DCM TIMELINE
Ancient History
Note: This dates on this timeline are estimates.
| Year | Event |
| 19 billion years ago | This Universe was created by the member of the Beyonder race now known as
"The Presence"
Eternity, Infinity, Death, Oblivion, Lord Chaos, and Master Order, and other abstract entities that are the ethereal embodiment of the new universe are born |
| 18.5 billion years ago | Eon, a sentient quasi-physical entity is created to become the cosmic custodian of the universe; to monitor beings of incredible power that might pose a threat to the universe's existence |
| 18 billion years ago | The GodWorld forms out of native elements |
| 17 billion years ago | Life begins to form on the GodWorld |
| 15 billion years ago | Humanoid life attains "godhood" on the GodWorld, and the Celestials are "born" |
| 12 billion years ago | The humanoid space traveler from another universe named Galan is reborn in this universe, becoming Galactus, despoiler of planets |
| 10 billion years ago | The Oan race begins on the planet Maltus. A group of Maltusians with superior intellect and mental powers emigrate to Oa, a planet at the center of the known universe |
| 9 billion years ago | The Watchers race is born |
| 5 billion years ago | The GodWorld is destroyed. The Celestials leave their destroyed world to become wanderers and judges of other races. One of the Celestials is "killed", and from its energy the Phoenix Force is "born". |
| 4.8 billion years ago | The worlds of Apokolips and New Genesis form from the remnants of the GodWorld |
| 4.5 billion years ago | Planet Earth forms from dust and gases around Sol
Due to their tragic interventions on the world Prosilicus, the Watchers decide on their path on non-interference and passive observation of alien cultures, relocating themselves in different sectors of space to monitor and observe |
| 4.4 billion years ago | The Oan Krona, seeking forbidden knowledge, releases entropy into the universe
and creates the antimatter universe of Qward and the ShadowRealm. Krona, for
his crimes, is sentenced by The Presence to become Hoard, the Judge of Races.
The Oans, to atone for Krona's crimes and to restore order, become the
Guardians of the Universe, as per the direction of Eon
Unsure of the Guardian's abilities to safeguard the universe, Eon creates his first Protector of the Universe, giving him the power of the Quantum bands, which allow the wearer to manipulate energy at will |
| 4 billion years ago | Life appears on Earth |
| between 4 and 3.5 billion years ago | As civilized alien races begin nearing extinction, the last survivors of various races, who find themselves driven by a particular goal, discover that they have been granted immortality. These Immortals eventually become as the Elders of the universe. In pursuit of their goals, they will eventually relocate themselves throughout the universe |