the original Space Ranger (Ric Starr), a solo hero.
 

[c. 2137] Christopher Columbus Ambler [the first baby born in space, c. 2120] begins a career of exploration as Kris-KL99.

Secret Origins #43 <8.89>; (1st app. Strange Advs. #1 <8-9.50>; also WWho v1 #?).
 

Ace Arn, aka Ultra the Multi-Alien, is active in this era.

Starman v2 #55 <7.99>; (1st app. Mystery in Space #103 <?.65>; also Who’s Who v1 #?).
 

The Star Rovers, a team of adventurers, are also active during this period.

H DCU ; (Mystery in Space #66 <3.61> et seq; WWho v1 #?). (Originally, the team formed c. 2161.) [See also 2152.]
 

[2152] The time-travelling Jack (Starman) Knight and companions (see 1999/Yr17) rescue a captive Starfire from Jarko, the Space Pirate.

Starman v2 #55. They are aided by the Knights of the Galaxy [see 25th C.; perhaps time-displaced?]… or maybe the Star Rovers… or maybe the Planeteers [see above]… depending on the account. The story also involves Ultra, Ric Starr, Space Cabby, and Randel Jarrett of the Space Museum.
 

[c. 2153-54] Space Cabby operates in this era, although he makes occasional forays into the past.

Lobo #21 <11.95>, Starman v2 #55; (Mystery in Space #26 <6-7.55> et seq.).
 

[2174] Hypertimeline H: Gary Concord, the Ultra-Man, awakens from suspended animation, having slept since a cataclysmic war in 1950.

(All-American #8 <11.39>); interpolated as canonical due to his son’s appearance in L* Annual #3 <1996> [see 100th C.].
 

Htl. M?: Tommy Tomorrow II becomes one of history’s greatest Starmen.

Starman v2 #1M [flashback reference]. Exact date uncertain, but this implicitly confirms the original’s canonicity.
 

23rd Century

 
 

[2231] Max Mercury seeks the help of this era’s Flash against the threat of Cobalt Blue’s gem (see 1999/Yr17, 2020), only to see him killed… but then succeeded by the energy form of his paralyzed daughter, Sela Allen.

Flash v2 #146
 

[2240] Htl. H: Gary Concord Jr. succeeds his father (see 2174) as Ultra-Man and “High Moderator of the United States of North America” … and eventually also follows him into suspended animation.

(All-American #9-19 <12.39-10.40>); implicitly confirmed by L* Annual #3 [see 100th Century].
 

The original Time Institute exists.

Chronos #1
 

Society falls (at least briefly) under the dominance of the psychotic scientist Rotwang, who sends his robotic servant Mekanique back in time to ensure his success.

All-Star Squadron #58-60 <6-8.86> [see 1942]; inspired by Fritz Lang’s film Metropolis (1927).
 

Era of the Great Wars on Earth, in which much knowledge is lost.

([Tales of the] Legion of Super-Heroes v2 #321-23 <3-5.85>); possibly now apocryphal.
 

24th Century

 
 

No data known at this time.

 
 

25th Century

 
 

Home era of the Knights of the Galaxy, founded “to protect the free people of the galaxy.”

WWho v1 #12 <2.86>; (Mystery in Space #1 <4-5.51>, et seq.; originally set c. 2900). [See also 2152.]
 

The Space Museum is a popular attraction on Earth.

(Strange Advs. #104 <5.59?>); Booster Gold #6 <7.86>, etc. [See also 2152.]
 

The Justice Society travels from 1941 to retrieve a Bomb Defense Formula.

(All-Star Comics #10 <4-5.42>); possibly apocryphal.
 

Landor travels from this era to battle the JSA.

(A-SC #29 <6-7.46>); possibly apocryphal.
 

[c. 2447] Knodar, “the Last Criminal,” travels twice from this era to 1947, defeated both times by the original Green Lantern. He then travels to 1993/Yr11, where he is defeated by Infinity, Inc; and to 1985/Yr3, where he is captured by Superman and Batman.

Batman & Superman: World’s Finest #2 <5.99>; (Green Lantern v1 #28, 30
<9-10.47?, 1-2.48?>; Infinity, Inc. #23-24 <2-3.86>.) All of the pre-Crisis appearances may be apocryphal, but the character is not.
 

[2452] America’s eastern seaboard recovers from the second Khund invasion, which was defeated by the United Planet Alliance. No Superman has been seen on earth for a century.

Chronos #8 <10.98>. Details of this period’s history remain unclear. The first Khund invasion was presumably the one from Invasion #1-3 <1988> [see 1994/Yr12]. The U.P. Alliance is almost certainly unrelated to the 30th-century United Planets organization.
 

This era’s Flash, Chardaq Allen, loses his speed powers in battle with Savitrix.

Flash #147 <4.99> [flashback reference, no pun intended, to just a few years before Reverse-Flash’s time].
 

[2456] Home era of Eobard Thawne, aka Professor Zoom, aka the Reverse-Flash. He first visits Wally West from this era (see 1996/Yr14), then becomes a deadly enemy of Barry Allen (see 1985/Yr3).

ZH. (1st app. Flash v1 #139 <9.63>.) Zoom dies in the 20th century [see 1992/Yr10]. His original trip to the 20th century was first dated as from 2460, per Flash #79 <7.93>; the reason for the change (as per ZH) is unclear.
 

[2458] Home era of Booster Gold. Legionnaires seeking to return to their era (see 1998/Yr16) steal a Flux Capacitor from Rip Hunter’s last Time Sphere in the Space Museum, which Michael “Booster” Carter later uses to travel back in time and establish himself as a super-hero (see 1993/Yr11). Booster later returns briefly on Rip Hunter’s first time trip, and escapes back using Reinhold Borsten’s time platform (see 2050).

ZH. Originally established as 2462, in Booster Gold #6-9 <7-10.86>; again, the reason for the four-year change is unclear. Events are from LSH #91 <4.97>; BG #1 <2.86>, 6-9, and 15-18 <4-7.87>. Booster’s origin at this point either requires revision, or involves a visit from an “alternate” Legion’s hypertimeline.
 

Htl. M?: The evil sun Solaris goes mad, and begins a “scorched Earth rampage,” until defeated by this era’s Superman and Justice League.

S:MoT #1M<11.98> [flashback reference]. Exact date uncertain. The Justice League depicted includes J’onn J’onzz and an unnamed Green Lantern.
 

Htl. M?: The Resurrection Man confronts Vandal Savage amidst the “Californian holocausts.”

Resurrection Man #1M<11.98> [flashback reference]. Exact date very speculative. It likely precedes the 30th century, however, in which California is known as an “archipelago.”
 

26th Century

 
 

[2591] This era’s Flash, contacted by Jesse Quick, joins the quest against Cobalt Blue’s gem (see 1999/Yr17, 2020, 2231).

Flash v2 #147
 

27th Century

 
 

[2645] Physicist John Fox inherits the identity of the Flash, defeating the villainous Manfred Mota.

Flash Special #1 <90>. He first attempts, without success, to recruit the 20th-century Flashes [see 1947, 1984/Yr2].
 

[2660] Superseded by the robotic Speed Metal, John Fox defies the Time Travel Accord of 2659 to follow a time-hopping Wally West back to the past [see 1998/Yr16], then departs to explore the future [see 853rd C.]

Flash v2 #111-118 <3-10.96>
 

28th Century

 
 

An era of chaos, and more Great Wars, including World War VI; much technology is lost, not to be rediscovered until the 30th century or beyond.

(WW VI: Adventure #354 <3.67>, Superboy/LSH #210 <8.75>, #228 <6.77>); other wars: LSH v4 #16-17 <3-4.91>, #38 <12.92>, LSH Annual #2 <91>.) All may be apocryphal.
 

[2754] This era’s Flash, Blaine Allen of Earth colony Petrus, sacrifices himself to the speed force in order to pass his powers to his young son Jace, saving him from this era’s Cobalt Blue. Jace continues the family heritage as the new Flash.

Speed Force #1 <11.97>
 

[2764] Jace Allen, now an adult, is sought out by Jesse Quick for help against Cobalt Blue (see 1999/Yr17).

Flash v2 #145 <2.99>
 

29th Century

 
 

[Early] Htl. M?: Solaris returns from deep space leading an army of sentient comets, and is defeated only by the combined forces of this era’s Superman, its Justice League, and the Legion of Super-Heroes.

S:MoT #1M [flashback reference]. Unless the century reference is a mistake, we must presume that the Legion’s presence is a result of time travel. Details remain to be chronicled, however.
 

[Late] The sorcerer Mordru uses the Emerald Eye of Ekron to terrorize the galaxy, until defeated through the efforts of his teenage daughter Mysa, who is transformed into a withered hag.

Legionnaires #48 <5.97>. Exact date uncertain; stated to be “over a century” before his return [see 2995], and prior to the founding of the United Planets. This may belong only to Hypertimeline L2 [see below].
 

[2899] The Flash of this era is contacted by John Fox (see 853rd C.) to help against Cobalt Blue’s gem.

Flash v2 #147
 

30th Century…

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An era of profound political and scientific advancement for Earth, and the dawn of a new Heroic Age unparalleled since the 20th century.

ZH. (And interpolation.)
 

Note that this period, home era of the Legion of Super-Heroes, has had its history “rebooted” several times since Crisis. Complicating matters, present-day characters have historical interactions with multiple versions. For simplicity’s sake, I’m designating the primary variants here as Hypertimeline L-1 (the post-Crisis Legion), Hypertimeline L-2 (the post-Zero Hour Legion), and Hypertimeline L-3 (the post-“threeboot” Legion, currently the “canonical” version). The current version is covered below. For details on the previous versions, please see the Appendices linked just above. (In passing: LSH version L-1 debuted in 2973, L-2 in 2994, and L-3 in 3003.)

Note: two other excellent sources for explaining the intricacies of Legion history are Mike Kooiman’s Cosmic Teams site , and Aaron Severson’s Pocket Universe Primer. (However, both of these sources do intermingle pre- and post-Crisis information in their accounts, something I prefer to avoid in this format.)
 

2945

 
 

Time-jaunting Flash John Fox lands in an era on the brink of a devastating war between Eastern and Western blocs. He narrowly averts the war, but not before helping scientists Eric and Fran Russell send their infant daughter Iris to safety in the 20th century.

Flash 80-Pg Giant #1 <8.98>. This supersedes the earlier date of 2927 given for this event in the timeline of Flash Secret Files #1 <11.97>. (Originally revealed, somewhat differently, in Flash v1 #203 <2.71>.)
 

2957

 
 

Global politics much improved, the Russells retrieve their now-adult daughter Iris to her home era,
rescuing her from the moment of her own death (see 1991/Yr9).

Flash SF #1; Life Story of the Flash <97>; (orig. Flash v1 #350 <10.85>).
 

Acquitted in his murder trial (see 1993/Yr11), Barry (Flash) Allen relocates to the 30th century to be reunited with his wife Iris.

Flash SF #1; Life Story of the Flash; (orig. Flash v1 #350).
 

Skipping through time under the manipulation of the Time Trapper (see 2995), Jenni (XS) Ognats (see 2980) meets her grandfather, Barry Allen.

L* Annual #3. Jenni’s visit appears to be one of many points of intersection with hypertimeline L-2 [see below].
 

A team of Flashes from throughout history, led by Wally West, defeats the schemes of Cobalt Blue.

Flash v2 #149-50 <6-7.99>
 

After only a month with Iris, Barry is captured by the Anti-Monitor during the Crisis (see 1993/Yr11), and dies saving Earth from an anti-matter cannon.

Flash SF #1; Life Story; (orig. Crisis #3<6.85>, #8 <11.85>).
 

2958

 
 

Iris gives birth to Barry’s children, fraternal twins Donald Wallace and Dawn Jae Allen.

Flash SF #1 (middle names from LSH v4 #17 <4.91>, possibly apocryphal outside Htl. L1).
 

2979

 
 

Don and Dawn Allen meet time-travelling Wally West, and are inspired to continue their father’s heroic tradition as the “Tornado Twins.”

Flash v2 #114 <6.96>; Flash SF establishes that the Twins were active in 2979-’80. This may no longer be valid in post-“threeboot” canon, however.
 

2980

 
 

Secretly set up by corrupt EarthGov President Malcolm Thawne, the Tornado Twins die combatting a conspiracy by the alien Dominators.

Flash SF #1, Impulse #25, LSH Annual #6; (orig. LSH v4 #17, a version valid only in the pre-ZH continuity, aka hypertimeline L1). This may not be valid in current canon, either, given the background for Htl. L3 [below].
 

Wally West pursues the Reverse-Flash here to stop the threat of Cobalt Blue’s mystic gem (see 1999/Yr17).

Flash v2 #147
 

Barry “Bart” Allen is born to Don’s widow, Meloni Thawne-Allen, daughter of President Thawne. Bart is born with a super-speed metabolism, and is kidnapped for study by EarthGov.

Flash SF #1, Impulse # 25, Flash v2 #91-92 <6-7.94>.
 

2982

 
 

Iris West Allen discovers her grandson Bart is alive in VR captivity, having aged the equivalent of 12 years in his first two, and effects his rescue, taking him to the past (see 1997/Yr15). His mother Meloni follows (to 1998/Yr16) and retrieves him briefly, long enough to broker a tenuous peace with her father.

Flash SF #1, Impulse # 25, Flash v2 #91-92 .
 

31st Century

 
 

The new millennium dawns with only “security, stability, and order” for the third generation in a row… as a result of which society has grown complacent and conservative, valuing protocol and decorum over the free exchange of ideas and open personal interaction. In particular, many young people are “protected” until the age of 18 by constant adult monitoring via the gene-linked “Public Service.”

LSH v6 #1 <2.05>, #6 <7.05>, and numerous other references. (This is the canonical history of what I have dubbed Hypertimeline L3. How this retconned era of “stability” affects the apparently tumultuous politics of the events chronicled surrounding Bart Allen’s origin, a single generation earlier, has yet to be clarified.)
 

3003

 
 

Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn of Braal), Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen of Titan), and Lightning Lad (Garth Ranzz of Winath) form the Legion of Super-Heroes, dedicated to voicing the concerns of the “underage” generation fed up with their too-staid society. The team is headquartered on Earth, and tenuously allied with the political forces backing the fledgling United Planets. They use a “transmatter” portal to teleport to other worlds.

LSH v6 #3 <4.05>, clarifying that the familiar three founders remain the same in this version, but offering no details of the team’s origin. Date based on Triplicate Girl’s statement in the story [set c. 3005; see below] that she joined “about two years ago.” Much of this Legion’s early history has thus far been chronicled only in very sketchy form, but all available details are compiled below.
 

Triplicate Girl (Luornu Durgo of Cargg), sole (yet multiple) occupant of her mysteriously depopulated home planet, joins the Legion when a U.P. exploratory vessel contacts her world.

LSH v6 #3. It is implied but not stated that Luornu was the first additional member, as the three founders are the only other Legionnaires shown in the flashback.
 

Other young meta-powered individualists join the LSH, including Brainiac 5 (Querl Dox of Colu) and Star Boy (Thom Kallor of Xanthu). Brainy invents flight rings for his teammates, expensive but indispensable tools that provide (in additional to flight) environmental protection, instant communication, and shielding from the Public Service.

LSH v6 #3. These are no doubt not the only “early” Legionnnaires, but they are the only other ones shown in flashback during Lu’s first year. Brainy’s invention: LSH v6 #6 <7.05>.
 

3004

 
 

The Legion grows quickly, and attracts a following among young people on many worlds. By late this year, additional members include Colossal Boy (Gym Allon of Earth), Chameleon (Reep Daggle of Durla), Dream Girl (Nura Nal of Naltor), Element Lad (Jan Arrah of Trom), Karate Kid (Val Armorr of Earth), Light Lass (Ayla Ranzz of Winath, Garth’s sister), Phantom Girl (Tinya Wazzo of Bgztl), Princess Projectra (Wilimena Morgana Daergina Annaxandra Projectra Velorya Vauxhall of Orando), Shadow Lass (Tasmia Mallor of Talok VIII), Sun Boy (Dirk Morgna of Earth), and Ultra Boy (Jo Nah of Rimbor). A seldom-seen (or believed) member is Shrinking Violet/“Atom Girl” (Salu Digby of Imsk). Projectra finances the Legion from her personal wealth. Nonmember Brin Londo of Zoon also works alongside the team, and dates Ayla for a time. Cosmic Boy serves as team leader, with Sun Boy as field leader.

LSH v6 #1-6 <2-7.05> introduces all of these, but the order of joining remains unclear. Not all civilian names have been used in print yet, but I am assuming them to be the same as in past incarnations unless revealed otherwise (as, e.g, with Projectra in issue #6). Salu’s status is unclear; she’s unseen in any story at this writing, and dismissed as a “prank” in #10 <11.05>, but she appears to be present in the group shot on the final page of Teen Titans/Legion Special #1 <11.04>. Brin and Ayla’s past relationship is mentioned in #5. Leadership roles established in #1, #8 <9.05>.
 

After a year with the Legion, Luornu makes a return visit to her homeworld… but finds herself rejected by her “other selves.”

LSH v6 #3
 

The Legionnaires attract positive attention when they save the U.P. Council from an “intraterrorist attack.”

TT/L Special #1. Date is speculative; this event is only mentioned in passing.
 

[Midyear] The paramilitary Science Police, fed up with the growing Legion movement, attempt to raze LSH Headquarters Plaza, but are stopped by the throngs of young supporters who block their machines.

LSH v6 #1; referred to as “six months ago” at that point. Note that the S.P. “has been protecting sentient civilization for generations,” per General Toling4rd in issue #5; they work alongside but “do not answer to” the newer U.P. government.
 

The Legion resolves the “fusionstrike case.”

LSH v6 #1. Date is speculative; this event is only mentioned in passing.
 

The Legion saves most of IndoJapan from a Psi-Plague.

TT/L Special #1; referred to as “last month” as of that story, below.
 

[Late 3004] Invisible Kid (Lyle Norg of Earth) is recruited by Brainiac 5 to be the Legion’s latest member. On the same day, his teammates-to-be defeat a rogue Macrobot; the Legion is outlawed on Daxam; and the team defies the U.P. Council to stop an armed adult counter-rebellion on Lallor (a non-U.P. world).

LSH v6 #1
 

After a fight with his authoritarian father, Lyle leaves home for good to live with the Legion. Meanwhile, Shikari (from the Legion of Htl. L-2; see 3001) finds herself “relocated” into this reality.

TT/L Special #1. This story (introducing the “new” 31st Century) must actually follow LSH v6 #1, in which many other members (seen here) have not yet met Lyle.
 

The Legion rescues the U.P. Council from a covert assassin. One week later, they stop the authorities on Naltor from blocking underager’s precognitive dreams via the Public Service, and Dream Girl foresees a looming interstellar war.

LSH v6 #2 <3.05>. In this issue Brainy quotes a remark by Val as “Karate Kid, 3004,” thus dating not only this but a whole range of earlier events. (We can only hope that future Legion stories will continue to honor internal chronological consistency, rather than a spurious connection to publication date.)
 

3005

 
 

Triplicate Girl stops the arsonist Phaxred. She then goes on simultaneous dates with Jan, Dirk, and Jo, reflecting on her own history with the team… and secretly scoping out each one for information to pass along to Cosmic Boy.

LSH v6 #3. This is the likeliest place (although unconfirmed) for the break between years, as team members are shown herein investigating Rimworld 19, leading into issue #5 [below] and a fairly rapid succession of events thereafter.
 

The S.P. attempts to outlaw flight rings and arrest the Legion, but backs off when Lyle strikes a deal with his father, head of the Northam S.P. The blood sample Lyle provides soon winds up in the hands of the mysterious Praetor Lemnos, but also allows Brainy to sneak a informational bug into the U.P. systemworks.

LSH v6 #4 <5.05>
 

[May 2] On the mostly evacuated Rimworld 19, Garth, Imra, and Brin encounter the culprits responsible for the planet’s devastation: the “Terror Firma” team, led by one Elysion. Brin pursues them back to their base in “Otherspace.”

LSH v6 #5 <6.05>; the story provides a “datestamp 5.2.3005.”
 

The Legion closes a dimensional rift on the planet Rokyn.

LSH v6 #6, referred to as “last week” in the main story.
 

Terror Firma launch a surprise attack on Orando, the economic hub of the U.P., and kill Projectra’s father King Voxv. Soon after, Praetor Lemnos reveals himself to Brainiac 5, explaining that he is using Terror Firma to foment a war because “peace… has paralyzed societal progress”… but he uses his memory-evading power to make Brainy forget the encounter.

LSH v6 #6
 

Brainy discovers “Colu is next”; he and a group of teammates arrive too late to stop his homeworld from being intellectually regressed to barbarity, but they do encounter (and remember) Praetor Lemnos. Meanwhile, Cosmic Boy, feeling his leadership challenged, covertly searches Brainy’s lab.

LSH v6 #7 <8.05>
 

Sun Boy tries to quit the Legion, leading to an open schism on the team between those loyal to Cosmic Boy and a faction supporting Brainy as leader. Meanwhile, Braal decides to secede from the U.P.

LSH v6 #8 <9.05>. Several other seceding worlds are mentioned, but only Thanagar is named.
 

The Legion confronts Terra Firma on the planet Helegyn.

LSH v6 #9 <10.05>. Imra’s mother is revealed to work at U.P. headquarters on Earth.
 

With Elysion captured, Rokk and Brainy mend fences and try to rally the troops for the threat ahead. They determine Earth is one of three strategically key planets, and send squads to the others, Dormir and Ttrxl. When suicide bombers attack Legion Plaza, though, Elysion escapes, destroying the team’s headquarters… and killing Dream Girl.

LSH v6 #10 <11.05>
 

With the help of Lyle and the previously hidden Atom Girl, Brainy takes out Elysion. Meanwhile Rokk convinces the Dormirans to lend their communications infrastructure, and converts the “Public Service” into Legion Channel One… rallying underagers across the galaxy. With the Ttrxl team cutting off the Transmatter network, a third Legion team takes the battle to the warmongering Lemnos on his baseworld—narrowly saving the entire United Planets.

LSH v6 #11-13 <12.05-2.06>
 

More Legion adventures remain to be chronicled.

 
 

…later 31st Century…

 
 

Hypertimeline unclear: The U.P. falls apart when the original Legion disbands.

As related to XS in the 100th century, in L* Annual #3— thus it may not be entirely accurate. Earth is dead in this timeline, a place of legends.
 

Htl. unclear: Lyle Norg, earlier of the Legion, “goes on to achieve greatness through science.”

Starman v2 #1M <11.98> [flashback reference]. Details remain uncertain.
 

33rd Century

 
 

Home era of the villainous Black Barax (see 1944).

Based on references to “the next dozen centuries” in JSA #41 <12.02>.
 

c. 4th Millennium (±35th C.?)

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Htl. M?: The Clanetary System attacks Earth with its space-ark-robot Antares VII, sparking a devastating war. After helping defeat the attackers, J’onn J’onzz sets off on a 10,000-year quest to find the Swarm, the pursuers whom Earth’s attackers were fleeing.

MM #1M <11.98> [flashback reference]. Exact dates very uncertain; this and subsequent events [see 14th Millennium] could occupy almost any 30,000-year span prior to the 853rd century. Lacking other evidence, I’ve arbitrarily chosen to start the sequence earlier rather than later.
 

38th Century

 
 

[3786] Home era of the Lord of Time (aka Epoch).

JLASF #1 <9.97>, JL Quarterly #15 <Sum94>; (orig. JLofA #10-11 <3-4.62>).
 

41st Century

 
 

[4070] Htl. M?: Veda Nite becomes the hero Doc Midnite. In 4078, she saves the universe.

DC One Million #4 <11.98> [flashback reference].
 

51st Century

 
 

Htl. M?: John Irons’ Steel armor is worn by Steel 7.

JLA #1M <11.98> [flashback reference].
 

58th Century

 
 

[5700] The U.P. has been replaced by the 36 planets of the Solar Council, headed by Chairman Dasor. Periodically, Hal Jordan is plucked from early in his career as Green Lantern (c. 1984/Yr2) and brainwashed into protecting this era as lawman Pol Manning.

ZH #4; (orig. GL v2 #5 <3-4.61>).
 

[5711] After several years, Hal is replaced by fellow GL Salakk of Slyggia (Sector 1418) in the role of Pol.

GL Corps #213-215 <6-8.87>
 

64th Century

 
 

Home era of the villainous Abra Kadabra.

Flash SF #1; (1st app. Flash v1 #128 <5.62>).
 

Wally West helps to free Kadabra’s era from the oppressive scientific rule of the Central Clockworks.

Flash v2 #67-68 <8-9.92>. Exact dates remain unknown.
 

67th Century

 
 

Htl. M?: This era’s Superman weds Queen Gzntplzk of the 5th Dimension, endowing his descendants with ten new sensory powers, including super-ESP.

DC One Million #1 <11.98>, S:MoT #1M [flashback references].
 

[6700] Htl. M?: A core collapse is tried as a tactic against an attacking Solaris; he becomes Neutron Solaris, and destroys the Khund star.

DC One Million #3 [flashback reference].
 

75th Century

 
 

Hypertimeline I: Wildfire forms a new Legion to combat a threat to the galaxy.

LSH Annual #7 <96>. Earth is dead in this timeline, a place of legends. Its point of divergence from primary history appears to postdate the 30th Century.
 

90th Century

 
 

Hypertimeline J: Home era of Cece Beck of Binderaan, aka Thunder, scion of the Marvel family.

Power of Shazam Annual #1 <96>. Also a “Legends of the Dead Earth” timeline. However, Thunder successfully travels to the past of hypertimeline L2 [see 2996].
 

100th Century

 
 

Htl. H: Gary Concord Jr., the Ultra-Man, awakens from 77 centuries of suspended animation on Almeer-5, where he helps local heroes and a time-lost XS.

L* Annual #3. Given Concord’s backstory [see 2174], XS would appear to have veered into a hypertimeline (unless it has re-merged with the primary by this point).
 

Htl. M?: The Steel armor (see 51st Century) is worn by Steelman of the New Centurians.

JLA #1M [flashback reference].
 

111th Century

 
 

[11,021] Htl. M?: The Chronovore, a powerful temporal parasite, attacks Hong Kong. Meanwhile, Walker Gabriel uses John Fox’s stolen chronal gauntlets (see 853rd Century) to trap the evil Warworld leader Scourge in a time loop.

Chronos #1M <11.98>. Note that the long-unseen Ambush Bug apparently owns a bar in this era’s Hong Kong. :)
 

118th Century

 
 

Htl. M?: Lancelot Grail, the Cosmic Knight, is the last known wearer of the Steel armor (see 100th C.).

JLA #1M [flashback reference].
 

120th Century

 
 

Xotar, the Weapons Master, travels 10,000 years into the past to combat the original Justice League.

L* #68 <2.99>, JLA: Year One #7 <7.98>, S:MOS Annual #4 <95>; (orig. Brave & Bold #29 <4-5.60>).
 

c. 14th Millennium (±135th C.?)

 
 

Htl. M?: J’onn J’onzz finds the Swarm, enemies of all other life forms (see 4th Millennium), and spends the next 20,000 years battling them across space.

MM #1M [flashback reference]. Dates very uncertain.
 

250th Century

 
 

Htl. M?: This era’s Superman leads his “deputy Superhunters” in ending the centuries-long Bizarro Scourge that has nearly eradicated the human race.

S:MoT #1M [flashback reference]. Described as the “250th millennium,” but read in context, that is clearly an editing mistake.
 

322nd Century

 
 

Htl. M?: After long enmity, the Superman and Luthor dynasties forge a benevolent alliance.

Action #1M <11.98> [flashback reference].
 

c. 34th Millennium (±335th C.?)

 
 

Htl. M?: The Swarm defeated, J’onn J’onzz (see 14th Millennium) wanders aimlessly, gradually restoring his sense of self by becoming a philosopher and teacher. Then Darkseid attacks, conquering Mars; and “on the streets of the new Armagetto [comes] the final battle.” J’onn prevails, becoming one with the Source, and then with his homeworld itself.

MM #1M [flashback reference]. Dates very uncertain. As this sequence has been placed as early as possible, however [see 4th Millennium], this effectively establishes that Darkseid must continue to exist at least until this era.
 

364th Century

 
 

Htl. M?: A scheme of Solaris’ backfires, endowing a “new phase” of heroes with “the quantum powers of the uncertainty principle.”

S:MoT #1M [flashback reference].
 

505th Century

 
 

Htl. M?: This era’s Superman confronts Solaris’ cancer plague, aided by the 4th Singularity and the Gravity Witch, and gives his life reprogramming Solaris for benevolence and servitude.

DC One Million #1, S:MoT #1M [flashback references].
 

Htl. M?: Solaris re-emerges as a hero, working alongside a new Superman in that era’s Justice League of the Atom.

S:MoT #1M [flashback reference].
 

c. 51st — 70th Millennia

 
 

Htl. M?: In an “epoch veering toward paranoia and instability,” humanity grows increasingly xenophobic, and Solaris founds the Pancosmic Justice Jihad in response to changing times.

S:MoT #1M [flashback references]. Exact dates of these “dark millennia” remain very uncertain, but Solaris refers to having spent “hundreds of centuries” protecting Earth.
 

701st Century

 
 

[70,001] Htl. M?: After eons of absence (see 2100), the original Superman returns to Earth. His return signals the beginning of a system-wide Great Spiritual Revival, but he eschews worship, choosing to retire to a new Fortress of Solitude deep within the Sun. The PJJ is disbanded, and Solaris returns to the role of a mere secondary power source.

DC One Million #1, S:MoT #1M [flashback references]; the latter describes this merely as “the turn of the 700th century.”
 

800th Century

 
 

Htl. M?: The Amazons, after millennia voyaging in a space-ark built by Hermes, return and colonize Venus.

DC One Million #1 [flashback reference].
 

801st Century

 
 

Htl. M?: Starwoman’s (?) singularity attack exiles Solaris from the galaxy for a thousand years.

DC One Million #3 [flashback reference]. Details remain mysterious, since Solaris is presumed to have been passive during this period [see 505th Century, 701st Century].
 

821st Century

 
 

Believed to be the home era of Brainiac 13.

Superman Y2K #1 <2.00> and related issues; based on references to “800 centuries” in the future.
 

c. 822nd Century

 
 

Htl. M?: The heritage of Starman is abandoned for “three millennia, at least,” until revived by Farris Knight’s great-grandfather (see 852nd Century).

Starman v2 #1M [flashback reference].
 

837th Century

 
 

Htl. M?: Resurrection Man lives through the Datawars on Mu Pegasi.

Resurrection Man #1M <11.98> [flashback reference].
 

843rd Century

 
 

Htl. M?: [c. 84,271] Cris Kend, the Superboy of his era, is summoned a thousand years into the future by Brainiac 417 (see 853rd Century).

L* #1M <11.98>
 

845th Century

 
 

Htl. M?: Vandal Savage kills Resurrection Man for the next-to-last time.

RMan #1M [flashback reference], described as “800 years” before their final confrontation.
 

852nd Century

 
 

Htl. M?: Farris Knight’s great-grandfather finds the Quarvat in space, discovers his lineage, and revives the heroic mantle of Starman.

Starman v2 #1M [flashback reference]. Exact date uncertain. His son, Cale Knight, becomes one of the greatest Starmen, “of note” to historians.
 

853rd Century

 
 

[85,245] Htl. M?: The “laughing” techno-virus invades the prison planet Pluto, resulting in the “thousand scream blip,” as the inmates massacre the staff before the eyes of their 15,000 children.

SotB #1M, Batman #1M <11.98> [flashback references]. It is this memory that motivates this era’s Batman.
 

[85,265] Htl. M?: Time-travelling Flash John Fox settles here, becoming the protector of Mercury.

DC One Million #1 [flashback reference].
 

[85,269] Walker Gabriel steals John Fox’s time gauntlets (see 111th Century).

Chronos #1M
 

[85,271] Hypertimeline M?: Another great Heroic Age, the preeminent heroes of which are the powerful Justice Legion A.

• Earth’s solar system has been widely terraformed, and linked into a single huge, re-engineered data processing network, its worlds joined to one another—and to other eras—by instantaneous travel. Artificial star-computers provide limitless energy and link cultures via the Galactic Macronet, overseen by the United Galaxies. On Earth, whole populations exist in tesseracts, leaving the planetary surface pristine, watched over by the society of Green Arrows. Humans have evolved “neo-cortex structures” and innate telepathy, accessing the info-dense Headnet with the aid of chip implants, and enjoying the benefits of designer genes. The heroic dynasties of earlier eras are held in high esteem, with a thriving trade in totemic power icons that grant temporary metahuman powers.

• When Superman Prime, the archetypal hero, plans to return from the heart of Earth’s primary Sun, the tyrant sun Solaris resumes his evil ways, plotting with the ancient Vandal Savage to destroy Superman, while simultaneously sending his own consciousness back to the 20th century via a nanotech virus to force his own creation (see 1998/Yr16). Even as he succeeds at bringing himself into being in the past, however, he and Savage meet destruction in the future, thanks to the planning of our own era’s JLA.

DC One Million #1-4 <11.98>, and related crossovers. There are actually strong indications that this is the future of the DCU’s primary timeline. Further details of intervening eras remain to be filled in, both in this Chronology and in future stories. The date was chosen to honor the passage of “one million months” since the debut of the “first superhuman” in 1938 (which, in current continuity, could be taken either as Jay Garrick’s debut or, more likely, the date of the destruction of Krypton).
 

Meanwhile (among other details)…

• The one millionth clone of Superboy discovers our era’s Guardian, preserved alive in Antarctic ice…

• The aged Captain Marvel passes his powers on to a worthy youth named Tanist…

• …and in deep space, a society of worlds called the United Planets Cluster (including the merged Colu/Bgztl and Daxam/Imsk) is watched over by the Justice Legion L, carrying on the tradition of the 30th-century Legion with the help of the “Wildflame.” They guide the Cluster toward Earth, hoping to “replenish its diversity,” but the quest is sabotaged by one of the JLL’s own members, Titangirl.

Superboy #1M, PoS #1M, and L* #1M <11.98>, respectively. I’ve called these out amongst the other crossovers for the purely subjective reason that they seem to be more tightly linked to the writers’ main continuities, and thus hold more promise of elaboration in future stories.
 

[Later] John Fox is contacted again by Wally West, seeking help against Cobalt Blue’s gem (see 1999/Yr17, 2980).

Flash v2 #146. Note that John has now superseded the lost chronal gauntlets with “time tech” built into his suit.
 

863rd Century

 
 

[86,271] A thousand years after the Justice Legion L, the last incarnation of the LSH, life is slow… until Vera, Chec, and Dav, three bored teens in a tesseract, discover its proud history and resurrect its heroic tradition.

LSH #1M <11.98>
 

4,290th Century

 
 

[428,906] Prophesied end of the current Kali Yuga, and hence the current Day of Brahma.

(Date according to Hindu belief [see 4.324 Billion BCE].) 432,000 years after its beginning in 3094 BC. As one can see, this is really quite a long time in the future.
 

c. 1 Billion CE

 
 

A ransacked Earth, its seas boiled away, tumbles on slow, wounded spirals toward the sun. Here at “Summer’s End” reigns Earth’s final empire, the parasitic Sheeda, living on the refuse of the past. (See 8,000 BCE.)

Frankenstein #4 <5.06>
 

before 2.8 Billion CE

 
 

The Earth is long dead.

Flash v2 #141 <9.98>. Not a hypertimeline.
 

The End of Time

 
 

Superman traps Doomsday here (temporarily).

Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey #3 <8.94>
 

The mysterious Time Trapper lives here.

ZH #0 <10.94>; L* #61 / LSH #105 <6.98>.
 

Tim Hunter and Mr. E visit here.

Books of Magic mini-series #4 <4.91>. Over 100 billion years in the future, according to Death, a reliable source.
 

Time loops around to its own beginning.

Flash v2 #141


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