More heroes appear with a resurgence of sidekicks like Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, Wonder Girl, and Speedy, who form the Teen Titans, along with a rogues gallery of super-villains. More superheroes gather, forming the Justice League of America (JLA).

Years later, Paul witnesses Superman in action and the arrival of Batman, and names his daughter Diana as Wonder Woman makes her debut. Despite this, Peggy and Paul are married. Paul becomes a police officer and, partnered with John Jones (secretly the Martian Manhunter), raids a warehouse where they arrest Jimmy. The next decade sees a resurgence of Wild Western culture and the appearance of adventure-type heroes such as the Challengers of the Unknown, Sea Devils, and Cave Carson.

Ordered by the House Un-American Activities Committee to reveal their identities, the JSA refuse and disappear. Jimmy becomes a member of a local mob, the Injustice Gang of the World run by Vandal Savage, and goes on the run after the JSA take the gang down. He begins dating Jimmy's sister Peggy and works his way through college. Punks try to collect protection money from Paul as a paperboy for the Globe-Leader, and he is saved by Guardian and Newsboy Legion. In hopes of convincing Jimmy, Paul shows him a magazine of the Justice Society of America (JSA). The original Atom gives Paul a business card for shouting a warning, and Paul decides to get honest work. Paul happens upon strange mask-wearing crime-fighters taking down rival mobsters. In the 1940s, Paul and his friend Jimmy live in Metropolis, collecting protection money in Suicide Slum. Retiree Paul Lincoln recounts his following of superheroes through the past decades, narrating the story. It details the perspective of an admirer of superheroes in the DC Universe from the Golden, Silver, Bronze, and Modern eras of comic books. DC Universe: Legacies is a 2010–2011 ten-issue comic book limited series written by Len Wein and published by DC Comics.

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