Post by dans on Jun 28, 2024 21:45:10 GMT
There are no real-life external events described in any of the stories that show when the story started - it could be that the story opened in 1938 but wasn't published until 1940...
Actually, there some unusual oddly-specific real life hidden clues but they could be approximations - the World Pole Vault record, which Atom breaks without even using the pole, is 15' and that happened in 1940, the 100 yard dash record of 9.4 was set in 1930 and held until 1948, the 57 foot shot put happened in 1934, and the 174' discus in 1935. So 1938 seems like a good compromise for the start date for the story in WOW.
Actually, there some unusual oddly-specific real life hidden clues but they could be approximations - the World Pole Vault record, which Atom breaks without even using the pole, is 15' and that happened in 1940, the 100 yard dash record of 9.4 was set in 1930 and held until 1948, the 57 foot shot put happened in 1934, and the 174' discus in 1935. So 1938 seems like a good compromise for the start date for the story in WOW.