Heartwarming / The Golden Age

• Alan Scott comforts a traumatized security guard after they both fail to stop Sportsmaster from robbing a jewelry store.
• Butt-Monkey retired sidekick Bob Daley stumbles across Paul Kirk/Manhunter, who is frightened, amnesiac, and working a menial job. He immediately buys Paul a cup of coffee, listens to his problems, and takes him to look for someone to restore his memories, with them spending a while staying in a community where they both seem to feel truly at home and at peace.
• Lance and Paula's Relationship Upgrade slow dance.
• After spending much of the story as an alcoholic potential Domestic Abuser, Johnny Law is shown pouring the contents of his liquor cabinet down the sink while asking Libby to give him one more chance.
• Black Canary and Johnny Quick catching up outside the Capitol building and thinking about their respective true loves as they chat is a sweet moment.
• After initially seeming like a Hate Sink hood, Sportsmaster becomes a Reformed Criminal and saves a little girl's life during the final battle.
• In the "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue:
  • Starman finally conquers his demons and gets Happily Married.
  • After Adam Blake's initial claims of being a hero are treated so dismissively that he isn't even allowed to pledge allegiance to the flag with the other American heroes, seeing him earn enough praise and respect to become this timeline's (admittedly less powerful) Superman Substitute is touching.
  • Alan dedicates a scholarship to one of his employees who committed suicide due to the Red Scare.
  • Johnny Quick and Liberty Belle reconcile years after their divorce, and Johnny is an Understanding Boyfriend about how Libby won't jeopardize her newfound sense of independence to be a housewife, musing that he's happy as long as she still loves him.