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='''<font color=red>CURRENT</font>'''= : '''''ISSUE #7, as of 1/28/08''''' ---- ==October, '88== : '''8th''' [[Image:Angelsangelicorderssafeguardvirtueomniangelsphinxegypt.jpg|thumb]] :: '''''Giza Plateau, Egypt''''': Following a narrow escape from tons of falling rock in America the Avengers recieve a telegram from Commander Dee directing them to an issue above the Great Pyramids at the site of another of the Mehir standing stones and "invasion" pit that splits the Causeway between the Sphinx and the Great Pyramid on the plateau. ::: There the Avengers are directed into a trap unknowingly by their teammate Argonaut! As the Avengers uncover a massive [[Avengers 1888 Egyptian Terracotta Growing Warriors|Egyptian Terracotta Growing Warriors]] beneath the Sphinx's paws - Thor accidentally activates part of the army that begins to attack. Meanwhile in the distance a figure looks down on them from the pyramids... ::: Following the Causeway tunnel from beneath the Great Sphinx's paws toward the Great Pyramid of [[Avengers 1888 KANG the Conqueror|Rama-Tut]], the Avengers find their teammate, Marshal America trapped within the tomb below. Uncovering him they learn that a mysterious stranger calls out to them from a mechanical device left within the tomb - [[Avengers 1888 KANG the Conqueror|KANG the Conqueror]] has triggered this deathtrap for these accursed Avengers!! As three portals open, and a green gas begins to flood the tomb as the team is sealed in ''FOREVER''!! ::: Fighting for their lives the Avengers defeat the time-ported villain accomplises of: [[Avengers 1888 Merlin the Magician|Merlin the Magician]], [[Avengers 1888 Attila the Hun|Attila the Hun]], and a [[Avengers 1888 Tyrannosaurus Rex|Tyrannosaurus Rex]]!! Taking trophies and solving clues left by the madman the Avengers escape learning of the hidden portal into "Limbo" from which [[Avengers 1888 the Either Phantom|the Either Phantom]] hails - a place that the time-controlling villain Kang has mastered... :: '''''Tombstone, AZ, USA''''': Having travelled to the Americas via Dr. Estrange's eldritch conduit the Avengers tend to the Mehir stone and first meet John Henry and Thor, Odinson. : '''5th''' :: <font color=green>'''BROADSHEET'''</font> [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/The_London_Trumpet_-_Victorian_Broadsheets#Friday.2C_October_5.2C_1888 Daily Trumpet Issue #4]: '''HEADLINE''' - ''" ??? "'' ==September, '88== : '''30th''' :: '''''London, England''''': Following an ugly autopsy, pealing the young frenchman from the leathered mechanics of his theiving identity of "'''Mr. Scorp'''", it was determined that Carmine Black is the forth victim (third found) of London's Ripper. Mr. Black was killed Sunday, September 30, 1888. Scotland Yard notes that Carmine had reported ties to the french owned company '''Maxim-Nordenfelt Guns, Ammunition Industry Munitions''' having worked for the dockyards within the East India Docks, a small group of Docks in the Blackwall area of East London, just north of the Isle of Dogs. [[Image:Jack-the-Ripper-The-Nemesis-of-Neglect-Punch-London-Charivari-cartoon-poem-1888-09-29.jpg|thumb|Artist's rendering of the Ripper]] :: '''''London, England''''': Mark Scarlotti (aka. '''Whiplash''') was killed on earlier on Sunday evening, September 30, 1888, on the same day as the next victim (Carmine Black). Scarlotti, originally a babbage engine technician who began his work at Starkweather Industries, and most recently at the Hammer Industries organization of Surrey, England. Scotland Yard notes that following a background check it is revealed that Scarlotti had been relieved of his job at Hammer Industries, having been diagnosed as manic-depressive by prison psychiatrists following a bout with theft. He had been reported as attempting to reform, but his manic nature lead him back to his alter-ego armored criminal identity of "Whiplash". : '''15-30th''' [[Image:Jungle2.jpg|thumb|The journey into the darkest Africa, Wakanda lies on the horizon...]] :: '''''Freetown, Africa''''': Acting on request from '''Lord Gyrich''' the Avengers (consisting of Marshal America, Argonaut and new comer the Bush Ranger) escort '''Mr. Ronald Pershing''' into the heart of Africa. They move toward the English protectorate of Wakanda to deliever the sound enthusiast to find a source of the fabled metal "Vibranium". It is at this time that '''the Wrecking Crew''' is born as well as Pershing himself seemingly being destroyed in a blast of sonics... <br> The Avengers request that T'chaka tribal chief of the Panthers of Wakanda construct a prison of the mythic metal to hold the newly empowered criminal Men of Renown until such a time that the Empire might bring them into custody... : '''15th''' :: <font color=green>'''BROADSHEET'''</font> [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/The_London_Trumpet_-_Victorian_Broadsheets?wikidb_session=0a33e09e5533181031b4ccfa00b24387#Friday.2C_September_15.2C_1888 Daily Trumpet Issue #3]: '''HEADLINE''' - ''" AVENGERS ASSEMBLED - But not soon enough?"'' :: '''''Isle of Wight, England''''': The Avengers foil '''the Invasion from the Center of the Earth''', forcing the Crown Chief of the Magma-Men to flee back into the pit as the grounds of the Isle of Wight cooled. : '''9th''' :: <font color=green>'''BROADSHEET'''</font> [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/The_London_Trumpet_-_Victorian_Broadsheets#Sunday.2C_September_9.2C_1888 Daily Trumpet Issue #2]: '''HEADLINE''' - ''"RIPPER - Red Light Killings too much for the Police?"'' : '''8th''' :: '''''London, England''''': the dead body of Alexander Gentry (known for the development of his Maxim "'''Quill'''" armored plate) is found. Gentry, a former prototype developer from the '''Maxim-Nordenfelt Guns, Ammunition Industry Munitions''' (office at 32 Victoria Street SW, London) is considered to be the second victim of the Ripper. :: '''''England''''': the first 6 '''Football League''' matches ever were played. : '''7th''' :: <font color=red>???</font>, a 200 meter cylindric hole appears at <font color=red>???</font>. '''(Hole #8)''' : '''6th''' :: Charles Turner becomes the first '''cricket bowler''' to take 250 wickets in an English season - a feat since accomplished only by Tom Richardson (twice), J.T. Hearne, Wilfred Rhodes (twice) and Tich Freeman (six times). : '''5th''' :: <font color=red>???</font>, a 200 meter cylindric hole appears at <font color=red>???</font>. '''(Hole #7)''' : '''4th''' :: George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak, and receives a patent for his camera which uses roll film. : '''3rd''' :: <font color=red>???</font>, a 200 meter cylindric hole appears at <font color=red>???</font>. '''(Hole #6)''' : '''1st''' :: <font color=red>???</font>, a 200 meter cylindric hole appears at <font color=red>???</font>. '''(Hole #5)''' ==August, '88== : '''31th''' :: '''''London, England''''': The newly gathered '''"AVENGERS"''' meet for the first time as they travel westward by rail to the Isle of Wight to investigate the massive trench that has swallowed the Queen's summer house. ROSTER: [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/MARSHAL_AMERICA_1888?wikidb_session=b8b33c5bc98b41cde1c97034215109e6 Marshal America], [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/THE_WASP_1888?wikidb_session=b8b33c5bc98b41cde1c97034215109e6 the Wasp], [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/ARGONAUT_1888?wikidb_session=b8b33c5bc98b41cde1c97034215109e6 Agronaut]. :: '''''London, England''''': Wilbur Day (aka. "'''London Tower'''", known petty theif) auxiliary mechanical engineer of '''The Society for the Advancement of Intelligentĭa and Mechanisms''' (A.I.M.) is murdered. He is the first of the Ripper's victims. [[Image:Osborne House c1910 - Project Gutenberg eText 17296.jpg|thumb|Osbourne House, Isle of Wight]] :: <font color=green>B'''ROADSHEET'''</font> [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/The_London_Trumpet_-_Victorian_Broadsheets#Friday.2C_August_31.2C_1888 Daily Trumpet Issue #5]: '''HEADLINE''' - ''" MENACE to MANKIND! An unknowable Spyder-man haunts the city"'' : '''30th''' :: <font color=red>???</font>, a 200 meter cylindric hole appears at <font color=red>???</font>. '''(Hole #4)''' : '''29th''' :: Queen Victoria sends letter to her would be Avengers, inviting them to become Her Majesty's Men. : '''27th''' :: <font color=red>???</font>, a 200 meter cylindric hole appears at <font color=red>???</font>. '''(Hole #3)''' : '''25th''' :: '''''Isle of Wight, England''''': a 200 meter cylindric hole appears on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Wight Isle of Wight] off the coast of England. The hole swallows half of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osbourne_House Osbourne House] mansion, a favorite summer home of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom Queen Victoria]. The land and sea surrounding the House begins to bubble and boil becoming near volcanic - expanding at a rate of about 2 miles radius every 24 hours!! '''(Hole #2)''' : '''23rd''' [[Image:Tombstone.gif|thumb|Tombstone, AZ]] :: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombstone%2C_Arizona Tombstone, Arizona, USA], a 200 meter cylindric hole appears roughly five miles outside the wild western town of Tombstone, AZ. The hole causes problems for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Pacific_Railroad the Southern Pacific Railroad] company lines through the nearby canyons. '''(Hole #1)''' ==June, '88== : '''29th''' :: Handel's Israel in Egypt is recorded onto wax cylinder at The Crystal Palace, it being the '''earliest known recording of classical music'''. : '''3rd''' :: '''''Casey at the Bat''''' published ==March, '88== : '''22nd''' :: The '''Football League''' is formed : '''11th''' :: The '''"Great Blizzard of '88"''' begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400. ==February, '88== : '''27th''' :: '''''West Orange, New Jersey, USA''''': Thomas Edison meets with Eadweard Muybridge who proposes a scheme for '''sound film'''. ==January, '88== : '''27th''' :: '''''Washington, DC, USA''''': the '''National Geographic Society''' is founded. : '''12th''' :: '''''Dakota Territory, USA''''': '''Blizzards''' (''Schoolhouse Blizzard'') hit the states of Montana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas, with 235 dead, many of whom were children on their way home from school. : '''3rd''' :: The '''91-centimeter telescope''' is first used at Lick Observatory. ---- ==1888== :: '''''London, England''''': Unsolved London '''murders''' of nefarious mechnaized-armored men of renown by "Jack the Ripper." :: George Eastman sells the first '''roll-film camera, the Kodak''' :: Founding of '''The Star''' (absorbed by The Evening News in 1960). ---- ---- ==1887== :: Frank Julian Sprague develops the '''electric streetcar''' ==1886== :: '''''New York, NY, USA''''': '''Statue of Liberty''' dedicated in New York harbor ==1884== :: Lewis E. Waterman develops the “'''fountain pen'''” ==1883== :: '''''New York, NY, USA''''': '''Brooklyn Bridge''' opens in New York City ==1882== :: Workers parade in New York City, first L'''abor Day''' ==1879== :: Thomas Edison develops the '''incandescent light bulb''' :: '''''Utica, NY, USA''''':'''Woolworth''' opens first five-and-ten store. ==1877== :: Thomas Edison develops the '''phonograph''' ==1876== :: Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia celebrates American independence :: Alexander Graham Bell invents the '''telephone''' :: '''''Little Big Horn, MT, USA''''':General '''Custer’s Last Stand'''. :: '''National League Baseball''' founded ==1872== :: Congress establishes first national park at '''Yellowstone''' ==1871== :: '''''Chicago, IL, USA''''': '''The Great Chicago Fire''' ==1869== :: '''''Utah, USA''''': Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads meet at Promontory Point; '''first transcontinental railroad''' ==1868== :: '''President Andrew Johnson''' impeached by House; acquitted by Senate ==1867== :: U.S. purchases '''Alaska''' for $7.2 million ==1865== :: '''President Lincoln''' assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater; Andrew Johnson becomes President :: 13th Amendment ratified ('''Slavery abolished''') ==1862== :: '''Homestead Act''' grants free family farms to settlers ==1861-65== :: '''American Civil War''' ==1858-78== :: Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux build '''New York’s Central Park''', which becomes a model for city parks. ==1838== :: Samuel F.B. Morse invents the '''telegraph''' ---- ---- <br>
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