During the celebration of the 100th meeting of the JLA, the team was summoned to Earth-Two by the Justice Society, where a giant ethereal hand controlled by the Iron Hand threatened to destroy their world. The only way to stop the hand was to find the legendary Seven Soldiers of Victory, who defeated a similar menace in the form of the Nebula Man many years previously, though at the seeming cost of their existences, since no one could remember who they were. An unearthly Oracle revealed to the JLA and the JSA that the Seven Soldiers had been scattered through time, and the multitude of heroes were sent back to find them.
Doctor Fate, the Atom and the Elongated Man found the Crimson Avenger in Mexico, where he had amnesia and believed he was the Aztec Sun God. Superman, Sandman and Metamorpho rescued the Shining Knight from the hordes of Genghis Khan. Hawkman, Doctor Mid-Nite, and the Golden Age Wonder Woman found Green Arrow (who had been mistaken for Robin Hood). Batman, Hourman and Starman retrieved Stripesy from ancient Egypt. Green Arrow, Black Canary and Johnny Thunder (and his Thunderbolt) saved The Vigilante from a tribe of Indians in the Old West. Aquaman, Wildcat and Green Lantern rescued the Star-Spangled Kid who was 50,000 years in the past. Zatanna, The Flash and the Red Tornado freed Speedy (and themselves) from the clutches of Circe in ancient Greece. The Golden Age Green Lantern, Mr. Terrific and the Golden Age Robin went on a quest to discover the identity of the Unknown Soldier of Victory, whose tomb lay in the mountains of Tibet, where the Seven Soldiers had fallen after defeating the Nebula Man.
The Seven Soldiers were reunited and created a new Nebula Rod to deal with the giant hand that the Iron Hand devised. Unfortunately, whoever used the Nebula Rod to destroy the Hand was certain to perish (as did the Crimson Avenger's partner Wing, revealed to be the Unknown Soldier of Victory, when the Nebula Man was stopped). While the heroes argued over who would sacrifice themselves, the android Red Tornado took the Nebula Rod and destroyed the Hand, apparently destroying himself in the process.
