Key Historic Moments of the Modern Era
1900 - 1959
From 1900 to 1940 the world started to see masked heroes, villains, mystery men, and a few low-powered superheroes.
During WWII, both the allies and Axis powers employed masked heroes, villains, mystery men, mystics, and super-powered individuals.
After WWII, there was an explosion of super-powered individuals and mystics.
An alien artifact transforms Jeffrey Sinclair into Vanguard, who as of 2010 is still considered the most powerful superhero to ever exist.
1960s
In the 1960s, not only did the world face the threat of nuclear annihilation but also started to experience a world with secret societies, super-powered individuals (both heroes and villains), and secret government agencies to deal with never before threats to humanity. Everyone came to learn about Lemurians, DEMON, VIPER, UNTIL, Vanguard, Sentinels, Fabulous Five, and that we are not alone in the universe.
1970s
In the 1970s the Fabulous Five disbanded. One of the most dangerous supervillains made his first appearance. Dr. Destroyer attempts to conquer California and the world but he was stopped by a large group of superheroes. Three superheroes were killed in the battle. Dr. Destroyer becomes known for his willingness to kill to accomplish his goals.
UNTIL stopped Dr. Destroyer from establishing an undersea base.
The USA establishes Stronghold in New Mexico to hold supervillains.
The Sentinels spend several months involved in an intergalactic war and are believed dead by the general public. The Mandaarians, an enigmatic alien species, first visit Earth as peaceful explorers. Later visits occur in 1979, 1984, 1991, and 1999. The Gadroon attempt to conquer Earth and are driven off by a force of Earth's superhumans that includes many supervillains (Dr. Destroyer among them).
1980s
After Advanced Research Group changed its name to Advanced Research Group Enterprises (ARGENT), was exposed as a criminal organization. Their leaders fled the United States.
UNTIL builds the Guardhouse, it's equivalent of Stronghold, on a small island in the North Atlantic.
DEMON lures four superheroes and several UNTIL officers into an ambush in Lagos, Nigeria, slaughtering them all as a sacrifice to dark underworld gods. UNTIL founds its own official superteam, UNITY.
The United States government establish PRIMUS, an anti-super crime law enforcement agency roughly equivalent to UNTIL.
The Northern Guard team splits up two times during this decade.
A terrible accident creates the monstrous Grond.
Dr. Destroyer carried out three major attempts to take conquer the world. Dr. Destroyer used worldwide mind control to rule the earth for over a month before Vanguard broke free of mind control and singlehandedly defeated Dr. Destroyer.
Five of the most dangerous supervillains made their first appearances in this decade. The two most dangerous are Takofanes the Undying Lord who killed several superheroes during his appearance and Mechanon who tried to destroy humanity with the American nuclear arsenal.
The second Gadroon invasion is easily defeated.
1990s
The Great Stronghold Breakout occurred due to a series of unfortunate mishaps.
Eurostar launches an invasion of Poland with an army of cloned soldiers created by Teleios, the Perfect Man. Teleios's existence is revealed to the world in the aftermath of the thwarted attack.
VIPER and the supervillain team, Eurostar, engaged in a multi-year war throughout Europa during this decade.
Dr. Destroyer and Mechanon begin a war when Mechanon demands that Dr. Destroyer free his artificially intelligent computers.
The United States Army initiates "Project Greenskin" in an attempt to take control of the supervillain Grond; the project fails, leading to a destructive rampage by Grond and the deaths of most of the scientists involved.
The third Gadroon invasion attempt to land in Canada, but is defeated by several heroes who team up to form the third Northern Guard.
Takofanes the Archlich attacks Vibora Bay but is driven away by Dr. Scarab, who sacrifices his life to defeat the undead sorcerer. Doctor Ka moves to Queen City to take up Dr. Scarab's role as a mystic crimefighter there.
PSI is revealed to be a criminal organization employing supervillains with psionic powers.
Black Paladin first appears.
Foxbat first appears and attempts to steal the Empire State Building.
2000s
July 23, 2005, will be remembered as the greatest disaster in both the history of the USA and the world. The "Battle of Detroit": Dr. Destroyer is killed battling Earth's superheroes, but activates a device that destroys most of Detroit. The results of which are still being felt twenty-two years later.
In late 2005, the American government, several major corporations, and numerous charitable foundations form the Millennium Project to rebuild the city of Detroit. As a response to public outcry over the destruction of Detroit, the United States signs the Tribunal Treaty, allowing UNTIL agents to operate freely in American territory.
The number of super-powered individuals during the last 22 years has increased by a factor of four.