Ripples Through Time: Historical Heroes Heralded

Rip Hunter and his pal Jeff Smith invented a time sphere, which they piloted on a series of adventures throughout history alongside his girlfriend Bonnie Baxter and her younger brother Corky. Journeying to several eras, the so-called "Time Master" and his crew had an indelible mark in tales of the past. 

Among their various voyages through time were to the eras of the dinosaurs, Briton of 1,000,000 B.C.E., Egypt and Roog of 2000 B.C.E, 500 B.C.E., King Darius in 325 B.C.E., Rome of 3000 B.C.E., Baghdad and Navar of 800 C.E., England of 1194 C.E., America of 1774 C.E., Poland of 1800 C.E., Ritannia of 1860 C.E., Germany of the early 1940s, and Italy of 2500 C.E. They also journeyed to other worlds such as the Zark of 1000 B.C.E. and ZM3 of 2165 C.E., to name just a few. They also appeared during the Crisis on Infinite Earths.

After several years wherein they disappeared following an encounter with a mysterious pyramid created by Vandal Savage in which they prematurely aged, Rip and his partners were restored to youth and joined the Forgotten Heroes of Earth-One. While he met Superman on that occasion, Rip never met that hero's ally in Metropolis' Police Department, Dan "Terrible" Turbin. Dan was the counterpart of Rip Carter's teammate, Dan "Brooklyn" Turbin.

Rip Carter enlisted a quartet of youths during the formative days of World War II, including André Chavard from France, Alfie Twidgett from England, Jan Haasen from the Netherlands, and "Brooklyn" from the USA.

Although several of their tales as the Boy Commandos occurred during the present day on their native Earth-Two, they mysteriously had several tales in various historical periods through various inexplicable means. Some tales led them to Japan of 1842 B.C.E., Rome in 65 C.E., France of 1700 C.E., Earth of 3500 C.E., an ant world of 20,000 C.E. among other time periods.

The Commandos also battled various threats such as Sigrid aka Agent Axis, Crazy-Quilt and Case 13,  Case 13 was actually a husband and wife who matched wits with Carter repeatedly, and were the dopplegangers of Bonnie and Jeffrey.

Eventually, Andre, Alfie and Jan returned to their native countries to live with family, and new commandos in Tex and Percy Clearwater joined the team. During their tenure as troubleshooters, the Boys encountered various costumed crusaders of Earth-Two including Sandman, Sandy, the Guardian and the Newsboy Legion during an adventure. Likewise, Rip Carter and his teammates worked alongside the Sea Devils while both were allied in the Forgotten Heroes.