Timeline

1910's-1930's:

The supers that we know are born in the 1910-30s.

1940's:

- The Second World War dominated the first half of this decade.

- Until this point, Supers (people with powers) had been a historically oppressed group and most of them were forced to hide their powers in order to stay safe.

- However, Supers became organized during the war effort and revealed their powers as they were enlisted in the US military. Great battle triumphs were accomplished with the help of these supers, and they gained a global, positive viewpoint from society, being celebrated as heroes.

- The mid to late 1940s saw many government reforms, and a section for supers was made— the NSA. Along with reforms, society saw an uprising of many supers as criminals and villains threatening the commonwealth.

- It was proposed that a bill be passed allowing supers, especially war veterans, to continue to act as guardians and protectors of society, particularly to combat the supers acting as criminals and villains.

- This bill was enthusiastically approved by the public and it passed soon after, and with that, the NSA received massive funding to train and support supers as they acted as vigilantes. Municiberg was decided as the capital for the NSA headquarters.

1950's:

- This decade was known as the golden age of heroes.

- the start of the decade began with older supers who’d been war heroes heading the NSA. Some of these heroes included Meta Man, Thunderhead, Dynaguy, and Hypershock.

- There were some shaky starts and accidents, but for the most part, the supers were received gladly by the public.

- By the mid 50’s, the NSA was in full force and there was a broad cast of supers in Municiberg and other stations around the nation protecting their people.

- Some of the most celebrated supers included Elastigirl, Mr. Incredible, Meta Man, Gazerbeam, and Dynaguy.

- However, by 1955, the year Helen and Bob were married, tensions were beginning to rise. Many of the super battles resulted in enormous public and infrastructural damage, and no small amount of civilian casualties, in some cases. People were beginning to be fed up.

- It didn’t help that the scandals and injustices done by some supers were being swept under the rug by the NSA, and not addressed legally. For example, Gamma Jack had multiple cases of homicide under his belt, as well as many complaints from women about sexual harassment, and none of this was addressed in a legal way.

- By 1957, public opinion had turned largely against the supers. A small group was declaring that supers ought not to exist at all, using public disapproval as a coast to spread bigoted views. For the most part, the public simply wanted supers to no longer have the right to act as vigilantes.

- Lawsuits began to come in full force. Big names like Mr. Incredible, Dynaguy, Thunderhead, Gazerbeam, and Gamma Jack were experiencing dramatic legal trouble, costing the NSA millions.

- The morale of the program was worsened by the deaths of Thunderhead, Dynaguy, Stratogale, and Meta Man through suit malfunction. In some cases of these deaths, innocent civilians were wounded or killed in the crossfire. The lawsuits kept coming and coming.

- By 1959, the government could no longer justify the cost of the program continuing, and a ban was put into place, formally outlawing any vigilante activity from supers.

1960’s-1970’s

- For fifteen years, the ban was put into place.

- The former glory day supers were forced to keep quiet about their status as both supers and former heroes, although many struggled against the ban. Simon J. Paladino in particular, formerly Gazerbeam, used his lawyer skills to fight as much as possible for the ban to be lifted. After the signing of the ban the government also said that supers would be breaking the law by having children and getting married.

- However, it wouldn’t be until about 1970 that anything would change. This was the year Syndrome established his Omnidroid program on Nomanisan Island, and began to lure former supers, one by one, over the process of roughly seven years, to his island. Every one of them died, but only one survived this mass genocide and it was Psycwave who survived using her precognition.

- It wasn’t until 1977 that Mirage discovered Bob— Mr. Incredible— and lured him to the island as well.

- From there, the events of the first movie proceeded, over the course of about a month and a half.

- It was about a week after the Parr family saved Municiberg from the droid and defeated Syndrome that the Underminder appeared, and they were approached by Winston Deavor with the idea to lift the ban.

- Helen was on call as a super for about three weeks leading up to the official petition signed by the ambassadors and their supers.

- After that time since, the ban has been lifted, the NSA program revitalized, and superheroes and super villains alike are returning to the public eye.