1990 - 2000
| 1990 - 1996: The environmentally aware superhero "Earth-Man" is active 1991: Collapse of the Soviet Union 1991: Secret vampire societies set up by Dracula meddle in world affairs; "Edge" the Dhampir (Half-Vampire) stalks among them hunting down vampires 1991: Martial artists with superhuman powers globally popularize the sport of fighting quasi-legal duels with one another 1991: Many superheroes reject the traditional superhero code that was adhered to since WWII in favor of a much more violent and sadistic approach to crime-fighting. Finally, the Supreme Court overturns the code as unconstitutional. 1992: Bettie the Monster Hunter active 1992: MIT students create the world's first Artificial Intelligence, which promptly tries to take over the world until this glitch in its programming is fixed 1994: A runaway comet almost comes hurtling between the Earth and the Moon, threatening to unleash cosmic destruction and usher in a new age of super-science and sorcery, but luckily it's a near miss 1994: The US Senate creates the Time Patrol, a group of clandestine agents chartered to prevent time travelers from illegally tampering with history 1996: The Action Pack, bootleg superheroes from Mexico and East Asia are active. Membership includes... - Spader-Man - Robert Cop - Bat-Hero - Superheroic Man ...and others WATCH THE ACTION PACK IN ACTION 1996: Led personally by the US president, the nations of the world temporarily unite to repel another alien invasion 1997: High school students at secret schools study potent witchcraft 1998: A crew of US astronauts flies a successful mission into space to destroy an asteroid that's on a collision course with the Earth 1999: Cyberpunk martial artists discover that all of reality may be a complex computer simulation and that humans may actually be living batteries for advanced artificially intelligent machines. However, this theory does not gain widespread acceptance in the scientific community. Critics often claim that it's a drug induced delusion resulting from use of hallucinogenic "Red Pills" 1999: William J. Berg is accidentally frozen and will ultimately be thawed out in the year 2999 2000: The monstrous Y2K Bug is narrowly defeated through the combined efforts of virtually every active hero 2000: Satan visits the Earth in the guise of an attractive British woman 2000: A trend emerges of a surprisingly large minority of superheroes turning out to be gay. Who would have guessed that these champions of justice whose archetypal ideal is a well muscled male body dressed in tight spandex, Lycra, rubber, leather, etc, often including tiny speedos (pants optional), could harbor such a shocking secret? Among the heroes (and a few villains) who stunned the world by outing themselves as gays/lesbians... - The B-Boys (yes, all of them) - The Basketeer - The Glitter Gang - Neon Sign Man - Screaming Mimi - The Spider Lady ...and many others |
| Monsters fear Bettie |
| Is reality secretly a complex computer simulation or does the cyberpunk community suffer from drug-induced delusions? You be the judge. |
| America was stunned to learn that some superheroes may actually be gay |
| BEEP! |
