1 9 5 0 s ▁and ▁facing ▁the ▁advent ▁of ▁Mc Car thy ism . ▁ ▁Plot ▁The ▁series ▁opens ▁by ▁showing ▁how ▁various ▁Golden ▁Age ▁hero es ▁have ▁adjust ed ▁to ▁life ▁after ▁World ▁War ▁II . ▁The ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Justice ▁Society ▁of ▁America ▁and ▁All - Star ▁Squadron ▁have ▁mostly ▁retired . ▁Tex ▁Thompson , ▁formerly ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Amer ic omm ando ▁and ▁Mr . ▁America , ▁has ▁returned ▁from ▁Europe ▁a ▁war ▁hero ▁and ▁has ▁used ▁his ▁fame ▁to ▁start ▁a ▁political ▁career , ▁resulting ▁in ▁him ▁being ▁elected ▁a ▁sen ator . ▁He ▁then ▁rec ruits ▁several ▁former ▁hero es ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁new ▁group ▁of ▁hero es ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s . ▁The ▁group ▁includes ▁Rob ot man ▁( who ▁is ▁slowly ▁losing ▁touch ▁with ▁his ▁human ity ), ▁the ▁At om ▁and ▁Johnny ▁Th under ▁( who ▁are ▁both ▁looking ▁for ▁somewhere ▁to ▁belong ), ▁and ▁Dan ▁the ▁D yna - M ite ▁( Daniel ▁Dun bar ), ▁who ▁is ▁lost ▁after ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁his ▁ment or ▁T NT . ▁Thompson ▁over se es ▁various ▁experiments ▁on ▁Dun bar ▁which ▁change ▁him ▁into ▁the ▁incred ibly ▁powerful ▁Dynam an . ▁ ▁Other ▁retired ▁hero es ▁are ▁suffering ▁from ▁their ▁own ▁problems . ▁The ▁Mc Car thy ▁hear ings ▁have ▁resulted ▁in ▁Green ▁Lan tern ▁being ▁black list ed ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁job ▁as ▁the ▁head ▁of ▁a ▁media ▁corpor ation . ▁Johnny ▁Quick ▁and ▁Liber ty ▁Belle ▁were ▁married ▁and