Robert E. Wronski Jr.'s Blog, page 3

Facebook’s Arbitrary Cruelty and Bigotry

I’m poor.  I’m disabled.  I suffer from social anxiety.  All of the people with whom I share the most in common I’ve found to live far away.  People in my neighborhood, my town, my community… do not get me, and I do not get them.  But through social media, I have found close friends from throughout the world who I can geek out with.  People who get me, and I get them.Facebook has disabled my account.  First they said it was for my security, and then it was for violating their terms of service.  These are my violations:I am bi-gender and queer.  Though my legal name (which I use as an author) is Robert E. Wronski, Jr., to express my feminine side, I use the name Robyn.  My friends all call me Robyn.  So my profile name was Robyn.  Facebook didn’t like this.Because I have a male body but identity as both male and female, I used avatars of female characters like the Doctor (Jodie Whitacker) or Supergirl as my profile pictures.  I wasn’t trying to pretend I was someone I’m not.  My Facebook photo album had plenty of real pictures of me.  But Facebook didn’t like when I used a female picture.  (Note they never minded when I used male fictional character avatars.)And the worst offense apparently was that I was too social on a social media site.  Apparently I liked too many people’s posts, as if that’s a bad thing.  I participated in too many discussion groups and I shared too many funny memes.  The social network site told me that being social and being true to myself were violations of their terms of service.I tried to create a new, straight account.  After a day I guess they caught on that it was the same queer me, because of their facial recognition and gps locator tech.  So they disabled my new account.Facebook has cut me off from my social world.  This is what a social network has done.  They can claim they think I’m a fake person, because clearly they use computer algorithms to make their determinations.  If a human actually looked at my page they’d see I was a real person using the site the way they say it’s intended.  But meanwhile they allow Russian hackers, Nigerian scammers, and Sunglasses spammers.I don’t do well in face to face social situations.  I don’t get along well with the people in my community.  I’m a poor person who has to eat at soup kitchens, where most of the folks around me have interests that involve shooting up heroin and fighting.  I found a way to get past my circumstances and found an outlet where I could connect with people who liked to talk about alternate timelines, shared realities, and all sorts of important trivial fiction.  But Facebook took that away.  Because they don’t like people who are gay and they don’t like people who are transgender, and they seem to want to target people who actually use Facebook as a social network.I no longer have a connection to my friends.  I can no longer have my forum where I can collaborate with the other fanboys, geeks, crossoverists, authors, publishers, and podcasters.  I no longer have access to the forum where people discuss my website, my books, and my podcast.And also, I am no longer able to be the social media person for my church, a volunteer position that I’ve held for a couple of years now and that’s given me some purpose.  That’s gone now too.So I am asking someone out there to make a better Facebook.  Make a social network site that allows people to be true to themselves, that allows people to be able to be friends with whoever they wish, and are allowed to geek out and collaborate with other creative types about whatever geekdom that tickles their fancy.Now I’m just going to be alone, isolate from all those I care about, because Facebook has decided that I don’t get to have friends, because I’m queer.

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Stan Lee

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Stan Lee loved a shared universe. Prior to 1961, comic book crossovers between series within the same company rarely happened. Team books like JSA and 7 Soldiers had team-ups of series leads but that never spilled over into individual titles. There was the one time that the JSA met Hop Harrigan, and that time the Sandman interacted with the Newsboy Legion and the Boys Commandos. Over in Marvel, we had the Human Torch fighting Sub-Mariner. Fawcett had a few rare team-ups as well outside the Marvel Family.

In the 50s, Worlds Finest brought the worlds of Superman and Batman together, and that would sometimes spill over into other titles. And Adventure Comics played with some inter-series crossovers between Superboy, Green Arrow, and Aquaman. When pre-Marvel tried to bring back the Golden Age in the 50s, we got to see Cap meeting Human Torch and Sub-Mariner.

But then Stan Lee, tired of the same old comics, decided to quit. His wife convinced him that before he does that, he should try doing comics his way. Because of the success of the JLA for DC, Lee was able to put out his own super-hero team, the Fantastic Four, and it took off.Creating realistic heroes with personalities that we can identify with, and placing them in a realistic city was just part of the appeal of what made the Marvel Silver Age great.

But Stan Lee had a wonderful opportunity of writing all the comics, and having placed them all in the same city. So having heroes team up (and fight, because we all love super-hero fights) because a regular thing. Even having characters make minor cameos, just because they happened to be in the neighborhood, was a thing, reminding us constantly that they all shared a single universe. Villains introduced in one series would make their way to another. Let's face it, Doctor Doom was everyone's enemy.

Nowadays, the comic book shared universe is a given, so much so we don't even count them as crossovers. But it was Stan Lee who normalized what had previously been a rare happening.

It's not surprising then, that Marvel became such a well known cinematic universe. Granted, it's not the first shared cinematic universe. We had the Universal Horror and the Toho Kaiju before. But the MCU, just like the MU before, took a rarity and created a trend. Now, everyone's trying to create their own shared cinematic universe. DC's doing it. Universal tried to do a revival. Hasbro has been working on one. But Marvel was able to start the trend now because they were able to do the same thing in comics then. And that's because of Stan Lee.

There is a lot of controversy of course, regarding giving Lee all the credit for Marvel, and of course, I don't give him all the credit. He had a bullpen full of other writers and artists who helped create the Marvel Universe. It wasn't all Stan. But when it comes to the crossovers, to the creation of the Marvel Shared Universe, that, in my opinion, was mostly to the credit of Stan Lee.

And for me, as a crossoverist, I would have never gotten into crossovers if it weren't for Marvel Team-Up, the Avengers, and other similar books that showed a young me the greatness of shared universes.

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The Adventures of Superboy: A TVCU Timeline

Earth-988--Post-Crisis--Superboy--An Earth that has a college-age Superboy as its only hero.  Based on the 1988 Superboy live-action television series.  Named in Crisis On Infinite Earths: Absolute Edition (Nov. 2005)--Superboy (vol. 3) #1 (February 1990)

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1988 to 1992--THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERBOY--In this universe, Superboy debuted in college.  This series was influenced by the film series but contradicted it in canon.  This series is notable for being cancelled only to make room for Lois & Clark, as TV execs think there can't be two Superman shows on at the same time, just like Gotham is now being cancelled to allow Batwoman to come into existence.  This series was the first in the Superman mythos to explore the multiverse concept, and had Superboy meet his golden age counterpart.  This series also had a comic book continuation that was actually pretty well written and also explored the multiverse concept further, as a time when DC Comics was trying to get away from the multiverse concept.



1989 to 1991--SUPERBOY:  THE COMIC BOOK--DC Comics published a tie-in comic book series during the TV show's run, launching the comic during the TV series' second season. Superboy (Volume 2) is different from any other Superman or Superboy titles in that it is set in the continuity of the Superboy television series, as opposed to the regular DC Universe. Its intent was to explore some of the unseen tales and events that the TV series could not. The series originally carried the cover title Superboy: The Comic Book with issue #1 having a photo cover with the show's stars Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk (dated Feb. 1990), although the title in the indicia was simply Superboy. After issue #11, the series changed its cover title to The Adventures of Superboy as the TV series itself had changed titles starting with season three, and the change was reflected in the comic book's indicia beginning with #18. The series was published monthly until it went bi-monthly for its final three issues, remained in publication for 22 issues to the end of 1991 (cover dated Feb. 1992), and a concluding one issue special in 1992.



1990 to 1991--THE FLASH--In one episode of the Flash, there is a costume party and someone is wearing a Supeman costume.  I had previously placed the Flash in the same canon as Lois & Clark due to both the Flash's theme being similar to the Batman film series that had crossed with Lois & Clark and the whole 90s era being lumped together.  However, since Lois & Clark didn't start until 1993, there must be some Superman already in this universe for the costume to exist.  So The Flash must be in the same universe as the Adventures of Superboy, making Earth-988 part of the Arrowverse multiverse.  Of course, the Arrowverse Multiverse only has 53 worlds, so they would probably number it differently.  Thus far, they haven't given the Flash 90s series a number designation but they have shown it to be in the same multiverse.  

Although the Superboy series was still popular, the fourth season was to be its last. The finale was to be titled "Obituary For a Superhero" and Superboy was supposed to appear to meet his demise at the hands of Lex Luthor in a cliffhanger ending. The intent of the Salkinds was to make a series of television movies, which would resolve the cliffhanger and see Superboy's return.As this was going on, a new Superman television series was in development at Warner Bros., who had sold licenses to the Salkinds to produce works based on the Superman franchise and its derivative works, such as Superboy. This led to the production of the 1978 feature film and its first two sequels, all of which featured Christopher Reeve in the title role. However, after the critical failure of  Superman III  and the financial flop of  Supergirl , the latter of which had no domestic involvement from Warner Bros., the Salkinds sold their movie license to The Cannon Group while retaining their rights for potential television series.It was under that license that Superboy was developed and, since Warner Bros. did not have a stake in the production or distribution of any television properties, the Salkinds agreed with Viacom to distribute the series. Warner Bros.' new series, which was to be titled  Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman , was to be set in the then-current series continuity created by John Byrne, which would have conflicted with the continuity that Superboy took place in.Warner Bros. decided to go to court to attempt to repossess the remaining media rights to the Superman franchise that they had not already regained, and the Salkinds were served with notice that they would not be able to produce any further episodes of Superboy, including telefilms, beyond the 1991–92 season. The writers of Superboy were forced to rewrite "Obituary for a Superhero" and create a new final episode, a two-parter titled "Rites of Passage". The "Obituary for a Superhero" episode aired during the middle of the final season and the conclusion of "Rites of Passage" aired on May 17, 1992. Lois & Clark would premiere in the fall of 1993.The Salkinds decided to challenge Warner Bros. in court over the rights to their Superboy series; a lengthy period of legal wrangling ended with a settlement. The terms of the settlement, which is still binding as of 2014, gave Warner Bros. full control of the Superman franchise's films and television series, with the exception of television distribution of Superman IV which remains under the control of Trifecta Entertainment and Media, a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. Control of the Superboy television series is shared with both Ilya Salkind, who took over his father's share of the series when Alexander died in 1997, and the Salkinds' corporate successor StudioCanal. Viacom retained its television distribution rights in the United States, which are now in the hands of its successor CBS Television Distribution. Warner Bros. holds worldwide home media distribution rights and international television distribution rights for the series, but neither Viacom nor Warner Bros. has taken advantage of these rights and Superboy has yet to be rerun since its 1992 finale.
THE TELEVISION CROSSOVER MULTIVERSE

According to The Adventures of Superboy, a time warp opened when Krypton exploded, and this created a divergence.  Basically, baby Kal-El was duplicated into an infinite number of doppelgangers who arrived at different times on Earth in an infinite number of divergent timelines.  Of course, we can attribute this to the Time Trapper's interference while using the effects of the Crisis on Infinite Earths for his own purposes.  



Though this timeline isn't significant in crossovers, it's vitally important to TVCU theory by allowing us to have multiple Superman timelines that all have connections back to the TVCU.

Superman: The Movie: A TVCU Timeline

Superman'78 came from a very different Krypton, one that exploded actually thousands of years ago and where the architecture was based on an advanced crystal technology.  Kal-El came through a time portal and ended up in landing him in Smallville, Kansas in 1948 (though he had aged two years during his travel).  He was raised by Jonathan and Martha Kent.  He moved to a Metropolis that is clearly New York City.  It has a Stature of Liberty and United Nations, and Rex Reed is seen at the Daily Planet.  Rex Reed worked in NYC in 1978.



1947 (or thousands of years ago)--Birth of Kal-El.

1948--According to Lex Luthor, Krypton exploded in 1978, even though Jor-El tells Clark that Krypton exploded thousands of years ago.

1951--Kal-El lands on Earth and is adopted by the Kents.



1965--Death of Jonathan Kent. Clark leaves to find his destiny.



1977--SUPERMAN THE MOVIE--At this point, the second Superman debuts. We should presume at this point that any TVCU appearances of Superman prior to this were of course the original Superman (from ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN) and after this point, we are seeing the Superman from SUPERMAN THE MOVIE as the primary Superman, and the golden age Superman would be the George Reeves version.





1979--SUPERMAN II--As revealed in the Richard Donner cut, Superman II was meant to happen immediately following the first movie. But since Richard Donner was fired and replaced, we'll relegate his version to the Donnerverse and set this in 1979 based on the awesome movie timeline video I've included with this blog post. A quick plug, I love this movie timeline series because it works very well with the TVCU standard of "It happened as seen on screen". It uses information directly from lines and visual data to date the movies.




1979--WONDER WOMAN'77--In this series, that new hero flying around Metropolis is mentioned, clearly referring to Superman. This is meant to imply that Superman'78 exists in the same reality as Wonder Woman'77. The problem that arises is that Batman'66 connected to Superman'51, then Batman'66 connected to Wonder Woman'77. Thus, Superman'51 and Superman'78 both exist in the same timeline!!! That's where the time doppelganger theory for the Adventures of Superboy comes in handy. But whereas in most cases, alternate timelines were created, in this instance, two versions showed up in the same timeline.



1980--SUPERMAN III--Superman faces an evil billionaire and a genius computer programmer.



1983--SUPERGIRL--When Krypton exploded thousands of years ago, Argo City, which was covered by a dome, was shot off into space and survived, also going through the same time portal as Kal-El. Kara is Superman's cousin, who journeys to Earth in a mission that will save her people. This takes place at a time that Superman is on a "mission in space".



1985--SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE--Superman tries to rid the world of nuclear weapons while Luthor creates a Nuclear Man.


FAMILY GUY (ANIMATED SERIES)SEASON 3 EPISODE 7 “LETHAL WEAPONS”Release Date: August 22, 2001Animates Series Crosses: PeanutsOther Crosses: Superman (Christopher Reeve film series)Non-Crosses:  Mary Poppins; Speed The Story: Lois takes Tae Jitsu classes, but her newfound fighting power turns her into a bully.Notes: Animated Series Crosses:  When Lucy Van Pelt pulls the football away from Lois as she often does with Charlie Brown, Lois kicks Lucy in the face. Other Crosses:  At the bar, Peter makes a rude remark about Krypton, which angers Zod, Ursa, and Non, and sends them back to the Phantom Zone. Note though based on Superman II, these are the Cartoon Universe versions of the villains. It could be that the Cartoon Universe Superman had an adventure as some point in his history similar to the events of Superman II.  Non-Crosses:  An alternate version of Mary Poppins is seen in a cutaway that doesn’t exist in the real world.  Peter watches a sequel to Speed that does not exist in the real world.

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2006 to Present--WWE WRESTLING--Brooke Adams is a wrestler/personal assistant/model, who also goes by the name of Miss Tessmacher. Eve Tessmacher was the "assistant" of Lex Luthor from the Superman films, so it could be that Brooke is in fact related to Eve, and maybe even the daughter of Lex Luthor and Eve Tessmacher.


AMERICAN DAD! (ANIMATED SERIES)SEASON 3 EPISODE 8 “THE MOST ADEQUATE CHRISTMAS EVER”Release Date: December 16, 2007Other Crosses: Defending Your Life; It’s a Wonderful Life; Muppet Show; Superman (Christopher Reeve film series); A Christmas CarolThe Story: Stan dies while trying to get the perfect Christmas tree, and must petition in the afterlife for a second chance at living. Notes: The trial Stan must endure is like that seen in the film Defending Your Life. If the angel is able to help Stan, she will earn her wings, a tradition established in It’s a Wonderful Life. Kermit the Frog and Jim Henson are shown to be trapped in the Phantom Zone. The angel that aids Stan is Michelle, who previously appeared in “The Best Christmas Story Never” serving in the role of the Ghost of Christmas Past.



SO YOU CREATED A WORMHOLE (NOVEL BY PHIL HORNSHAW & NICK HURWITCH)Release Date: April 3, 2012 (See notes for setting)Series: The Time Travel GuideHorror Crosses: Evil Dead; AlienNon-Horror Crosses: Terminator; Doctor Who; Back to the Future; Forbidden Planet; The Time Machine; Time Cop; A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court; Star Trek; Timeline; Stargate; Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure; Hot Tub Time Machine; Star Wars; Futurama; Donnie Darko; Time After Time; Lost; Philadelphia Experiment; 12 Monkeys; Quantum Leap; X-Files; Gundam; Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers; Voltron; iRobot; Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (films); Superman (Christopher Reeve films); Land of the Lost; Battlestar Galactica; Star Trek (reboot); Planet of the Apes; Call of Duty; Muppet ShowThe Story: Not so much a story, this is an actual guide for new time travellers written by some guys who live at some point in the future, but who came back in time to publish the book (presumably to avoid an amateur time traveller from screwing up their timeline).Notes: This story implies that all of the above crosses exist. However, because of the nature of time travel, it’s possible that some of the above may be in divergent timelines while others are part of the main Horror Universe timeline.



SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 9--Superman

This is classic Pre-Crisis Superman.  Krypto is not from the cartoon but the silver age version.  References to Elastic Lad, signal watch, that pool at the fortress that gives powers, the Fortress itself, the Jimmy Olsen Fan Club etc.No Z in Brazier reference to Margot Kidder’s Lois from the Christopher Reeve movies.Perry White references  the classic George Reees episode where a crook pretends to be ghost of Caeser to drive Perry crazy.Reference to the previous Super Friends issue.Lois’ costume looked a bit like the one seen in Lois and ClarkLots of classic villains, Professor Pottor, Space Canine Patrol Agency---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



THE DONNERVERSE (SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS EARTH-1278 OR THE ORIGINAL DC CINEMATIC UNIVERSE)


Earth 1278--Numerical designation by John Wells after the month and date -- December, 1978 -- that Superman The Movie had its theatrical release. The Flash, Human Target, Batman Diet Coke, Swamp Thing, Superman, Superman II, Swamp Thing, Superman III, Supergirl, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, The Return of Swamp Thing, Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Steel, Catwoman, The Vigilante. The home of the theatrical incarnations of DC's heroes as shown in comic book adaptations. First appeared in The Vigilante.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------EARTH-1278A--2006--SUPERMAN RETURNS--SUPERMAN (KAL-EL/CLARK KENT) RETURNS AFTER A FIVE YEAR MISSION TO FIND HIS DESTROYED HOME WORLD. HE FINDS THAT WHILE HE WAS GONE, HIS LOIS HAD A KID...WHOSE FIVE. NOTES: THIS WAS MEANT AS A SEQUEL TO FOLLOW SUPERMAN II. HOWEVER, SINCE IT CONFLICTS WITH THE MOVIES AFTER SUPERMAN II, IT MUST BE A DIVERGENT TIMELINE.



2001--SUPERMAN RETURNS--Meant to be a sequel to Superman and Superman II. Superman finds evidence of where Krypton existed and leaves Earth for five years.

2006--SUPERMAN RETURNS--Superman comes back to Earth after five years in space, to find that Luthor has been released from prison, and Lois has a five year old kid. In this universe, Superman the Movie and Superman II seemed to have happened (perhaps in 2000 or 2001?), but Superman III and IV did not happen. For instance, Martha died prior to Superman IV but is still alive in this film, but Luthor does reference his previous visit to the Fortress in Superman II, and Lois' child is presumed to be the product of the events of Superman II (placing Superman II of this timeline in 2001 for sure.)



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The DC Cinematic Universe aka DC Extended Universe aka Worlds of DC, which started with Man of Steel and thus far includes Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman and Justice League, will be covered in a later timeline blog post. There are a few non-DC crossovers to cover there.

The Adventures of Superman: A TVCU Timeline

The original Superman post has been a mess from the very first time I posted it, way back at the beginning of the TVCU in 2011.  I've decided to split it up, much in the way I recently did with the Scooby-Doo posts.

So there are many different versions of Superman, each with crossovers that connect it to the TVCU, despite the fact that the contradictions don't allow all the versions to coexist.

In The Adventures of Superboy, there was a multiverse storyline in which it was revealed that when Kal-El was sent to Earth from Krypton, it created a time portal.  Kal-El was sent through but came out in duplicate, in various timelines, creating numerous alternate timelines.

All of those timelines are the TVCU, but different variations of the TVCU.

For the purposes of the TVCU, I like to assume that the Adventures of Superman series with George Reeves is the main TVCU timeline, because of the crossover with I Love Lucy, and it being a classic TV show.  Other versions of Superman then exist in divergent TVCU timelines.

So today we are covering the Adventures of Superman.  I've recently watched the entire series again on DVD, so I've taken a lot of notes.




Because of recent issues of Batman'66, Wonder Woman'77, and Scooby-Doo Team-Up, it's necessary to revisit Superman in the TVCU.  In-story references always take priority, and on-screen appearances always take precedence (particularly TV, live action then animated), then print adaptations of television and film, and then other print materials last.  Batman'66 featured a cameo of Clark, Lois and Jimmy as depicted in the 1950s Adventures of Superman.  Wonder Woman'77 made a reference to Superman'78 ("that new guy in Metropolis"), and then Batman'66 and Wonder Woman'77 had a crossover.  Clearly Batman'66 and Wonder Woman'77 should be in the TVCU, especially based on the large number of crossovers Batman'66 has had with other TV shows.  Batman'66 and Wonder Woman'77 have also contradicted with Scooby-Doo Team-Up, so I've had to accept that the Super Friends can't be in the TVCU, but must be in the Cartoon Universe that is commonly referred to as Earth-1A.



Since there are two Supermen in the TVCU, we have to look at that.  Superman'51 and Superman'78 in the same timeline.  It's not as big a problem as one would think.  Superman'51 came from a Krypton that was like that seen in a typical 1950s B science fiction setting.  He came to Earth directly from Krypton in 1916 and was raised in Centerville, Iowa by Ebin and Sarah Kent.  He moved to a Metropolis that had architecture later seen in Mayberry, was located near the desert, and where people rooted for the Chicago White Sox and where Chicago type gangs were active.



Sure, it is weird that there's two Clark Kents, two Lois Lanes, two Jimmy Olsens and two Perry Whites, working for the Daily Planet in two different Metropolises decades apart.  But the new Baywatch movie just showed us that it has new actors playing characters with the same names as the characters from the original show, but yet the movie is in the same universe as the original show.  So that's a thing that gives us in-story evidence that the TVCU has some weird coincidences.


THE MAIN TELEVISION CROSSOVER UNIVERSE TIMELINE
This is the universe that wound up with two Supermen The first Superman was that of the Adventures of Superman (TV). The second Superman was that seen in Superman: The Movie (1978) and its sequels. However, note that everything in this timeline prior to Kal-L's arrival in 1917 should exist in every timeline, except for the Cartoon Multiverse, which is a magically created series of tulpa like universes.

100 B.C. to 44 B.C.--G.I. JOE # 50 & 73/YEARBOOK # 3/SERPENTOR'S FILECARD--"The Battle of Springfield/Divided We Fall/My Dinner with Serpentor"--Life of Julius Caesar, whose DNA will be used to create Serpentor. Julius Caesar has also appeared in THE ABBOTT AND COSTELLO SHOW, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN, BEWITCHED, HERCULES: THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS, RELIC HUNTER, XENA WARRIOR PRINCESS, and CARMEN SANDIEGO'S GREAT CHASE THROUGH TIME.

1939--INDIANA JONES AND THE SARGASSO PIRATES--Indiana comes upon an island where the people stranded there are descendants of pirates, living there their whole life, and only knowing the pirate life. Indy escapes leaving them there. I wonder if these are the same pirates SUPERMAN later discovers.



1951--Adventures of Superman--Superman on Earth--After Eben's death and now aware of his super powers, Clark Kent moves to Metropolis. Sarah has made a costume for him, and she tells him that he must use his powers for good. Superman makes his debut saving a man falling from a blimp. As Clark, he hustles the man to the Daily Planet, which scores a scoop. This convinces editor Perry White to hire Clark.



I wouldn't be surprised if a comedian has already brought this up, but if Clark Kent had his own private office on THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN show, why was he always ducking into the supply room to change?

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OCTOBER 3, 1953--SEASON 2 EPISODE 3--"MAN WHO COULD READ MINDS"--Wtaching the Adventures of SuperMan (1952) The Man Who Could Read Minds And The Villains Are Based in Called the Tip-Top Cafe But It's Refered to Several Times has the Tip-Top club. The Tip Top Club is Also Mentioned in the The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror Ride Has the Club at the Top of Hollywood Tower Hotel. Assumedly When the Hollywood Tower Hotel Closed Back in 1939 the Owners of the Tip Top Moved the Club to n Metropolis



OCTOBER 24, 1953--SEASON 2 EPISODE 6--"THE DEFEAT OF SUPERMAN"--I had previously theorized that the Adventures of Superman and the golden age comic adventures could both be the same Superman in the TVCU. George Reeves was actually the same age as the Earth-2 Superman would have been. And though he was introduced to the world in the pilot, by the second episode, everyone pretty much knows and trusts him.
So I'm rewatching the series. In the 6th episode of season 2 (the first Kryptonite episode), Clark and Lois discuss a former criminal that they both used to write stories about "years ago". If the pilot had taken place in real time, and this episode had taken place in real time, Clark would have only started working for the Planet just over a year ago.So this makes me want to return to my original theory that the pilot takes place in 1938, then the rest of the episodes take place around their air dates.I wouldn't say that all golden age stories are in the TVCU, but this would help support the inclusion of crossovers that include the Golden Age Superman.Now if only I could reconcile the Batman'66/Wonder Woman'77 crossover showing Bruce Wayne young in the 1940s with the Golden Age Batman's crossovers. That one is challenging me.
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OCTOBER 31, 1953--SEASON 2 EPISODE 7--"SUPERMAN IN EXILE"--In Adventures of Superman "Superman in Exile" (1952), Superman is bombarded with gamma radiation and is not turned into the Super-Hulk unfortunately. Another unnamed scientist is also bombarded with the Gamma Rays and we never see what becomes of him. The experiment was a disaster and I suppose they decided not to return to the experiments for another ten years when the military got involved.

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JANUARY 2, 1954--SEASON 2 EPISODE 16--"CLOWN WHO CRIED"--In Adventures of Superman episode "The Clown Who Cried", a clown turns to crime. His partner pleads with him "Don't do it. You'll ruin the name of clowns everywhere!" Apparently they haven't heard of that clown in Gotham City. From a TV perspective, perhaps the Joker hasn't began his career (or at least not in the Joker make-up yet). This episode is in 1952. We know in Batman'66, the Joker is an established criminal by 1966, so the Joker's criminal career would perhaps have started sometime between 1952 and 1966.
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MARCH 6, 1954--SEASON 2 EPISODE 25--"THE WHISTLING BIRD"--Another clue that time passed between the pilot of Adventures of Superman and the following episodes.
In the pilot, Superman makes his public debut, and lands the job at the Daily Planet, meeting Lois, Jimmy and Perry for the first time. He had just arrived in Metropolis from Smallville.I had previously mentioned that at the beginning of season 2, Lois and Clark talk about a criminal they encountered several years ago, despite it only being the second season. In the second to the last episode of season 2 "The Whistling Bird", Clark talks about a professor he knows through is work as a reporter that he hadn't seen in over two years, which would be prior to season 1. So the pilot must have taken place much earlier. Since George Reeves is the same age nearly that the Golden Age Superman would have been, I think the pilot still took place in 1938 and then the remaining episodes took place in real time, which helps account for Golden Age Superman crossovers that could fit in the TVCU. Not all GA Superman stories can fit in the TVCU though, if the TV series takes precedence. Jimmy would have been too young to be a Planet staffer if we go by Jack Larsen's age. And certain stories, like the Kryptonite stories from comics and radio, can't fit in with the TV introduction of Kryptonite. And the Superman/Batman team-ups from the Golden Age (particularly radio) I'm still working out, since if Batman'66 takes precedence, the GA Batman doesn't work, but there are so many great GA Batman crossovers that I hate to have to ignore.
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MARCH 13, 1954--SEASON 2 EPISODE 26--"AROUND THE WORLD WITH SUPERMAN"--In adventures of Superman episode “around the world with Superman”, metropolis is very definitely on the east coast based on the route superman flies around the world with a young contest winner.


MAY 21, 1955--Adventures of Superman--Great Caesar's Ghost--Everybody knows that the favorite expletive of "Daily Planet" reporter Perry White (John Hamilton is "Great Caesar's Ghost!" With this in mind, imagine White's shock and dismay when he is confronted with the ghost of Julius Caesar (Trevor Bardette). Before long, all of Metropolis is seriously questioning White's sanity--which is precisely the intention of a gang of crooks who hope to discredit Perry's testimony at a criminal trial. Looks like Superman (George Reeves) is going to have to do some ghost-busting in this one!

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APRIL 21, 1956--SEASON 4 EPISODE 5--"TOPSY TURVY"--The Adventures of Superman Episode Topsy Turvy Begins with Superman helping a Flag pole Sitter atop the Acme Building

JUNE 16, 1956--SEASON 4 EPISODE 13--"THE JOLLY ROGER"--The Captain Blood of this episode is allegedly descended from another Captain Blood. https://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/tv.php…



January 1957--I LOVE LUCY--"Lucy and Superman"--In 1957, famed musician Ricky Ricardo wanted to get George Reeves to appear as Superman for his son's birthday party. Ricky had a lot of Hollywood connections, and it looked like it was going to work. But wait. I said that the show was real. The folks at DC were integral in the writing, and the casting of the show. The folks at DC knew a secret though. While most people thought Superman was a creation of DC Comics, in fact, they were getting their stories from Superman for the most part, though some things they got from the Planet stories and some they did make up. So when they cast Reeves, they found someone who was the spitting image practically of Superman. Now back to the story. Reeves had a scheduling conflict and couldn't come to the party. Ricky's wife Lucy, feeling bad, dressed as Superman. But unexpectedly, Superman showed up with Ricky. Now I say Superman, not Reeves. At first, everyone (except the kids) thinks it's Reeves. Sure he flies in, but it's in a way like seen on TV, where it could have been merely a stunt. But then, when a heavy piano needs to be moved, Ricky with the help of Fred and Ethel Mertz, try to move it, but the combined strength of all three cannot budge it. Then Superman moves it quickly and easily with one hand as if it was light as a feather. And that's how we know. He never breaks character, because he's not acting. It is Superman. (This takes place in the I Love Lucy episode "Lucy and Superman", and even in the credits, he's listed as Superman.) NOTES: THE TVCU'S CONCEPT FOR INCLUSION IS A SIX DEGREES OF LUCY RICARDO. EVERYTHING THAT'S IN SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE TRACED BACK TO LUCY, BECAUSE...WAIT FOR IT...I LOVE LUCY, OF COURSE.

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MARCH 24, 1957--SEASON 5 EPISODE 12--"MR. ZERO"--In Adventures of Superman (Mr. Zero) 1957, Superman meets a Martian who is exiled for being a quarter of an inch shorter than other Martians. The Martian is very different than J'onn J'onnz. This Martin is 4'1 3/4" tall, has green hair, looks like a human little person, and can freeze people (as in making them stop moving like a hypnotic state, not freezing like cold) by pointing at them, even though he was unaware he had that effect on humans.  Once again, in Adventures of Superman "Mr. Zero", there is a desert near Metropolis. For all intents and purposes, Metropolis is New York, despite loving the Chicago White Sox. But there seems to be all sorts of geography surrounding Metropolis. Desert, mountains, caves, and farmland. Metropolis is a bit like Springfield.



MAY 10, 1957--SEASON 5 EPISODE 10--"THE PRINCE ALBERT COAT"--In Adventures of Superman "The Royal Albert Coat" from season 5,Superman easily defeats two bumblers, a short fat one, and a tall thin one, with the dumbest of schemes to steal money that isn't even actually real money from a coat that they accidentally gave away to charity.

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MAY 17, 1957--SEASON 5 EPISODE 11--"STOLEN ELEPHANT"--In Adventures of Superman "The Stolen Elephant" from season 5, 1957, an elephant is stolen from Haly's Circus. Haly's Circus is of course the circus that features the Flying Graysons. A young Dick Grayson is probably around 7 years old at this time and part of this travelling circus visiting Metropolis along with his acrobat family.

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March 3, 1958--SEASON 6 EPISODE 5--"THE ATOMIC CAPTIVE"--In Adventures of Superman "The Atomic Captive", there is a beautiful female Russian spy X-29. She was trained to appear and act like the typical All-American girl while also being a deadly assassin and master spy. Though not a crossover in itself, within the context of what we know already exists in the TVCU, it's likely that X-29 is part of the "Black Widow" project.



1969--BATMAN'66 # 30--All good things must come to an end, alas, and this week marks the final issue of the regular Batman '66 title. But its a phenomenal way to go out. This issue, written by Lee Allred with art by his brother and sister-in-law Mike and Laura Allred, is everything you'd expect from the wonderful oddness attached to the Allred name, as the story finds a way to put all those random funky images from the opening credits from the TV show and works them into a story. The basic plot is simple: Joker, Penguin, and Catwoman have set up a convention for all of Gotham's villains. All except Riddler, who they're just sick of because he "might as well be working with Batman" giving away their crimes. So, of course, Riddler decides to send clues to the police about the location out of spite, so this might not have been the best villainous plan. Arriving at the movie studio where the convention is taking place, Batman and Robin work their way through a gauntlet of villains, with the different images from the credits representing the defeat of the villains. The Batmobile gets a remote controlled spotlight moment, and Batgirl sweeps in for a last minute save. Pretty much every villain from the series, and most of the new ones introduced in the comic, pop up in the villainous crowd scenes, and some make their first appearance, like King Cobra (who's in the opening credits but never in the show or this comic before) and (despite being unmasked the whole time), the Terrible Trio, If that weren't enough cameos, as Batman and Robin climbing the studio, they find a legitimate meeting going on, and out of the window pop... Perry White, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen right out of the classic George Reeves Superman TV series, and the final press conference also happens to have Clark Kent, Billy Batson, Jack Ryder, Vickie Vale,  Nelli Majors (a reporter from an episode of the TV show), and "Ritt Bried" since they can't use Britt Ried, the Green Hornet, without the license. It's a great send off to a fun series. This isn't the last we'll see of this universe, with Batman '66 Meets the Mn from UNCLE starting this week, and Batman '66 Meets the Avengers (the Steed and Peel ones), already announced, but for now, I'm glad this big, flashy issue is the final on.



1978--THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN--Not a crossover, but worth noting.
This is from the second episode of The Amazing Spider-Man from 1978:Jameson: Parker, you're fired!Peter: Aw, but Chief!Jameson: Don't call me that! Do I look like Sitting Bull?A nice little homage to Superman, particularly the old 1950s Adventures of Superman exchanges between Perry White and Jimmy Olsen.Also of note this episode guest stars Joanna Cameron, better known for playing Isis. (The pilot had David "Larry Tate" White as Jameson but he was recast for the following episodes.)  In the same episode, Peter foregoes the handy phone booth and instead chooses the restroom next to the phone booth to go into to change into Spider-Man.

c. January 21, 1982-THAT'S OUR RALPH!--"The Big Lie"--Ralph pretends he has to work late in order to go bowling with his friends. In this series, the setting is never named, nor is Ralph's occupation ever stated, but in this episode, Ralph refers to his boss as Mr. White, adding "Boy, does he hate being called Chief." He also says he has to work late because he's the only reliable employee, as Clark, Lois and Jimmy are always leaving the office sticking Ralph with all the work. Clearly, this is a Superman reference, and so the series must take place in Metropolis.

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2009--FINAL CRISIS--According to Grant Morrison the Superman army in Final Crisis includes every Version of Superman not just form comics and every Pastiche/homage/ripoff of him has Well Point being THE TVCU the HCU and the Toobworld Supermen where there

May 2011--COUGAR TOWN--Jules proclaims that Mole People are real, which is true in the TVCU, though most probably consider it urban legend. But they have encountered Superman and later subjegated by the Mole Man, foe of the Fantastic Four.




SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 9--Superman

This is classic Pre-Crisis Superman.  Krypto is not from the cartoon but the silver age version.  References to Elastic Lad, signal watch, that pool at the fortress that gives powers, the Fortress itself, the Jimmy Olsen Fan Club etc.No Z in Brazier reference to Margot Kidder’s Lois from the Christopher Reeve movies.Perry White references  the classic George Reeves episode where a crook pretends to be ghost of Caeser to drive Perry crazy.Reference to the previous Super Friends issue.Lois’ costume looked a bit like the one seen in Lois and ClarkLots of classic villains, Professor Pottor, Space Canine Patrol Agency


ALTERNATE REALITIES--I COULDN'T END THIS WITHOUT ALSO MENTIONING TOBY O'BRIEN'S TOOBWORLD. THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN ALSO EXISTS IN THAT REALITY, BUT WITH SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THEORIES TO FIT IT WITHIN THE LARGER UNIVERSE. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE.

Thanks to the TVCU Crew for helping me write this timeline.  

The Haphazard Adventures of IIvan in the TVCU

Updated April 1st, 2018

Lost in Time, Lost in Space, and Meaning:
The Haphazard Adventures of IIvan in the TVCUby Kevin Heim


IIvan Schablotski and Naut Numb escape the Death StarNotes highlighted in Yellow are recent additions to the timeline.


Ivan Ronald Schablotski has become rather well known among fans of the TVCU, which is probably a bad thing in the long run, since this character is not from television or movies or comics or cartoons. This character is me, as I exist in the world where novels and television shows and movies and comics and cartoons actually happen. The character has been around awhile, and as with any long-running character, he's had some pretty outlandish stories that are best forgotten lest they destroy whatever it is that makes the character likable. Spider-Man once turned into a giant spider and gave birth to himself, just so he could have organic web-shooters like in the movie... which was promptly ignored thereafter.  Supergirl was really a fallen angel fused with an extra-dimensional blob of amorphous protoplasm, just so DC could have a Supergirl without violating their Post-Crisis policy of "no more Kryptonians", till they decided that was a dumb rule. And Ivan Ronald Schablotski spent a year living in 1942... when he ended World War 2 three years early.


Explaining this wouldn't be worth it, since you can see the result for yourself in the timeline of Ivan Ronald Schablotski, titled SOME PEOPLE CALL ME CRAZY . The important thing here is that he saw the error of his ways once he returned to 2015 and then went back to 1942 and undid his good deeds. This left the Ivan from 12 months earlier still in 1942, though, and he wound up living a very different life than his one-year older self who stranded him there. Thus, despite being born in 1969, this new IIvan's story really beings in 1942, where it diverges from the other Ivan's life, so it is in 1942 that we begin. 

Since this Ivan time travels a lot, and his story is already more convoluted than necessary, this timeline follows his life as it happens to him, rather than setting events chronologically. This means we start in the year 1942, and bounce up and down the timeline from there. His life prior to arriving in 1942 is exactly the same as the other Ivan's, right up until 2015, so duplicating all that information is unnecessary.



The Life of IIvan
October 1969 - October 2015 - The life of IIvan is the same as the life of Ivan Ronald Schablotski, since they are the same person until a time travel paradox leads to the creation of two version who experienced different versions of World War Two. For the life of the original, including his WW2 experiences, please see:   SOME PEOPLE CALL ME CRAZY . In brief, he was born in 1969, became a werewolf in 1981, was recruited into the Theurgy Society's Enigma Quorum in 1984, was imbued with Anti-Logic in 1987, formed the Vogue Rogues in 1988, served in the United States Ordnance Department from 1990 to 2010, went to work as a lab tech at Arkham Sanitarium and joined the Ghostbusters, meeting a lot of people along the way, all of which leads to his involvement with a time travel incident in Hill Valley CA that sends him back in time to...

THE SECOND WORLD WAR TWO
1942 The other Ivan examines the Cube George Maxon shows IIvan his Cube

Universal Constance vs IIvan Nerinea in 1942IIvan arrives by accident in January 1942 Chicago Illinois, in full Ghostbusters gear. He encounters police Detective Dick Tracy, who sees his strange outfit and equipment and suspects IIvan is a member of the All-American Squad, a war-time organization of unusual people that mostly perform pubic relations functions to encourage the public to buy war bonds.  IIvan takes a train to New York, in hopes of finding locating a well-known inventor who may have the scientific know-how to send him home. When the train stops near Cleveland due to terrorist activity at a weapons depot, IIvan investigates and finds a man in a mask wielding a Lament Configuration (which he refers to as his "Cosmic Cube". IIvan warns him that his amazing powers come not from the cosmos, but from Hell, but the terrorist, a war profiteer named George Maxon doesn't believe him and continues using it to destroy the compound. A blast from IIvan's Tillinghast Generator causes Pinhead to materialize and he takes hold of the masked villain, dragging him to Hell. IIvan throws the cube into a fire and reboards the train, where witnesses swear he is a hero. Unknown to IIvan, as soon as the train pulls out, another Ivan Ronald Schablotski, accompanied by Nerinea (a woman from the alternate 2015 in possession of technology similar to a micro stargate) and Universal Constance (a woman from all 2015s who is aware of her own counterparts in all timelines) emerge from hiding. As soon as the train leaves for New York, Ivan, Constance, and Nerinea recover the cube and free George from Hell, then to the year 2015, already in progress. Maxon flees to Germany and claims to be a Nazi officer;  with the cursed cube of power in hand, and a head resembling a red skull, he was accepted immediately, leading the timeline to play out more or less as it was supposed to.
Universal Constance and the Aether-Mobile Ivan reaches into HellDick Tracy is the titular detective from the DICK TRACY comic strip started in 1931 (the 2-way wrist radio would not be introduced until 1946). The unnamed inventor residing in the Empire State Building is Doctor Clark Savage, Jr. from DOC SAVAGE MAGAZINE #1 (1933). The All-American Squadron is an homage to the All-Star Squadron (DC Comics) and All-Winners Squad (Marvel Comics) as well as other World War II era super groups and the comicbook company All-American Publications. Nerinea is a test subject from the PORTAL video game series (2007). George Maxon, aka the original Red Skull, first appeared in CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #1 (1941) by Timely (later Marvel) Comics. The version of Hell visited is from THE HELLBOUND HEART (1986), written by Clive Barker. Universal Constance is an original character, but she is an extra-dimensional counterpart to Entropy Emily, a character from THE INDESTRUCTIBLES, written by Matthew Phillion in 2014.



"Alvin Howell" and Winston Churchill1942 (again) - IIvan Schablotski, the one that arrived recently in January 1942 and stopped Maxon, only to have the criminal reappear shortly thereafter, travels to New York as before but without his victory against the Skull to serve as his credentials, he is viewed with great suspicion and forced to join STFU (Special Task Force Unicorn), a unit operating in secret (as opposed to the All-American Squadron, which performs many public relations functions) in order to earn PUFF (Perpetual Unearthly Forces Fund, a bounty paid by the US Government for killing monsters) exemption. He is sent to Europe behind enemy lines as Agent Howl alongside a vampire called Agent Blood, a golem called Agent Franks, and a gorgon called Agent Rhodes. While in Europe, he meets Winston Churchill, who, like FDR, is not fond of werewolves. In between missions IIvan lives in Arkham MA using the name of Alvin Howell, based on his "Agent Howl" code name, but his active duty status prevents him from having the same number of encounters that the previous IIvan had, and he was only a part time employee of Arkham Sanitarium, never credited with being a doctor.


Agents Rhodes, Franks, and Howl Rhodes in battle-modeAs before, Maxon is the original Red Skull from CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #1 (1941). Special Task Force Unicorn, PUFF, and Agent Franks are from the MONSTER HUNTER series of novels by Larry Correia, begun with MONSTER HUNTER INTERNATIONAL (2009). Here, STFU is conflated with the Creature Commandos, who first appeared in WEIRD WAR TALES #93 (1980) by DC Comics. Agent Blood is Nathanial Cade, a vampire in the service of the United States per the novel BLOOD OATH (2010) and its sequels, by Christopher Farnsworth. Arkham, Massachusetts and Arkham Sanitarium are from the Mythos stories of H. P. Lovecraft. 


1943
Bête-à-Bête - One of IIvan's early missions overseas is to recover a scientist being sheltered by French partisans, where IIvan finds himself at a castle in the Margeride region of France. Here he meets a werewolf named Ardent who claims to be 250 years old, and was the basis for the story of Beauty and the Beast, though the truth was grimmer than the fairy tale suggests. Ardent was cursed by his father's magicians for being homosexual, as the King refused to acknowledge that his heir would never carry on the bloodline. Belle's brother Ludovic was the hero that broke his curse, but lycanthropy is not so easily cured, and in time Ludovic aged and died while Ardent remained, hidden from humanity ever since that time in the 1760s when he was accused of being the Beast of Gévaudan. Ardent does help get Professor Jacob Barnhardt, a German jew, into Allied hands, and considers joining the Partisans in their efforts against the Nazis.
Prince Ardent is the beast from the story BEAUTY AND THE BEAST as depicted in the 1946 French film of that name, as is Ludovic. The Beast of Gévaudan is a legendary monster credited with several human and animal deaths, detailed in several works of fiction (beginning with Élie Berthet's 1858 novel La Bête du Gévaudan). Some stories consider the beast to be a werewolf or werewolf-like creature, such as Robert Sherard's 1904 novel Wolves: An Old Story Retold and the fifth season of the MTV television series TEEN WOLF (2011-2017). Professor Barnhardt is a scientist from the 1951 film THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL.


1945 
Kornblow and Schablotski DEC - IIvan, having earned his PUFF exemption, is released from STFU service and returns to the United States. At the airport he meets Ronald Kornblow, a well-intentioned hotel employee heading to Casablanca, Morocco to seize a chance to run an entire resort hotel himself. IIvan is greeted by All-American Squad member Captain Pizzazz, who has been assigned to escort him to a secret base in Colorado to attempt to send him back to 2015 using a Stargate in the possession of the United States Government. The Accelerator, another member of the All-American Squadron with super-speed, agrees to help, paralleling the aid he offered to the first Ivan in the now-erased timeline, but this time the Atlanteans do not offer their help, as IIvan never met or protected the rulers of Atlantis from attack. As a result, IIvan winds up going not back to the future, but a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...
PUFF (Perpetual Unearthly Forces Fund) and STFU (Special task Force Unicorn) are from the MONSTER HUNTER INTERNATIONAL books by Larry Correia. Ronald Kornblow and his job in Morocco are from the 1946 film A NIGHT IN CASABLANCA. Captain Pizzazz is a variation on Mary Marvel, a superhero that first appeared in Fawcett's CAPTAIN MARVEL ADVENTURES #18 in 1942. Stargate is from the 1994 film STARGATE. The Accelerator is a version of the Flash from FLASH COMICS #1 (1940).



A LONG TIME AGO, IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY...Ivan Ronald Schablotski, having been time-twinned in 1942 due to a paradox involving Nazis, Hell-Priests, and a tricked-out Delorean, fought an epic war against tyranny for 4 years using the name of Alvin Howell. In 1945 he was allowed to use a Stargate to attempt to travel back to the future he came from, 2015. Instead he wound up a stranger in a strange land on the planet Geonosis. Now IIvan finds himself gating from planet to planet, striving to put right what once went wrong, and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home...



"Is all this violence really necessary?" 21 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin) - IIvan emerges from a Stargate on the planet Geonosis and discovers that he is once again in the midst of a great war. Unsure of what is happening or who is fighting who or why, he initially tries to break up a fight between a human and a Dathomirian, both wielding energy swords. He quickly learns that he is in the way and retreats, having also learned that he does not understand any of the languages being spoken. Equipped with his Ghostbusting gear but no weapons that would be practical against living foes, IIvan seeks shelter while trying to reactivate the Stargate to find, if not his own place and time, at least a safer one. He eventually initiates another warp tunnel, but it only sends him 19 years forward in time.
The Hell-Priests are Cenobites from the HELLRAISER series. the Delorean is the one used by Doc Emmet Brown for time travel in the BACK TO THE FUTURE series. Stargates are from the film STARGATE and its television spin-offs. Geonosis, Dathomirians, and the energy swords (lightsabers) are from the STAR WARS franchise. 21 BBY denotes this as taking place 21 years before the Battle of Yavin, which references the destruction of the first Death Star by the Rebel Alliance in the film STAR WARS (aka STAR WARS EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE). The battle on Geonosis that IIvan discovers takes place during the Clone Wars (between STAR WARS EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES and STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH), as seen in the semi-canonical animated STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS, all of which takes place well before the "Common Era" (CE, aka A.D.) on Earth, and sets it firmly within the RISE OF THE EMPIRE era of the Star Wars: Legends timeline.


BLACKHOLE SON Darth Vader, in an Elevator? That's funny, right? Maybe not. 0 BBY (The year of the Battle of Yavin) -  IIvan winds up on Coruscant, the planet-wide capital city of the Galactic Empire. His attempts to fin someone that can teach him the language everyone seems to speak draw the attention of the Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader. IIvan recognizes the figure from the Star Wars movies and realizes where and when he must be. While being taken to an office for interrogation, IIvan makes a comment about Darth Vader on the Elevator, and "Little Orphan Ani", and though he does not understand him, Vader knows he's being mocked and force-chokes the foreigner. IIvan retaliates, firing his Tillinghast Generator as a weapon. Disoriented by the sight of extradimensional organisms, Vader lets IIvan slip through his fingers and IIvan flees back to the underground Stargate.  Blackhole TrooperHe is recaptured by by a Blackhole Trooper and taken to the recently completed Death Star for further questioning about who he is and what his alien technology does. Once it is determined that the PKE meter can detect midichlorians and other abnormalities, IIvan is sent with his gear to combat the dianogas dwelling in the space stations sewer system. With no natural predators and tremendous feeding opportunities the Trash Monsters were beginning to outgrow their environment and attacking people. Dumped into a trash compactor unit on the detention level, IIvan fights off a few and found that the monsters are easily hurt by proton streams. At the end of each day he is locked in a detention cell.
Coruscant, Yavin, the Death Star, the Galactic Empire, stormtroopers, dianoga trash monsters, Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader, and Anakin "Little Orphan Annie" Skywalker are from the original STAR WARS film, set in the REBELLION ERA of the Star Wars Legends timeline, though Midichlorians are from the film STAR WARS EPISODE 1: THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999) of the RISE OF THE EMPIRE era, and Blackhole Troopers are from the 1979 Los Angeles Times comic strip GAMBLER'S WORLD. Stargate is from the 1994 film STARGATE.  The Tillinghast generator is based on technology from the story FROM BEYOND written in 1920 by H. P. Lovecraft. PKE Meters and Proton Streams are elements from GHOSTBUSTERS (1984).

IIvan encounters a Sullustan named Naut Numb, though that's as far as IIvan's understanding of his language goes. Naut is in an adjacent cell and manages to get Shablotski to pass him the projector from his Tillinghast Generator one day. Using his engineering skills, Naut rigs the device to override the security locks on their cells, and both aliens escape. They make their way to a hangar bay with a Corellian freighter waiting. Aware that they are seeing the Millennium Falcon from the movies about the ship's crew he'd seen in his own time, IIvan suggests they sneak aboard. When they witness that crew running towards the ship, with Dark Vader and his Stormtroopers converging on the area from another corridor, IIvan and Naut hide in the secret cargo holds that had recently concealed Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Leia Organa. When they all land at Massassi Station on Yavin's fourth moon, the duo slip out before the battle against the Death Star begins.
Naut Numb is a Sullistan, a race that first appeared in RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983). The Death Star, Yavin IV, Millinium Falcon, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Darth Vader, and Stormtroopers first appeared in STAR WARS (1977). The Tillinghast generator is based on technology from the story FROM BEYOND written in 1920 by H. P. Lovecraft.




1 ABY 
IIvan and Naut shop for droidsTHE MAGNIFICENT SIX - On Yavin IV, IIvan and Naut Numb acquire some astro-nav droids from some Jawas and try to establish themselves as technicians within the mining colony outside of Massassi Station. Shortly after, Imperial forces overrun the moon, and the duo trade their droids to a Lepi starship captain named Sikka for passage offworld along with her copilot, a sentient humanoid plant named Trung, who have been smuggling Slurm to Resistance camps. An Asogian information trader named Extersial gets them the authorization codes to escape the Empire's blockade of the moon in exchange for traveling with them and helps IIvan get aboard the ship when they miss the take-off. As they enter orbit to leave Yavin IV, IIvan dubs them the Magnificent Six, and predicts that they will have epic adventures together once the Empire crumbles in three more years (none of which is understood by any of the others, who do not speak English). However, as soon as they pass over a Stargate in one of the Moon's many jungles, IIvan has them drop him off so he can once again attempt to get home.
IIvan and Extersial Sikka, Trung, and IIvan, defending their stock of SlurmJawas, astro-nav droids, Yavin IV, and the Galactic Empire are from the 1977 film STAR WARS (aka Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope). Naut Numb is a Sullistan, a race that first appeared in RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983). Sikka is a Lepi, a rabbit-based race first seen in Marvel Comics' 1978 comic book Star Wars (issue 8), and her name is a play on Jessica Rabbit from the novel WHO CENSORED ROGER RABBIT (1981) by Gary K Wolf. Trung is a Flora colossus from Planet X, the same race as the Guardians of the Galaxy member Groot, and his race first appeared in Marvel Comics' TALES TO ASTONISH #13 (1960). Extersial is an Asogian, a race that first appeared in the 1982 movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial but was confirmed to exist in the RISE OF THE EMPIRE era of the Star Wars: Legends timeline in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (1999), and the race was identified as Asogian in SkyeWalkers: A Clone Wars Story, a 2015 novella. Slurm is a highly addictive beverage from the animated series FUTURAMA (originally airing from 1999 to 2003, though it has been revived several times), but it has a different name in the era IIvan is currently in, which he finds ironic since the letters that spell the name in the alien alphabet look just like the letters that spell Slurm in English. 



THE MASK OF DARTH HOTEP Jedi (and IIvan) vs Darth Nihilus (possessing a padawan)
14 ABY (After the Battle of Yavin) - IIvan remains on Yavin IV, but travels 13 years into the future. As he arrived seemingly from nowhere and without a ship, IIvan is mistaken for a bounty hunter and detained by a Jedi named Taryn Raan, who uses his "Comprehend Speech" ability to determine that IIvan is mostly harmless, only to have IIvan surprise him by wolfing out and stealing his lightsaber.  Taryn quickly overcomes IIvan using the Force and takes him to Yavin IV, location of the new Jedi Academy.  There, IIvan meets several of Taryn's fellow trainees, including a Kryptonian maiden from the House of El and two who look like high elves. The training facility, which IIvan refers to as the "Skywalker Ranch", contains records of an alien god called Pomojema who may or may not be the same entity as Typhojem, and whose appearance is identical to that of Cthulhu, leading IIvan to believe that his new surroundings are much more dangerous than he already thought possible. His revelation that the 'gods' are known to him from their influence upon another world leads to IIvan working with a group of Jedi to help a padawan being possessed by Darth Nihilus, an ancient Sith, long dead, yet still tethered by the Force to the mask he once wore.
Taryn Raan is one of Luke Skywalker's trainees at his Jedi Academy following the events of RETURN OF THE JEDI in the Expanded Star Wars Universe, specifically just after the events in the 2003 Activision video game STAR WARS: JEDI KNIGHT: JEDI ACADEMY, as part of the NEW REPUBLIC ERA of the Star Wars: Legends timeline. The Kryptonian trainee is from the planet Krypton, which was first mentioned in ACTION COMICS #1 (1938) along with its most famous survivor, Superman, though this trainee more closely resembles Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, who first appeared in ACTION COMICS #252 (1959). The elven trainees appear to be from Hyrule, home of the characters from the LEGEND OF ZELDA series of video games, first released in 1986. A statue of Pomojema first appeared in the 1978 novel SPLINTER OF THE MIND'S EYE by Alan Dean Foster, though Typhojem is from BOOK OF SITH: SECRETS FROM THE DARK SIDE by Daniel Wallace (2012) and Cthulhu is from THE CALL OF CTHULHU, a 1928 story by Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Darth Nihilus appeared in STAR WARS: KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC videogames, set in The Old Republic era.

To Be Continued...


There is plenty more to add, as I have lots of evidence of IIvan's involvement with aliens across space and time, but I don't want to cover too much material to start with, so that the timelines will synch up when IIvan and Ivan eventually meet.~Kevin