Age of Heroes - Part 7
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fardell24January 4, 1983:
Police clash with militia groups in Springfield, Colorado after a foreclosure of a farmily farm turns violent,...
January 15, 1983
Superhero named Moon Halo saves the city of Detriot from a supervillain nuke, gaining fame and the Key to the city.
February 24, 1983
Ian Callister, a meta with vibration powers, partners with Astrid Stein in Mount Gambier...
March 22, 1983:
Ethiopian Civil War triggered by famine conditions brought on by meta-organism locusts devastating many of the nations farmlands, sparking international attention in Addis Ababa,...
March 25, 1983
The LAPD crack down on the Theatre of Pain, after some complaints...
April 25, 1983
The “Battle Royale” re-starts, with more safety protocols in place.
May 25, 1983
The US Psi Corps is implicated in a crackdown on a meta-human rights organisation in El Salvador.
June 13, 1982:
King Fahd announces in Riyadh, the creation of the "Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice" consisting of vigilantes to enforce religious sharia law, sparking international condemnation,...
June 30, 1983:
Paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould theorizes the "trigger gene" as being behind the mass transformation of persons since 1976, noting how sexual activity with metahumans can "awaken" persons...
July 8, 1983:
Savant metahuman Thomas Daniels publishes his Grand Unification Theory" in Hartford, Connecticut sparking a renaissance in science,...
July 10, 1983
The Zodiac Killer is captured by the Santiago Police after a neighbourhood watch group of 'Powered' (given that Law Enforcement doesn't like the term 'superheroes') have him surrounded.
August 26, 1983
There are more reports of mysterious healings in the hospital in Winchester...
September 29, 1983
A second assassination attempt on President Mondale is thwarted. (The controversial choice to have at least one meta in the Secret Service Protection Detail pays off.)
October 24, 1983:
Vampire Billy Idol launches "Rebel Yell" in Chelsea, England, condemning the anti-vampire murders as "Christian terrorism"....
October 30-November 1, 1983:
Vampires terrorise residents of Detroit, Michigan proclaiming "Devil's Night", sparking national attention,...
November 29, 1983
The Callistien (that is Ian Callister and Astrid Stien) help police catch a delinquent young teen cryokinetic in one of Mount Gambier's suburbs.
December 31, 1983
The Callistien establish the Callistein Gambier Detective Agency.
January 23, 1984:
"The Iron Sheik" is created as a "supervillian" for "Hero Fights" by Vince McMahon, tapping into growing anti-Arab sentiment,...
February 1, 1984
The Victoria Metahuman Academy opens in Geelong, Victoria.
March 1, 1984
Geneticists begin searching the DNA of volunteer metahumans for the theorised trigger gene...
April 5, 1984
A spin-off of the Battle Royale starts in Portland, Oregon.
May 7, 1984
Meta locusts are reported in southern Sudan, triggering fears of another famine.
June 22, 1984:
Leonard Talbot is proclaimed the "Pope of Yellowknife", calling for "a new set of spiritual values",...
July 16, 1984:
Geraldine Ferraro (D-NY) is named U.S. Vice-President after Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) refuses, citing the Chappaquiddick Disaster; at the Democratic Convention in San Francisco, California,.....
July 17, 1984:
During the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in San Francisco, Reverend Jesse Jackson condemns the rise of vigilantes pointing out "predominantly disaffected white males launching attacks on low-income communities of color, revealing legal lynchings..."
July 23, 1984:
Rock musician Cyndi Lauper invests in "Hero Fights", calling for greater female hero participation in New York City, New York,..
July 30, 1984:
CIA manual detailing how to assassinate and kill metahumans is made public in Managua, Nicaragua,...
August 9, 1984:
Vampire lord Glenn Danzig, forms the "death rock" group "Samhain" in Lodi, New Jersey, fueling national controversy and outrage,....
August 29, 1984:
DC Comics files for bankruptcy in New York City citing the public exhaustion in comic book superheroes caused by real-life vigilantes,...
September 13, 1984:
Vampire Billy Idol releases "Flesh for Fantasy" explaining the vampire omnisexuality, sparking international controversy,....
October 30-November 1, 1984:
Vampires terrorise residents of Detroit, Michigan proclaiming "Devil's Night", sparking national attention,....
October 31, 1984:
Indian President Indira Gandhi survives an assassination attempt in New Delhi, India, sparking international attention, fueling concerns about tensions within the Sikh community,....
November 8, 1984
Rebel Yell prevents a pogrom against Vampires in Oxford, England.
December 22, 1984:
"Subway Vigilante" Bernhard Goetz kills 4 African-American teens in New York City, New York, whom he claims were mugging passengers, fueling racial tensions,...
January 28, 1985
Deacon Cross, a known member of the Chicago Mafia, is now a wanted man for extortion, bribery, and throwing cars at government officials.
January 8, 1985
Valueism is established by Talbot in Yellowknife...
February 12, 1985
A Samhain concert in San Francisco devolves into a riot after 'Vampire hunters' show up...
March 20, 1985
Jesse Jackson again points out that many White meta's are disproportionally targeting people of color in their anti-crime activities. (Of course, mainly in the South, but still...)
April 4, 1985
A Samhain concert in Portland devolves into a riot after 'Vampire hunters' show up...
May 5, 1985:
Vampire Anne Rice of New Orleans, Louisiana, is proclaimed "Queen of the Damned" due to her leadership role amongst vampires, citing her prolific writings,...
June 1, 1985:
Battle of Wiltshire; British police clash with heroes "The Libertine" and "The Rumour", in a crackdown move by the British government,...
June 9, 1985:
Aquatic hero “Aquanaut” helps establish human-dolphin communications in Honolulu, Hawaii ,...
July 13, 1985:
Heroes from across the globe gather at "Power Prism" gather at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for "Heroes Against Hunger", concerning the famine in Ethiopia, receiving international attention,...
July 23, 1985:
Metahuman "Dyna-woman" is scandalized after Penthouse magazine publishes nude photos of the Los Angeles-based superhero, sparking national controversy,...
August 26, 1985
Goetz is sentenced to over 10 years in Rikers Island.
September 1, 1985:
Apollo Quiloboy proclaims himself the "Begotten Son of God" serving as a political. Acting as "spiritual advisor" to Ferdinand Marcos,...
September 14, 1985:
American Hero Fights (CBS-TV) animated series debuts, helping to promote the youth base of the "sport", makes its Saturday morning cartoon debut,...
September 19, 1985:
"Superbarrio" superhero emerges in Mexico City in the direct aftermath of the 8.0 earthquake, sparking national attention and popularity,....
October 28, 1985
Valueism has expanded to be third largest belief system in the Yukon.
November 7, 1985:
Playboy magazine features the controversial "Meta-Girls" featuring nude layouts of female metahumans, angering metahuman advocates as "exploitation,...
November 11, 1985:
Anti-Fascist Action (AFA) is formed in London, England to deal with the rising number of Neo-Nazi skinheads,...
November 19, 1985:
U.S. Astronaut Gordon Cooper warns the United Nations General Assembly that metahumans represent proof alien activities but also notes a "disturbing pattern of behavior developing..."
December 17, 1985:
Daniel Two Lands successfully negotiates representation of indigenous and aboriginal nations into the United Nations in New York City, New York,...
Police clash with militia groups in Springfield, Colorado after a foreclosure of a farmily farm turns violent,...
January 15, 1983
Superhero named Moon Halo saves the city of Detriot from a supervillain nuke, gaining fame and the Key to the city.
February 24, 1983
Ian Callister, a meta with vibration powers, partners with Astrid Stein in Mount Gambier...
March 22, 1983:
Ethiopian Civil War triggered by famine conditions brought on by meta-organism locusts devastating many of the nations farmlands, sparking international attention in Addis Ababa,...
March 25, 1983
The LAPD crack down on the Theatre of Pain, after some complaints...
April 25, 1983
The “Battle Royale” re-starts, with more safety protocols in place.
May 25, 1983
The US Psi Corps is implicated in a crackdown on a meta-human rights organisation in El Salvador.
June 13, 1982:
King Fahd announces in Riyadh, the creation of the "Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice" consisting of vigilantes to enforce religious sharia law, sparking international condemnation,...
June 30, 1983:
Paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould theorizes the "trigger gene" as being behind the mass transformation of persons since 1976, noting how sexual activity with metahumans can "awaken" persons...
July 8, 1983:
Savant metahuman Thomas Daniels publishes his Grand Unification Theory" in Hartford, Connecticut sparking a renaissance in science,...
July 10, 1983
The Zodiac Killer is captured by the Santiago Police after a neighbourhood watch group of 'Powered' (given that Law Enforcement doesn't like the term 'superheroes') have him surrounded.
August 26, 1983
There are more reports of mysterious healings in the hospital in Winchester...
September 29, 1983
A second assassination attempt on President Mondale is thwarted. (The controversial choice to have at least one meta in the Secret Service Protection Detail pays off.)
October 24, 1983:
Vampire Billy Idol launches "Rebel Yell" in Chelsea, England, condemning the anti-vampire murders as "Christian terrorism"....
October 30-November 1, 1983:
Vampires terrorise residents of Detroit, Michigan proclaiming "Devil's Night", sparking national attention,...
November 29, 1983
The Callistien (that is Ian Callister and Astrid Stien) help police catch a delinquent young teen cryokinetic in one of Mount Gambier's suburbs.
December 31, 1983
The Callistien establish the Callistein Gambier Detective Agency.
January 23, 1984:
"The Iron Sheik" is created as a "supervillian" for "Hero Fights" by Vince McMahon, tapping into growing anti-Arab sentiment,...
February 1, 1984
The Victoria Metahuman Academy opens in Geelong, Victoria.
March 1, 1984
Geneticists begin searching the DNA of volunteer metahumans for the theorised trigger gene...
April 5, 1984
A spin-off of the Battle Royale starts in Portland, Oregon.
May 7, 1984
Meta locusts are reported in southern Sudan, triggering fears of another famine.
June 22, 1984:
Leonard Talbot is proclaimed the "Pope of Yellowknife", calling for "a new set of spiritual values",...
July 16, 1984:
Geraldine Ferraro (D-NY) is named U.S. Vice-President after Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) refuses, citing the Chappaquiddick Disaster; at the Democratic Convention in San Francisco, California,.....
July 17, 1984:
During the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in San Francisco, Reverend Jesse Jackson condemns the rise of vigilantes pointing out "predominantly disaffected white males launching attacks on low-income communities of color, revealing legal lynchings..."
July 23, 1984:
Rock musician Cyndi Lauper invests in "Hero Fights", calling for greater female hero participation in New York City, New York,..
July 30, 1984:
CIA manual detailing how to assassinate and kill metahumans is made public in Managua, Nicaragua,...
August 9, 1984:
Vampire lord Glenn Danzig, forms the "death rock" group "Samhain" in Lodi, New Jersey, fueling national controversy and outrage,....
August 29, 1984:
DC Comics files for bankruptcy in New York City citing the public exhaustion in comic book superheroes caused by real-life vigilantes,...
September 13, 1984:
Vampire Billy Idol releases "Flesh for Fantasy" explaining the vampire omnisexuality, sparking international controversy,....
October 30-November 1, 1984:
Vampires terrorise residents of Detroit, Michigan proclaiming "Devil's Night", sparking national attention,....
October 31, 1984:
Indian President Indira Gandhi survives an assassination attempt in New Delhi, India, sparking international attention, fueling concerns about tensions within the Sikh community,....
November 8, 1984
Rebel Yell prevents a pogrom against Vampires in Oxford, England.
December 22, 1984:
"Subway Vigilante" Bernhard Goetz kills 4 African-American teens in New York City, New York, whom he claims were mugging passengers, fueling racial tensions,...
January 28, 1985
Deacon Cross, a known member of the Chicago Mafia, is now a wanted man for extortion, bribery, and throwing cars at government officials.
January 8, 1985
Valueism is established by Talbot in Yellowknife...
February 12, 1985
A Samhain concert in San Francisco devolves into a riot after 'Vampire hunters' show up...
March 20, 1985
Jesse Jackson again points out that many White meta's are disproportionally targeting people of color in their anti-crime activities. (Of course, mainly in the South, but still...)
April 4, 1985
A Samhain concert in Portland devolves into a riot after 'Vampire hunters' show up...
May 5, 1985:
Vampire Anne Rice of New Orleans, Louisiana, is proclaimed "Queen of the Damned" due to her leadership role amongst vampires, citing her prolific writings,...
June 1, 1985:
Battle of Wiltshire; British police clash with heroes "The Libertine" and "The Rumour", in a crackdown move by the British government,...
June 9, 1985:
Aquatic hero “Aquanaut” helps establish human-dolphin communications in Honolulu, Hawaii ,...
July 13, 1985:
Heroes from across the globe gather at "Power Prism" gather at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for "Heroes Against Hunger", concerning the famine in Ethiopia, receiving international attention,...
July 23, 1985:
Metahuman "Dyna-woman" is scandalized after Penthouse magazine publishes nude photos of the Los Angeles-based superhero, sparking national controversy,...
August 26, 1985
Goetz is sentenced to over 10 years in Rikers Island.
September 1, 1985:
Apollo Quiloboy proclaims himself the "Begotten Son of God" serving as a political. Acting as "spiritual advisor" to Ferdinand Marcos,...
September 14, 1985:
American Hero Fights (CBS-TV) animated series debuts, helping to promote the youth base of the "sport", makes its Saturday morning cartoon debut,...
September 19, 1985:
"Superbarrio" superhero emerges in Mexico City in the direct aftermath of the 8.0 earthquake, sparking national attention and popularity,....
October 28, 1985
Valueism has expanded to be third largest belief system in the Yukon.
November 7, 1985:
Playboy magazine features the controversial "Meta-Girls" featuring nude layouts of female metahumans, angering metahuman advocates as "exploitation,...
November 11, 1985:
Anti-Fascist Action (AFA) is formed in London, England to deal with the rising number of Neo-Nazi skinheads,...
November 19, 1985:
U.S. Astronaut Gordon Cooper warns the United Nations General Assembly that metahumans represent proof alien activities but also notes a "disturbing pattern of behavior developing..."
December 17, 1985:
Daniel Two Lands successfully negotiates representation of indigenous and aboriginal nations into the United Nations in New York City, New York,...
