▁Age ▁of ▁Com ic ▁Books . ▁ ▁Golden ▁Age ▁( N edor ▁Comics ▁era ) ▁The ▁Golden ▁Age ▁hero es ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁various ▁N edor ▁Comics ▁titles , ▁including ▁America ' s ▁Best ▁Comics , ▁the ▁insp iration ▁for ▁rev iving ▁the ▁characters . ▁In ▁the ▁updated ▁chron ology , ▁Tom ▁Str ong ▁reve als ▁that ▁the ▁Golden ▁Age ▁advent ures ▁of ▁the ▁Terra ▁Ob sc ura ▁characters ▁are ▁port rayed ▁in ▁com ic ▁books ▁on ▁his ▁world , ▁in ▁an ▁echo ▁of ▁the ▁old ▁DC ▁Mult iverse ▁Earth - 1 / E arth - 2 ▁relationship . ▁ ▁Silver ▁Age ▁( Mo ore ' s ▁Back story ) ▁In ▁reality , ▁the ▁N edor ▁characters ▁were ▁not ▁in ▁print ▁during ▁the ▁Silver ▁Age , ▁but ▁flash back ▁sequences ▁in ▁Terra ▁Ob sc ura ▁reference ▁the ▁era . ▁This ▁includes ▁sequences ▁establish ing ▁Tom ▁Str ange ▁and ▁the ▁Black ▁T error ▁as ▁the ▁parallel ▁of ▁the ▁Super man - B at man ▁World ' s ▁Fin est ▁team . ▁ ▁This ▁is ▁the ▁time ▁period ▁when ▁Tom ▁Str ong ▁made ▁his ▁first ▁journey ▁to ▁Terra ▁Ob sc ura . ▁ ▁After ▁Tom ▁returned ▁to ▁his ▁own ▁solar ▁system , ▁Terra ▁Ob sc ura ▁came ▁under ▁attack ▁when ▁the ▁moon ▁land ings ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁aw ak ened ▁a ▁dead ly ▁al ien . ▁ ▁The ▁lun ar ▁inv ader ' s ▁power ▁was ▁so ▁great ▁that ▁several ▁members ▁of ▁S MA SH ▁were ▁killed ▁( the ▁first ▁time ▁Terra