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The Earth-44 Timeline: The Heroic Age, Part Five

Posted by The Baron on May 9, 2015 at 1:22pm in The Baron's Timelines

(Continued from The Heroic Age, Part Four)

 

THE HEROIC AGE, PART FIVE (A.D. 1981 - A.D. 1990)

A.D. 1981: 

Character Debuts:

  • Andy Renko
  • Bobby Hill
  • Cat Claw (Carol Connor)
  • Colt Seavers
  • DangerMouse
  • Donkey Kong
  • Fay Furillo
  • Firebird (Bonita Juarez)
  • Frank Furillo
  • Frogger
  • Henry Goldblume
  • Howard Hunter
  • J. D. La Rue
  • Joe Coffey
  • Joyce Davenport
  • Lucy Bates
  • Mario Video (89)
  • Mick Belker
  • Ms.Pac-Man
  • Neal Washington
  • Phil Esterhaus
  • Ray Calletano
  • The Sentinel (Will Bennett) (90)
  • The Shooting Star (Victoria Starwin)
  • The Texas Twister (Drew Daniels)
  • Union Jack III (Joseph Chapman)

 

Team Debuts:

  • The Rangers  (91)
  • Sun Vulcan (92)

 

Events:

  • Ralph Hinkley receives an alien power-suit which he uses to fight crime and injustice. (93)
  • Arisia Rrab of Graxos IV becomes the Green Lantern of Sector 2815.
  • Warren Worthington III’ s son , Richard “Dick” Worthington is born.
  • Sarah Jane Smith and K-9 battle an evil cult on Earth.
  • The Fourth Doctor and Maggie Simpson battle the Master on Traken.  Joined by Tegan Jovanka and Nyssa of Traken, they then battle the Master on Logopolis and Earth.
  • The JLA and the Avengers stop the Vogon Constructor Fleet from destroying Earth.
  • The television series GalaxyQuest is cancelled, even though it still retains a sizable fan-base.
  • John Winger and Russell Ziskey join the US Army, leading to an international incident involving testing of the Top Secret EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle in Czechoslovakia.
  • Scott Pilgrim is born.
  • Voldemort murders Harry Potter's parents.
  • In Sweden, a young boy called Oskar meets the child vampire Eli.

  • Clark Junior and Lana Kent’s (non-identical) twin daughters, Lois Kent II and Lana Kent the Younger, are born.

 

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A.D. 1982: 

Character Debuts:

  • Alexander Luthor
  • Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)
  • Captain Marvel III (Monica Rambeau)
  • Captain U.K. (Linda McQuillan)
  • Cloak (Tyrone Johnson)
  • Dagger (Tandy Bowen)
  • Disappearing Trix
  • He-Man (Prince Adam of Eternia) 
  • John Rambo
  • Karma (Xian Coy Manh)
  • Lieutenant Frank Drebin
  • Lois Lane Luthor (Mirror Universe)
  • The Masked Man (Dick Carstairs)
  • Michael Knight (Michael Young)
  • Minky Momo
  • Mirage (Danielle Moonstar)
  • Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)
  • Sunspot (Roberto da Costa)
  • Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair)

 

Team Debuts:

  • The A-Team (94)
  • Great Task Force Goggle V (95)
  • The Young Ones (96)
  • The Zoo Crew (97)

 

Events:

  • Dick Grayson Junior marries Koriand'r of Tamaran.
  • The Fifth Doctor and Tegan Jovanka, Nyssa of Traken and Maggie Simpson battle the Master on Castrovalva. 
  • Sam Malone opens a bar called “Cheers” in Boston, MA.
  • Ash Williams first encounters the Necronomicon and the so-called “Evil Dead”.
  • Rocky Balboa fights Clubber Lang.
  • The U.S. Military establishes the rapid deployment team code-named “G.I. Joe”.
  • An alien botanist is accidentally stranded on Earth. It is taken in by a group of children who nickname it “E.T.” The children help E.T. contact the Martian Manhunter, who ensures that it finds its way home.
  • Tomoe Hotaru is born in Tokyo, Japan.
    The Fifth Doctor and Tegan Jovanka, Nyssa of Traken and Maggie Simpson battle the Urbankans.
  • In New York City, the 12th Precinct building is put on the National Register of Historic Places, and the squad is dispersed.
  • Michael Young is given the identity of "Michael Knight" and begins fighting crime using the KITT car.
  • Ted Striker helps save the space shuttle Mayflower from crashing.
  • Astronaut Vance "Astro" Astrovik is sent on an experimental voyage to Centauri IV
  • An older, embittered Gumby has a series of emotional breakdowns and leaves show business.
  • Programmer Kevin Flynn is drawn into a computer world where he and the heroic TRON defeat the evil Master Control Program.
  • Bo and Luke Duke join the NASCAR circuit. Their cousins Coy and Vance Duke come to Hazzard County to help Uncle Jesse and Daisy Duke in their absence.
  • Jeffrey Jones meets Phineas Bogg and learns of the Voyagers, a group set up by the Time Lord Celestial Intervention Agency to maintain the integrity of Earth history.
  • Aasu Itsue is born.
  • Karen Kent marries Andrew Vinson.

 

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A.D. 1983: 

Character Debuts:

  • The Ambush Bug (Irwin Schwab)
  • Astron Star-Soldier (James L. Hunt)
  • The Badger (Norbert Sykes)
  • Brain Wave Junior (Henry King Junior)
  • Creamy Mami (Yū Morisawa)
  • Firehawk (Lorraine Reilly)
  • Fury II (Lyta Trevor)
  • Geo-Force (Brion Markov)
  • Halo (Gabrielle Doe)
  • The Hangman III (Steven Dickering)
  • Inspector Gadget
  • Jade (Jennie-Lynn Hayden)
  • Katana (Tatsu Yamashiro)
  • Little Cheese
  • Luigi Video
  • Magma (Amara Aquilla)
  • Northwind (Norda Cantrell)
  • Nuklon (Albert Rothstein)
  • Obsidian (Todd Rice)
  • Rogue 
  • The Silver Scarab (Hector Hall)
  • Skateman (BIlly Moon)
  • Spider-Ham (Peter Porker)
  • Super-Squirrel
  • Superwoman II (Kristin Wells)
  • U.S. Archer

 

Team Debuts:

  • Infinity, Inc. (98)
  • The Outsiders ( 99)
  • Science Task Force Dynaman (100)

 

Events:

  • Dick Junior and Koriand'r Grayson’s daughter, Mar'i Grayson is born.
  • Hero High, a school for youngsters with super-powers, is founded. (101)
  • Mister Creosote explodes.
  • A Tokyo apartment complex becomes a battleground between two powerful psychics, one an old man named Uchida Chojiro and the other a young girl named Etsuko.
  • The Fifth Doctor and Tegan Jovanka and Nyssa of Traken battle Omega in Amsterdam and on Gallifrey. Subsequently, they - joined by Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Vislor Turlough -  battle Mawdryn and his followers.
  • When Bo and Luke Duke return from NASCAR, Coy and Vance Duke take off on an around-the-world race from which they never return, electing to settle down elsewhere.
  • The Spindrift vanishes while flying to London.
  • Aasu Shii is born.
  • In New Mexico, a young boy called Owen meets the child vampire Abby.
  • The Eleventh Doctor and Clara Oswald battle an Ice Warrior aboard a Soviet submarine.
  • Karen and Andrew Vinson's daughter Karen Vinson the Younger is born.
  • Clark Junior and Lana Kent's second son, Colin Kent, is born.

 

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A.D. 1984:

Character Debuts:

  • Buckaroo Banzai
  • The Flash IV (Tanaka Rei)
  • Fleur de Lys ( Manon Deschamps)
  • The Fox II (Paul Patten Junior)
  • Freddy Krueger
  • The Green Lantern IV ( Jose Hernandes)
  • Gypsy (Cindy Reynolds)
  • Heathcliff Huxtable
  • Icarus
  • John Constantine
  • Kamen Rider ZX (Murasama Ryou)
  • Kevin Matchstick
  • Megaton Man (Trent Phloog)
  • Northguard (Philip Wise)
  • Paradax (Al Cooper)
  • Spider-Woman II (Julia Carpenter)
  • The Steel Chameleon (Edward Holman)
  • The Toxic Avenger (Melvin Junko)
  • Turbo-Teen (Brett Matthews)
  • Winston Smith (102)

 

Team Debuts:

  • The Ghostbusters (103)
  • The Power Pack (104)
  • Super Electron Bioman (105)
  • The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (106)

 

Events:

  • Green Lantern Hal Jordan becomes part of the Guardians’ Honor Guard on Oa.
  • Son Goku meets Bulma Briefs. They begin their first quest for the Dragon Balls. Son Goku first participates in the Tenka'ichi Budokai.
  • By this time, Minilla is known as Godzilla II. A Hydra agent infiltrates Monsterland and sends Godzilla II on a rampage. It attacks Tokyo, but the JSDF manages to seal it into a volcano.
  • Jason Voorhees is killed by Tommy Jarvis.
  • Freddy Krueger begins killing the teenagers of Elm Street through their dreams.
  • The Ghostbusters battle Gozer.
  • The first of Skynet’s agents, a T-800 Terminator, arrives in Los Angeles, where it attempts to kill Sarah Connor, mother of John. It is destroyed by Kyle Reese, the first of John Connor’s agents. Reese is himself killed, but not before becoming the father of John Connor.
  • The Fifth Doctor and Tegan Jovanka and Vislor Turlough battle the Malus.  Later, they  battle time-traveling Dalek infiltrators.
  • The Fifth Doctor and his companions Vislor Turlough and Peri Brown battle the Master on Earth and on Sarn.
  • Charles Arcola Junior, is placed in charge of the Powell household. (107)
  • Miyagi Kesuke begins teaching karate to Daniel LaRusso.
  • When his friend Mikey Tandino is murdered, Detroit police detective Axel Foley pursues the killer to Beverly Hills.
  • Samantha Baker develops magical powers, becoming a teenage witch. At about the same time, a local boy called "Farmer Ted" disappears without a trace. Shortly thereafter, Samantha acquires a pet turtle she calls "Farmer Ted". (108)
  • Wendy Rommel marries Art Welding.

 

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 A.D. 1985:   

Hero Debuts:

  • Andromeda Shun
  • Boom Boom (Tabitha Smith)
  • Bowser
  • The City Hunter (Saeba Ryo)
  • Cygnus Hyoga
  • Dishman (Paul Mahler)
  • Dragon Shiryu
  • The Eighth Wonder (Haruka Athena)
  • Flamebird III (Bette Kane)
  • The Green Lantern V (Guy Gardner)
  • Hourman II (Rick Tyler)
  • Ice Climber Nana
  • Ice Climber Popo
  • The Jackaroo (Jack Deegan)
  • Kole (Kole Weathers)
  • Looker (Lia Briggs)
  • Max Headroom
  • 'Mazing Man
  • Pee-Wee Herman
  • Pegasus Seiya
  • Phoenix Ikki
  • Princess Peach
  • Saori Kido

 

Team Debut:

  • The Changemen (109)
  • The Four Horsemen (110)

 

Events:

  • Bobby Drake’s son, Bart Drake is born.
  • Hector Hall marries Lyta Trevor.
  • Son Goku battles the Red Ribbon Army. During this battle, he meets Norimaki  Senbei and his "sister" Arale.
  • Doctor Emmett Brown builds a time machine into a De Lorean automobile, which his young friend Marty McFly uses to travel into the past. Having returned to the present, Marty uses the De Lorean to travel into the future. Doc Brown then uses the De Lorean to travel to 1885, where he is trapped. Marty goes back to rescue him, but fails. However, Doc manages to build another time machine and returns to 1985.
  • A paramedic becomes a Jason Voorhees copycat killer, before being killed by Tommy Jarvis.
  • Rocky Balboa fights Ivan Drago.
  • The Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown battle the Cybermen on Earth.
  • The Second and Sixth Doctors and Jamie MacCrimmon and Peri Brown battle Androgums and Sontarans in Seville.
  • Mario Video first travels to the Mushroom Kingdom. He meets Princess Peach and battles the evil Bowser.
  • Government researchers in Florida attempt to discover the secrets of the living dead. The experiment fails catastrophically. Chemical residue from the experiment is accidentally shipped to a medical supply warehouse in Louisville, KY. Workers at the warehouse accidentally breach the chemical containers, sparking a fresh outbreak of the living dead, this time stopped by Infinity, Inc.
  • Autobots and Decepticons revive on Earth and renew their ancient conflict.
  • Ted Lawson constructs a robot in the form of a small girl, that he named "Vickie". With his family's help, he passes her offf as his daughter.
  • The Excitebike motorcycle races are first held.
  • Fukamachi Sho bonds with a guyver unit, becoming Guyver One. Finding himself pursued by the Chronos Corporation, he seeks assistance from Japan's super-heroes, who in turn alert heroes around the world. A worldwide series of battles against Chronos begins.
  • High schoolers Andrew Clarke, Brian Ralph Johnson, John Bender, Claire Standish and Allison Reynolds spend Saturday morning detention together.

 

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A.D. 1986:  

Character Debuts:

  • A-Ko (Megami Eiko)
  • Atomcat
  • Ben Matlock
  • Booster Gold (Michael Jon Carter)
  • Crocodile Dundee
  • Crying Freeman (Hinomura Yo)
  • Doctor Light (Kimiyo Hoshi)
  • Ferris Bueller
  • The Flash V (Carrie Allen)
  • G-Girl (Jenny Johnson)
  • The Phoenix (Rachel Summers)
  • Samaritan (Asa Martin)
  • Star Brand (Ken Connell)
  • Superboy II (Clark Kent III)
  • Wong Lei Lei
  • Yellowjacket III (Rita DeMara)

 

Team Debuts:

  • The Flashmen (111)
  • The Fraternity (112)
  • The Karate Kommandos (113)

 

Events:

  • Astra Nadia Furst-Zorus is born.
  • The Dazzler joins the X-Patrol.
  • Hector and Lyta Hall’s son, Daniel Hall is born.
  • The worldship Mondas returns to the Solar System. The Cybermen invade Earth, but are defeated by the First Doctor,  Ben Jackson and Polly Wright, and the world’s super-heroes. Mondas is destroyed, but the Doctor persuades some surviving Cybermen to live peacefully on Earth. The First Doctor then encounters the Twelfth Doctor. Captain Archibald Lethbridge-Stewart and the Testimony.  Both Doctors subsequently regenerate.
  • Members of the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise visit San Francisco in search of a humpback whale.
  • Melmacian Gordon Shumway crashlands on Earth. Green Lantern Jose Hernandes helps repair his ship and sends him on his way.
  • Tommy Jarvis accidentally revives Jason Voorhees.
  • “Itchy Koo” Ichinohei and Princess Asrial of Salusia arrive in Quagmire, USA, and end up as rivals for the attentions of Jeremy Feeple.
  • A cat named Chatran and a dog named Poosky have several adventures together.
  • When Nova Laboratories constructs robots for the military, one accidentally becomes sentient, naming itself "Johnny Five".
  • Miyagi Kesuke and Daniel LaRusso travel to Okinawa.
  • While attempting to duplicate Andre Delambre's experiments, Seth Brundle has a similar accident.
  • An unknown Japanese man invents the sport of Balloon Fighting. 
  • Dennis Mitchell is elected to the U.S. Congress.
  • Jonny Quest and Hadji have a last series of adventures with Doctor Quest and Race Bannon before the latter two retire.
  • The angel Pit helps the goddess Palutena stop the evil Medusa from taking over Angel Land.
  • Aasu Mitsuki is born.

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A.D. 1987:   

Character Debuts:

  • Captain Atom II ( Nathaniel Adam)
  • Clarice Clifford
  • Ed Crankshaft
  • Evie Garland
  • Ginger Jordan
  • Kamen Rider Black (Minami Kotaro)
  • Ken Masters
  • Lodestone (Rhea Jones)
  • Lois McGiver
  • Meggan
  • Morgan Calabrese
  • Mo Testa
  • Robocop (Alex J. Murphy)
  • Ryu
  • Sparrow Pidgeon
  • Toni Ortiz
  • Uri-Oan (Uri ben David)
  • Wild Dog (Jack Wheeler)

 

Team Debuts:

  • Excalibur (114)
  • The Law-Breaker Busters (115)
  • The  Maskmen (116)
  • The Mystery Men (117)
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Event: 

  • The JLA helps Ken Connell safely rid himself of the power of the Star Brand.
  •  Ash Williams has another encounter with the “Evil Dead”, this time resulting in him being sucked into a mystical “wormhole”.
  • A Predator scout lands in Central America, where it hunts local human warriors.
  • The Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler encounter the Reapers in London.
  • Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to investigate the shooting of Captain Andrew Bogomil.
  • Michael and Hope Steadman, his cousin Melissa Steadman, and their friends Elliot and Nancy Weston, Ellyn Warren and Gary Shepherd go on a hiking trip in a state park in western Pennsylvania. While exploring a hidden cave they found, the seven friends are sealed in. A mysterious gas fills the cave, placing them in suspended animation.
  • Policewomen Tsujimoto Natsumi and Kobayakawa Miyuki are stationed at the Bokuto Precinct in the Sumida Ward in Tokyo.

 

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A.D. 1988:  

Character Debuts:

  • Andy Fox
  • Barry Wilkins
  • Cambot
  • O Cranio (Haran)
  • Crow T. Robot
  • Curtis Wilkins
  • Doctor Clayton Forrester
  • Dorothy Spinner
  • Dove II (Dawn Granger)
  • Gypsy the Robot
  • Jason Fox
  • Joel Robinson
  • Paige Fox
  • Peter Fox
  • Shaloman
  • Tom Servo
  • Winged Victory

 

Team Debut: 

  • Super Beast Task Force Liveman (118)

 

Events:

  • Kamen Rider Black becomes Kamen Rider Black RX.
  • Son Goku and his friends battle the Namek "demon" Piccolo, who is killed in the battle.
  • Dr. Clayton Forrester and Dr. Lawrence Erhard launch janitor Joel Robinson into space aboard the Satellite of Love, and force him to watch bad movies. For companionship, Joel constructs several robots.
  • The Seventh Doctor and Ace defeat an invasion by a faction of hostile Cybermen.
  • The United Nations Godzilla Countermeasures Center (UNGCC) is formed in Tokyo. One of its first recruits is a young psychic named Saegusa Miki.
  • Jason Voorhees battles a telekinetic mutant named Tina Shepard.
  • There is a fresh outbreak of the living dead in Louisville, this time handled by civilian efforts.
  • Earth is briefly invaded by Killer Klowns from Outer Space.
  • The Deetze family encounters the malign ghost Betelgeuse.
  • Checkmate is founded.
  • Christmas "Chrissie" Claus is born.
  • The caveman Kir-rok is thawed and revived and becomes a lawyer.
  • Morisato Keiichi first meets the goddess Belldandy.
  • Kamen Rider Black becomes Kamen Rider Black RX.
  • Princess Di Gi Charat (a.k.a. "Dejiko"), Rinna Charat, and meeK Charat are born on the planet Di Gi Charat. Pyocora Analog III (a.k.a. "Piyoko") is born on the planet Analog. Usada Hikaru (a.k.a. "Rabi-en-Rose") is born in Japan.
  • Parn begins his quest to clear his father's name.

 

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A.D. 1989: 

Character Debuts:

  • Bart Simpson
  • Biollante
  • Captain Brooklyn
  • Cosmo Kramer
  • Crazy Jane
  • Doogie Howser
  • Elaine Benes
  • George Costanza
  • Greyshirt (Franky Lafayette)
  • Gromit
  • Hello Kitty (Kitty White)
  • Homer J. Simpson
  • The Huntress III (Helena Bertinelli)
  • Jean Black (Jean Summers the Younger)
  • Jerry Seinfeld
  • Jubilee (Jubilation Lee)
  • Lisa Simpson
  • Maggie Simpson
  • Marge Simpson
  • The Mental  Midget (Gabe Alexander)
  • Mister Bean
  • Ness
  • The Phantom Lady II (Dee Tyler)
  • Robin III (Timothy Drake)
  • Spider-Girl (May Parker)
  • Wallace

 


Team Debuts:

  • The Crossbreed  (119)
  • Hero Hotline (120)
  • The Turborangers (121)
  • The Ultra Force (122)

 

Events: 

  • Bob "Mister Incredible" Parr marries Helen "Elastigirl" Hunter.
  • Godzilla II battles Biollante.
  • Three hundred thousand Tenctonese refugees seek sanctuary on Earth. Earth’s existing alien community helps them fit in.
  • The Infinity Delta in Tokyo Bay is repossessed from the government by a Professor Tomoe after a building fire.
  • The Seventh Doctor, “Ace and U.N.I.T. battle Morgaine le Fey.  Subsequently, the Seventh Doctor and Ace battle the Master on Earth and the planet of the Cheetah People.
  • Horace Pinker is electrocuted and becomes an electrical being .
  • San Diman agent Rufus helps William Preston and Theodore Logan pass a history test.
  • John Kreese seeks revenge on Miyagi Kesuke and Daniel LaRusso.
  • While attempting to recreate the Newman/Phillips time tunnel, Doctor Samuel Beckett is accidentally thrown into his own quantum accelerator and finds himself "leaping" through time from one person's life to another.
  • Yu Ominae goes to work for the ARCAM Corporation.

 

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A.D. 1990: 

Character Debuts:

  • Adam Schiff
  • Alfred Wentworth
  • Ben Stone
  • Brotherman (Antonio Valor)
  • Cleopatra II
  • Darkman (Peyton Westlake)
  • Darryl MacPherson)
  • Deathlok (Luther Manning)
  • Dilbert
  • Don Cragen
  • The Ghost Rider III (Danny Ketch)
  • The Green Goliath (Hal Pym)
  • Kapten Sverige (Humphrey Tagelberg)
  • Madman (Frank Einstein)
  • Max Greevey
  • Mike Logan
  • Paul Robinette
  • The Stinger (Cassie Lang)
  • Wanda MacPherson
  • Will Smith (The Fresh Prince of Bel Air)
  • Zoe MacPherson

 

Team Debut: 

  • The Fivemen (123)

 

Events:

  • Charles Xavier becomes Doctor Strangefate.
  • Wolverine leaves the X-Patrol, adopting the identity of the Dark Claw.
  • Violet Parr is born.
  • Doctor Erhard disappears.. He is replaced by TV's Frank.
  • High school student Urameshi Yusuke is killed saving a child from a speeding car. Since he died performing a selfless act, Botan, spirit guide of the dead, with the approval of her superior Koenma, grants Urameshi a second chance at life, provided he acts as their “spiritual detective”, helping them recover escaped demons and lost magical objects.
  • Rocky Balboa trains a young fighter named Tommy Gunn.
  • John Hammond opens Jurassic Park. Certain initial security problems are solved with the help of Green Lantern Jose Hernandes and the park begins regular operation.
  • There is another outbreak of the living dead near Pittsburgh, this time dealt with by the Avengers. 
  • Soramame Taro becomes a policeman.
  • While visiting England, Randi Wallace becomes a werewolf.
  • When bank executive Sam Wheat is murdered, Deadman helps him remain on Earth as a ghost and use psychic Oda Mae Brown to warn his girlfriend Molly Jensen against the friend that betrayed him.
  • Izumi Shinichi encounters the alien Parasyte he names "Migi".


(Continued in The Heroic Age, Part Six) 

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  • The Baron May 10, 2015 at 10:23am

    Updated to 1985.

  • The Baron May 10, 2015 at 12:16pm

    Updated to 1990.

  • The Baron September 23, 2017 at 11:46am

    Added Doogie Howser to 1989.

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