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dochermesTimeline of the Midnight War
[Some of my characters and basic storylines were created starting when I was about eleven. I drew my own super-hero and horror comics and most of those characters (those that I remember at least) have turned up in new versions in the Midnight War stories). In my first year of high school, I bought a manual typewriter and started getting the stories down on paper. There was a long hiatus after 2000 that broke when I started writing on a laptop and saving the stories that way. Now, I have them saved here, on LiveJournal as olddochermes2 and in an email archive in case this computer dies.
There is an AWFUL LOT of material here. I've been fooling around with these characters basically all my life. Setting up a specific timeline helps me keep things straight. On the other hand, it's often a nuisance when an idea for a plot bubbles up but it can't be written because (say) Khang died when Unicorn was still in elementary school. Therefore, they can't team up.
Another odd aspect is that some major events of the Midnight War only exist in rudimentary form. The Assault on Tel Shai, the Snake War, the Siege of Androval... they are all events that are important in the Midnight War universe but which I hesitate to even start chronicling because they would take the equivalent of a 300 page text to cover. Maybe someday. It's a funny hobby.]
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CHRONICLES OF THE MIDNIGHT WAR
Darthan Age:
THE CURSED OASIS (12/1212)
THE SERPENT-HEAD SWORD (8/1213)
THE MOURNFUL FLAME (10/1213)
THE DOG-HEADED DEMONS OF OKALI (3/1214)
THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN (8/1214)
EVERY HAND AGAINST HIM (5/1215)
THREE VIRGINS MANOR (10/1215)
THE TWO THINGS CERTAIN IN LIFE (4/1216)
SONS OF THE HYENA GOD (5/1216)
RED BLOOD ON THE FIRE OPAL (7/1216)
TERROR WITH WINGS (5/1217)
AMONG MEN, AS A MAN (6/1217)
A CITY RISEN FROM DUST (9/1217)
THE SPEAKING HEAD OF MALBERON (5/1218)
SATURNIO'S DAUGHTER (10/1218)
THE HAUNTER OF THE PIT (12/1218)
THE IRON CROWN OF GAMULKOR (2/1219)
LION'S EYES IN GREEN STONE (4/1219)
THE DARTHIM MUST FALL! (3/1220)
FALL OF THE DARTHIM (12/1220)
19th Century:
SILENT RIVER (4/1875)
MURDERTOWN, USA (8/1875)
SACRIFICES FOR THE FIFTH SUN (3/1876)
THE EARLIER ONES (2/1877)
THREE POLECATS (10/1877)
TROUBLE IN JUST-PLAIN AWFUL (3/1878)
THE WHITE SAVAGES OF BAD MEDICINE MOUNTAIN (9/1878)
AN ACTUAL, GENUINE SHOOT-OUT (10/1878)
COWBOY, CHANGE YOUR WAYS TODAY (6/1879)
VALLEY OF THE THUNDERBIRDS (8/1879
THE THOUSAND-FACED TOTEM (11/1879)
THE BLADE WHICH DRINKS LIFE (4/1880)
YOU KNOW WHAT CARDS YOU DEALT ME?! (12/1880)
THE EYELESS LEGION (5/1881)
RETURN TO BRIMSTONE I: Spellbound (10/1881)
RETURN TO BRIMSTONE II: The Crawling Dead (10/1881)
COPPER-HAIR (7/1882)
THE CLOCKWORK MAN (10/1883)
RED, YELLOW, BLACK (12/1883)
TEMPTATION IN A HOLSTER (10/1884)
THE DEATH OF SECOND STORY SAMMY (10/1885)
A KNIFE FLASHED IN THE DARKNESS (10/1889)
SHOWDOWN AT SUNSET RIDGE (10/1896)
TWILIGHT RIDERS (12/1898)
1920s:
ABOVE THE CLOUDS, THE EAGLE STAR IS RISING (3/1921)
THE HOUSE OF LEATHER MASKS (10/1923)
BLOODSTAINED ROSES (4/1925)
1930s:
CLAWS AGAINST GANGDOM (3/1933)
BLACKOUTS ON DEMAND (2/1934)
EVERYTHING I TOUCH TURNS TO GRAVEYARDS (8/1935)
BATS ON FIRE (10/1938)
1940s:
BRANDED MEN IN CHINATOWN (11/1940)
THE SCEPTRE STRIKES! (10/1941)
DOES ANYONE REMEMBER CAPTAIN AMNESIA? (7/1942)
SPIRITS OF STEEL (9/1942)
SEA WOLVES IN TIMES SQUARE (10/1942)
I'M AFRAID THE BRIDGE IS OUT (12/1942)
THE SHOGREN EXHILARATION CLINIC (2/1943)
THE PHANTOM OF VAUDEVILLE (3/1943)
GIVING REAL GREMLINS A BAD NAME (5/1943)
THE COLLECTOR OF SOULS (8/1943)
STALKED BY THE GOLDEN JAGUAR (10/1943)
MYSTERY OF THE JUPITER MAN (11/1943)
THE OTHER PEOPLE IN MY HEAD (1/1944)
VOICES WE WERE NOT MEANT TO HEAR (4/1944)
THAT AWFUL PAISLEY SHAWL (6/1944)
NO MORE DJINN FOR ME, THANKS (8/1944)
THE RED BLUR (9/1944)
IS STOCKBRIDGE HOUSE REALLY HAUNTED? (10/1944)
VULCAN I: FUTRELLE'S DOG WITH A SMILE (11/1944)
VULCAN II: THE HUMAN FLAME-THROWER (12/1944)
STRANGLED BY A PUPPET'S STRINGS (1/1945)
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE GREEN DEVIL? (3/1945)
HELLBOUND HEROES (4/1945)
GATOR GOD OF THE FERAL BOYS (3/1948)
1950s:
I FOUGHT THE FBI FOR THE COMMUNIST PARTY (11/1951)
DARK AS THE DAWN (10/1952)
WASN'T TOMORROW WONDERFUL? (11/1953)
SAND CASTLES IN THE RAIN (6/1954)
OLD MAN WITH A HATCHET (8/1954)
THIRTEEN O'CLOCK (3/1955)
WHO KEEPS STEALING THE BODIES? (7/1956)
ATTACK OF THE BAT CREATURES (6/1957)
1960s:
THE SANGUINARIANS (2/1961)
TAKE THE HONEY AND RUN (3/1961)
THE MORBID TABERNACLE CHOIR (7/1963)
AGENTS OF THE MANDATE (5/1964)
HIGH SCHOOL FRANKENSTEIN (6/1965)
BRAIN BLAST (4/1967)
WRITE A CURSE UPON THE MOON (7/1969)
1971:
CAST YOUR FAITH AWAY (3/1971)
1972:
BLACK MANTIS AND WINTER SNOW (9/1972)
1973:
THE KINGS IN THE CRYPT (2/1973)
1974:
THE PHANTOMS FROM WITHIN (5/1974)
1976:
WHAT, DEJA VU AGAIN? (9/1976)
1977:
TWO SILVER DAGGERS (5/1977)
THE MOUNTAIN OF IRON (7/1977)
LLANDEILO, SERVANT OF DRALDROS (8/1977)
DEE NILE AND HER VOICE OF DOOM (9/1977)
BONES UNDER STRAW (10/1977)
DAMNED IF YOU DO... (11/1977)
GAME RECOGNIZES GAME (11/1977)
MOTH, BAT, OWL (12/1977)
1978:
THE DOOM THAT CAME TO MAYBROOK (1/1978)
OTHER CLAY (2/1978)
HERE REST THE DEAD (3/1978)
MY REFLECTION IS LAUGHING AT ME(SYNOPSIS) (3/1978)
THE LOST SCIENCE OF THE ANCIENTS (4/1978)
GOLEM GREY (5/1978)
THE HOUSE OF PAIN (6/1978)
SKINWALKER HIGHWAY (7/1978)
FEATURING CHET WILKINS ON VOODOO DRUM (8/1978)
THE SMOKE FROM BURNING BRIDGES (9/1978)
THE DEAD DO NOT FORGIVE (10/1978)
A VISIT FROM UNCLE GIALLO (10/1978)
DEATH HOWLS IN THE NIGHT (11/1978)
SLUGGING THE REAPER (12/1978)
1979:
THE INEXORABLE HOURGLASS (1/1979)
DIE WITH OPEN EYES (2/1979)
VENGEANCE IN SILVER (3/1979)
FEVER CURSE (4/1979)
SPAWN OF DRALDROS (6/1979)
SHARPER THAN A SERPENT'S TOOTH (8/1979)
A FACE LIKE DEATH (9/1979)
FEAR HAS MANY FACES(10/1979)
BAD NEWS BUDO (11/1979)
SHAKE THE STARS (12/1979)
1980:
SHADOW BROTHER (1/1980)
THE TERROR OF LI TUNG (2/1980)
SUBJECTS OF THE WORM (6/1980) ["Black Angel"]
IN THE CLUTCHES OF THE MUMMY (7/1980)
THE VENGEANCE OF KARL ELDRITCH (8/1980)
WHERE YOUR HEART SHOULD BE (11/1980)
1981:
COLD DARK WATERS (3/1981)
THE DWINDLE HORN (5/1981)
DARK ALLIANCE (6/1981)
REFUGEES OF THE GROUP MIND (7/1981)
THE CROWN OF BOUNDLESS KNOWLEDGE (8/1981)
THE COLLARS OF RIMNOR KJE (9/1981)
THE WILL TO DIE (12/1981)
1982:
SILVER AND STONE (1/1982)
CAT'S CLAW (2/1982)
SPIDERS OF THE MIND (3/1982)
BID YESTERDAY RETURN (4/1982)
GIVE IN TO THE GROUP MIND (5/1982)
BEYOND THE CAMPFIRE LIGHT (6/1982)
THE HAND WHICH WIELDS THE SCYTHE I (7/1982)
THE HAND WHICH WIELDS THE SCYTHE II (7/1982)
THE HAND WHICH WIELDS THE SCYTHE III (7/1982)
CHEERLEADERS IN CHAINS (8/1982)
ATRON AT LARGE (9/1982)
RUNNING ON THE RAZOR'S EDGE (10/1982)
THE EYELESS HELMET (11/1982)
1983:
THE WAR SQUID (2/1983)
FANGS OF THE HYENA GOD (3/1983)
THE PIT OF SNAKES (4/1983)
HUNTING THE HUNTERS (5/1983)
BREAK THE SERPENT'S BACK (6/1983)
THE DESPERATE GAME (7/1983)
SWAMP FLOWER (8/1983)
FIVE MINUTES MISSING, HERE AND THERE (9/1983)
THE GREEN MIST (12/1983)
1984:
DEAD MAN SINGING (3/1984)
A STORM OF STEEL (Synopsis) (4/1984)
DEATH THREW A PARTY (5/1984)
MUSICAL CHAIRS OF THE MIND (7/1984)
CHASED BY SKINWALKERS (7/1984)
RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES (8/1984)
ALL FOUR OF THE SERGEANTS-MAJOR (9/1984)
COLDER THAN ICE (12/1984)
1985:
THE EXPERIENCE WHICH COMES LAST (2/1985)
WATERCOLORS IN THE RAIN (3/1985)
THE LAST STAND OF KID CHAZ (4/1985)
CODE NAME PENTAGRAM: KITE AND SKATER (5/1985)
CODE NAME PENTAGRAM: THE KILLING MACHINE (6/1985)
YESTERDAY, TODAY WAS TOMORROW (7/1985)
1986:
IVORY CROWNS (2/1986)
RUMOURS OF WAR (3/1986)
BARNABUS AND BEN HAVE THE BEST SUMMER EVER (6/1986)
THE NIGHT GORILLAS OF DANARAK (7/1986)
GOLDEN SUN (8/1986)
THE PREINCARNATORS (10/1986)
THOSE WHO REMEMBER (11/1986)
BRIGHTBOLT (12/1986)
1987:
THE JACKAL-HEADED SERVANTS OF MENEKARTES (3/1987)
KING HOLMIR'S TREASURE HOUSE (4/1987)
THE SHIP OF SKULLS (4/1987)
THE WHITE WOLVES OF ZIMBORLIN (5/1987)
YOU SAY YOU WANT SOME EVOLUTION (6/1987)
LET SLEEPING DRAGONS LIE (8/1987)
YOU SAY YOU WANT SOME EVOLUTION (9/1987)
THE FINAL TOURNAMENT OF WU LUNG (10/1987)
DREAMS WITHIN DREAMS (12/1987)
1988:
DANCING ON QUICKSAND (3/1988)
THE SCROLL OF ULTIMATE TRUTH (4/1988)
I TEACH YOU THE SUPERMAN (5/1988)
FOOTPRINTS IN RED (6/1988)
THE MONGOOSE HUNTS ALONE (8/1988)
PROJECT REGULUS I: THE PEOPLE BREEDERS (9/1988)
BACK TO THE GRAVEYARD YOU GO (10/1988)
THE SKULL MUG OF TI-YUAN (11/1988)
THE NINE BEAST HELMETS I: BEASTS OF THE SOUTH (12/1988)
THE NINE BEAST HELMETS II: BEASTS OF THE EAST (12/1988)
THE NINE BEAST HELMETS III: BEASTS OF THE WEST (12/1988)
1989:
WORSE THAN MERE MURDER (1/1989)
GOLGORA (2/1989)
GOLDEN WOLF (3/1989)
SIGNPOST FOR A LOST TRAVELER (4/1989)
BLIND ILLUSIONS (4/1989)
THE KNIGHTS OF ANDROVAL (5/1989)
PROJECT REGULUS II: EVERYBODY LOVES A CLONE (7/1989)
CABIN OF THE BEAST (12/1989)
1990:
HARBOR OF DREADFUL NIGHT (1/1990)
ROUGH NIGHT AT BASS LAKE (5/1990)
PROJECT REGULUS III: A PACK OF DIRE WOLVES (6/1990)
WELL OF THE SEA BEAST (7/1990)
THE SECRET OF JANOS PELT (8/1990)
THE SHARK THAT WALKS (12/1990)
1991:
DEATH OF A DOBERMAN (3/1991)
UPRISING IN THE GREEN KINGDOM (4/1991)
TWO BLONDE UNICORNS (5/1991)
INVISIBLE FIEND (6/1991)
FIGHTING WORDS (10/1991)
PROJECT REGULUS IV: THE CAULDRON OF NEW LIFE (12/1991)
1992:
FUGITIVES FROM A FUNERAL PARLOR (1/1992)
CEMETERY BLUES (2/1992)
THE REVENGE OF DOS MANOS (4/1992)
OUT OF THE UNBEARABLE SILENCE (6/1992)
TERROR REIGN OF THE PUDGE (8/1992)
THE ASTRONOMY MURDERS (10/1992)
BASEMENT BOY (12/1992)
1993:
THE ANNOYING CHALLENGE OF THE PUNSTER (1/1993)
PROJECT REGULUS: EPILOGUE (3/1993)
TOURNAMENT OF PYSCHOS (4/1993)
BUSINESS FOR THE UNDERTAKER (5/1993)
SHAM WOLF (6/1993)
THE MAD BARON OF SIGNARM (8/1993)
AN EVENING AT THE MUSEUM (9/1993)
JUST ANOTHER CRISIS (11/1993)
THE KING OF SKELETON ISLAND (12/1993)
1994:
NECROPHILE PALACE (1/1994)
MOCK THE DEVIL IF YOU DARE (3/1994)
TOO MANY SKELETONS FOR ONE CLOSET (4/1994)
THE FOUR HEIRS OF EMILIO CANTERO (5/1994)
THE CONQUERING RATS (8/1994)
DEVIL LIGHTS IN THE SKY (9/1994)
INDIGO THE ILLUSIONIST (10/1994)
SLEEPERS WAITING FOR THE TRUMPET (12/1994)
1995:
THE CENTAURS OF ARIZONA (3/1995)
ALWAYS LATER THAN YOU THINK (6/1995)
OPEN SEASON ON MONSTERS (8/1995)
THE CHILL WITHIN 9/1995)
SWAT THE FLY (10/1995)
PASSING FOR LIVE PEOPLE (11/1995)
SOLDIERS OF MISFORTUNE (12/1995)
1996:
THE SHADE OF ACHILLES (3/1996)
THREE DAYS AT THE STYGIAN RETREAT (4/1996)
AWAKEN THE DRAGON WITHIN (6/1996)
NIGHT COURT NIGHTMARE (7/1996)
JAR OF THE DJINN (10/1996)
THIS FALLEN WORLD (12/1996)
1997:
THE MONSTER MAKER (1/1997)
APARA GUS (2/1997)
FUNNY LITTLE KID NAMED BENNIE (4/1997)
THE SMILING BRETHREN (5/1997)
EXECUTE HIM AGAIN (6/1997)
AWAKEN THE DRAGON WITHIN (6/1997)
PINE BOX, ARIZONA (8/1997)
COME SLYLY, DEATH (10/1997)
TWO-THIRDS GOD (11/1997)
GOLDEN RING AND COBALT LAMP (12/1997)
1998:
MESA OF DAMNED SOULS (2/1998)
THE RED SPECTRE (3/1998)
WHEN SHE COMMANDS, THE WISE OBEY (4/1998)
NEW FACES WHILE YOU WAIT (5/1998)
THE OPEN FIST OF FURIOUS BUDDHA (6/1998)
BLONDE GODDESS OF THE JUNGLE (7/1998)
MERCURIO'S LAST HEIST (9/1998)
MEGISTUS (10/1998)
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT (11/1998)
1999:
INSTANT MUMMIES (2/1999)
RUNNING OUT OF THRILLS (4/1999)
SMALL RIDER (6/1999)
GET THOSE ATTACK FROGS OUT OF HERE! (8/1999)
GLARING WITH THE THIRD EYE (9/1999)
INKSANE (10/1999)
SLAVES OF THE RED SQUID (12/1999)
2000:
REPEL (1/2000)
LION SEEN ON TENTH AVENUE (2/2000)
THE ARMOR OF HELL (3/2000)
THREE WITCH QUEENS (4/2000)
THE LEAGUE OF PREDATORS (5/2000)
REVENANT (6/2000)
SCEPTRE (7/2000)
THE BRAND OF SUBMISSION (8/2000)
DUSTY HEROES: THE UNDERWORLD COULD USE A SCOURGE (9/2000)
DUSTY HEROES: CURSE OF THE BRIMSTONE KID (9/2000)
DUSTY HEROES: HELLSPAWN (9/2000)
BURIAL BY STOMACH (10/2000)
DESTROYER OF WORLDS (11/2000)
2001:
A WISDOM BEYOND WEAPONS (3/2001)
PRISONERS OF THE PHANTOM REALM (4/2001)
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HERE COMES TROUBLE! (5/2001)
THE SAD FATE OF YOKEL ONO (6/2001)
THE CITY STEALERS (7/2001)
DOUBLERS OR NOTHING (8/2001)
MUMMY WANTED FOR QUESTIONING (9/2001)
WOLF WAR (10/2001)
THE SECRET WISDOM OF THE DEAD (11/2001)
THE RETURN OF DR KOBAL (12/2001)
2002:
THE HEARTLESS MEN (1/2002)
THE RASPUTNIKS (2/2002)
HAG OF THE MOUNTAINS: DAUGHTERS OF SUNRISE (3/2002)
HAG OF THE SEAS: GOOMBAH ISLAND (4/2002)
HAG OF THE DESERT: GARDEN OF BLADES (5/2002)
CHILDREN OF THE GOLDEN JAGUAR (6/2002)
GORILLA CRIME WAVE (7/2002)
GOD HAS FANGS (8/2002)
THE LAND BEYOND THE LAW (10/2002)
EVERYWHERE AT THE SAME TIME (11/2002)
THE HORROR FROM THE FROZEN WASTE (12/2002)
2003:
THE UNGRATEFUL DEAD (2/2003)
MY REFLECTION IS LAUGHING AT ME (3/2003)
PASSING LANE ON THE HIGHWAY TO HELL (3/2003)
DOC VALENTINE AND HIS PAL BOGUS (4/2003)
WITH A NAME LIKE HOLDEN MAGROIN (5/2003)
THE NECKLACE OF SHRUNKEN HEADS (6/2003)
MIDNIGHT AT MAHONEY'S GYM (7/2003)
THROW A DROWNING MAN AN ANCHOR (8/2003)
VERONIKA PETROV AND HER KILLER APES (9/2003)
THE TOWN THAT DARED NOT SLEEP (10/2003)
THE DUST OF FORGOTTEN TEMPLES (11/2003)
THE CRIMSON PEARL (12/2003)
2004:
YOU GIVE UGLY A BAD NAME (2/2004)
SQUID VICIOUS (3/2004)
MR NEVER (4/2004)
THE PHANTOM OWLHOOT (5/2004)+
SEARCH FOR THE TZUMATLI WHEEL (6/2004)
SEVENTEEN TWINS (7/2004)
OLLIE MOONGLOW AND THE SHARKS FROM OUTER SPACE (8/2004)
THE GRUESOME CASE OF THE HUNCHBACK OF HOLLYWOOD (9/2004)
LOVE THAT GRAVEYARD (10/2004)+
THE PUMPKIN FACE MURDERS (11/2004)
CAPTAIN CADAVER (12/2004)+
2005:
NOW, THE OTHER FOOT IN THE GRAVE (1/2005)
SECRET OF THE YELLOW SHIELD (2/2005)
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE GREEN DEVIL? (3/2005)
THE FINAL NIGHT OF ROSA'S CANTINA (4/2005)+
THE CURSE OF SAGUTAI (5/2005)
I NOTICE YOU HAVE GILLS (6/2005)+
THE ANT FARM HORROR (7/2005)
DEATH AT WYNGAERTS FALLS (8/2005)+
HOUNDS OF THE UNHOLY (9/2005)
THE SHERIDAN-MCDONNEL PAN-DIMENSIONAL VIEWPORT (10/2005)
THE WHITE WEB MURDER CASE (11/2005)+
WAR DANCE OF THE FERAL BOYS (12/2005)
2006:
BOULDER AYMER IS DEAD (1/2006)
THE HIDDEN KINGDOM OF PADATHOR (3/2006)
DR NIGHTMARE (4/2006)+
MY FAVORITE GENIE (5/2006)
THE WANDERING NIGHT CACTUS (7/2006)+
THE MAN FROM INTERCEPT AFFAIR (8/2006)
BULLETS HAVE NO HEART (9/2006)
THE WALKING WEAPON (10/2006)+
COMMIE BUSTER VS THE RED WIDOW (11/2006)
THE WHISPERING SKULL (12/2006)+
2007:
PARDON MY WHISTLING (1/2007)
THE REVOLVING GRAVE (2/2007)+
THREE DEATHS FROM A GYPSY CURSE (3/2007)
THE STRANGE DEATH OF PERDITION SMITH (4/2007)
WHEN LOOKS COULD KILL (5/2007)+
NOW ENTERING SABERTOOTH COUNTRY (6/2007)
BARELY DESCRIBABLE (7/2007)
DANDELION DON'T TELL NO LIES (8/2007)
THE HAUNTED TRAILER (9/2007)
THE AWOL PHONE (10/2007)
BENEATH THE CITIES OF MEN (11/2007)
SQUATTERS IN YOUR BRAIN (12/2007)
2008:
FROSTY THE GOLEM (2/2008)+
THE TRICERATOPS MURDERS (4/2008)
THE MIRRORS OF CHIJ (5/2008)
NOPE, NO SPIES HERE (6/2008)
THE REVELATIONS OF PROFESSOR SLACK (7/2008)
KNEELING BEFORE THE ASP (8/2008)+
MACHINE GUNS IN PARADISE (9/2008)
NANCY SINISTER (10/2008)
JUST FOR SHRIEKS (11/2008)
PRINCESS OF DARKNESS (12/2008)
2009:
EMPIRES IN THE EARTH (2/2009)
SLAUGHTERMAN (3/2009)
BASILISK I: THE PATHLESS LAND (4/2009)
BASILISK II: PEOPLE ARE TARGETS (4/2009)
BASILISK III: KINGDOM OF THE LOST (4/2009)
SEVEN NOOSES IN SEVEN WEEKS (5/2009)
SISTERHOOD OF THE ALL-SEEING EYE (6/2009)
THE CALIGARI CENTER FOR SLEEP DISORDERS (7/2009)+
CASTAWAY (9/2009)
MEGAVAC LIVES (10/2009)
THE BEST MEMORIES MONEY CAN BUY (11/2009)
OUR POLICY IS DECEIT, BETRAYAL AND DEATH (12/2009)
2010:
DEATH COMES TO FINAL VINYL (1/2010)
THE DISAPPOINTING RETURN OF MEGAVAC (2/2010)
NINE LIVES ARE BARELY ENOUGH (3/2010)
THE LIGHT THAT BRINGS DARKNESS (4/2010)+
THE BONELESS PLAGUE (5/2010)
FIND THE ASSASSIN YOU NEED ON FACEBOOK (6/2010)
A WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS (7/2010)
DON'T DROP MY COFFIN (8/2010)^
THE WITNESS WIPER (9/2010)
FIST FOR HIRE (10/2010)^
THERE GOES THE RED RUNNER (11/2010)^
OCTAVIUS (12/2010)
2011:
LET IN THE VOID (1/2011)
THE HARRY HUNG MURDER CASE (2/2011)^
THE KINGDOM OF GATOR JOE (3/2011)^
CHILLER NIGHT WITH GOTHICUS (4/2011)^
THE BURNING SKY (5/2011)
BETWEEN THE BLINKS (6/2011)
THIS AIN'T NO PARTY (7/2011)
THE MEDUSA MASK (8/2011)
DEATH IS BUT A DREAM (9/2011)
HO LI FOOK ON GOOMBAH ISLAND (9/2011)
BLOODLESS THING OF EVIL (10/2011)
THE EVISCERATION EFFECT (10/2011)
BOTH WAYS LEAD NOWHERE (11/2011)
MY TRAUMA IS YOUR PLEASURE (12/2011)^
2012:
THE WALLS BETWEEN THE WORLDS - UGAMESH (1/2012)
THE WALLS BETWEEN THE WORLDS - AZALIN (1/2012)
THE WALLS BETWEEN THE WORLDS - VENDIGOR (1/2012)
WAR ON REALITY (2/2012)
NOT THE PUNSTER AGAIN! (3/2012)
FIVE OF THE UGLIEST CROOKS YOU EVER SAW (4/2012)^
WINDCATCHER (5/2012)
BABE LINCOLN (6/2012)
RATFACE (6/2012)
THE CHIMERA IS BACK! (6/2012)
FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE COSMETICS (7/2012)
MAY DUSA - THREAT OR MENACE? (8/2012)
WASTING AWAY ON WINSOMEBERRIES (9/2012)
WORST ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT EVER (9/2012)
SLAVERS OF THE SECRET WORLD (10/2012)
THE TEEN TYRANTS (11/2012)
TIMOTHY LIMBO AND HIS FRIENDLY GHOSTS (12/2012)
2013:
SNOW, COLD, DARKNESS AND DEATH (1/2013)
KAMIKAZE BUGS (1/2013)
GROWLS FROM NOWHERE (2/2013)
THE BRONZE NEEDLES OF SUFFERING (3/2013)
KILLERS OF THE SARGASSO (4/2013)
HALEY GETS HER HEART BROKEN (5/2013)
THE FOUR ADAPTITES (6/2013)
FAMILY OF TURNERS I: LET'S GO DO SOME SHAPE-SHIFTING (7/2013)
FAMILY OF TURNERS II: BRING OUT YOUR FANGS AND CLAWS (7/2013)
THE CITY BENEATH THE CITY (8/2013)
WHEN THOUSANDS FLED IN TERROR (9/2013)
WHO LET THE PTERODACTYLS OUT? (10/2013)
SILK AND STONE, WOOD AND LEATHER AND IRON (12/2013)
CROSSING RUBY KAHN (12/2013)
2014:
DANCE FASTER, THE STAGE IS BURNING (1/2014)
FIVE DEAD RIDERS (2/2014)
SPINNER OF WEBS I: THE BATTLE-AXE MURDERS (3/2014)
SPINNER OF WEBS II: MASKS UNDER MASKS (3/2014)
SPINNER OF WEBS III: WILD LIGHTNING (3/2014)
TORSOBOT ISLAND (4/2014)
SPINNER OF WEBS: USURPER (5/2014)
THE CAVE OF HOURS (6/2014)
THE SILK TIGERS (7/2014)
KINGDOM OF MYTHICAL BEASTS (8/2014)
PERVERTS FROM DIMENSION X (9/2014)
IMAGINARY FRIENDS HAVE REAL FRIENDS (10/2014)
THE SPACES BETWEEN SPACES (11/2014)
WHAT REMAINS BEHIND (12/2014)
MARRY A WITCH, YOU MARRY HER FAMILY (12/2014)
2015:
WHEN YOU SEE THE RED BUFFALO (1/2015)
RESURRECTION EMPIRE I: ALL THESE EMPTY GRAVES (2/2015)
RESURRECTION EMPIRE II: PIMPING OUT ZOMBIES IN CORONA (2/2015)
RESURRECTION EMPIRE III: LIFE IN THE MORGUE (2/2015)
ATRUMO THE CONQUEROR I: FRAGILE SHORELINES (3/2015)
ATRUMO THE CONQUEROR II: THE SHARP EDGES OF HOPE (3/2015)
ATRUMO THE CONQUEROR III: THE BOILING PIT OF FILTH (3/2015)
THE GOLDEN OGRE (4/2015)
SHE'D MAKE THE DEVIL NERVOUS (4/2015)
SLAVES TO THEIR OWN SKILLS (5/2015)
WHAT NIGHTFALL BRINGS (6/2015)
BROKEN KNIGHT (7/2015)
GRANDMA DEMURE AND HER THREE WEIRD BOYS (8/2015)
WHEN THE TRUMPETS FALL SILENT (9/2015)
EIGHT PER CENT HUMAN (9/2015)
INFILTRATOR (10/2015)
ROBOT AND COSTELLO (11/2015)
MY BEST FRIEND, THE SARCASTIC ROBOT (12/2015)
2016:
LAUGHTER IN AN EMPTY ROOM (3/2016)
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I AM HERE NOW? (4/2016)
YOU UNTHINKING HUNK OF TITANIUM AND PLASTIC, YOU (5/2016)
ENJOY THE TRAUMA (6/2016)
NOT EVEN CLOSE TO NOWHERE (8/2016)
THE TIKI DEATH MASKS (9/2016)
URBAN FORAGING (10/2016)
OAHU FIFTY-NINE (11/2016)
THIRD GENERATION UNICORN (12/2016)
2017:
THE CAIRN OF BLACK STONES (1/2017)
MR AND MRS TEMERITY (4/2017)^
EVEN GOLEMS WANT TO BE FREE (5/2017)
STARVE GOAT ISLAND (7/2017)
YOU DO REALIZE YOU'RE MARRIED TO AN ALIEN BEING? (8/2017)
HIDING BETWEEN YOUR MEMORIES (9/2017)
THE AIR DEVILS (10/2017)
RED PINS IN A CLOTH DOLL (11/2017)
SCREAMING INTO THE DARKNESS (12/2017)
2018:
THE FINAL DAYS OF SUBMERGIA (3/2018)
SEA STAR (5/2018)
QUEEN OF THE HUMAN PETS (6/2018)
VAMPIRE ROAD TRIP (7/2018)
THE FLYING FOOL (8/2018)
INITIATION OF FURIOUS BUDDHA (9/2018)
PUT THAT BRAIN BACK WHERE YOU FOUND IT (10/2018)
WITCH, DEVIL, GHOST (11/2018)
2019:
ASHES FROM A DISTANT FIRE (2/2019)
DISCOUNT MIRACLES FROM THICKETT AND WICKE (3/2019)
PURE LIFE (4/2019)
PRINCESS OF THE FERAL BOYS (5/2019)
HELL MUST BE FULL (6/2019)
THE SHORE OF DREAMS (7/2019)
DOORS BARRED FOR GOOD REASON (8/2019)
THE WIND BETWEEN THE GRAVESTONES (8/2019)
STUMBLE INTO DARKNESS (9/2019)
WATER DEMON IN A GAMBLING DEN (9/2019)
MOUNT VANISH (10/2019)
THE BEAST IN THE BASEMENT (12/2019)
2020:
ONE NIGHT AT THE HE'S-NOT-HERE (2/2020)
SON OF MARDRAK (3/2020)
EYES FORCED OPEN (5/2020)
CHILDREN WITH AMBER EYES (6/2020)
THE BROTHERHOOD OF FORTY HUNCHBACKS (7/2020)
THE ANCIENT WINDS OF TROUBLE (8/2020)
EDEN IN FLAMES (9/2020)
SKEETER (10/2020)
SHIPS SAIL AWAY (10/2020)
THE UNWILLING HOSTS (12/2020)
2021:
THE WORLD IS OUR ARENA (1/2021)
THAT DAMN RABBIT'S FOOT (2/2021)
THE MOODY CREEK INCIDENT (3/2021)
THE LAND THAT KNOWS NO LEAVING (4/2021)
CARRYING LIGHTNING IN YOUR CHEST (5/2021)
JELLYBEAN (6/2021)
FOREVER SUNDERED (7/2021)
THE HOT RED SALTY RIVER (8/2021)
BOSS, THAT DOG JUST ATE MY GUN (10/2021)
AN ABOMINATION LIKE NO OTHER (10/2021)
THE STEEL BREEZE (12/2021)
2022:
TIGER NATION I (2/2022)
TIGER NATION II (2/2022)
TIGER NATION III (2/2022)
SQUID VICIOUS (3/2022)
THE ATROPHIED HEART (4/2022)
THE BARROW ON LONESOME PEAK (5/2022)
CORONET I: FALLING INTO THE SKY(6/2022)
CORONET II:EVEN COLD COMFORT IS BETTER THAN NONE (6/2022)
CORONET II: LIGHTNING'S ONLY HAPPY WHEN IT STRIKES(6/2022)
ZOMBIE FIGHT CLUB (7/2022)
EVEN A CROOKED STICK CAN DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE(9/2022)
IGNORE YOUR CHAINS (10/2022)
2023:
TORTURE IS A WAY OF LIFE (1/2023)
SPRING BREAK AT SKULL BEACH (3/2023)
SQUID ATTACK SQUAD (4/2023)
GRAVITY GETS ME DOWN (5/2023)
TO DUST WE RETURN (6/2023)
BEYOND THE GREAT SILENCE (12/2023)
2024:
EAGER FOR OBLIVION (4/2024)
SQUIDLINGS RULE, OKAY? (6/2024)
SIRION I: LOST LIGHTNING (7/2024)
SIRION II: STRENGTH ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH (7/2024)
SIRION III: REINCARNATION IS A PLEASANT SUPRISE (7/2024)
RACING TO THE GALLOWS (8/2024)
THE BRAZEN SKULL (10/2024)
2025:
BILLY THE SQUID (2/2025)
MANTICORE (3/2025)
[Some of my characters and basic storylines were created starting when I was about eleven. I drew my own super-hero and horror comics and most of those characters (those that I remember at least) have turned up in new versions in the Midnight War stories). In my first year of high school, I bought a manual typewriter and started getting the stories down on paper. There was a long hiatus after 2000 that broke when I started writing on a laptop and saving the stories that way. Now, I have them saved here, on LiveJournal as olddochermes2 and in an email archive in case this computer dies.
There is an AWFUL LOT of material here. I've been fooling around with these characters basically all my life. Setting up a specific timeline helps me keep things straight. On the other hand, it's often a nuisance when an idea for a plot bubbles up but it can't be written because (say) Khang died when Unicorn was still in elementary school. Therefore, they can't team up.
Another odd aspect is that some major events of the Midnight War only exist in rudimentary form. The Assault on Tel Shai, the Snake War, the Siege of Androval... they are all events that are important in the Midnight War universe but which I hesitate to even start chronicling because they would take the equivalent of a 300 page text to cover. Maybe someday. It's a funny hobby.]
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CHRONICLES OF THE MIDNIGHT WAR
Darthan Age:
THE CURSED OASIS (12/1212)
THE SERPENT-HEAD SWORD (8/1213)
THE MOURNFUL FLAME (10/1213)
THE DOG-HEADED DEMONS OF OKALI (3/1214)
THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN (8/1214)
EVERY HAND AGAINST HIM (5/1215)
THREE VIRGINS MANOR (10/1215)
THE TWO THINGS CERTAIN IN LIFE (4/1216)
SONS OF THE HYENA GOD (5/1216)
RED BLOOD ON THE FIRE OPAL (7/1216)
TERROR WITH WINGS (5/1217)
AMONG MEN, AS A MAN (6/1217)
A CITY RISEN FROM DUST (9/1217)
THE SPEAKING HEAD OF MALBERON (5/1218)
SATURNIO'S DAUGHTER (10/1218)
THE HAUNTER OF THE PIT (12/1218)
THE IRON CROWN OF GAMULKOR (2/1219)
LION'S EYES IN GREEN STONE (4/1219)
THE DARTHIM MUST FALL! (3/1220)
FALL OF THE DARTHIM (12/1220)
19th Century:
SILENT RIVER (4/1875)
MURDERTOWN, USA (8/1875)
SACRIFICES FOR THE FIFTH SUN (3/1876)
THE EARLIER ONES (2/1877)
THREE POLECATS (10/1877)
TROUBLE IN JUST-PLAIN AWFUL (3/1878)
THE WHITE SAVAGES OF BAD MEDICINE MOUNTAIN (9/1878)
AN ACTUAL, GENUINE SHOOT-OUT (10/1878)
COWBOY, CHANGE YOUR WAYS TODAY (6/1879)
VALLEY OF THE THUNDERBIRDS (8/1879
THE THOUSAND-FACED TOTEM (11/1879)
THE BLADE WHICH DRINKS LIFE (4/1880)
YOU KNOW WHAT CARDS YOU DEALT ME?! (12/1880)
THE EYELESS LEGION (5/1881)
RETURN TO BRIMSTONE I: Spellbound (10/1881)
RETURN TO BRIMSTONE II: The Crawling Dead (10/1881)
COPPER-HAIR (7/1882)
THE CLOCKWORK MAN (10/1883)
RED, YELLOW, BLACK (12/1883)
TEMPTATION IN A HOLSTER (10/1884)
THE DEATH OF SECOND STORY SAMMY (10/1885)
A KNIFE FLASHED IN THE DARKNESS (10/1889)
SHOWDOWN AT SUNSET RIDGE (10/1896)
TWILIGHT RIDERS (12/1898)
1920s:
ABOVE THE CLOUDS, THE EAGLE STAR IS RISING (3/1921)
THE HOUSE OF LEATHER MASKS (10/1923)
BLOODSTAINED ROSES (4/1925)
1930s:
CLAWS AGAINST GANGDOM (3/1933)
BLACKOUTS ON DEMAND (2/1934)
EVERYTHING I TOUCH TURNS TO GRAVEYARDS (8/1935)
BATS ON FIRE (10/1938)
1940s:
BRANDED MEN IN CHINATOWN (11/1940)
THE SCEPTRE STRIKES! (10/1941)
DOES ANYONE REMEMBER CAPTAIN AMNESIA? (7/1942)
SPIRITS OF STEEL (9/1942)
SEA WOLVES IN TIMES SQUARE (10/1942)
I'M AFRAID THE BRIDGE IS OUT (12/1942)
THE SHOGREN EXHILARATION CLINIC (2/1943)
THE PHANTOM OF VAUDEVILLE (3/1943)
GIVING REAL GREMLINS A BAD NAME (5/1943)
THE COLLECTOR OF SOULS (8/1943)
STALKED BY THE GOLDEN JAGUAR (10/1943)
MYSTERY OF THE JUPITER MAN (11/1943)
THE OTHER PEOPLE IN MY HEAD (1/1944)
VOICES WE WERE NOT MEANT TO HEAR (4/1944)
THAT AWFUL PAISLEY SHAWL (6/1944)
NO MORE DJINN FOR ME, THANKS (8/1944)
THE RED BLUR (9/1944)
IS STOCKBRIDGE HOUSE REALLY HAUNTED? (10/1944)
VULCAN I: FUTRELLE'S DOG WITH A SMILE (11/1944)
VULCAN II: THE HUMAN FLAME-THROWER (12/1944)
STRANGLED BY A PUPPET'S STRINGS (1/1945)
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE GREEN DEVIL? (3/1945)
HELLBOUND HEROES (4/1945)
GATOR GOD OF THE FERAL BOYS (3/1948)
1950s:
I FOUGHT THE FBI FOR THE COMMUNIST PARTY (11/1951)
DARK AS THE DAWN (10/1952)
WASN'T TOMORROW WONDERFUL? (11/1953)
SAND CASTLES IN THE RAIN (6/1954)
OLD MAN WITH A HATCHET (8/1954)
THIRTEEN O'CLOCK (3/1955)
WHO KEEPS STEALING THE BODIES? (7/1956)
ATTACK OF THE BAT CREATURES (6/1957)
1960s:
THE SANGUINARIANS (2/1961)
TAKE THE HONEY AND RUN (3/1961)
THE MORBID TABERNACLE CHOIR (7/1963)
AGENTS OF THE MANDATE (5/1964)
HIGH SCHOOL FRANKENSTEIN (6/1965)
BRAIN BLAST (4/1967)
WRITE A CURSE UPON THE MOON (7/1969)
1971:
CAST YOUR FAITH AWAY (3/1971)
1972:
BLACK MANTIS AND WINTER SNOW (9/1972)
1973:
THE KINGS IN THE CRYPT (2/1973)
1974:
THE PHANTOMS FROM WITHIN (5/1974)
1976:
WHAT, DEJA VU AGAIN? (9/1976)
1977:
TWO SILVER DAGGERS (5/1977)
THE MOUNTAIN OF IRON (7/1977)
LLANDEILO, SERVANT OF DRALDROS (8/1977)
DEE NILE AND HER VOICE OF DOOM (9/1977)
BONES UNDER STRAW (10/1977)
DAMNED IF YOU DO... (11/1977)
GAME RECOGNIZES GAME (11/1977)
MOTH, BAT, OWL (12/1977)
1978:
THE DOOM THAT CAME TO MAYBROOK (1/1978)
OTHER CLAY (2/1978)
HERE REST THE DEAD (3/1978)
MY REFLECTION IS LAUGHING AT ME(SYNOPSIS) (3/1978)
THE LOST SCIENCE OF THE ANCIENTS (4/1978)
GOLEM GREY (5/1978)
THE HOUSE OF PAIN (6/1978)
SKINWALKER HIGHWAY (7/1978)
FEATURING CHET WILKINS ON VOODOO DRUM (8/1978)
THE SMOKE FROM BURNING BRIDGES (9/1978)
THE DEAD DO NOT FORGIVE (10/1978)
A VISIT FROM UNCLE GIALLO (10/1978)
DEATH HOWLS IN THE NIGHT (11/1978)
SLUGGING THE REAPER (12/1978)
1979:
THE INEXORABLE HOURGLASS (1/1979)
DIE WITH OPEN EYES (2/1979)
VENGEANCE IN SILVER (3/1979)
FEVER CURSE (4/1979)
SPAWN OF DRALDROS (6/1979)
SHARPER THAN A SERPENT'S TOOTH (8/1979)
A FACE LIKE DEATH (9/1979)
FEAR HAS MANY FACES(10/1979)
BAD NEWS BUDO (11/1979)
SHAKE THE STARS (12/1979)
1980:
SHADOW BROTHER (1/1980)
THE TERROR OF LI TUNG (2/1980)
SUBJECTS OF THE WORM (6/1980) ["Black Angel"]
IN THE CLUTCHES OF THE MUMMY (7/1980)
THE VENGEANCE OF KARL ELDRITCH (8/1980)
WHERE YOUR HEART SHOULD BE (11/1980)
1981:
COLD DARK WATERS (3/1981)
THE DWINDLE HORN (5/1981)
DARK ALLIANCE (6/1981)
REFUGEES OF THE GROUP MIND (7/1981)
THE CROWN OF BOUNDLESS KNOWLEDGE (8/1981)
THE COLLARS OF RIMNOR KJE (9/1981)
THE WILL TO DIE (12/1981)
1982:
SILVER AND STONE (1/1982)
CAT'S CLAW (2/1982)
SPIDERS OF THE MIND (3/1982)
BID YESTERDAY RETURN (4/1982)
GIVE IN TO THE GROUP MIND (5/1982)
BEYOND THE CAMPFIRE LIGHT (6/1982)
THE HAND WHICH WIELDS THE SCYTHE I (7/1982)
THE HAND WHICH WIELDS THE SCYTHE II (7/1982)
THE HAND WHICH WIELDS THE SCYTHE III (7/1982)
CHEERLEADERS IN CHAINS (8/1982)
ATRON AT LARGE (9/1982)
RUNNING ON THE RAZOR'S EDGE (10/1982)
THE EYELESS HELMET (11/1982)
1983:
THE WAR SQUID (2/1983)
FANGS OF THE HYENA GOD (3/1983)
THE PIT OF SNAKES (4/1983)
HUNTING THE HUNTERS (5/1983)
BREAK THE SERPENT'S BACK (6/1983)
THE DESPERATE GAME (7/1983)
SWAMP FLOWER (8/1983)
FIVE MINUTES MISSING, HERE AND THERE (9/1983)
THE GREEN MIST (12/1983)
1984:
DEAD MAN SINGING (3/1984)
A STORM OF STEEL (Synopsis) (4/1984)
DEATH THREW A PARTY (5/1984)
MUSICAL CHAIRS OF THE MIND (7/1984)
CHASED BY SKINWALKERS (7/1984)
RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES (8/1984)
ALL FOUR OF THE SERGEANTS-MAJOR (9/1984)
COLDER THAN ICE (12/1984)
1985:
THE EXPERIENCE WHICH COMES LAST (2/1985)
WATERCOLORS IN THE RAIN (3/1985)
THE LAST STAND OF KID CHAZ (4/1985)
CODE NAME PENTAGRAM: KITE AND SKATER (5/1985)
CODE NAME PENTAGRAM: THE KILLING MACHINE (6/1985)
YESTERDAY, TODAY WAS TOMORROW (7/1985)
1986:
IVORY CROWNS (2/1986)
RUMOURS OF WAR (3/1986)
BARNABUS AND BEN HAVE THE BEST SUMMER EVER (6/1986)
THE NIGHT GORILLAS OF DANARAK (7/1986)
GOLDEN SUN (8/1986)
THE PREINCARNATORS (10/1986)
THOSE WHO REMEMBER (11/1986)
BRIGHTBOLT (12/1986)
1987:
THE JACKAL-HEADED SERVANTS OF MENEKARTES (3/1987)
KING HOLMIR'S TREASURE HOUSE (4/1987)
THE SHIP OF SKULLS (4/1987)
THE WHITE WOLVES OF ZIMBORLIN (5/1987)
YOU SAY YOU WANT SOME EVOLUTION (6/1987)
LET SLEEPING DRAGONS LIE (8/1987)
YOU SAY YOU WANT SOME EVOLUTION (9/1987)
THE FINAL TOURNAMENT OF WU LUNG (10/1987)
DREAMS WITHIN DREAMS (12/1987)
1988:
DANCING ON QUICKSAND (3/1988)
THE SCROLL OF ULTIMATE TRUTH (4/1988)
I TEACH YOU THE SUPERMAN (5/1988)
FOOTPRINTS IN RED (6/1988)
THE MONGOOSE HUNTS ALONE (8/1988)
PROJECT REGULUS I: THE PEOPLE BREEDERS (9/1988)
BACK TO THE GRAVEYARD YOU GO (10/1988)
THE SKULL MUG OF TI-YUAN (11/1988)
THE NINE BEAST HELMETS I: BEASTS OF THE SOUTH (12/1988)
THE NINE BEAST HELMETS II: BEASTS OF THE EAST (12/1988)
THE NINE BEAST HELMETS III: BEASTS OF THE WEST (12/1988)
1989:
WORSE THAN MERE MURDER (1/1989)
GOLGORA (2/1989)
GOLDEN WOLF (3/1989)
SIGNPOST FOR A LOST TRAVELER (4/1989)
BLIND ILLUSIONS (4/1989)
THE KNIGHTS OF ANDROVAL (5/1989)
PROJECT REGULUS II: EVERYBODY LOVES A CLONE (7/1989)
CABIN OF THE BEAST (12/1989)
1990:
HARBOR OF DREADFUL NIGHT (1/1990)
ROUGH NIGHT AT BASS LAKE (5/1990)
PROJECT REGULUS III: A PACK OF DIRE WOLVES (6/1990)
WELL OF THE SEA BEAST (7/1990)
THE SECRET OF JANOS PELT (8/1990)
THE SHARK THAT WALKS (12/1990)
1991:
DEATH OF A DOBERMAN (3/1991)
UPRISING IN THE GREEN KINGDOM (4/1991)
TWO BLONDE UNICORNS (5/1991)
INVISIBLE FIEND (6/1991)
FIGHTING WORDS (10/1991)
PROJECT REGULUS IV: THE CAULDRON OF NEW LIFE (12/1991)
1992:
FUGITIVES FROM A FUNERAL PARLOR (1/1992)
CEMETERY BLUES (2/1992)
THE REVENGE OF DOS MANOS (4/1992)
OUT OF THE UNBEARABLE SILENCE (6/1992)
TERROR REIGN OF THE PUDGE (8/1992)
THE ASTRONOMY MURDERS (10/1992)
BASEMENT BOY (12/1992)
1993:
THE ANNOYING CHALLENGE OF THE PUNSTER (1/1993)
PROJECT REGULUS: EPILOGUE (3/1993)
TOURNAMENT OF PYSCHOS (4/1993)
BUSINESS FOR THE UNDERTAKER (5/1993)
SHAM WOLF (6/1993)
THE MAD BARON OF SIGNARM (8/1993)
AN EVENING AT THE MUSEUM (9/1993)
JUST ANOTHER CRISIS (11/1993)
THE KING OF SKELETON ISLAND (12/1993)
1994:
NECROPHILE PALACE (1/1994)
MOCK THE DEVIL IF YOU DARE (3/1994)
TOO MANY SKELETONS FOR ONE CLOSET (4/1994)
THE FOUR HEIRS OF EMILIO CANTERO (5/1994)
THE CONQUERING RATS (8/1994)
DEVIL LIGHTS IN THE SKY (9/1994)
INDIGO THE ILLUSIONIST (10/1994)
SLEEPERS WAITING FOR THE TRUMPET (12/1994)
1995:
THE CENTAURS OF ARIZONA (3/1995)
ALWAYS LATER THAN YOU THINK (6/1995)
OPEN SEASON ON MONSTERS (8/1995)
THE CHILL WITHIN 9/1995)
SWAT THE FLY (10/1995)
PASSING FOR LIVE PEOPLE (11/1995)
SOLDIERS OF MISFORTUNE (12/1995)
1996:
THE SHADE OF ACHILLES (3/1996)
THREE DAYS AT THE STYGIAN RETREAT (4/1996)
AWAKEN THE DRAGON WITHIN (6/1996)
NIGHT COURT NIGHTMARE (7/1996)
JAR OF THE DJINN (10/1996)
THIS FALLEN WORLD (12/1996)
1997:
THE MONSTER MAKER (1/1997)
APARA GUS (2/1997)
FUNNY LITTLE KID NAMED BENNIE (4/1997)
THE SMILING BRETHREN (5/1997)
EXECUTE HIM AGAIN (6/1997)
AWAKEN THE DRAGON WITHIN (6/1997)
PINE BOX, ARIZONA (8/1997)
COME SLYLY, DEATH (10/1997)
TWO-THIRDS GOD (11/1997)
GOLDEN RING AND COBALT LAMP (12/1997)
1998:
MESA OF DAMNED SOULS (2/1998)
THE RED SPECTRE (3/1998)
WHEN SHE COMMANDS, THE WISE OBEY (4/1998)
NEW FACES WHILE YOU WAIT (5/1998)
THE OPEN FIST OF FURIOUS BUDDHA (6/1998)
BLONDE GODDESS OF THE JUNGLE (7/1998)
MERCURIO'S LAST HEIST (9/1998)
MEGISTUS (10/1998)
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT (11/1998)
1999:
INSTANT MUMMIES (2/1999)
RUNNING OUT OF THRILLS (4/1999)
SMALL RIDER (6/1999)
GET THOSE ATTACK FROGS OUT OF HERE! (8/1999)
GLARING WITH THE THIRD EYE (9/1999)
INKSANE (10/1999)
SLAVES OF THE RED SQUID (12/1999)
2000:
REPEL (1/2000)
LION SEEN ON TENTH AVENUE (2/2000)
THE ARMOR OF HELL (3/2000)
THREE WITCH QUEENS (4/2000)
THE LEAGUE OF PREDATORS (5/2000)
REVENANT (6/2000)
SCEPTRE (7/2000)
THE BRAND OF SUBMISSION (8/2000)
DUSTY HEROES: THE UNDERWORLD COULD USE A SCOURGE (9/2000)
DUSTY HEROES: CURSE OF THE BRIMSTONE KID (9/2000)
DUSTY HEROES: HELLSPAWN (9/2000)
BURIAL BY STOMACH (10/2000)
DESTROYER OF WORLDS (11/2000)
2001:
A WISDOM BEYOND WEAPONS (3/2001)
PRISONERS OF THE PHANTOM REALM (4/2001)
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HERE COMES TROUBLE! (5/2001)
THE SAD FATE OF YOKEL ONO (6/2001)
THE CITY STEALERS (7/2001)
DOUBLERS OR NOTHING (8/2001)
MUMMY WANTED FOR QUESTIONING (9/2001)
WOLF WAR (10/2001)
THE SECRET WISDOM OF THE DEAD (11/2001)
THE RETURN OF DR KOBAL (12/2001)
2002:
THE HEARTLESS MEN (1/2002)
THE RASPUTNIKS (2/2002)
HAG OF THE MOUNTAINS: DAUGHTERS OF SUNRISE (3/2002)
HAG OF THE SEAS: GOOMBAH ISLAND (4/2002)
HAG OF THE DESERT: GARDEN OF BLADES (5/2002)
CHILDREN OF THE GOLDEN JAGUAR (6/2002)
GORILLA CRIME WAVE (7/2002)
GOD HAS FANGS (8/2002)
THE LAND BEYOND THE LAW (10/2002)
EVERYWHERE AT THE SAME TIME (11/2002)
THE HORROR FROM THE FROZEN WASTE (12/2002)
2003:
THE UNGRATEFUL DEAD (2/2003)
MY REFLECTION IS LAUGHING AT ME (3/2003)
PASSING LANE ON THE HIGHWAY TO HELL (3/2003)
DOC VALENTINE AND HIS PAL BOGUS (4/2003)
WITH A NAME LIKE HOLDEN MAGROIN (5/2003)
THE NECKLACE OF SHRUNKEN HEADS (6/2003)
MIDNIGHT AT MAHONEY'S GYM (7/2003)
THROW A DROWNING MAN AN ANCHOR (8/2003)
VERONIKA PETROV AND HER KILLER APES (9/2003)
THE TOWN THAT DARED NOT SLEEP (10/2003)
THE DUST OF FORGOTTEN TEMPLES (11/2003)
THE CRIMSON PEARL (12/2003)
2004:
YOU GIVE UGLY A BAD NAME (2/2004)
SQUID VICIOUS (3/2004)
MR NEVER (4/2004)
THE PHANTOM OWLHOOT (5/2004)+
SEARCH FOR THE TZUMATLI WHEEL (6/2004)
SEVENTEEN TWINS (7/2004)
OLLIE MOONGLOW AND THE SHARKS FROM OUTER SPACE (8/2004)
THE GRUESOME CASE OF THE HUNCHBACK OF HOLLYWOOD (9/2004)
LOVE THAT GRAVEYARD (10/2004)+
THE PUMPKIN FACE MURDERS (11/2004)
CAPTAIN CADAVER (12/2004)+
2005:
NOW, THE OTHER FOOT IN THE GRAVE (1/2005)
SECRET OF THE YELLOW SHIELD (2/2005)
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE GREEN DEVIL? (3/2005)
THE FINAL NIGHT OF ROSA'S CANTINA (4/2005)+
THE CURSE OF SAGUTAI (5/2005)
I NOTICE YOU HAVE GILLS (6/2005)+
THE ANT FARM HORROR (7/2005)
DEATH AT WYNGAERTS FALLS (8/2005)+
HOUNDS OF THE UNHOLY (9/2005)
THE SHERIDAN-MCDONNEL PAN-DIMENSIONAL VIEWPORT (10/2005)
THE WHITE WEB MURDER CASE (11/2005)+
WAR DANCE OF THE FERAL BOYS (12/2005)
2006:
BOULDER AYMER IS DEAD (1/2006)
THE HIDDEN KINGDOM OF PADATHOR (3/2006)
DR NIGHTMARE (4/2006)+
MY FAVORITE GENIE (5/2006)
THE WANDERING NIGHT CACTUS (7/2006)+
THE MAN FROM INTERCEPT AFFAIR (8/2006)
BULLETS HAVE NO HEART (9/2006)
THE WALKING WEAPON (10/2006)+
COMMIE BUSTER VS THE RED WIDOW (11/2006)
THE WHISPERING SKULL (12/2006)+
2007:
PARDON MY WHISTLING (1/2007)
THE REVOLVING GRAVE (2/2007)+
THREE DEATHS FROM A GYPSY CURSE (3/2007)
THE STRANGE DEATH OF PERDITION SMITH (4/2007)
WHEN LOOKS COULD KILL (5/2007)+
NOW ENTERING SABERTOOTH COUNTRY (6/2007)
BARELY DESCRIBABLE (7/2007)
DANDELION DON'T TELL NO LIES (8/2007)
THE HAUNTED TRAILER (9/2007)
THE AWOL PHONE (10/2007)
BENEATH THE CITIES OF MEN (11/2007)
SQUATTERS IN YOUR BRAIN (12/2007)
2008:
FROSTY THE GOLEM (2/2008)+
THE TRICERATOPS MURDERS (4/2008)
THE MIRRORS OF CHIJ (5/2008)
NOPE, NO SPIES HERE (6/2008)
THE REVELATIONS OF PROFESSOR SLACK (7/2008)
KNEELING BEFORE THE ASP (8/2008)+
MACHINE GUNS IN PARADISE (9/2008)
NANCY SINISTER (10/2008)
JUST FOR SHRIEKS (11/2008)
PRINCESS OF DARKNESS (12/2008)
2009:
EMPIRES IN THE EARTH (2/2009)
SLAUGHTERMAN (3/2009)
BASILISK I: THE PATHLESS LAND (4/2009)
BASILISK II: PEOPLE ARE TARGETS (4/2009)
BASILISK III: KINGDOM OF THE LOST (4/2009)
SEVEN NOOSES IN SEVEN WEEKS (5/2009)
SISTERHOOD OF THE ALL-SEEING EYE (6/2009)
THE CALIGARI CENTER FOR SLEEP DISORDERS (7/2009)+
CASTAWAY (9/2009)
MEGAVAC LIVES (10/2009)
THE BEST MEMORIES MONEY CAN BUY (11/2009)
OUR POLICY IS DECEIT, BETRAYAL AND DEATH (12/2009)
2010:
DEATH COMES TO FINAL VINYL (1/2010)
THE DISAPPOINTING RETURN OF MEGAVAC (2/2010)
NINE LIVES ARE BARELY ENOUGH (3/2010)
THE LIGHT THAT BRINGS DARKNESS (4/2010)+
THE BONELESS PLAGUE (5/2010)
FIND THE ASSASSIN YOU NEED ON FACEBOOK (6/2010)
A WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS (7/2010)
DON'T DROP MY COFFIN (8/2010)^
THE WITNESS WIPER (9/2010)
FIST FOR HIRE (10/2010)^
THERE GOES THE RED RUNNER (11/2010)^
OCTAVIUS (12/2010)
2011:
LET IN THE VOID (1/2011)
THE HARRY HUNG MURDER CASE (2/2011)^
THE KINGDOM OF GATOR JOE (3/2011)^
CHILLER NIGHT WITH GOTHICUS (4/2011)^
THE BURNING SKY (5/2011)
BETWEEN THE BLINKS (6/2011)
THIS AIN'T NO PARTY (7/2011)
THE MEDUSA MASK (8/2011)
DEATH IS BUT A DREAM (9/2011)
HO LI FOOK ON GOOMBAH ISLAND (9/2011)
BLOODLESS THING OF EVIL (10/2011)
THE EVISCERATION EFFECT (10/2011)
BOTH WAYS LEAD NOWHERE (11/2011)
MY TRAUMA IS YOUR PLEASURE (12/2011)^
2012:
THE WALLS BETWEEN THE WORLDS - UGAMESH (1/2012)
THE WALLS BETWEEN THE WORLDS - AZALIN (1/2012)
THE WALLS BETWEEN THE WORLDS - VENDIGOR (1/2012)
WAR ON REALITY (2/2012)
NOT THE PUNSTER AGAIN! (3/2012)
FIVE OF THE UGLIEST CROOKS YOU EVER SAW (4/2012)^
WINDCATCHER (5/2012)
BABE LINCOLN (6/2012)
RATFACE (6/2012)
THE CHIMERA IS BACK! (6/2012)
FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE COSMETICS (7/2012)
MAY DUSA - THREAT OR MENACE? (8/2012)
WASTING AWAY ON WINSOMEBERRIES (9/2012)
WORST ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT EVER (9/2012)
SLAVERS OF THE SECRET WORLD (10/2012)
THE TEEN TYRANTS (11/2012)
TIMOTHY LIMBO AND HIS FRIENDLY GHOSTS (12/2012)
2013:
SNOW, COLD, DARKNESS AND DEATH (1/2013)
KAMIKAZE BUGS (1/2013)
GROWLS FROM NOWHERE (2/2013)
THE BRONZE NEEDLES OF SUFFERING (3/2013)
KILLERS OF THE SARGASSO (4/2013)
HALEY GETS HER HEART BROKEN (5/2013)
THE FOUR ADAPTITES (6/2013)
FAMILY OF TURNERS I: LET'S GO DO SOME SHAPE-SHIFTING (7/2013)
FAMILY OF TURNERS II: BRING OUT YOUR FANGS AND CLAWS (7/2013)
THE CITY BENEATH THE CITY (8/2013)
WHEN THOUSANDS FLED IN TERROR (9/2013)
WHO LET THE PTERODACTYLS OUT? (10/2013)
SILK AND STONE, WOOD AND LEATHER AND IRON (12/2013)
CROSSING RUBY KAHN (12/2013)
2014:
DANCE FASTER, THE STAGE IS BURNING (1/2014)
FIVE DEAD RIDERS (2/2014)
SPINNER OF WEBS I: THE BATTLE-AXE MURDERS (3/2014)
SPINNER OF WEBS II: MASKS UNDER MASKS (3/2014)
SPINNER OF WEBS III: WILD LIGHTNING (3/2014)
TORSOBOT ISLAND (4/2014)
SPINNER OF WEBS: USURPER (5/2014)
THE CAVE OF HOURS (6/2014)
THE SILK TIGERS (7/2014)
KINGDOM OF MYTHICAL BEASTS (8/2014)
PERVERTS FROM DIMENSION X (9/2014)
IMAGINARY FRIENDS HAVE REAL FRIENDS (10/2014)
THE SPACES BETWEEN SPACES (11/2014)
WHAT REMAINS BEHIND (12/2014)
MARRY A WITCH, YOU MARRY HER FAMILY (12/2014)
2015:
WHEN YOU SEE THE RED BUFFALO (1/2015)
RESURRECTION EMPIRE I: ALL THESE EMPTY GRAVES (2/2015)
RESURRECTION EMPIRE II: PIMPING OUT ZOMBIES IN CORONA (2/2015)
RESURRECTION EMPIRE III: LIFE IN THE MORGUE (2/2015)
ATRUMO THE CONQUEROR I: FRAGILE SHORELINES (3/2015)
ATRUMO THE CONQUEROR II: THE SHARP EDGES OF HOPE (3/2015)
ATRUMO THE CONQUEROR III: THE BOILING PIT OF FILTH (3/2015)
THE GOLDEN OGRE (4/2015)
SHE'D MAKE THE DEVIL NERVOUS (4/2015)
SLAVES TO THEIR OWN SKILLS (5/2015)
WHAT NIGHTFALL BRINGS (6/2015)
BROKEN KNIGHT (7/2015)
GRANDMA DEMURE AND HER THREE WEIRD BOYS (8/2015)
WHEN THE TRUMPETS FALL SILENT (9/2015)
EIGHT PER CENT HUMAN (9/2015)
INFILTRATOR (10/2015)
ROBOT AND COSTELLO (11/2015)
MY BEST FRIEND, THE SARCASTIC ROBOT (12/2015)
2016:
LAUGHTER IN AN EMPTY ROOM (3/2016)
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I AM HERE NOW? (4/2016)
YOU UNTHINKING HUNK OF TITANIUM AND PLASTIC, YOU (5/2016)
ENJOY THE TRAUMA (6/2016)
NOT EVEN CLOSE TO NOWHERE (8/2016)
THE TIKI DEATH MASKS (9/2016)
URBAN FORAGING (10/2016)
OAHU FIFTY-NINE (11/2016)
THIRD GENERATION UNICORN (12/2016)
2017:
THE CAIRN OF BLACK STONES (1/2017)
MR AND MRS TEMERITY (4/2017)^
EVEN GOLEMS WANT TO BE FREE (5/2017)
STARVE GOAT ISLAND (7/2017)
YOU DO REALIZE YOU'RE MARRIED TO AN ALIEN BEING? (8/2017)
HIDING BETWEEN YOUR MEMORIES (9/2017)
THE AIR DEVILS (10/2017)
RED PINS IN A CLOTH DOLL (11/2017)
SCREAMING INTO THE DARKNESS (12/2017)
2018:
THE FINAL DAYS OF SUBMERGIA (3/2018)
SEA STAR (5/2018)
QUEEN OF THE HUMAN PETS (6/2018)
VAMPIRE ROAD TRIP (7/2018)
THE FLYING FOOL (8/2018)
INITIATION OF FURIOUS BUDDHA (9/2018)
PUT THAT BRAIN BACK WHERE YOU FOUND IT (10/2018)
WITCH, DEVIL, GHOST (11/2018)
2019:
ASHES FROM A DISTANT FIRE (2/2019)
DISCOUNT MIRACLES FROM THICKETT AND WICKE (3/2019)
PURE LIFE (4/2019)
PRINCESS OF THE FERAL BOYS (5/2019)
HELL MUST BE FULL (6/2019)
THE SHORE OF DREAMS (7/2019)
DOORS BARRED FOR GOOD REASON (8/2019)
THE WIND BETWEEN THE GRAVESTONES (8/2019)
STUMBLE INTO DARKNESS (9/2019)
WATER DEMON IN A GAMBLING DEN (9/2019)
MOUNT VANISH (10/2019)
THE BEAST IN THE BASEMENT (12/2019)
2020:
ONE NIGHT AT THE HE'S-NOT-HERE (2/2020)
SON OF MARDRAK (3/2020)
EYES FORCED OPEN (5/2020)
CHILDREN WITH AMBER EYES (6/2020)
THE BROTHERHOOD OF FORTY HUNCHBACKS (7/2020)
THE ANCIENT WINDS OF TROUBLE (8/2020)
EDEN IN FLAMES (9/2020)
SKEETER (10/2020)
SHIPS SAIL AWAY (10/2020)
THE UNWILLING HOSTS (12/2020)
2021:
THE WORLD IS OUR ARENA (1/2021)
THAT DAMN RABBIT'S FOOT (2/2021)
THE MOODY CREEK INCIDENT (3/2021)
THE LAND THAT KNOWS NO LEAVING (4/2021)
CARRYING LIGHTNING IN YOUR CHEST (5/2021)
JELLYBEAN (6/2021)
FOREVER SUNDERED (7/2021)
THE HOT RED SALTY RIVER (8/2021)
BOSS, THAT DOG JUST ATE MY GUN (10/2021)
AN ABOMINATION LIKE NO OTHER (10/2021)
THE STEEL BREEZE (12/2021)
2022:
TIGER NATION I (2/2022)
TIGER NATION II (2/2022)
TIGER NATION III (2/2022)
SQUID VICIOUS (3/2022)
THE ATROPHIED HEART (4/2022)
THE BARROW ON LONESOME PEAK (5/2022)
CORONET I: FALLING INTO THE SKY(6/2022)
CORONET II:EVEN COLD COMFORT IS BETTER THAN NONE (6/2022)
CORONET II: LIGHTNING'S ONLY HAPPY WHEN IT STRIKES(6/2022)
ZOMBIE FIGHT CLUB (7/2022)
EVEN A CROOKED STICK CAN DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE(9/2022)
IGNORE YOUR CHAINS (10/2022)
2023:
TORTURE IS A WAY OF LIFE (1/2023)
SPRING BREAK AT SKULL BEACH (3/2023)
SQUID ATTACK SQUAD (4/2023)
GRAVITY GETS ME DOWN (5/2023)
TO DUST WE RETURN (6/2023)
BEYOND THE GREAT SILENCE (12/2023)
2024:
EAGER FOR OBLIVION (4/2024)
SQUIDLINGS RULE, OKAY? (6/2024)
SIRION I: LOST LIGHTNING (7/2024)
SIRION II: STRENGTH ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH (7/2024)
SIRION III: REINCARNATION IS A PLEASANT SUPRISE (7/2024)
RACING TO THE GALLOWS (8/2024)
THE BRAZEN SKULL (10/2024)
2025:
BILLY THE SQUID (2/2025)
MANTICORE (3/2025)
Re: Going to continue on another thread because the windows are shrinking.
Date: 2024-10-11 09:39 pm (UTC)Thinking about the punk scene in Ohio that you saw stirs me to remember Michael Weldon and his magazine PSYCHOTRONIC VIDEO. He frequently went into detail about all the great local bands in Ohio and was sure to mention if any famous artist (film or music) was from there. This was incredibly tantalizing to me in the early 1980s. Long before the Internet or YouTube, I didn't feel justified in mailing away for albums from bands I only knew so remotely... especially since so much of my money went to VHS tapes.
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*Saw Bonnie Raitt there if the dusty old memory cells are working correctly