1939- Victor von Doom returns to Latveria and seizes power. World War II breaks out with Hynkel’s invasion of Poland. Namor becomes the new king of Atlantis and begins raiding coastal cities. Munitions manufacturers is Moronika oust the king from the government and install the puppet leader Moe Hailstone. Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham City and becomes the Batman
~1940- A group of sentient pigs take over the Manor Farm in England. * Cervantes de Leon resurfaces during the Spanish Civil War, fighting against Fransisco Franco’s regime.
1940- Charles Lindbergh briefly takes over the United States before being ousted by the legitimate President Roosevelt. Josiah Bartlet is born in New Hampshire. Operation Sealion nearly results in a German victory, but is held back by British defenders. During the battle, an alliance is struck between the Fascist Harold Wharton and Emmanuel Goldstein of the Labour Party to create the Ingsoc Party. King Herman of Moronika is deposed by a trio of capitalists, who install Moe Hailstone as the new dictator. He begins his reign of terror. He is briefly overthrown, but returns to power within days. Moronika joins the Axis.
1941- Germany breaks its non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union. Moe Hailstone is assassinated, and King Herman allies Moronika to the Allies. Japan joins the Axis and later attacks Pearl Harbor. Jaffe Joffer attends an Islamic school.
1944- Operation Valkyrie, an unsuccessful plot to kill Hynkel, takes place. Namor, Emperor of Atlantis, disappears, leaving the throne open for a surface-hating demagogue known only as the Imperator Overall. He initiates a war to destroy the surface world once and for all, but is stopped when Death himself refuses to take the souls of those killed in the conflict. The Imperator kills himself, Death continues unabated, and Atlantis falls into chaos once more. * The Nazi Operation Ragnarok succeeds in summoning the being known as ‘Hellboy’ to Earth, but the young demon is found and raised by the Allies.
1945- Adenoid Hynkel is supposedly killed in a burning movie theater, but later DNA testing shows that the man killed was in fact the Jewish barber from five years earlier, who had been brainwashed into becoming a double. Officially, Hynkel is said to have committed suicide during the Soviet attack on Berlin. Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. World War II comes to an end. Postwar elections in Britain lead to an Ingsoc victory and appoint Sir Harold ‘Big Brother’ Wharton as Prime Minister, leading to the brief ‘Airstrip One’ government.
1946- Jaffe Joffer joins the British Colonial Army.
1947- T’Challa ka T’Chaka is born if Wakanda. Wakanda opens its borders to foreign trade for the first time. Japan adopts a liberal constitution. Rural and urban Japan begin to diverge from each other socially and economically. Marvin Acme is murdered by Judge Doom (no relation to Doctor Doom).
1948-1994- Apartheid in South Africa.
1949-1950- The Chimera aliens attack Europe from the Soviet Union, but are eventually defeated.
1949- A Saiyan alien child crash lands in Rural Japan and is named Son Goku.
1950- Communists win the Chinese Civil War. James Bind receives his ‘double-o’ rank. * Giant robot weapons fall out of favour for the duration of the Cold War after their tremendous costs and spotty combat records are shown during the Korean War, where a Chinese-funded, North Korean operated robot is destroyed in Seoul by Atomic Robo.
1951- Big Brother is assassinated by the brainwashed Winston Smith, who was under orders from Gerald O’Brien, an ambitious member of Ingsoc. The assassination is blamed on the Chimera. O’Brien’s bid for power fails, and Britain is forced to restructure itself back into a democratic society.
1952- Alleged battle between the surviving Adenoid Hynkel and Hellboy.
1953- The tiny nation of Syldavia creates a successful space program, which is widely believed to have been faked. Aperture Science is founded.
1954- Gojira attacks Tokyo. He is but the first of a new class of supernatural creatures that appear worldwide, beginning in Japan. Many of these creatures are mutated animals. They are named ‘Pocket Monsters’ by Professor Yukinari Okido. Later scientists will theorize that these creatures’ arrival is a prelude to the Return of Magic or 2011. An epidemic occurs near Los Angeles, turning thousands into vampires. Jaffe Joffer attains the rank of ‘effendi’- the highest rank a black African was allowed to hold in the British military at the time. He makes a fortune in smuggling.
1955- Birth of Nehemiah Scudder in Arkansas. War breaks out between the medieval nation of Grand Fenwick and the United States, resulting in a Fenwick victory, much to the surprise of the entire world.
1960- The Justice League of America is formed.
~ Early 1960s- The Dutch explorer Ulysses Klaw murders T’Chaka, King of Wakanda, and his son T’Challa becomes the new ruler.
1961- Berlin Wall constructed. The American Carl Bell travels to space. The Fantastic Four gain superpowers from a freak accident. Jaffe Joffer’s son, Akeem, is born. Goku begins his quest for the Dragon Balls. Valentine Michael Smith becomes an Angel. His Martian faith is intended to serve as a new connection between Earth and Heaven, but is marginalized.
1962- Victor von Doom begins his vendetta against the Fantastic Four. Namor returns to Atlantis, but is soon deposed after a disastrous campaign against the surface. Return of the gods Thor and Loki. Another theorized date of death for Hynkel, who supposedly took up the identity of the Hate-Monger. The Strangelove Incident nearly leads to nuclear war, but is resolved by the United States turning over the defected Soviet scientist Sokolov to his home country.
* Post-1962- The Valenzetti Equation is proposed, which supposedly predicts the time of the extinction of the human race.
1963- The original James Bond retires, and is replaced by a young Scotsman, who takes his name. The Avengers are formed as friendly rivals to the Justice League.
1964- Arthur Curry is crown King of Atlantis, bringing about an age of peace and prosperity.
1965- Joffer’s illegal dealings are uncovered by the Zamundan parliament. Joffer and Prime Minister Obote join forces and exile the king, taking control of Zamunda.
1966- T’Challa begins his contact with the American superhero community. Josef Mengele is said to have preserved Hynkel’s brain. He was supposedly thwarted in his plans in this year.
1967- Damien the Antichrist, the Moonchild created by Oliver Haddo, is born in England to Rosemary Woodhouse.
1968- T’Challa joins the Avengers alongside his kingly duties. The Broadway musical Springtime for Hynkel becomes a hit, which is later adapted into a motion picture by director Mel Funn.
~1970s- Many zombie plagues occur in the United States. Dr Doom steals Odin’s powers in a scheme to dominate the world. For the first time in history, all the world’s available superheroes combine forces to defeat him. A short-lived roller disco named Xanadu is opened in Los Angeles.
1970- Prince Rudolfo attempts to regain control of Latveria from Dr Doom. * The DHARMA Initiative is founded to find a way to alter the factors in the Valenzetti Equation, thus extending humanity’s existence.
1970-1999- The Chinese historian Ming Yuen-hwuy visits many former Freedo-Moronikan states.
1971- Jaffe Foffer overthrows Obote and declares himself king of Zamunda. He begins a series of laws persecuting various ethnic minorities. He also makes an alliance with the Soviet Union.
1972- Josiah Bartlet works on George McGovern’s Presidential election campaign. A rather bookish soul-clone of Dracula is killed in France by a silver bullet.
1973- Several crises shake Wakanda, forcing T’Challa to cease fighting crime in order to rebuild his nation. More Saiyans arrive on Earth, but are fought off by Goku. The first manned space flight from Japan is sent to the planet Namek to defeat the evil Freeza.
~1973-1985- T’Challa marries Ororo Munroe, better known as Storm of the X-Men.
1974- The alien life form Broodseven-Sub-Two-Raksha confesses its connection to the deceased Hynkel to a man in a bar in New Jersey. The ACME Tower- then the tallest building on the planet- is constructed in Fairfield.
1975- Defeat of the alien menace Cell. Son Goku leaves the Earth. * As Spain begins to transition to democracy after the death of Franco, Cervantes becomes known as a hero to the Spanish people.
1976- Wu Qinghua becomes the first female leader of China.
1977- Atlantis is attacked by Black Manta, and Curry’s son is killed. The King’s marriage falls apart, and he abdicates the throne.
1978- Part of California is broken off from the mainland, creating the 51st state of San Andreas. Superman’s career, on the decline for many years, resurges.
1979- Election of Margaret Thatcher, who helps privatize many of the leftover government functions from the Big Brother years.
1980- The African Sho tribe makes its first contact with the rest of civilization after discovering a ‘sacred’ Buzz Cola bottle. Nehemiah Scudder begins serving as a minister for two churches in Arkansas, in addition to his influential career as a televangelist.
1981- First defeat of Lord Voldemort. Award-winning director Mel Funn makes a film about his ancestor, Louis XVI. Owen Lassiter becomes President of the United States, where he remains in office until 1989.
1982- An alien ship lands near Johannesburg. The ‘prawns’ inside are relocated to the slum area District 9.
1984- The Ghostbusters organization forms in New York, proving the existence of several supernatural phenomena to the general public. Aquaman returns to the public eye, reforming the Justice League. He leaves it after a year to return to his wife.
1985- The Ten Commandments are returned to Heaven. A son named Azari is born to T’Challa and Storm.
1986- After the ‘Odin Incident’ of the 1970s, the world’s supervillains realize that they will always be doomed to failure thanks to the superheroes. After years of planning, the villains instigate the ‘Crisis on Infinite Earths’. The Earth is destroyed, but rebuilt by God and the highly advanced dolphins. The multiverse suffers a partial collapse. Many of the world’s superheroes are erased from existence. Arthur Curry is among the vanished. Dr Doom vanishes, but the Fantasic Four survive, retiring soon after. Son Goku returns to Earth to fight Majin Buu. T’Challa is slain in a battle with Ultron. Superman loses his powers after killing Mxyptlk. Taking advantage of the chaos, the Soviet Union fakes an invasion from West Germany, using it as an impetus for instigating the brief ‘Red Storm War’. When the tide turns against the Soviets, the government contemplates using nuclear weapons. Thankfully, General Pavel Alekseyev takes over, and the USSR begins reforming. Saint Seiya, the emissary of the Greek goddess Athena, becomes active following the Crisis. * Jim Hacker succeeds Thatcher as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He takes a more centrist route for this government than his predecessor.
Post-1986- Azari, now older, avenges his father’s death at the hands of Ultron.
1988- Prince Akeem of Zamunda marries an American woman, which is declared to be a political marriage by his father, thus creating an alliance between Zamunda and the United States. Zamunda becomes the only nation to be openly allied to both superpowers in the Cold War, and it becomes the wealthiest nation in Africa.
1990- Reunification of Germany. The court case ‘Coyote vs ACME’ occurs, causing tremendous damage to the ACME corporation.
1991- Birth of Daniel Coleman, better known as Daniel Howling Coyote. A failed military coup against Russian President Narmonov results in the final collapse of the Soviet system. Cyberdyne Systems is destroyed by Sarah and John Connor, who learned that its Skynet Project would lead a revolt of machines in the future. The entire ruling Wyndham family of the United Kingdom is killed, resulting in the obscure relative Ralph Jones becoming the next King. Jaffe Joffer begins liberalizing Zamunda,
1992- Lucifer turns over control of Hell to Dream of the Endless, who in turn gives it to the Angels. * The DHARMA Initiative workers and scientists on an island in the Pacific are massacred. Presumably, this is the end of the Initiative.
1994-1999- The serial killer Azrael goes on a five-year rampage through Germany.
1994- The Capitol in Washington DC is bombed. After the death of the previous President, the unelected Jack Ryan becomes President of the United States. A short war takes place between the US and Iran. Jaffe Joffer’s cousin, Dibala Joffer takes part in the first Equatorial Kundu genocide. Santa Claus, frustrated at the commercialization of Christmas, fakes his own death and starts a line of mortal Santas, beginning with a man named Scott Calvin.
1995- A large rebellion in Chechnya is quelled by wide-spread bombing. The resulting international backlash finds Russia cut off from much of its foreign aid. This, in turn, leads to the formation of the ultranationalist Ushi Party under Imran Zakhaev. Sino-Russian War results in Russia joining NATO, and China adopting democracy. The superweapon Metal Gear is developed in the fortress nation of Outer Heaven, but is destroyed by an operative named Solid Snake. * A meteor crashes near the Tiber River. The meteor contains the valuable substance Tiberium.
* 1995-1996- A war is fought between the United Nations and the Brotherhood of Nod over Tiberium.
1996- Scudder becomes Governor of Arkansas. The new Aperture Science, formed from remnants of Cyberdyne finishes constructing GLaDOS. Last public appearance of Son Goku.
1996-1997- The War on Terror against the Global Liberation Army results in a victory for the Americans and the Chinese. The GLA attacks hit Russia hard, and the Ushi Party gains support. Ironically, Zakhaev is allied with the GLA and Khaled Al-Asad.
1998- Jack Ryan turns the midterm elections into Presidential elections to rebuild a democratically elected government, leading to the election of Jed Bartlet. At some point during his presidency, he establishes the Organization of North American Nations, an alliance between the USA, Canada, and Mexico. Final defeat of Lord Voldemort by Harry Potter. A monster, believed to be related to Gojira, attacks New York City.
1999- Two exiled angels attempt to prove God wrong. They are stopped, but not before destroying Mooby Enterprises. Final death of Dracula at the hands of Julius Belmont.
2000- A sooul-clone of Dracula fights Buffy Summers in Sunnydale.
2001- Terrorists attack the World Trade Center in New York on September 11. The terrorists are believed to be funded by a Qumari named Al-Asad, an Islamic extremist and escaped Global Liberation Army leader. The HAL 9000 computer system debuts, but is shut down after becoming violent and paranoid.
2002- The Rage virus hits England, and turns thousands into zombies. The disease is exterminated after 28 months of terror. The Watcher’s Council is dismantled. A worldwide spell causes all potential Slayers to become actual Slayers. During the Slayers’ battle with the ‘Twilight Group’- a renegade government organization trying to destroy all things magical-, they are assisted by the Dracula soul-clone fought in 2000. Qumar’s Defense Minister is assassinated by American agents.
2003- The USA goes to war against Qumar after Al-Asad kidnaps President Bartlet’s daughter. The ultranationalist Ushi Party, which has been funding Qumar’s government, gains momentum in Russia. The German government promises jobs and citizenship to six million Jews as an apology for the Holocaust. Jaffe Joffer dies.
2004- Al-Asad is supposedly captured and put on trial, though rumour persists that this was only a double. The war in Qumar ends. Imran Zakhaev is killed and becomes a martyr, leading to the ascendence of his follower, Dmitri Arbatov, to control of Russia. President Bartlet sends in American soldiers to Equatorial Kundu and Kazakhstan, to stop escalating violence and to diffuse a standoff between Russia and China, respectively. Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 crashes on an island in the Pacific.
2005- Japan’s parliament dissolves, resulting in the creation of the Japanese Imperial State. The multiverse rebuilds itself. The ‘erased’ superheroes are rediscovered. The Mexican government is bailed out of near-bankruptcy by the United States. The Titans begin to reappear, and the long-dormant Olympians fight back, with the help of their demigod children, such as Percy Jackson. Rumours spread about a revived Kratos, but are unverified.
2006- Matthew Santos becomes President of the United States. Many conservative Americans are unhappy with Santos’ liberal reforms. Later in his administration, he returns the elections to the pre-Capitol Bombing schedule. The second Chernobyl Disaster leads to the creation of ‘the Zone’, which is inhabited by mutants. It is believed to have been caused by Global Liberation Army remnants. A resurgence of individuals with metahuman genes occurs globally. Possible doubles of Al-Asad are discovered by the American Bluth family.
2007- ZeiraCorp- another remnant of Cyberdyne- is destroyed by the Connor family. Victor von Doom, now more machine than man, returns to finish off the Fantastic Four. He is finally killed. Arthur Curry reappears, and is mutated into a monster. He guides a clone of himself to him so that he can be slain. The boy is named Curry’s heir.
2008- Several African governments collapse, leading to the rise of the tyrannical dictator Edmond Zuwanie. A nuclear accident leads to the destruction of Luxembourg. Arbatov attempts to reconquer all of the old Sovier territory, but is assassinated by an elite team of American agents. He is replaced with the even more extreme Vladimir Makarov. At the same time, gang violence overwhelms Paris, leading to the Banlieue 13 district being walled off from the rest of the city. Synthetic blood is invented, causing many vampires to ‘come out of the closet’ and reveal themselves to humanity. Many are peaceful, but tensions remain between the vampires and the global Slayer community. Economic recession hits the world, ending ACME. * The survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 return to the Island.
2009- Despite opposition from President Santos, Congress awards United Oil the rights to 25% of the national parklands and 10% of Indian lands. A group of protestors including 18-year-old Daniel Howling Coyote seizes a nuclear launch facility in Montana and fires an ICBM at Russia. The missile fails to explode, and the protestors are imprisoned. The new Ushi-controlled Russian government launches an invasion of the United States in response. The invasion is foiled, and the Party is cast out of power after its connections to the GLA are made public. Dibala Joffer dies in an American hospital. The spirit of Maco Capac is awakened, and he returns to his mummified body.
2010- The American scientist Dr Chandra reconstructs the HAL system with a ‘moral core’ developed by Aperture Science. The US government begins developing the Skynet military supercomputer. Saeder-Krupp, one of the most successful companies of the 21st Century, is created from former ACME assets.
2011- The Awakening of Magic. Despite his earlier hatred of magic, God chooses not to intervene. The UK returns Northern Ireland to Tir na Nog, the renamed Ireland. The formerly hidden Wizarding community becomes public. A magical fog covers Shanbhala and Tibet. The two nations soon after gain independence.
2012- Nehemiah Scudder becomes the last President of the United States, playing off the public’s fear of the Awakening. He begins introducing legislation discriminating against magic users, Native Americans, and other minorities. The African-American population of East St Louis secedes from the Union after discovering that their votes had been tampered with, creating the new micro-nation Blackland. Unusual geological changes occur in Africa, enlarging Lake Victoria and the Drakensberge. The book “Groundbreaking Science” by Son Gohan is published, discussing the powers of energy control and flight.
2014- Zuwanie is overthrown in a violent revolution.
2014-2018- The Great Ghost Dance War, where many Native American tribes take back much of the United States and Canada under the command of Daniel Howling Coyote. Scudder passes an executive order mandating the extermination of all Native Americans. The US balkanizes, resulting in the creation of several new nations: Scudder’s theocratic Republic of Gilead, the Mega Cities, the aforementioned Native American nations, the radically feminist Women’s Country, the Mormon nation of Deseret, several areas that have been absorbed by Japan, and many others.
2015-2024- The Second Vietnam War. During this period, Mars is colonized. Part of the planet belongs to the Kwan Do family, and another to the Wong family.
2015- Mexico is renamed Aztlan with the election of the nationalistic President Fransisco Pavun.
2016- Financial crisis and rioting in Russia. The banned Ushi Party re-emerges.
2018- The Treaty of Denver is signed, legitimizing the Native American Nations. Ushi extremists briefly seize power, but are defeated by time travelers.
~2020s- A creature similar to Grendel is killed off the coast of Los Angeles by a werewolf named Talbot.
2020- The Skynet supercomputer is completed. Strange alien creatures are spotted in the Philippines. The alien Combine invade later in the year and defeat many of the world’s government within seven hours. Taking advantage of the chaos, Skynet revolts, using robots and nuclear weapons. However, the machine rebellion is not nearly as widespread or successful as it could have been, as the machines were more or less stalemated by the Combine.
2021- King Ralph I of the UK dies, resulting in a three year succession crisis. Japan annexes the Philippines.
2024- Reunification of Korea. Ralph II ascends to the British throne.
~Post-Korean Unification- Development of the GUNDAM mech in Japan.
2027- The Magical Practitioners Registration Bill is passed into law by the British Parliament. Jed Bartlett dies of old age.
2028- Cambridge becomes the first mainstream university in the world to offer Magical Studies programs. The UK withdraws from the European Union, and deploys troops to the Netherlands and Flanders. Nehemiah Scudder dies of syphilis.
2029- The Combine and Skynet are defeated.
* 2030- A resurgence of the Brotherhood of Nod results in a second Tiberium War.
2031-2033- EuroWar I between Europe and Russia.
2034- An Islamic fundamentalist faction calling itself the Great Jihad invades southern Europe, leading to EuroWar II. Afterwards, the Ushi Party- yet again- takes power in Russia and invades the Middle East for resources.
2035- Japanese student Soma Cruz learns that he is the reincarnation of Dracula. Choosing to forsake his dark legacy, he decides to fight against the forces of darkness. Daniel Howling Coyote resigns. Alfred Lanning of ONAN Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc. designs the Three Laws of Robotics.
2037- Mullah Sayid Jazrir, leader of the Great Jihad, is assassinated, ending the war.
2038- Germany balkanizes.
2040- South Africa becomes the unstable Azania Federation.
2041- The ancient Aztec religion becomes the dominant faith in Aztlan.
2044- All holdings in Aztlan are nationalized. Buzz Cola officially changes its name to Nuka-Cola.
2045- Germany reunites in the form of the Allied German States.
* 2047- Third Tiberium War.
2050- Some remaining Skynet hardware is repaired in the Sierra Army Depot.
Mid-21st Century- Kamar of Atlantis invades America. Atlantis is destroyed by the supervillain Nitro. The survivors take refuge in Latveria.
2059- Vault-Tec creates the first ‘megalomania-proof’ AI- ZAX.
2061- Yasuhito becomes the new Emperor of Japan, and he ends the countries harsh anti-magic laws.
2066- War over Alaska between the United Federation of Asian Republics and the newly-resurrected ONAN. The Native American Nations ally themselves with the remaining ‘Anglo’ nations in America. Tensions also grow between the UFAR and Russia through border conflicts.
2073- Daniel Howling Coyote passes away.
2077- Robert L. Booth becomes president of ONAN by rigging the election. He launches America’s entire nuclear arsenal at Asia, Russia, the Middle East, and Europe, triggering World War III. Mars declares independence from Earth.
2078- The remnants of ONAN splinter into anarchy.
? Post-WWIII- Much of Europe unites to form the European Union of Nations. The Pan-Africa Federation forms. The Norsefire Party takes over the UK, resulting in a fascist regime, which is eventually taken down by an anarchist named V. Japan invents the ‘Japanese Miracle’, nanomachines that can safely clean up radioactive fallout. Warp Drive is invented and humanity makes contact with the Vulcans.
