#Miraclo

[chernobog13]

Father and son superheroes Hourman l and ll by John Casaday.

[slaapkat]

retired grey haired rex tyler

[dcdreamblog]

Outside of their formation and disbanding, what were some of the JSA's big events that happened in their original tenure?

"Hey Sid, can you fit the entire breadth of your discipline into a blog post?"

I stared at this one, for DAYS, could not think for the life of me how on earth you expected me to tackle that bomb on wheels. Best I can tell, or at least best I can imagine actually being workable in DOING is that you're asking me for a basic primer timeline of the team's wartime history. Which I can do because I happen to know that timeline inside, outside and backwards.

December, 1940. The Justice Society is assembled after a battle with Valkyries summoned via Hitler's Spear of Destiny overwhelms The Flash and Green Lantern, leading to their near execution. The tide is turned when Dr. Fate and Spectre teleport in with fellow heroes in tow and the Nazi's experimental "Amerikabomber" and its infantry "Murder Machine" are destroyed. (Founding Membership: Atom, Sandman, Hourman, Flash, Green Lantern, Dr. Fate, The Spectre, Hawkman,)

January, 1941. The Society establishes its first headquarters via a secretly rented hotel floor in Civic City.

April, 1941. The Justice Society is officially granted FBI security clearance and tasked with breaking up the "Greyshirts" a pro Axis militia across the United States.

July, 1941. The Justice Society faces their first masked criminal. A rather unremarkable kingpin by the name of Mr. X.

September, 1941. The Flash takes a step back from active duty and releases his role as chairman. Johnny Thunder is inducted into active membership.

December 1941. The Pearl Harbor attacks lead to the foundation of the All Star Squadron, which the Justice Society is officially folded into as a member organization. Renamed by executive order to "The Justice Battalion" but the name is mostly unused in contemporary and even less in historical sources.

January, 1942. Doctor Midnite and Starman are offered full membership in the Justice Society. Green Lantern relinquishes chairmanship and active membership to further focus his efforts in Gotham. Hawkman takes the chairman position which he will hold for the rest of team's original tenure.

February, 1942. Hourman takes a leave of absence, the first time medical problems have been caused by his dependence on Miraclo.

March, 1942. The Justice Society makes their first international debut as they expose and defeat Axis influence across central and south america.

At some point following this, The Sandman changes costumes and adopts his young ward Sandy who begins attending Society meetings as an associate member.

June, 1942. Wonder Woman is officially granted membership. She is listed as the team's "secretary" on government documents due to the Society's membership technically being a military organization at this point in time.

July, 1942. Concerned at the hold the ancient spirit Nabu was taking on his actions, Kent Nelson stop wearing the Helmet of Nabu and enchants a half helm for himself, limiting his powers but allowing him to continue as Dr. Fate

August, 1942. The Society is the first to clash with the Japanese saboteur organization known as the Black Dragon Society. Whose membership includes the later infamous Dragon King.

February, 1943. The Society first run afoul of Henry King Sr. known as Brainwave. Wonder Woman assembles the team's female allies to assist, this "Girl's Corp" is never recorded as an official organization but is kept on call when needed.

June, 1944. The Sandman and Dr. Fate step back from active membership in the JSA and stop regularly attending meetings. Although they remain on call with the organization.

December, 1944. The Society's membership is officially trimmed from 9 members to 7 where it will remain for the rest of the war. They face the first criminal to call himself Psycho-Pirate.

March, 1945. Wildcat and Mr. Terrific are granted full membership in the Justice Society. Replacing The Spectre and Starman who step back from active membership.

May, 1945. V-E day, the Axis powers in Europe are officially disbanded and the influence of the Spear of Destiny is lifted from the continent.

June, 1945. The Flash and Green Lantern resume active membership following the end of the war in Europe and the abating of sabotage attempts on their home cities.

August 1945. VJ day, the Japanese empire surrenders unconditionally, ending WWII in its entirety. The wartime clearances, laws and expectations governing the membership and organization are dissolved. Wonder Woman is "granted full membership" at last.

April, 1947. The Justice Society first meets and faces off against The Wizard.

June, 1947. The Justice Society first meets and defeats Per Degaton

November, 1947. The Justice Society meets possibly the greatest challenge of their carrer to that point. The Injustice Society of the World! Made up of The Gambler, Vandal Savage, Brainwave, The Wizard, Per Degaton and The Thinker.

January, 1948. The original Black Canary, after assisting on a case, is granted provisional membership.

April, 1948. Johnny Thunder steps back from active membership, his seat is opened to Black Canary who is granted full membership.

July, 1948. A second Injustice Society assembles, this time made up of Harlequin, Fiddler, Icicle, Huntress, Wizard and Sportsmaster.

October, 1948. The JSA moves their headquarters from their Civic City hotel floor to their currently standing Brownstone in Gotham City. The reason as to why is unknown for many years but eventually revealed to be that the JSA no longer fully trusted the government and thus wanted a base that they could monitor, defend and own themselves.

April 1949. Doris Lee-Knight, the wife of Ted Knight AKA Starman, is murdered by Starman's nemesis The Mist. This, combined with mental stresses caused by his participation in the Manhattan Project causes a mental break in Knight who commits himself to psychiatric care.

June, 1949. The Atom makes his first public appearance in his 2nd costume.

August, 1950. The Atom makes his first public display of superhuman strength, gained from a near lethal dose of radiation from the reluctant villain Cyclotron.

March, 1951. The last public case of the JSA sees them rescuing a quartet of kidnapped detectives.

April, 1951. the House Unamerican Activities Committee brings a case against the Justice Society, demanding they unveil their identities and officially become organs of the US government. The Justice Society disavows this ruling, vanishing from the courtroom and going into hiding for the following decades. The Justice Society is disbanded by the Keane Act, passed the following December on the same day as the Society's original foundation.

[wwprice1]

Love this preview art from the upcoming Phoenix book! Amazing work by Alessandro Miraclo!

[augustheart]

no one has really ever successfully had a story about miraclo addiction with specifically rick, although plenty of people have tried, which means that we get Certifiably Nuts moments like rick telling roy, a recovering heroin addict, that miraclo isn’t addictive anymore because it just goes into his bloodstream. and this is treated as a fact.

[candy-dot-net]

Hourman redesign

Rex Tyler, upon injection of the super drug, Miraclo he gains the power of an army! For one hour.

This modern redesign of Hourman was probably one of the hardest I've done for the JSA series, especially since I wasn't too happy with my first try.

If you have ideas for stuff to draw, hit me up, I guess.

[opalimagines]

Pull Me Through

Rick takes off the hourglass. Takes place right after the battle in Frenemies Chapter 13.

Rick Tyler/gn!reader

Warnings: Some withdrawal symptoms, Rick's having a bad time

"I'm okay, Beth. No scratches that I didn't already have," you said, lifting your left arm to illustrate your point.

But she still gave you a once over with the goggles just to be safe and confirmed what you said. You'd arrived late to the battle, so you didn't have as much opportunity to get injured. When she saw the x-ray of your broken arm, her eyes went wide as she realized it was about halfway healed. "You weren't kidding about speedster healing."

"Nope." You glanced over at Rick. He was there in the loft as well, resting on the couch and speaking with Dr. Chapel, who had pulled up a chair to sit near him. "You should go help your mom with Rick. He needs it more than we do."

Beth knew you were right. Rick was already having ill effects even while he had the hourglass on. According to what she'd read about his father's experience, Rick didn't have much more time to waste.

"I took it off, but I couldn't...I had to put it back on. It hurt so much," he said, his face shining with sweat.

"I've brought something to help with your symptoms. But Rick, even with medicine, this won't be easy."

"I understand." And he couldn't blame anyone but himself for what he was going through. Not even Ultra-Humanite, who planted the idea in his head. He made the choice to remove the limiter without talking to anyone else. He made the choice not to ask for help much sooner. "Let's just get this over with."

Rick looked at you, where you leaned against the table while talking to Yolanda and Courtney. He'd been sneaking glances since ever since you'd done your dramatic entrance and saved his ass from Cameron. He thought he wouldn't see you again after how he treated you, but there you were. And he selfishly wished you were there next to him because the thought of taking the hourglass off again had his heart beating even faster.

"I'll be keeping an eye on your vitals," Beth said as she brought everything up on her goggles and projected it into the air for her mother to see as well. Even after his readings a few days earlier, it was still a shock to see how high all of his numbers were. How was he living like this?

Rick watched while Dr. Chapel pulled a few items out of her bag, including a syringe and a small vial. His breathing quickened at the sight of it, and Beth's goggles easily read it as: FEAR. She laid a hand on his shoulder as he took off his left glove and pushed the sleeve up as far as he could, looking away as Bridget put on her gloves.

"We were really worried about you when we found out Ultra-Humanite was in town," Courtney said.

And Yolanda continued. "We know you were upset, but you should've told us. With everything that was going on–"

"I shouldn't have gone radio silent. I'm sorry. I'm just glad I got here in time to help." You turned from them and caught Rick's eyes. The fear there would've been clear, even if your father hadn't told you what he knew of Rex Tyler's struggles with Miraclo and the hourglass. He had to be going through hell, he had to know how close he was to the point of no return. A lump formed in your throat, and you addressed your friends again. "I'll be back in a minute, okay?"

You didn't even wait for an answer as you appeared at Rick's side, sitting on the empty part of the couch.

"Hey," he said softly once he processed your sudden presence. There was so much more that he wanted to say, but it wasn't the time.

"Hi." You carefully took his right hand in yours and gave it a squeeze. "You'll be okay, Rick. You'll make it through."

Rick could almost believe that, until he felt a dull poke at the crease of his elbow. Going against all of his instincts, he looked down at the needle and found that it bent in half. "Shit," he muttered. When he had the hourglass on, arrows bounced right off of him, so how could a needle do anything?

"Rick, we'll have to take the hourglass off first," Bridget said as she readied another syringe.

"Yeah." He kept his hand in yours, wrapping the other around the hourglass. Knowing what was coming, there was a moment where he hesitated before lifting the damn thing over his head and placing it in Beth's palm.

The pain hit even harder and faster than the last time, everywhere, but worse in his chest and head. Rick doubled over in his seat and screamed, his vision going red. All he could hear was his pounding heartbeat and the ringing in his ears. He couldn't think of or feel anything but the agony.

No, he wasn't going to make it through this.

Rick couldn't process anything happening around him, so he didn't realize that Yolanda and Courtney had rushed over to help you and Beth hold him down. He couldn't feel how tightly you were holding his hand or see the tears flooding your face at the sight of him in so much pain. He didn't even notice the needle go into his arm because he was rapidly losing consciousness.

"Rick?!" Your heart dropped when he slumped in his seat, not thinking to look at Beth's readouts as you felt for a pulse. Realizing he was simply passed out, you let out a breath.

"I didn't think it would be this bad," Yolanda said for everyone, her eyes welled up with tears as she silently prayed for him.

Rick was the one who always tried to be tough. He always shrugged off cuts and bruises and broken ribs, because he was supposed to be the strong member of the JSA. Seeing him like that, hearing him cry out in pain, was incredibly jarring.

"He'll be alright, he just needs some time for the medicine to take effect." Dr. Chapel assured you all as she pulled off her gloves. "He'll need to stay with someone for a few days."

"He can stay with me," you offered before Courtney could even open her mouth. "I have plenty of extra room, and if something goes wrong, I can get him to the hospital right away."

No one could argue with that logic.

Rick wasn't sure how long it had been when he woke up on the couch with a pounding head. But you were still there next to him, and Beth was perched up on his arm of the couch, while Yolanda and Courtney sat together on the floor.

He really hadn't expected all of you to stick around for him like that. He'd finally asked for support, and his family was giving it in spite of how much of a jerk he'd been.

"How are you feeling, Rick?" Beth asked, being the first to realize he was awake.

"Still like shit." His voice was a little rough, probably from the screaming. "But better."

"That's good." Courtney gave him a smile, relieved that her friend had made it. "Pat's coming to take you home so you can pack a bag. He'll drop you off at (Y/N)'s after."

"What?" Rick looked over at you with scrunched eyebrows, wondering if he'd heard that right.

"Beth's mom said you need to stay with someone until you've recovered. I don't mind."

"You don't have to–"

"But I want to. You don't need to be alone in that house right now." You squeezed his hand again and gave him a smile. "It's okay."

He just looked at you for a moment, wanting nothing more than to apologize for everything, but the sound of the door opening downstairs stopped that thought.

You let go of his hand and stood up from the couch. "I'll go get everything ready. See you in a bit."

You ran off, leaving Rick the chance to apologize to his friends at least, and to Pat once he made it up the steps.

His struggle wasn't over yet, but it was a start.

A song that is "ultimately about giving up on persevering alone and finding strength in asking for help" felt appropriate for his whole situation so 💕

[ufonaut]

Wow! That had almost as much kick as Miraclo!

Rex Tyler's first appearance in Adventure Comics (1938) #48, also reprinted in Justice League of America (1960) #98

(Ken Fitch, Bernard Baily)

[usedgingertwinkhole]

What Infinitor has the sweatiest balls?

I think Rick because if he uses miraclo then that might increase sweat....

[wanderingmind867]

The last two or three notes I have on this duo story of Hourman and Mister Terrific: Mister Terrific had his back-up feature in the pages Sensation Comics ended in March of 1947. But as I've already established, Mister Terrific doesn't retire until 1951/1952. So to reconcile that, this Hourman and Mister Terrific comic would have an eight to ten page back-up story every issue, until we've covered Mister Terrific's career from April 1947 to whenever the JSA diabands in 1951/when Mister Terrific gets busted for still doing vigilante stuff in 1952.

Also, Hourman's back-up feature in Adventure Comics ended in February of 1943. But Hourman only retires in like April or May of 1948. So he would also have a back-up feature in the pages of my Hourman and Mister Terrific comic, so we could get ten page comics exploring the adventures of Hourman from March 1943 to April or May of 1948, when Rex Tyler finally retires from superhero work. So that's a whole five years worth of extra material for both Hourman and Mister Terrific. Dedicated to Ken Fitch and Bernard Baily and Charles Reizenetein and Hal Sharp, respectively.

Finally, One of their recurring villians throughout the decades would be Regina Bannerman, the daughter of Rex's old boss at Bannerman Chemical. Her father retired in 1955, and so she inherited the company. But when Terry Sloane buys it out and makes it become Tyler Chemical instead in 1958, Regina loses it. In 1958, she first fights Hourman and Mister Terrific, trying to get at Rex Tyler and Terry Sloane. In 1962, she finally realized that Rex Tyler and Terry Sloane were actually the secret identities of Hourman and Mister Terrific, and she begins trying to use that to her advantage.

And after Hourman has a son in 1966, well… Regina kidnapped Rick Tyler and tried to kill him. Thankfully, Hourman and Mister Terrific manage to get the Justice Society's help, and Rick Tyler is saved. But this is around the time that the Justice Society members begin realizing it's too dangerous to bring their children into their lives as superheroes. Rex Tyler begins trying to hide his life as Hourman from his son, not wanting his son to be ever put in danger ever again. He doesn't his son to get hurt…

But Regina Bannerman continues trying to strike at Hourman and Mister Terrific for decades. She can't get over her grudge. And long into her old age, she continues trying to mess with them. In fact, it's because of her that Rick Tyler has to become Hourman II. She kidnaps Rex and Terry in 1985, and she tries to kill them for revenge. Infinity Inc and the JSA rush to try and save them, but it's Rick Tyler (working all on his own) who manages to steal a miraclo pill and save his parents. In that fight, Regina finally dies. But she dies after accidentally chasing Rick right into the path of her own deathtrap.

[avatarskywalker78]

hug, friend, snow, and why for the WIP game!

Oh I like these ones, thank you!

hug

He tried to put all this out of his mind as he watched Sophia park the car. Alex practically jumped out and hurtled towards him with a speed he envied, tackling him in a hug and knocking the air out of him.

This is from my 'Alex & Daniel' fic - for context, Alex is Jack Thompson's granddaughter who grew up regarding the Carter-Sousas as family, and in this story is eight years old and going to stay with her Uncle Daniel for the day.

friend

“What makes you think there’s anything to find? You’d have remembered if she was a childhood friend, wouldn’t you? She’s probably just some random girl who looks similar to a celebrity or something.”

From my 'Tory is a Barnes AU' - in which Alex is sceptical about Elaine's instincts regarding the other girl (but he'll eat his words soon enough).

snow - afraid I couldn't find snow in any of my wips so here's some ice instead!

Beside him was Len, angry and grieving and firing ice at the Reverse-Flash – between Len’s gun and Miraclo running through Rex’s veins they’d done a good job at holding the Reverse-Flash off.

From my Legends AU in which Rex Tyler isn't wiped from existence and instead stays around to help the Legends and tries to be strong - except he's not doing so well and grieving the versions of the team he'd known and befriended before they were wiped out by the Legion of Doom.

why

Which was why he hadn’t noticed LaRusso and Lawrence coming the other way – and the two men hadn’t noticed him either, so when LaRusso had looked up and seen him— He’d gone bone white. Then he’d punched Mike in the face.

Remember in my Leah Barnes fic when she mentioned that it would be more understandable for Daniel to freak out about Mike if it was a chance encounter in the street? In this one this is what happens (sorry Mike) - this is from a fic that started out with the intention of shooting down the idea of Mike teaching karate (which has me so confused like it was a good thing when you didn't have him involved in karate and had him move on with his life and now you're doing a 180 on that?? Why??) but now I'm not entirely sure where the fic is going so we'll have to see.

send me a word or several and i'll tell you if they're in my wips!

Tagging @starstruckpurpledragon @dreambeyondthefantasy @ofbriarandrose @daughter-of-melpomene

[djrenard]

Infinity Inc.

Stargirl strikes out on her own and forms her generation’s Infinity Inc.

Stargirl, Courtney Whitmore

Doctor Midnight, Beth Chapel

Tick-Tock, Jimmy Martin

Cyclone, Maxine Hunkel

Red Arrow, Emiko Queen

Tomcat, Tom Bronson

Air Wave, Harold Jordan

Aided by Emiko Queen's family fortune they create a storefront for their team, selling their likenesses to fuel their fight against evil. They take a more public facing/engaging approach to hero work, attempting to be more transparent than previous groups. However, this comes with its own setbacks and responsibilities. Beth Chapel has returned from the dead and encourages the team to not repeat past mistakes. Tick-Tock takes personal responsibilty for the misuse of Miraclo by the US government. Cyclone goes where the wind takes her. Tom is a role model for all atypical meta-humans. Air Wave reconstitutes himself in time to help the team communicate their message to the world.

[jaclynhyde]

TIL McNider once gave Hooty Miraclo and he flew through a guy

[dcdreamblog]

As someone who works in American health insurance (boo hiss) customer service, one call that I get frequently, about once every two months is "why doesn't my plan cover Miraclo (tm)?" And then I have to explain that there's no such thing as "generic Miraclo" and don't even get me started on so-called "herbal Miraclo."

So may I ask you to write a bit about the history of Hourman and why Miraclo (tm) isn't covered by most health plans?

Ok, I agree with you but I should warn you, if you are a person familiar with the medical field this explanation is going to make you cringe yourself sideways. Here goes. 1. Rex Tyler AKA Hourman, was not a pharmaceutical scientist by trade. He was a biochemist. His job was not to invent medicine specifically and he invented Miraclo on accident. The only three subjects it was ever tested on were

A. Tyler himself B. Rats C. An owl (if certain stories are to be believed)

2. Miraclo was never released to the public and we still don't know what's in it. As with any drug or chemical agent that grants superhuman abilities it is HEAVILY controlled and the only reason it hasn't joined the likes of Venom on the most wanted list is because it never leaked to the drug trade in the first place.

3. SPEAKING of Venom, Miraclo is how that drug got started when only PART of Tyler's notes ended up in the wrong hands.

And finally,

4. Miraclo is not safe for human consumption over any extended period.

It makes the muscles stronger, but not as strong as it makes them FEEL. Making it super easy to deeply injure yourself.

It only lasts for an hour (at MOST, for anyone other than Tyler its effectiveness can be measured in minutes if not less), meaning it would be useless for the treatment of basically any medical issue.

As you can expect from such a potent rush, the come down is worse. It leaves the subject weak, shaky, disoriented and aggravated.

It's addictive

It can only be taken once every 24 hours between doses without instant, violent overdose reactions.

If it IS taken "safely" over extended periods it strains the involuntary muscles, most specifically those around and within the heart. Placing the user at increased risk of random heart attacks.

It also sharply spikes your risk of developing virulent and aggressive leukemia

And, over time The debilitating effects after each dose become more and more permanent, meaning it makes the muscles it empowers weaker without it over time.

Before anyone even THINKS the words "but what about Hourman's son Rick" Rick Tyler is A. a metahuman B. using a form of Miraclo that makes it "nonaddictive" but doesn't get rid of any other side effects. C. Had cancer and D. spent several years retired under the assumption that the Miraclo rush had helped him kill a man.

I respect the Tyler men, deeply. We would not be living in this world we have, maybe even a world at all, without Hourman. Miraclo is a closely guarded secret for a lot of really good reasons and even their teammates have interceded multiple times with the worry that while it might make them for effective heroes it is almost certainly shortening their lifespans. (The original Hourman and Doctor Midnite infamously butted heads over it constantly)

The only difference between Miraclo and Kobra Venom is that nobody with a profit motive knows how to make Miraclo.

[the-firebird69]

BANE THE SERIES EPISODE #2 - NEW MIRACLO

There's a huge number of people watching and they see that our son knows what it is it's a like Dr octopus and it's poison ivy and it's one of the characters of Sarah but in this case it's someone else and they're rescuing Robin and there's more analogies and they're all over the place but there are some things that you should know about and what our son said was that they destroyed their fathers and what they meant was the sons of Link who are giants and that's what they're doing they're trying to cleanse the Earth of people who are mutants pretty soon Trump is going to be caught with a mutant list and they're trying to go after our people they're calling us mutants we've just evolved and they're going to pay for it and they make people sour and they make people mean and they ruined a chance to better themselves for some sort of maniacal plan and they're going through it. These serious and these shows are referencing it all the time and it shows how dark and how evil and how hard a struggle it really is and how it is become both high-tech and intrigue and also very base and evil It is something that we should pay attention to all the time. My son and daughter are doing a great job he's going to get going and we just got to do is going to come back and we're going to help him try and find Comic-Con

Vital and goddess wife

I know where there is one and it's not the one that the hotel it's one of that big coliseum there is a way to get there it's only 5 MI from my son-in-law's house and I might go down there with the taxi and pick them up and go to the show is coming up and he's going to look it up and he's going to find it and it's going to be a lot of fun those things great give me a little upset we had a lot of fun last time but Ben Arnold showed up with a real sword trying to kidnap my son-in-law and I thought it was exciting and I need something to do this is boring as hell

Ken

And he says to me is chirping and there he is and is trying to get in here and now I understand it he says he's not doing anything all day like you and you want to go there and see if I'm going to show up if I'm in spandex there's going to be a Chase and they'll probably start calling me the flash and I don't really need that that's Daniel and he can run pretty fast but not like you so they might scan you after and juice you up but I'm going to go down there and I'm going to try and get there when you are and I know you're excited about it so don't blow it and you're saying anything I can say is going to be not good and I do understand that

Hera

Hahaha

Zues

Yeh ok

Hera

[killawhore]

Wanted » Rick Tyler alias Hourman

Rick ist der Sohn eines Superhelden und genialen Chemikers. Rex Tyler, oder Hourmen wie man ihn eher kannte. Doch nur weil er ein Superheld war, machte ihn das nicht zu einem guten Vater. Denn statt Zeit mit Rick zu verbringen, war Rex lieber auf den Straßen um als Superheld für Recht und Ordnung zu sorgen. Er schien so süchtig nach dem Adrenalin-Schub zu sein wie er nach dem Wunder-Vitamin war denen er seine Kräfte zu verdanken hatte. Es handelte sich um Miraclo und diese schenkte dem Anwender für eine Stunde schier unmenschliche Fähigkeiten. Während Rick aufwuchs, war es also nicht verwunderlich das er sich immer nach der Anerkennung seines Vaters sehnte. Durch seine Abwesenheit hat Rex seinen Sohn nie richtig kennengelernt. So drängte er ihn ebenfalls in die Wissenschaft zu gehen, obwohl Rick selbst mehr an Kunst interessiert war. Trotz aller Spannungen zwischen Vater und Sohn entschied sich Rick in die Fußstapfen seines Vaters zu steigen und die Identität als Hourman zu übernehmen nach dem Tod seines Vaters.

Faceclaim/Idol/Avatarvorschlag:

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Lou Ferringo Jr.

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