DC Timeline

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Golden Age

World War II

• Several costumed agents and vigilantes join together and found the Justice Society of America.

Post-War

Recent Events

Ten Years Ago

• Oliver Queen is lost at sea, and becomes stranded on an island.
• Queen Industries is taken over by William Glenmorgan. He makes the company public, and Checkmate acquires most of the shares through various shell corporations.

Five Years Ago

• Oliver Queen returns to Star City, and becomes active as the Green Arrow.
• Wally West replicates the experiment that gave Jay Garrick his powers. He becomes the Flash's sidekick, Kid Flash.

One Year Ago

• Kara Zor-El crashes on Earth. She begins living in Smallville as Linda Danvers to learn about human culture.
• Abin Sur crashes on Earth. His ring chooses Hal Jordan as his successor; the related events cause Hal to be fired from Ferris Aircraft.

The Present

Year One

• Barbara Gordon takes a year off university to return to Gotham, and begins blogging as Oracle.
• Wally West transfers to Brentwood Academy on a Wayne Foundation scholarship, hoping to qualify for early entry to Gotham University.
• Linda Danvers transfers to Brentwood Academy as part of an arts program.
• Oliver Queen moves to Gotham City to begin investigating Queen Consolidated's activities.
• Hal Jordan gets a job at Wayne Enterprises and moves to a crummy apartment in a seedy area of Gotham.