Pangaea

A captain in the U.S. military during the World War II, Roger Stevens was wounded during a mortar attack on his unit in North Africa. Everyone in the unit was killed except for Stevens, who was gravely wounded and close to death.

In his fevered state, Stevens was gripped by visions of a primal world where all nations were encompassed by one land. Civilization thrived in this unity, a great hunters and champions were hailed as beacons of truth and justice.

In his dream the souls of these champions came to Stevens and offered to heal his broken body, investing him with the strength of their unity and the power of the One Land. Stevens accepted, and awoke healed and imbued with great strength, endurance, agility and a burning desire to unite all peoples under a single world banner.

Returning to the states at the end of World War II, Stevens took the name "Pangaea" from author Alfred Wegener's book "The Origin of Continents and Oceans." As Pangaea, Stevens began a crusade for peace and unity, fighting Nazi spies, terrorists and power-mad dictators who threatened to send the world spiraling back into war.

Seeing his great works, impressive physical abilities and needing a symbol of unity, the newly-born United Nations officially sanctioned Pangaea as the world's first humanitarian super hero, presenting him with a shield emblazoned with the symbol of the United Nations.