THE HEROIC AGE, PART FOUR (A.D. 1971 - A.D. 1980)
During this period, the human race began to cooperate ever more closely as attacks by kaiju and alien invaders continued to proliferate.
- A.D. 1971:
- March:
- Zippy the Pinhead lived around this time.
- April:
- Scott Free came to Earth and adopted the identity of Mister Miracle.
- May:
- Ted Sallis became the Man-Thing.
- June:
- Willy Wonka willed his chocolate factory to Charlie Bucket.
- Linda Lee married Steve Rogers.
- Peter Parker married Mary Jane Watson.
- Wally West became the Flash III. He married Gail Manners.
- July:
- Gamera defeated the alien monster Zigra.
- Godzilla II defeated the monster Hedorah.
- Alec Holland became the Swamp Thing.
- October:
- Big Barda came to Earth, where she met Scott Free. In time, the two would fall in love and get married.
- March:
- A.D. 1972:
- January:
- John Stewart became the Green Lantern III, serving as Hal Jordan’s back-up.
- March:
- Alien cockroaches from Nebula M Spacehunter used King Ghidorah and Gigan to attempt to conquer the Earth but were stopped by Godzilla II and Anguirus II.
- May:
- Prince Zethi was awakened from his long sleep and became the professional wrestler Kid Pharaoh.
- June:
- Luke Cage became Power Man after a prison experiment catalyzed his latent mutant powers.
- July:
- Fred and Lamont Sanford ran their family junk dealership in Los Angeles.
- August:
- Johnny Blaze became the Ghost Rider.
- September:
- Bob Hartley practiced psychiatry in Chicago.
- Josie and the Pussycats, along with members of their staff, were accidentally launched into space aboard an experimental starship.
- October:
- Kirishima Goro became Iron King.
- A duplicate Earth suffered a worldwide catastrophe known as the Great Disaster.
- November:
- A group of rabbits from Sandleford Warren established a new warren on Watership Down.
- December:
- The Saiyan known as "Kakarrot" was sent to Earth. Landing in China, he was adopted by Son Gohan, who named him "Son Goku".
- January:
- A.D. 1973:
- January:
- The First, Second and Third Doctors, Jo Grant and UNIT battled Omega.
- March:
- Colonel Steve Austin was converted into a cyborg after an accident, afterwards becoming an agent for the Office of Scientific Investigation.
- Nuclear tests disrupted the undersea kingdom of Seatopia. The Seatopians sent Megalon and Gigan to attack Japan. They were defeated by Godzilla II and the robot Jet Jaguar.
- May:
- The Third Doctor and UNIT battled the evil computer BOSS.
- June:
- The members of Mysteries, Inc. went their separate ways. Freddy Jones became a male model, Daphne Blake became an FBI agent, Velma Dinkley became a research chemist and "Shaggy" Rogers became a night watchman. (57)
- October:
- The android Cutie Honey was constructed.
- November:
- Hazama Kuro'o, known as “Black Jack”, practiced medicine illegally.
- December:
- Shang-Chi rebelled against his father, Fu Manchu.
- January:
- A.D. 1974:
- February:
- Frank Castle became the Punisher after his family was killed by mobsters.
- March:
- Alien Simians attacked Japan with the robot Mechagodzilla but were defeated by Godzilla II and the Okinawan guardian monster, King Seesar.
- May:
- Daniel Rand-K'ai became Iron Fist.
- July:
- Galactic Patrolman Jaco Teirimentenpibosshi came to Earth, where he met the scientist Tokunishin Omori and would-be science fiction writer Tights and her little sister Bulma
- August:
- Former professional football player “Tank” McNamara became a sportscaster.
- September:
- The Toon dog Penrod Pooch began fighting crime as Hong Kong Phooey.
- While on a routine expedition, Rick Marshall, his son Will and his daughter Holly, were swept into the extra-dimensional realm known as the Land of the Lost. After spending some time there, they returned moments after they left.
- The Partridge Family were placed into suspended animation by persons unknown.
- December:
- The Fourth Doctor, his companions Sarah Jane Smith and Harry Sullivan, and U.N.I.T. foiled an attempt to blackmail the world’s governments using a giant robot.
- February:
- A.D. 1975: Events this year included:
- January:
- Captain Barney Miller commanded the Twelfth Precinct of the New York City Police Department.
- March:
- The Simians sent the dinosaur Titanosaurus and a rebuilt Mechagodzilla to attack Japan, but they were defeated by Godzilla II and the JSDF.
- April:
- Bill Foster used Hank Pym’s size-changing technology to become Black Goliath. (later Giant-Man II).
- June:
- A great white shark began devouring bathers off the coast of Amity, MA. Green Lantern John Stewart captured it before it could do any further harm.
- July:
- Colossus (Piotr Rasputin), Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) and Wolverine (James “Logan” Howlett) joined the X-Men.
- September:
- Gabe Kotter began teaching at James Buchanan High School, which he had once attended.
- Jake Kong, Eddie Spenser and a self-exile from Gorilla City who called himself Tracy formed the Ghost Busters.
- The androids Fi and Fum arrived on Earth, accidentally taking two Chicago children named Alice and Jerry on board their saucer.
- Moonbase Alpha was founded as a joint US/UK venture.
- After finding some mystical artefacts, Andrea Thomas became the heroine Isis.
- October:
- Basil and Sybil Fawlty ran an inn called Fawlty Towers.
- The Angel, the Black Widow, the Ghost Rider, Hercules and Iceman formed the Champions. The team would fight crime together for the next nineteen years.
- December:
- Recently divorced Ann Romano moved to Indianapolis with her teenaged daughters, Julie and Barbara Cooper.
- January:
- A.D. 1976:
- January:
- Jaime Sommers became a cyborg and an agent of OSI.
- After being struck by rays from an alien device, Carol Danvers gained super-powers which she used to fight crime as Ms. Marvel.
- February:
- Karen Kent, daughter of Clark Senior and Lois, began fighting crime as Power Girl.
- May:
- Tania Belinskaya, the Soviet heroine known as the Red Guardian, came to the U.S.A.
- July:
- The infant mutant Ororo Munroe, who was traveling by sea with her parents, was washed overboard in a wooden cradle with her name on it and believed lost at sea. However, the cradle was washed ashore on Themiscyra, where the child was raised by Queen Hippolyta - who did not know of her origins - as Princess Ororo.
- August:
- The Celestials visited Earth.
- Alice Hyatt went to work at Mel’s Diner.
- September:
- Guy Caballero founded Second City Television in Melonville
- October:
- Brian Braddock became Captain Britain.
- November:
- Rocky Balboa fought Apollo Creed for the first time.
- December:
- Brigadier Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart retired from UNIT.
- January:
- A.D. 1977:
- January:
- The unusual resort known as “Fantasy Island” opened for business.
- February:
- Jessica Drew began fighting crime as Spider-Woman.
- April:
- After his mutant powers manifested, teacher Jefferson Pierce began fighting crime as Black Lightning.
- May:
- The Great White North debuted on Second City Television.
- July:
- The robot X-51 was constructed. Escaping into human society, it adopted the identity of Aaron Stack and fought crime as Machine Man.
- October:
- The Fourth Doctor and Leela battled the Fendahl on Earth.
- November:
- Helena Wayne, daughter of Bruce and Selina, began fighting crime as the Huntress.
- January:
- A.D. 1978:
- January:
- Harold Jordan began fighting crime as the Air Wave II.
- The robot known as Red Ronin was constructed to protect the U.S. from Godzilla II and other monsters.
- May:
- After receiving super-powers and equipment from a dying alien, Yamashiro Takuya began fighting evil in Japan as Spider-Man II.
- September:
- Andy Travis took over as program director of radio station WKRP in Cincinnati, OH.
- Louie De Palma operated the Sunshine Cab Company in New York City.
- October:
- Michael Myers returned to Haddonfield, IL, stalking Laurie Strode, who did not know she was his sister. Myers was pursued in turn pursued by Doctor Sam Loomis.
- January:
- A.D. 1979:
- January:
- In the sub-atomic Microverse, the Micronauts (Acroyear, Arcturus Rann, Biotron, Bug, Marionette (Princess Mari) and Microtron) led a revolt that eventually overthrew the evil Baron Karza.
- Harry Broderick, Melanie Slozar and Skip Carmichael built the Vulture, a spaceship they used for commercial purposes.
- February:
- Genji Odashu, Ilongo Savage and Richard Carson were chosen to pilot the mechas known as Combatra, Dangard Ace and Raydeen to battle Lord Maur-Kon.
- Karen Travers and Lynn Warner were imprisoned in Wentworth Detention Centre in Australia.
- March:
- Helena Wayne married Harry Sims.
- April:
- Scott Lang stole Hank Pym’s technology, and used it to become the Ant-Man II.
- Aurora (Jeanne-Marie Beaubier), Guardian (James MacDonald Hudson), Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier), Sasquatch (Walter Langkowski), Shaman (Michael Twoyoungmen) and Snow-Bird (Anne McKenzie) formed Alpha Flight, Canada’s first super-hero team.
- June:
- Rocky Balboa fought Apollo Creed again, this time defeating him.
- September:
- John and Elly Patterson lived in Ontario with their children, Michael and Liz.
- The Fourth Doctor and Romana battled Scaroth in Paris.
- January:
- A.D. 1980:
- January:
- The Colonial fleet arrived at Earth, pursued by the Cylons. Earth’s super-heroes helped them defeat the Cylons, and then began the process of integrating the Kobolites into Earth society. The Kobolites helped the UN begin the development of an Earth space fleet.
- Thirteen year-old mutant Kitty Pryde joined the X-Men, taking the codename “Shadowcat”.
- February:
- Norimaki Senbei built a robot in the shape of a 13 year-old girl, which he named "Arale" and passed off as his kid sister.
- Alison Blaire began using her mutant powers to perform as the Disco Dazzler.
- After receiving a blood transfusion from her cousin Bruce Banner, Jennifer Walters latent mutant powers were catalyzed, after which she became the She-Hulk.
- April:
- Mister Game & Watch lived in the two-dimensional land known as Flatland.
- June:
- The Blues Brothers, Jake and Elwood, helped an orphanage pay its taxes, at the cost of their own freedom.
- Former Air Force pilot Ted Striker helped save a commercial airliner from crashing.
- Pamela Voorhees killed several people at Crystal Lake, before being killed herself by Alice Hardy. Alice was then killed by Jason Voorhees.
- July:
- Dick Grayson Junior began calling himself "Nightwing".
- October:
- Scott and Jean Summers took over the running of the Westchester School when Professor X left to study sorcery.
- Nightwing, the Flash III, Wonder Woman III, Cyborg (Victor Stone), Raven and Starfire (Princess Koriand’r of Tamaran) formed the Titans. (58)
- December:
- The Martian Manhunter saved Mary Corleone from assassination.
- January:
THE HEROIC AGE, PART FIVE (A.D. 1981 - A.D. 1990)
Earth became increasingly united as alien invasions and kaiju attacks continued on a regular basis.
- A.D. 1981:
- January:
- Frank Furillo commanded the Hill Street police precinct.
- May:
- Arisia Rrab of Graxos IV became the Green Lantern of Sector 2815.
- July:
- Mario Video first met the sentient ape known as Donkey Kong.
- Will Bennett began fighting crime as the Sentinel. (59)
- October:
- In Sweden, a young boy called Oskar met the child vampire Eli.
- Ash Williams first encountered the Necronomiconand the so-called “Evil Dead”.
- January:
- A.D. 1982:
- February:
- In the Toon World, Alley-Kat-Abra (Felina Furr), Captain Carrot (Rodney Rabbit), Pig-Iron (Peter Porkchops), Rubberduck (Byrd Rentals) and Yankee Poodle (Rova Barkitt) formed the Zoo Crew.
- March:
- Lieutenant Frank Drebin served on the Police Squad.
- May:
- Rocky Balboa fought Clubber Lang
- June:
- Dick Grayson Junior married Koriand'r of Tamaran.
- Karen Kent married Andrew Vinson.
- In the “Mirror” universe, Alexander Luthor married his world’s Lois Lane.
- October:
- After her mutant powers manifested, Monica Rambeau began fighting crime as Captain Marvel III.
- November:
- Vyvyan Basterd, Rick Pratt, Neil Pye and Mike Thecoolperson shared a house together while attending Scumbag College.
- Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) and Mirage (Danielle Moonstar) joined the X-Men.
- December:
- Ted Striker helped save the space shuttle Mayflowerfrom crashing.
- February:
- A.D. 1983:
- January:
- John “Hannibal” Smith, B.A. Baracus, Templeton “Faceman” Peck and H.M. Murdock operated as the A-Team.
- February:
- Lyta Trevor, daughter of Steve and Diana, began fighting crime as Fury.
- April:
- The Eleventh Doctor and Clara Oswald battled an Ice Warrior aboard a Soviet submarine.
- July:
- Luigi Video joined his older brother Mario in his adventures.
- Norbert Sykes began fighting crime as the Badger.
- Gabrielle Doe began fighting crime as Halo.
- September:
- Inspector Gadget began his crime-fighting career.
- The young mutant Albert Rothstein began fighting crime as the Atom-Smasher.
- Jennie-Lynn Hayden, the illegitimate daughter of Alan Scott, began fighting crime as Jade.
- Hector Hall, son of Carter and Shiera, began fighting crime as the Silver Scarab.
- October:
- In New Mexico, a young boy called Owen met the child vampire Abby.
- The young mutant Lorraine Reilly began fighting crime as Firehawk.
- November:
- The alien hero Beta Ray Bill was given the uru mallet Stormbringer by Odin as a reward for his assistance in fighting Asgard’s enemies.
- January:
- A.D. 1984:
- January:
- Green Lantern Hal Jordan became part of the Guardians’ Honor Guard on Oa.
- February:
- Tanaka Rei began fighting crime as the Flash IV.
- Jose Hernandes succeeded Hal Jordan as the Green Lantern IV.
- March:
- Wendy Rommel married Art Welding.
- June:
- Son Goku met Bulma Briefs. They began their first quest for the Dragon Balls. Son Goku first participated in the Tenka'ichi Budokai.
- Divorced Times copy editor Winston Smith married a younger colleague named Julia after a whirlwind romance. Their life together was one of unbroken joy and optimism.
- Egon Spengler, Ray Stantz, Peter Venkman and Winston Zeddmore formed the Ghostbusters. They defeated Gozer.
- July:
- Toshinori Yagi began fighting crime as All Might.
- August:
- The Energizer (Katie Power), Gee (Alex Power), Lightspeed (Julie Power) and Mass-Master (Jack Power) formed the Power Pack.
- October:
- Skynet, a sentient computer from a potential future, began sending agent to this time in an attempt to make its world the actual future. The first of Skynet’s agents, a T-800 Terminator, arrived in Los Angeles, where it attempted to kill Sarah Connor, future mother of John. It was destroyed by Kyle Reese, the first of the agents of a potential future adult John Connor. Reese was himself killed, but not before becoming the father of John Connor.
- November:
- Freddy Krueger began killing the teenagers of Elm Street through their dreams.
- An unknown Japanese man invented the sport of Balloon Fighting.
- December:
- Godzilla III attacked Tokyo, but the JSDF managed to seal it into a volcano.
- January:
- A.D. 1985:
- January:
- The Ice Climbers, Nana and Popo, became the guardians of Icicle Mountain.
- The Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown battled the Cybermen on Earth.
- February:
- High schoolers Andrew Clarke, Brian Ralph Johnson, John Bender, Claire Standish and Allison Reynolds spent Saturday morning detention together.
- March:
- Guy Gardner became the Green Lantern V.
- Yolanda Montez began fighting crime as Wildcat II.
- April:
- The young mutant Kuju Mai became known as Mai the Psychic Girl.
- June:
- Hector Hall married Lyta Trevor.
- July:
- Professional wrestlers Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson, Tully Blanchard and Ric Flair, with their manager, J.J. Dillon, formed the Four Horsemen.
- Doctor Emmett Brown built a time machine into a De Lorean automobile, which his young friend Marty McFly used to travel into the past. Having returned to the present, Marty used the De Lorean to travel into the future. Doc Brown then used the De Lorean to travel to 1885, where he was trapped. Marty went back to rescue him but failed. However, Doc managed to build another time machine and returned to 1985.
- Kimiyo Hoshi began fighting crime as Doctor Light.
- August:
- Son Goku battled the Red Ribbon Army. During this battle, he met Norimaki Senbei and his "sister" Arale.
- Government researchers in Florida attempted to discover the secrets of the living dead. The experiment failed catastrophically. Chemical residue from the experiment was accidentally shipped to a medical supply warehouse in Louisville, KY. Workers at the warehouse accidentally breached the chemical containers, sparking a fresh outbreak of the living dead, this time stopped by the Titans.
- September:
- Mario Video first traveled to the Mushroom Kingdom. He met Princess Peach and battled the evil King Koopa, who was sometimes known as “Bowser”.
- November:
- Rocky Balboa fought Ivan Drago.
- The Excitebike motorcycle races were first held.
- Mutant psychic Lia Briggs began fighting crime as Looker.
- December:
- Beth Chapel began fighting crime as Doctor Midnight.
- Rick Tyler, grandson of Rex, began fighting crime as Hourman II
- January:
- A.D. 1986:
- January:
- Wong Lei Lei lived in Hong Kong during the final years of British rule.
- Rachel Summers, daughter of Scott and Jean, joined the X-Men as the Phoenix.
- July:
- The heroic robot Atomcat was constructed.
- August:
- Clark Kent III, son of Clark Junior and Lana, began fighting crime as Superboy II.
- September:
- Melmacian Gordon Shumway crashlanded on Earth. Green Lantern Jose Hernandes helped repair his ship and sent him on his way.
- October:
- The worldship Mondas returned to the Solar System. The Cybermen invaded Earth, but were defeated by the First Doctor, Ben Jackson and Polly Wright, and the world’s super-heroes. The Cybermen died when Mondas was destroyed. The First Doctor then encountered the Twelfth Doctor. Captain Archibald Lethbridge-Stewart and the Testimony. Both Doctors subsequently regenerated.
- Carrie Allen, daughter of Barry and Iris, began fighting crime as the Flash V. (60)
- November:
- Members of the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise visited San Francisco in search of a humpback whale.
- December:
- The angel Pit helped the goddess Palutena stop the evil Medusa from taking over Angel Land.
- January:
- A.D. 1987:
- March:
- Nathaniel Adam began fighting crime as Captain Atom.
- May:
- Mo Testa and her friends campaigned for equal rights for LGBTQ+ individuals.
- June:
- A Predator scout landed in Central America, where it hunted local human warriors.
- Low-level heroes Captain Attack, the Flaming Carrot, Jackpot, Mister Furious, the Red Rover, Screwball and the Shoveler formed the Mystery Men.
- August:
- Martial artists Ken Masters and Ryu engaged in many battles while studying unarmed combat.
- September:
- Jack Wheeler began fighting crime as Wild Dog.
- October:
- Ash Williams had another encounter with the “Evil Dead”, this time resulting in him being sucked into a mystical “wormhole”.
- December:
- Wayne Allen began fighting crime as the Envelope.
- Tulip Overton began fighting crime as Macho Ma’am.
- Police Chief Marge Gunderson solved the kidnapping and murder of Jean Lundegaard.
- March:
- A.D. 1988:
- March:
- The Deetze family encountered the malign ghost Betelgeuse.
- May:
- Jason Voorhees battled a telekinetic mutant named Tina Shepard.
- Earth was briefly invaded by Killer Klowns from Outer Space.
- September:
- Winged Victory (Lauren Freed) began her crime-fighting career.
- October:
- Son Goku and his friends battled the Namek "demon" Piccolo, who was killed in the battle.
- November:
- Dr. Clayton Forrester and Dr. Laurence Erhardt launched janitor Joel Robinson into space aboard the Satellite of Love and forced him to watch bad movies. For companionship, Joel constructed four robots: Cambot, Crow T. Robot, Gypsy and Tom Servo.
- The Seventh Doctor and Ace defeated an invasion by Cybermen.
- December:
- The United Nations Godzilla Countermeasures Center (UNGCC) was formed in Tokyo. One of its first recruits was a young psychic named Saegusa Miki.
- March:
- A.D. 1989:
- January:
- Dee Tyler began fighting crime as the Phantom Lady II.
- February:
- May Parker, daughter of Peter and Mary Jane, began fighting crime as Spider-Girl.
- April:
- Helena Bertinelli began fighting crime as the Huntress II.
- May:
- Bette Kane began fighting crime as Flamebird.
- Jubilation Lee joined the X-Men as Jubilee.
- July:
- Jason Voorhees accidentally traveled to New York City, where he encountered and killed several people before returning to Crystal Lake.
- September:
- The Seventh Doctor, Ace and U.N.I.T. battled Morgaine le Fey.
- October:
- Three hundred thousand Tenctonese refugees sought sanctuary on Earth. Earth’s existing alien community helped them fit in.
- December:
- The Simpson family of Springfield - Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie – adopted the former racing greyhound Santa’s Little Helper.
- Godzilla III battled Biollante.
- Christian mutants calling themselves Daniel, David, Joshua, Mary, Noah and Peter formed the Crossbreed.
- Timothy Drake became Robin III.
- January:
- A.D. 1990:
- April:
- The engineer Dilbert worked for the PHB Corporation.
- Charles Xavier became Doctor Strangefate.
- Wolverine left the X-Men, adopting the identity of the Dark Claw, defender of Gotham City.
- August:
- Luther Manning became the cyborg Deathlok.
- September:
- Doctor Erhardt disappeared from Deep 13. He was replaced by TV's Frank.
- November:
- John Hammond opened Jurassic Park. Certain initial security problems were solved with the help of Green Lantern Jose Hernandes and the park began regular operation.
- April:
THE HEROIC AGE, PART SIX (A.D. 1991 - A.D. 2000)
The human race continued to unite in the face of alien threats.
- A.D. 1991:
- January:
- FBI trainee Clarice Starling consulted with imprisoned murderer Doctor Hannibal Lecter in order to hunt down the serial killer known as “Buffalo Bill’.
- Red Green began broadcasting The New Red Green Show from Possum Lodge.
- February:
- Hothead Paisan began her campaign against male oppressors.
- March:
- Chun-Li began working for Interpol.
- April:
- April Patterson was born in Fairview, ON, Canada.
- Warren Hall (Hol), son of Katar and Shayera, began fighting crime as Angelhawk.
- May:
- Tokyo reporter Asakawa Kazuyuki discovered a videotape that killed those who saw it. He and his friend Takayama Ryuji were drawn into the mystery of Yamamura Sadako. In the end, Takayama was killed, as were Asakawa’s wife and son. Asakawa himself was left catatonic. Another friend of Takayama’s, coroner Ando Mitsuo, was drawn into the mystery when he performed Takayama’s autopsy.
- June:
- Emily the Strange cultivated the friendship of the beings she called “Zonsters”.
- Too Much Coffee Man debuted.
- July:
- The second of Skynet’s agents, a T-1000 Terminator, arrived in Los Angeles, where it attempted to destroy the teenaged John Connor. The second of the adult John Connor’s agents, a re-programmed T-800 Terminator, destroyed the T-1000 and was destroyed itself.
- August:
- Aino Minako fought crime as “Sailor V” before changing her name to Sailor Venus.
- September:
- Son Goku married Chi-Chi, daughter of Gyu-Mao. Son Goku defeated Piccolo II, offspring of Piccolo, and thus won the 22nd Tenka'ichi Budokai.
- Green Lantern Jose Hernandes was killed in action. He was replaced by FBI Agent Dana Scully as the Green Lantern VI.
- October:
- Mario Video first encountered his rival, Wario.
- November:
- Clark Kent III began calling himself Superman III.
- December:
- A group of humans calling themselves Futurians attacked Japan using King Ghidorah II. Godzilla III destroyed King Ghidorah II and the Futurians’ ship. Emi Kano, a Futurian defector, helped rebuild King Ghidorah II into Mecha-King Ghidorah, which was destroyed driving Godzilla III away from Japan.
- Chiba Mamoru began fighting crime as Tuxedo Mask.
- Sailor Jupiter (Kino Makoto), Sailor Mars (Hino Rei), Sailor Mercury (Mizuno Ami), Sailor Moon (Tsukino Usagi) and Sailor Venus (Aino Minako) formed the Sailor Senshi. Tsukino Usagi was found to be the reincarnation of the legendary Silver Millennium princess, Serenity. Chiba Mamoru was found to be the reincarnation of the legendary Golden Kingdom prince, Endymion. Queen Beryl was defeated by the Sailor Senshi.
- January:
- A.D. 1992:
- February:
- Moshe Chomsky became known as the Acidic Jew.
- Ray Terrill, grandson of Happy, began fighting crime as the Ray II.
- March:
- Two young men known as Beavis and Butt-Head attended high school in Highland, TX. Among their classmates was a young woman named Daria Morgendorffer, who later moved to Lawndale.
- April:
- The being known as Kirby lived on the planet Pop Star.
- Ray Summers, son of Scott and Jean, joined the X-Men as Apollo.
- June:
- Jack T. Chance was recruited into the Green Lantern Corps.
- July:
- Buffy Summers became a Vampire-Slayer.
- Stephanie Brown began fighting crime as the Spoiler.
- August:
- Jesse Chambers, granddaughter of Johnny, began fighting crime as Jesse Quick, after she discovered her grandfather’s speed formula.
- October:
- Teen detective Kindaichi Hajime solved his first murder case.
- Janet Hall (Hol), daughter of Katar and Shayera, began fighting crime as Blackhawk. (61)
- November:
- Son Goku and Chi-Chi had a son, whom they named Son Gohan, after Goku's adoptive father.
- December:
- Godzilla III attacked Japan but was driven off by Mothra and its dark twin, Battra. Battra was killed in the battle.
- February:
- A.D. 1993:
- February:
- Sailor Chibi Moon (Tsukino Chibiusa) was sent from the future to aid the Sailor Senshi. Death Phantom also came from the future but was defeated by the Sailor Senshi and Japan ‘s other heroes
- March:
- Himehagi Yu, Kikushima Yuka, Rando Eiko, Sakuragi Takami, Taba Yoichi and Umezaki Maki worked for Kagura Security.
- April:
- Beatriz Summers, daughter of Scott and Jean, joined the X-Men as Firebird.
- Crystal Free, daughter of Scott and Big Barda, began operating as Miss Miracle.
- June:
- John Henry Irons began fighting crime as Steel, using special armor of his own design.
- Conner Kent, a modified teenage clone of Superman, began fighting crime as Superboy III.
- Hank Henshaw became the Cyborg Superman.
- July:
- The young mutants Burnout (Bobby Lane), Fairchild (Caitlin Fairchild), Freefall (Roxanne Spaulding), Grunge (Percival Chang) and Rainmaker (Sarah Rainmaker) joined the X-Men.
- August:
- Sailor Neptune (Kaiou Michiru) and Sailor Uranus (Ten’ou Haruka) joined the Sailor Senshi.
- September:
- Harleen Quinzel, a young woman obsessed with the Joker, became Harley Quinn,
- October:
- Joel Robinson escaped the Satellite of Love, landing in Australia. Doctor Forrester and TV's Frank replaced him with temp worker Michael J. "Mike" Nelson.
- Matchstick Boy (Bud Bundy), Mister Nifty (Al Bundy), the Thingie (Kelly Bundy) and Transparent Broad (Peg Bundy) formed the Quantum Quartet, after they were given powers similar to those of the Fantastic Four by a criminal calling himself Male Nurse Doom.
- December:
- The UNGCC had built its own Mechagodzilla (Mechagodzilla II). An expedition to Birth Island in the Bering Strait discovered that Rodan III had hatched from an egg. They discovered an unhatched egg that they took back to Japan while Godzilla III battled Rodan III. The egg hatched into a Baby Godzilla. Both Rodan II and Godzilla III traveled to Japan to retrieve it. Rodan III was destroyed by Mechagodzilla II. Godzilla III destroyed Mechagodzilla II, then returned to Birth Island with Baby Godzilla. Subsequently, the UNGCC rebuilt the remnants of Mechagodzilla II into MOGUERA II, a new robot based on the Mysterians’ design.
- February:
- A.D. 1994:
- January:
- Rashomon Emi began her career as the bounty hunter Bomber Girl.
- March:
- Kyle Rayner became the Green Lantern VII.
- April:
- Faye Valentine was born on Earth.
- May:
- The mutants Unabara Takako and Utsubo Sakae began their adventures as Octopus Girl and Eel Girl.
- June:
- May Parker began calling herself Spider-Woman II.
- Michael O’Brien opened the first Common Grounds restaurant.
- August:
- Sailor Pluto (Meiou Setsuna) and Sailor Saturn (Tomoe Hotaru) joined the Sailor Senshi,
- September:
- Jack Knight, grandson of Ted, began fighting crime as Starman II.
- December:
- Godzilla III, MOGUERA II and the monster Space Godzilla had a three-way battle in Tokyo in which Space Godzilla and MOGUERA II were destroyed. A young psychic named Ozawa Meru joined the UNGCC.
- Sister Shannon Masters began fighting evil as Warrior Nun Areala.
- January:
- A.D. 1995:
- January:
- The alien crimefighters known as the Hyper Dolls, Maika Minazuki and Miyu Fumizuki, came to Earth.
- February:
- Michael the Cat was adopted by a young Japanese couple. (62)
- March:
- TV's Frank was assumed into Second Banana Heaven.
- Gamera II defeated a swarm of Gyaos creatures.
- April:
- In the Kanto region of the Pokémon world, A young boy named Satoshi received a Pikachu and began his quest to become a Pokémon Master.
- May:
- Saeki Kayako was murdered and became an angry, vengeful ghost.
- June:
- Tora Drake, daughter of Bobby, began fighting crime as Iceberg.
- September:
- Shen Li-Min began fighting crime as Swift.
- November:
- Doctor Forrester's mother, Pearl, moved into Deep 13
- December:
- Godzilla III and Baby Godzilla, now known as “Godzilla Junior” battled the monster Destroyah in Tokyo. Destroyah was defeated, but Godzilla III melted down. Godzilla Junior absorbed the energy released and matured into Godzilla IV.
- January:
- A.D. 1996:
- January:
- Gwendolyn Ingolfsson, a super-human time traveler from another dimension, was stranded on Earth.
- On the planet Di Gi Charat, Princess Di Gi Charat (a.k.a. "Dejiko") and Petit Charat (a.k.a. "Puchiko") met Rinna Charat and meeK Charat. Pyocora Analog III (a.k.a. "Piyoko") came to Planet Di Gi Charat with Lord Deji Devil.
- Cassie Sandsmark began fighting crime as Wonder Girl III.
- February:
- The Dark Claw took on Jubilation Lee as his crimefighting partner, Sparrow.
- Huey and Riley Freeman moved to the suburbs with their grandfather.
- A young woman named Sakura Kasugano became the disciple of the martial artist Ryu.
- March:
- Barbara Gordon became Police Commissioner of Gotham City.
- April:
- Sailor Galaxia was defeated by the Sailor Senshi. Sailor Cosmos returned to the past in the form of a little girl, Chibi Chibi, to aid Sailor Moon. The Galaxy Cauldron was saved from Sailor Chaos.
- Lex Luthor Junior had an accident while experimenting with some Green Kryptonite. He was left disfigured and began operating as the Green Skull.
- Janet Pym the Younger, daughter of Hank and Jan, began fighting crime as Elasti-Girl II.
- Mary Jane Parker the Younger, daughter of Peter Senior and Mary Jane, began fighting crime as the Insect Queen after receiving a bio-ring from an alien whose life she’d saved.
- Peter Parker Junior, son of Peter Senior and Mary Jane, began fighting crime as Spider-Boy.
- Clark Rogers, son of Steve and Linda, began fighting crime as the Super-Soldier.
- Wanda Zatara, daughter of Zatanna, began fighting crime as the White Witch.
- Catsai (Elektra Kyle) and the Dare (Slade Murdock) began their criminal careers.
- The professional wrestler known as “Mankind” first appeared.
- May:
- Son Goku discovered that he was a Saiyan when he met Vegeta.
- An accident shot the Satellite of Love to the edge of the universe, where its inhabitants were converted into beings of pure energy. Dr. Forrester was regressed to infancy. Deep 13 was shut down.
- Princess Ororo left Themiscyra and began fighting crime as Wonder Woman IV.
- Angelhawk, Apollo, the Dark Claw, Doctor Strangefate, Firebird, Elasti-Girl II, Iceberg, the Insect Queen, Miss Miracle, Spider-Boy, the Super-Soldier, the White Witch and Wonder Woman IV formed the JLX.
- Kinomoto Sakura became Cardcaptor Sakura.
- June:
- Lian Harper, granddaughter of Roy, began fighting crime as the Red Hood. (63)
- July:
- Gamera II defeated the monster Legion.
- Iris West II, daughter of Wally, became the Flash VI. (64)
- ACROSS, led by Lord Il Palazzo, Excel, Hyatt and Menchi, began its attempt to conquer Fukuoka.
- August:
- A group of 300 genetically engineered “supermen” led by Khan Noonian Singh attempted to conquer the Earth. Defeated by the Avengers, they fled into space in an experimental “sleeper” ship called the S.S. Botany Bay.
- September:
- Linda Danvers became Supergirl II.
- December:
- Mothra defeated Death Ghidorah.
- January:
- A.D. 1997:
- January:
- Reformed criminal mutant Melissa Gold used her sound-based powers to fight crime as Songbird.
- April:
- Colonel Dan Dare became the chief of the U.N.’s Space Force.
- May:
- Conner Kent began going by "Superman IV".
- The crime-fighting android Tomorrow Woman was constructed.
- Baby Bonnie Hood began her career as a monster hunter.
- Claire Grant began fighting crime as American Pi.
- June:
- Hal Stark, son of Tony, began fighting crime as the Iron Lantern, wesring armor he’d constructed using Oan technology that he’d salvaged from a crashed spaceship. The Guardians allowed him to keep the technology as part of an experiment of their own. Shortly after his debut, he joined the JLX.
- July:
- Lois Lane II became the Green Lantern VIII. (65)
- A mysterious young woman began fighting crime in Atlanta as the Joker II.
- August:
- Son Goku and friends traveled to Namek, where they battled Freeza.
- Eric Cartman, Kenny McCormick, Kyle Broflovski and Stan Marsh lived and had various adventures in and around South Park, CO.
- September:
- The Chinese government attempted to create a “Supergirl” of its own, but the experimental subject died shortly after its creation.
- Professor John Robinson, his wife Maureen, their daughters Judy and Penny, their son Will, and Major Don West left Earth in the Jupiter II, an experimental starship, attempting to reach Alpha Centauri. However, the interference of stowaway Doctor Zachary Smith caused them all to be lost in space. They were soon found and returned to Earth by Green Lantern Dana Scully.
- October:
- Michael Corleone died.
- November:
- Mutants Sasha Martens and Wiley Wolverman began fighting crime as Hawk and Dove.
- December:
- Scott and Jean Summers retired. Doctor Deirdre "Doomsday" Dey took over the running of the Westchester School for Gifted Youngsters.
- Mothra defeated Dagarah.
- Beavis and Butt-Head accidentally helped to recover a stolen U.S. bioweapon.
- Atlanta-based mutant Lia Nelson used her light-based powers to fight crime as the Flash VII.
- Taylor Pike began fighting crime as the Spectre II.
- Adam Thompson Junior began fighting crime as the Atom III.
- January:
- A.D. 1998:
- February:
- Zane Yama, illegitimate son of the criminal known as the Juggernaut, began fighting crime as J2.
- March:
- On a distant world, Lady Ruliya of Perla became the Aqua Knight.
- The wormhole returned the Satellite of Love and the Widowmaker to present day Earth. Pearl Forrester, Professor Bobo and Observer took up residence in Castle Forrester, ancestral home of the Forresters.
- April:
- Freeza and his father, King Cold, came to Earth, but were killed by an alternate future version of Trunks.
- May:
- A French nuclear test caused an iguana to mutate into a monster that attacked New York City, and which came to be known as Godzilla V, and later simply “Zilla”. Godzilla V was defeated in battle by the Avengers and the JSA.
- Cole Richard created Player Vs. Player magazine. His employees included Brent Sienna, Jade Fontaine, Francis Ottoman, Skull the Troll, and Robbie and Jase.
- MTV began broadcasting Celebrity Deathmatch, hosted by Johnny Gomez and Nick Diamond.
- June:
- Clark Kent III married May Parker.
- Greta Hayes joined the X-Men as the Secret.
- The girl known as Super Milk-chan began her crime-fighting career.
- July:
- Gerald Smith began fighting crime as the Speeding Bullet.
- August:
- The town of Kurozu-cho in Japan was haunted and then destroyed by supernatural spirals.
- Hoping to become an idol singer, Princess Di Gi Charat (a.k.a. “Dejiko”) of the Planet Di Gi Charat came to Earth along with her kid sister Petit Charat (a.k.a. “Puchiko”) and their aide Gema. Dejiko found work as a clerk at a Tokyo store called “Gamers”. She was befriended by co-worker Usada Hikaru (a.k.a. “Rabi-en-Rose”) and harassed by Pyocora Analog III (a.k.a. “Piyoko”), her aide Nazo Gema and the Dark Gema Gema Gang: Rik Heisenberg, Ky Schweitzer and Coo Erhard.
- September:
- The Chinese government created a “Powergirl” of its own, who rebelled against their control.
- October:
- Michael Myers again attempted to kill Laurie Strode.
- November:
- Professor Utonium created the Powerpuff Girls: Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup.
- December:
- Mothra defeated King Ghidorah III.
- February:
- A.D. 1999:
- January:
- Shannon Carter began fighting crime as the American Dream.
- Captain Falcon, Donkey Kong, Fox McCloud, Kirby, Link of Hyrule, Mario Video, Pikachu and Samus Aran founded the Super Smash Brothers to fight Master Hand.
- March:
- Gamera II defeated the monster Iris.
- April:
- Nanahara Shuuya and Nakagawa Noriko were the first joint winners of Japan’s hottest game show, Battle Royale.
- Kagura, Mihama Chiyo, Mizuhara Koyomi, “Osaka” Kasuga Ayumu, Sakaki and Takino Tomo began attending high school.
- Sergeant Keroro and his allies launched their unsuccessful invasion of Earth.
- May:
- Mar’i Grayson, daughter of Dick Junior and Koriand’r, began fighting crime as Nightstar.
- Dokkoida (Sakurazaki Suzuo) and Neruloid Girl (Asaka Nogiku) began testing battle-suits for rival companies.
- June:
- Tsukino Usagi and Chiba Mamoru married.
- Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman and Kenny McCormick stopped Satan and Saddam Hussein from taking over the world.
- July:
- Mutant Luna Romy began fighting crime as It Girl.
- Courtney Whitmore began fighting crime as the Star-Spangled Kid II.
- August:
- The Satellite of Love crashed to Earth. Mike and the Bots survived. Mike, Crow, Servo and Cambot took up residence in Milwaukee. Gypsy, with Magic Voice and the Nanites, founded a company called ConGypsCo, which made them very wealthy. Pearl Forrester became Dictator-for-Life of Qatar, Bobo got a job at the zoo, and Observer took a job as a Universal Consciousness on a distant planet.
- Cassandra Cain began fighting crime as Batgirl II.
- September:
- Would-be martial artist Pon Fujio was caught up in a zombie outbreak in Tokyo.
- Robyn “Toybox” Slinger joined Precinct Ten of the Neopolis Police Department, otherwise known as “Top 10”.
- John Koenig took command of Moonbase Alpha, averting a nuclear disaster with the JLA's help.
- October:
- While chaperoning a Halloween party, Bart and Lisa Simpson gained super-powers and began fighting crime as Stretch Dude and Clobber Girl.
- Sharon Vance began fighting crime as the Strange Visitor.
- December:
- Godzilla VI defeated the monster Orgah.
- The Eighth Doctor battled the Master in San Francisco.
- In the very last minute of the year, pizza deliveryman Philip J. Fry fell into and accidentally activated a cryogenic stasis tube.
- January:
- A.D. 2000:
- January:
- Outside Tokyo, a gang of jewel thieves, some yakuza and U.S. military people battled zombies created by a secret U.S.-Japanese experiment.
- February:
- The Silver Millennium Kingdom of Crystal Tokyo was officially created. Tsukino Usagi and Chiba Mamoru were crowned and become Neo-Queen Serenity and King Endymion. Tsukino Chibiusa was born.
- March:
- Courtney Whitmore changed her codename to "Stargirl".
- April:
- Trunks, son of Vegeta and Bulma Briefs, was born.
- Reporter Becky Burdock became a vampire.
- Jill Carlyle began fighting crime as the Crimson Avenger II.
- May:
- The Tokunaga family got caught up in the Saeki curse.
- June:
- Clark Rogers married Shannon Carter.
- July:
- Elgala joined ACROSS.
- Geneva Waters began fighting low-level nuisances as Cynical Girl.
- August:
- Two young Americans named Piro and Largo traveled to Tokyo on impulse, then found they lacked the money to get home. Stranded, they tried to earn enough money for plane fare.
- Acrata (Andrea Rojas), Iman (Diego Irigayen) and El Muerto (Pablo Valdez) began fighting crime in Mexico.
- Selma Tolon began fighting crime in Turkey as the Janissary.
- September:
- Iwata Norikuni, Matsuya Misaki, Ropponmatsu, Ropponmatsu II, Sumiyoshi Daimaru and Watanabe Toru formed Municipal Force Daitenzin.
- November:
- Godzilla VI defeated the extradimensional monster Megaguirus.
- Kenneth Yamaoka was elected President of the United States of America.
- December:
- Harvey Randall, son of the original Birdman, began practicing law under the name “Harvey Birdman”.
- Frylock, Master Shake and Meatwad formed the Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
- January:
THE HEROIC AGE, PART SEVEN (A.D. 2001 - A.D. 2010)
The Age of Super-Heroes continued as humanity began to make the first real steps towards a one-world government.
- A.D. 2001:
- March:
- Magical girl Puni Puni Poemy (Watanabe Poemy) and the seven Aasu sisters defended the Earth against alien invaders.
- April:
- Kamiyama Takashi began attending Cromartie High School.
- A lunar expedition uncovered a monolith that many thought was a relic left by the Celestials.
- In the Toon World, the Animal Crossing Railroad was completed, connecting several coastal towns largely inhabited by sentient animals
- May:
- Joe Pi joined Top 10.
- June:
- Spider-Boy began calling himself Spider-Man III.
- July:
- Son Goku and his friends battled Cell. Son Goku and Chi-Chi had a second son, Son Goten.
- U-Go-Girl (Edie Sawyer) joined the X-Men.
- August:
- In the American city of Endsville, an avatar of Death called "the Grim Reaper" was tricked into becoming the friend of two small children called Billy and Mandy
- September:
- Lettuce (Midorikawa Retasu), Mew Mew (Momomiya Ichigo), Mint (Aizawa Minto) and Pudding (Fon Purin) formed Tokyo Mew Mew.
- Chaplain Action began ministering to the spiritual needs of the super-hero community.
- Sunfire (Mariko Yashida) joined the X-Men.
- Sensing the threat of Dominic Darrk, the World-Tree Yggdrasil began creating heroes to fight him.
- Wrestler Wayne Williams began fighting crime as Batman III.
- In Osaka, twelve year-olds Imamiya Satoshi and Asahina Arumi discovered the secret history of the Abenobashi Shopping Arcade.
- November:
- Stranded on Earth, alien policeman Salden fought crime as Superman V.
- December:
- Young mutants Fast Forward (Ted Bruder), Fever (Shyleen Lao), Freak (Ava) and Kid Slick (Vic Defarge) joined the X-Men.
- Mothra, Baragon II and King Ghidorah IV battle a Godzilla-type creature (Godzilla VII) possessed by restless spirits.
- March:
- A.D. 2002:
- January:
- Exposure to Yggdrasil’s energy catalyzed Mary Maxwell’s latent mutant super-speed, after which she fought crime as the Flash VIII.
- Yggdrasil imbued Len Lewis with its energy. He used it to fight crime as the Green Lantern IX.
- After receiving the staff of Manco Capac, Maria Mendoza began fighting crime as Wonder Woman V.
- February:
- The Katakuri family opened an inn in rural Japan, only to find many of their guests ending up dead.
- After distinguishing themselves battling Reverend Dominic Darrk, Batman III, Superman V, the Flash VIII, the Green Lantern IX and Wonder Woman V were authorized to form a Los Angeles branch of the Justice League of America.
- March:
- Sosumi Brown and her kid sister Hashi Brown began fighting crime in Japan as the Punisher II and Hashi. (66)
- Antoinette Stark, granddaughter of Tony, began fighting crime as Irongirl. (67)
- Wanda Maximoff II, granddaughter of Pietro, began fighting crime as the Scarlet Witch II. (68)
- April:
- Ryugasaki Momoko met Shirayuri Ichigo.
- Okajima "Rock" Rokuro joined the crew of the Black Lagoon.
- May:
- Robert Rogers gained the ability to become the creature called “Shazam II”. Its connection – if any – to the wizard Shazam was unknown.
- The mutant zombie called “Dead Girl” joined the X-Men.
- June:
- Michael Patterson married Deanna Sobinski. They subsequently had a daughter, Meredith.
- When exposure to Yggdrasil’s energy catalyzed his water-based mutant powers, Ramon Raymond used them to fight crime as Aquaman II.
- July:
- When her mutant powers were catalyzed by Yggdrasil, Joanie Jordan began fighting crime as Catwoman II.
- Maruyama Sylvia, Onigawara Mao and Tsukishima Misora formed the Special Defense Corps to defend the Earth against cute alien invaders.
- A prostitute gained super-powers and began fighting crime as the Pro.
- August:
- Naomi Misora captured the serial killer known as "Beyond Birthday".
- Astronaut Larry Wilton became the Sandman II. He met Melana, known as Oracle.
- September:
- Aquaman II, Catwoman II, Oracle, the Sandman II and Shazam II joined the JLA (Los Angeles) and helped them finally defeat Reverend Darrk.
- Venus Dee Milo joined the X-Men.
- Sawamura Seiji met Kasugano Midori in a very unusual way.
- October:
- The psychic mutant called “Faith” joined the Justice League.
- In a case with connections to that of Yamamura Sadako, American reporter Rachel Keller investigated the story of a videotape that killed whoever watched it, unwittingly being drawn into the mystery of Samara Morgan.
- November:
- The JXSDF constructed Mechagodzilla III, which battled Godzilla VI to a draw.
- Inspired by the Forrester family's experiments, Russian Professor Zamyshlavkin hired Styopa Samakatov, imprisoned him in a basement laboratory, and forced him to watch bad movies with Fidel, a mutant penguin, and Ketchup, a mutant dog.
- January:
- A.D. 2003:
- March:
- Wario started a video game company in Diamond City.
- April:
- Shirayuki Berry joined Tokyo Mew Mew.
- Amanoha Koromo started high school.
- The robot Tetsuwan Atomu (a.k.a. “Astro Boy”) was constructed.
- Izumi Konata, Hiiragi Kagami, Hiiragi Tsukasa, Takara Miyuki, Minegishi Ayano and Kusakabe Misao began attending Ryōō Gakuen High School.
- June:
- Kuririn married the cyborg known only as "#18".
- The third of Skynet’s agents, a T-X Terminator, arrived in Los Angeles, and tried to kill John Connor. It was stopped by John Connor’s third agent, a T-800 Terminator, with the help of the JLA. The T-X was captured and re-programmed, eventually becoming good friends with several of the Leaguers. The T-800 continued to live with John Connor.
- Georgia "George" Lass was killed by a falling toilet seat and became a Reaper.
- Kobayashi Nana and Fujimori Hitomi fell in love.
- Attaboy (Toby Kettle), Beelzebella, the Blitz, the Gadfly (Ash Hutchton), the Gay Avenger (Butch Baxter) and the Maiden (Melody Grieg) formed Heroes Anonymous.
- Suzumiya Haruhi founded the S.O.S. Brigade.
- July:
- Courtney Whitmore changed her codename to “Starwoman”
- Ken Kurenai became the pilot of the battle mecha Red Baron.
- Nico Minoru began fighting crime as Sister Grimm.
- August:
- Jason Voorhees battled Freddy Krueger in Springwood and Crystal Lake.
- Patricia Van Buren began fighting crime as Deb-U-Ton.
- September:
- Various competing companies began marketing pest control robots, including Interceptor Doll-3 Hoihoi-san, IDX-9 Pest-X-san and RRX-7.8 Combat-san.
- After winning a reality TV program organized by Four (Teri Vaughn), Freezerburn (Max Armstrong), Ignacia (Jody Hastings), Lily Hammer, Red Rover II (Del Mendoza) and Snapback (Ellis Newburn) formed WildGuard.
- October:
- Natasha Irons, niece of John Henry Irons, began fighting crime as Steel II.
- November:
- Mothra and Mechagodzilla III battled Godzilla VI.
- December:
- Yagami "Light" Raito found a Death Note left on Earth by the shinigami Ryuk. He used it to kill criminals, becoming known as "Kira".
- Former FBI agent Naomi Misora was injured during a battle between Starwoman and Solomon Grundy. She was unable to travel to Japan as she had planned, and thus was unable to act when her fiancé was killed by Light Yagami.
- March:
- A.D. 2004:
- January:
- Light Yagami was tracked down and captured by the detective L. Lawliet and Cardcaptor Sakura. L confiscated and destroyed Light’s Death Note.
- March:
- There was an outbreak of the living dead in London, UK, dealt with by the local heroes. A young man named Shaun was caught up in the outbreak.
- Pop Idol Amane Misa was saved from a stalker by All Might.
- April:
- Marron, daughter of Kuririn and #18, was born.
- Kanzaki Niko began attending St. Lunatic High School.
- Four young women – Yuno, Miyako, Hiro and Sae – began attending Yamabuki Art High School.
- June:
- Kindaichi Hajime married Nanase Miyuki.
- August:
- An expedition by the Weyland Corporation discovered a Predator base in Antarctica. They became caught up in a battle between the Predators and the alien Xenomorphs they bred there to hunt.
- Vera Black began fighting crime as Sister Superior.
- October:
- The Incredibles battled Syndrome.
- In Tokyo, American student and part-time social worker Karen Davis got caught up in the Saeki curse. When her sister Aubrey joined her there, she, too, got caught up in the curse.
- The reality TV show Drawn Together aired.
- November:
- Michael and Deanna Patterson had a son named Robin.
- A descendant of the Riddler began fighting crime as the Quizmaster.
- Sho Amano began fighting crime as Spider-Man J.
- The Japanese music group "PuffyAmiYumi" began a world tour with their manager Kaz.
- December:
- A revanchist faction took control of Planet X and attacked Earth using the monster Kaiser Ghidorah, as well as the revived monsters Godzilla V, Gigan, Hedorah, Rodan, Anguirus, Manda, Kumonga, Kamakiras, Ebirah and King Seesar, but were defeated by Godzilla VIII, Mothra and a new Godzilla-type immature monster, called Minilla II, with a great deal of help from Earth’s super-heroes.
- January:
- A.D. 2005:
- January:
- Pavitr Prabakhar became Spider-Man IV.
- February:
- Mad scientist Fritz Huhnmorder brought a chicken back to life as a cyborg and tortured it by forcing it to watch a random selection of TV shows.
- Carrie Kelley became Robin IV.
- March:
- The Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler battled the Autons in London.
- April:
- Stephanie Brown and Timothy Drake retired from crimefighting to get married and start a family.
- Kate Bishop became Hawkeye II.
- Kobayakawa Yutaka, Iwasaki Minami, Patricia Martin, Tamura Hiyori and Wakase Izumi began attending Ryōō Gakuen High School.
- May:
- The spin-doctor Malcolm Tucker worked to further the interests of his employers.
- July:
- Doctor Gori attacked Earth but was defeated by Kamiyama Takashi and his friends.
- August:
- The hacker Lisbeth Salander fought for truth and justice in her own unique way.
- December:
- The Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler battled the Sycorax.
- January:
- A.D. 2006:
- March:
- Koyomi Araragi first met the vampire Kissshot Acerolaorion Heartunderblade.
- April:
- The Tenth Doctor, Rose Tyler, Sarah Jane Smith, Mickey Smith and K-9 battled the Krillitanes.
- Gamera III battled the monster Jidas.
- Ohashi Akiko, Kumakura Mariko, Kuno Chiharu, Taguchi Urara, Sekine Tamara, and Sugiyama Satoko began attending O-Hana Girls' High School.
- Hakase Shinonome adopted Sakamoto the Cat.
- Mai Minakami, Mio Naganohara, Nano Shinonome and Yuuko Aioi began attending high school.
- May:
- Cassie Lang, mutant daughter of Scott, became Stature.
- June:
- The Accomplished Perfect Physician (Yao Fei), August General In Iron (Fang Zhifu), Celestial Archer (Xu Tao), Ghost Fox Killer, Immortal-Man-In-Darkness (Chen Nua), Mother of Champions (Wu Mei-Xing), Seven Deadly Brothers (Yang Kei-Ying), the Shaolin Robot, the Socialist Red Guardsman (Gu Lao) and Thundermind (Zou Kang) formed the Great Ten.
- Stormy Knight began fighting crime as the Phantom Lady III.
- July:
- The Tenth Doctor, Rose Tyler and Mickey Smith battled the Cybermen and the Daleks in London.
- In Seoul, Park Gang-Du and his family battled a mysterious river monster.
- Hyper Blossom (Akatsusumi Momoko), Powered Buttercup (Matsubara Kaoru) and Rolling Bubbles (Gotokuji Miyako) formed the Powerpuff Girls Z.
- August:
- A young Martian named M’gann M’orzz came to Earth. Adopting the name “Megan Morse”, she fought crime as Miss Martian.
- September:
- Kate Kane, a distant relative of Kathy, began fighting crime as Batwoman II.
- November:
- John Trujillo began fighting crime as the Black Condor.
- December:
- Princess Di Gi Charat (a.k.a. "Dejiko") met Senba Takuro.
- March:
- A.D. 2007:
- January:
- Jenna Raleigh, granddaughter of Rick, began fighting crime as the Red Bee II.
- February:
- The young mutant Maxine Hunkel began fighting crime as Cyclone.
- April:
- Policewoman Renee Montoya began fighting crime as the Question II.
- Arai Setsuna, Karasuma Kaname, Maki Izumi and Nagumo Yuko began working at Asashio Integrated Public High School of Tokyo.
- May:
- January:
- Hyuga Ami became the vigilante known as the Machine Girl.
- June:
- The Tenth Doctor, Martha Jones, Captain Jack Harkness and the world's super-heroes battled the Master and the Toclafane.
- Masaru Daisato fought monsters as Big Man Japan.
- August:
- The first vocaloids were constructed, including Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Ren and Megurine Ruka.
- September:
- Madaraki Fran performed various illegal medical experiments.
- December:
- The Tenth Doctor and Superman prevented the space vessel Titanic from crashing on Earth.
- A.D. 2008:
- January:
- The so-called "Cloverfield" monster attacked New York City, but was quickly defeated by the JLA.
- April:
- Son Goku and his friends battled the warlock Bobbidi and the djinn Boo.
- The Tenth Doctor, Donna Noble, Martha Jones and UNIT battled the Sontarans.
- May:
- Big Atomic Lantern Boy, Most Excellent Superbat, Shiny Happy Aquazon, Shy Crazy Lolita Canary and Well-Spoken Sonic Lightning Flash formed the Super Young Team.
- June:
- The Tenth Doctor, Donna Noble, Rose Tyler, Martha Jones, Sarah Jane Smith, Captain Jack Harkness, Mickey Smith, Jackie Tyler, UNIT, Torchwood and most of the world's super-humans battled Davros and the New Dalek Empire.
- July:
- Madaraki Veronica became her sister Fran’s bodyguard.
- January:
- A.D. 2009:
- March:
- Susan "Ginormica" Murphy, B.O.B., the Missing Link, Doctor Cockroach and Insectosaurus defeated Gallaxhar's invasion of Earth.
- June:
- Galacta, daughter of Galactus, came to Earth.
- August:
- The Crawler (Koichi Haimawari), Knuckleduster and Pop Step (Kazuho Haneyama) became vigilantes.
- October:
- Bayonetta, the last Umbra Witch, awoke in this time.
- Sparky the Penguin became an advisor to the mayor of Medium-Sized City.
- December:
- The Tenth Doctor, Wilfred Mott and Donna Noble prevented the Master from using the Immortality Gate to conquer the Earth.
- March:
- A.D. 2010:
- April:
- The Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond encountered the Atraxi and helped capture Prisoner Zero.
- Government agents captured Jason Voorhees, although many were killed in the process. Jason nearly escaped, but instead was frozen in suspended animation.
- Ichijo Hotaru began attending Asahigaoka Branch School in Hokkaido
- May:
- Bra, daughter of Vegeta and Bulma Briefs, was born.
- June:
- The Pictonians invaded Earth but were defeated by the Hetalians.
- The young mutant Hazmat (Jennifer Takeda) joined the X-Men.
- July:
- In Britain, Sherlock Holmes II and Doctor John Watson II, distant descendants of the originals, met and began working together just as their ancestors did.
- September:
- In Gotham City, deranged ballerina Nina Sayers became the villain known as the Black Swan.
- October:
- The angels known as the Anarchy Sisters, Panty and Stocking, were banished to Earth.
- April:
THE HEROIC AGE, PART EIGHT (A.D. 2011 - A.D. 2020)
This is considered to be the end of the “Heroic Age”. While there were still “super-heroes” after this time, the fact that super-humans formed an ever-increasing percentage of the population led to them being “normalized”. After this period, super-humans who wished to fight crime were more likely to be recruited by police departments and the military. Many of the super-heroes of this period sensed this and saw it as the “Twilight of the Super-Heroes”.
- A.D. 2011:
- January:
- Jiro Osamu began fighting crime as Mister Unknown.
- April:
- The young centaur Kimihara Himeno started high school.
- Toshinari Seki began attending high school with Rumi Yokoi.
- Sara Butters began fighting crime as the Red Beetle.
- August:
- Miles Morales began fighting crime as Spider-Man V.
- September:
- The Eleventh Doctor and Craig Owens battled the Cybermen on Earth.
- America Chavez began fighting crime as Miss America III.
- October:
- Wajima Takeru adopted a dog that claimed to be the reincarnation of Sherlock Holmes.
- November:
- Frankenstein's Monster became an agent of S.H.A.D.E.
- December:
- Ava Ayala began fighting crime as the White Tiger.
- January:
- A.D. 2012:
- April:
- Akuru Akutso and Yoshiko Hanabatake began attending high school.
- The Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler traveled to Utah, where they encountered a Dalek.
- Ooarai Girls' Academy revived their school tankery team. Akiyama Yukari joined the team.
- The being known as “Koro-sensei” began teaching Class 3-E at Kunugigaoka Junior High School.
- May:
- Simon Baz became the Green Lantern X.
- June:
- Saitama the Bald Cape met his disciple, Genos the Demon Cyborg, and at the latter’s urging, joined the Hero Association, where they encountered other heroes, such as Mumen Rider and the Tornado of Terror.
- July:
- Hakumei and Mikochi lived together on a duplicate Earth inhabited by tiny humans and intelligent animals.
- September:
- Sherlock Holmes III, a distant cousin of Sherlock Holmes II, went to New York City, where he met and began working with Doctor Joan Watson.
- The Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond and Rory Williams were abducted by the Daleks and sent to the Dalek Asylum to lower its forcefield. They encountered Oswin Oswald, who erased knowledge of the Doctor from the Daleks' memories.
- October:
- Jennifer Knight began fighting crime as the Phantom Lady IV.
- April:
- A.D. 2013:
- February:
- A college-age mutant woman known as Superhero Girl began defending a small city in Canada.
- May:
- The dragon Tohru came to live with Miss Kobayashi, serving as her maid. She was later joined on Earth by the dragons Kanna Kamui, Fafnir, Elma and Ilulu.
- June:
- Son Gohan married Videl, daughter of Hercule.
- July:
- Alien invaders sent kaiju to attack Earth through a dimensional gateway that came to be known as "The Breach". Terrestrial monsters defeated the alien monsters, and Earth's heroes sealed the Breach.
- Jade Yifei became the Green Lantern XI.
- August:
- Avril Palmer, granddaughter of Ray, began using her grandfather’s size-changing technology to fight crime as the Atom IV.
- The young mutant Kamala Khan began fighting crime as Ms. Marvel II.
- February:
- A.D. 2014:
- January:
- The mad scientist known as Doctor Unpleasant kidnapped the dying Lois Lane Kent and transferred her consciousness into a female version of the Red Tornado II’s android body. Escaping from his laboratory, she began fighting crime as the Red Tornado III. (69)
- April:
- Three high school girls nicknamed Galko, Ojou and Otako met and became fast friends.
- Chio Miyamo and Manana Nonomura began attending Samejima Private Academy.
- Izuku Midoriya, aided by his idol All Might (Toshinori Yagi), gained entrance to U.A. High School, taking the codename “Deku”. He received instruction and assistance from heroes such as Eraser Head (Shota Aizawa), Gran Torino and Recovery Girl (Chiyo Shuzenji). His classmates included Creatie (Momo Yaoyorozu), Froppy (Tsuyu Asui), Ingenium (Tenya Iida), Katsuki Bakugo, Shoto Todoroki and Uravity (Ochako Urara).
- Tetsuo Takahashi began teaching at Shibasaki High School. His colleagues included the succubus Sakie Sato and school nurse Taeko Yachigusa, and his students included the haemophage Hikari Takanashi, the dullahan Kyoko Machi and the snow woman Yuki Kusakabe
- May:
- A new Godzilla-type monster, Godzilla IX. battled two creatures known as "Mutos" in San Francisco.
- June:
- Wallace West II became Kid Flash II.
- August:
- The two troublemakers Pipimi and Popuko lived around this time.
- Jessica Cruz began fighting crime as the Green Lantern XII.
- September:
- Gwen Stacy became Spider-Woman III.
- October:
- Asahikawa Yuuma met the T-Rex girl Churio.
- Ami Han began operating as the White Fox.
- November:
- Pan, daughter of Son Gohan and Videl, was born.
- The Twelfth Doctor, Clara Oswald, Danny Pink and UNIT battled Missy and the Cybermen on Earth. Danny Pink died.
- January:
- A.D. 2015:
- January:
- Penelope “Penny” Parker, granddaughter of Peter, began fighting crime as Spider-Girl II. (70)
- March:
- The mutant Doreen Green began fighting crime as Squirrel Girl.
- The mutant Tomas Lara-Perez began fighting crime as Chipmunk Hunk.
- Red Blood Cell AE3803 began delivering oxygen to the body she lived in. (71)
- April:
- A one-eyed mutant woman named Manaka Hitomi became school nurse at a high school for mutants.
- The mutant Ken Shiga began fighting crime as Koi Boi.
- Yata Kagami moved in with the mononoke Mizuchi, Momi, Roku, Yooko, and Yuki as part of a test to see whether humans and mononoke could co-exist. The test would end successfully several years later, and Mononoke would begin integrating into human society.
- Ion Hidaka attended Tatara Girls’ Academy, studying to become a monster tamer.
- Yuki Takeya, Kurumi Ebisuzawa and Yuri Wakasa, students at Megurigaoka Private High School, and their teacher, Megumi Sakura, were temporarily trapped in their school building during an outbreak of the living dead.
- May:
- Wajima Takeru and Nanami Akane became police officers.
- July:
- Time-traveler Marty McFly interacted with his own children.
- The energy being known as “Singularity” first appeared.
- The demon Mullin became Beelzebub’s personal assistant. (72)
- September:
- Ayanami Rei, Ikari Shinji, Soryu Asuka Langley and Suzuhara Toji became EVA pilots.
- October:
- The Twelfth Doctor, Clara Oswald and UNIT battled an uprising among Zygons living on Earth.
- November:
- Gwen Poole, a young woman who claimed to be from what she called the “real world”, began having various adventures as Gwenpool.
- December:
- When her classroom was destroyed in a mysterious explosion, a young girl named Kumoko found herself reborn in a world that resembled a video game.
- Samantha T, Wilson, granddaughter of Sam, began fighting crime as Captain America II. (73)
- January:
- A.D. 2016:
- January:
- The android known as Viv Vision was constructed.
- April:
- Makioka Shizue met and befriended the vampire Endo Yasuko, as well as Agawa Akira, Ashley Nelson and Itami Mitsuru.
- May:
- Crisis Girl 1 (Grave-Digger Kaede), Crisis Girl 2 (Toucha) and Crisis Girl 3 (Busujima Busuko) began defending Japan against monstrous menaces.
- July:
- Godzilla X attacked Tokyo but was frozen by Japanese scientists.
- The Black General of the criminal RX organization sought to get closer to the hero Braveman.
- Nadia Pym, granddaughter of Hank, began fighting crime as the Wasp II.
- Riri Williams used armor she invented to fight crime as Ironheart.
- August:
- Lex Luthor III began fighting crime as Superman VI. (74)
- Lois Kent II and Lana Kent II, non-identical twin granddaughters of Clark Junior, began fighting crime as Superwoman II and Superwoman III. (75)
- September:
- Bat-Man (Wang Baixi) and Robin-Bot, the Flash IX (Avery Ho), Super-Man (Kong Kenan) and Wonder-Woman (Peng Deilan) all began fighting crime.
- October:
- Bat-Man and Robin-Bot, the Flash IX, Super-Man and Wonder-Woman formed the Justice League of China.
- November:
- Casey Brinke began adventuring as Space Case.
- December:
- The Twelfth Doctor, Nardole and the Ghost (Grant Gordon) battled Harmony Shoal.
- January:
- A.D. 2017:
- January:
- Violet Paige began fighting crime as Mother Panic.
- March:
- Toni Ho used armor of her own design to fight crime as the Iron Patriot.
- April:
- Faye Valentine was placed in suspended animation.
- KInga Forrester and Max trapped Jonah Heston in the new Satellite of Love and forced him to watch bad movies.
- Annie May Parker, granddaughter of Peter, began fighting crime as the Spiderling.
- The Twelfth Doctor, Nardole and Bill Potts encountered a puddle of sentient oil.
- July:
- An orphan girl named Rosie became Mother Panic’s sidekick, Fennec Fox.
- November:
- Four Canadian college students - Miranda Neuhof, Shar Chandra, Jools Walsh and Kim Lam – had their latent mutant powers catalyzed by exposure to unknown energies and became the super-heroines Aria, Dakini, Ninety-Nine and Zircon.
- January:
- A.D. 2018:
- April:
- Aqua-Man (Ahn Kwang-Jo) joined the Justice League of China.
- Aizawa Tomo, Gundou Misuzu and Carol Olston began attending high school together.
- May:
- Son Goku met Oob.
- June:
- Skynet attempted to obliterate humanity. It was quickly defeated by the world’s heroes led by S.H.I.E.L.D. director John Connor, but not before it sent three Terminators back in time. Connor sent S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Kyle Reese and two re-programmed Terminators back in time to stop Skynet’s agents.
- October:
- The Thirteenth Doctor, and her companions Graham O'Brien, Yasmin Khan and Ryan Sinclair battled Tzim-Sha on Earth.
- December:
- Jinny Hex, descendant of Jonah, began her career as a crime-fighter.
- April:
- A.D. 2019:
- January:
- The Thirteenth Doctor and her companions Graham O'Brien, Yasmin Khan and Ryan Sinclair battled a Recon Dalek in Sheffield.
- March:
- Keli Quintela became the Teen Lantern.
- May:
- Godzilla IX and Mothra battled King Ghidorah V in many places around the world, including Antarctica and Boston.
- Seol Hee began operating as Luna Snow.
- July:
- Jane Foster became the Valkyrie.
- January:
- A.D.2020: Events this year included:
- January:
- Green Lantern Sojourner “Jo” Mullein was assigned to the City Enduring.
- September:
- Captain Hank “Hazel” Murphy assumed command of the undersea base known as Sealab.
- There was a brief fad in North America for adopting "futuristic" surnames. George Jenson changed his family’s surname to "Jetson".
- January:
THE UNIFICATION AGE (A.D. 2021 - A.D. 2053)
During this period, the human race finally became united under one government, began to spread throughout the Solar System and made its first tentative steps into interstellar space.
- A.D. 2021:
- February
- Tae-Won began fighting crime as Taegukgi.
- March:
- Godzilla IX and King Kong IV battled one another before allying to defeat Mechagodzilla IV.
- June
- The General, Gun-R, Lady Bright and Mister Enigma began operating in South Korea.
- September
- Willow Zimmerman began to fight crime as Whistle.
- December:
- Discipline aboard Sealab began to slip.
- February
- A.D. 2023:
- January
- South Korea's government super-hero team, the Tiger Division, begins operation. The initial line-up includes the General Gun-R, Lady Bright, Luna Snow. Mister Enigma, Taegukgi and the White Fox.
- January
- A.D. 2024:
- March:
- Terry McGinnis became Batman IV.
- March:
- A.D. 2032:
- November:
- Lisa Simpson was elected President of the United States of America.
- November:
- A.D. 2035:
- July:
- Jet Black was born on Ganymede.
- July:
- A.D. 2036:
- June:
- Dani Cage became Captain America III
- June:
- A.D. 2044: Events this year included:
- January:
- The Second Doctor, Jamie MacCrimmon and Zoe Herriott battled the Ice Warriors on Earth and the Moon.
- February:
- Spike Spiegel was born on Mars.
- January:
- A.D. 2050:
- May:
- An early deep spaceship called the Nostromo visited the planet Acheron where they encountered an alien life form that killed all of them except Lieutenant Ellen Ripley and Jones, the ship’s cat. The two entered hibernation in a lifepod and headed back to Earth.
- May:
THE POST-UNIFICATION AGE (A.D. 2054 - A.D. 2160)
Now unified, the human race moved further out into space, encountering new allies and enemies. The era ended with Earth fighting its first interstellar war.
- A.D. 2055: Jonah Hex dwelt in this time briefly.
- A.D. 2058: The girl known as Edward “Ed” Wong Hau Pepeplu Tivrusky IV was born on Earth.
- A.D. 2059: On Mars, the Tenth Doctor and the crew of Bowie Base One battled the Flood.
- A.D. 2063: First contact between Terrans and Vulcans.
- A.D. 2064:
- First contact between Earth and the Alpha Centaurians. (76)
- Rocky Jones founded the Space Rangers.
- A.D. 2068: The Second Doctor and his companion Jamie MacCrimmon defeated an attempt the Cybermen to commandeer the Earth space station known as the “Wheel in Space”. Zoë Herriott joined the TARDIS crew.
- A.D. 2070: The Second Doctor and his companions Ben Jackson, Polly Wright and Jamie MacCrimmon defeated an attempt by rogue Cybermen to overrun a base on Earth’s moon.
- A.D. 2071: Spike Spiegel, Faye Valentine and Ed joined Jet Black in the crew of the spaceship Bebop.
- A.D. 2072: On the world that underwent the Great Disaster, a boy called “Kamandi” emerged from the Command D bunker and found himself in a world ruled by intelligent animals.
- A.D. 2079:
- Large parts of Earth were patrolled by the Judges, including Judge Joe Dredd and Psi-Judge Anderson (Cassandra Anderson).
- A space colony calling itself "The Principality of Zeon" declared its independence and attacked Earth. It was defeated after the so-called "One Year War". The "Mobile Suit Gundam" technology was developed during this war.
- A.D. 2088: The deep space mining ship Red Dwarffell into a time warp and was shot out into the depths of spacetime. Most of the crew was killed, except for David Lister who happened to be in suspended animation.
- A.D. 2099: The villainous girl calling herself “Princess Devilotte de Deathsatan IX” lived around this time.
- A.D. 2107: The Nostromo lifepod was found by an Earth-based salvage team. Ripley was brought back to Earth, where she was blamed for the destruction of the Nostromo. However, when contact was lost with an Earth colony on Acheron, Ripley was sent back there aboard the Sulaco, with a force of Space Marines. They battled the aliens, but soon found themselves being overrun. They were rescued and returned to Earth by Superman.
- A.D. 2147: Tommy Tomorrow lived around this time.
- A.D. 2151:
- Jonathan Archer assumed command of the first starship Enterprise.
- First contact between Terrans and Klingons.
- A.D. 2156: War broke out between Earth and its colonies and the Romulan Star Empire.
- A.D. 2160: Earth won its war with the Romulans.
NOTES (Continued)
(57) This is purely my own speculation.
(58) Because of the way the characters aged, the Silver Age Teen Titans team didn’t exist in this timeline.
(59) The Sentinel is one of two self-created characters I have allowed myself in this timeline. I came up with this character when I was in elementary school. He grew out of my realization that Bruce Wayne is enormously helped in his career as Batman by the fact that he’s stinking rich. (Not an especially original observation, I’ll admit.) Anyway, the Sentinel was what I imagined myself being if I had Batman’s abilities but only my lower middle-class resources to fight crime with. The name “Will Bennett” is derived from various ways that people have gotten my name wrong over the years. His costume was plain street clothes, a blanket/cape and a burlap hood with repurposed sunglass lenses covering the eyeholes.
(60) Based on a character from Superman & Batman: Generations II #3 (October 2001)
(61) Also based on a character from Superman & Batman: Generations II #3 (October 2001)
(62) What’s Michael, by Makoto Kobayashi (1984 – 1989)
(63) Kingdom Come #2 (June 1996)
(64) Kingdom Come #3 (July 1996)
(65) Tangent Comics: Green Lantern #1 (July 1997)
(66) Marvel Mangaverse: The Punisher #1 (March 2002)
(67) Marvel Mangaverse: New Dawn #1 (March 2002)
(68) Marvel Mangaverse: Avengers Assemble #1 (March 2002)
(69) Earth 2 #17 (January 2014) (Red Tornado), Doctor Unpleasant is the second of the two self-created characters I have allowed myself to include here. If the Sentinel was me imagining myself as a Batman-type hero, Doctor Unpleasant was me imagining myself as a mad scientist, the sort of villain I might have been, if I had an aptitude for either villainy or science. Like myself, he had no interest in ruling the world, and no particular animus towards the various super-heroes he might encounter. He merely carried out various bizarre experiments just to see what happened. Occasionally, he invented something of actual use. These inventions he sold through front companies, using the profits to fund further experimentation. He did not scruple to experiment on himself, and so, in addition to his formidable – if somewhat unfocused – genius, he possessed physical strength comparable to that of Benjamin Grimm, and a resistance to physical injury comparable to that of the Silver Age Superman Thus, while he was an unskilled fighter, he was a formidable opponent in a brawl. Physically, he was tall and burly, and in costume resembled a cross between Jason Voorhees and Doctor Mario. He lived in the Platonic ideal of a mad scientist’s castle, the location of which he rendered indeterminate to anyone but himself.
(70) Spider-Verse #1 (January 2015)
(71) From Cells At Work, by Akane Shimizu
(72) From As Miss Beelzebub Likes, by Matoba
(73) Spider -Gwen (vol. 2) #1 (December 2015)
(74) Justice League (vol. 2) #52 (August 2016)
(75) Superwoman: Rebirth #1 (August 2016)
(76) Doctor Who “The Curse of Peladon” (January 29 – February 19, 1972)
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