Champions Timeline (abstract)
Avertissement préalable: Ceci est la transcription partielle de l'historique de Champions tel que présenté dans le Champions Universe Sourcebook. Il ne contient évidemment pas les éléments susceptibles de porter atteinte à la bonne tenue des scénarios à venir ainsi que les données connues par certains personnages particuliers du fait de leur histoire propre. Cette histoire est donc tout à fait générale.
TOUT LES JOUEURS SONT INVITES A QUESTIONNER LE MJ SUR LES INFORMATIONS SUPPLEMENTAIRES QUE LEUR BACKGROUND LEUR OUVRE EN SUS DE CELLES CONTENUES CI-APRES. Evidemment, cela suppose que l'histoire du personnage avant sa création soit connue du joueur lui-même...
1916
Eric Wraith (who would one day be Dr. Wraith) is summoned by one of the Ancient ones to its prison dimension, to become its apprentice (and one day allow it to escape).
1917
December 13 Albert Zerstoisten (Dr. Destroyer) is born.
1929
DEMON is formally created in Salem, Massachusetts as a satanic criminal organization and cult, made up mainly of wealthy backup and hired thugs.
1938
May 14 The Liberty League's first mission, in which they stop a ring of Nazi spies in Connecticut.
1939
The Fire-Watcher becomes Britain's first superhero, battling spies and infiltrators on the home front.
1943
February 13 American Eagle I and Winger battle the Nazi villain Panzer.
August 21 The Masque battles the Japanese Tong, which is lead by the sorcerer known only as the Master. The battle takes place on an astral plane, and The Masque is defeated, only to be rescued by The Revered Elder the Archmage of Earth's Dimension. Although not wanting to get involved in the political conflicts of WW II, The Revered Elder had faced the evil Tong before, and he knew of The Masque's good deeds and pure heart.
1945
April 1O-15 Dr. Zerstoiten (Destroyer) attempts to escape to South America, but a British warship sinks the transport he is on. His face is badly burned in the fire, and is taken back to London.
May 8 Fire-Watcher retires.
August 2 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The Master is reported to be at ground zero, but is unscathed. The bomb explosion, and the one in Nagasaki days later are reportedly the source of many mutants being born in later generations.
1946
March 14 Zerstoiten arrives in the U.S.
June Several international conglomerates meet secretly in Hiroshima. They form VIPER as an industrial espionage group.
July 8 UNTIL is formed by the United Nations.
1947
Raven is formed by a group of European Aristocrats.
1949
August 4 Zerstoiten leaves the U.S. in anger at his fellow scientists and moves to Central America, where he first is known as Dr. Destroyer.
October 25 Crimebuster gets married and settles down.
195O
UNTIL provides a great deal of help to UN forces in the Korean Conflict.
1954
Crimebuster and his wife have a son. Crimebuster changes his name and moves to California.
1955
VIPER, now a criminal entity of its own, breaks away from its parent corporations.
1960
April 25 Robert McQuark, alias Crimebuster, dies of a heart attack.
1961
Sept 10 Sunwarrior battles Dreadnaught in New York. Tremendous property damage is caused, and bystanders, including the parents of the one day villainess Transmuter, are killed.
1962
May 1O Winger becomes American Eagle II.
August 28 General Mayhem is reported to have died of a heart attack.
Sept 6 Mark Nine battles VlPER agents in Bristol, England. Five are brought to justice, and their hijacking attempt is foiled.
September-December An internal war among two factions of VIPER is waged, weakening the organization so greatly that it will take years for them to fully recover. Howard Castleman dies in this war.
1963
February 4 The man who would become Dark Seraph gains the Iron Crown in a vile, demonic ritual outside of London. He kills his entire coven of fellow witches and warlocks and goes forth into the night to cause evil and destruction.
1964
April 14 The government android creation facilities of the super-soldier program announce a great breakthrough with the new Mandroid model. However, at the demonstration for various government officials, the androids go amok and begin to attack bystanders. Sunwarrior, hearing about the attack, comes to the rescue and destroys the androids.
May 2 President Johnson gives his approval for the creation of PRIMUS.
June 17 The Swordfish is launched by UNTIL.
July 10 As fighting in Viet Nam intensifies. Sunwarrior leaves for Southeast Asia to help in the conflict.
June 5 The villain Mastermind attempts to use his mind control powers to take over and control the Democratic Convention. His plan is foiled by American Eagle II and Solarr.
1965
January 23 Nightwraith battles a demon summoned by evil sorcerers. He is rescued by his old enemy. The Master.
February 1O Congress forms Special American Tactics (SAT) to protect the U.S, while PRIMUS is being organized.
June 3 Sunwarrior returns to the US.
October 31 Nightwraith disappears.
November 4 The Minutemen form in Boston. The members are Lady Victory, Captain Star (known previously as the Star Spangled Hero), the aging Thunderbird and a fourteen-year-old mutant speedster called Fleetfoot They promise to "be ready any minute that America needs us."
1966
July 18 Dark Seraph attempts to take over SAC in order to start a nuclear war between the US and the USSR. He is stopped by American Eagle II and the Minutemen American Eagle II joins the Minutemen after the battle is over.
1967
The Circle forms, and goes on its first mission against Dark Seraph. They are beaten badly by the villain and only nearly escape death.
October 19 Black Phantom first appears to help stop a riot caused by racial unrest.
November 14 While recovering from a wound received from a battle with Dreadnaught, Thunderbird announces his retirement.
1968
March 30 The new government android program produces the Ultraman model. While they are more easily controlled than the Mandroids they are also not as powerful or efficient.
June 6 Black Phantom captures criminal Sirhan Sirhan after he assassinates Senator Robert Kennedy. It is discovered that he has connections with VIPER.
1969
March 30 Newly-elected president Nixon cuts all funding from the android creation program.
1970
April 10 American Eagle leaves the Minutemen and goes to Chicago to start a new group.
August 29 Mark Nine's daughter (who would one day become Silver Shadow) is born.
1971
May 14 Freedom Squad formed in Chicago by American Eagle II. other members are Black Phantom, and Hardhat.
June 10 Dr. Sebastian Poe, the founder of PSI, publishes his findings on cerebellic mutations in a government report.
1972
May 1 The Transmuter kills Sunwarrior.
1973
April 4 The Parapsychological Studies Institute (PSI) is founded by Dr. Poe.
July-September Raven creates a number of oil crises throughout the world, in order to decrease political stability.
1974
March 4 L'lnstitut Thoth is inaugurated in Switzerland.
March 18 Eric Wraith escapes the Ancient one's dimension and arrives on Earth to one day become Dr. Wraith
June 17 The Swordfish is sunk in the Marianas Trench in a battle with Professor Masterson and his phoney Atlantis. Masterson is defeated, however, and there are no casualties.
1975
April 21 Crusader begins his crimefighting career by bringing in three known cop-killers.
June 1O Peacemonger, a notorious terrorist, establishes the Atlas organization.
July 18 Crusader stops the rampage of a government "Ubermensch" subject (from the super-soldier program) who had gone insane. The soldier dies when he falls from the top of the Empire State Building.
December 14 Thok crash lands on Earth, and is captured
1976
January Fiacho recruits Durak as the first member of his new supervillain team Eurostar in East Germany.
February 2 Thok escapes from the Department of Defense.
June 19 Dr. J. A. Quest creates StarGuard International.
October Eurostar becomes a trio as Bora joins in Rome.
October Fiacho introduces Pantera, who he had encountered the night before, to the rest of Eurostar. She joins the team, and the villains leave Rome.
November 21 Dr. Destroyer uses a satellite to attempt to mentally control the world. The Minutemen, Crusader. and the Freedom Squad work together to defeat him. The plot is foiled, but Destroyer escapes, announcing that it was all a part of a much larger plan.
December Eurostar breaks Le Sone out of prison to add him to the team as a gadgeteer.
1977
February 17 Eurostar raids a Russian Gold Depository, soundly defeating the Russian hero Ivan.
June 16 Eurostar attacks an UNTIL base in France. killing 36 agents and stealing vital computer codes.
August 3 John and Margaret Harrington (Thunder and Lightning) gain their powers in a thunderstorm.
September 14 Thok breaks into a government installation in Charlottesville, VA to steal some parts to rebuild his ship. He is stopped by Cavalier I.
October 12 Hyperion opens Sanctuary
1978
Eurostar finishes building its base in Europe.
April 16 The Watchmaker begins operations in London.
May 13 Dr. Lirby Koo befriends Ultraviolet in Texas.
June 24 Ultraviolet is sent by Dr. Koo to raid a DEMON base. there, she encounters Dart, who was also attacking the base.
September 2 The Golden Avenger makes his first public appearance on television during a presidential press conference announcing his existence as America's foremost protector and hero.
1979
April 29 VIPER agents, after attempting to track down Crimebuster, capture his son, Dr. Elias James McQuark. They attempt to get him to work for them, but he is rescued by the hero Radion just in time.
May 3 PSI begins using its first psionic agent, Violet Lotus.
July 14 While robbing a gold shipment, Ultraviolet and Dart encounter Diamond, who joins the two.
October 4 The Soviet Union forms the Comintern, a group of Eastern Bloc paranormals, led by the Premier, a Politburo political officer. This group goes on to help the Soviet war in Afghanistan considerably.
November 29 Blackstar battles Crusader. Due to the proximity of a TV station, the battle is televised. Blackstar escapes from police after thoroughly beating the vigilante.
198O
January 13 The Minutemen break up officially. Lady Victory retires, Fleetfoot goes on to pursue a solo career, and Captain Star begins to work directly for the government.
February 7 Quasar lands on Earth to warn its people of the coming of Firewing. PRIMUS forces, alerted by StarGuard International, arrive on the scene and attempt to capture him. Quasar spends the next few days on the run.
February 12 Firewing comes to Earth. PRIMUS moves to intercept him, and 23 agents are killed.
February 14 Valentines' Day Battle. Firewing makes it to San Francisco, where he is confronted by Dr. Wraith, Maelstrom, Helios, Silverfist and Quasar. A terrific battle ensues, and Firewing was defeated. The heroes decide to form the Protectors.
March 17 Dr. Koo and the Geodesics finish their Mexican underground base.
April 10 Quantum and Defender apprehend Thunder and Lightning. A judge sentences them to become public Superheroes for one year.
June 14 Charger battles American Eagle II in Chicago. Charger defeats the hero' but he is forced to leave because of the appearance of Captain Thunder.
July 4 The Champions are formed. The founding members are Defender, Centurion, Quantum, Jaguar, Mecha and Peregrine.
August 3 Neutron attempts to create a mind-control device, but the experiment fails. However, the resulting accident gives Arc his powers, and he joins Neutron.
August 14 Damian Pomegranate is released while awaiting his second trial after the first resulted in a hung jury.
October 13 Dr. McQuark's Superhero Supply and Gymnasium officially opens for business.
November 17 Violet Lotus escapes from PSI and flees to Canada.
1981
January 10 UNTIL agents capture the villain Sapper in Canada.
January 26 UNTIL attacks and takes over the base of KRONOS' putting them out of "business". Mechassassin escapes with their new armored suit to begin his career of crime.
February 1 The Champions raid a VlPER nest and recover stolen vials of the Cyberline drug, which helped create the Golden Avenger and the Silver Avengers, before they can be analyzed by the villains.
February 2 Continuing a series of great victories, UNTIL agents raid the Geodesics' base, destroying and supposedly killing Dr. Lirby Koo. Ultraviolet, Dart and Diamond are not captured, however, as they are not present at the time.
February 10 In a fit of revenge, the Nest Leader sends VIPER agents to attack Homestead, the Champion's new base. Great damage is caused. The agents are defeated, but Defender decides to create a robot which will protect the base from any attacker.
February 25 The Geodesics raid an UNTIL base in retaliation for the destruction of their base. During the raid, they encounter orb 1, who was attempting to escape.
March 17 Mechanon protector of Homestead, the Champions base, goes haywire due to faulty programming. He defeats the Champions, leaving them for dead, and escapes, seeking a way to destroy humanity. Defender, Mechanon's creator, goes into an uncharacteristic fit a depression that lasts for weeks.
April 10 Their year of serving as Superheroes over, Thunder and Lightning become supervillains by attacking and robbing the a headquarters of The Unicorn (not to be confused with the member of Atlas by the same name), a San Francisco crimelord.
April 29 The Capitol Patrol is formed in Washington DC. The founding members are Igneous, Voyager, Max Bowman, Revenant, Shadow Wolf and Fleetfoot.
May 1 Binder is freed from Stronghold when Dr. Destroyer demolishes it to free Grond to play a part in his plan. Grond refuses Destroyer's offer, but Binder tries to accept in his place. Destroyer laughs.
May 30 Neutron and Arc are captured and imprisoned by the Protectors.
June 5 The Project Sunburst experiment is conducted.
June 7 Sunburst kills all of the military personnel around him during his debriefing after Project Sunburst. He and the other survivors of the project go off to form the supervillain group of the same name.
June 1O The Whip battles Revenant and Shadow Wolf of the Capitol Patrol. He is captured. but escapes before imprisonment with the help of other KGB agents.
June 13 Neutron and Arc escape prison.
June 2O Northern Star battles High Voltage in Oslo, Norway when the villain attempts to break into a bank. He is vanquished and brought to justice by the Norwegian heroine.
July 27 Professor Muerte creates the villain Giganto. The two battle, and Muerte wins, subduing Giganto to psychologically condition him into serving the mastermind.
August 1 Mechanon and Firewing clash in Los Angeles. Great destruction is caused. Mechanon's form is destroyed, but not before his consciousness escapes into a nearby computer. From this point on, Mechanon always has at least one extra body to transfer into.
August 13 Mechassassin goes to work for Eurostar.
September 3 Peregrine leaves the Champions to give her a more "normal" life, although she remains a solo hero.
September 28 Soviet leader Brezhnev tells KGB-chief Andropov to develop the Supreme Soviet team, after a number of successes with the Comintern.
October 17 The Huntsman is recruited by the Protectors.
October 19 The Rainbow Archer tries to beat the Crusader for his use of violence. She is defeated and imprisoned.
October 25 The police attempt to gain entrance to Sanctuary to apprehend the vigilante Sniper, who was framed for murder by the villain Sharpes. Voyager, Quantum and Mind Titan stop them, enforcing the sanctuary of Sanctuary.
November 3 PSI superbeings, on their first group "mission," kill Salvador Luciano and a number of other mobsters who had been controlling the institute. This act firmly establishes their place in the criminal world.
November 1O Binder manages to establish a partnership with Plasmoid. Binder refers to them as the Ultimates.
November 13 The Conquerors are born as Ankylosaur and Wyvern join Neutron and Arc.
December Black Paladin appears for the first time.
1982
January 14 Psilad joins the Capitol Patrol.
February Scorpia officially becomes a member of Terror, Inc.
February 22 Slick is caught and imprisoned while making a bank robbery.
February 24 The Clansman recruits the Consul for membership in the new group, The New Knights of the Round Table.
March 11 Panda, on a mission from PSI to hunt down the VIPER operative Raccoon in the Midwest, falls in love with her target and they join forces.
March 13 The Whip attacks Dimension Man I, and almost kills him.
March 14 VIPER finds Panda and Raccoon. and attempts to eliminate Panda. Numerous VIPER agents are slain by Raccoon as Panda makes her escape.
April 2 The Ultimates run into Black Star while robbing a shipment of gold. They join forces.
April 20 Ace joins the Protectors
May 10 The Swordfish II, the first of a fleet of such crimefighting/exploratory craft, is launched by UNTIL.
May 17 The Gurkha joins the New Knights of the Round Table.
May 19 The Conquerors battle the Capitol Patrol on the Lincoln Memorial as the villains attempt to plant a bomb. The bomb is defused, but the Conquerors get away.
May 24 The Rangers are formed in the Southern U.S. Based in Austin, the members are the Green Avenger, Peacekeeper I, Ricochet, Mind Master, and Speedtrap.
June 3 Exo-Skeleton Man joins forces with Foxbat.
June 9 Obsidian lands on Earth and joins the Champions.
June 12 Panda and Raccoon are married.
June 30 The Ultimates attack Charger, and Charger ends up joining the group.
July 1 Albion is recruited into the New Knights of the Round Table in a Norfolk, England, hospital.
July Earthmaster is heard of.
July 17 STOP is formed in England in response to VIPER and supervillain activities.
August 4 Mechassassin kills Talon in Switzerland.
September 9 PSI and VIPER clash in Detroit as they both attempt to apprehend Panda and Raccoon.
September 12 Bullet and Big John join forces.
October 14 Captain Star, backed by the government, attempts to apprehend Black Mamba within Sanctuary. He is stopped by the staff.
October 17 Oculon attempts to find the villain Powerhouse for VIPER in Baltimore. Instead, he encounters Icicle, and their battle draws much attention. Oculon is captured by Fleetfoot and Balefire in Baltimore as he tries to flee from his foe. Balefire joins the Capitol Patrol.
November 6 The mutant Daughter of Mark Nine, Silver Shadow, joins the New Knights of the Round Table.
November 24 Genocide hunts down and kills the mutant, Multo.
December Golden Marauder recruits Rakshasa in India to join his new supervillain group, Villains International.
December 20 Golden Marauder attempts to recruit Dervish, but the villain is already working for Raven. Rakshasa attempts to kill Dervish out of spite, and Dervish flees after a short scuffle.
1983
January 5 The Protectors battle the Ultimates in San Francisco. The Ultimates lose, but none are captured.
January 12 The Whip is sent by the KGB to eliminate the members of Eurostar individually. Bora, his first target, drops him from a high altitude, thinking him dead. He is greatly injured, but alive.
February 10 The Ultimates break Slick out of jail, and he gratefully joins their ranks.
February 15 Herculan lands on Earth.
February 29 Boa Constrictor is captured by Powershift in Central Park.
March 3 VOICE supervillains attack Bullet and Big John. Starseer becomes accidentally involved, and joins Bullet and Big John, forming the Raiders.
April 14 The London Watch is formed by the Watchmaker. The founding members are: Dr. Goldwing, Repulse, Swift Swallow! Mole and Yeoman.
June 12 A Soviet spacecraft is struck by a strange meteor. The three cosmonauts survive, and all gain paranormal powers as a result of the accident. They go on to become Sputnik, Soyuz and St. Peter's Star.
June 23 Captain Thunder dies, passing the power onto his son, who will eventually become Renegade.
July 4 All communications in the US are jammed to make way for a blackmail announcement from Deathstroke. Deathstroke threatens to cause a meltdown of all nuclear plants if the US does not surrender itself to the villains.
July 5 Renegade joins the Protectors.
July 6 The nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island experiences a sudden and inexplicable pre-meltdown condition. Deathstroke is blamed.
July 7 Deathstroke is defeated in their secret base by the Rangers, and the threat of nuclear accidents is alleviated.
July 15 Villains International goes to the Greece to recruit the mysterious Oracle as a member. but she is not to be found. Instead. Golden Marauder and Rakshasa encounter the German villain Master Stroke who is in Greece hiding from Euroguard. a European superhero group. The three villains team up to battle the heroes, but Master Stroke is captured, and the other two flee.
August 25 The Fox of Crime leads his group of hired villains. Shrinker, Armadillo, Bluejay, Brick, ogre, Lightning and Thunder to make a raid on Fort Knox. The raid is stopped by the new superhero group, the Bayou Brigade
September 21 The members of Deathstroke, disguised as the Rangers, break into a PRIMUS base and steal important government documents.
October 1O The Rangers catch up with Deathstroke in Dallas, as the villains continue their scheme to discredit the heroes. After a pitched battle, the members of Deathstroke flee to the mideast to sell various government secret they have stolen (in the Rangers' guises) to the highest bidder.
October 15 Trailing their enemies Deathstroke, the Rangers encounter the Comintern in Lebanon. A battle ensues, and the vicious Green Avenger kills the Premier, Captain Communist, and the Polish Star in a fit of frustration. This results in an international incident, and the Rangers are forced to go underground as they become outlaw heroes in the U.S.
October 24 Sleeper recruits Terastar for his group Plunder.
November 2 Indigo leaves PSI.
November 19 Sea Change joins the London Watch.
December 14 Armadillo joins Project Sunburst.
December 18 Orrad and another, unknown alien stop a group of plane hijackers on their way to the Middle East. The alien accidentally kills some of the criminals, and then kills himself in remorse.
1984
January 5 Indigo's wife is killed by VIPER agents who atternpt to kidnap the two mutants. Indigo rejoins PSI.
January 16 Soviet Chairman Andropov merges the Comintern with the Supreme Soviets under Colonel Vasalov.
January 23 The Conquerors, after committing a long series of terrorist acts in Saudi Arabia, are defeated by the Champions in Riyadh.
February 4 Avar-7 lands on Earth and decides to become a superhero.
February 11 The Seven Horsemen attack a small town in Mexico, destroying it utterly.
March 19 Fleetfoot leaves the Capitol Patrol to go solo once again, vowing that he'd never join another team. There is bad blood between the hero and the rest of the team which continues into the present.
March 21 An unknown villain called Hexmaster. leading the villains Volcano. Sensor and Titaness. kidnaps the mayor of New York. The Champions defeat the villains, and rescue the mayor. but Hexmaster proves to simply be a decoy robot of the real villain.
April 10 A bill which would restrict the activities of superpowered individuals in defeated in the Senate due in part to the lobbying of Sanctuary representatives and the speeches given by Rep. Clayton Mansfield.
April 19 Genocide and PSI first battle each other, causing massive amounts of damage to the St. Louis area.
April 20 VIPER agents attack Sanctuary in retaliation for their influence on the Paranormal Restriction Bill. They are fended off by the Capitol Patrol and Project Sunburst, who happen to be at Sanctuary at the time.
April 29 Avar-7 is captured in a battle with Mechanon.
May 10 The Swordfish agents and the hero Seaspray stop an invasion of Bermuda before it gets a chance to start.
May 26 Black Claw, Gremlin and Black Diamond form GRAB.
June 17 PRIMUS agents apprehend Freon on one of his first robberies.
June 19 The Metropolitan ExtraTerrestrial Enclave (METE) is set up, financially backed by the Champions, and the Protectors. The alien hero Orrad is a major figure within the organization.
July 7 Warhawk I joins the Champions as the Hero Hunt begins, and heroes are assaulted by villains all over the world. The battle begins when Vibron, Death Rider, Monopole, Ripper, Pulsar, Deathsinger, and Frost all attack the Champions in Central Park. The heroes barely manage to drive the villains away.
July 1O Avar-7, reprogrammed. escapes from Mechanon's control.
July 11 Black Diamond, Gremlin, Terastar, Bulldozer and Mentalax attack the Protectors as part of the Hero Hunt but all are imprisoned.
July 14 Mechassassin, having left Eurostar, becomes head of security for DEMON.
July 16 Shrinker, Monopole, Powerhouse, Death Commando, Fusion Black Raven, Thunderbolt, Oculon and Power Crusher attack the Capitol Patrol, beating there and earning a high ranking in the supervillain "contest" known as the Hero Hunt.
July 18 Black Paladin and Firewing trash Warhawk I and obsidian outside of the Champion's base in the Hero Hunt.
July 19 Freon battles Powershift for the Hero Hunt, but is beaten and goes to jail.
July 20 The Ripper holds a number of businessmen hostage in the Sears Tower in Chicago, demanding that American Eagle show up so that he can defeat him for the Hero Hunt. The hero shows up, but is ambushed by Utility and Vibron. Ripper, angered that they have attempted to take away his points, trashes the villains instead.
July 25 Firewing draws Powershift into a battle in the middle of Yankee Stadium. Firewing wins, and flies away with more Hero Hunt Points.
July 27 Ocuton ambushes the heroine Peregrine and actually beats her, earning Hero Hunt points.
August 3 The Geodesics attack Fleetfoot and defeat him leaving him unconscious in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC for the Hero Hunt.
August 7 Ogre beats Crusader in a fight in Boston. Ogre leaves the hero after thrashing him, knowing that he has earned considerable Hero Hunt points.
August 10 Sledge and Piledriver team up to commit a large and showy bank robbery in Dallas, hoping to draw a superhero or two so that they can earn points in the Hero Hunt. None come, although VIPER finally catches up with the two villains, whom they have been looking for years (both are the results of VIPER experiments, but escaped). Sledge is killed, and Piledriver is captured. The VIPER agents remove the piston from his hand, and let him go, realizing that he has been rendered powerless.
August 12 Thunder and Lightning attack Quantum for the Hero Hunt, but she defeats them.
August 13 The first phase of the Hero Hunt is over. Black Paladin, Firewing, Oculon, Shrinker, Powerhouse and ogre advance to the second phase. In this phase, the villains must capture heroes and bring them to the mastermind behind the contest.
August 16 Oculon attempts to capture Powershift for the Hero Hunt and is easily defeated.
August 17 Firewing captures Warhawk I for the Hero Hunt.
August 18 Angered, Powerhouse tries to stop ogre from capturing Balefire for the Hero Hunt. Ogre beats Powerhouse, but the hero gets away.
August 19 Rainbow Archer escapes from prison and joins with GRAB for one robbery, and then leaves. Also, Black Paladin captures Defender for the Hero Hunt.
August 21 Shrinker lures American Eagle into a trap, capturing him for the Hero Hunt.
August 22 Ogre captures Powershift. Phase Two of the Hero Hunt ends.
August 25 Phase Three of the Hero Hunt begins, in which all of the villains, Shrinker, Ogre, Black Paladin and Firewing must all fight to the death to show who is the most powerful of all. All of the villains involved in the previous phases are there, watching. During the battle Menton frees American Eagle, Powershift, Warhawk I, and Defender. The heroes summon the members of their respective teams (the Champions and the Freedom Squad) as well as the Capitol Patrol and the Protectors to the location of the final battle of the supervillains. An epic battle takes place in which the mastermind behind the contest, Malachite, is revealed and beaten. Numerous villains are apprehended, while many others flee.
August 28 The PSI-KIN are first used by PSI to eliminate two anti-mutant senators. The senators are both killed.
September 3 Mongoose makes his first attack against Coil agents as they attempt to rob a bank in Chicago.
September 13 Mecha of the Champions is slain in an ambush by Mechanon. The villainous robot then poses as the armored hero to attack the other Champions.
September 14 Mechanon is destroyed in a battle with the Champions and Avar-7 (in which Avar-7 helped defeat the villain. and then turned on the heroes), but, as always, he manages to send a signal to one of his bases to create a new body for him.
September 18 Lyndon Johnson Kaufman, a Silver Avenger defects to the Soviet Union in the Central American nation of Guamanga. He joins the Supreme Soviets and becomes Red Shield.
October 14 Terastar recruits Silver Dragon into Plunder after a battle with UNTIL agents in Alberta, Canada.
November 25 The Whip, after leaving the KGB, joins with Utility.
December 1 Engineer, in the guise of Mechanon, hires Titaness, Brick, Vibron, and Fire and Ice to assassinate prominent UNTIL and SAT agents, proclaiming "The New order." Three such agents are killed, but Fire and Ice and Brick are apprehended.
December 4 The Capitol Patrol, manipulated by faked messages sent by Engineer, discover Mechanon's whereabouts and attack him. After a long fight, Mechanon defeats the heroes, but during the battle, deduces that it was the Engineer who lead them to him. Rather than kill or capture the unconscious heroes, he flies off to find Engineer.
December 18 Doc Sonic joins the Protectors, just in time for her to help the group stop the murderous spree of the monster known as Leech. Leech is rescued by the sorcerer whom he serves.
1985
January 16 Terror, Inc. battles the South American team, the Victores, as they attempt to kidnap the President of Argentina. The villains are soundly defeated, but manage to escape capture.
January 19 Earthbrother and Aspen defeat the ReDirection Cartel's criminal operations in London.
February 1 Lady Blue breaks into a warehouse of the Briar Chemicals company in Los Angeles to expose illegal chemicals. The Protectors try to stop her, but in the ensuing battle, a worker is doused by the Illegal chemicals and transformed into Hideous. Hideous knocks out Lady Blue and escapes with her into the woods.
February 2 Hideous is driven out of the woods by a battle between Slug and Thunderbolt, who had accidentaly ran into each other. The other villains are also driven away when Lady Blue awakens. angry. She has hunted Hideous ever since.
February 10 After a long series of chases throughout Central America UNTIL agents finally capture the Geodesics. Orb I is killed during the fight.
February 19 The Circle defeat Earthmaster and turn over the Earth Crown to PRIMUS for safekeeping.
February 28 Eurostar attacks Sanctuary to get at the alien Enon. They are forced to retreat by the staff, the Champions (who were there at the time), and Euroguard, who had followed the villains to the U.S.
March 13 Phobos and Deimos offer their services to Plunder.
March 30 Ladybug attacks Warhawk I in Manhattan. and humiliates him.
April 17 Centurion leaves the Champions and retires from his superhero career to lead a normal life.
May 10 VIPER agents, with the help of Chameleon, trick PRIMUS agents (including the Golden Avenger) into attacking the Champions while they attack the New York PRIMUS base to steal the Earth Crown of Krim (Earthmaster's Crown) which is held there. The Champions manage to convince the PRIMUS forces that they have been tricked, and the VIPER agents stealing the crown are intercepted and stopped.
June 3 After leaving Utility as sworn enemies, the Whip joins with the members of GRAB for a major jewel heist in San Diego. The Protectors chase them down and imprison them all.
June 4 The Conquerors replace President Reagan with a mutant shapeshifter. Genocide detects the mutant in the White House, however, and their Minuteman Robots kill the mutant and severely wound Neutron, the group's leader.
July 14 Remover crashes on Earth and is taken to METE.
August 13 The Olympians appears, most people believe them only to be superbeings and not gods.
August 28 Brainstorm escapes from PSI, and becomes a crimefighter.
September 4 PRIMUS, lead by a Silver Avenger, attempt to gain entry to Sanctuary to apprehend Halfjack. They are stopped by the staff and the Protectors.
September 13 Mechanon opens a portal to Earth II (also known as Strike Force Earth), sending the unwitting Avar-7 there as a scout to discover if Mechanon has a counterpart on that alternate world. using one last ability he had programmed into him while in his possession. With this ability Mechanon was able to see through the other robot's eyes.
September 14 The Champions come to Earth II and rescue Strike Force. Together the two groups send Avar-7 back to Earth I and defeat Mechanon.
October 12 In another senseless act of violence, the Seven Horsemen attack an Albanian city, causing great damage.
October 30 PSI battles the Genocide Minuteman Robots in Chicago. The battle attracts the attention of the Freedom Squad, who end up forcing both sides to retreat. SAT. as well as a number of super hero groups, begin to track PSl's activities, forcing them to become more covert.
November 1 Remover leaves METE, and encounters Powershift in the Bronx Zoo. The two battle, and though Powershift wins. Remover gets away by freeing the caged tigers to occupy the hero.
November 3 Feur joins Terror, Inc.
November 6 Raven tricks Firewing into attacking Sanctuary to kill the Rangers, who are staying there. He is defeated by the staff, the Rangers, Freon, and Mind Titan.
November 11 Mongoose and Black Mamba battle in Chicago when Mongoose attempts to stop Coil agents from stealing a priceless Egyptian statue of the god, Set.
December 24 Blowtorch sets the National Christmas Tree in Washington DC, ablaze. He is quickly defeated by the Capitol Patrol. and the fire is extinguished
1986
February 2 Brainstorm joins the Protectors.
February 8 Crusader battles Snake and Deathblow when he tries to break up Sharpes criminal operations in Boston. Crusader is overwhelmed, but the vigilante Sniper saves him.
February 13 Seaspray captures Barnacle and turns him over to the government. who places him in the Sealife Project installation.
February 16 The Champions hear of Sharpes' operations in Boston and go to apprehend the supervillains. Many of the Blackguard agents that Sharpes employed are captured, but all of the villains escape.
February 21 Earthmaster escapes from prison and steals back the Earth Crown of Krim from PRIMUS.
March 15 Eurostar sneaks into an American prison to kill the Whip for his attacks on them long ago. He convinces them to let him join them instead, and they free him from prison.
March 17 Seeker joins the Champions.
March 27 Mole marries and retires from superheroing leaving the London Watch.
April 26 The Conquerors break their leader, recovered from his injuries, out of prison.
May 7 The New Knights of the Round Table catch up with Shamrock in Philadelphia. The villain escapes, but only after the Hand, hired by Raven to kill the Champions, intervened by mistake (how lucky for Shamrock).
May 18 Ironside is captured by agents of the ReDirection cartel, but is rescued by some strange character known as Nuada of the Silver Hand. Together, they apprehend a number of the criminals.
June 14 An accident at a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant (caused by Ringer) gives superpowers to Flower and supposedly to the other members of Mass Reaction.
July 10 Timemaster organizes the Alliance of Supervillains: Firewing, Lazer, ogre, Grond, Bulldozer, Griffin, Esper, Beamline, Shrinker, Pulsar, Oculon, Blowtorch and Dragonfly.
July 22 The Alliance of Supervillains attacks the Champions base, Homestead, and takes control of it, capturing Quantum, Jaguar, and Seeker.
July 23 The remaining Champions, Warhawk I, and Powershift all attempt to liberate Homestead. They fail, and all are captured.
July 25 The Golden Avenger and 25 PRIMUS agents attack Homestead, only to find the heroes unconscious in their own vault. The villains are gone, but a note is left stating "We have won. We can do whatever we want now. The world shall never be the same."
July 27 Power Crusher battles VIPER agents and Mechassassin (who is now in VIPER's employ) in Seattle. VIPER is attempting to kill him for escaping from their service. Power Crusher barely escapes by leaping off a high building onto the Protector's skycruiser. The Protectors are in Seattle after being called in to avert the destruction caused by the Ripper, who was seen in the area. The Protectors capture Power Crusher (who escapes before he can be put in prison), thirteen VIPER agents, and the Ripper (who showed up during the battle).
July 30 The Alliance of Supervillains moves to Washington DC, and attacks the Capitol Patrol. The Heroes are defeated, but the villains are forced to leave when Dr Destroyer and a number of his agents show up. Destroyer tells the villains that such an alliance is against his will, and so is doomed to failure. The villains leave. shouting that the Protectors are next on their list.
August 3 Menton mentally influences Firewing to break up the Alliance of Supervillains. After a large argument and battle, the villains all go their separate ways.
August 12 Mass Reaction, posing as legitimate superheroes, battle Plunder. They turn over Terastar and Silver Dragon to the Champions.
September 4 Mentalla infiltrates Eurostar.
September 8 Blazon joins the London Watch.
September 15 Beamline battles Starburst in New York. Beamline is captured and imprisoned.
October 1O German terrorists blow up a Canadian military plane over Germany. Later that day, Borealis finds the terrorists and kills them.
October 13 Seaspray is killed by Eurostar on the coast of Spain as they attempt to hijack an UNTIL ship.
October 23 The Champions learn of Mass Reaction's true aims when they are seen breaking into a US military installation. The resulting battle is swift, but Mass Reaction manages to escape and go into hiding.
November 28 King Cobra and Coil, including Black Mamba try to capture the Champions. They take Quantum and infect her with the Coil gene.
December 3 The Champions rescue Quantum from King Cobra and she is cured. Many Coil members are captured, but others. including King Cobra and Black Mamba, escape to another base.
1987
January 14 Mechanon and Halfjack attempt to capture Grond to make him a cyborg slave. The battle alerts the Champions and culminates in a huge conflict in a snowy Central Park. Grond escapes, and Mechanon self destructs, apparently killing Halfjack, though his body is not found.
March 1 VOICE attacks Sanctuary in order to kill Powershift. They are defeated by the staff, Powershift, Sparkler, and Vincent Dimitrios.
March 15 The London Watch battle and defeat the Four Winds.
March 23 Protectors raid PSI, capturing most of the villains who are imprisoned. The students are displaced to other institutions. Dr. Poe is put in the Stronghold Asylum for the Criminally Insane.
March 30 Villains International goes to Japan and recruit Tsunami, defeating the hero Asian who had been pursuing her.
May 13 Solitaire joins the Champions, fleeing from the sorceress cabal that trained her.
June 12 Obsidian stops Bulldozer from robbing a Manhattan Bank. Great destruction is caused by the battle.
July 6 DEMON forces attempt to capture Powershift to use as an energy source in the mysterious X-Device so that they can summon a powerful Nether Lord. The hero escapes their trap in Manhattan.
July 10 DEMON agents again attempt to capture Powershift, this time on Long Island, but the hero is saved by the intervention of Mind Titan.
July 14 The Champions. responding to a report of a large battle, arrive at the Appleton Mall in Manhattan only to find DEMON agents and the villains Daigon, Silvar, Volcanon. and Scarab kidnapping Powershift. The villains escape with their target.
July 16 The Champions travel to an underwater DEMON lair to free Powershift, only to discover that it is a trap for them, and the base is set to self destruct. The heroes barely escape in time.
July 18 on an uncharted Atlantic island, the Champions encounter a large force of DEMON servants and the Morbane, Hieronomous. They destroy the X-Device that Powershift has been placed into and free him. Silvar, Daigon, orb 11, and Scarab are apprehended, although the Morbane escapes. Volcanon is destroyed when he is thrown into deep water by obsidian.
August 13 Freedom Squad is decimated by VOlCE. Hardhat, and Dimension Man I are both slain while the Black Phantom is put into a coma. Although the remaining members and the Champions join forces to defeat the villains, the Freedom Squad falls apart.
August 15 A landslide accident in the Philippines causes a young man working with a geological survey team to be buried by tons of rock. Under all of this rock, he finds an Amulet and manages to put it on. Before anything else can happen, he is engulfed by lava. The man and amulet are forever fused, and the man is turned into a being of living fire and magma, known as Lava.
September 12 Borealis attempts to begin a coup in Canada. He has surprising popular support.
September 16 The Canadian superteam, the Pacific Sentinels, battles Borealis in Ottawa. Borealis is forced to flee, swearing that he will return.
October 4 The Circle defeats (and inadvertently kills) the villain Grandmaster From him, they take the Stone Crown of Krim which they turn over to PRIMUS (even though PRIMUS had let Earthmaster get the Earth Crown of Krim back).
November 6 Eurostar encounters and battles the Monster in Paris. They attempt to capture him, to make him a member or a servant, but he escapes, only after severely wounding Fiacho.
November 15 Imperial Lion defeats VIPER agents as they attempt to kidnap three wealthy businessmen in Liverpool.
November 17 The Seven Horsemen attack the Oslo airport, causing mass destruction. North Star attempts to stop them, but is quickly vanquished.
December 12 Reports of The Shape in the outback of Australia attract Captain Australia's attention. He intends to investigate the next day.
December 13 Dr. Destroyer takes the Philippine monster Lava to Sidney, Australia. Captain Australia prevents the monster from causing much damage, but is forced to finally call the Protectors for help. Golden Marauder finds The Shape and recruits her for Villains International.
December 14 The Protectors arrive in Sidney and help Captain Australia subdue Lava. Meanwhile, the Conquerors break into the Protector's base and make duplicates of ail of their files for Dr. Destroyer.
December 24 Crusader stops Night Shade's attempt to cause a blackout in New York City on Christmas Eve. Night Shade is apprehended and sent to Stronghold.
1988
January 14 Borealis sinks a US icebreaker that challenges Canadian sovereignty in the Northwest Passage.
February White Flame joins Eurostar.
February 4 The Bayou Brigade finally locates Sparkler in Atlanta. A short battle ends with Sparkler's capture.
February 10 Grond attacks Sanctuary to kill Bulldozer, but is stopped by the staff, Bulldozer, Defender, and Ladybug
March 19 Halfjack (who was not killed the previous year, but has returned, a little psychotic) battles Blue Jay as she tries to stop him from randomly killing innocents in a Baltimore shopping center. Halfjack escapes. Influenced by what Blue Jay said, Halfjack develops a hatred of killing.
March 23 Dr McQuark's Superhero Supply and Gymnasium closes its doors due to lack of financial support. The bankrupt doctor disappears.
April 10 The London Watch battle Eurostar to a standstill in Trafalgar Square. The villains are forced to retreat.
April 12 The powerful horror known as Crypt emerges from an Indian burial mound in Dana. The sorceress Shiela Bane, Solitaire of the Champions and Vincent Dimitrios defeat the creature and magically emprison him.
April 23 Eurostar attacks Destroyer's installation in Portugal, where Menton is attacking Mentalla. The installation is destroyed in the battle which ensues between the group and Destroyer, Menton, and the destroids. Mentalla is rescued and joins Eurostar.
May 8 The Rangers battle Firewing as he attempts to kill the Green Avenger. After a long battle, Firewing is subdued, but then escapes.
May 1O Villains International arrives in Uganda to recruit Deathmask, but he refuses.
May 11 While in Uganda, Villains International hears about The Mountain who is hiding in Kenya. The villains go to that nation, kill two African super heroes who are attempting to capture The Mountain, and convince him to Join The hunter known as Bwana also attempts to stop them (The Mountain has a huge price on his head in that nation), but the villains dispatch him easily.
May 12 The Protectors begin a spree of violent vigilante killings of thugs and criminals.
May 14 Utility and Crusader fight in Coney Island. Utility beats the vigilante, and publicly humiliates him.
May 24 Soulfire and Mind Killer of PSI assassinate three international ambassadors under UNTIL's protection.
June 2 The Protectors kill the Underworld crime lord Unicorn I in a vigilante-style raid.
June 12 The Champions, after Solitiare's senses alert her that something was magically wrong in San Francisco battle the Protectors as they attempt to steal an Aztec statue from the Metropolitan Galleries. The Protectors escape.
June 15 The Red Baron and his henchmen, the Flying Circus, are apprehended in East Germany by Das Wall while raiding a military armory. The Red Baron and his men are all violently beaten, but live.
June 28 The Purifier begins her violent attack against the forces of evil in the U.S.
July 1O Quasar and Maelstrom kidnap a number of top scientists.
JuIy 15 The Champions stop the Purifier and the controlled Protectors with their scheme to destroy the world in an epic battle in a Columbian Jungle.
July 18 on the way back to the US from Columbia, the Champions intercept a distress call from a Nicaraguan UNTIL team being menaced by Riplash, a powerful Raven agent. The Champions save the UNTIL agents, but the Raven agents Divine Wind, Granite, and Powerhouse prevent them from apprehending Riplash..
August 3 Crusader and Sniper hunt down Utility and his temporary partners Shrinker and Frizbee who are all employed by VIPER (at the time). The vigilantes are successful in capturing Shrinker, but Frisbee is killed in the battle.
August 13 Fleetfoot participates a race for charity in New York. Death Rider attacks him, however, in the middle of the race. The villain is captured and imprisoned.
August 26 Borealis forms Destiny, with his agents Ladybug, Jackknife and Silhouette.
October 2 The Shapeshifters battle the Nightwatch in London when the villains attempt to steal jewels from a museum.
September 8 Grond is persuaded by GRAB to destroy (or at least distract) the Capitol Patrol while they steal the Hope Diamond. The heroes defeat Grond on the lawn of the Capitol Building, while the GRAB members are foiled by the police and some PRIMUS agents. Black Diamond is captured and sent to Stronghold.
September 6 Chime begins operations as a superheroine in London.
October 12 Plague and Dragonfly, hired to supplement the Black Chimera Tong of San Francisco, hunt down Firefist in Chinatown. The resulting battle draws the attention of the Protectors, but the villains all escape.
November 14 Lionslayer joins VOICE as they attempt to rebuild their ranks after their defeat by the Champions.
1989
January 10 The Champions, reclining within their base, are attacked by the Starspawn who had long been trapped in a strange orb that they had been given by the Minutemen. The Minutemen had taken it from the island of Dr. Destroyer after their battle with him in 1976. The Starspawn causes an incredible amount of damage to Homestead and the surrounding areas of Manhattan before it is defeated by the heroes.
January 13 PSI abducts Violet Wilson (Flashback) from her housing project in Chicago
February 2 The Protectors rescue an orphanage from a group of heavily armed terrorists supporting the American Free Army, who have ironically hired a number of foreign super-powered mercenaries (Jackknife, High Voltage and Pumpkin Jack) for muscle. All of the villains and terrorists are captured.
February 9 Doppleganger and Midnight Sun raid a high tech laboratory in West Germany, encountering and battling Das Wall in one of his last missions as a government "hero." Das Wall apprehends Doppleganger, but she escapes imprisonment in a few months.
February 1O The Circle defeats the wizard Morjok and his servocorpses as the villain attempts to alter Earth into one more suited to the use of magic.
February 19 Dr. Megaton, Fusion and the mercenary group known as the Hand attempt to steal nuclear fuel rods from a California nuclear plant by duping the Protectors into thinking there is a terrorist attack (hired terrorists, also duped by Megaton) and getting them to remove the rods from the plant. Doc Sonic sees through the scheme just in time and the Hand members Lucifer, Boomerang, The Puppeteer, Starhand and Scrambler are all apprehended. However, Megaton gets away with the fuel rods.
March 1 Blue Phantom battles Night Shade in Los Angeles. Night Shade is rescued by the Conquerors, who want to recruit him.
March 8 The Capitol Patrol intervenes in a battle between Auto-Gunner and Krystal Blue at the First Unified National Bank in Washington. The Autogunner and his henchmen are rounded up, but Krystal Blue disappears during the battle.
April 1O VIPER agents and the supervillains Rajah, Citadel, and Icicle battle PRIMUS agents, the Golden Avenger and three Silver Avengers when the villains attempt to hijack a space shuttle in Cape Canaveral.
May 15 The Conquerors are apprehended by UNTIL in France, and turned over to that nations government to be tried for a crime spree that they have committed in that country in the last two months.
June 14 Fleetfoot dies of a heart attack in his Manhattan townhouse.
June 15 Hurricane Zelma threatens Sealife Project, and the Protectors attempt to save it and its personnel. Supervillains created and/or detained there (Nereid, Moray, Killer Whale, Anemone, Barnacle, Coral, Man of War, Shark, and Porpoise) escape, after a major power outage of the project facility and a brief battle with the heroes. The escaped villains join together and form the Aquans.
July 2O The Aquans kidnap Dr. Kepler from a Worldview News studio to interpret an old alchemical scroll.
July 23 The Aquans break into Sealife Project to steal an aIchemical information on the creation of an incredibly powerful nerve gas. At the same time, the Project is aided by OCEANUS. The protectors come to the instaliation's rescue again, but Nereid, Porpoise, Anemone, Barnacle and Coral escape with the scroll's information.
July 25 Doppleganger and Mechassassin assassinate the French ambassador to Libya in order to intimidate France into freeing the Conquerors, who had been allies of Doppleganger in the past.
July 26 The Protector's trace the Aquans back to Aqua Industries' defeat them in battle, and retrieve the nerve gas information.
August 13 STOP forces are attacked by MACE in Birmingham. England. Geomancer is apprehended after the fight, but the entire battle is a diversion for a larger Project: Armor operation.
October 3 Eurostar goes to Iceland to attempt to convince Mammoth to join their ranks. When he refuses, a huge battle ensues, from which Mammoth just barely escapes alive.
October 10 Dr. Destroyer and Terror, Inc. kill the members of the South American superteam, the Victores.
October 13 Black Druid and Floodgate team up to destroy a Duchess Industries plant that disposed of toxic waste in the North Sea.
November 28 The first meeting of the Warsaw Pact team. Things do not go well, and it is questionable whether they will meet again. (The only other meeting is in Dec. 199O when they are forced to help Col. Vasalov attack Sanctuary. It is doubtful that, after these two debacles : the team will ever be a "team" again.)
December 3 Timemaster, along with hired mercenaries including Mechassassin, Powerhouse and Vibron, attempts to capture the members of Eurostar to take with him to the future. The battle is huge, and ends when UNTIL shows up, with all of the villains fleeing.
December 15 The Champions accompany Prometheus agents with food shipments to Ethiopia to protect them . from Atlas agents. The Atlas agents, however, are specifically after the heroes, not the shipment. The Champions are captured and put into a series of deathtraps. They manage to escape.
1990
January 30 The Night of Villainy. Terror, Inc. makes a random attack upon New York City. The Champions battle them and lose. The New York Thunder team of super athletes comes to their aid. Firewing attacks the Worldview News building in downtown Manhattan Mechanon attacks the United Nations building. The Ultimates attack Los Angeles, battling Mind Titan and Peregrine. The Asesinos attack San Francisco, but are defeated soundly by the Protectors. Project Sunburst destroys two buildings in downtown Chicago. Villains International kidnaps a number of businessmen in the City Bank of Industry in downtown Washington DC, but are defeated by the Capitol Patrol. Moscow is attacked by Eurostar, and several members of the Supreme Soviet superteam are injured. Eurostar also coordinates attacks with other European supervillains on various cities in Europe. Eight Superheroes die during all of the battles, including Captain Star in Washington and Quarterback of New York Thunder.
February 10 While investigating a series of super-powered thefts, the trail leads the Champions to Paris, where they battle and apprehend the supervillain mercenaries known as Triad.
April 9 Mentalax is apprehended by Laser Lad while trying rob a bank.
April 24 The demonic Huntsman encounters a battle between German soldiers and the villain Darkwing. Huntsman kills Darkwing and disappears.
May 10-14 An invasion from the underworld kingdom of Subterra is stopped by the combined forces of the Champions, the Capitol Patrol and various independent super heroes. PRIMUS and the marines also play vital roles.
May 17 The Huntsman kills Defenseur, a brand new French hero, and again mysteriously disappears.
July 17 Gemini joins GRAB, but is forced out of the group for unknown reasons.
July 24 The European superteam Euroguard apprehends the superthief Blackjack. He later escapes from the authorities. His easy escape prompts European leaders to discuss building a joint "super-prison" similar to Stronghold in the US.
August 8 The Champions battle the Zodiac atop the Statue of Liberty where the villains have set up energy draining equipment for a scheme of theirs. The heroes destroy the equipment, and the Zodiac flee.
September 15 Cavalier I retires from superheroing, and instead attempts to go into politics. Cavalier II takes his place.
October 24 PAGAN first uses their Superpowered Resistance Team (later known as Eclipse). Nether, Marauder, Midnight Sun, Thespian and Facet are the first members. Their mission to free political prisoners is a great success, although their attack is bloody and brutal.
November 13 Dimension Man II appears accidentally in the Protector's base and subsequently leads them on a series of interdimensional chases and adventures, finally returning them the exact moment that they left.
December 7 Assault on Sanctuary. The Supreme Soviets, the Comintern, the Warsaw Pact, MACE, the Raiders, Road Kill and the Ultimates attack Sanctuary to kill Tokamak and the Scarlet Sentinel for crimes against the Supreme Soviets. Defending Sanctuary are the Champions, the Protectors, Strike Force, and Terror Inc. Eurostar fought both sides. Unfortunately for everyone involved, CLOWN and Foxbat are also present. The huge battle destroys most of Sanctuary, and the casualties include Tokamak, Rush and Waxman. Sanctuary was also evicted from U.S. Soil.
December 12 The Cominterm and the Supreme Soviets disintegrate, with various members of both groups forming Red Doom and the New Guard.
December 14 The British punk rock/supervillain group Argent Anarchy makes their first appearance by attacking a parade in London. The London Watch and STOP show up much too late to prevent either the damage that the villains cause or the group's escape.
December 16 Malachite sends agents to hire a number of criminals from the Glasgow underground, but The Laird, a local crimefighter, puts an end to the whole operation.
December 21 The Pantheon returns to Earth, and wishes to claim it once again, but they are defeated upon their arrival in New York (as they approached the UN building) by the Champions.
December 30 The New Guard encounters the entity known as the Despoiler in Sophia, Bulgaria. Untold damage is wrought during the battle, but the heroes are victorious. Cosmo uses his cosmic powers to put the Despoiler in orbit (since there is clearly no way to imprison him).
1991
January 13 Eclipse attacks and destroys the main trench headquarters of Duchess Industries.
January 27 The Zodiac attacks a football player during the Super Bowl. The Champions save the player and manage to capture Scorpio and Leo, but they escape by being teleported away by other members.
February 15 Night Shade leaves the Conquerors, sick of Neutron's arrogance.
February 16 Godfather is recruited into Eclipse. Midnight Sun quits immediately.
April 3 Mandelbrot is recruited into Eclipse.
April 27 The super-powered heavy metal band Road Kill kidnaps the Virile Young Teens (another band) for their "crimes against music."
May 5 Facet and Thespian leave Eclipse.
May 14 Enigma first appears as Eclipse attack a Portuguese government installation.
May 30 The new Sanctuary, now a small island resort, opens its doors to paranormals everywhere.
June 2 Argent Anarchy is attacked by Dr. Destroyer's Destroid robots as they deface Trafalgar Square in London. only the intervention by STOP agents allows the band to escape from the robots, who were sent by Destroyer to retrieve the cybernetic parts that they have (which were made by his scientists).
June 15 Shriker joins Eclipse.
August 1 Members of the New Guard and the New Knights (who make a number of quips about the similarity of their two groups' names) battle the strange entity known as Glacier in Norway in order to stop its reign of destruction. Just before they could defeat the monster, Dr. Destroyer and Menton appear and teleport the creature away for purposes unknown.
August 8 The Ultimates and the Griffin (whom they had tricked into helping them) battle Firewing over a misunderstanding in Milwaukee. The battle spreads to a major roleplaying game convention. Cavalier II is present, but is unable to stop the battle and spends most of his time protecting innocents. Firewing has an upper hand until Plasmoid almost kills him with an energy blast. Firewing leaves, swearing that he'll get revenge.
August 15 European Terrorists known as Eclipse attack an UNTIL base in Paris. They steal numerous files pertaining to European villains.
September 6 Crusader teams up with Starburst to stop Pulsar and Armadillo from breaking into a high tech lab and stealing a prototype energy weapon.
October 13 Spandau prison is completely renovated to be a "super-prison" in Europe, similar to Stronghold in the US. It is run by UNTIL agents and a multi-national European staff. Facet is its first inmate.
November 14 The Despoiler, after being put into orbit by the New Guard, returns to Earth, crashing into the Mediterranean.
November 30 Director Oliver Stone's new movie, JFK proposes the idea that the Military-lndustrial Complex, in league with VIPER, was behind the assassination of President Kennedy.
1992
February 1O Lord Dread launches a plan of conquest throughout Canada, using magic gained from an ancient Indian artifact. It takes all three Sentinel teams to stop him.
May 29 King Cobra and a number of snake-like mutates (created through use of his Coil Gene) battle the London Watch as they try to steal a number of treasures from a museum's Arthurian exibit
July 14 Monopole and Foxbat team up to humiliate the Champions once and for all. They hire the Geodesics and Blowtorch to set fire to and burn down Homestead, the Champion's base, while the heroes are all away. Powershift singlehandedly apprehends all of the villains (except Monopole and Foxbat). Powershift applies for membership in the Champions.
July 27 The Champions agree to make Powershift a provisional member.
August 13 Powershift mysteriously disappears.