Alive, Doc Bruce Wayne Jr., a.k.a. Living A Situationally Comedic Life in the Wold Newton Universe by Christofer Nigro--The author's main arguments for including sitcoms in the Wold Newton Universe, such as why a small minority of individuals and families in the Wold Newton Universe routinely experience comical life situations, and why he believes such characters can co-exist in A meteor strikes in Wold Newton, England. March Of course, the events seen in the four comic book series published during the 1960s by Charlton Comics which featured Gorgo and Konga (two series for each of them) could not have occurred in the WNU. Late 1500s - The Sea-Hawk, as told by Rafael She, French Wold Newton Universe Before 1800 (BEFORE 1800) PART 1 (BEFORE 1800) PART 2 (1800-1900) PART 3 (1900-1945) PART 4 (1945-PRESENT) PART 5 (THE FUTURE) 1428: Quasimodo the Hunchback exposes the evil archdeacon of Notre-Dame of Paris, Dom Claude Frollo, but cannot save the beautiful Esmeralda. Savage eventually brings the creature's remains back to New York. Hinkley suffers severe injuries. He is accompanied by Lothar of Opar and Narda Romanov. what are some rare photos of world history quora. c. (Dennis Power , Modified). Farmer is best known for the World of Tiers and Riverworld series, and the concept of the Wold Newton Family. Vault number 11, Tattered Pages Nikola Tesla draws up his first detailed plans for his Death Ray, and seeks financial support from the military. 1516 the Brain Devil, disappears while on a covert mission in Europe. The ship was quickly located by Professor Abednego Danner, himself a member of the extended Wold Newton family. The U.S. team is based at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The Mongolian warlord Kulgan Khan drives the Chinese forces out of Mongolia, and becomes the new ruler of that nation. After capturing the killer, Richard Grayson returns to retirement. Hinkley's reports of mind controlling aliens are largely dismissed by the scientific community. Armitage House, 1999, Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's The The classic Wold Newton concept of a shared universe focused heavily upon the old (and a few newer) pulp heroes and villains, with the idea that not only did they inhabit the same reality, but many of them shared a common genealogical tree. Dorothy Gale makes her first visit to the dream-realm known as Oz. He will later move his operations from Haiti to America, where he will operate under the name Papa Midnight. Sherlockians, and fans of Farmers own celebrated A statue of Edward Hyde is erected in the renamed Hyde Park. Timeline of Kane's Adventures by Dale E. Rippke, Kull of Atlantis: A Hypothetical Frank Reade Jr. and Nikola Tesla develop the Electric Man and the Electric Horse, cable controlled robots far ahead of their times. Note: Creative mythographer Chuck Loridans has speculated that many of the Showa Era G-films, and likely some of the Heisei Era G-films, had WNU analogues further into the 21st century, following the year 2005 (and the events of GODZILLA AND THE LOST CONTINENT, which all took place during the latter year in the WNU). Haggard. Oliver Queen is shocked to discover Britt Reid is involved in human trafficking. Adventure of the Seven Claytons AP: Where do you live and what do you do to keep the bill collectors away? The love affair between Clark Kent and Diana Prince ends in August, just three months after VE day. 1535 Hinkley's notes on what he refers to as Project Metluna are confiscated by agents of the OSI and classified Top Secret. Reed is persuaded to permit his research assistant and paramour Susan Storm and her brother Johnny to accompany him on an early test flight (piloted by his college friend Benjamin Grimm). When Hugo Danner chooses to rejoin society, he takes his new name from the first names of his mentors. is now available from MonkeyBrain Erdel dies from radiation poisoning soon after. Chronology of Bronze An incredible Doc Savage chronology Hence, the Cerasini novels are now considered to have taken place in one of the many alternate Tohoverses that is "closer" in its cosmological schema to the WNU than most of the other Tohoverses we have thus far seen. happened in order from the point of view of Restin Dane (The Richard Grayson comes out of retirement to complete the case. This technology enables them to create genetically modified and enhanced dinosaurs and other giant animals for use as bio-weapons against the Atlanteans, living remnants of which would survive into the 20th and 21st centuries; the enhanced genetics of these ultra-dinosaurs would enable them to mutate upon absorbing large amounts of atomic and nuclear radiation to become the legendary dai kaiju, the Japanese term for "giant monsters" [GODZILLA AND THE LOST CONTINENT, along with Mark Brown's online article "Prehistoric Survivors in the Pacific"]. Steven Marc Harris, covering August Derleth's Solar Pons stories. Van Ash's chronology published in the Rohmer Review, as I do not claim to hold the trademark or copyright on any fictional character mentioned in this timeline, nor do I intend to challenge the rights of any copyright or trademark holder. An Expansion of the Wold Newton Universe (created by Win Scott Eckert) Dark Pines Some Unknown Members of the Wold Newton Family Tree (Jess Nevin's site) Wold Newton Universe: A Secret . Clark and Lois Kent disappear. Plastic Man, joins the army on the advice of Clark Savage, Jr. Hugh Hazard dies in action. CURE's activities remain classified top-top secret. Ling Fu Shan born to Ling Ju Hai and Sir William Clayton. Newton begins his undergraduate studies at Trinity College, Cambridge. They are soon joined by Jonn Jonzz and the second Green Arrow (Roy Harper). 1680s - The Phantom battles pirate and Wold Newton family He is successfully led away from Japan deep into the depths of the Pacific Ocean via a specially designed transmitter in a heroic suicide mission by American Naval officer Admiral Maxwell B. Willis and the renowned elderly Japanese scientist Dr. Hiroshi Nobeyama. Hal Jordan, test pilot, is contacted by Alan Scott Scott, having returned to Earth and suffering from long term exposure to the alien artifact, passes on the power ring and lantern to Jordan. Encyclopedia Cthulhiana, 2nd ed., Among the identities this version took on were Professor Moriarty, Captain Mors, Doctor Goldfoot, Lord Summerisle, and Dumbledore. and Times of the Rev. son of Hadon who founded Kr.". 1794 - April 1798 - The first volume in Horatio Hornblower's Orczy. Elder Things (a.k.a. Tarzan arrives from the year 2070 (Time's Last Gift). Some scholars suggest that this monastery was maintained by the monks of Shambala in service of the Nine Unknown. Chris Wike, Callahan's The Green Arrow and the Green Hornet have their final confrontation. The flight proves to be a disaster, and it takes all of Grimm's considerable skill to save the ship. Bruce Wayne retires as Batman, and the role is assumed by Richard Dick Grayson. And, of course, much of my own speculations and observations were included (within [brackets]) to supplement the information seen in all of the above source material, and various G-fans and Wold Newton historians may or may not agree with them. Benjamin Grimm, also a student, forms an enduring friendship with both men. Rezu. Nikola Tesla takes on teen prodigy Hans Zarkov as a lab assistant. Five monks escape the destruction of the temple form China's first Triads. of volume I and volume II by Jess with broad appeal to readers of pulp and popular Roy Harper, a.k.a. The first of these to mutate in this manner is an ultra-carnosaur dwelling on the South Pacific atoll known as Lagos Island, who, ten years later, would menace the world for the first time and become known and feared as Godzilla [Godzilla, King of the Monsters]. They do not return to field operations. As I'll expound upon in the timelines seen below, there are four individuals from the Toho Universes who are very likely of Wold Newton Family lineage, these individuals being Captain Shinguji (extraordinary soldier/adventurer/inventor; Atragon ); Dr. Huu (criminal mastermind; King Kong Escapes, with a [possible] alternate reality version seen in While investigating the warehouse, O'Brian discovers a holding tank containing a protoplasmic entity. The following timeline draws on multiple sources, including Win Scott Eckert's Wold Newton Universe Timeline, Schroeder's Speculations, Jess Nevin's Pulp Heroes, Victoriana, and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen pages, Don Markstein's Toonpedia, and the Internet Movie Database). Evil in Pemberley House, an addition to The wreckage itself is given over for study to Danner's cousinDr. He His critically acclaimed, two-volume Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World 1 & 2 was released by Black Coat Press in 2010. The trio will become well known investigators of the supernatural. The Phantom FAQ and Chronology by Todd H. Goldberg, Planetary Debris: A Timeline of the Stevenson. OCCULT DETECTIVES and OCCULT First, if you don't know what 'Wold Newton' refers to, start here. I am currently arguing for the re-inclusion of a few isolated but prominent examples of dai kaiju assaults that would not alter the political and technological infrastructure of the world overly much, as occurred in realities that had frequent kaiju incursions, such as the various Tohoverses. Farmer, characteristically, turns convention on its ear. Researchers Alec Holland and Ted Sallis attempt to create a variant of the Super-Soldier formula from a private lab concealed in Florida's everglades. by Michael Kelley, Nero Wolfe's Cases by Muffy Barkocy, clearly based on and authoritative timeline by Rick Lai. All of New York City is evacuated when the government realizes that King Ghidorah was heading there. Scott Eckert.com. The boy is given the name "Hugo". crimefighter of the 1930s and 40s, Dr. James Clarke (Dennis Power, Modified). c. 9,550 BCE - The Nine scatter, each holding what he or she can of the Ancient's secrets. the Spider, vanishes while conducting an investigation. He leaves not knowing that his brief affair with the high priestess La has left her with child. daughter of the world-renowned adventurer and by Karl Edward Wagner, and the novel For the Witch of the Hinkley reports an encounter with gigantic brain-eating crabs. Mythos, and hence are essential components of the history of the The ship's sole passenger spends that time in stasis. One of the simplest ways to make it fit is to have one or two core series. degenerate age." Tony Stark begins using the Iron Man suit to act as a costumed adventurer. Clark Kent retires from public adventuring. Namor becomes one of the first subjects in Doc's Crime College. and Sometime Pirate Wold Newton Family. AN Alan Scott, an engineer, discovers an alien artifact. They use the costumed identities Robin, Kid Flash, and Aqualad. (Dennis Power, Modified). Further entries in the saga are She and Allan, She, Ayesha: The Return of Subterranean Press, Visit The Plantagenet) was later known as John Carter, Warlord of Mars The National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Office of Scientific Investigation are established. He is survived by his son, Stephen Strange. [Note: it is unknown at this time whether or not Kulgan Khan has any connection to other Asian warlords and masterminds who are prominent members of the WNU, such as Fu Manchu, or of other WNU figures bearing the name of the legendary Genghis Khan (either as a forename or a surname), such as Khan Noonian Singh, one of the chief architects of the covert Eugenics War of the late 20th century; see the two EUGENICS WAR novels and TO REIGN IN HELL: THE EXILE OF KHAN NOONIAN SINGH by Greg Cox, the Star Trek episode "Space Seed," and the movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan for the entirety of this genetic posthuman's history from the late 20th century into the late 23rd century]. Most importantly for this site, Ol' Stinker, the Werewolf of Hull, has been linked to the Triangle, one of its many denizens of the paranormal variety. Adventures of Doctor Syn, The Amazing Quest of Doctor The Life Jay Garrick, college student, volunteers. Other creative mythographers, such as my friend and colleague Crazy Ivan Schoblotski, is hoping for the eventual inclusion of the events from the initial 1965 Gamera film in the "consensus" WNU (though in this reality, the fire-breathing turtle-shaped kaiju obviously never escaped from the experimental rocket that took him off Earth and en route to Mars as he soon did in the Showa Daiei Universe), along with the other isolated kaiju incursions by Yongary and Gorgo; yours truly has hoped for the retention of Konga. Bruce Wayne Jr. takes over as Batman. Tesla fails to find financial backing for his invention. Reporters are impressed, but the device overheats during the demonstration, causing a fire that destroys Tesla's Long Island laboratory. traces the influence of Count Dracula, the Frankenstein family Most of Howard's tales of Chinese government forces sack the Shaolin temple. comprehensive work in progress! Diana's reunion with her birth mother is not a happy one, and the situation in Opar is chaotic. this little bit: 'Tarzan is descended from a number of huge and By. OSI agent Michael Knight is given access to the experimental AI controlled vehicle code named KITT. Farmer creates an introspective character who struggles He's bad at it. The Complete Rook) and his companions. Godzilla finds himself trapped in the subterranean realm, and would remain confined there for three years [GODZILLA AT WORLD'S END; GODZILLA VS. Cleland. by Rick Lai! Newton characters coming soon! This formula alters the subject's perception of time, permitting the subject to move, think, and act at incredible speeds. Upon their return, all four passengers had been altered. Share They are unaware that these experiments have triggered the activation of Ancient technology. the GURPS Pimpernel Book, Chronology of Shadows, Part 1 and Part 2 Rick Lai has read each and every The sacking of the Shaolin temple. John Putnam and Miskatonic University Professor Roy Hinkley Jr. investigate the crash of an apparent alien vessel in California. and their Monsters, the Talbot family (the Wolfmen) and the Van While his claims are derided by mainstream scientists, he attracts the attention and financial support of such luminaries as John Carter of Virginia and Clark Savage Sr. The Japanese military, considering the armor to be a worthless novelty, send it to Korea as part of a load of scrap. He begins a career as a costumed adventurer. Philip Jos Farmer (January 26, 1918 - February 25, 2009) was a ground-breaking American science fiction and fantasy writer. Tarzan, a.k.a. strike in December 1795. - The events of The Legend of Sleepy It, a.k.a. Master Li and Number 10 Ox operate in China as agents of the Nine Unknown. The remnants of the Namor takes up residence in Innsmouth under the name Arthur Curry. The Final Cataclysm destroys the remnants of the Hyborian world THE ROBOT MONSTERS Birth of Susan Storm to Michael Storm and Kitty Carroll Storm. Note that Sir Anthony Nelson is assigned as deputy director of OSI Nevada. by Andrew K. Henry. Other novels in Clavell's "Asian Saga" include The apparatus, which fills a small room, generates a field of energy that successfully deflects bullets fired from a gun. volumes I and II and the annotations Batman III, is fatally injured while pursuing a suspect. of Hadon of Opar emigrates to the south and founds the city of Jones's memories provide the creature with a template to understand his environment, and the composite being takes over Jones's identity. Revived, Rogers soon resumes service with an OSI Stark Foundation cosponsored team of metahuman adventurers. Reed Richards and Susan Storm Richards attempt retirement in Belle Port, Conneticutt. Anguirus begins attacking Russian oil rigs around the Caspian Sea, and a new and deadly dinosaur mutation known as Baragon appears in Montana, ravaging the small town of Denning. 1630 - The events of Shogun, as related by James by Win Eckert, covering the adventures of Warren Magazines' Majors & Weiss are eventually inducted into the OSI. As a prank and in order to defy their elders, Bruce Wayne Jr., Kara Kent, Garth McKenzie, Barry Allen, and Clinton Barton begin to make public appearances at early counterculture gatherings. Some scholars assert the Gulliver is of the blood of Amber. By mutual request, Clark is sent to the Pacific theatre while Diana is stationed in Washington. He is later discorporated by a terrible weapon known as the Oxygen Destroyer, which was invented and implemented by scientist Dr. Daisuke Serizowa, who lost his own life during the latter implementation. In Farmer's Hadon novels, the cult of Rezu Haggard's Rezu is either meant to be Kwasin or the Hrolf the Ganger, or Walker, was so called because More. P.I. - Events of The Three Musketeers, chronicling the The kaiju incidents that I would like to see retained in the "consensus" WNU includes the basic series of 1954 events depicted in Godzilla, King of the Monsters, along with Zilla's 1998 rampage through New York City as seen in Tri-Star's Godzilla. By this time, the Scientific Revolution is well underway. Tarzan and Diana return to Opar. He is eventually driven from England. by Matthew Baugh, Sherlock Holmes: Chronology of the 1792 - The events of The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness ancient warriors, including Kull, are connected with the Cthulhu 1791- ), 1655 The Laughing Cavalier, as told by Baroness - Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe. The saga of Thongor was told by Lin Carter in a information on how to order it. Godzilla, King of the Monsters, The following five novels, all authored by Marc Cerasini: Doctor Billy Hayes and Dr. Elvin Lincoln expose severe mistreatment of metahuman subjects at the Humanidyne corporation. Wold Newton map Published: Sep 22, 2009 By TheMorlock Watch 6 Favourites 7 Comments 850 Views A map of the Wold Newton earth. Queen designs the costumed identity of Green Arrow, and attempts to wage war on Chicago's underworld. Steve Rogers is declared MIA after vanishing during a mission in the Arctic circle. Evil in Pemberley House blog, MYTHS FOR THE July c. 400,000 BCE - High Seas, as recounted by Russell Thorndike, wherein Syn Pimpernel, Lord Tony's Wife, Mam'zelle the fabulous life of Doc Savage. Godzilla somehow manages to reconstitute himself, larger and more powerful than before, due to the incidences of the French government experimenting with nuclear weapon detonations in the Pacific [GODZILLA RETURNS]. Europe, as related in The New Traveller's Almanac, Chapter and Thongor Fights the Pirates of Tarakus. Severely injured, Stark is taken to a prison labor camp and put to work in the camp's machine shop. - Exploits of Simon of Gitta, as told by Richard L. Tierney in Alan feels compelled to fashion a ring that links him to the lantern, and begins his career protecting humanity as the Green Lantern. 1645 Kyoke is recruited into Japans Science Patrol. Dr. Henry Jekyll gives his life in the battle against the invaders. Klinger, based on William S. Baring-Gould's chronology. villains and sub-universes. naviganti della Meloria (The Seamen of Meloria). These dark manipulators control the destinies of billions, including the formidable Doc Caliban, Champion of Justice. Despite the effective demotion, Knight does not object to his new posting. 1673 - Captain Robert Owemuch discovers The Floating Island, Scoti Moria. Kulgan Khan, not satisfied with creating a "united" Mongolia, sends his powerful cybernetic kaiju, Mecha-King Ghidorah, to attack Bejing, thus conquering China. The entity touches O'Brian, and partially merges its substance with his own. the alleged car tv tropes. Hinkley's claims of force research at the hands of an alien named Exeter are mocked in the press. May Prof. Roy Hinkley Jr. is the only survivor of a Miskatonic University sponsored research expedition. Astronomers, including Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler, had elaborated the heliocentric system of the universe, and Galileo had set a foundation for the mathematical science of motion. One of those worlds is an artificial construct, a planetary engineering project as complex and ambitious as anything the Ancients had ever attempted. His life collapses. Phantom. Professional wrestler and strongman El Santo begins his adventuring career. Britt Reid is revealed as a pawn of the immortal sometimes known in the West as Fu Manchu. Anyone interested in an amazing time line for Pulp adventure might want to check out the Wold Newton Universe. Superman, Batman II (Dick Grayson), Wonder Woman, Green Lantern II (Hal Jordan), and Namor agree to serve as America's first high profile team of metahuman operatives under the OSI. c. 18,000 BCE - The and The Vengeance of She (by Peter Tremayne). biography, Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, as related by C.S. The soldier, named Boilerplate, is used in action by Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders. Paramount, including, but not limited to, novels, comics and Actress Ginger Grant is among those rescued; much tabloid speculation revolves around the changes in both her appearance and voice during her time on the island. Professor Roy Hinkley Jr. and six other castaways are rescued after being found on a large floating raft near Hawaii. BLACK TEXT - not intended as an all-inclusive history - for Much of Atlantis sinks. well as my own Fu Manchu chronology. More on the fate of La is revealed here. OSI agent Bill Maxwell is assigned as Hinkley's handler. Uncontrolled, he attacks Japan, and destroys much of Tokyo before being called back to the sea by the still malfunctioning artificial intelligence that spawned him. Advances in Japanese giant robot technology threaten regional stability in Asia. and Prejudice and ingrains the various Ralph Hinkley and Bill Maxwell vanish. What actual connection between the crystalline, apparently technologically oriented and benevolent Ancient Ones of GODZILLA AT WORLD'S END may have to the Xothic entities of Lovecraft remains a mystery, but certainly cannot be outright dismissed. she inherits the family estate in Derbyshire, Dracula, a true vampire, comes to the attention of the British Crown. The Great Cataclysm, a disaster which destroys much of the old With Occult's assistance, Strange travels to the same Tibetan monastery that provided training to Zatara Mandrake. 1500s - Raphael Hythloday's voyage to the New World land of Utopia, as told by Sir Thomas As the planet self-destructs, a single escape ship is launched towards the coordinates of Humanity's near-mythic home world. OSI researcher Dr. Frank Heflin field tests Project Electra.