The year is 1938.
Europe waits for Hitler's next move. Japan is conquering China, but with a geedy eye looking over its shoulder at America's Pacific Islands. The Mediterranean is the proving grounds for the fascist war-machine of Benito Mussolini, and in South America, a dark thing stirs, ready to rise from an ageless sleep.
America is leaving the depression behind, but many worry that the prosperity that they have been promised will prove to be a mirage... and vanish silently as it is approached.
The Heroes of 1938 are only Human. Some are super-powered, some are not, but only one tries to be More Than Human.
The nations of the World are poised on the verge of the most violent conflict ever to shake the earth. Are they ready?
In a world where malevolence need not hide its face, it is the Heroes who are forced to wear Masks.
Evil is not a force of Nature. It is born in the facile mind and festers wherever injustice reigns.
Gotham. City of sky-scraping towers and blood-curdling screams. She is the dark jewel in America's crown.
Without Law, Evil runs Amok like the fell... ah screw it, this is where the Rules are.