Scooby-Doo Team-Up
I'm going to do something different.
In the premiere episode of our new TVCU podcast, Random Fandom, we discussed Scooby-Doo Team-Up.
Doing the research for that show inspired this blog post. I've covered Scooby-Doo before. You can read that post here. But that post covers Scooby-Doo as he exists in the Horror Universe, by including excerpts from my Horror Crossover Encyclopedia.
But this is a different take. I'm doing this post as a six degrees of SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP. This comic series is the starting point, under an assumption that this comic series takes place in an alternate reality within the Television Crossover Multiverse, and that only that which is provided by evidence within the series exists in this universe.
So this is something new. Let's see how it goes.
The universe of Scooby-Doo Team-Up clearly takes place in a sliding cartoon/comic book timeline. So I'm placing things in an assumed chronological order with a loose system for exact dating.
10 billion years ago: Secret Origins v.2 #10 (1.87)--An angel who refused to take a side in the war against Lucifer is stripped of his wings and his very name and identity. He is banished from the Silver City, forever to be known as the Brotherless One, or the Grey Walker. He is best renowned as the mysterious Phantom Stranger. This is the Phantom Stranger's first chronological appearance and only one possible origin.
c. 10,000 BCE: Cro-Magnon Vandar Adg watches his father die at the hands of Rip Hunter, a time traveler from the future. Moments later, young Vandar and another man named Klarn are bathed in the radiation of a newly fallen meteor, which makes them immortal. They will ultimately become Vandal Savage and the Immortal Man, respectively — immortal enemies. Strange Adventures #177 (June 1965), Time Masters #8 (Sept. 1990)
The Flintstones --The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.
Fruity Pebbles, Ice Cream Pebbles, and Cocoa Pebbles are brands of breakfast cereal introduced by Post Foods in 1971 featuring characters from the animated series The Flintstones as spokestoons.The cereals debuted in 1971. Cocoa Pebbles contains chocolate-flavored crisp rice cereal bits, while Fruity Pebbles contains crisp rice cereal bits that come in a variety of fruit flavors with a sugar content of 9 grams per serving for Fruity Pebbles and 10 grams per serving for Cocoa Pebbles. It is the oldest cereal brand based on characters from a TV series or movie. Commercials after about 1978 were entirely animated, and would have a typical plot repeated with various differences. Fred eats cereal while Barney would want some as well; to that end, Barney would either disguise himself or distract Fred from his bowl of the cereal using various creative and increasingly outrageous means. While Fred was distracted, Barney would eat some Pebbles, but Fred would quickly discover Barney's lies, usually due to Barney's excitement at eating the cereal would cause his costume to be destroyed. Angry about his breakfast being stolen, he would normally exclaim, "Barney! My Pebbles!" Barney would then chuckle and deliver a comedic line while running away from the angry Fred, and Fred would give chase.
THE FLINTSTONES & WWE: STONE-AGE SMACKDOWN!--Fred Flintstone and friends meet John Cenastone and other famous wrestlers.
c. 1260 BCE, 19th Dynasty, reign of the Ramses II: Flash v.1 #1 (1.40), Secret Origins #11 (Feb. 1987)--In Egypt, Prince Khufu and his beloved Chay-Ara are murdered by the mad priest Hath-Set. The lovers are fated to be born again forever; 3,500 years later, they are reincarnated as Carter Hall and Shiera Sanders. The date of these events, not stated in the original version of the story, was said to be 1567 BCE (Secret Origins #11). Some accounts incorrectly cite the 15th Dynasty (Hawkman v.4 #9, JSA #43).
c. 970–931 BCE--Reign of Solomon.
18 March AD 37 – 24 January AD 41--Reign of Caligula.
434–453--Reign of Attila.
6th Century--Other notable figures of the Arthurian era include the Silent Knight (Brian Kent, an incarnation of Khufu/the Hawk Avatar; see 13th Century BCE). Silent Knight: SO v2 #49 <6.90> [erroneously makes him post-Arthurian, contra B&B v1 #10 <2-3.57> and others]; re: Khufu, Hawman Annual #2 <95>; (1st app. B&B v1 #1).
c. 1330 to March 22, 1418--Life of Nicolas Flamel.
31 December 1378 – 6 August 1458--Life of Borgia.
September 3, 1530 to March 28, 1584--Life of Ivan the Terrible.
1860--Western #5 (10.48)--Hannibal Hawkes becomes the Nighthawk.
April 18, 1860: Hawkman v.4 #7 (Nov. 2002)--Katherine "Cinnamon" Manser is born in Arizona. It's interesting that Cinnamon's real name is Katherine, but her sister Carrie's real name is Cardamon. Perhaps in this SDTU timeline, Cinnamon is her real name. Anyways, it should be noted that that Daphne Blake seems to be distantly related to the Manser family.
c. 1866--My guestimated date for the birth of Cardamon "Carrie" Manser, probably the great-great-grandmother of Daphne Blake, and probably the other Old West version of the Scooby Gang were born around this time since they are all about the same age.
November 7, 1872: Swamp Thing #85 (Apr. 1989)--Tomahawk's brother-in-law, Wise Owl becomes corrupt and harnesses the power of the time-lost Swamp Thing (Alec Holland). He enslaves El Diablo and draws the attention of other heroes, including: the now-married Johnny Thunder and Madame .44; Bat Lash, who'd won control over the nearly mindless 400-year old Super-Chief from Buffalo Bill, in a high-stakes card game; and Black Bison. The aging Hawk (son of Tomahawk) and Firehair meet Jonah Hex on their search for the Swamp Thing; Hawk possesses the "Claw of Elk Hound," which he knows will free the Swamp Thing. Super-Chief releases Alec. The Claw is turned over to Otto von Hammer and travels to Germany. Jason Blood had hired the heroes to pursue Wise Owl. Before the Claw is used to send Swamp Thing on through time, he poses with the heroes for a photo, which is later printed in Hawk's book Hawk, Son of Tomahawk. NOTE: The long-term radiation from his meteorite gave Super-Chief a severe mental impairment, in addition to granting his immortality. Physically, he could no longer move or remain conscious, except when taking full action during his "hour of great power."
1875--Armageddon: Alien Agenda #3 --Captain Atom and Monarch continue their time-spanning battle into the American West. CAMEOS: Matt Savage, Johnny Thunder, Jonah Hex, Bat Lash, Trigger Twins, Pow-Wow Smith and Firehair.
1875--Justice League of America #159-160 (10-11.78)--Hex is snatched with other history heroes by the Lord of Time to battle the JLA & JSA, then is returned.
1875--Jonah Hex #92, Unlimited Access #1 (July 1982)--Hex encounters Unlimited Access and the Two-Gun Kid. He rescues Emmy Hartley from outlaws, then Hex and Access are both drawn from out of the past and vanish into the future.
1875--Hex #1-18 (Sept. 1985-2.87)--Hex is trapped in the mid-21st Century. (for how long??)
January 1, 1876: Justice League Europe Annual #2 (1991)--With the help of Metamorpho, Jonah Hex returns to the past from the future — to live out the rest of his days in the Wild West.
May, 1876: --Jonah Hex : Two-Gun Mojo (8-12.93)--Jonah Hex battles undead zombies of slain gunfighters.
May, 1876: --Jonah Hex: Riders of the Worm and Such (3-7.95)--Jonah Hex clashes with the ancient mutant man-eating Conquer Worms (first chonological app.). NOTE: This myth inspired the Tremors movies.
1878--February 18: Weird Western Tales #48-49 (1978)--18-year old Katherine "Cinnamon" Manser gains her reputation as a fierce and determined bounty hunter, law enforcer, and expert in the use her guns.
August 1878: Justice League of America #198-199 (1-2.82)--Due to actions of the Lord of Time, Jonah Hex , Bat Lash, Cinnamon, and Scalphunter stand united with four time-tossed Justice Leaguers. NOTE: It was never suggested that the Western heroes were moved in time.
Crisis, July 1879: Crisis #3 (June 1985)--Bat Lash, Scalphunter, Nighthawk, Jonah Hex and Johnny Thunder discover one of the Monitor's vibrational towers and encounter the tower's protectors: a group from the 20th century. Hex recognizes Green Lantern (John Stewart), and soon the anti-matter wave is upon them. PRE-CRISIS: Nighthawk is killed in the anti-matter wave. Because of the Hawkman timeline incorporated through Scooby-Doo Team-Up, Nighthawk's death is more consistent with his post-Crisis death by the hands of Vandal Savage.
1882: Ragman: Suit of Souls #1 (Dec. 2010)--An unnamed Ragman meets and works with Jonah Hex.
1883: Batman: Animated Series "Showdown"--Jonah Hex clashes with Ra's Al Ghul and his son Arcadi Duval — in a war over the western railroad system in California. Most of my research on Jonah Hex and the weird things he's seen (as referenced in Scooby-Doo Team-Up) come from the Justice League Library.
1885--Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 28--Placing this on the timeline, I'm thinking (and this is an estimate) that this takes place in 1885. This would be after all the weird stories (or most of them) involving the things Jonah Hex would have seen, but way before Cinnamon's death in 1899, and Hex's death in 1904. It's also before "Old Man" Bat Lash stories. Jonah Hex was born in 1838 so he'd be 47 in 1885. Bat Lash was born in 1843 so he's be 42 in 1885. Cinnamon was born in 1860 so she'd be 25 here, and since Carrie is her younger sister, her being a meddling teenager would be fine here, having her been born maybe in 1866 if she's 19 (just a guestimate.)
THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (NOVEL BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON)
Early 1899: Wild Times: Deathblow--Jonah Hex and Bat Lash encounter one of the last old time gunslingers called Deathblow.
In the premiere episode of our new TVCU podcast, Random Fandom, we discussed Scooby-Doo Team-Up.
Doing the research for that show inspired this blog post. I've covered Scooby-Doo before. You can read that post here. But that post covers Scooby-Doo as he exists in the Horror Universe, by including excerpts from my Horror Crossover Encyclopedia.
But this is a different take. I'm doing this post as a six degrees of SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP. This comic series is the starting point, under an assumption that this comic series takes place in an alternate reality within the Television Crossover Multiverse, and that only that which is provided by evidence within the series exists in this universe.
So this is something new. Let's see how it goes.
The universe of Scooby-Doo Team-Up clearly takes place in a sliding cartoon/comic book timeline. So I'm placing things in an assumed chronological order with a loose system for exact dating.
DAWN OF TIME
10 billion years ago: Secret Origins v.2 #10 (1.87)--An angel who refused to take a side in the war against Lucifer is stripped of his wings and his very name and identity. He is banished from the Silver City, forever to be known as the Brotherless One, or the Grey Walker. He is best renowned as the mysterious Phantom Stranger. This is the Phantom Stranger's first chronological appearance and only one possible origin.
c. 10,000 BCE: Cro-Magnon Vandar Adg watches his father die at the hands of Rip Hunter, a time traveler from the future. Moments later, young Vandar and another man named Klarn are bathed in the radiation of a newly fallen meteor, which makes them immortal. They will ultimately become Vandal Savage and the Immortal Man, respectively — immortal enemies. Strange Adventures #177 (June 1965), Time Masters #8 (Sept. 1990)
10,000 YEARS AGO
The Flintstones --The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.
Fruity Pebbles, Ice Cream Pebbles, and Cocoa Pebbles are brands of breakfast cereal introduced by Post Foods in 1971 featuring characters from the animated series The Flintstones as spokestoons.The cereals debuted in 1971. Cocoa Pebbles contains chocolate-flavored crisp rice cereal bits, while Fruity Pebbles contains crisp rice cereal bits that come in a variety of fruit flavors with a sugar content of 9 grams per serving for Fruity Pebbles and 10 grams per serving for Cocoa Pebbles. It is the oldest cereal brand based on characters from a TV series or movie. Commercials after about 1978 were entirely animated, and would have a typical plot repeated with various differences. Fred eats cereal while Barney would want some as well; to that end, Barney would either disguise himself or distract Fred from his bowl of the cereal using various creative and increasingly outrageous means. While Fred was distracted, Barney would eat some Pebbles, but Fred would quickly discover Barney's lies, usually due to Barney's excitement at eating the cereal would cause his costume to be destroyed. Angry about his breakfast being stolen, he would normally exclaim, "Barney! My Pebbles!" Barney would then chuckle and deliver a comedic line while running away from the angry Fred, and Fred would give chase.
THE FLINTSTONES & WWE: STONE-AGE SMACKDOWN!--Fred Flintstone and friends meet John Cenastone and other famous wrestlers.
ERA OF MYTHOLOGY AND BIBLICAL STORIES
c. 1260 BCE, 19th Dynasty, reign of the Ramses II: Flash v.1 #1 (1.40), Secret Origins #11 (Feb. 1987)--In Egypt, Prince Khufu and his beloved Chay-Ara are murdered by the mad priest Hath-Set. The lovers are fated to be born again forever; 3,500 years later, they are reincarnated as Carter Hall and Shiera Sanders. The date of these events, not stated in the original version of the story, was said to be 1567 BCE (Secret Origins #11). Some accounts incorrectly cite the 15th Dynasty (Hawkman v.4 #9, JSA #43).
c. 970–931 BCE--Reign of Solomon.
18 March AD 37 – 24 January AD 41--Reign of Caligula.
434–453--Reign of Attila.
6th Century--Other notable figures of the Arthurian era include the Silent Knight (Brian Kent, an incarnation of Khufu/the Hawk Avatar; see 13th Century BCE). Silent Knight: SO v2 #49 <6.90> [erroneously makes him post-Arthurian, contra B&B v1 #10 <2-3.57> and others]; re: Khufu, Hawman Annual #2 <95>; (1st app. B&B v1 #1).
c. 1330 to March 22, 1418--Life of Nicolas Flamel.
31 December 1378 – 6 August 1458--Life of Borgia.
September 3, 1530 to March 28, 1584--Life of Ivan the Terrible.
19TH CENTURY/1800S--THE OLD WEST AND VICTORIAN ENGLAND
December 24 to 25, 1837--A CHRISTMAS CAROL--A miserly man named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts, who show him his past, present, and future, in an attempt to save him his soul from damnation by getting him to redeem himself. Though called ghosts or spirits, in fact, the only real ghost in the story is Scrooge's deceased partner Marley, who comes first to warn Scrooge. The three seem to be in fact angels (the third, the Ghost of Christmas Future, perhaps being an Angel of Death).
DC's American Old West
November 1, 1838: Jonah Hex is born to Woodson and Virginia Hex. NOTE: His first appearance was All-Star Western #10. Jonah Hex #57 (Feb. 1982)
1843: Bat Lash #6 (Sept. 1969)--Bat Lash is born.
c. 1859 - 1885--Quick Draw McGraw may have had a lookalike ancestor in the old west who had similar adventures as El Kabong.
FRANKENSTEIN (NOVEL BY MARY SHELLEY)
Release Date: 1818 (Contemporary Setting)
Series: Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
The Story: Dr. Victor Frankenstein believes he has discovered the secrets to reviving the dead, and goes about creating a creature out of dead bodies in which to bring him to life. He succeeds, but the creature is very animalistic and childlike in nature and goes on a rampage.
Notes: This is not the same Dr. Frankenstein from the Universal films, nor is it the same monster. Victor was the first Frankenstein to create a monster, but many of his own family as well as scientists not part of the family would go on to duplicate the process. Some of those Frankensteins would also be named Victor, but they shouldn’t be confused for the original. The MONSTAAH website does a great job of identifying some of these family members and monsters, branching off of the essay by Mark Brown called House of Frankenstein which can be found at http://pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Articles.htm#Frankenstein. This method is a great way to reconcile the contrary versions of Frankenstein that all seem to coexist, as Shaggy seems to support in Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 22, the same way that the theories on Dracula help account for different versions of the Vampire Lord.
The Frankenstein Family and Their Monsters
I take a similar methodology with Frankenstein as I do with Dracula. Every version of Frankenstein is a separate series. The theory to support it is a bit simpler. The TVCU concept is that Victor was only the first of many of the Frankenstein Family to create monsters. Thus, not all Frankensteins are the same, nor are the monsters. This theory comes from an essay by Mark K. Brown, used on the MONSTAAH website, and supported by in-story information. Particularly in this Scooby-Doo Team-Up timeline, it's supported by Shaggy's reference to Frankenstein Senior and his Frankenstein cousins when Mystery Inc encounters Frankenstein, Jr.
DC's American Old West
November 1, 1838: Jonah Hex is born to Woodson and Virginia Hex. NOTE: His first appearance was All-Star Western #10. Jonah Hex #57 (Feb. 1982)
1843: Bat Lash #6 (Sept. 1969)--Bat Lash is born.
c. 1859 - 1885--Quick Draw McGraw may have had a lookalike ancestor in the old west who had similar adventures as El Kabong.
1860--Western #5 (10.48)--Hannibal Hawkes becomes the Nighthawk.
April 18, 1860: Hawkman v.4 #7 (Nov. 2002)--Katherine "Cinnamon" Manser is born in Arizona. It's interesting that Cinnamon's real name is Katherine, but her sister Carrie's real name is Cardamon. Perhaps in this SDTU timeline, Cinnamon is her real name. Anyways, it should be noted that that Daphne Blake seems to be distantly related to the Manser family.
c. 1866--My guestimated date for the birth of Cardamon "Carrie" Manser, probably the great-great-grandmother of Daphne Blake, and probably the other Old West version of the Scooby Gang were born around this time since they are all about the same age.
November 7, 1872: Swamp Thing #85 (Apr. 1989)--Tomahawk's brother-in-law, Wise Owl becomes corrupt and harnesses the power of the time-lost Swamp Thing (Alec Holland). He enslaves El Diablo and draws the attention of other heroes, including: the now-married Johnny Thunder and Madame .44; Bat Lash, who'd won control over the nearly mindless 400-year old Super-Chief from Buffalo Bill, in a high-stakes card game; and Black Bison. The aging Hawk (son of Tomahawk) and Firehair meet Jonah Hex on their search for the Swamp Thing; Hawk possesses the "Claw of Elk Hound," which he knows will free the Swamp Thing. Super-Chief releases Alec. The Claw is turned over to Otto von Hammer and travels to Germany. Jason Blood had hired the heroes to pursue Wise Owl. Before the Claw is used to send Swamp Thing on through time, he poses with the heroes for a photo, which is later printed in Hawk's book Hawk, Son of Tomahawk. NOTE: The long-term radiation from his meteorite gave Super-Chief a severe mental impairment, in addition to granting his immortality. Physically, he could no longer move or remain conscious, except when taking full action during his "hour of great power."
1875--Armageddon: Alien Agenda #3 --Captain Atom and Monarch continue their time-spanning battle into the American West. CAMEOS: Matt Savage, Johnny Thunder, Jonah Hex, Bat Lash, Trigger Twins, Pow-Wow Smith and Firehair.
1875--Justice League of America #159-160 (10-11.78)--Hex is snatched with other history heroes by the Lord of Time to battle the JLA & JSA, then is returned.
1875--Jonah Hex #92, Unlimited Access #1 (July 1982)--Hex encounters Unlimited Access and the Two-Gun Kid. He rescues Emmy Hartley from outlaws, then Hex and Access are both drawn from out of the past and vanish into the future.
1875--Hex #1-18 (Sept. 1985-2.87)--Hex is trapped in the mid-21st Century. (for how long??)
January 1, 1876: Justice League Europe Annual #2 (1991)--With the help of Metamorpho, Jonah Hex returns to the past from the future — to live out the rest of his days in the Wild West.
May, 1876: --Jonah Hex : Two-Gun Mojo (8-12.93)--Jonah Hex battles undead zombies of slain gunfighters.
May, 1876: --Jonah Hex: Riders of the Worm and Such (3-7.95)--Jonah Hex clashes with the ancient mutant man-eating Conquer Worms (first chonological app.). NOTE: This myth inspired the Tremors movies.
1878--February 18: Weird Western Tales #48-49 (1978)--18-year old Katherine "Cinnamon" Manser gains her reputation as a fierce and determined bounty hunter, law enforcer, and expert in the use her guns.
August 1878: Justice League of America #198-199 (1-2.82)--Due to actions of the Lord of Time, Jonah Hex , Bat Lash, Cinnamon, and Scalphunter stand united with four time-tossed Justice Leaguers. NOTE: It was never suggested that the Western heroes were moved in time.
Crisis, July 1879: Crisis #3 (June 1985)--Bat Lash, Scalphunter, Nighthawk, Jonah Hex and Johnny Thunder discover one of the Monitor's vibrational towers and encounter the tower's protectors: a group from the 20th century. Hex recognizes Green Lantern (John Stewart), and soon the anti-matter wave is upon them. PRE-CRISIS: Nighthawk is killed in the anti-matter wave. Because of the Hawkman timeline incorporated through Scooby-Doo Team-Up, Nighthawk's death is more consistent with his post-Crisis death by the hands of Vandal Savage.
1882: Ragman: Suit of Souls #1 (Dec. 2010)--An unnamed Ragman meets and works with Jonah Hex.
1883: Batman: Animated Series "Showdown"--Jonah Hex clashes with Ra's Al Ghul and his son Arcadi Duval — in a war over the western railroad system in California. Most of my research on Jonah Hex and the weird things he's seen (as referenced in Scooby-Doo Team-Up) come from the Justice League Library.
1885--Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 28--Placing this on the timeline, I'm thinking (and this is an estimate) that this takes place in 1885. This would be after all the weird stories (or most of them) involving the things Jonah Hex would have seen, but way before Cinnamon's death in 1899, and Hex's death in 1904. It's also before "Old Man" Bat Lash stories. Jonah Hex was born in 1838 so he'd be 47 in 1885. Bat Lash was born in 1843 so he's be 42 in 1885. Cinnamon was born in 1860 so she'd be 25 here, and since Carrie is her younger sister, her being a meddling teenager would be fine here, having her been born maybe in 1866 if she's 19 (just a guestimate.)
THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (NOVEL BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON)
Release Date: January 5, 1886 (Contemporary setting)
Series: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Story: A scientist creates a formula that unlocks his dark side.
Notes: Unlike with Dracula and Frankenstein, I consider the Universal film version of this to be the same events, rather than having hundreds of Hyde variants out there.
Early 1899: Hawkman v.4 #7 (Nov. 2002)--Cinnamon confronts Nighthawk's killer, Matilda Dunney Roderic. The women slay each other in a fatal gun battle.
Early 1899: Hawkman v.4 #7 (Nov. 2002)--Cinnamon confronts Nighthawk's killer, Matilda Dunney Roderic. The women slay each other in a fatal gun battle.
1899: Guns of the Dragon #1 (Oct. 1998)--After a falling out with his partners, Bat Lash hops a ship in San Francisco and flees to Shanghai, where he opens the "You Rascal, You" Saloon. NOTE: The tale of Bat Lash's death has not been told.
1946--LI'L ABNER--This story involves two warring fictional countries, Slobbovia and Wildechaya. The name Slobbovia comes from a postal game played in the 1970s, which in turn came from the country of Lower Slobbovia in the Li'l Abner comic strip. Wildechaya is from the Yiddish term "vilde chaye", meaning a rambunctious or wild person. Note that these two countries are central to the plot of Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 11 featuring Secret Squirrel.
March 1947: All-Star Comics #34 (Apr./May 1947)All-Star Comics #34 (Apr./May 1947)--"The Wiles of the Wizard": The Wizard becomes convinced that the JSA is a group of clever criminals — and wants to join them! NOTE: Johnny Thunder does not appear in this story.
August 8, 1947--Flash Comics #88 --"The Ghost" --The Ghost and his men committ a series of crimes across the world. Hawkman investigates and exposes some of the Ghost’s tricks. Hawkgirl is captured though and taken to Ghost’s hide-out. Hawkman follows and rescues his partner. The Ghost however gets away leaving Hawkman to wonder if the crook really is a ghost. Reprinted In: Secret Origins #1 (1973)
August 22, 1947--Sensation Comics #70-- "The Woman Who Wanted the World"--Sargon is hypnotized on the subway by his old enemy, the Blue Lama. When he leaves the train, he faces her illusionary assault. While facing her illusions, Sargon is struck by a car, allowing his foe to capture him. The Blue Lama brings Sargon to her hide-out where she challenges him to a duel. Sargon is victorious, and the Blue Lama is apparently destroyed by her own lightning bolt.
September 17, 1950--Clark Kent is hired by Perry White as a reporter for the Metropolis Daily Planet. In his first comic book appearance in Action #1 (June 1938), Clark Kent was hired by editor George Taylor of the Metropolis Daily Star, a story now attributed to the Earth-2 ("Golden Age") Superman. The definitive pre-Crisis account of Clark Kent's hiring appeared in Superman v.1 #133 (Nov. 1959). The post-Crisis version was told in Man of Steel #2 (July 1986). (Superman v.1 #133, Nov. 1959), Man of Steel #2 (July 1986)
January 22, 1951--BATMAN COMICS (INCLUDING DETECTIVE COMICS AND WORLD'S FINEST COMICS) [1939 - 1979]--Based on multiple issues of Scooby-Doo Team-Up, we can assume that Batman's golden and silver age adventures must have happened, at least up until 1979. Scooby-Doo Team-Up has "pre-Crisis" versions of characters, but does not maintain an Earth-1/Earth-2 concept, instead adopting a post-Crisis world where golden age characters and silver age characters existed in the same reality, with Superman and Batman having not operated in the golden age. In a way, Scooby-Doo Team-Up is very much like the very short lived "Merged Earth" that existed following the Crisis but ended with the reboots in Man of Steel, Batman Year One, etc. a few months later. However, Ivan Schablotski has proposed that Scooby-Doo Team-Up takes place on Earth-12, where humorous DC series were set. This also was a "merged Earth", as it was thought to include Plastic Man, an early silver age series where the Golden Age Plastic Man retired and was replaced by his son. This Plastic Man would crossover with Inferior Five, definitely part of Earth-12 (they gave it the name). Since the main DCU had a Earth-2 Plastic Man who migrated to Earth-X then was said to have died (according to Uncle Sam) and a separate Earth-1 Plastic Man, then it makes sense that Earth-12 was a humorous version of the DCU from Golden Age to Silver without the multiple Earth reboots This would then explain why some post-Crisis and New 52 elements can still be in this timeline, such as the Court of Owls and Birds of Prey.
March 5, 1951--SUPERMAN COMICS (INCLUDING ACTION COMICS AND OTHER SUPERMAN FAMILY TITLES) [1942 - 1980]--The silver age version of Superman is the Superman of the SDTU Universe. However, as demonstrated in Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 9, some villains exist in this timeline who, though existing in the silver age, had their origins and first appearances dating back to the golden age. The earliest years of Superman comics, 1938 - 1941, probably can't be in this timeline, as they contradict silver age canon, but starting with 1942, the stories really could fit in the silver age, so that's where I'm starting the canon for SDTU.
December 31, 1951--Star Spangled Comics #122--"I Talked with the Dead"--First appearance of Doctor Thirteen. Reprinted In: Showcase Presents Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 TPB (2006)
1952 - 1971 -- Adventures of Jerry Lewis -- Jerry Lewis appears in Scooby-Doo Team-Up as a central character and is revealed to be the uncle of Stanley (from Stanley and his Monster).
May 23, 1952--Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #4--"Meet Detective Chimp"--Animal trainer Fred Thorpe is murdered by an unknown assailant. Thorpe's chimpanzee Bobo is the only witness to the murder. Sheriff Chase believes Bobo can lead him to the killer, but the chimp only leads the lawman back to his own office. The sheriff returns Bobo to Thorpe's niece Alice. Chase's secretary Pete Drummond returns that evening and tries to kill Bobo. Bobo eludes his attacker and releases Tombo the gorilla. Tombo subdues Drummond. When the sheriff arrives, he realizes that Drummond was Thorpe's killer. Bobo had indeed led him to the killer at the sheriff's office. With the killer in custody, the sheriff rewards Bobo for his excellent detective work. Reprinted In: Tarzan #230 (1974)
November 27, 1953--Detective Comics #203--"Mysto Magician Detective"--First appearance of Mysto.
June 2, 1954--A laboratory worker becomes a masked thief called the Red Hood in order to rob various Gotham City businesses. Pursued by Batman, the Red Hood escapes by leaping to his apparent death in the waste chemical catch basin of the Monarch Playing Card Company. Unbeknownst to Batman, the Red Hood survives, but the chemical wastes turns his hair green, bleaches his skin white, and dyes his lips red. He later becomes Batman's deadliest foe: the Joker. The golden age Joker's real name was never revealed. These events, recounted in flashback, were his first chronological appearance, although the story describes this incident as taking place "10 years ago" (i.e., in late 1940 or early 1941), while the Joker's debut in Batman #1 implies that the Joker had already assumed his familiar green-haired, white-skinned form by the spring of 1940. In any case, this remains the most commonly repeated version of the Joker's origin, although modern stories typically describe his lips as white, attributing any other coloration to the use of lipstick. (Detective #168, Feb. 1951)
July 2, 1954--Superman meets Daily Planet cub reporter Jimmy Olsen, who becomes known as Superman's Pal. Superman provides him with a signal watch to alert Superman in the event of trouble. Jimmy was first introduced in the April 15, 1940 episode of the Adventures of Superman radio series. An unnamed office boy of similar appearance debuted in Action #6 (Nov. 1938), sometimes considered to be Jimmy's first appearance; he was first named in Superman v.1 #13 (Nov. 1941). The definitive pre-Crisis account of Superman's first meeting with Jimmy Olsen, was told in Jimmy Olsen #36 (Apr. 1959). The post-Crisis version of that story and Jimmy's first chronological appearance in post-Crisis continuity was in World of Metropolis #4 (July 1988). In pre-Crisis continuity, although Superman encountered Jimmy Olsen as Superboy, thanks to a post-hypnotic suggestion, he did not remember their earlier meetings when they later met in Metropolis. (Jimmy Olsen #36, Apr. 1959), (World of Metropolis #4, (July 1988)
January 30, 1958--Green Arrow: Year One #1-6 (Sept.–Nov. 2007)--Socialite brat Oliver Queen is stranded on a desert island, where he hones his skill with the bow. After defeating drug smugglers, he is dubbed Green Arrow. Green Arrow's historical first appearance was More Fun Comics #73 (1941), with his Golden Age origin in More Fun #89 (1943). His Silver Age origin was told in Adventure Comics #256 (1959), recapped and expanded in DC Super-Stars #17 (1977), retold again for post-Crisis continuity in Secret Origins v.2 #38 (1989), and expanded in Green Arrow: The Wonder Year #1-4 (1993). A text piece in Green Arrow v.2 #3 (1988) gives a rundown of the different early versions of his origin, which was retold yet again in Green Arrow: Year One. Other than origin stories, we should consider that all Green Arrow stories from 1941 to the lead up to Green Lantern/Green Arrow in the 70s is canon for this timeline.
March 17, 1959--Showcase # 20 -- The first appearance of Rip Hunter. Note the Scooby-Doo Team-Up Universe Rip Hunter is the pre-Crisis version.
June 18, 1959--House of Secrets #23--"I Scout Earth's Strangest Secrets"--Mark Merlin, private investigator of the supernatural, takes on several cases that appear to have unnatural explanations. Some of the cases have natural explanation, such as mountainside creatures that are really just large shadows. On another case Mark is able to expose a deliberate hoax. Mark proves that a museum, which is believed to be haunted, has actually been the victim of a hoax using magnets to move metal objects invisibly. Merlin also has a "Question Mark File" containing cases he can not explain or classify. On one such case a strange creature is found in an unmapped cave. When Mark investigates he fall through a seam in the rock and discovers an enitre species of giant single-celled creatures. The creatures attack him, but he seals off the seam, trapping them inside.
October 30, 1959--Justice League of America #9 (Feb. 1962), Justice League of America #200 (Mar. 1982), Secret Origins v.2 #32 (Nov. 1988), 52 #51 (Apr. 2007)--Aquaman, Batman, Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Superman and Wonder Woman defeat the alien Appellax creatures. NOTES: It seems likely that in this timeline, the canon of the silver age takes precedent, only it's a "merged Earth" scenario. Ivan has proposed that this timeline might actually be pre-Crisis Earth-12. Regarding Black Canary, it's a little confusing, but since the mother was BC from 1942 to 1951, then we can assume the daughter joine the Justice League in 1969, so was born in 1951, after the JSA disbanded, and was a teen when she joined, making Green Arrow a little bit of a pervert, but that kind of fits with his character. Miss Arrowette was also a minor, after all. Justice League of America stories from 1960 up to at least 1972 should take place in this timeline based in various references throughout the Scooby-Doo Team-Up series. Note that the filmation JLA series doesn't contradict silver age comics and the Super Friends at least up through the 1970s cartoon and comic was also compatible with silver age comics.
April 19, 1960--Challengers of the Unknown # 14 -- First appearance of Multi-Man.
May 26, 1960--Showcase # 27--First appearance of the Sea Devils.
June 23, 1960--Brave and the Bold # 31--First appearance of Cave Carson.
December 13, 1960--Challengers of the Unknown # 18--First appearance of Cosmo, the Challengers' mascot.
January 14, 1964 – December 4, 1966--RICOCHET RABBIT & DROOP-A-LONG--Taking place in a Wild West setting, Ricochet Rabbit (voiced by Don Messick) worked as a sheriff in the town of Hoop 'n' Holler. Ricochet would bounce off stationary objects yelling "Ping-ping-ping!" His deputy Droop-a-Long Coyote (voiced by Mel Blanc impersonating Ken Curtis) was not as fast and was very clumsy. In addition to his speed, which enabled him to outrun bullets, Ricochet used trick bullets against his opponents, including a bullet that would stop in mid-flight and strike the target with an impossibly oversized mallet, and another which would draw a target on his nose and punch it. Ricochet Rabbit's catchphrase was "Ping, ping, PING!", followed by his name. Scooby-Doo Team-Up reveals that "western" cartoons Quick Draw McGraw and Ricochet Rabbit both took place in the modern era, in towns that seem to intentionally embrace the lifestyle of the old west and shun modern ways.
September 18, 1964 – March 11, 1965--Jonny Quest--The Quest family and their bodyguard investigate strange phenomena and battle villains around the world.
February 25, 1965--BRAVE AND THE BOLD # 59 to 200--According to Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 1, both the New Scooby-Doo Movies and DC Comics' Brave and the Bold (at least the Batman issues) are canon in the Scooby-Doo Team-Up Universe. Perhaps not all issues of Brave and the Bold are in canon for this timeline, but we do know that Batman comics up to 1973 are canon, so any Batman team-ups with other heroes from that era who have also appeared in Scooby-Doo Team-Up would be in canon most likely. Also, Batman said that he was teaming up regularly with different heroes every month at the same time that Mystery, Inc. was, referencing the New Scooby-Doo Movies from September 8, 1972 - October 27, 1973 so every issues of Brave and the Bold during that era is definitely in this timeline's canon. I've chosen to list them since this is a team-up timeline.
March 25, 1965--SHOWCASE # 56--First appearance of Psycho Pirate, who appears in Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 25. This story featured Doctor Fate and Hourman of Earth-2's Justice Society of America. In this timeline, there is just one Earth for golden age and silver age heroes. Doctor Fate appears in Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 25. Hourman hasn't appeared yet in Scooby-Doo Team-Up, so his existence in this timeline is questionable. This story may not be canon, and perhaps the Psycho Pirate's debut in this timeline happened differently.
Apr/May 1965 --Brave and the Bold # 59--Batman and Green Lantern vs. Time Commander!
1965--A Pup Named Scooby-Doo--A pre-teen version of Scooby Doo, with a pint-sized version of the title character. Since this is the middle school version of the Mystery, Inc. gang, and 1969 is the debut of Mystery Inc. as much older teens, I figure this would take place four years before Scooby's real world debut in 1969. Scooby-Doo Team-Up had a few references that imply that A Pup Named Scooby-Doo might be part of the canon of this timeline.
January 12, 1966 to March 14, 1968--BATMAN (TELEVISION SERIES)--Batman and Robin protect Gotham City from various bizarre criminals. For this timeline's purposes, this dynamic duo is Bruce Wayne as Batman and Dick Grayson as Robin. There are references in Scooby-Doo Team-Up that imply that this series coexists with the silver age Batman comics in this timeline.
September 10, 1966, to September 7, 1968--Space Ghost--The adventures of a space superhero who can become invisible and his sidekicks. I used to think Space Ghost took place in the future, but Scooby-Doo Team-Up confirms he operates in another distant galaxy in the present day.
January 31, 2017--Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown--Shaggy also met a western cousin through the internet in DC Comics' Scooby-Doo story, Ghost Riders in Disguise. There's no visible proof of what Atlas looks like, everyone just pictures him as Scooby (he even has a moustache in the flashback, simply because it came from what Shaggy thought), as Dapper Jack already resembles Shaggy. Among the people in the background of Kyle's capture, is a girl resembling Chris from the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode, Roller Ghoster Ride. Shaggy's mentions that he can't grow a full beard. Frank Welker and Carlos Alazraqui were uncredited as the rodeo MC and Zeke, respectively. Fred mentions he was a horse shoe campanion at Camp Little Moose, which was last seen in Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare. The font of the Crazy Q Ranch is somehow based on the Hanna-Barbera character, El Kabong (the guitar-wielding Zorro-like alter ego of Quick Draw McGraw). Buddy G is a parody of MattyB and (the younger) Justin Bieber. Shaggy and the Ghost of Dapper Jack Rogers mimicking each other's movements between the doorframe, as if in a mirror, is a reference to the phony mirror gag made famous in the Marx Brothers' 1933 film, Duck Soup. It wasn't revealed what happened to Atlas after Dapper Jack was framed for cattle rustling, although it's possible that he was murdered alongside Dapper Jack.
Jun 28 2017--Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 27--Plastic Man--This is a very straight up depiction of Plastic Man, who has changed very little through his incarnations in Quality Comics, DC's silver age, the post-Crisis era, and modern depictions, although the golden age version was a bit more serious while the silver age added a camp/spoof element. I'm a little disappointed that there weren't at least some sort of reference to the Saturday morning cartoon with Penny, Baby Plas, and Hula Hula. Perhaps DC doesn't own the rights to those characters.
Jul 26 2017--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 28--Jonah Hex
Aug 23 2017--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 29--TOP CAT
Sep 27 2017--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 30 -- CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN
Oct 25 2017--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 31 -- THE ATOM
Nov 22 2017--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 32 -- ATOM ANT
Dec 2017--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 33 -- LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES
Late 2017--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 34 -- BIRDS OF PREY
Late 2017--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 35 -- Yogi Bear--This one is a pretty straightforward crossover. This is the first meeting between Scooby and Yogi, which confirms that Laff-A-Lympics does not take place in this timeline.
Late 2017 -- Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 36 -- Angel and the Ape
Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 40 -- Swamp Thing
Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 41 -- The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 42-- Apes
January 10, 2024--TEEN TITANS--"How Long is Forever?"--Dick Grayson has become Nightwing. This may not be canon, but Teen Titans Go is canon in this timeline, and at least Larry from Teen Titans is canon. Some of Earth-1 is canon, but Teen Titans Go definitely cancels out Wolfman's original New Teen Titans comic series from the 1980s.
September 9, 2465--Mystery in Space #103--"Ultra the Multi-Alien"--Pilot Ace Arn is caught in the magnetic field of a freak comet. His crew abandons ship, but Arn is unable to eject in time. His ship is carried into another solar system where it crashes near the lab of deceased criminal scientist Zobra. Zobra's lieutenants each possess weapons capable of transforming Arn into a servant duplicate of their races. Arn is hit by four blasts simultaneously. His body is mutated from human into one resembling each of the four races. Because he was struck by the rays at the same time, his own mind is unaffected. Using the powers granted him by his new body, Arn defeats the crooks, repairs his ship, and returns to Earth where he intends to fight crime.
1904: DC Special #16 (Jonah Hex Spectacular, 9.78)--Jonah Hex is shot and killed at the age of 66 by George Barrow. Lew Wheeler, owner of a Wild West revue, then shot Barrow and stole Hex's corpse, treated it at a taxidermist, and put it on exhibit in his revue. The corpse was last seen in the Westworld Amusement Park on the outskirts of New York City in 1972.
1907--Ozma of Oz--The first appearance of the Gnome King, who doesn't actually appear but is acknowledged to exist by FEMA in Scooby-Doo Team-Up. This would probably bring in all the original Oz series of books by Baum (as opposed to the more famous Hollywood film).
May 29, 1929--35 Eorx, 9998 (Kryptonian calendar)/February 29 (Earth date)--Kal-El, the son of Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van, is born in Kryptonopolis, capitol of the planet Krypton. Neither Superman's homeworld nor his parents were named until the first installment of the Superman daily newspaper strip on Jan. 16, 1939, which also revealed Superman's Kryptonian name (originally spelled Kal-L, a spelling later attributed to the Earth-Two Superman). The Earth-One Superman's terrestrial birthday was established in World's Finest #235 (1976). World of Krypton #2 (Aug. 1979)
October 22, 1931--Bruce Wayne is born in Gotham City to Thomas and Martha Wayne. The year of Bruce's birth is the date shown on his tombstone in America vs. the Justice Society #1. World's Finest Comics #33 and Star-Spangled Comics #91 both indicate that Bruce's birthday is in April, while the latter story adds that he was born on the 7th of the month. According to Jim Steranko's Steranko History of Comics Vol. 1 (1971), Batman's secret identity was devised by Bill Finger. The character was named for Scottish patriot Robert the Bruce (later Robert I of Scotland, 1274–1329) and American Revolutionary War General "Mad Anthony" Wayne (1745–1796). (World's Finest #33, March/April 1948), (Star-Spangled Comics #91, April 1949), (America vs. the JSA #1, Jan. 1985)
November 22, 1931--39 Ogtal, 10,000 (Kryptonian calendar)--As Krypton begins its final death throes, young Kal-El rockets to Earth in a tiny starship. Golden Age versions of Superman's origin generally indicated that he had left Krypton as an infant while in post-Crisis continuity, he had not technically been born yet at the time of his departure. On Earth-One, Kal-El was two years old when Krypton exploded. (Action Comics #1, June 1938)
December 4, 1931--Kal-El lands in Smallville, where he immediately gains super powers under Earth's yellow sun. He is adopted by Jonathan and Martha Kent and given the name Clark Kent. Superman's adoptive parents first appeared in Superman #1 (Summer 1939). Earlier published versions of his origin said only that he was found by "a passing motorist" while the early episodes of the Adventures of Superman radio series indicated that Kal-El arrived on Earth as an adult. In September 1942, a retelling of Superman's origin on the radio series (now airing on the Mutual Broadcasting System rather than in syndication) identified his foster parents as Eben and Sarah Kent. The names Jonathan and Martha were introduced in Adventure Comics #149 (1950) and Superboy v.1 #12 (1951) respectively. Clark Kent's post-Crisis origin was first told in Man of Steel #1 (June 1986).
February 7, 1937--SUPERBOY ERA
February 25, 1937--Detective Comics #1 --(The Streets of Chinatown) --Slam Bradley, a roughneck private investigator, is summoned by Police Captain Frawley to assist Rita Carlisle. Rita, the daughter of a chain-store owner wants Slam to guard her dog Mimi. Bradley is insulted by the job and rudely refuses her, but he tells Shorty Morgan, an admirer of Slam, to take the job. Shorty guards the dog while Rita visits Chinatown. When she disappears, Shorty summons Slam to help locate her. Slam finds a secret passage in a china shop, which leads him to Chinatown leader Fui Onyui. Fui has kidnapped Rita, but Slam braves the chinaman’s deathtraps and rescues her. Shorty lays a trap of his own which snares Fui. Slam is impressed and takes Shorty as a partner. Reprinted In: Millennium Edition:Detective Comics 1 (#57) (2001)
Police Comics #13 (November 1942)--Wolfgang "Woozy" Winks is a fictional supporting character in comic books published by Quality Comics, and later DC Comics. He is the comic relief sidekick to the superhero Plastic Man
November 13, 1942--Crack Comics #27--(Introducing Captain Triumph)--First appearance of Captain Triumph.
Dec. 1942--Funny Animals #1 --First appearance of Hoppy, the Marvel Bunny. This may take place in an alternate universe. Hoppy is mentioned in Scooby-Doo Team-Up but he comes from a world where anthropomorphic funny talking animals are the primary species rather than the exception.
December 6, 1942--Richard (Dick) Grayson is born to John and Mary Grayson. The year is that shown on Dick's tombstone. An episode of the Adventures of Superman radio series (aired Sept. 25, 1946) gave Dick's mother's name as Yvonne and indicated that she was of French extraction. Neither point was ever reflected in the comic books. (Last Days of the JSA, 1986)
July 1, 1944--G.I. Combat #87--"Introducing -- the Haunted Tank"--Jeb Stuart the commander of an M-3 tank and his crew assist a squad of heavier Pershing tanks. The Pershings are destroyed by enemy bombers, leaving only Stuart's tank to take on a squad of heavy German tanks. The tiny tank is shelled by the heavy guns of a German "Tiger" tank, and it falls into a ravine. The crew is knocked out, leaving it an easy target for the enemy tank. However, the M-3 manages to fire a shot that destroys the enemy tank. When Jeb and the crew awaken, they are shocked to find the enemy tank destroyed, as they had not fired their gun. The tank then continues on its mission to protect a squad of infantry. Using its better speed and manueverability, the M-3 is able to take on and defeat an entire unit of German tanks. Jeb Stuart is the only one that can hear laughter which comes from the ghost of civil war General Jeb Stuart, who has protected his descendant and the tank. Reprinted In: Showcase Presents:Haunted Tank Vol. 1 TPB (2006)
All-American Comics #61 (Oct. 1944)--Green Lantern clashes with Solomon Grundy, who is running amok in Gotham City.
December 14, 1945--Police Comics # 51 -- "The Granite Lady"--I had no idea until I looked it up in researching Scooby-Doo Team-Up's Plastic Man appearance, but Granite Lady is a pre-existing baddie from classic Plastic Man, debuting in Police Comics # 51. She also appears in DC Nation shorts (as part of the Plastic Man episodes originally intended to be a series of its own), but those aren't necessarily canon as the depiction in Scooby-Doo Team-Up is closer to the pre-Crisis comics.
1907--Ozma of Oz--The first appearance of the Gnome King, who doesn't actually appear but is acknowledged to exist by FEMA in Scooby-Doo Team-Up. This would probably bring in all the original Oz series of books by Baum (as opposed to the more famous Hollywood film).
THE LEAD-IN TO THE SILVER AGE -- THE CHILDHOOD ORIGINS OF SUPERMAN AND BATMAN
May 29, 1929--35 Eorx, 9998 (Kryptonian calendar)/February 29 (Earth date)--Kal-El, the son of Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van, is born in Kryptonopolis, capitol of the planet Krypton. Neither Superman's homeworld nor his parents were named until the first installment of the Superman daily newspaper strip on Jan. 16, 1939, which also revealed Superman's Kryptonian name (originally spelled Kal-L, a spelling later attributed to the Earth-Two Superman). The Earth-One Superman's terrestrial birthday was established in World's Finest #235 (1976). World of Krypton #2 (Aug. 1979)
October 22, 1931--Bruce Wayne is born in Gotham City to Thomas and Martha Wayne. The year of Bruce's birth is the date shown on his tombstone in America vs. the Justice Society #1. World's Finest Comics #33 and Star-Spangled Comics #91 both indicate that Bruce's birthday is in April, while the latter story adds that he was born on the 7th of the month. According to Jim Steranko's Steranko History of Comics Vol. 1 (1971), Batman's secret identity was devised by Bill Finger. The character was named for Scottish patriot Robert the Bruce (later Robert I of Scotland, 1274–1329) and American Revolutionary War General "Mad Anthony" Wayne (1745–1796). (World's Finest #33, March/April 1948), (Star-Spangled Comics #91, April 1949), (America vs. the JSA #1, Jan. 1985)
November 22, 1931--39 Ogtal, 10,000 (Kryptonian calendar)--As Krypton begins its final death throes, young Kal-El rockets to Earth in a tiny starship. Golden Age versions of Superman's origin generally indicated that he had left Krypton as an infant while in post-Crisis continuity, he had not technically been born yet at the time of his departure. On Earth-One, Kal-El was two years old when Krypton exploded. (Action Comics #1, June 1938)
SUPER-BABY ERA
December 4, 1931--Kal-El lands in Smallville, where he immediately gains super powers under Earth's yellow sun. He is adopted by Jonathan and Martha Kent and given the name Clark Kent. Superman's adoptive parents first appeared in Superman #1 (Summer 1939). Earlier published versions of his origin said only that he was found by "a passing motorist" while the early episodes of the Adventures of Superman radio series indicated that Kal-El arrived on Earth as an adult. In September 1942, a retelling of Superman's origin on the radio series (now airing on the Mutual Broadcasting System rather than in syndication) identified his foster parents as Eben and Sarah Kent. The names Jonathan and Martha were introduced in Adventure Comics #149 (1950) and Superboy v.1 #12 (1951) respectively. Clark Kent's post-Crisis origin was first told in Man of Steel #1 (June 1986).
February 7, 1937--SUPERBOY ERA
February 25, 1937--Detective Comics #1 --(The Streets of Chinatown) --Slam Bradley, a roughneck private investigator, is summoned by Police Captain Frawley to assist Rita Carlisle. Rita, the daughter of a chain-store owner wants Slam to guard her dog Mimi. Bradley is insulted by the job and rudely refuses her, but he tells Shorty Morgan, an admirer of Slam, to take the job. Shorty guards the dog while Rita visits Chinatown. When she disappears, Shorty summons Slam to help locate her. Slam finds a secret passage in a china shop, which leads him to Chinatown leader Fui Onyui. Fui has kidnapped Rita, but Slam braves the chinaman’s deathtraps and rescues her. Shorty lays a trap of his own which snares Fui. Slam is impressed and takes Shorty as a partner. Reprinted In: Millennium Edition:Detective Comics 1 (#57) (2001)
WORLD WAR II AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF SUPER-HEROES
1938: Plagued by dreams, Wesley Dodds becomes the Sandman. In his first major case, he solves a series of murders committed by an unknown killer called the Tarantula. At the same time, he meets Dian Belmont. NOTES: Before the Sandman Mystery Theatre series, Secret Origins #7 (1986) established the date of the Sandman's debut as June 10, 1939. Since the Crisis on Infinite Earths, the debuts of several heroes (including the Sandman, the Flash and Hourman) have been moved earlier to fill the void left by the elimination of the Golden Age Superman and Batman. The Sandman's first published appearance was in New York World's Fair Comics #1, released April 30, 1939, although the story in Adventure Comics #40, which was published in early June 1939, preceded it chronologically (and was probably written first). Dian Belmont's first appearance was in Adventure Comics #47 (February 1940). The Tarantula in Sandman Mystery Theatre story bears little resemblance to the villain of Adventure Comics #40, which was reprinted in Justice League of America #94 (1972).
St. Patrick's Day, 1938: While attending Midwestern University, Jay Garrick gains super speed from exposure to "heavy water" fumes. NOTES: The date of Jay's accident is somewhat uncertain. Secret Origins #9 (Dec. 1986) established that the accident took place in early 1939, a few months before his heroic debut in the fall of that year. Flash Secret Files #1 indicates that Jay gained his powers in 1938. In JSA #13 (Aug. 2000), Extant states that the accident took place on January 25, 1940, but that date is inconsistent with all other accounts and should probably be considered apocryphal. Flash Comics v.1 #1 (Jan. 1940), Secret Origins #9 (Dec. 1986)
June 1938: Action #1 (June 1938), Secret Origins #27 (June 1988)--Magician Giovanni Zatara begins fighting crime. NOTE:The origin of Zatara was retold in Secret Origins #27.
Spring 1939: When Alan Scott is awarded a railroad contract, his rival, Dekker, bombs Alan's train. Scott survives and discovers a railroad lantern formed from the ancient mystic Starheart. At the lantern's mental direction, Alan fashions a ring from the lantern that allows him to tap the Starheart's power, adopting the identity of Green Lantern I. NOTES: Alan Scott's debut as Green Lantern took place in 1939, per the timelines in Zero Hour and Green Lantern Secret Files #1 (1998). The origin of Green Lantern was retold in Secret Origins #18. Also shown in JSA: Classified #11. All-American Comics #16 (July 1940), Secret Origins #18 (Sept. 1987), JSA: Classified #11 (June 2006)
March 15, 1939: All-Star Squadron #41 (Jan. 1985), Sandman Mystery Theater #38 (May 1996)--Ted Knight himself discovers a source of near-limitless cosmic energy. NOTES: The pre-Crisis version of his origin was in All-Star Squadron#41; the post-Crisis revision appeared in Sandman Mystery Theatre #38 and Starman Secret Files #1.
October 6, 1939: Flash Comics #1 (Jan. 1940), Secret Origins #11 (Feb. 1987), Brave and the Bold #34--"Creature of a Thousand Shapes"--Interplanetary policeman Katar Hol and his wife Shayera of the planet Thanagar of the Polaris star system are following a criminal, a metamorph named Byth, from their planet to Earth. After using the Absorbascon, a device which absorbs all known information from a planet’s residents, the pair don their police uniforms, and contact Midway City Police Commissioner Geroge Emmett to explain the danger of Byth. In order to prevent the criminal from knowing of their presence, Emmett provides cover identities for them to replace his retiring brother as curators of the city’s museum, while they wait for Byth’s first move. They settle into their Earth identities, using Anglicized versions of their names, and use their abilities to communicate with all forms of birdlife to spread the word to be on the lookout for a being fitting Byth’s description. The birds spot Byth stealing the Star of America diamond, and the winged lawmen confront him; Byth eludes them by becoming first a Thanagarian Kasta bird, and then a fish. Underwater, he discovers an underground world, which provides him with animal forms to imitate which confound the defenses of his pursuers. Later, while studying a diorama researched by Mavis Trent, Carter recognizes a Thanagarian bird species in it, and realizes that she had unknowingly seen Byth in Hawk Valley, but they are unable to prevent the criminal from escaping when he becomes a termite. Two days later, he becomes a Thanagarian Brontodon in order to make off with the Bi-State Tunnel. This time, Hawkman and Hawkgirl slow him down with chemicals, then, using medieval weaponry borrowed from the museum, hit his twin brains simultaneously, and knock him out. The couple send Byth back to Thanagar in a state of hibernation, and accept Commissioner Emmett’s request to stay on Earth to study police methods here. A chronologically earlier appearance of the planet Thanagar is in the first story of DC Super-Stars #14. An entrance to Skartaris, the extradimensional world which seems to exist beneath the Earth’s surface, is apparently shown in this story, although Skartaris is not named as such. Skartaris first appears in "Journey to the Center of the Earth" by Jules Verne, and is first named and shown in a DC comic in First Issue Special #8, a preview of the Warlord series. Note that in this timeline, according to Scooby-Doo Team-Up, the golden age Hawkman and Hawkgirl and the silver age Hawkman and Hawkgirl are the same, and are the reincarnations of ancient Egyptians and from the planet Thanagar.
1940--[Feb] The wizard Shazam relocates to Fawcett City and awakens Ibis the Invincible. Power of Shazam #11-12 <1-2.96> [provides date]; (1st app. Whiz Comics #1 <2.40>.)
February 1940: Calvin University student Al Pratt meets former boxing champion Joe Morgan, who begins training Pratt in boxing and weightlifting. He is unaware that Morgan, suffering from multiple-personality disorder, also trained Jim Harper (the Guardian) and Ted Grant (Wildcat) under different names. NOTE: Al Pratt did not actually become the Atom until All-American Comics #20, which took place months later. The Atom's origin was retold in Secret Origins #25, which established that Al met Joe Morgan early in 1940. Joe Morgan's strange secret was revealed in All-Star Squadron Annual #1 (1982). All-American Comics #19 (Oct. 1940), Secret Origins #25 (Apr. 1988)
Master Comics #1 (March, 1940)--First appearance of El Carim, a Fawcett character now in the public domain.
9–10 April 1940: More Fun Comics #52-53 (Feb.–Mar. 1940), Secret Origins #15 (June 1987)--Jim Corrigan and his fiancee, Clarice Winston, are kidnapped by gangster Gat Benson. Corrigan is murdered, but returned to Earth as the Spectre I.Corrigan was murdered in More Fun Comics #52, but did not actually become the Spectre until #53. The Spectre's origin is reprinted in Secret Origins, v.1 #7 (1974) and retold in Secret Origins #15 (1987).
April 21, 1940: More Fun Comics #67 (May 1941), All-Star Squadron #47 (July 1985)--After training with Nabu the Wise for 20 years, Kent Nelson is entrusted with the Helm of Nabu and the Amulet of Anubis, becoming Doctor Fate I (first chronological appearance). NOTES: In Doctor Fate's early adventures, he had no origin or human identity; he was said to have been created as an adult by the elder gods. His origin was reprinted in Justice League of America #95 (1971) and revised and expanded in First Issue Special #9 (1975) and All-Star Squadron #47 (1985).
April 21, 1940: More Fun Comics #55 (May 1940), All-Star Squadron #47 (July 1985)--Doctor Fate (first appearance in print) battles Wotan and meets Inza Cramer, his future wife.
Fall 1940--ALL-STAR COMICS # 2--(The Curse of Kulak)--When an American archaeological expedition unearths and so violates the tomb of Kulak, priest of the lost civilization of Brztal, his spirit unleashes terrible curses on mankind in retaliation. The Spectre battles Kulak and his minions and, by requesting the Ring of Life from the Voice, manages to subdue his foe and put his efforts to naught.
November 9, 1940: At the behest of British Intelligence, President Roosevelt sends the Flash, and Green Lantern on a mission to Scotland to investigate rumors of a planned Nazi invasion of Great Britain. The heroes are captured by Major Helmut Streicher (1st chron. app.) and taken to Berlin, where Hitler nearly executes them with the Spear of Destiny before they are rescued by the arrival of Doctor Fate and Hourman. Hitler uses the power of the Spear to summon Valkyries to destroy the heroes and orders attacks on England and Washington, D.C. With the help of the Spectre, who single-handedly destroys the German invasion fleet in the English Channel. One of Hitler's Valkyries succeeds in killing Roosevelt, but the Spectre travels to the afterworld and persuades "the Voice" to resurrect him. At FDR's suggestion, they form a team, using a name suggested by the Spectre: the Justice Society of America (1st chron. app.). NOTES: Some time after this story, Hitler uses the Spear to erect the "Sphere of Influence," which brings any metahuman under Hitler's mental control if they enter Axis territory. The post-Crisis version appeared in Secret Origins #31. Helmut Streicher's first appearance in print, as the Red Panzer, was in Wonder Woman #228 (1976). first appereance (unnamed) of the Valkyrie, Gudra. DC Special #29 (Sept. 1977), Secret Origins #31 (Nov. 1988)
February 25, 1941--Superboy meets boy genius Lex Luthor (1st chronological appearance). While working on an antidote for Kryptonite, Luthor creates a primitive "protoplasmic lifeform." When a fire breaks out in the lab, Superboy puts it out with his super-breath. The resulting fumes destroy Luthor's creation and cost him his hair. Luthor swears vengeance on the Boy of Steel. Luthor's first appearance was Action # #23 (Apr. 1940), but Adventure Comics #271 was the first time his origin was told and he was given a first name. In the mainstream post-Crisis universe Superman and Luthor did not meet until they were adults. Their first confrontation is described in Man of Steel #4 (Sept. 1986). Adventure #271 (Apr. 1960)
March 1, 1941: Blinded by a gangster's attack, crusading physician Charles McNider discovers that he is blind in daylight, but can see in the dark. He becomes Doctor Mid-Nite, fighting crime with the aid of his pet owl, Hooty, and the unwitting aid of his nurse, Myra Mason. NOTES: Doctor Mid-Nite's origin was reprinted in Justice League of America #95 (1971) and retold in Secret Origins #20. All-American Comics #25 (Apr. 1941), Secret Origins #20 (Nov. 1987)
April 6, 1941: Police #1 (Aug. 1941)--Petty crook Eel O'Brian gains the power to stretch his body and change his shape after being doused with acid. Renouncing his life of crime, he becomes Plastic Man. NOTE: After some uncertain retconning, current continuity does again affirm that Plastic Man debuted in the forties; his unique physiology may keep him from aging. These heroes were originally published by Quality Comics.
Sargon the Sorcerer takes the stage. ST v2 #50 <7.86>, SO v2 #27, and later appearances confirm his canonicity; (1st app. All-American #26 <5.41>).
May 1941--Military Comics #1 --The Polish man known as Blackhawk's family is slain by a German fighter. Blackhawk organizes an independent multinational flight squadron to fight the Nazis. NOTES:Blackhawk originally was a Quality Comics character. His real name was not revealed in his first appearance in Military #1. There were both Earth-One and Earth-Two Blackhawks. The Earth-Two Blackhawks migrated to Earth-X in 1942 (All-Star Squadron #50), where they were killed in action (Justice League of America #107), although they made an apocryphal appearance with the Earth-Two Batman in a story set in September 1944 (Brave and the Bold #167). The Earth-One Blackhawks had a similar early history, but survived the war and remained active until at least the late '70s. Since this is the Scooby-Doo Team-Up timeline, we can assume there were just the original Blackhawks, who never migrated to another Earth, and kept going with little aging up to the present. Lady Blackhawk appears in Scooby-Doo Team-Up, but though there have been multiple Lady Blackhawks in the DCU, this is the original Zinda Blake. In the DCU, she was thrown forward in time to the present, but in this timeline, she probably didn't age and it could be that she has always been the only Lady Blackhawk in this timeline.
1941--Lando, Man of Magic, begins fighting crime, which means he's quite old by the time he's performing in Scooby-Doo Team-Up. Perhaps his debut in this timeline is much later? Or perhaps the Lando appearing in SDTU is his son or grandson?
July 1, 1941: After being framed for the murder of his mentor Ted Grant, inspired by a Green Lantern comic book, becomes Wildcat. Former child prodigy Terry Sloane, bored and frustrated with life, adopts the guise of Mister Terrific to seek new challenges. Sensation Comics #1 (Jan. 1942)
1938: Plagued by dreams, Wesley Dodds becomes the Sandman. In his first major case, he solves a series of murders committed by an unknown killer called the Tarantula. At the same time, he meets Dian Belmont. NOTES: Before the Sandman Mystery Theatre series, Secret Origins #7 (1986) established the date of the Sandman's debut as June 10, 1939. Since the Crisis on Infinite Earths, the debuts of several heroes (including the Sandman, the Flash and Hourman) have been moved earlier to fill the void left by the elimination of the Golden Age Superman and Batman. The Sandman's first published appearance was in New York World's Fair Comics #1, released April 30, 1939, although the story in Adventure Comics #40, which was published in early June 1939, preceded it chronologically (and was probably written first). Dian Belmont's first appearance was in Adventure Comics #47 (February 1940). The Tarantula in Sandman Mystery Theatre story bears little resemblance to the villain of Adventure Comics #40, which was reprinted in Justice League of America #94 (1972).
St. Patrick's Day, 1938: While attending Midwestern University, Jay Garrick gains super speed from exposure to "heavy water" fumes. NOTES: The date of Jay's accident is somewhat uncertain. Secret Origins #9 (Dec. 1986) established that the accident took place in early 1939, a few months before his heroic debut in the fall of that year. Flash Secret Files #1 indicates that Jay gained his powers in 1938. In JSA #13 (Aug. 2000), Extant states that the accident took place on January 25, 1940, but that date is inconsistent with all other accounts and should probably be considered apocryphal. Flash Comics v.1 #1 (Jan. 1940), Secret Origins #9 (Dec. 1986)
June 1938: Action #1 (June 1938), Secret Origins #27 (June 1988)--Magician Giovanni Zatara begins fighting crime. NOTE:The origin of Zatara was retold in Secret Origins #27.
Spring 1939: When Alan Scott is awarded a railroad contract, his rival, Dekker, bombs Alan's train. Scott survives and discovers a railroad lantern formed from the ancient mystic Starheart. At the lantern's mental direction, Alan fashions a ring from the lantern that allows him to tap the Starheart's power, adopting the identity of Green Lantern I. NOTES: Alan Scott's debut as Green Lantern took place in 1939, per the timelines in Zero Hour and Green Lantern Secret Files #1 (1998). The origin of Green Lantern was retold in Secret Origins #18. Also shown in JSA: Classified #11. All-American Comics #16 (July 1940), Secret Origins #18 (Sept. 1987), JSA: Classified #11 (June 2006)
March 15, 1939: All-Star Squadron #41 (Jan. 1985), Sandman Mystery Theater #38 (May 1996)--Ted Knight himself discovers a source of near-limitless cosmic energy. NOTES: The pre-Crisis version of his origin was in All-Star Squadron#41; the post-Crisis revision appeared in Sandman Mystery Theatre #38 and Starman Secret Files #1.
April 18, 1939--While walking home from a movie with his wife and young son, Thomas Wayne is shot and killed by Joe Chill. Seeing Thomas shot causes his wife Martha to suffer a fatal heart attack, leaving their son Bruce an orphan. Young Bruce is left in the care of his uncle, Dr. Philip Wayne. Bruce vows to devote his life to avenging his parents' deaths. The precise date of the Waynes' murders was established in Secret Origins #6. While early accounts of these events indicate that both Thomas and Martha Wayne were both shot to death, Batman #47 [3] (June/July 1948) states that Martha Wayne actually died of a heart attack after witnessing the shooting of her husband, an explanation repeated in most published version of Batman's origin until the early 1970s. According to Detective Comics #235 (Sept. 1956) (and most accounts of the Earth-One Batman's origins), Joe Chill was not a mugger, but a hitman hired by Lex Moxon. As mentioned above, the placement of the latter story in this continuity is troublesome; it was never definitively established if Lew Moxon was responsible for the deaths of the Waynes in this timeline. The guardianship of Bruce's uncle Philip was first mentioned (in connection with the Earth-One Batman) in Batman #208 (Feb. 1969). Philip Wayne's role in Earth-Two continuity was established by Secret Origins #6. According to Secret Origins #6, the Waynes were murdered after seeing a movie starring Rudolph Valentino. Historically, the only two Valentino films in theatres during 1924, Monsieur Beaucaire and A Sainted Devil, were not released until later in the year, after these events. Detective #33 (Nov. 1939), Secret Origins #6 (Sept. 1986)
October 6, 1939: Flash Comics #1 (Jan. 1940), Secret Origins #11 (Feb. 1987), Brave and the Bold #34--"Creature of a Thousand Shapes"--Interplanetary policeman Katar Hol and his wife Shayera of the planet Thanagar of the Polaris star system are following a criminal, a metamorph named Byth, from their planet to Earth. After using the Absorbascon, a device which absorbs all known information from a planet’s residents, the pair don their police uniforms, and contact Midway City Police Commissioner Geroge Emmett to explain the danger of Byth. In order to prevent the criminal from knowing of their presence, Emmett provides cover identities for them to replace his retiring brother as curators of the city’s museum, while they wait for Byth’s first move. They settle into their Earth identities, using Anglicized versions of their names, and use their abilities to communicate with all forms of birdlife to spread the word to be on the lookout for a being fitting Byth’s description. The birds spot Byth stealing the Star of America diamond, and the winged lawmen confront him; Byth eludes them by becoming first a Thanagarian Kasta bird, and then a fish. Underwater, he discovers an underground world, which provides him with animal forms to imitate which confound the defenses of his pursuers. Later, while studying a diorama researched by Mavis Trent, Carter recognizes a Thanagarian bird species in it, and realizes that she had unknowingly seen Byth in Hawk Valley, but they are unable to prevent the criminal from escaping when he becomes a termite. Two days later, he becomes a Thanagarian Brontodon in order to make off with the Bi-State Tunnel. This time, Hawkman and Hawkgirl slow him down with chemicals, then, using medieval weaponry borrowed from the museum, hit his twin brains simultaneously, and knock him out. The couple send Byth back to Thanagar in a state of hibernation, and accept Commissioner Emmett’s request to stay on Earth to study police methods here. A chronologically earlier appearance of the planet Thanagar is in the first story of DC Super-Stars #14. An entrance to Skartaris, the extradimensional world which seems to exist beneath the Earth’s surface, is apparently shown in this story, although Skartaris is not named as such. Skartaris first appears in "Journey to the Center of the Earth" by Jules Verne, and is first named and shown in a DC comic in First Issue Special #8, a preview of the Warlord series. Note that in this timeline, according to Scooby-Doo Team-Up, the golden age Hawkman and Hawkgirl and the silver age Hawkman and Hawkgirl are the same, and are the reincarnations of ancient Egyptians and from the planet Thanagar.
1940--[Feb] The wizard Shazam relocates to Fawcett City and awakens Ibis the Invincible. Power of Shazam #11-12 <1-2.96> [provides date]; (1st app. Whiz Comics #1 <2.40>.)
February 1940: Calvin University student Al Pratt meets former boxing champion Joe Morgan, who begins training Pratt in boxing and weightlifting. He is unaware that Morgan, suffering from multiple-personality disorder, also trained Jim Harper (the Guardian) and Ted Grant (Wildcat) under different names. NOTE: Al Pratt did not actually become the Atom until All-American Comics #20, which took place months later. The Atom's origin was retold in Secret Origins #25, which established that Al met Joe Morgan early in 1940. Joe Morgan's strange secret was revealed in All-Star Squadron Annual #1 (1982). All-American Comics #19 (Oct. 1940), Secret Origins #25 (Apr. 1988)
Master Comics #1 (March, 1940)--First appearance of El Carim, a Fawcett character now in the public domain.
9–10 April 1940: More Fun Comics #52-53 (Feb.–Mar. 1940), Secret Origins #15 (June 1987)--Jim Corrigan and his fiancee, Clarice Winston, are kidnapped by gangster Gat Benson. Corrigan is murdered, but returned to Earth as the Spectre I.Corrigan was murdered in More Fun Comics #52, but did not actually become the Spectre until #53. The Spectre's origin is reprinted in Secret Origins, v.1 #7 (1974) and retold in Secret Origins #15 (1987).
April 21, 1940: More Fun Comics #67 (May 1941), All-Star Squadron #47 (July 1985)--After training with Nabu the Wise for 20 years, Kent Nelson is entrusted with the Helm of Nabu and the Amulet of Anubis, becoming Doctor Fate I (first chronological appearance). NOTES: In Doctor Fate's early adventures, he had no origin or human identity; he was said to have been created as an adult by the elder gods. His origin was reprinted in Justice League of America #95 (1971) and revised and expanded in First Issue Special #9 (1975) and All-Star Squadron #47 (1985).
April 21, 1940: More Fun Comics #55 (May 1940), All-Star Squadron #47 (July 1985)--Doctor Fate (first appearance in print) battles Wotan and meets Inza Cramer, his future wife.
May, 1940--Nickel Comics # 1--First appearance of Warlock the Wizard.
May 2, 1940--More Fun Comics # 56--First appearance of Congo Bill.
September 27, 1940: Former 98-pound weakling Al Pratt dons a costume and dubs himself the Atom to save his girlfriend, Mary James, from kidnappers. Shopkeeper Ma Hunkel dons red long-johns and a helmet made from a soup pot to become the crime-busting Red Tornado. NOTES: Al Pratt first appeared in All-American Comics #19, but did not become the Atom until #20. His origin was retold in Secret Origins #25. Ma Hunkel was a character in the "Scribbly" strip beginning in All-American Comics #1. She did not become the Red Tornado until issue #20. She was DC's first costumed heroine. The Red Tornado appeared briefly at the Justice Society's first meeting in All-Star #3, but never was an official member of the JSA. All-American Comics #20 (Nov. 1940), Secret Origins #25 (Apr. 1988)
October 1, 1940--Krypto arrives on Earth and is reunited with his master. Adventure #210 (May 1955)
Fall 1940--ALL-STAR COMICS # 2--(The Curse of Kulak)--When an American archaeological expedition unearths and so violates the tomb of Kulak, priest of the lost civilization of Brztal, his spirit unleashes terrible curses on mankind in retaliation. The Spectre battles Kulak and his minions and, by requesting the Ring of Life from the Voice, manages to subdue his foe and put his efforts to naught.
November 9, 1940: At the behest of British Intelligence, President Roosevelt sends the Flash, and Green Lantern on a mission to Scotland to investigate rumors of a planned Nazi invasion of Great Britain. The heroes are captured by Major Helmut Streicher (1st chron. app.) and taken to Berlin, where Hitler nearly executes them with the Spear of Destiny before they are rescued by the arrival of Doctor Fate and Hourman. Hitler uses the power of the Spear to summon Valkyries to destroy the heroes and orders attacks on England and Washington, D.C. With the help of the Spectre, who single-handedly destroys the German invasion fleet in the English Channel. One of Hitler's Valkyries succeeds in killing Roosevelt, but the Spectre travels to the afterworld and persuades "the Voice" to resurrect him. At FDR's suggestion, they form a team, using a name suggested by the Spectre: the Justice Society of America (1st chron. app.). NOTES: Some time after this story, Hitler uses the Spear to erect the "Sphere of Influence," which brings any metahuman under Hitler's mental control if they enter Axis territory. The post-Crisis version appeared in Secret Origins #31. Helmut Streicher's first appearance in print, as the Red Panzer, was in Wonder Woman #228 (1976). first appereance (unnamed) of the Valkyrie, Gudra. DC Special #29 (Sept. 1977), Secret Origins #31 (Nov. 1988)
February 25, 1941--Superboy meets boy genius Lex Luthor (1st chronological appearance). While working on an antidote for Kryptonite, Luthor creates a primitive "protoplasmic lifeform." When a fire breaks out in the lab, Superboy puts it out with his super-breath. The resulting fumes destroy Luthor's creation and cost him his hair. Luthor swears vengeance on the Boy of Steel. Luthor's first appearance was Action # #23 (Apr. 1940), but Adventure Comics #271 was the first time his origin was told and he was given a first name. In the mainstream post-Crisis universe Superman and Luthor did not meet until they were adults. Their first confrontation is described in Man of Steel #4 (Sept. 1986). Adventure #271 (Apr. 1960)
March 1, 1941: Blinded by a gangster's attack, crusading physician Charles McNider discovers that he is blind in daylight, but can see in the dark. He becomes Doctor Mid-Nite, fighting crime with the aid of his pet owl, Hooty, and the unwitting aid of his nurse, Myra Mason. NOTES: Doctor Mid-Nite's origin was reprinted in Justice League of America #95 (1971) and retold in Secret Origins #20. All-American Comics #25 (Apr. 1941), Secret Origins #20 (Nov. 1987)
April 6, 1941: Police #1 (Aug. 1941)--Petty crook Eel O'Brian gains the power to stretch his body and change his shape after being doused with acid. Renouncing his life of crime, he becomes Plastic Man. NOTE: After some uncertain retconning, current continuity does again affirm that Plastic Man debuted in the forties; his unique physiology may keep him from aging. These heroes were originally published by Quality Comics.
Sargon the Sorcerer takes the stage. ST v2 #50 <7.86>, SO v2 #27, and later appearances confirm his canonicity; (1st app. All-American #26 <5.41>).
May 1941--Military Comics #1 --The Polish man known as Blackhawk's family is slain by a German fighter. Blackhawk organizes an independent multinational flight squadron to fight the Nazis. NOTES:Blackhawk originally was a Quality Comics character. His real name was not revealed in his first appearance in Military #1. There were both Earth-One and Earth-Two Blackhawks. The Earth-Two Blackhawks migrated to Earth-X in 1942 (All-Star Squadron #50), where they were killed in action (Justice League of America #107), although they made an apocryphal appearance with the Earth-Two Batman in a story set in September 1944 (Brave and the Bold #167). The Earth-One Blackhawks had a similar early history, but survived the war and remained active until at least the late '70s. Since this is the Scooby-Doo Team-Up timeline, we can assume there were just the original Blackhawks, who never migrated to another Earth, and kept going with little aging up to the present. Lady Blackhawk appears in Scooby-Doo Team-Up, but though there have been multiple Lady Blackhawks in the DCU, this is the original Zinda Blake. In the DCU, she was thrown forward in time to the present, but in this timeline, she probably didn't age and it could be that she has always been the only Lady Blackhawk in this timeline.
1941--Lando, Man of Magic, begins fighting crime, which means he's quite old by the time he's performing in Scooby-Doo Team-Up. Perhaps his debut in this timeline is much later? Or perhaps the Lando appearing in SDTU is his son or grandson?
July 1, 1941: After being framed for the murder of his mentor Ted Grant, inspired by a Green Lantern comic book, becomes Wildcat. Former child prodigy Terry Sloane, bored and frustrated with life, adopts the guise of Mister Terrific to seek new challenges. Sensation Comics #1 (Jan. 1942)
August 13, 1941--Sensation Comics #1--(The Origin of the Gay Ghost)--The Gay Ghost’s origin is revealed. He also reanimates the dead body of Charles Collins in this story. Future appearances of the Ghost feature Everet inhabiting Collins’ body, but the original dies in this story. The Gay Ghost’s name was later changed by DC to the Grim Ghost to greater reflect the times. For the purposes of this timeline however, he will be referred to by his original name. Reprinted In: Millennium Edition:Sensation Comics 1 (#41) (2000)
October 2, 1941: Johnny Thunder learns that "Say You" is the magic word that summons his Thunderbolt, although he more commonly says it by accident. Flash Comics v.1 #20 (Aug. 1941)
October 2, 1941: Johnny Thunder learns that "Say You" is the magic word that summons his Thunderbolt, although he more commonly says it by accident. Flash Comics v.1 #20 (Aug. 1941)
November 8, 1941--Lar Gand lands on Earth, suffering from amnesia, and meets Superboy, who dubs him Mon-El. He briefly moves into the Kent home, adopting the identity of traveling salesman "Bob Cobb." He regains his memory after suffering from lead poisoning. To save his life, Superboy is forced to send him to the Phantom Zone. Superboy v.1 #89 (June 1961)
November 13, 1941--Flash Comics #29--(Introducing the Ghost Patrol)--First appearance of Ghost Patrol.
December 1941--Wonder Woman Comics--This is a little complicated. In this timeline, Hypolitta comes to Man's World in 1941 and joins the JSA. She leaves presumedly after WWII. Her daughter is already born at this time, and she comes to Man's World as the second Wonder Woman in 1948, and goes on to later join the Justice League of America.
December 1941--Wonder Woman Comics--This is a little complicated. In this timeline, Hypolitta comes to Man's World in 1941 and joins the JSA. She leaves presumedly after WWII. Her daughter is already born at this time, and she comes to Man's World as the second Wonder Woman in 1948, and goes on to later join the Justice League of America.
1942--Weird War Tales--First appearance of Pryemaul, the Nazi vampire ape.
1942--Flash Comics #86 -- Dinah Drake becomes Black Canary, crimefighting partner of Johnny Thunder. Her daughter will someday become the second Black Canary.
October 2, 1942--Hit Comics #25--(The Origin of Kid Eternity)--First appearance of Kid Eternity. Reprinted In: Secret Origins #4 (1973)
1942--Flash Comics #86 -- Dinah Drake becomes Black Canary, crimefighting partner of Johnny Thunder. Her daughter will someday become the second Black Canary.
October 2, 1942--Hit Comics #25--(The Origin of Kid Eternity)--First appearance of Kid Eternity. Reprinted In: Secret Origins #4 (1973)
October 6, 1942--Superboy #131--"The Dog from S.C.P.A."--While Superboy is away on a mission with the Legion of Super-Heroes, Krypto meets a group of super powered dogs known as the Space Canine Patrol Agents. Krypto allows himself to be captured by a gang of dog crooks, in order to find missing S.P.C.A. memebers. Krypto then loses some of his powers due to a piece of Kryptonite gum. Krypto and the other dogs still manage to escape and stop the Canine Caper Gang. Afterwards Krypto returns to Earth hoping for another adventure with the S.P.C.A.
Police Comics #13 (November 1942)--Wolfgang "Woozy" Winks is a fictional supporting character in comic books published by Quality Comics, and later DC Comics. He is the comic relief sidekick to the superhero Plastic Man
November 13, 1942--Crack Comics #27--(Introducing Captain Triumph)--First appearance of Captain Triumph.
Dec. 1942--Funny Animals #1 --First appearance of Hoppy, the Marvel Bunny. This may take place in an alternate universe. Hoppy is mentioned in Scooby-Doo Team-Up but he comes from a world where anthropomorphic funny talking animals are the primary species rather than the exception.
December 6, 1942--Richard (Dick) Grayson is born to John and Mary Grayson. The year is that shown on Dick's tombstone. An episode of the Adventures of Superman radio series (aired Sept. 25, 1946) gave Dick's mother's name as Yvonne and indicated that she was of French extraction. Neither point was ever reflected in the comic books. (Last Days of the JSA, 1986)
July 1, 1944--G.I. Combat #87--"Introducing -- the Haunted Tank"--Jeb Stuart the commander of an M-3 tank and his crew assist a squad of heavier Pershing tanks. The Pershings are destroyed by enemy bombers, leaving only Stuart's tank to take on a squad of heavy German tanks. The tiny tank is shelled by the heavy guns of a German "Tiger" tank, and it falls into a ravine. The crew is knocked out, leaving it an easy target for the enemy tank. However, the M-3 manages to fire a shot that destroys the enemy tank. When Jeb and the crew awaken, they are shocked to find the enemy tank destroyed, as they had not fired their gun. The tank then continues on its mission to protect a squad of infantry. Using its better speed and manueverability, the M-3 is able to take on and defeat an entire unit of German tanks. Jeb Stuart is the only one that can hear laughter which comes from the ghost of civil war General Jeb Stuart, who has protected his descendant and the tank. Reprinted In: Showcase Presents:Haunted Tank Vol. 1 TPB (2006)
All-American Comics #61 (Oct. 1944)--Green Lantern clashes with Solomon Grundy, who is running amok in Gotham City.
December 14, 1945--Police Comics # 51 -- "The Granite Lady"--I had no idea until I looked it up in researching Scooby-Doo Team-Up's Plastic Man appearance, but Granite Lady is a pre-existing baddie from classic Plastic Man, debuting in Police Comics # 51. She also appears in DC Nation shorts (as part of the Plastic Man episodes originally intended to be a series of its own), but those aren't necessarily canon as the depiction in Scooby-Doo Team-Up is closer to the pre-Crisis comics.
1946--LI'L ABNER--This story involves two warring fictional countries, Slobbovia and Wildechaya. The name Slobbovia comes from a postal game played in the 1970s, which in turn came from the country of Lower Slobbovia in the Li'l Abner comic strip. Wildechaya is from the Yiddish term "vilde chaye", meaning a rambunctious or wild person. Note that these two countries are central to the plot of Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 11 featuring Secret Squirrel.
March 1947: All-Star Comics #34 (Apr./May 1947)All-Star Comics #34 (Apr./May 1947)--"The Wiles of the Wizard": The Wizard becomes convinced that the JSA is a group of clever criminals — and wants to join them! NOTE: Johnny Thunder does not appear in this story.
August 8, 1947--Flash Comics #88 --"The Ghost" --The Ghost and his men committ a series of crimes across the world. Hawkman investigates and exposes some of the Ghost’s tricks. Hawkgirl is captured though and taken to Ghost’s hide-out. Hawkman follows and rescues his partner. The Ghost however gets away leaving Hawkman to wonder if the crook really is a ghost. Reprinted In: Secret Origins #1 (1973)
August 22, 1947--Sensation Comics #70-- "The Woman Who Wanted the World"--Sargon is hypnotized on the subway by his old enemy, the Blue Lama. When he leaves the train, he faces her illusionary assault. While facing her illusions, Sargon is struck by a car, allowing his foe to capture him. The Blue Lama brings Sargon to her hide-out where she challenges him to a duel. Sargon is victorious, and the Blue Lama is apparently destroyed by her own lightning bolt.
September 18, 1947--THE SILVER AGE OF SUPER-HEROES (SUPERMAN AND BATMAN)
March 1948 -- Leave it to Binky # 1 - 82 -- A group of teens appear in Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 36 that are unidentifiable, but given the theme of that issue, and that nobody appeared that wasn't significant, I have to assume it's Binky and his Buddies.
September 21, 1949--Detective Comics #153--"The Land of Lost Years"--This feature is originally called Impossible – But True. The title is later changed to Roy Raymond, TV Detective.
1950 - 1968 -- The Adventures of Bob Hope -- Bob Hope (as Rob Pope) appears in Scooby-Doo Team-Up, as a tribute to DC humor magazines. Obviously DC no longer has the right to use Bob Hope. But the implication is that this series happened in this timeline, though celebrities in this timeline age much slower just like the other comic book characters.
July 14, 1950--A bat flying into the open window of Bruce Wayne's study inspires him to create a new identity for his war against crime: the Batman. This scene, conceived by Batman co-creators Bill Finger and Bob Kane, may have been inspired by a very similar scene in the debut adventure of the Bat, a pulp adventurer who appeared in Popular Detective magazine in Nov. 1934. The Bat's adventures, credited to Better Publications house name C.K.M. Scanlon, may have been written by Johnston McCulley, the creator of Zorro. (Detective #33, Nov. 1939), Secret Origins #6 (Sept. 1986)
March 1948 -- Leave it to Binky # 1 - 82 -- A group of teens appear in Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 36 that are unidentifiable, but given the theme of that issue, and that nobody appeared that wasn't significant, I have to assume it's Binky and his Buddies.
September 21, 1949--Detective Comics #153--"The Land of Lost Years"--This feature is originally called Impossible – But True. The title is later changed to Roy Raymond, TV Detective.
1950 - 1968 -- The Adventures of Bob Hope -- Bob Hope (as Rob Pope) appears in Scooby-Doo Team-Up, as a tribute to DC humor magazines. Obviously DC no longer has the right to use Bob Hope. But the implication is that this series happened in this timeline, though celebrities in this timeline age much slower just like the other comic book characters.
July 14, 1950--A bat flying into the open window of Bruce Wayne's study inspires him to create a new identity for his war against crime: the Batman. This scene, conceived by Batman co-creators Bill Finger and Bob Kane, may have been inspired by a very similar scene in the debut adventure of the Bat, a pulp adventurer who appeared in Popular Detective magazine in Nov. 1934. The Bat's adventures, credited to Better Publications house name C.K.M. Scanlon, may have been written by Johnston McCulley, the creator of Zorro. (Detective #33, Nov. 1939), Secret Origins #6 (Sept. 1986)
September 17, 1950--Clark Kent is hired by Perry White as a reporter for the Metropolis Daily Planet. In his first comic book appearance in Action #1 (June 1938), Clark Kent was hired by editor George Taylor of the Metropolis Daily Star, a story now attributed to the Earth-2 ("Golden Age") Superman. The definitive pre-Crisis account of Clark Kent's hiring appeared in Superman v.1 #133 (Nov. 1959). The post-Crisis version was told in Man of Steel #2 (July 1986). (Superman v.1 #133, Nov. 1959), Man of Steel #2 (July 1986)
January 22, 1951--BATMAN COMICS (INCLUDING DETECTIVE COMICS AND WORLD'S FINEST COMICS) [1939 - 1979]--Based on multiple issues of Scooby-Doo Team-Up, we can assume that Batman's golden and silver age adventures must have happened, at least up until 1979. Scooby-Doo Team-Up has "pre-Crisis" versions of characters, but does not maintain an Earth-1/Earth-2 concept, instead adopting a post-Crisis world where golden age characters and silver age characters existed in the same reality, with Superman and Batman having not operated in the golden age. In a way, Scooby-Doo Team-Up is very much like the very short lived "Merged Earth" that existed following the Crisis but ended with the reboots in Man of Steel, Batman Year One, etc. a few months later. However, Ivan Schablotski has proposed that Scooby-Doo Team-Up takes place on Earth-12, where humorous DC series were set. This also was a "merged Earth", as it was thought to include Plastic Man, an early silver age series where the Golden Age Plastic Man retired and was replaced by his son. This Plastic Man would crossover with Inferior Five, definitely part of Earth-12 (they gave it the name). Since the main DCU had a Earth-2 Plastic Man who migrated to Earth-X then was said to have died (according to Uncle Sam) and a separate Earth-1 Plastic Man, then it makes sense that Earth-12 was a humorous version of the DCU from Golden Age to Silver without the multiple Earth reboots This would then explain why some post-Crisis and New 52 elements can still be in this timeline, such as the Court of Owls and Birds of Prey.
March 5, 1951--SUPERMAN COMICS (INCLUDING ACTION COMICS AND OTHER SUPERMAN FAMILY TITLES) [1942 - 1980]--The silver age version of Superman is the Superman of the SDTU Universe. However, as demonstrated in Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 9, some villains exist in this timeline who, though existing in the silver age, had their origins and first appearances dating back to the golden age. The earliest years of Superman comics, 1938 - 1941, probably can't be in this timeline, as they contradict silver age canon, but starting with 1942, the stories really could fit in the silver age, so that's where I'm starting the canon for SDTU.
December 31, 1951--Star Spangled Comics #122--"I Talked with the Dead"--First appearance of Doctor Thirteen. Reprinted In: Showcase Presents Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 TPB (2006)
1952 - 1971 -- Adventures of Jerry Lewis -- Jerry Lewis appears in Scooby-Doo Team-Up as a central character and is revealed to be the uncle of Stanley (from Stanley and his Monster).
May 23, 1952--Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #4--"Meet Detective Chimp"--Animal trainer Fred Thorpe is murdered by an unknown assailant. Thorpe's chimpanzee Bobo is the only witness to the murder. Sheriff Chase believes Bobo can lead him to the killer, but the chimp only leads the lawman back to his own office. The sheriff returns Bobo to Thorpe's niece Alice. Chase's secretary Pete Drummond returns that evening and tries to kill Bobo. Bobo eludes his attacker and releases Tombo the gorilla. Tombo subdues Drummond. When the sheriff arrives, he realizes that Drummond was Thorpe's killer. Bobo had indeed led him to the killer at the sheriff's office. With the killer in custody, the sheriff rewards Bobo for his excellent detective work. Reprinted In: Tarzan #230 (1974)
November 27, 1953--Detective Comics #203--"Mysto Magician Detective"--First appearance of Mysto.
June 2, 1954--A laboratory worker becomes a masked thief called the Red Hood in order to rob various Gotham City businesses. Pursued by Batman, the Red Hood escapes by leaping to his apparent death in the waste chemical catch basin of the Monarch Playing Card Company. Unbeknownst to Batman, the Red Hood survives, but the chemical wastes turns his hair green, bleaches his skin white, and dyes his lips red. He later becomes Batman's deadliest foe: the Joker. The golden age Joker's real name was never revealed. These events, recounted in flashback, were his first chronological appearance, although the story describes this incident as taking place "10 years ago" (i.e., in late 1940 or early 1941), while the Joker's debut in Batman #1 implies that the Joker had already assumed his familiar green-haired, white-skinned form by the spring of 1940. In any case, this remains the most commonly repeated version of the Joker's origin, although modern stories typically describe his lips as white, attributing any other coloration to the use of lipstick. (Detective #168, Feb. 1951)
July 2, 1954--Superman meets Daily Planet cub reporter Jimmy Olsen, who becomes known as Superman's Pal. Superman provides him with a signal watch to alert Superman in the event of trouble. Jimmy was first introduced in the April 15, 1940 episode of the Adventures of Superman radio series. An unnamed office boy of similar appearance debuted in Action #6 (Nov. 1938), sometimes considered to be Jimmy's first appearance; he was first named in Superman v.1 #13 (Nov. 1941). The definitive pre-Crisis account of Superman's first meeting with Jimmy Olsen, was told in Jimmy Olsen #36 (Apr. 1959). The post-Crisis version of that story and Jimmy's first chronological appearance in post-Crisis continuity was in World of Metropolis #4 (July 1988). In pre-Crisis continuity, although Superman encountered Jimmy Olsen as Superboy, thanks to a post-hypnotic suggestion, he did not remember their earlier meetings when they later met in Metropolis. (Jimmy Olsen #36, Apr. 1959), (World of Metropolis #4, (July 1988)
May 21, 1955--Adventures of Superman--Great Caesar's Ghost--Everybody knows that the favorite expletive of "Daily Planet" reporter Perry White (John Hamilton is "Great Caesar's Ghost!" With this in mind, imagine White's shock and dismay when he is confronted with the ghost of Julius Caesar (Trevor Bardette). Before long, all of Metropolis is seriously questioning White's sanity--which is precisely the intention of a gang of crooks who hope to discredit Perry's testimony at a criminal trial. Looks like Superman (George Reeves) is going to have to do some ghost-busting in this one! This particular episode of Adventures of Superman is mentioned in Scooby-Doo Team-Up. So I will accept that this episode happened in this timeline. Other episodes could fit, but there are some episodes of Adventures of Superman that can't fit, because it contradicts the comics that are in the timeline. Particularly, the pilot episode conflicts with a world in which Superman was Superboy, and the Kryptonite episodes also conflict with the established Silver Age Canon. But most other episodes fit fairly well, actually.
September 29, 1955--Detective #225--Traumatized by the loss of his people, J'onn J'onzz is accidentally transported from Mars to Earth by Doctor Erdel. He soon adopts the identity of the deceased detective John Jones. Although the Martian Manhunter debuted in print prior to the Flash, his popularity wasn't sufficient to be generally considered the first Silver Age hero. Martian Manhunter stories at least up through 1963 is canon based on in-story evidence from Scooby-Doo Team-Up.
1956 - 1971 -- Sugar and Spike -- These babies appear in Scooby-Doo Team-Up. Note that they are babies from 1956 to present, so maybe all of their adventures actually don't happen until much later?
July 5, 1956--Flash (including Showcase)--Central City police scientist Barry Allen gains super-speed. Inspired by his boyhood hero, the Flash, Barry becomes the Flash II. Barry Allen's first appearance was the first Silver Age origin to make specific reference to a Golden Age counterpart (who was described as a comic book character). The Flash's adventures at least up through 1959 should be considered part of this timeline.
August 30, 1956--Adventure Comics #229--"Aquaman's Undersea Partner"--This story features the first appearance of the Earth-1 Aquaman. The Earth-2 Aquaman first appeared in More Fun Comics #73. There is little distinction between the two versions of Aquaman, and there is no mention of alternate versions in the story itself. This story works well as a starting point for the Earth-1 stories, because it introduces Topo, a significant Earth-1 supporting character. No indication of an Earth-2 Topo exists. Aquaman stories from 1956 to at least 1966 appear to be in this timeline. Since Aquababy is still alive in the Scooby-Doo Team-Up series, no stories beyond 1974 are likely to be in this timeline. That seems appropriate since Scooby-Doo Team-Up seems to follow New Scooby-Doo Movies, which itself ran from 1972 - 1973.
November 6, 1956--SHOWCASE # 6--"The Secrets of the Sorcerer's Box"--This story features the origin and first appearance of the Challengers of the Unknown.
December 8, 1958--Blackhawk # 133--The first appearance of Lady Blackhawk, Zinda Blake, who appears as a member of Birds of Prey in Scooby-Doo Team-Up. Note that in the main DCU, she was thrown forward in time, but probably in this timeline, she just aged slowly like all the other characters, and probably we can ignore any post-Crisis (or post Zinda Blake) Blackhawk stories as not being canonical for this timeline.
January 8, 1957--Showcase # 7 -- June Robbins joins the Challengers.
September 29, 1955--Detective #225--Traumatized by the loss of his people, J'onn J'onzz is accidentally transported from Mars to Earth by Doctor Erdel. He soon adopts the identity of the deceased detective John Jones. Although the Martian Manhunter debuted in print prior to the Flash, his popularity wasn't sufficient to be generally considered the first Silver Age hero. Martian Manhunter stories at least up through 1963 is canon based on in-story evidence from Scooby-Doo Team-Up.
1956 - 1971 -- Sugar and Spike -- These babies appear in Scooby-Doo Team-Up. Note that they are babies from 1956 to present, so maybe all of their adventures actually don't happen until much later?
July 5, 1956--Flash (including Showcase)--Central City police scientist Barry Allen gains super-speed. Inspired by his boyhood hero, the Flash, Barry becomes the Flash II. Barry Allen's first appearance was the first Silver Age origin to make specific reference to a Golden Age counterpart (who was described as a comic book character). The Flash's adventures at least up through 1959 should be considered part of this timeline.
August 30, 1956--Adventure Comics #229--"Aquaman's Undersea Partner"--This story features the first appearance of the Earth-1 Aquaman. The Earth-2 Aquaman first appeared in More Fun Comics #73. There is little distinction between the two versions of Aquaman, and there is no mention of alternate versions in the story itself. This story works well as a starting point for the Earth-1 stories, because it introduces Topo, a significant Earth-1 supporting character. No indication of an Earth-2 Topo exists. Aquaman stories from 1956 to at least 1966 appear to be in this timeline. Since Aquababy is still alive in the Scooby-Doo Team-Up series, no stories beyond 1974 are likely to be in this timeline. That seems appropriate since Scooby-Doo Team-Up seems to follow New Scooby-Doo Movies, which itself ran from 1972 - 1973.
November 6, 1956--SHOWCASE # 6--"The Secrets of the Sorcerer's Box"--This story features the origin and first appearance of the Challengers of the Unknown.
December 8, 1958--Blackhawk # 133--The first appearance of Lady Blackhawk, Zinda Blake, who appears as a member of Birds of Prey in Scooby-Doo Team-Up. Note that in the main DCU, she was thrown forward in time, but probably in this timeline, she just aged slowly like all the other characters, and probably we can ignore any post-Crisis (or post Zinda Blake) Blackhawk stories as not being canonical for this timeline.
January 8, 1957--Showcase # 7 -- June Robbins joins the Challengers.
January 30, 1958--Green Arrow: Year One #1-6 (Sept.–Nov. 2007)--Socialite brat Oliver Queen is stranded on a desert island, where he hones his skill with the bow. After defeating drug smugglers, he is dubbed Green Arrow. Green Arrow's historical first appearance was More Fun Comics #73 (1941), with his Golden Age origin in More Fun #89 (1943). His Silver Age origin was told in Adventure Comics #256 (1959), recapped and expanded in DC Super-Stars #17 (1977), retold again for post-Crisis continuity in Secret Origins v.2 #38 (1989), and expanded in Green Arrow: The Wonder Year #1-4 (1993). A text piece in Green Arrow v.2 #3 (1988) gives a rundown of the different early versions of his origin, which was retold yet again in Green Arrow: Year One. Other than origin stories, we should consider that all Green Arrow stories from 1941 to the lead up to Green Lantern/Green Arrow in the 70s is canon for this timeline.
March 17, 1959--Showcase # 20 -- The first appearance of Rip Hunter. Note the Scooby-Doo Team-Up Universe Rip Hunter is the pre-Crisis version.
June 18, 1959--House of Secrets #23--"I Scout Earth's Strangest Secrets"--Mark Merlin, private investigator of the supernatural, takes on several cases that appear to have unnatural explanations. Some of the cases have natural explanation, such as mountainside creatures that are really just large shadows. On another case Mark is able to expose a deliberate hoax. Mark proves that a museum, which is believed to be haunted, has actually been the victim of a hoax using magnets to move metal objects invisibly. Merlin also has a "Question Mark File" containing cases he can not explain or classify. On one such case a strange creature is found in an unmapped cave. When Mark investigates he fall through a seam in the rock and discovers an enitre species of giant single-celled creatures. The creatures attack him, but he seals off the seam, trapping them inside.
July 28, 1959--Showcase #22--Dying Green Lantern Abin Sur selects Coast City test pilot Hal Jordan as Green Lantern II. All 1960s Green Lantern comics should be considered canon.
HANNA-BARBERA ERA BEGINS
Fall 1959 – 1962--Quick Draw McGraw--Quick Draw Mcgraw was a dimwitted and lanky mustang (horse) who caused much chaos in the Old West. If he could get his own six shooter out of his holster at all, he would usually shoot the wrong man. His partner, a Mexican burro name Baba Looie, was always trying to help Quick Draw as much as he could. Also on the show were cartoons featuring Snooper and Blabber, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy. Though it seems as though this series took place in the 19th century, most evidence shows that in fact it took place in a contemporary period, but in this universe, much of the western U.S. still seems to be very much identical to how it was in the 19th century.
HANNA-BARBERA ERA BEGINS
Fall 1959 – 1962--Quick Draw McGraw--Quick Draw Mcgraw was a dimwitted and lanky mustang (horse) who caused much chaos in the Old West. If he could get his own six shooter out of his holster at all, he would usually shoot the wrong man. His partner, a Mexican burro name Baba Looie, was always trying to help Quick Draw as much as he could. Also on the show were cartoons featuring Snooper and Blabber, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy. Though it seems as though this series took place in the 19th century, most evidence shows that in fact it took place in a contemporary period, but in this universe, much of the western U.S. still seems to be very much identical to how it was in the 19th century.
October 30, 1959--Justice League of America #9 (Feb. 1962), Justice League of America #200 (Mar. 1982), Secret Origins v.2 #32 (Nov. 1988), 52 #51 (Apr. 2007)--Aquaman, Batman, Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Superman and Wonder Woman defeat the alien Appellax creatures. NOTES: It seems likely that in this timeline, the canon of the silver age takes precedent, only it's a "merged Earth" scenario. Ivan has proposed that this timeline might actually be pre-Crisis Earth-12. Regarding Black Canary, it's a little confusing, but since the mother was BC from 1942 to 1951, then we can assume the daughter joine the Justice League in 1969, so was born in 1951, after the JSA disbanded, and was a teen when she joined, making Green Arrow a little bit of a pervert, but that kind of fits with his character. Miss Arrowette was also a minor, after all. Justice League of America stories from 1960 up to at least 1972 should take place in this timeline based in various references throughout the Scooby-Doo Team-Up series. Note that the filmation JLA series doesn't contradict silver age comics and the Super Friends at least up through the 1970s cartoon and comic was also compatible with silver age comics.
April 19, 1960--Challengers of the Unknown # 14 -- First appearance of Multi-Man.
May 26, 1960--Showcase # 27--First appearance of the Sea Devils.
June 23, 1960--Brave and the Bold # 31--First appearance of Cave Carson.
December 13, 1960--Challengers of the Unknown # 18--First appearance of Cosmo, the Challengers' mascot.
February 23, 1961--HAWKMAN COMICS [1961-1978]--As explained earlier, in this timeline, the Thanagarian Hawks are reincarnated from the Egyptians. They came to Earth in the golden age and had the adventures of the golden age Hawkman and Hawkgirl, and then continued to have their adventures during the silver age. So based on evidence from Scooby-Doo Team-Up, Hawkman stories from 1961 to 1978 take place in this timeline.
July 18, 1961--FLASH # 123--"Flash of Two Worlds"--This was the introduction to the DC Multiverse, which is also referenced in Batman: The Brave and the Bold in several episodes including the Scooby-Doo guest appearance and again in Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 3. Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 3 also references the Crisis. In the Crisis, the DC Multiverse was allegedly destroyed, but later retcons showed versions of the multiverse to still exist. Note that in the Scooby-Doo Team-Up timeline, the golden age Flash and silver age Flash exist in the same universe, but this story exists on Earth-1 and Earth-2 in the Scooby-Doo Multiverse.
July 27, 1961--Showcase #34 --The public debut of Atom II, Ray Palmer. All of the Atom's adventures up until 1968 should be considered canon in this timeline.
September 27, 1961 to April 18, 1962--TOP CAT--Top Cat is the leader of a group of alley cats, always trying to cheat someone.
January 30, 1962--Justice League of America #10 (Mar. 1962), Justice League Quarterly #15 (Summer 1994)--Felix Faust takes the JLA away from their battle with the Lord of Time and uses them to free the demons Abnegezar, Rath and Ghast (the Demons Three). NOTE: Recalled post-Crisis by Ghast.
July 18, 1961--FLASH # 123--"Flash of Two Worlds"--This was the introduction to the DC Multiverse, which is also referenced in Batman: The Brave and the Bold in several episodes including the Scooby-Doo guest appearance and again in Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 3. Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 3 also references the Crisis. In the Crisis, the DC Multiverse was allegedly destroyed, but later retcons showed versions of the multiverse to still exist. Note that in the Scooby-Doo Team-Up timeline, the golden age Flash and silver age Flash exist in the same universe, but this story exists on Earth-1 and Earth-2 in the Scooby-Doo Multiverse.
July 27, 1961--Showcase #34 --The public debut of Atom II, Ray Palmer. All of the Atom's adventures up until 1968 should be considered canon in this timeline.
September 27, 1961 to April 18, 1962--TOP CAT--Top Cat is the leader of a group of alley cats, always trying to cheat someone.
January 30, 1962--Justice League of America #10 (Mar. 1962), Justice League Quarterly #15 (Summer 1994)--Felix Faust takes the JLA away from their battle with the Lord of Time and uses them to free the demons Abnegezar, Rath and Ghast (the Demons Three). NOTE: Recalled post-Crisis by Ghast.
April 18, 1963--My Greatest Adventure # 80--First appearance of the Doom Patrol. All of the Doom Patrol's adventures happened up to but not inclduing the dealths of the original Doom Patrol.
January 14, 1964 – December 4, 1966--RICOCHET RABBIT & DROOP-A-LONG--Taking place in a Wild West setting, Ricochet Rabbit (voiced by Don Messick) worked as a sheriff in the town of Hoop 'n' Holler. Ricochet would bounce off stationary objects yelling "Ping-ping-ping!" His deputy Droop-a-Long Coyote (voiced by Mel Blanc impersonating Ken Curtis) was not as fast and was very clumsy. In addition to his speed, which enabled him to outrun bullets, Ricochet used trick bullets against his opponents, including a bullet that would stop in mid-flight and strike the target with an impossibly oversized mallet, and another which would draw a target on his nose and punch it. Ricochet Rabbit's catchphrase was "Ping, ping, PING!", followed by his name. Scooby-Doo Team-Up reveals that "western" cartoons Quick Draw McGraw and Ricochet Rabbit both took place in the modern era, in towns that seem to intentionally embrace the lifestyle of the old west and shun modern ways.
September 18, 1964 – March 11, 1965--Jonny Quest--The Quest family and their bodyguard investigate strange phenomena and battle villains around the world.
February 25, 1965--BRAVE AND THE BOLD # 59 to 200--According to Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 1, both the New Scooby-Doo Movies and DC Comics' Brave and the Bold (at least the Batman issues) are canon in the Scooby-Doo Team-Up Universe. Perhaps not all issues of Brave and the Bold are in canon for this timeline, but we do know that Batman comics up to 1973 are canon, so any Batman team-ups with other heroes from that era who have also appeared in Scooby-Doo Team-Up would be in canon most likely. Also, Batman said that he was teaming up regularly with different heroes every month at the same time that Mystery, Inc. was, referencing the New Scooby-Doo Movies from September 8, 1972 - October 27, 1973 so every issues of Brave and the Bold during that era is definitely in this timeline's canon. I've chosen to list them since this is a team-up timeline.
March 25, 1965--SHOWCASE # 56--First appearance of Psycho Pirate, who appears in Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 25. This story featured Doctor Fate and Hourman of Earth-2's Justice Society of America. In this timeline, there is just one Earth for golden age and silver age heroes. Doctor Fate appears in Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 25. Hourman hasn't appeared yet in Scooby-Doo Team-Up, so his existence in this timeline is questionable. This story may not be canon, and perhaps the Psycho Pirate's debut in this timeline happened differently.
Apr/May 1965 --Brave and the Bold # 59--Batman and Green Lantern vs. Time Commander!
1965--A Pup Named Scooby-Doo--A pre-teen version of Scooby Doo, with a pint-sized version of the title character. Since this is the middle school version of the Mystery, Inc. gang, and 1969 is the debut of Mystery Inc. as much older teens, I figure this would take place four years before Scooby's real world debut in 1969. Scooby-Doo Team-Up had a few references that imply that A Pup Named Scooby-Doo might be part of the canon of this timeline.
September 9, 1965 – September 7, 1967--The Secret Squirrel Show--A bucktoothed squirrel is the James Bond of the rodent world.
September 9, 1965 – September 7, 1967--THE ATOM ANT SHOW--The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show was an animated series which featured the pint sized hero Atom Ant and super-sleuth Secret Squirrel.
January 1966 -- Fox and the Crow # 95 -- First appearance of Stanley and His Monster.
January 1966 -- Fox and the Crow # 95 -- First appearance of Stanley and His Monster.
- The Batusi was seen in two episodes of the original Batman TV series. The first, "Hi Diddle Riddle," was the series' first episode and originally aired January 12, 1966. The second, "The Pharaoh's in a Rut," was the 28th episode and originally aired April 14, 1966.
- It has reappeared in many television shows, including two episodes of The Simpsons, Xena: Warrior Princess, and Everybody Loves Raymond, and Shaggy refers to the dance in an episode of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! It has also been in movies such as Pulp Fiction, Antz, and Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt.
- The cover of the DC comic Solo #7 featured a drawing of Wonder Girl in mid-Batusi. The cover (by writer/artist Mike Allred) was originally meant to be one of the Adam West TV Batman in the same pose. However, due to unspecified tensions regarding DC's relationship with the company that produced the 1960s TV show, Allred was forced to submit a different cover for the issue.
- The Batusi is mentioned in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Mayhem of the Music Meister!" during the song "Drives us bats!".
- The Batusi is performed by character Fox Mulder in the 2016 episode of The X-Files, "Babylon".
May - June 1966 -- Showcase # 62 -- First appearance of the Inferior Five. Their appearance in this timeline cements Scooby-Doo Team-Up taking place on Pre-Crisis Earth-12.
Aug/Sep 1966 --Brave and the Bold # 67--Batman and the Flash vs. The Speed Boys!
September 10, 1966, to September 7, 1968--Space Ghost--The adventures of a space superhero who can become invisible and his sidekicks. I used to think Space Ghost took place in the future, but Scooby-Doo Team-Up confirms he operates in another distant galaxy in the present day.
September 10, 1966 – September 7, 1968--Frankenstein, Jr. and the Impossibles--Three cartoons packed into one half hour. Frankenstein Jr. was a robot constructed by a boy-genius to fight crime, The Impossibles were undercover agents disguised as a rock group.
Dec/Jan 1966 --Brave and the Bold # 69--Batman and Green Lantern vs. Time Commander (again)!
Feb/Mar 1967 --Brave and the Bold # 70--Batman and Hawkman vs. Balthazar T. Balthazar!
March 23, 1967 -- Showcase # 68 - 71 -- Featuring the Maniaks! This group was inspired by the Monkees.
Apr/May 1967 --Brave and the Bold # 71 -- Batman and Green Arrow vs. J. Jay Jaye!
August 29, 1967--Strange Adventures #205--"Who Has Been Lying in My Grave?"--Boston Brand, a trapeze artist and minority owner of a circus, walks the circus grounds before his nightly performance as the aerialist Deadman. He discovers a local constable poking around the grounds and chases him away. He then discovers that Leary the barker is stealing from the box office. He also catches Heldrich the animal trainer getting drunk. He fires Heldrich, then heads to the big top. After reaching the top of the trapeze, Boston is shot by a sniper with a hook for a right hand. He falls to his death. Then his astral form is met by Rama Kushna, a Hindu spirit goddess. Rama allows Boston to walk the Earth as a spirit until his killer is caught. Boston, now truly a Deadman, begins the search for his killer by checking up on the circus performers. He discovers that he is invisible, but can temporarily take control of human bodies. While inhabiting the body of Tiny the strongman, Deadman discovers Heldrich and Ramsey, the constable, making a drug deal. Deadman stops the crooks, then resumes the search for the killer, Hook. Reprinted In: Deadman Vol. 1 TPB (2011)
September 9, 1967 – 1968--The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure--The animated adventures of several DC Comics superheroes. Elements of the Adventures of Aquaman were included in Aquaman's appearance in Scooby-Doo Team-Up. Aquaman was part of the Justice League of America segments (but only in the intros) and those also included Superman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Atom and Hawkman, who also had their own segments. There was also a Teen Titans segment that included Aqualad from Adventures of Aquaman and Kid Flash from the Flash segments. Teen Titans Go is in the Scooby-Doo Team-Up timeline. According to that show, the Teen Titans had been operating for a while on the west coast, but there was another Teen Titans on the East Coast with Kid Flash, Aqualad, Speedy and Bumblebee. This Teen Titans is Kid Flash, Aqualad, Speedy and Wonder Girl, with no Robin. It could be this is the Titans East that competed with Robin's Teen Titans. Of course, that would place the Teen Titans origin back to the same time as the origin of the silver age team. There are a few Teen Titans comics that are also canon in this timeline. We might consider those to be one time events where heroes from east and west teamed up.
Dec/Jan 1967 -- Brave and the Bold # 75--Batman and the Spectre vs. Shahn-Zi!
Apr/May 1968 --Brave and the Bold # 77 -- Batman and the Atom vs. The Cannoneer!
May 1968--Secret Six # 1 -- First appearance of the Secret Six.
June 1968--Showcase # 75--The debut of Hawk and Dove. Probably most of their stories still happened in this timeline, except for maybe not the Teen Titans stories, since Teen Titans Go is the canon of this timeline, along with the Filmation Teen Titans. The mention of Dove (Dawn Granger) in SDTU implies the history of Hawk and Dove as mostly intact.
Jun/Jul 1968 -- Brave and the Bold # 78 -- Batman, Wonder Woman and Batgirl vs. Copperhead!
July 25, 1968--Showcase #77--"Angel and the Ape"--Mr. Trumbell hires Angel O'Day, a private investigator, to protect him from men trying to kill him. Angel and her partner Sam Simeon, an intelligent gorilla help fight off several attackers, then Sam leaves to deliver a comic strip to Stan Bragg, editor of Brainpix Comics. After dropping off the artwork, Sam returns home where he receives a call for help from Angel. She has been kidnapped along with Trumbell. Sam traces them to the local zoo and rescues Angel. Together they locate Trumbell and his captor, the zookeeper. Angel exposes the zookeeper as a spy who was trying to retrieve secret plans hidden inside a cast on Trumbell's foot. While the plans seems to be for a new rocket, they are actually plans for a new ride at Disneyland.
August 1, 1968--ATOM & HAWKMAN # 39 to 45--After their individual series are cancelled, the Atom and Hawkman are for a very short time combined into a single team-up series. This series ran from 1968 to 1969. These team-ups are mentioned in Hawkman's appearance in Scooby-Doo Team Up. So we can assume that all of the 1960s Atom stories and Hawkman stories took place in the Scooby-Doo Team-Up timeline. Hawkman's adventures continue at least up to 1978 due to the Fadeaway Man's appearance in Scooby-Doo Team-Up. He debuted in 1978.
Aug/Sep 1968 -- Brave and the Bold # 79--Batman and Deadman vs. Carleton K. Kaine!
September 12, 1968--Showcase #78--"Meet Jonny Double..."--Down-on-his-luck private investigator Jonny Double gets a case to help Wilson Twain, a financier who has received death threats from the syndicate. Jonny begins questioning underworld informants and draws the attention of the criminals. After taking a beating, Jonny traces the crooks to businessmen Piker and Glass. He is spotted snooping in their office, and the crooks try to kill him. Jonny stays alive and defeats the crooks, leaving them for Lt. Branigan his former boss on the police force.
September 13, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 1--"What a Night for a Knight"--Villain: Black Knight/Mr. Wickles
September 26, 1970--SEASON 2 EPISODE 3--"Jeepers, It's the Creepers"--Villain: Creeper/Mr. Carswell
October 3, 1970--SEASON 2 EPISODE 4--"Scooby's Night With a Frozen Fright"--Villain: Caveman/Professor Wayne
October 10, 1970--SEASON 2 EPISODE 5--"Haunted House Hang-Up"--Villains: Headless Spectre/Penrod Stillwall, Phantom/Asa Shanks
October 17, 1970--SEASON 2 EPISODE 6--"A Tiki Scare is No Fair"--Villains: Witch Doctor/John Simms, Mano Tiki Tia/A giant robot controlled by John Simms's henchman
October 24, 1970--SEASON 2 EPISODE 7--"Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Werewolf?"--Villain: Ghost of Silas Long the Werewolf/Sheep Rustler
October 31, 1970--SEASON 2 EPISODE 8--"Don't Fool With a Phantom"--Villain: Wax Phantom/Roger Stevens. Note: This is initially the series finale and, thus, the last episode under the Scooby-Doo, Where are You! name until September, 1978.
September 11, 1971 - September 2, 1972--The Funky Phantom--Trying to find shelter from a storm while driving their "Looney Duney" dune buggy, three teenagers — the brainy redhead Skip Gilroy, the blonde beauty April Stewart and Skip's brother; the brawny dark-haired Augie Anderson — and their dog Elmo, entered an old house where a grandfather clock displayed the incorrect time. Upon setting the clock to midnight, it released two Revolutionary War-era ghosts: an American patriot named Jonathan Wellington "Mudsy" Muddlemore and his cat, whom he had trained to respond to the name of Boo. The two explained that, during the Revolutionary War, they had stumbled upon two Redcoats and ended up hiding inside the clock, but also that they then were unable to get out of the clock and eventually died inside. Ever since being freed by their new friends, Mudsy and Boo have accompanied them on many mysteries, always giving an invisible helping hand.
September 8, 1973 – September 6, 1986--Super Friends--The greatest of the DC Comics superheroes work together to uphold the good with the help of some young proteges. The Super-Friend appeared in Scooby-Doo Team-Up in their classic first season incarnation, but facing the Legion of Doom. Marvin, Wendy, Wonder Dog, and the Wonder Twins were all mentioned, and they had grown up and graduated by Scooby-Doo Team-Up, so definitely the entire run of Super Friends took place before Scooby-Doo Team-Up. However, the appearance of Cyborg in the final season definitely contradicts Teen Titans Go, which is in this timeline (though not really, seeing as how Teen Titans Go has numerous origins, one of which has Cyborg hoping to get into the Justice League, a nod to his being a member of the New 52 and movie League. It could be that Cyborg and Firestorm were the new junior members after the Wonder Twins. Firestorm hasn't yet appeared in Scooby-Doo Team-Up.)
September 8 - December 22, 1973 -- Goober and the Ghost Chasers -- Similar to Hanna-Barbera's successful Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, Goober and the Ghost Chasers also features a group of teenagers (Ted, Gilly and Tina) solving spooky mysteries with their Afghan Hound-like dog Goober. The Ghost Chasers use their equipment from the Apparition Kit (like the Specter Detector, the Poltergeist Powder, etc.) when it comes to determining whether the ghost is real or not. The major differences were that the ghosts they eventually find are real and would help in defeating the fake ghosts. Some of those people behind the mask of some fake ghosts are not criminals. Goober had the power to become invisible (but could not control it) and his closest human companion is reckless instead of cowardly. Also unlike Scooby-Doo, Goober can talk more clearly, but speaks only to "break the fourth wall" with a comment aimed at the viewers; otherwise, he merely barks. In eight of the first 11 episodes, the Partridge Kids (from The Partridge Family) were regular members of the cast, with their live-action counterparts voicing the parts. They disappear after the eleventh episode and did not appear when other guest stars appeared. Episode 8 featured guest star Michael Gray as himself, much as how actors played themselves in New Scooby-Doo Movies. Michael Gray is the actor who played Billy Batson in the live action Shazam, but in this timeline, Captain Marvel was real but hadn't yet debuted so Michael Gray must have been famous for something else. In episode 13, the kids are assisted by a relative of Sherlock Holmes. In episode 16, the kids help George McDonald, whose farm is haunted by the ghost of his ancestor, the famous Old McDonald who had a farm (that farm in particular). You known, with a moo moo here and a cluck cluck there. Hmmm, Goober and the Ghost Chasers may have to have it's own post as some point (maybe merged with a Partridge Family post.) Note that Scooby-Doo Team-Up is the first time Goober connects to the other HB mystery solving teens. That's why my post on the Other Mystery Solving Teens doesn't tackle Goober and the Ghost Chasers.
September 22, 1973--SEASON 2 EPISODE 3 “SCOOBY-DOO MEETS JEANNIE (AKA MYSTERY IN PERSIA)”--Animated Series Crosses: Jeannie (Animated). Jeanie transports Mystery, Inc. back to ancient Egypt to solve a mystery. This crossover brings the animated Jeanie into the Scooby-Prime Universe. This Jeanie was not the same from I Dream of Jeannie.
September 29, 1973--SEASON 2 EPISODE 4--"The Spirit Spooked Sports Show"--Guest Starring Tim Conway
October 6, 1973--SEASON 2 EPISODE 5--"The Exterminator"--Guest Starring Don Adams
October 13, 1973--SEASON 2 EPISODE 6 “THE WEIRD WINDS OF WINONA”--Animated Series Crosses: Speed Buggy. Two groups of teens and their talking dog and car try to determine why people are fleeing their town. This brings in the animated Speed Buggy, which is about a living, talking, intelligent, animate car.
1st Issue Special #12 (March 1976)-- The first appearance of the other Starman, who appeared in the aliens issue of Scooby-Doo Team-Up.
Starfire #1 (August 1976)--First appearance of the other Starfire, referenced in Scooby-Doo Team-Up.
September 11, 1976 - December 18, 1976--The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour--Scooby Doo and the gang solve mysteries; then Blue Falcon and Dynomutt fight crime in each two-part episode of this animated series. Scooby and Dynomutt meet in this series in a couple of episodes, and later in more comics stories.
September 9, 1978, to December 23, 1978--Challenge of the Superfriends--The Justice League of America battles the plots of the supervillian team, the Legion of Doom.
October 25, 1979--Adventure Comics #467 --"First Encounter" -- The first appearance of Starman Prince Gavyn. Every DC version of Starman exists in this timeline according to Scooby-Doo Team-Up.
June 14, 1984--Jemm, Son of Saturn #1-- First appearance of Jemm, who appears in Scooby-Doo Team-Up.
Early 1985--Swamp Thing first encounters John Constantine, who launches him on a journey of self-discovery across the gothic underbelly of America. STSF #1; (ST v2 #37-40 <6-9.85>). Constantine’s first published appearance.
Late April, 1985--CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS--Bat-Mite and Scooby-Mite reference the Crisis in Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 3. However, if this timeline was involved in or affected by the Crisis, it was likely minimal. I do have a theory that the "merged Earth" that appeared after the Crisis, that featured pre-Crisis versions of DC characters (prior to the big changes like Man of Steel and Batman Year One), but with characters from Golden Age, Silver Age and other companies like Fawcett now on the same Earth could be this timeline That period lasted for 8 months in 1986, from February to October 1986. Ivan Schablotski has also proposed that the SDTU timeline is pre-Crisis Earth-12, and the later revelation that Brother Power exists in this universe would suggest that. Following the Crisis, some pre-Crisis worlds were shown to still exist, and in the Oz-Wonderland War, Captain Carrot encountered the Inferior Five, who were looking for Earth-12, presumed (and later canon) their home. The existence of Dove in SDTU implies the existence and death of Don Hall, who died in the Crisis, so the Crisis did happen in this timeline, but did not have the same effects as it did on the "main DCU" Earths. It probably had no effect, as was also true with Captain Carrot's Earth-C.
May 1986--CAPTAIN MARVEL AND MARVEL FAMILY COMICS [1940 - 1951]--Based on Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 16, we can assume that the adventures of the Marvel Family happened, but it's more likely based on the context of Scooby-Doo Team-Up that the Marvel Family debuted in the silver age rather than the golden age, and existed on the same Earth as Superman and Batman. Hence, I've placed this on the timeline at the era in which Captain Marvel was rebooted following Crisis on Infinite Earths. But even though I'm placing the Marvel Family here on the timeline, it's still the golden age adventures that are canon for this timeline. They just happened a lot more recently than they did on Earth-S.
June 28, 1988--Starman #1--"Grassroots Hero"--Dr. Harold Melrose is trying to create a group of super-beings using radiation from deep space directed to Earth with a satellite. During the experiment, the satellite is struck by space debris and knocked out of alignment. The radiation beam is directed into the mountains of Colorado where unemployed Will Payton is camping. Will is found by two hikers. The ground around him is charred, his skin appears burned, and he is believed dead. When the local coroner examines him though, Will rises from the table. Startled by the experience, Will flees and discovers he now possesses amazing strength, invulnerability, and the power to fly. Using these new powers which also include the ability to radiate heat and light, he stops a bank robbery. Will then tracks down his sister Jayne. She was worried because he was missing for more than a month. Will has no memory of the previous 34 days. Jayne convinces Will to become a super-hero and creates a costume for him. Reluctantly, Will accepts the costume and rescues a trapped construction worker. He is dubbed Starman by onlookers and the press. When word of Starman reaches Dr. Melrose, he deduces that the satellite power was redirected to the new hero. The doctor resolves to get the power back by any means necessary.
October 1988--Hawk and Dove # 1 -- Dove is mentioned as a Bird of Prey in Scooby-Doo Team-Up, and this is a reference to Dawn Granger. Since the origin on Dawn implies the existence of the silver age version of Hawk and Dove, and can assume that all Hawk and Dove stories from the silver age up to 1988 are in canon, though there is no evidence to support that Hank went on to become a sociopathic villain so let's assume that didn't happen in this timeline for now. Yay! However, Dawn's origin does imply that the Crisis still must have somehow happened here since that's where Don Hall died.
Huntress #1 (Apr. 1989)--Helena Bertinelli, the daughter of a murdered mob boss, becomes the Huntress. NOTE: The origin of the post-Crisis Huntress was heavily revised several times, first in Huntress v.2 (1994) and again in Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood (2000). Most of her short-lived 1989 series was probably later erased from continuity.
1991 -- Angel and the Ape -- This four issue mini-series reveals that Angel and Dumb Bunny are half-sisters.
October 1994--STARMAN VOLUME 2--All versions of DC's Starman exist in this timeline, per the aliens issue. this is in sync with James Robinson's Starman series. Note though that any contradictions in the STarman series with Scooby-Doo Team-Up depictions of characters should be ignored.
1995-11-21--This is when the Birds of Prey was founded. However, there's no evidence to suggest that Barbara Gordon was ever Batgirl in this continuity, so I'd say that a very different version of the team's adventures happened in this timeline.
2000--This is the opening of the 2002 Scooby-Doo film. The gang help Pamela Anderson solve a mystery but a fight ensues after that leads to the team breaking up. Note they take down the Luna Ghost, who has never appeared in the cartoons, but returns in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated. Mystery Incorporated however is a divergent timeline where the kids are still in high school and had some adventures similar to the original cartoons, but live in Crystal Cove, not Coolsville. The team-up with Pamela Anderson fits in with the old New Scooby-Doo Movies theme.
February 2003--Superman # 189--Debut of Traci Thirteen. Note that I think Superman comics canon for this timeline runs roughly from 1942 to 1980. But since Traci Thirteen is in Scooby-Doo Team-Up, this one post-Crisis issue of Superman may be included.
SCOOBY-DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED (LIVE ACTION FILM)
Release Date: 2004 (Contemporary Setting)
Series: Scooby-Doo (Live Action)
Animated Series Crosses: Bugs Bunny; A Pup Named Scooby-Doo; Scooby-Doo Where Are You
Other Crosses: So You Think You Can Dance
The Story: Now back in operation as Mystery, Inc., the team must solve a mystery in their home town, as a museum is opening in their honor. Many classic monsters from the original series return in this film.
Notes: Sequel to the 2002 live action film. Scooby transforms into the Looney Tunes Tasmanian Devil after ingesting a formula. There is a flashback to their early days from A Pup Names Scooby-Doo. Additionally, the setting of this film is in the gang's hometown of Coolsville. In the classic cartoons, the gang was always travelling. A Pup Named Scooby-Doo was the first appearance of Coolsville. Many classic foes from Scooby-Doo Where Are You appear or are referenced. A janitor is auditioning for So You Think You Can Dance.
August 7, 2004--TEEN TITANS--"Fractured"--Larry, Robin's double, from a different dimension arrives and causes havoc. Teen Titans takes place in an alternate reality. However, it's been revealed in Teen Titans # 48 that Larry the Titan comes from an alternate reality, probably the same 5th Dimension that Mxyzptlk and Bat-Mite come from, which means that all appearances of Larry in any reality are the same being. So the Larry who appears here is the same Larry later seen in Scooby-Doo Team-Up.
January 2005--Birds of Prey # 76--Debut of Black Alice. Post Crisis stories are hard. We're clearly in a pre-Crisis world in this timeline, where most characters are still existing in the 70s or early 80s, but a few post Crisis and even New 52 characters have been worked into Scooby-Doo Team-Up. Ether those first appearance stories exist in the Scooby-Doo Team-Up timeline, or their origin stories exist differently and have never been portrayed. In this case, since Barbara Gordon never became Oracle in this universe, we have to assume that Black Alice's origin and first appearance in the SDTU Universe is different than in the main DCU.
September 9, 2010--SCOOBY-DOO! WHERE ARE YOU? (DC COMICS)--Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? is a comic-book series published by DC Comics, starting on September 9, 2010. From issue 1-issue 18, the comic was handled under DC's junior imprint label, Johnny DC. Then in 2012, starting from issue 19, it was handled by DC Entertainment. From issue 29, the comic title also had the slight alteration to Scooby-Doo! Where Are You? These books tend to have one new story, and the rest are reprints from the old Scooby-Doo comic. In Scooby-Doo Team-Up, the gang say that now they are twice as busy, implying that each issue of this series takes place between the issues of Scooby-Doo Team-Up.
Nov 20 2013--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 1--Batman and Robin
Jan 8 2014--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 2--Ace the Bat-Hound
Dec/Jan 1966 --Brave and the Bold # 69--Batman and Green Lantern vs. Time Commander (again)!
Feb/Mar 1967 --Brave and the Bold # 70--Batman and Hawkman vs. Balthazar T. Balthazar!
March 23, 1967 -- Showcase # 68 - 71 -- Featuring the Maniaks! This group was inspired by the Monkees.
Apr/May 1967 --Brave and the Bold # 71 -- Batman and Green Arrow vs. J. Jay Jaye!
August 29, 1967--Strange Adventures #205--"Who Has Been Lying in My Grave?"--Boston Brand, a trapeze artist and minority owner of a circus, walks the circus grounds before his nightly performance as the aerialist Deadman. He discovers a local constable poking around the grounds and chases him away. He then discovers that Leary the barker is stealing from the box office. He also catches Heldrich the animal trainer getting drunk. He fires Heldrich, then heads to the big top. After reaching the top of the trapeze, Boston is shot by a sniper with a hook for a right hand. He falls to his death. Then his astral form is met by Rama Kushna, a Hindu spirit goddess. Rama allows Boston to walk the Earth as a spirit until his killer is caught. Boston, now truly a Deadman, begins the search for his killer by checking up on the circus performers. He discovers that he is invisible, but can temporarily take control of human bodies. While inhabiting the body of Tiny the strongman, Deadman discovers Heldrich and Ramsey, the constable, making a drug deal. Deadman stops the crooks, then resumes the search for the killer, Hook. Reprinted In: Deadman Vol. 1 TPB (2011)
FILMATION DC CARTOONS BEGIN
September 9, 1967 – 1968--The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure--The animated adventures of several DC Comics superheroes. Elements of the Adventures of Aquaman were included in Aquaman's appearance in Scooby-Doo Team-Up. Aquaman was part of the Justice League of America segments (but only in the intros) and those also included Superman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Atom and Hawkman, who also had their own segments. There was also a Teen Titans segment that included Aqualad from Adventures of Aquaman and Kid Flash from the Flash segments. Teen Titans Go is in the Scooby-Doo Team-Up timeline. According to that show, the Teen Titans had been operating for a while on the west coast, but there was another Teen Titans on the East Coast with Kid Flash, Aqualad, Speedy and Bumblebee. This Teen Titans is Kid Flash, Aqualad, Speedy and Wonder Girl, with no Robin. It could be this is the Titans East that competed with Robin's Teen Titans. Of course, that would place the Teen Titans origin back to the same time as the origin of the silver age team. There are a few Teen Titans comics that are also canon in this timeline. We might consider those to be one time events where heroes from east and west teamed up.
Dec/Jan 1967 -- Brave and the Bold # 75--Batman and the Spectre vs. Shahn-Zi!
Apr/May 1968 --Brave and the Bold # 77 -- Batman and the Atom vs. The Cannoneer!
May 1968--Secret Six # 1 -- First appearance of the Secret Six.
June 1968--Showcase # 75--The debut of Hawk and Dove. Probably most of their stories still happened in this timeline, except for maybe not the Teen Titans stories, since Teen Titans Go is the canon of this timeline, along with the Filmation Teen Titans. The mention of Dove (Dawn Granger) in SDTU implies the history of Hawk and Dove as mostly intact.
Jun/Jul 1968 -- Brave and the Bold # 78 -- Batman, Wonder Woman and Batgirl vs. Copperhead!
July 25, 1968--Showcase #77--"Angel and the Ape"--Mr. Trumbell hires Angel O'Day, a private investigator, to protect him from men trying to kill him. Angel and her partner Sam Simeon, an intelligent gorilla help fight off several attackers, then Sam leaves to deliver a comic strip to Stan Bragg, editor of Brainpix Comics. After dropping off the artwork, Sam returns home where he receives a call for help from Angel. She has been kidnapped along with Trumbell. Sam traces them to the local zoo and rescues Angel. Together they locate Trumbell and his captor, the zookeeper. Angel exposes the zookeeper as a spy who was trying to retrieve secret plans hidden inside a cast on Trumbell's foot. While the plans seems to be for a new rocket, they are actually plans for a new ride at Disneyland.
August 1, 1968--ATOM & HAWKMAN # 39 to 45--After their individual series are cancelled, the Atom and Hawkman are for a very short time combined into a single team-up series. This series ran from 1968 to 1969. These team-ups are mentioned in Hawkman's appearance in Scooby-Doo Team Up. So we can assume that all of the 1960s Atom stories and Hawkman stories took place in the Scooby-Doo Team-Up timeline. Hawkman's adventures continue at least up to 1978 due to the Fadeaway Man's appearance in Scooby-Doo Team-Up. He debuted in 1978.
Aug/Sep 1968 -- Brave and the Bold # 79--Batman and Deadman vs. Carleton K. Kaine!
September 12, 1968--Showcase #78--"Meet Jonny Double..."--Down-on-his-luck private investigator Jonny Double gets a case to help Wilson Twain, a financier who has received death threats from the syndicate. Jonny begins questioning underworld informants and draws the attention of the criminals. After taking a beating, Jonny traces the crooks to businessmen Piker and Glass. He is spotted snooping in their office, and the crooks try to kill him. Jonny stays alive and defeats the crooks, leaving them for Lt. Branigan his former boss on the police force.
September 14, 1968 – January 4, 1970--THE ADVENTURES OF BATMAN--The Adventures of Batman is an animated television series produced by Lou Schiemer's Filmation studios. It showcased the 12-minute Batman segments from The Batman/Superman Hour, sometimes broken up by and surrounding another cartoon from Filmation's fast-growing stream of superhero stars. A re-branded 30-minute version premiered on CBS on September 13, 1968 as Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder. This version was repackaged without the Superman and Superboy segments. Olan Soule was the voice of Batman and is most likely best remembered for his work on that show, and many others in the Filmation stable. Casey Kasem, notable for his voice over and radio work, was the voice of Robin. Batman and Robin would next appear in a The New Scooby-Doo Movies crossover, various versions of Super Friends (featuring Soule and Kasem reprising their Batman and Robin roles, respectively) and The New Adventures of Batman in 1977. This version of Batman and Robin are the ones that teamed up with Scooby in the New Scooby Doo Movies (even though it was Hanna Barbera using Filmation's versions, but the Filmation Batman and Hanna Barbera Super Friends Batman were pretty much the same). This version of Batman shows up again in the alternate universe episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold featuring Scooby and this is the version appearing in the first few issues of Scooby-Doo Team-Up. There are references to how Batman now sounds more like the version from Batman: The Animated Series, and there are references to how Robin seems different with Batman and even sounds like Shaggy (since they have the same voice actor in this version) and seems different when he is with his friends the Teen Titans (as he is depicted in the Teen Titans Go issues). Teen Titans Go has also had an episode where Robin told his origin story with Batman appearing more like the Batman: The Animated Series version, so we can assume it's the same characters even when shown in different perspectives.
September 14, 1968 - January 4, 1969-- Wacky Races -- The cartoon revolves around several racers with various themes who are each allowed to use strange gimmicks to compete against other racers in many races across the United States.
September 19, 1968--Teen Titans #18--"Eye of the Beholder"--Interpol requests that the Teen Titans team up with a Russian super-hero, Starfire, to safeguard the Crown Jewels of Sweden from Andre Le Blanc, the self-styled "world's greatest jewel thief". Mutual antagonism spoils the joint efforts of the American and Soviet champions, until Starfire rescues the Titans from Le Blanc's death-traps. Kid Flash then returns the favor by saving Starfire from death on the subway tracks, while Robin defeats Le Blanc in hand-to-hand combat. The Titans and Starfire part amicably. Note that Teen Titans Go exists in the Scooby-Doo Team-Up timeline. In Teen Titans Go, at least three different origins exist for the Teen Titans, none of which acknowledge the silver age comics as canon. But all three do acknowledge that other forms of Teen Titans have existed. So lets take the Teen Titans comics appearances on a case by case basis. In this particular issue, Starfire/Red Star is introduced. He is mentioned in an issue of Scooby-Doo Team Up when Starfire (of Teen Titans Go) says she is not that Starfire, or that Starfire, referring to the other two DC Comics Starfires that existed before her, one the Russian hero and the other the space sword and sorcery heroine.
October 1968--Brother Power the Geek # 1 -- Brother Power appears in the Birds of Prey issue of Scooby-Doo Team-Up. Ivan has suggested that Scooby-Doo Team-Up takes place on Pre-Crisis Earth-12, and Brother Power had been relegated to Earth-12 by DC staff back in that era. so this is pretty good supportive evidence.
Dec/Jan 1968 --Brave and the Bold # 81--Batman and the Flash vs. Carl Bork!
Feb/Mar 1969 -- Brave and the Bold # 82 -- Batman and Aquaman vs. Ocean Master!
Aug/Sep 1969 -- Brave and the Bold # 85 -- Batman and Green Arrow vs. Miklos Minotaur and his men!
September 14, 1968 - January 4, 1969-- Wacky Races -- The cartoon revolves around several racers with various themes who are each allowed to use strange gimmicks to compete against other racers in many races across the United States.
Racers include:
- Dick Dastardly, an archetypal mustache-twirling villain and his wheezily snickering dog, Muttley, in the Mean Machine (00); their sinister vehicle is a purple, rocket-powered car with an abundance of concealed weapons and the ability to fly. Dastardly's usual race strategy revolves around using the Mean Machine's great speed to get ahead of the other racers, and then setting a trap to stop them and maintain the lead, but most of his plans backfire, causing him to fall back into last place. Dastardly is the only racer who not only never wins, but never even finishes in the top three in any race.
- The Slag Brothers, Rock and Gravel, in a caveman-themed race car called the Boulder Mobile (1); their car is made out of rock and the brothers (who talk in caveman-like gibberish but with occasional intelligible words) power it up by hitting it on both sides with their clubs and are also able to re-build it from bare rock, always using their clubs.
- The Gruesome Twosome, Big Gruesome and Little Gruesome, who are monsters, in the Creepy Coupe (2); their horror-themed car includes a small bell tower inhabited by a fire-breathing dragon, bats and other creatures.
- Professor Pat Pending, an inventor, in the Convert-a-Car (3); he can transform his car into pretty much anything that moves.
- The Red Max, a Manfred von Richthofen-styled aviator who speaks with a German accent, in a car/plane hybrid called the Crimson Haybailer (4); his vehicle is able to fly, although only for short distances.
- Penelope Pitstop, the lone female, in a 1930s racing costume in the Compact Pussycat (5); a Southern belle, Penelope is more concerned with her looks than with racing and often gets herself into trouble.
- Sergeant Blast and Private Meekly in an armored car/tank hybrid called the Army Surplus Special (6); the Sergeant uses "fire power" (i.e. shooting cannonballs from his turret) to power up the car.
- The Ant Hill Mob, a group of dwarf gangsters led by Clyde and is composed of him, Ring-A-Ding, Rug Bug Benny, Mac, Danny, Kirby and Willy, in the Bulletproof Bomb (7); they are sometimes preoccupied with getting caught by the police and are able to use "getaway power", which involves all the gangsters (except for Clyde) extending their legs through the bottom of the car and running.
- Lazy Luke, a hillbilly, and Blubber Bear, a timid, crying bear, in the Arkansas Chuggabug (8); Luke maneuvers the steering wheel with his bare feet and his car is steam-powered from an old rickety boiler.
- Peter Perfect, a gentlemanly racer, in the Turbo Terrific (9); Peter is extremely strong but also very vain, and he often boasts about the virtues of his high-tech race car - which regularly falls to pieces seconds after he praises it. He is fond of Penelope and often helps her out.
- Rufus Ruffcut, a lumberjack, and his companion Sawtooth, a beaver, in the Buzz Wagon (10); their car, entirely made of wood, features four circular saw blades as wheels, and Sawtooth is able to cut through obstacles (such as trees and other objects) at super high speed.
September 19, 1968--Teen Titans #18--"Eye of the Beholder"--Interpol requests that the Teen Titans team up with a Russian super-hero, Starfire, to safeguard the Crown Jewels of Sweden from Andre Le Blanc, the self-styled "world's greatest jewel thief". Mutual antagonism spoils the joint efforts of the American and Soviet champions, until Starfire rescues the Titans from Le Blanc's death-traps. Kid Flash then returns the favor by saving Starfire from death on the subway tracks, while Robin defeats Le Blanc in hand-to-hand combat. The Titans and Starfire part amicably. Note that Teen Titans Go exists in the Scooby-Doo Team-Up timeline. In Teen Titans Go, at least three different origins exist for the Teen Titans, none of which acknowledge the silver age comics as canon. But all three do acknowledge that other forms of Teen Titans have existed. So lets take the Teen Titans comics appearances on a case by case basis. In this particular issue, Starfire/Red Star is introduced. He is mentioned in an issue of Scooby-Doo Team Up when Starfire (of Teen Titans Go) says she is not that Starfire, or that Starfire, referring to the other two DC Comics Starfires that existed before her, one the Russian hero and the other the space sword and sorcery heroine.
October 1968--Brother Power the Geek # 1 -- Brother Power appears in the Birds of Prey issue of Scooby-Doo Team-Up. Ivan has suggested that Scooby-Doo Team-Up takes place on Pre-Crisis Earth-12, and Brother Power had been relegated to Earth-12 by DC staff back in that era. so this is pretty good supportive evidence.
Dec/Jan 1968 --Brave and the Bold # 81--Batman and the Flash vs. Carl Bork!
Feb/Mar 1969 -- Brave and the Bold # 82 -- Batman and Aquaman vs. Ocean Master!
Aug/Sep 1969 -- Brave and the Bold # 85 -- Batman and Green Arrow vs. Miklos Minotaur and his men!
SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? - THE BEGINNING OF MYSTERY, INC. AND THE TREND OF MYSTERY SOLVING TEENS AND THEIR MASCOTS
SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU! (ANIMATED SERIES)
Release Date: September 13, 1969 - November 4, 1978
Series: Scooby-Doo!
The Story: A group of teenagers and their talking dog go around solving mysteries which always involves debunking a fake haunting.
Notes: This series is followed by The New Scooby-Doo Movies in 1972. It was remade as a live action movie in 2002. The series has been referenced and spoofed numerous times in film and television. Note that the series was cancelled in 1970 after its second season, replaced by its next incarnation, but was revived in its original form for a third season in 1978.
September 13, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 1--"What a Night for a Knight"--Villain: Black Knight/Mr. Wickles
September 13, 1969 - January 17, 1970--The Perils of Penelope Pitstop--The series features the more popular characters from Wacky Races, namely Penelope Pitstop and the Ant Hill Mob, the latter of whom take on the role of heroes in contrast to their previously nefarious personalities. In each episode, Penelope's guardian, Sylvester Sneekly, attempts to claim Penelope's inheritance for himself by attacking her in the disguise of his sinister alter-ego the Hooded Claw. Aided by his twin henchmen the Bully Brothers, who always speak in unison, the Claw creates over-elaborate Rube Goldberg-style plots to do away with Penelope. Even though the Ant Hill Mob often came to Penelope's rescue, she herself often needed to save the Mob from the unintended effects of their attempts to rescue her. But just as quickly as Penelope was delivered from one quandary, she almost immediately found herself ensnared in another one of the Claw's traps. While Penelope was curiously helpless whenever the Hooded Claw grabbed her, once he left her tied up for his fiendish plans to take effect, she usually became resourceful and ingenious, sometimes coming up with spontaneous or creative methodologies to escape her own predicaments.
September 13, 1969 - January 3, 1970--Dastardly and Muttley in Thier Flying Machines--Dick Dastardly leads a fighter plane group to try ineffectualy to stop a carrier pigeon. At face value, it appears that this show takes place during WWI, with Dastardly a German pilot trying to stop a messenger pigeon. However, Scooby-Doo Team-Up reveals that this is a contemporary series, Dastardly works for a Chinese restaurant, and the pigeon is a rival delivery driver.
September 20, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 2--"Hassle in the Castle"--Villain: Phantom of Vasquez/Bluestone the Great
September 27, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 3--"A Clue for Scooby-Doo"--Villain: Ghost of Captain Cutler/Captain Cutler
October 4, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 4--"Mine your Own Business"--Villain: Miner 49er/Hank
October 11, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 5--"Decoy for a Dognapper"--Villains: Indian Witch Doctor & Ghost of Geronimo/Buck Masters
October 18, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 6--"What the Hex Going On?"--Villain: Ghost of Elias Kingston/Stuart Weatherby
October 25, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 7--"Never Ape an Ape Man"--Villain: Ape Man/Carl
Oct/Nov 1969 -- Brave and the Bold # 86-- Batman and Deadman vs. the League of Assassins!
November 1, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 8--"Foul Play in Funland"--Villain: Charlie the Funland Robot controlled by Sarah Jenkins
November 8, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 9--"The Backstage Rage"--Villain: Phantom Puppeteer/Mr. Pietro
November 15, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 10--"Bedlam in the Big Top"--Villain: Ghost Clown/Harry the Hypnotist
November 22, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 11--"A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts"--Villains: Count Dracula, Werewolf, Frankenstein's Monster & Carlotta the Gypsy/Big Bob Oakley
November 29, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 12--"Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too"--Villain: Mummy of Ankha/Dr. Najib
December 6, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 13--"Which Witch is Which?"--Villains: Swamp Witch/Zeb Perkins, Zombie/Zeke Perkins
December 13, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 14--"Go Away Ghost Ship"--Villains: Ghost of Redbeard/C.L. Magnus, Ghosts of Redbeard's Crew/Hired Henchmen
December 20, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 15--"Spooky Space Kook"--Villain: Space Kook/Henry Bascombe
January 10, 1970--SEASON 1 EPISODE 16--"A Night of Fright is No Delight"--Villains: Phantom Shadows (Giggling Green Ghosts)/Cosgoode Creeps and Cuthbert Crawls
January 17, 1970--SEASON 1 EPISODE 17--"That's Snow Ghost"--Villain: Snow Ghost/Mr. Greenway
September 20, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 2--"Hassle in the Castle"--Villain: Phantom of Vasquez/Bluestone the Great
September 27, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 3--"A Clue for Scooby-Doo"--Villain: Ghost of Captain Cutler/Captain Cutler
October 4, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 4--"Mine your Own Business"--Villain: Miner 49er/Hank
October 11, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 5--"Decoy for a Dognapper"--Villains: Indian Witch Doctor & Ghost of Geronimo/Buck Masters
October 18, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 6--"What the Hex Going On?"--Villain: Ghost of Elias Kingston/Stuart Weatherby
October 25, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 7--"Never Ape an Ape Man"--Villain: Ape Man/Carl
Oct/Nov 1969 -- Brave and the Bold # 86-- Batman and Deadman vs. the League of Assassins!
November 1, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 8--"Foul Play in Funland"--Villain: Charlie the Funland Robot controlled by Sarah Jenkins
November 8, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 9--"The Backstage Rage"--Villain: Phantom Puppeteer/Mr. Pietro
November 15, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 10--"Bedlam in the Big Top"--Villain: Ghost Clown/Harry the Hypnotist
November 22, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 11--"A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts"--Villains: Count Dracula, Werewolf, Frankenstein's Monster & Carlotta the Gypsy/Big Bob Oakley
November 29, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 12--"Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too"--Villain: Mummy of Ankha/Dr. Najib
December 6, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 13--"Which Witch is Which?"--Villains: Swamp Witch/Zeb Perkins, Zombie/Zeke Perkins
December 13, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 14--"Go Away Ghost Ship"--Villains: Ghost of Redbeard/C.L. Magnus, Ghosts of Redbeard's Crew/Hired Henchmen
December 20, 1969--SEASON 1 EPISODE 15--"Spooky Space Kook"--Villain: Space Kook/Henry Bascombe
January 10, 1970--SEASON 1 EPISODE 16--"A Night of Fright is No Delight"--Villains: Phantom Shadows (Giggling Green Ghosts)/Cosgoode Creeps and Cuthbert Crawls
January 17, 1970--SEASON 1 EPISODE 17--"That's Snow Ghost"--Villain: Snow Ghost/Mr. Greenway
February 24, 1970--Green Lantern / Green Arrow #76 to 84--Accompanied by a representative of the Guardians of the Universe, Hal Jordan and Oliver Queen embark on a road trip across America. The unnamed Guardian was named Appa Ali Apsa in Green Lantern v.2 #199–200 (1986). In the Green Lantern/Green Arrow issues of Scooby-Doo Team-Up, the pair had been travelling for a while, and the issue actually leads into Green Lantern/Green Arrow #85, so that means that Green Lantern and Green Arrow (and Black Canary and Speedy's) appearances up to June 23, 1971 are canon in this timeline, but everything after that can't have happened until after the GL/GA issue of SCTU. This is the 2nd indicator of when SCDU takes place. We know it takes place before the Speedy Heroin story, and before Aquababy's death, so as far as it's placement among other HB and DC stories, it takes place roughly in the period of 1971 to 1973, varying slightly for different individual series, despite it's modern setting.
Apr/May 1970 -- Brave and the Bold # 89 -- Batman and the Phantom Stranger vs. Josiah Heller and the Hellerites!
Aug/Sep 1970 -- Brave and the Bold # 91 -- Batman and Black Canary vs. The Collector!
Apr/May 1970 -- Brave and the Bold # 89 -- Batman and the Phantom Stranger vs. Josiah Heller and the Hellerites!
Aug/Sep 1970 -- Brave and the Bold # 91 -- Batman and Black Canary vs. The Collector!
SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU?
SEASON 2 EPISODE 1 “NOWHERE TO HYDE”
SEASON 2 EPISODE 1 “NOWHERE TO HYDE”
Release Date: September 12, 1970 (Contemporary Setting; See Notes for series)
Horror Crosses: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (novel)
The Story: The gang pursue the alleged ghost of Mr. Hyde, a jewel thief and search for clues to the culprit, and clues point to the great-grandson of Dr. Jekyll.
Notes: This episode places the original Jekyll and Hyde as real, and thus Hyde and Jekyll end up pulled into the Scooby-Doo Team-Up Universe. This was the only episode of the original series with a crossover. Since the original series is clearly in this timeline, and since this is a crossover based timeline, I felt it was important to mention.
September 15, 1970--Phantom Stranger #10--"Death... Call Not My Name"--First appearance of Tannarak. Reprinted In: Showcase Presents Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 TPB (2006)
September 19, 1970--SEASON 2 EPISODE 2--"Mystery Mask Mix-Up"--Villains: Ghost of Zen Tuo/Mr. Fong, Scare Pair/Mr. Fong's Henchmen
September 26, 1970--SEASON 2 EPISODE 3--"Jeepers, It's the Creepers"--Villain: Creeper/Mr. Carswell
October 3, 1970--SEASON 2 EPISODE 4--"Scooby's Night With a Frozen Fright"--Villain: Caveman/Professor Wayne
October 10, 1970--SEASON 2 EPISODE 5--"Haunted House Hang-Up"--Villains: Headless Spectre/Penrod Stillwall, Phantom/Asa Shanks
October 17, 1970--SEASON 2 EPISODE 6--"A Tiki Scare is No Fair"--Villains: Witch Doctor/John Simms, Mano Tiki Tia/A giant robot controlled by John Simms's henchman
October 24, 1970--SEASON 2 EPISODE 7--"Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Werewolf?"--Villain: Ghost of Silas Long the Werewolf/Sheep Rustler
October 31, 1970--SEASON 2 EPISODE 8--"Don't Fool With a Phantom"--Villain: Wax Phantom/Roger Stevens. Note: This is initially the series finale and, thus, the last episode under the Scooby-Doo, Where are You! name until September, 1978.
September 11, 1971 - September 2, 1972--The Funky Phantom--Trying to find shelter from a storm while driving their "Looney Duney" dune buggy, three teenagers — the brainy redhead Skip Gilroy, the blonde beauty April Stewart and Skip's brother; the brawny dark-haired Augie Anderson — and their dog Elmo, entered an old house where a grandfather clock displayed the incorrect time. Upon setting the clock to midnight, it released two Revolutionary War-era ghosts: an American patriot named Jonathan Wellington "Mudsy" Muddlemore and his cat, whom he had trained to respond to the name of Boo. The two explained that, during the Revolutionary War, they had stumbled upon two Redcoats and ended up hiding inside the clock, but also that they then were unable to get out of the clock and eventually died inside. Ever since being freed by their new friends, Mudsy and Boo have accompanied them on many mysteries, always giving an invisible helping hand.
THE NEW SCOOBY-DOO MOVIES -- SCOOBY STARTS CROSSING OVER
THE NEW SCOOBY-DOO MOVIES (ANIMATED SERIES)
Release Date: September 8, 1972 - October 27, 1973
Series: Scooby-Doo!
The Story: Mystery, Inc. continues to solve mysteries, but now they meet a lot of interesting people.
Notes: This series is a continuation of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! It continues in 1976 as The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour. It was remade in 2002 as a live-action film. This series also spun off the animated Harlem Globetrotters series. The series has been referenced several times in other series and films. It has also been spoofed in Gremlins 2, Night of the Living Doo, and Family Guy. For a fuller list of New Scooby-Doo Movies crossovers, all of which are considered part of this timeline, visit the blog post for that series here.
September 8, 1972--SEASON 1 EPISODE 1 “THE GHASTLY GHOST TOWN”--Animated Series Crosses: Three Stooges (Animated). The gang find their way to a theme park that is owned by the Three Stooges. This is a crossover with the animated cartoon based on the Three Stooges shorts. And for those not sure, the Stooges are characters. They are not real, even if the actors and the characters have the same names.
September 8, 1972--SEASON 1 EPISODE 1 “THE GHASTLY GHOST TOWN”--Animated Series Crosses: Three Stooges (Animated). The gang find their way to a theme park that is owned by the Three Stooges. This is a crossover with the animated cartoon based on the Three Stooges shorts. And for those not sure, the Stooges are characters. They are not real, even if the actors and the characters have the same names.
SEASON 1 EPISODE 2 “THE DYNAMIC SCOOBY-DOO AFFAIR”
Release Date: September 15, 1972
Animated Series Crosses: The New Adventures of Batman
The Story: Mystery, Inc. teams-up with Batman and Robin to foil the counterfeiting ring run by the Joker and the Penguin.
Notes: The New Adventures of Batman is an animated continuation of the 1960s live action Batman series. However, for the purposes of this post, bringing in the animated series does not bring in the live action show, but we can assume that Batman and Robin had adventures in this universe prior to the start of the animated series.
SEASON 1 EPISODE 3 “WEDNESDAY IS MISSING”
Release Date: September 22, 1972
Animated Series Crosses: The Addams Family (Animated)
The Story: The gang get their van stuck in front of the Addams home, and end up taking care of the kids while Gomez and Morticia take a vacation.
Notes: This cross brings The Addams Family animated series in. The version of the Addams Family here is reminiscent of the original comic, but is a tie-in with the animated series that is a continuation of the live-action series. However, this does not bring in the live action version. We must assume that a version of the live action show and comic strip may have existed in the Scooby-Doo Team-Up Universe, but only the animated series is canon for the Scooby-Doo Team-Up Universe. In the Scooby-Doo Team-Up issue featuring the Flintstones, the Mystery, Inc gang meets the Gruesomes, and suspects they are ancestors of another family Mystery Inc. once met. Since Laff-A-Lympics is not in this timeline, they were clearly not referencing the Creeplys but instead were talking about the time they met the Addams Family.
September 29, 1972 --SEASON 1 EPISODE 4 “THE FRICKERT FRACAS”--Crosses: Maude Frickert. The gang stays at a farm with Jonathan Winters and Maude Frickert, and are menaced by a scarecrow. Maude Frickert was a popular character played by comedian Jonathan Winters in his stand-up and on sketch comedy shows. This crossover only brings in an animated version of the character and not her live-action appearances.
Sep/Oct 1972 -- Brave and the Bold # 103 -- Batman and the Metal Men!
October 7, 1972--SEASON 1 EPISODE 5--"Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner?"--Guest Starring Don Knotts
October 14, 1972--SEASON 1 EPISODE 6--"A Good Medium is Rare"--Guest Starring Phyllis Diller
October 21, 1972--SEASON 1 EPISODE 7--"Sandy Duncan's Jekyll and Hyde"--Guest Starring Sandy Duncan
October 28, 1972--SEASON 1 EPISODE 8--"The Secret of Shark Island"--Guest Starring Sonny & Cher
November 1972 -- Swamp Thing # 1 -- Alec Holland becomes Swamp Thing.
November 4, 1972--THE NEW SCOOBY-DOO MOVIES--"The Spooky Fog of Juneberry"--The gang goes to MAYBERRY and helps out Deputy Barney Fife. (Or so James Bojaciuk has convinced me.)
November 7, 1972--Wonder Woman #204--"The Second Life of the Original Wonder Woman"--First appearance of Nubia. Reprinted In: Diana Prince:Wonder Woman Vol. 4 TPB (2009)
November 18, 1972 --SEASON 1 EPISODE 11 “THE GHOST OF THE RED BARON”--Animated Series Crosses: Three Stooges (Animated). Curly is a dust cropper who has to deal with the ghost of the Red Baron with the help of the other Stooges and Mystery, Inc. This episode aired on the day I was born.
Nov/Dec 1972 -- Brave and the Bold # 104 -- Batman and Deadman!
December 2, 1972--SEASON 1 EPISODE 13--"The Haunted Horseman of Hagglethorn Hall"--Guest Starring Davy Jones
December 9, 1972--SEASON 1 EPISODE 14--"The Phantom of the Country Music Hall"--Guest Starring Jerry Reed
September 29, 1972 --SEASON 1 EPISODE 4 “THE FRICKERT FRACAS”--Crosses: Maude Frickert. The gang stays at a farm with Jonathan Winters and Maude Frickert, and are menaced by a scarecrow. Maude Frickert was a popular character played by comedian Jonathan Winters in his stand-up and on sketch comedy shows. This crossover only brings in an animated version of the character and not her live-action appearances.
Sep/Oct 1972 -- Brave and the Bold # 103 -- Batman and the Metal Men!
October 7, 1972--SEASON 1 EPISODE 5--"Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner?"--Guest Starring Don Knotts
October 14, 1972--SEASON 1 EPISODE 6--"A Good Medium is Rare"--Guest Starring Phyllis Diller
October 21, 1972--SEASON 1 EPISODE 7--"Sandy Duncan's Jekyll and Hyde"--Guest Starring Sandy Duncan
October 28, 1972--SEASON 1 EPISODE 8--"The Secret of Shark Island"--Guest Starring Sonny & Cher
November 1972 -- Swamp Thing # 1 -- Alec Holland becomes Swamp Thing.
November 4, 1972--THE NEW SCOOBY-DOO MOVIES--"The Spooky Fog of Juneberry"--The gang goes to MAYBERRY and helps out Deputy Barney Fife. (Or so James Bojaciuk has convinced me.)
November 7, 1972--Wonder Woman #204--"The Second Life of the Original Wonder Woman"--First appearance of Nubia. Reprinted In: Diana Prince:Wonder Woman Vol. 4 TPB (2009)
November 11, 1972--THE NEW SCOOBY-DOO MOVIES--"Scooby-Doo Meets Laurel and Hardy (aka the Ghost of Bigfoot)"--The Mystery Inc. gang meets and works with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
November 18, 1972 --SEASON 1 EPISODE 11 “THE GHOST OF THE RED BARON”--Animated Series Crosses: Three Stooges (Animated). Curly is a dust cropper who has to deal with the ghost of the Red Baron with the help of the other Stooges and Mystery, Inc. This episode aired on the day I was born.
November 25, 1972--SEASON 1 EPISODE 12 “THE GHOSTLY CREEP FROM THE DEEP”--Animated Series Crosses: Harlem Globetrotters (Animated); South Park. Mystery, Inc. works with the Harlem Globetrotters when on a ship with pirate ghosts. The Harlem Globetrotters was a real basketball team famous for entertaining but not legal basketball tricks. However, they later got their own animated series, and I consider this a cross with that series. Weirdly, both the Globetrotters and the Stooges, who also met Mystery, Inc., would end up becoming super-heroes with bionic parts. The pirate ghosts (or ghost pirates) would later reappear on the South Park episode Korn’s Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery. I definitely count this crossover. In general, South Park has very few parody crossovers featuring fictional characters (unlike Family Guy). They mostly poke fun at real celebrities. That strengthens my resolve in considering the crossover valid.
Nov/Dec 1972 -- Brave and the Bold # 104 -- Batman and Deadman!
December 2, 1972--SEASON 1 EPISODE 13--"The Haunted Horseman of Hagglethorn Hall"--Guest Starring Davy Jones
December 9, 1972--SEASON 1 EPISODE 14--"The Phantom of the Country Music Hall"--Guest Starring Jerry Reed
SEASON 1 EPISODE 15 “THE CAPED CRUSADER CAPER”
Release Date: December 15, 1972
Animated Series Crosses:New Adventures of Batman
The Story: When a Professor is kidnapped by the Joker and Penguin in order to obtain his flying suit, Mystery, Inc. once more teams with Batman and Robin.
Notes: The two teams will team-up a third time on Batman: the Brave and the Bold. Recently, they have teamed again in DC Comics’ Scooby-Doo Team-Up.
December 22, 1972--SEASON 1 EPISODE 16 “THE LOCH NESS MESS”--Animated Series Crosses: Harlem Globetrotters (Animated). Once more, the Globetrotters help Mystery, Inc, when Shaggy’s uncle’s house appears to be haunted and menaced by a sea serpent. This occurs in Massachusetts despite the title. The ghosts are of Paul Revere, a redcoat and a Minuteman.
January 23, 1973--Demon # 7--First appearance of Klarion the Witch Boy.
Jan/Feb 1973 -- Brave and the Bold # 105 -- Batman and Wonder Woman!
Mar/Apr 1973 -- Brave and the Bold # 106 -- Batman and Green Arrow!
Jun/Jul 1973 -- Brave and the Bold # 107 -- Batman and Black Canary!
Aug/Sep 1973 -- Brave and the Bold # 108 -- Batman and Sgt. Rock!
December 22, 1972--SEASON 1 EPISODE 16 “THE LOCH NESS MESS”--Animated Series Crosses: Harlem Globetrotters (Animated). Once more, the Globetrotters help Mystery, Inc, when Shaggy’s uncle’s house appears to be haunted and menaced by a sea serpent. This occurs in Massachusetts despite the title. The ghosts are of Paul Revere, a redcoat and a Minuteman.
January 23, 1973--Demon # 7--First appearance of Klarion the Witch Boy.
Jan/Feb 1973 -- Brave and the Bold # 105 -- Batman and Wonder Woman!
Mar/Apr 1973 -- Brave and the Bold # 106 -- Batman and Green Arrow!
Jun/Jul 1973 -- Brave and the Bold # 107 -- Batman and Black Canary!
Aug/Sep 1973 -- Brave and the Bold # 108 -- Batman and Sgt. Rock!
THE SUPER-FRIENDS
September 8 - December 22, 1973 -- Goober and the Ghost Chasers -- Similar to Hanna-Barbera's successful Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, Goober and the Ghost Chasers also features a group of teenagers (Ted, Gilly and Tina) solving spooky mysteries with their Afghan Hound-like dog Goober. The Ghost Chasers use their equipment from the Apparition Kit (like the Specter Detector, the Poltergeist Powder, etc.) when it comes to determining whether the ghost is real or not. The major differences were that the ghosts they eventually find are real and would help in defeating the fake ghosts. Some of those people behind the mask of some fake ghosts are not criminals. Goober had the power to become invisible (but could not control it) and his closest human companion is reckless instead of cowardly. Also unlike Scooby-Doo, Goober can talk more clearly, but speaks only to "break the fourth wall" with a comment aimed at the viewers; otherwise, he merely barks. In eight of the first 11 episodes, the Partridge Kids (from The Partridge Family) were regular members of the cast, with their live-action counterparts voicing the parts. They disappear after the eleventh episode and did not appear when other guest stars appeared. Episode 8 featured guest star Michael Gray as himself, much as how actors played themselves in New Scooby-Doo Movies. Michael Gray is the actor who played Billy Batson in the live action Shazam, but in this timeline, Captain Marvel was real but hadn't yet debuted so Michael Gray must have been famous for something else. In episode 13, the kids are assisted by a relative of Sherlock Holmes. In episode 16, the kids help George McDonald, whose farm is haunted by the ghost of his ancestor, the famous Old McDonald who had a farm (that farm in particular). You known, with a moo moo here and a cluck cluck there. Hmmm, Goober and the Ghost Chasers may have to have it's own post as some point (maybe merged with a Partridge Family post.) Note that Scooby-Doo Team-Up is the first time Goober connects to the other HB mystery solving teens. That's why my post on the Other Mystery Solving Teens doesn't tackle Goober and the Ghost Chasers.
September 8, 1973--SEASON 2 EPISODE 1 “THE MYSTERY OF HAUNTED ISLAND”--Animated Series Crosses: Harlem Globetrotters (Animated). Mystery, Inc. and the Globetrotters end up being diverted from their trip to Picnic Island to Haunted Island.
September 15, 1973--SEASON 2 EPISODE 2 “THE HAUNTED SHOWBOAT”--Animated Series Crosses: Josie and the Pussycats (Animated). Mystery, Inc. find themselves aboard a showboat where Josie and the Pussycats are booked to perform. When ghosts appear, the two groups of teens join together to solve the mystery. This brings in the animated version of Josie and the Pussycats (and Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space) but not necessarily the comic books from which the characters originate.
September 22, 1973--SEASON 2 EPISODE 3 “SCOOBY-DOO MEETS JEANNIE (AKA MYSTERY IN PERSIA)”--Animated Series Crosses: Jeannie (Animated). Jeanie transports Mystery, Inc. back to ancient Egypt to solve a mystery. This crossover brings the animated Jeanie into the Scooby-Prime Universe. This Jeanie was not the same from I Dream of Jeannie.
September 29, 1973--SEASON 2 EPISODE 4--"The Spirit Spooked Sports Show"--Guest Starring Tim Conway
October 6, 1973--SEASON 2 EPISODE 5--"The Exterminator"--Guest Starring Don Adams
October 13, 1973--SEASON 2 EPISODE 6 “THE WEIRD WINDS OF WINONA”--Animated Series Crosses: Speed Buggy. Two groups of teens and their talking dog and car try to determine why people are fleeing their town. This brings in the animated Speed Buggy, which is about a living, talking, intelligent, animate car.
October 27, 1973--NEW SCOOBY-DOO MOVIES--"Scooby-Doo Meets Dick Van Dyke"--Apparently, there was a plan to reuse footage from this episode as a dream sequence where Doctor Sloan (DIAGNOSIS MURDER) meets Scooby-Doo. That would imply that the Dick Van Dyke seen in this episode isn't the actor, but is instead Doctor Sloan.
Oct/Nov 1973 -- Brave and the Bold # 109 -- Batman and the Demon!
September 7, 1974 - December 21, 1974--Hong Kong Phooey --A kung-fu-fighting pup and his snickering cat sidekick battle crime.
November 7, 1975 - September 11, 1979--A television series based on Wonder Woman airs, starring Lynda Carter. In Scooby-Doo Team-Up, Scooby sings the theme song to this television series, implying the show's existence as a show within the SCTU timeline.
1st Issue Special #12 (March 1976)-- The first appearance of the other Starman, who appeared in the aliens issue of Scooby-Doo Team-Up.
Starfire #1 (August 1976)--First appearance of the other Starfire, referenced in Scooby-Doo Team-Up.
September 11, 1976 - December 18, 1976--The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour--Scooby Doo and the gang solve mysteries; then Blue Falcon and Dynomutt fight crime in each two-part episode of this animated series. Scooby and Dynomutt meet in this series in a couple of episodes, and later in more comics stories.
February 12, 1977 - May 28, 1977--THE NEW ADVENTURES OF BATMAN--A continuation of the show. Batman is now bothered by Bat-Mite, a member of the 5th Dimensional Q Continuum of Zrff. This was a continuation of the Adventures of Batman, and introduced Bat-Mite from the comics to the screen for the first time. This is considered part of the Scooby-Doo Team-Up timeline.
September 10, 1977 - September 2, 1978--The All-New Super Friends Hour--A team of the greatest DC Comics superheroes protects Earth with the help of a pair of alien sibling apprentices. This was the first series to introduce the Wonder Twins.
March 23, 1978--WORLD'S FINEST COMICS # 251--This Green Arrow/Black Canary story was published in 1978, but Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 25 raises a continuity problem. It names Count Vertigo (who debuts in this issue) as a Green Arrow villain, but Scooby-Doo # 25 is firmly set between Green Lantern/Green Arrow # 84 and 85, from 1971. So I place this story here, out of sequence for the Green Arrow timeline but within the context of the Scooby-Doo Team-Up canon.
March 23, 1978--WORLD'S FINEST COMICS # 251--This Green Arrow/Black Canary story was published in 1978, but Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 25 raises a continuity problem. It names Count Vertigo (who debuts in this issue) as a Green Arrow villain, but Scooby-Doo # 25 is firmly set between Green Lantern/Green Arrow # 84 and 85, from 1971. So I place this story here, out of sequence for the Green Arrow timeline but within the context of the Scooby-Doo Team-Up canon.
September 22, 1979 - January 5, 1980--SCOOBY-DOO AND SCRAPPY-DOO (ANIMATED SERIES)--The Mystery, Inc. gang gets joined by Scooby’s very hyper nephew Scrappy-Doo. This series was a continuation of the previous two series mentioned (Scooby-Doo, Where are You? and the New Scooby-Doo Movies). In this series, Scrappy gets added to the cast to boost ratings, which were slipping. As if it wasn’t hard enough to explain Scooby, we now are faced with an unaging puppy who is more articulate than his uncle. The Scooby-Doo live action film, though not included in the Scooby-Prime Universe canon, does at least offer an explanation that Scrappy wasn’t a puppy, but merely suffered from a pituitary gland issue. And of course he can talk because talking dogs are normal. Actually, Scrappy is part of Scooby’s family, descended from aliens that posed as gods and interbred with Earth animals. That was explained in Mystery Incorporated, which isn't part of this timeline, but it's the only explanation thats ever been offered. This show is continued into the 1980 Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show. This series is spoofed in the 2002 live action Scooby-Doo film and has been referenced as fictional and in homage in numerous films and on television.
October 25, 1979--Adventure Comics #467 --"First Encounter" -- The first appearance of Starman Prince Gavyn. Every DC version of Starman exists in this timeline according to Scooby-Doo Team-Up.
July 24, 1980--Super Friends #37--"Bad Weather for Supergirl"--Reprinted In: Super Friends:Truth, Justice and Peace TPB (2003)
June 14, 1984--Jemm, Son of Saturn #1-- First appearance of Jemm, who appears in Scooby-Doo Team-Up.
Early 1985--Swamp Thing first encounters John Constantine, who launches him on a journey of self-discovery across the gothic underbelly of America. STSF #1; (ST v2 #37-40 <6-9.85>). Constantine’s first published appearance.
Late April, 1985--CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS--Bat-Mite and Scooby-Mite reference the Crisis in Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 3. However, if this timeline was involved in or affected by the Crisis, it was likely minimal. I do have a theory that the "merged Earth" that appeared after the Crisis, that featured pre-Crisis versions of DC characters (prior to the big changes like Man of Steel and Batman Year One), but with characters from Golden Age, Silver Age and other companies like Fawcett now on the same Earth could be this timeline That period lasted for 8 months in 1986, from February to October 1986. Ivan Schablotski has also proposed that the SDTU timeline is pre-Crisis Earth-12, and the later revelation that Brother Power exists in this universe would suggest that. Following the Crisis, some pre-Crisis worlds were shown to still exist, and in the Oz-Wonderland War, Captain Carrot encountered the Inferior Five, who were looking for Earth-12, presumed (and later canon) their home. The existence of Dove in SDTU implies the existence and death of Don Hall, who died in the Crisis, so the Crisis did happen in this timeline, but did not have the same effects as it did on the "main DCU" Earths. It probably had no effect, as was also true with Captain Carrot's Earth-C.
May 1986--CAPTAIN MARVEL AND MARVEL FAMILY COMICS [1940 - 1951]--Based on Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 16, we can assume that the adventures of the Marvel Family happened, but it's more likely based on the context of Scooby-Doo Team-Up that the Marvel Family debuted in the silver age rather than the golden age, and existed on the same Earth as Superman and Batman. Hence, I've placed this on the timeline at the era in which Captain Marvel was rebooted following Crisis on Infinite Earths. But even though I'm placing the Marvel Family here on the timeline, it's still the golden age adventures that are canon for this timeline. They just happened a lot more recently than they did on Earth-S.
June 28, 1988--Starman #1--"Grassroots Hero"--Dr. Harold Melrose is trying to create a group of super-beings using radiation from deep space directed to Earth with a satellite. During the experiment, the satellite is struck by space debris and knocked out of alignment. The radiation beam is directed into the mountains of Colorado where unemployed Will Payton is camping. Will is found by two hikers. The ground around him is charred, his skin appears burned, and he is believed dead. When the local coroner examines him though, Will rises from the table. Startled by the experience, Will flees and discovers he now possesses amazing strength, invulnerability, and the power to fly. Using these new powers which also include the ability to radiate heat and light, he stops a bank robbery. Will then tracks down his sister Jayne. She was worried because he was missing for more than a month. Will has no memory of the previous 34 days. Jayne convinces Will to become a super-hero and creates a costume for him. Reluctantly, Will accepts the costume and rescues a trapped construction worker. He is dubbed Starman by onlookers and the press. When word of Starman reaches Dr. Melrose, he deduces that the satellite power was redirected to the new hero. The doctor resolves to get the power back by any means necessary.
October 1988--Hawk and Dove # 1 -- Dove is mentioned as a Bird of Prey in Scooby-Doo Team-Up, and this is a reference to Dawn Granger. Since the origin on Dawn implies the existence of the silver age version of Hawk and Dove, and can assume that all Hawk and Dove stories from the silver age up to 1988 are in canon, though there is no evidence to support that Hank went on to become a sociopathic villain so let's assume that didn't happen in this timeline for now. Yay! However, Dawn's origin does imply that the Crisis still must have somehow happened here since that's where Don Hall died.
Huntress #1 (Apr. 1989)--Helena Bertinelli, the daughter of a murdered mob boss, becomes the Huntress. NOTE: The origin of the post-Crisis Huntress was heavily revised several times, first in Huntress v.2 (1994) and again in Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood (2000). Most of her short-lived 1989 series was probably later erased from continuity.
1991 -- Angel and the Ape -- This four issue mini-series reveals that Angel and Dumb Bunny are half-sisters.
September 5, 1992 - September 15, 1995--Batman: The Animated Series--The Dark Knight battles crime in Gotham City with occasional help from Robin and Batgirl. This series is not in the Scooby-Doo Team-Up timeline. However, I'd argue that the Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Batgirl, and Catwoman stories from this series could fit, based on their depictions in Scooby-Doo Team-Up, with a focus on the team-ups with Gotham Girls and the solo team-up with Harley Quinn.
April 15, 1994 - May 31, 2008--SPACE GHOST COAST TO COAST--Space Ghost in his 40s is no longer a superhero, and now he even goes by his real name Tad Ghostal. However, to remain in the spot-light he has started his own late-night talk show filmed in outer space. With his cohost and former villain Zorak, and his director Moltar they interview celebrities on Earth through their video-phone. According to Scooby-Doo Team-Up, this is canon. Space Ghost was hypnotized for eight years by Zorak and Moltar into thinking he was a talk show host to keep him busy. If this is canon, I can't wait to see what they might say about Harvey Birdman if and when Scooby teams up with Birdman.
October 1994--STARMAN VOLUME 2--All versions of DC's Starman exist in this timeline, per the aliens issue. this is in sync with James Robinson's Starman series. Note though that any contradictions in the STarman series with Scooby-Doo Team-Up depictions of characters should be ignored.
1995-11-21--This is when the Birds of Prey was founded. However, there's no evidence to suggest that Barbara Gordon was ever Batgirl in this continuity, so I'd say that a very different version of the team's adventures happened in this timeline.
2000--This is the opening of the 2002 Scooby-Doo film. The gang help Pamela Anderson solve a mystery but a fight ensues after that leads to the team breaking up. Note they take down the Luna Ghost, who has never appeared in the cartoons, but returns in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated. Mystery Incorporated however is a divergent timeline where the kids are still in high school and had some adventures similar to the original cartoons, but live in Crystal Cove, not Coolsville. The team-up with Pamela Anderson fits in with the old New Scooby-Doo Movies theme.
2000--WORLD'S FUNNEST--Superman and Batman: World's Funnest is an American single issue prestige format comic book published in 2000 by DC Comics. It was written by Evan Dorkin and illustrated by many artists. It is an Elseworlds tale and as such is not considered part of the main DC canon/continuity. Despite the title, Batman and Superman play only a small role in the story which stars instead Mr. Mxyzptlk and Bat-Mite as the main protagonists. The book pokes fun at many comic book conventions and DC heroes from the golden through to modern ages. Its setting is a multiverse similar to the pre-crisis DCU but also includes references to other Elseworlds tales (Kingdom Come and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns), the modern DCU, the DCAU and even pays a visit to Crisis on Infinite Earths. In this series, it's revealed that there is only one Mxyzptlk and Bat-Mite in the multiverse, and so every version we see of them is the same versions. This has also been demonstrated in post-Crisis and New 52 Superman comics.
July 27, 2000 - November 19, 2002--Gotham Girls--The adventures of the female superheroes and supervillains of Gotham City. This was a web series spin-off of Batman: The Animated Series. While Batman the Animated Series isn't necessarily in this timeline, this web series definitely is.
SCOOBY-DOO (LIVE ACTION FILM)
Release Date: 2002 (Contemporary Settings)
Series: Scooby-Doo (Live Action)
Horror Crosses: The Beast of Yucca Flats; From Dusk Till Dawn; Slither
Animates Series Crosses: Hong Kong Phooey; Scooby-Doo Where Are You; New Scooby-Doo Movies; Powerpuff Girls; Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo; Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated
Other Crosses: Maciste
The Story: Two years later, all of the team members are reunited to solve a mystery on a horror themed island.
Notes: This film takes place in the Live Action Universe, which is also the Television Crossover Universe and Horror Universe. This is a separate timeline than the other Scooby animated and comic book timelines which we cover elsewhere on this website. Scrappy is kicked out of the van in flashback near Yucca Flats, which is a real place, but the reference here was to the B horror film starring Tor Johnson as the Beast. The monsters explode in sunlight just like the vampires from Tarantino's From Dusk Till Dawn. Scooby's dog collar prop from this film appears again in Slither, in a pile of dog bones. James Gunn directed Scooby-Doo and Slither. Shaggy references that he fights like Hong Kong Phooey. This film is meant as a direct sequel to Scooby-Doo Where Are You, New Scooby-Doo Movies, and Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo and references in the film make that clear. Scrappy mentions the Powerpuff girls. The Luna Ghost first appears in this film and reappears in Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated. The temple is designed to resemble that seen in Cabiria, the first film to feature the hero Maciste. In Scooby-Doo Team-Up, there are references to Daphne practicing Kung Fu, and calling her "Danger Prone Daphne", both things that came from this movie, so it's possible that this movie and it's sequel could take place in this timeline. However, see also the live action Scooby-Doo Universe timeline by clicking here.
Release Date: 2002 (Contemporary Settings)
Series: Scooby-Doo (Live Action)
Horror Crosses: The Beast of Yucca Flats; From Dusk Till Dawn; Slither
Animates Series Crosses: Hong Kong Phooey; Scooby-Doo Where Are You; New Scooby-Doo Movies; Powerpuff Girls; Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo; Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated
Other Crosses: Maciste
The Story: Two years later, all of the team members are reunited to solve a mystery on a horror themed island.
Notes: This film takes place in the Live Action Universe, which is also the Television Crossover Universe and Horror Universe. This is a separate timeline than the other Scooby animated and comic book timelines which we cover elsewhere on this website. Scrappy is kicked out of the van in flashback near Yucca Flats, which is a real place, but the reference here was to the B horror film starring Tor Johnson as the Beast. The monsters explode in sunlight just like the vampires from Tarantino's From Dusk Till Dawn. Scooby's dog collar prop from this film appears again in Slither, in a pile of dog bones. James Gunn directed Scooby-Doo and Slither. Shaggy references that he fights like Hong Kong Phooey. This film is meant as a direct sequel to Scooby-Doo Where Are You, New Scooby-Doo Movies, and Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo and references in the film make that clear. Scrappy mentions the Powerpuff girls. The Luna Ghost first appears in this film and reappears in Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated. The temple is designed to resemble that seen in Cabiria, the first film to feature the hero Maciste. In Scooby-Doo Team-Up, there are references to Daphne practicing Kung Fu, and calling her "Danger Prone Daphne", both things that came from this movie, so it's possible that this movie and it's sequel could take place in this timeline. However, see also the live action Scooby-Doo Universe timeline by clicking here.
February 2003--Superman # 189--Debut of Traci Thirteen. Note that I think Superman comics canon for this timeline runs roughly from 1942 to 1980. But since Traci Thirteen is in Scooby-Doo Team-Up, this one post-Crisis issue of Superman may be included.
SCOOBY-DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED (LIVE ACTION FILM)
Release Date: 2004 (Contemporary Setting)
Series: Scooby-Doo (Live Action)
Animated Series Crosses: Bugs Bunny; A Pup Named Scooby-Doo; Scooby-Doo Where Are You
Other Crosses: So You Think You Can Dance
The Story: Now back in operation as Mystery, Inc., the team must solve a mystery in their home town, as a museum is opening in their honor. Many classic monsters from the original series return in this film.
Notes: Sequel to the 2002 live action film. Scooby transforms into the Looney Tunes Tasmanian Devil after ingesting a formula. There is a flashback to their early days from A Pup Names Scooby-Doo. Additionally, the setting of this film is in the gang's hometown of Coolsville. In the classic cartoons, the gang was always travelling. A Pup Named Scooby-Doo was the first appearance of Coolsville. Many classic foes from Scooby-Doo Where Are You appear or are referenced. A janitor is auditioning for So You Think You Can Dance.
August 7, 2004--TEEN TITANS--"Fractured"--Larry, Robin's double, from a different dimension arrives and causes havoc. Teen Titans takes place in an alternate reality. However, it's been revealed in Teen Titans # 48 that Larry the Titan comes from an alternate reality, probably the same 5th Dimension that Mxyzptlk and Bat-Mite come from, which means that all appearances of Larry in any reality are the same being. So the Larry who appears here is the same Larry later seen in Scooby-Doo Team-Up.
January 2005--Birds of Prey # 76--Debut of Black Alice. Post Crisis stories are hard. We're clearly in a pre-Crisis world in this timeline, where most characters are still existing in the 70s or early 80s, but a few post Crisis and even New 52 characters have been worked into Scooby-Doo Team-Up. Ether those first appearance stories exist in the Scooby-Doo Team-Up timeline, or their origin stories exist differently and have never been portrayed. In this case, since Barbara Gordon never became Oracle in this universe, we have to assume that Black Alice's origin and first appearance in the SDTU Universe is different than in the main DCU.
May, 2006--Infinite Crisis # 6-- Infinite Crisis did not take place in this timeline. But this issue was when Jaime Reyes became the new Blue Beetle, and that did happen in this timeline. His origin in this timeline may more closely resemble his New 52 origin or his Young Justice animated series origin.
BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD (ANIMATED SERIES)
Release Date: November 14, 2008 to November 18, 2011
Series: Batman: The Brave and the Bold
The Story: Seasoned hero Batman teams with all the other heroes of his world.
Notes: This series in not, I repeat not, part of the main Scooby-Doo Team-Up timeline. But it is included for a story below that I do consider part of the canon. In a few episodes of the series, Bat-Mite has demonstrated how there is a large number of alternate timelines. One of those, in which Batman teams up with Scooby-Doo, is more likely the main Scooby-Doo Team-Up timeline, while this series is a divergent timeline which seems to be designated “Earth-23”, whereas the main Scooby-Doo Team-Up Universe is “Earth-1A”. Having said that, it should be noted that recently a new Scooby/Batman animated team-up movie came out, that features the Scooby-Doo of the Batman: Brave and the Bold animated series universe, so that universe does have it's own version of Scooby and that movie is not part of this timeline.
BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD (ANIMATED SERIES)
May 18, 2013--Super-Pets--This features Krypto and Ace teaming up with other super pets. Though the animation is different, Ace acts here the way he acted in the Krypto the Super-Dog cartoon, and later in Scooby-Doo Team-Up. While the Krypto cartoon doesn't fit in this timeline because the origin is too different, these shorts don't really contradict this timeline.
SEASON 2 EPISODE 25 “BAT-MITE PRESENTS: BATMAN’S STRANGEST CASES!”
Release Date: January 19, 2011
Animated Series Crosses: Scooby-Doo!; Mad; New Adventures of Batman
Other Crosses: Bat-Manga
The Story: Bat-Mite presents three tales from alternate realities.
Notes: In this instance, the Scooby-Doo Team-Up Universe is one of those alternate realities. As explained in the previous entry, the Brave and the Bold series is a divergent timeline to the Scooby-Doo Team-Up Universe. But from their perspective, the Scooby-Doo Team-Up Universe is the divergent timeline. The Scooby-Doo Team-Up Universe story is a sequel to the Batman appearances in the New Scooby-Doo Movies in the 1970s. The other two stories take place in the world of Mad Magazine parodies and the world of Manga. It’s likely those are also divergent realities in the Scooby-Doo Multiverse. The later Batman/Scooby Team-Up movie actually takes place in the Brave and the Bold Universe and is Scooby's first appearance in that universe. It's not part of this timeline.
October 2011--Batman # 3--- This storyline introduced the Court of Owls, which has become a regular part of the Batman storyline ever since. This is New 52 canon, but it's mentioned in Scooby-Doo Team-Up. This is a further indication that this might be Earth-12, as it would have continued as a humorous counterpart to the main DCU. Note that I'm referring to Pre-Crisis Earth-12, and not the New 52 Earth-12, which is the DC Animated Universe of Batman Beyond.
November 2011--First appearance of Starling as a member of Birds of Prey. She is mentioned in Scooby-Doo Team-Up but since SDTU ignores Barbara's time as Oracle, and since in general New 52 stories don't sync with this timeline, we can assume her origin is different here.
October 2011--Batman # 3--- This storyline introduced the Court of Owls, which has become a regular part of the Batman storyline ever since. This is New 52 canon, but it's mentioned in Scooby-Doo Team-Up. This is a further indication that this might be Earth-12, as it would have continued as a humorous counterpart to the main DCU. Note that I'm referring to Pre-Crisis Earth-12, and not the New 52 Earth-12, which is the DC Animated Universe of Batman Beyond.
November 2011--First appearance of Starling as a member of Birds of Prey. She is mentioned in Scooby-Doo Team-Up but since SDTU ignores Barbara's time as Oracle, and since in general New 52 stories don't sync with this timeline, we can assume her origin is different here.
January, 2012-Aquaman #3 --Aquadog is the nickname given to Salty, Aquaman and Mera's pet dog that they rescued from the monsters known as the Trench. This has problems. Aquadog is in this timeline, but for the most part, Aquaman's adventures stop in the early 70s, prior to the death of Aquababy. So this is the only Aquaman story after that which can still fit in this timeline.
, 2013--NEW TEEN TITANS--"Apprentice"--Larry the Titan returns, still voiced by Dee Bradley Baker. This does not take place in the Teen Titans animated timeline, or the Scooby-Doo Team-Up timeline. This is a new reality created by Larry the Titan. Larry, like Bat-Mite and Mxyzptlk, is a multiversal being, so every appearance in Larry in every timeline is the same character. So this is the same Larry that also appears in Scooby-Doo Team-Up.
April 23, 2013 – present--TEEN TITANS GO--Superhero roommates Robin, Cyborg, Starfire, Raven and Beast Boy love saving the day, but what happens when they're done fighting crime?
April 23, 2013 – present--TEEN TITANS GO--Superhero roommates Robin, Cyborg, Starfire, Raven and Beast Boy love saving the day, but what happens when they're done fighting crime?
SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP
Nov 20 2013--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 1--Batman and Robin
- Issue # 1 seems to be a follow-up to the three previous Scooby/Batman team-ups from New Scooby-Doo Movies and Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
- This issue introduces Man-Bat to the Scooby Universe.
- The art seems to imply this is the world of the newer version of the DC Super Friends series aimed at kids, but later issues show that this isn’t the case.
- The Batman from the original Scooby team-ups was the same as the Batman from the Adventures of Batman and New Adventures of Batman animated shows, which was itself a continuation of Batman’66.
- Finally reading the Scooby-Doo Team-Up issues Ivan sent me after we did the first show. Issue 1 they directly reference New Scooby-Doo Movies (We used to meet all sorts of people, basketball players, singers, it's like we were teaming up with someone every week) and Brave and the Bold (Batman: I know the feeling).
- And then Batman literally says they could use partners that are Brave and Bold.
- Batman also references his original origin. "Criminals are a cowardly superstitious lot."
- According to this issue, the Mystery Analysts issue # 2 takes place exactly one month later, like in real time! However, Ivan points out that the digital issues, which were half the paper issues, came out monthly, and the paper issues came out bi-monthly, so while the Mystery Analysts meeting did indeed get published one month after the invite, that doesn't necessarily follow that all the stories are happening in real time.
Jan 8 2014--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 2--Ace the Bat-Hound
- Ivan informs on the podcast that this version of Ace does indeed act similar to the manner that was first introduced in the Krypto the Super-Dog animated series and later on the DC Nation shorts. The Krypto series does not work for this timeline because in that series Krypto arrives on Earth after Superman is an adult an lives with a boy in the suburbs of Metropolis. Super Friends incorporates the previous Filmation versions of Superman and Superboy, including adventures of Superboy and Krypto. So we must abide by the original silver age origin of Krypto. The DC Nation Shorts featuring the Super-Pets works though.
- This also brings in Mystery Analysts of Gotham City
Mar 5 2014--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 3--Bat-Mite
- This one brings in Batman, both another tie-in to the New Adventures of Batman and Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
- Also brings in Larry from the original Teen Titans series.
- The Batusi is mentioned, a reference to Batman’66
- It’s also mentioned that Batman has that deep voice, which is a modern thing that originated with Michael Keaton. (Since this doesn't specifically bring in any particular story, I would only reference our discussion of this on the podcast. Ivan points out a flashback story that reveals it was Alfred's idea for Bruce to come up with the voice, after Batman had already been operating for a while. This would help explain why the earlier Scooby/Batman team-ups have Batman with a regular voice, but why he (and Ace) would have the deeper voices now. Also, considering the Gotham Girls team-up later on.
- Mites being from Fifth dimension is referenced, something first introduced in World’s Funnest.
- Crisis/multiverse reference
- This issue reveals that all the original Scooby villains got their costumes and Gadgets from Batman foes The Spook and False Face.
- When Mystery Inc are turned into kids, they look like their Pup Named Scooby-Doo versions.
- When Batman is turned into an ape, he looks just as he did in the JLA storyline "JLApe".
- The reference to heroes fighting before teaming up is more of a Marvel Comics tradition.
- Batman L.L.C. is a parody of Batman, Inc.
- When Mystery, Inc. are turned into Batman LLC, the boys are wearing Nightwing costumes. Based on this timeline, Dick Grayson is still Robin, and won't sport that costume until he grows up, around three years in the future (not accounting for comic book time of course). Either Bat-Mite got the idea for the costumes because he can see the future (or other timelines, as demonstrated in Batman: The Brave and the Bold), or else Dick will have remembered this adventure and is influenced by this adventure when he creates his Nightwing costume in the future.
- Mystery Inc are also turned into versions of X-Files or Men in Black, Ghostbusters, and My Little Pony. This may be the closest we'll ever get to crossovers between Scooby and those franchises sadly.
- Reference to Robin being the same Robin from previous issues even though he’s clearly different.
- Reference to Robin and Shaggy having same voice actor
Jul 2 2014--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 5--Wonder Woman
- This Wonder Woman has pre-crisis and post-crisis elements
- Shaggy doesn’t count as a man.
Sep 3 2014--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 6--Super Friends
- This is the original version of the Super Friends. Not the new DC Super Friends comic version.
- Nice reference to what became of Marvin and Wendy, but what became of Zan and Jayna?
- Shaggy and Scooby controlling Sinestro’s ring. Also, the fear controlling the ring is a post crisis element.
- Supergirl appearing in the costume from her one-time appearance in the Super Friends comic book.
- Brainiac’s monkey is shown in flashback to Brainiac’s first silver age appearance.
- Wonder Woman references the previous issue she was in.
Nov 5 2014--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 7--Flintstones
- The Flintstones lived 10,000 years in the past, not 1 mIliion B.C. as was the original canon.
- Fruity Pebbles commercials are referenced as canon.
- Gruesomes ancestors of the Addams Family or possible the Creepleys.
- Flintstones/WWE crossover referenced.
- Dino’s dialogue call-back to his origin story
- This takes place before Flintstones meet the Jetsons.
- Shaggy makes fun of record players because Scooby has remained contemporary
- This takes place before Jetsons meet Flintstones.
Nov 5 2014--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 8--Jetsons
- This takes place a thousand years in the future, and before Jetsons meet Flintstones because they are unfamiliar with time travel.
- The Jetson's car (in SDTU) folds up to a briefcase (as in the original Jetsons), but when it folds with Shaggy, Scooby, and Astro inside, they aren't crushed, despite the small size, as if the inside stays the same side despite the exterior changing it's form. It's as if it's bigger on the inside, and rather than folding up, it really has a chameleon circuit. Ivan counters with this: "True, but tesseract technology isn't dependent on Gallifrey. DC ONE MILLION made use of similar gimmicks to explain how the Earth dealt with overpopulation issues. Besides, there's no evidence that it's bigger on the inside; could be that the contents of the car shrink." Good point. Also interesting point about tesseract technology. Video monitors on the Jetsons have always actually acted as portals, which is why Mr. Spacely can come out of the screen and physically grab George. As Ivan also points out, this is a common trope of cartoons, and even happens with telephone calls, with people reaching out of the phone from the other end.
- This is a two parter. The story starts and ends on the same day.
Mar 4 2015--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 9--Superman
- This is classic Pre-Crisis Superman. Krypto is not from the cartoon but the silver age version. References to Elastic Lad, signal watch, that pool at the fortress that gives powers, the Fortress itself, the Jimmy Olsen Fan Club etc.
- No Z in Brazier reference to Margot Kidder’s Lois from the Christopher Reeve movies.
- Perry White references the classic George Reees episode where a crook pretends to be ghost of Caeser to drive Perry crazy.
- Reference to the previous Super Friends issue.
- Lois’ costume looked a bit like the one seen in Lois and Clark
- Lots of classic villains, Professor Pottor, Space Canine Patrol Agency
May 6 2015--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 10--Johnny Quest
- Not much to say about this one but it’s a good place to mention I love how each episode feels like it takes place in the guest star’s show.
- Fred mentions that Johnny reminds him of Mystery Inc. when they were that age. That could be a reference to A Pup Named Scooby-Doo.
- Reference here and throughout the series to Mystery Inc still being kids. This seems to only acknowledge original Scooby Doo Where Are You and New Scooby-Doo Movies. Kids haven’t seemed to grow up. Haven’t gone to college. Haven’t moved on to careers. No Scrappy or Scooby Dum references yet either.
Jul 1 2015--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 11--Secret Squirrel
- This is a world where talking animals do coexist with humans, though there seem to be very few talking animals. People are surprised to encounter talking animals, but yet don’t find it too implausible.
- International Squirrel of Mystery.
- Johnny Quest gets mentioned.
Sep 23 2015--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 12--Gotham Girls
- Gotham Girls was a spin-off webseries from Batman: The Animated Series and all the characters are drawn that way.
- Mr. J had referenced his previous encounters with Scooby
- Batman has several times now called upon Mystery Inc. as experts.
October 31, 2015--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 13--Halloween
- The Phantom Stranger
- Deadman
- The Spectre (In dream sequence only)
- The Grim Ghost (In dream sequence only)
- The Ghost Patrol (In dream sequence only)
- Kid Eternity (In dream sequence only)
- Captain Triumph (In dream sequence only)
- Gentleman Ghost (In dream sequence only)
- J.E.B. Stuart (In dream sequence only)
Jan 27 2016--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 14--Aquaman
- Silver age and elements from Filmation series
- This takes place before Manta killed Aquababy
Mar 2 2016--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 15--Flash
- This is silver age Flash, though he’s reminiscent of Justice League Flash and DC Super Heroes Flash.
- Grodd’s Super Friends appearance mentioned
- Flash should be on TV mentioned.
- Daphne being danger prone damsel in distress mentioned throughout series. This is something that came from the live action films, but clearly Daphne does not possess the martial arts skills from those movies.
May 4 2016--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 16--Marvel Family
- Pre-Crisis but living in Fawcett City.
- This is a merged Earth version of pre-Crisis. No separate Earth-S.
- Hoppy the Marvel Bunny mentioned.
- Shaggy Marvel and Velma Marvel.
Jul 27 2016--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 17-- Hawkman
- Appears to be Golden Age version, mention of reincarnations. Could be the post-crisis conflation of Hawkmen.
- Atom appears, silver age
- Midway City
- Mavis Trent First appearance: Brave and the Bold #34
- Mavis references the Scooby/Jonny Quest team-up, which was written about in a magazine article
- Hawkgirl, not Hawkwoman
- And they are from Thanagar, so silver age versions, and prior to Hawkgirl becoming Hawkwoman.
- Hawkman references Green Arrow in a reference to his dislike of Green Arrow from the pre-Crisis era
- The Thanagarian Hawkman and Hawkwoman are the reincarnated Egyptians from the golden age version, thus conflating the two into a whole new origin that’s not Earth-1, Earth-2, post-Crisis or New 52!
- Including past lives as Silent Knight and Lady Celia, Nighthawk and Cinnamon
- It seems thier golden age adventures didn’t happen, but instead silver age version exists but with past lives of golden age versions. Perhaps golden age versions did still exist, but then they died and were reincarnated on Thanagar?
- Shadow Thief, Fadeaway Man, and Matter Master!
Sep 28 2016--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 18--Dogs
- G'Nort
- Krypto, the Super-Dog
- Ace, the Bat-Hound
- Wonder Dog
- Canine Commandos
- Yankee Poodle
- Bulletdog
- Nighthound
- Robbie the Robot Dog
- Rex the Wonder Dog
- They appear to take on real zombies in this one in a real zombie apocalypse. I'm refraining from making that a crossover to any existing zombie film or series.
- Dynomutt told Scooby he can’t call himself Dog Wonder because it infringes on intellectual property. This is callback to Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 2.
- Space Canine Patrol Agents!!!
- The Canine Commandos were from the alien dog world, not from Earth, which makes all their previous DC appearances not canon in the Scooby-Doo Team-Up timeline…
- The Canine Commandos are the JSA equivalents to the SCPA’s JLA
Oct 26 2016--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 19--Zatanna
- Zatara missing again, but it’s after Zatanna joined the League.
- More supernatural DC will be introduced.
- This takes place on Halloween, a year after Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 13.
- Zatara still alive in this timeline.
- Zatanna references the classic storyline where she searched for her father.
- I like that they have the * note to read Zatanna’s spells backwards, something they haven’t done since the pre-Crisis era.
- Zatanna and Mystery Inc. visit Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson), the “Turban Triplets” (Sargon, Ibis, El Carim), Baron Winters, Prince Ra-Man, Traci Thirteen, Black Alice, Warlock the Wizard, John Constantine (who Zatanna doesn’t want to talk about… because they used to be sexual lovers….), the Golden Age Tigress (who was an old foe of Zatara), Felix Faust (with an homage to a classic JLA cover), Wotan, the Demons Three, Kulak, Klarion the Witch Boy, the Wizard, the Blue Lama
- Lovecraftian reference. Okay, not really. Fate describes his magic as “eldritch”, a term that means weird, strange or scary, but it is often used to refer to Lovecraftian supernatural in the past century.
- And that’s just the first half of the story!
- In Part 2, we bring in Cerberus, the Warlock of Ys
- Interesting that the helmet of Nabu was able to be controlled by the villain. Normally Nabu controls the user and the helmet drives those unworthy mad. In fact, when Scooby wears it, Nabu takes control of Scooby.
Nov 23 2016--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 20--Space Ghost
- It had never been clear to me if Space Ghost and the other cartoons it connects to like Herculoids were in the future or just aliens in another part of space. This confirms that indeed Space Ghost is an alien from another part of space in the present day.
- Fred’s reference to the team handling twice as many cases as before could be referring to DC publishing two regular Scooby titles, the other being Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
- And Space Ghost is from another, distant galaxy (or a galaxy far, far away… No, I'm not implying a Star Wars connection. I'm just being silly.)
- Seeing the Mystery Machine turned into a space craft is awesome.
- Is this the first time we’ve had Blip’s language translated?
- The Space Ghost talk show is canon, as a plot that was used to hypnotize Space Ghost for eight seasons as a plot from his main enemies to keep him busy.
December 24, 2016--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 21--Harley Quinn - Classic DCAU version
- Takes place on Christmas Eve
- The villains use the Ghosts from A Christmas Carol as their theme. This implies that they believe the Charles Dickens tale to be real.
- Fred mentions Christmas is a busy time for Ghost Hunters, having faced the “Christmas Spirit” last year and the “Chaunted Chanukah” the year before.
- Harley sings the classic “Batman smells” song, popular with kids in the real world, but has since been shown to exist in most other universes where Batman exists.
- Harley still appears in her classic DCAU version, as she did in Gotham Girls. This was her original look when she debuted in the main DCU as well.
- Velma says that last week they turned down Doctor Thirteen’s request to join Mystery Inc.
- Harley mentions a common hole in many ghost hunter crossover stories. She refers to Doctor Thirteen having met the Phantom Stranger and still doesn’t believe in ghosts. Likewise, Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes involve characters who have encountered supernatural menaces countless times in crossovers, but remains non-believers in their canon.
- Sherlock Holmes reference when Harley puts on the classic hat and investigates with a magnifying glass.
- Pop culture reference: Harley refers to the ghost as Casper! Casper was once temporarily owned by Hanna-Barbera and had a team-up with Yogi Bear, and a Saturday morning show where Casper was the “Scooby” mascot with a group of space cop mystery solving teen girls.
- The Joker appears in his Batman: The Animated Series version. He was previously seen with Scooby in his classic Adventures of Batman version on three occasions. This is similar to how they have met Robin in different forms but he is still the same Robin.
Jan 25 2017--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 22--Frankenstein Jr. and Impossibles
- Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles were part of an animation block originally, but had separate stories that never crossed over. They did however previously meet in previous comic book adaptations.
- A nice picture in the style of the New Scooby-Doo Movies reminds us that this series is intentionally a continuation of that series.
- Apparently the Impossibles are Velma’s favorite band. Not the Hex Girls in this timeline?
- I don’t know enough about Frankenstein Jr, having never watched it, so I don’t know the connection to Frankenstein, but Shaggy seems to imply that there is a connection between this robot and Victor Frankenstein and the many Frankenstein Monsters that have existed. (Frankenstein Senior and Frankenstein Cousins)
- Frankenstein Jr and the Impossibles are fictional in the alternate timeline of the animated Scooby films, per Mask of the Blue Falcon.
Feb 22 2017--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 23--Quick Draw McGraw
- Mystery Inc visits Quick Draw's town in the west, which is in the present day, but very much like a town in the 19th century old West. In fact, the gang mentions right away that they didn't think towns like this still existed. This confirms that Quick Draw's adventures do take place in the modern day even though they appear to take place in the old West. It also could explain all the cartoons that appear to take place in a contemporary period but appear like the Old West. And they are very clear that this isn't a ghost town. It's an active community that chooses to live in a 19th century way of life.
- El Kabong always swings in on a rope, never showing what the rope is attached to, and usually because there isn't anything for it to attach to, but the rope is coming from off screen so it didn't matter for a silly cartoon. Daphne points out that the rope isn't attached to anything, and just as with characters walking off a cliff and defying gravity until they realize they have walked off the cliff, El Kabong immediately falls when it's pointed out that the rope isn't attached to anything.
- The gang immediately recognize that El Kabong is Quick Draw, but they couldn't previously figure out that the rock band called the Impossibles and the super team called the Impossibles were the same guys.
- Droop-a-Long appears, from another "old West" setting Hanna-Barbera series, Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long.
Mar 22 2017--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 24--Martian Manhunter
- Martian Manhunter is stated to be a member of the Justice League. If SDTU is based mostly on a mid to late 70s era, then yes, J'onn would have been a member, but he would have left Earth at this time. Perhaps he didn't leave Earth in this timeline as he did on Earth-1.
- Persons in Plaid apparently the Men in Black of this timeline.
- Other aliens named as being captured are: Kanjar Ro, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes), and Zook. Superman is said to be on a mission in space currently.
- Blue Beetle (this version) first appeared post-Infinite Crisis. In the mid 70s, Ted Kord was Blue Beetle. Another post-New 52 addition to an otherwise Pre-Crisis type timeline.
- The remaining aliens not yet captured are Ultra the Multi-Alien, J'emm Son of Saturn, Starfire, and Starman (the blue guy from the 1970s).
- All the Starmen exist in this timeline, implying the events of the Starman Jack Knight series happened in this timeline.
- Starfire references the other two DC characters named Starfire. This was also a joke in an issue of Starman where three different people told the story of being rescued by Starfire, and each version was a different character named Starfire.
- Ultra was originally from the future of Earth-1. Either he time travelled or in this timeline he was a contemporary character.
- Starfire is taller than she was when appearing with Teen Titans Go, which Daphne points out. This is similar to how Robin appeared differently in different settings. This Starfire still doesn't resemble her main DCU counterpart, but more closely resembles the DC Girls animated series version.
Early April 2017--TEEN TITANS GO TO THE MOVIES--The Teen Titans meet Deathstroke for the first time in this timeline. This movie came out in 2018, but must be placed here as Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 25 says that Deathstroke is a Teen Titans villain.
Apr 26 2017--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 25--Green Lantern/Green Arrow (70s version)
- Despite the sliding timeline, this story specifically states that these stories take place in the present, as the 60s were 50 years ago. However, despite that, the folks who said they settled the town fifty years ago look like they haven't aged. But they are old enough to have kids who are adults, so I guess that lines up. Ah, those weird sliding timelines...
- This story takes place during the "Hard Travelling Heroes" storyline, so this takes place in the early 70s, fitting it following the New Scooby-Doo Movies. This means that the DCU and Scooby timeline, despite being a modern setting, is currently stuck in the era of the early 1970s. This fits with most of the other guest star appearances, with a few anachronistic exceptions.
- Green Arrow saying "You have failed this city." Arrow is not part of this timeline, but that was a nice nod.
- List of Green Lantern's enemies includes: Sinestro, Hector Hammond, Star Sapphire, Black Hand, Evil Star, and the Tattooed Man.
- Listing Green Arrow's enemies, they reference his enemies from Arrow, and point out that those villains are actually enemies of the Teen Titans and Batman in the comics. The villains mentioned are: Deathstroke, Deadshot, Ra's al Ghul. Since Teen Titans Go is canon for this timeline, that means that Teen Titans Go to the Movies takes place before this issue even though it came out later, as that is the first meeting of the Teen Titans and Deathstroke in this timeline.
- Real Green Arrow villains mentioned are Merlyn the Archer, Count Vertigo and the Clock King. Count Vertigo debuted in 1978. This story is set firmly between Green Lantern/Green Arrow # 84 and 85, 1971. So Count Vertigo must have debuted earlier in Green Arrow's timeline in this canon.
- The real villain of this story is the Psycho Pirate.
- Shaggy and Scooby are not affected by Psycho Pirate's terror because they are always terrified. It's like when Sinestro's ring based in fear didn't affect them.
- Black Canary also appears in the story.
- The story includes Green Arrow's famous chili, which is a thing. Note that Green Lantern/Green Arrow # 85 was the first appearance of this chili, and that chronologically happens after this story, so the chili is first chronologically mentioned here in this timeline.
- Between this issue and next, the gang returns home to Coolsville for a visit with their families. This may have happened in DC's other title, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! It's already been referenced that both comics are happening with the adventures alternating between the two titles. The next published story of Scooby-Doo, Where are You! came out on May 10, 2017. And indeed, the story does return the team to Coolsville in the first story of the issue, "Troll Bridge", which is also written by Sholly Fisch, the regular writer of Scooby-Doo Team-Up.
- This issue takes place just prior to and leads into the heroin issue where Green Arrow finds out Speedy is an addict.
Late April, 2017--Green Lantern #85-86--Following Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 25, Green Arrow returns home to find Speedy is a drug addict. This story was published on June 24, 1971 and June 24, 1971. But in this timeline, it must have happened here in late April, 2017. Note that in the Birds of Prey issues of Scooby-Doo Team-Up later on, it's mentioned that the road trip continues. GreenLantern/Green Arrow was cancelled in 1972, and the road trip issue wrapped up shortly after as a back up feature in the Flash. Green Lantern and Green Arrow then went solo for a while, before the team-up series was renewed in the last 70s, but without the social commentary theme. Probably the end of the Hard Travelling Heroes storyline continues parallel to the Scooby-Doo Team-Up series, and wraps up at the same time, and the later stories are probably not in canon except when mentioned elsewhere as exceptions, like the issue that Count Vertigo debuted in, for instance.
May 24 2017--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 26--Hong Kong Phooey
- Not much to say about this one. It was pretty straightforward team-up and pretty faithful adaptation. The only continuity thing I found worth mentioning was that Daphne is shown to practice Kung Fu herself, something also revealed in Scooby-Doo the live action movie. The live action film (and its sequel) could fit in this timeline... but the kung fu thing isn't a strong connection. The films are also one of the first references to Daphne as "Danger Prone Daphne", which is a reference often used in this series as well.
Jun 28 2017--Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 27--Plastic Man--This is a very straight up depiction of Plastic Man, who has changed very little through his incarnations in Quality Comics, DC's silver age, the post-Crisis era, and modern depictions, although the golden age version was a bit more serious while the silver age added a camp/spoof element. I'm a little disappointed that there weren't at least some sort of reference to the Saturday morning cartoon with Penny, Baby Plas, and Hula Hula. Perhaps DC doesn't own the rights to those characters.
Jul 26 2017--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 28--Jonah Hex
- The bulk of this story is told in flashback by Fred, and we can presume it's true, but it may not be. I'm going to err on the side of including it. After all, the story comes directly from Frederick's journal. Also, if this story took place
- This film depicts that the Scooby Gang all had identical ancestors in the old west. The animated film Shaggy's Showdown also depicts this. There may be others that I'm unaware of. I'm thinking there are some others that I'm not remembering.
- Old West Daphne is tired of being confused with Cinnamon. But come to think of it, she does look a lot like, okay, I won't say it.
- Old West ancestors are Frederick (Fred), Carrie, short for Cardamon (Daphne), Thelma Lou (Velma), Gabby (Shaggy), and Smiley-Doo (Scooby).
- In Shaggy's Showdown, the look-alike ancestor of Shaggy is the outlaw Dapper Jack. The problem is that Shaggy's Showdown involves El Kabong existing in the old west, but this timeline has him existing in present day. Perhaps like the Scooby Gang, Quick Draw had a lookalike ancestor in the old west with almost similar adventures?
- Bat Lash also appears. And the real Rinnamon, I mean Cinnamon, shows up.
- By the by, sometimes sewing circles were just that, but other times in the west in particular in that time, sewing circles were code for whore house. Just a little known fun fact.
- Cardomon, I mean Carrie, is Cinnamon's little sister, meaning that Daphne Blake is distantly related to Cinnamon! Cinnamon also happens to be one of the past lives of Hawkgirl, who Mystery Inc. has already encountered in this series.
- Cinnamon and Carrie also have two other sisters, Garlic and Paprika.
- In encountering the monster, Jonah Hex says "Yuh'd be surprised at some of the things Ah've seen." Especially if all of his previous stories are canon. Hex has been involved in the Crisis, traveled to the future, been in some seriously weird Vertigo stories, and such. He's a popular team-up character, having met the Justice League, the Demon, Ra's al Ghul, the Legends of Tomorrow, Swamp Thing, and many others both immortals and time travelers.
- Placing this on the timeline, I'm thinking (and this is an estimate) that this takes place in 1885. This would be after all the weird stories (or most of them) involving the things Jonah Hex would have seen, but way before Cinnamon's death in 1899, and Hex's death in 1904. It's also before "Old Man" Bat Lash stories. Jonah Hex was born in 1838 so he'd be 47 in 1885. Bat Lash was born in 1843 so he's be 42 in 1885. Cinnamon was born in 1860 so she'd be 25 here, and since Carrie is her younger sister, her being a meddling teenager would be fine here, having her been born maybe in 1866 if she's 19 (just a guestimate.)
- If the old west Scooby gang were born around 1866 and are the great-great grandparents of the current gang, then that's four generations past, or roughly 120 years. That's a little off if we consider the current gang were probably born around 1953, in order to be of driving age when the original Scooby-Doo, Where are You! debuted in 1969, but some generations could have had kids earlier or later so it could be plausible. At the very least it's not implausible, and we are dealing with a sliding timeline of sorts, so let's not overthink it. I already spent two hours working on just the entry for this issue.
Aug 23 2017--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 29--TOP CAT
- Interestingly, this time the guest star, Top Cat, is the villain, at least initially.
- I love that the realtor says that dressing up as a ghost is the first thing they teach you in real estate school.
- This issue had a little bit of a social justice versus capitalism message. A rare treat.
Sep 27 2017--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 30 -- CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN
- Though the Gnome King turns out to be Multi-Man, FEMA believes him to be the real Gnome King, implying his real existence in this world. The Gnome King comes from L. Frank Baum's Oz series.
- The Challengers are kind of assholes here.
- The Challengers reference their mascot, Cosmo.
- Velma references the Justice League calling on Mystery Inc. in the Super Friends issue.
- This issue also features the Sea Devils, Cave Carson, the Secret Six and Rip Hunter. Daphne wonders of the Funky Phantom and Goober and the Ghost Chasers will also show up.
- The post-Crisis/New 52 thing where Cave Carson has a cybernetic eye is dismissed as a rumor, so Cave Carson here is definitely the pre-Crisis version only. Likewise, the mystery of Mockingbird is revealed to be Durant in this issue. This was revealed in the post-Crisis Secret Six series in Action Comics Weekly. So this is the final appearance of the pre-Crisis version of the Secret Six.
- Note that the Secret Six never had any connections to the greater DCU prior to this issue.
- There's a mention that the Multi-Man here, an old foe of the Challengers, is not the same as the previously seen Multi-Man of the Impossibles.
Oct 25 2017--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 31 -- THE ATOM
- Vs. the Bug Eyed Bandit
- Other villains mentioned are: Chronos, Plant Master, Big Cheese, Big Wig. (Big Cheese and Big Wig are actual Atom villains that appears once in Atom # 34, 1968. Google!)
- Mystery Inc was referred to Atom by Hawkman, who had previously worked with Mystery Inc. The Atom was mentioned in that issue, as the Atom and Hawkman once shared a title for a time, and had team-ups much like Superman and Batman or Green Lantern and Green Arrow.
- The Atom says he can't do his trick of travelling through phone lines anymore because modern technology doesn't allow it.
- There's a pun joke about "Sword of the Atom", but it feels as though this story definitely takes place prior to the actual Sword of the Atom series. But then again, maybe not. The Atom is fairly familiar with the existence of other sub-atomic worlds. But the Atom is in his original costume, so it makes me think this is pre-Sword. Besides which, Morlaidhans, from Sword, is a tribe of six-inch tall people in the Amazon, not sub-atomic.
- Atom Ant appears at the end, leading right into the next story. This also places Atom Ant's base of operations in Ivy Town, meaning that the Atom and Atom Ant always operated in the same town!
Nov 22 2017--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 32 -- ATOM ANT
- Although many issues have made references to previous issues, this is only the second time that an issue continued directly from the previous issue, the last being the Flintstones and Jetsons stories.
- Atom Ant's origin has never been revealed, and here too when directly questioned, he chooses to remain evasive about the subject.
Dec 2017--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 33 -- LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES
- A reference is made to the previous meeting of Rip Hunter a few issues earlier.
- The Legion still operates out of the original clubhouse, which was destroyed in Adventure Comics # 366, March 1968. So probably only Legion adventures published from 1958 - 1976 are valid in this timeline. Of course, with this being a time travel story, you'd think Mystery Inc. may have just traveled to 2967, but the story specifically says they travel to the 31st century, implying they are in 3017 now. That doesn't mean that later Legion adventures still can't happen, at some point beyond the "current future". Ouch, my head hurt just typing that.
- This story definitely takes place after Adventure Comics # 353 though, February 1967, as that features the death of Ferro Lad, which is important to this story.
- The Legionaires in this story are: Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad, Brainiac 5, Phantom Girl, Chameleon Boy, Princess Projectra, Matter-Eater Lad, Shadow Lass. Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad first appeared in Adventure Comics # 247, April 1958. Phantom Girl and Brainiac 5 first appeared in Action Comics # 276, May 1961. Chameleon Boy first appeared in Action Comics # 267, August 1960. Matter-Eater Lad first appeared in Adventure Comics # 303, December 1962. Ferro Lad first appeared in Adventure Comics # 346, July 1966. Princess Projectra first appeared in Adventures Comics # 346, July 1966. Shadow Lass first appeared in Adventure Comics # 365, February 1968.
- Shadow Lass's appearance really nails this adventure down to happening in the midst of the storyline that takes place in Adventure Comics # 365 - 366. It's a two-parter that introduces Shadow Lass to the team in 365 and destroys the clubhouse in 366. Perhaps that story didn't happen, or happened differently in this timeline.
- The previous adventure with the Jetsons is mentioned.
- View screens show other Legionaires on other missions. "Mon-El and Ultra Boy are stopping a Khund Invasion. Element Lad and Colossal Boy are battling the Time Trapper. Bouncing Boy and Shrinking Violet are fighting Darkseid..." Karate Kid and Sun Boy are also shown in view screens, not really doing anything but posing and brooding. The only anachronism here is that Darkseid didn't encounter the Legion until 1982 (er, 2982). Apparently he hadn't been absent for centuries in this timeline.
- Daphne now knows Kung Fu (like in the live action movies) which she learned from Hong Kong Fooey.
- This story actually replaces the events of Adventure Comics # 365 - 366. The Fatal Five use the "ghost of Ferro Lad" as a ruse instead of attacking the headquarters in the original story.
- Mystery Inc become honorary Legionaires, like Pete Ross, Elastic Lad (Jimmy Olsen), and Rond Vidar (30th Century Green Lantern). Honorary status is bestowed upon those who deserve the title of Legionaire but can't regularly participate in service because of having no powers or being from another time period.
- In the final scene where Mystery Inc become honorary members, more Legionaiares appear, including Star Boy, Lightning Lass, Dream Girl.
Late 2017--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 34 -- BIRDS OF PREY
- First appearance and mention of Birds of Prey, slightly breaking from the pre-Crisis/Silver Age DCU. Batgirl is not Oracle, though. Batgirl previously appeared in the Gotham Girls issue. Black Canary appeared in the Green Lantern/Green Arrow issue. This is the first appearance of Huntress in this series.
- Brother Power, the Geek appears. I've had some discussions with Ivan and the TVCU Crew around the possibility that this series takes place in the pre-Crisis Earth-12, the designation for the Inferior Five, but expanded by fans (and later DC officially) to be the home of other humor books and the Super Friends. The appearance of Brother Power, often placed in Earth-12 canon, helps to support this theory.
- Man-Bat is mentioned. He appeared already in this series.
- Black Canary mentions that the Green Lantern/Green Arrow "Hard Travelling Heroes" road trip is still ongoing, placing this still in that timeframe, even though Birds of Prey is a 90s thing, not a 70s thing. But then, Barbara Gordon as Batgirl really supports that none of that matters here. Black Canary also makes reference to the Arrow "You have failed this city" thing which the Green Arrow of this universe also does.
- Starlng and Dove are mentioned as members of Birds of Prey.
- Huntress alludes to the Court of Owls from New 52 continuity. Another of the rare New 52 bits to make it into this series, which really shows that this isn't "Earth-1" but probably it's Earth-12, as it would have continued to evolve following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, as a more humorous counterpoint to the main DCU canon.
- Velma calls herself "The Raven", and Black Canary mentions that the Teen Titans already have a Raven, which Velma should know since they met earlier in this series.
- And hey, Lady Blackhawk's here, so we can add Blackhawk to this timeline!
- The Penguin, Maxie Zues and Hugo Strange are mentioned as suspects.
- Daphne's martial arts skills (first appearing in the live action movie) are on display, and she mentions studying from the Hong Kong Book of Kung Fu, previously mentioned in the Hong Kong Phooey issue.
Late 2017--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 35 -- Yogi Bear--This one is a pretty straightforward crossover. This is the first meeting between Scooby and Yogi, which confirms that Laff-A-Lympics does not take place in this timeline.
Late 2017 -- Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 36 -- Angel and the Ape
- Also featuring Lando -Man of Magic, Bob Hope, Don Rickles, Jerry Lewis, the Maniaks, Stanley and his Monster, Inferior Five, a bunch of teens that may be Binky and his Buddies, Sugar and Spike
- Jerry Lewis is Stanley's uncle.
- Dumb Bunny and Angel as sisters is a post-Crisis revelation from the Angel and the Ape mini-series.
- The Maniaks are conflated with the Monkees.
- Don Rickles appeared in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen during his Fourth World period.
- Supergirl reveals her secret identity to Mystery Inc.
- This takes place early in Supergirl's college years, so the early 70s, when she was featured in Adventure Comics.
- In this issue, Supergirl learns for the first time the secret of X-Kryptonite giving Streaky powers.
- Lex Luthor's niece Nasty appears.
- The Super Friends issue is referenced.
- Supergirl hasn't yet learned that her parents are still alive.
- Supergirl lives in Midvale still. None of the stories involving Supergirl as a soap opera actress from the late 70s, early 80s are canon in this timeline, at least not yet.
- This is not the first meeting between Scooby and Dynomutt, and this issue demonstrates their previous relationship. The previous all dogs issue also mentions Scooby knowing Dynomutt. They first met in the Saturday morning cartoon. They also met in various comics from past publishers. Their coexistence in the same reality means that the Mask of the Blue Falcon movie is not part of this continuity.
- Velma references their previous encounter with Frankenstein, Jr.
- The gang notice the similarities between Blue Falcon and Batman. However, neither Blue Falcon, Dynomutt, or their enemy Manyfaces, seems to have ever heard of Batman.
- Mr. Hyde appears, who is a recurring enemy of Blue Falcon. It's unknown if he is the original Mr. Hyde, a descendant, or simply a namesake copycat.
- Blue Falcon's enemies form the Injustice League of America. When it's pointed out that team name already exists, they say they don't care about infringement because they are evil.
- This issue confirms that while this is a pre-Crisis style world, it's also a "merged Earth" where golden age and silver age characters coexist in the same universe.
- This story is set in 2017, because it is set 75 years after 1942.
- In this universe, Black Canary was a JSA member in 1942! In Earth-2 and post-Crisis DCU she joined in 1947, shortly after her debut. Likewise, Wildcat is a member in 1942. In original canon, he only appeared once with the JSA as an honorary member, in 1945. He didn't regularly work with the team until the 1960s.
- The Junior Justice Society fan club is referenced. This existed in canon, but also was a real world club DC established, thus making it seem as if the DCU was the real world.
- Vandal Savage is the enemy. The JSA roster in 1942 is Doctor Fate, Doctor Mid-Nite, Wildcat, Johnny Thunder, Sandman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Atom.
- Wonder Woman here is actually Hyppolitya, following the post-Crisis canon, sort of. Rather than her travelling back in time, she came to Man's World in 1941, then left after WWII presumedly, and her daughter then comes in 1948. Diana is already born in 1942, but too young for adventuring.
- In regular DCU canon, Vandal Savage first encountered Green Lantern in 1947 and the JSA shortly after, with the Injustice Society of America. In this timeline, they are already familiar with him as an old foe in 1942.
- Vandal Savage says he is 10,000 years old, meaning he lived roughly around the same time as the Flintstones.
- The story splits into smaller story segments just as in the classic style of All-Star Comics.
- Ma Hunkel makes a guest appearance.
- This issue confirms that the silver age Black Canary is the daughter of the golden age Black Canary.
Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 40 -- Swamp Thing
- Also features Solomon Grundy. Grundy recalls his previous meeting with Mystery Inc. in the Super Friends issue. Shaggy points out that neither Grodd nor Joker remembered them, but Grundy does.
- It's remembered that Mystery Inc had a foe named Swampthing, who is not the same as Swamp Thing.
- Fred points out that Solomon Grundy came before Swamp Thing, so technically Swamp Thing stole Solomon Grundy's origin story.
- It turns out that Chester Williams, supporting cast member in the Swamp Thing series, is Shaggy's uncle.
Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 41 -- The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
- This issue ultimately wraps up the Perils. Penelope has retired from racing and the Hooded Claw is finally unmasked by Penelope!
- All apes issue with famous DC apes Monsieur Mallah (enemy of Doom Patrol), Pryemaul (from Weird War Tales), Sam Simeon (Angel and the Ape), Detective Chimp, Congorilla, Gorilla Boss of Gotham City, Mod Gorilla Boss, Gorilla Grodd (enemy of the Flash), Ultra-Humanite (enemy of Superman in the golden age and the All-Star Squadron), Titano (enemy of Superman), and Beppo the Super-Monkey.
- There's a reference to the JSA issue.
- There's a reference to the post-Crissi Angel and the Ape series, the second time SDTU has mentioned it.
- This is Grodd's third appearance in SDTU.
Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 43 -- Doom Patrol
- This is the silver age Doom Patrol before their "death", but post crisis era characters are reserve members.
- Beast Boy from Teen Titans Go is the "son" of Elasti-Girl.
- Monsieur Mallah appears with the Brotherhood of Evil. He was in the last issue and Velma mentions that they just put him in jail one week ago.
- There's a callback to their meeting with Hong Kong Fooey when it's mentioned that Daphne studied the Hong Kong Book of Kung Fu.
- There are a lot of references to past adventures that I assume were from the Vertigo run but I haven't read that series so I can't confirm it.
Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 44 - Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
- They have tried to stop the pigeon 3,607 times. The original serious demonstrated 34 of those attempts.
- The original cartoon seemed to take place during World War I, but this issue reveals it to take place in the same era as Scooby-Doo. The reason they fly WWI planes is due to a limited budget according to Dastardly.
- It turns out that it's not a wartime cartoon. Dick Dastardly works for a Chinese restaurant and is trying to thwart the pigeon who is a rival delivery driver!!!
January 10, 2024--TEEN TITANS--"How Long is Forever?"--Dick Grayson has become Nightwing. This may not be canon, but Teen Titans Go is canon in this timeline, and at least Larry from Teen Titans is canon. Some of Earth-1 is canon, but Teen Titans Go definitely cancels out Wolfman's original New Teen Titans comic series from the 1980s.
September 9, 2465--Mystery in Space #103--"Ultra the Multi-Alien"--Pilot Ace Arn is caught in the magnetic field of a freak comet. His crew abandons ship, but Arn is unable to eject in time. His ship is carried into another solar system where it crashes near the lab of deceased criminal scientist Zobra. Zobra's lieutenants each possess weapons capable of transforming Arn into a servant duplicate of their races. Arn is hit by four blasts simultaneously. His body is mutated from human into one resembling each of the four races. Because he was struck by the rays at the same time, his own mind is unaffected. Using the powers granted him by his new body, Arn defeats the crooks, repairs his ship, and returns to Earth where he intends to fight crime.
A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE FUTURE
2958 to a thousand years from the present--Three youths, Rokk Krinn, Garth Ranzz, and Imra Ardeen, save R.J. Brande from assassination by men working for his "cousin" Doyle. (Superboy v.1 #147, May/June 1968). The era of the Legion of Super-Heroes begins. According to Scooby-Doo Team-Up, the events of the Legion take place a thousand years from the present, as was the case with the silver age Legion stories. This makes the Legion and the Jetsons contemporaries of each other, as the Jetsons now follow the same rule. Note that as will the present day stories, the Legion and Jetsons live under comic book/cartoon time, so that they live longer without aging.
2958 to a thousand years from the present--Three youths, Rokk Krinn, Garth Ranzz, and Imra Ardeen, save R.J. Brande from assassination by men working for his "cousin" Doyle. (Superboy v.1 #147, May/June 1968). The era of the Legion of Super-Heroes begins. According to Scooby-Doo Team-Up, the events of the Legion take place a thousand years from the present, as was the case with the silver age Legion stories. This makes the Legion and the Jetsons contemporaries of each other, as the Jetsons now follow the same rule. Note that as will the present day stories, the Legion and Jetsons live under comic book/cartoon time, so that they live longer without aging.
2962 to 2963--The Jetsons--The misadventures of a futuristic family.
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