Timeline

Timeline 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.

The stories in this list that are unmarked mostly still exist in manuscript form, yellowed pages covered with scribbled annotations. Most are so atrocious and clumsy I'm embarrassed to read them myself. A few of the older stories have been revised and rewritten, and those are marked with a single *. The double ** is to keep track of which stores have been posted here. All of the stories written since 2013 are current canon.

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

*Revised 2013-2023
**Scanned and posted online
+Probably apocryphal

Darthan Age:
THE CURSED OASIS** (12/1212)
THE SERPENT-HEAD SWORD** (8/1213)
THE MOURNFUL FLAME** (10/1213)
THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN** (8/1214)
EVERY HAND AGAINST HIM** (5/1215)
THREE VIRGINS MANOR** (10/1215)
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** (9/1218)
THE HAUNTER OF THE PIT** (12/1218)
THE SPEAKING HEAD OF MALBERON** (6/1219)
THE TWO THINGS CERTAIN IN LIFE** (8/1219)
LION'S EYES IN GREEN STONE** (10/2022)
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)
VALLEY OF THE THUNDERBIRDS** (8/1878)
COWBOY, CHANGE YOUR WAYS TODAY** (6/1879)
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)
COPPER-HAIR* (7/1882)
TROUBLE IN JUST-PLAIN-AWFUL** (9/1882)
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)
THE DEVIL'S DUMMY (2/1938)
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)

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)
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)
THE RED BLUR* ** (9/1944)
IS STOCKBRIDGE HOUSE REALLY HAUNTED?** (10/1944)

STRANGLED BY A PUPPET'S STRINGS** (1/1945)
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE GREEN DEVIL?** (3/1945)
HELLBOUND HEROES** (4/1945)

1950s:
DARK AS THE DAWN** (10/1952)
WAXFACE (10/1953)
WASN'T TOMORROW WONDERUL?** (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:
EVENING'S END (7/1972)
BLACK MANTIS AND WINTER SNOW** (9/1972)

1973:
THE KINGS IN THE CRYPT** (2/1973)

1974:
THE PHANTOMS FROM WITHIN** (5/1974)

1975:
THE MUMMY DUST OF DEATH (1/1975)

1976:
WHAT, DEJA VU AGAIN?** (9/1976)

1977:
TWO SILVER DAGGERS** (5/1977)
LLANDEILO, SERVANT OF DRALDROS** (8/1977)
DEE NILE AND HER VOICE OF DOOM** (9/1977)
BONES UNDER STRAW** (10/1977)
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)
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)
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)
ATRON OF ULGOR (5/1979)
SPAWN OF DRALDROS* **(6/1979)
SHARPER THAN A SERPENT'S TOOTH** (7/1979)
A FACE LIKE DEATH** (8/1979)
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)
A SERPENT MUST STING (7/1982)
THE DESPERATE GAME** (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)
THE PIT OF SNAKES** (4/1983)
HUNTING THE HUNTERS* ** (5/1983)
BREAK THE SERPENT'S BACK (6/1983)
SWAMP FLOWER* **(8/1983)
FIVE MINUTES MISSING, HERE AND THERE** (9/1983)
PLAYING AT WAR (10/1983)
THE GREEN MIST* **(12/1983)

1984:
THE VOLENCHAK SAVIORS (1/1984)
DEAD MAN SINGING** (3/1984)
A STORM OF STEEL** (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)
GODS AT WAR (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)
ALL THINGS MUST END [The Battle of Bruenig] (9/1985)

1986:
GOLGORA** (1/1986)
RUMOURS OF WAR* **(3/1986)
THE SIEGE OF ANDROVAL (5/1986)
BARNABUS AND BEN HAVE THE BEST SUMMER EVER** (6/1986)
THE NIGHT GORILLAS OF DANARAK* ** (7/1986)
GOLDEN SUN* ** (8/1986)
THE MASTER PLAN OF AREM KAMENDE (9/1986)
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* **(5/1987)
THE WHITE WOLVES OF ZIMBORLIN* ** (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:
HEIRS OF BULIWYF (2/1988)
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)
THE MADNESS OF JOHN GRIM (2/1989)
GOLDEN WOLF** (3/1989)
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 FINAL HALLOWEEN (10/1990)
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)
THE SMILING BRETHREN** (5/1996)
AWAKEN THE DRAGON WITHIN** (6/1996)
NIGHT COURT NIGHTMARE** (7/1996)
JAR OF THE DJINN** (10/1996)
THIS FALLEN WORLD** (12/1996)

1997:
ASPARA GUS** (1/1997)
THE MONSTER MAKER** (2/1997)
FUNNY LITTLE KID NAMED BENNIE** (4/1997)
BUSINESS FOR THE UNDERTAKER** (5/1997)
EXECUTE HIM AGAIN** (6/1997)
PINE BOX, ARIZONA** (8/1997)
COME SLYLY, DEATH** (10/1997)
GOLDEN RING AND COBALT LAMP** (11/1997)
TWO-THIRDS GOD (12/1997)

1998:
MESA OF DAMNED SOULS** (2/1998)
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)
THE RED SPECTRE** (3/1999)
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 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)
WASTING AWAY ON WINSOMEBERRIES** (7/2002)
GOD HAS FANGS** (8/2002)
WATER DEMON IN A GAMBLING DEN** (9/2002)
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)
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)

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)
WORST ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT EVER** (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:
CROSSING RUBY KAHN** (1/2009)
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)
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)
RATFACE** (6/2012)
FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE COSMETICS** (7/2012)
MAY DUSA - THREAT OR MENACE?** (8/2012)
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:
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)
WHAT REMAINS BEHIND** (11/2013)
SILK AND STONE, WOOD AND LEATHER AND IRON** (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)
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)
SHE'D MAKE THE DEVIL NERVOUS** (4/2015)
SLAVES TO THEIR OWN SKILLS** (5/2015)
THE GOLDEN OGRE** (6/2015)
BROKEN KNIGHT** (7/2015)
WHAT NIGHTFALL BRINGS** (8/2015)
EIGHT PER CENT HUMAN** (9/2015)
INFILTRATOR** (10/2015)
ROBOT AND COSTELLO** (11/2015)
MY BEST FRIEND, THE SARCASTIC ROBOT** (12/2015)

2016:
YOU UNTHINKING HUNK OF TITANIUM AND PLASTIC, YOU** (3/2016)
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I AM HERE NOW?** (4/2016)
LAUGHTER IN AN EMPTY ROOM** (5/2016)
ENJOY THE TRAUMA** (6/2016)
NOT EVEN CLOSE TO NOWHERE** (8/2016)
THE TIKI DEATH MASKS** (9/2016)
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)
INITIATION OF FURIOUS BUDDHA** (11/2017)
RED PINS IN A CLOTH DOLL** (11/2017)
SCREAMING INTO THE DARKNESS** (12/2017)

2018:
THE FINAL DAYS OF SUBMERGIA** (3/2018)
THE LAND THAT KNOWS NO LEAVING** (4/2018)
SEA STAR** (5/2018)
QUEEN OF THE HUMAN PETS** (6/2018)
VAMPIRE ROAD TRIP** (7/2018)
THE FLYING FOOL** (8/2018)
PUT THAT BRAIN BACK WHERE YOU FOUND IT** (10/2018)
WITCH, DEVIL, GHOST** (11/2018)

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)
MOUNT VANISH** (10/2019)
ASHES FROM A DISTANT FIRE** (11/2019)
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)
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)
CARRYING LIGHTNING IN YOUR CHEST** (5/2021)
JELLYBEAN** (6/2021)
THE HOT RED SALTY RIVER** (8/2021)
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)
ZOMBIE FIGHT CLUB** (4/2022)
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)
EVEN A CROOKED STICK CAN DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE**(9/2022)

2023:
TORTURE IS A WAY OF LIFE** (1/2023)

Bane Residences

GLOSSARY - BANE'S RESIDENCES

Bane's Office, 2001-2016

Stepping down at leader of the KDF in September 2001, JEREMY BANE opened an office for his DIRE WOLF AGENCY. This was on the ground floor of a four story yellow brick building near the corner of Third Avenue and 44th Street. The building had its own modest parking lot but Bane preferred to keep his cars in the IMPERIAL GARAGE down on 40th Street. Besides the walk-in clinic, the building also housed several doctor's office, a law firm, two realtors and a posh nail and hair salon.

A major factor in choosing this building was that, ten years earlier, Bane had rescued the manager's family from a kidnaping attempt by the PREINCARNATORS. Still grateful, Steven Goldfarb overlooked the many irregular activities Bane engaged in as far as possible.

Automatically sliding double-glass doors opened to the lobby. To one's left was a bank of mailboxes for the occupants; to the right was EMERGENCY ONE, an urgent care facility open from seven AM until eleven PM. Further ahead was an open staircase leading up to the second floor. The wall to the farvleft and the side of the staircase formed a short narrow corridor; on that left wall just before the steel rear exit door was a narrow wooden door with a bronze plaque reading DIRE WOLF AGENCY and a phone number.

A small waiting room held only two wooden chairs and a low table holding outdated magazines. High up in one corner was a monitor showing what the hall camera saw. As one entered the office itself, a door to a closet and a door to a minimal bathroom were on the left. In front of the wall to the right was Bane's desk with a cordless phone in its charger, in and out trays, and a laptop computer. Three wooden chairs faced the desk for clients. On a shelf over the closet door was a police scanner. The wall opposite the door had a long picture window facing 45th Street; this bullet-resistant window was normally covered by opaque curtains. In front of the window stood a black leather-bound couch with some cushions and a folded-up blanket where Bane sometimes napped or recovered from injuries. An end table at either end of the couch held a reading lamp.

Next to the bookcase, Bane installed a waist-high refrigerator by 2012. Not much perishable was kept in there, only bottled water and juice, dried fruit chips and crackers, beef sticks and hiker's granola.

Bane kept his field suit, an Eldar travel crystal and some weapons concealed in the floor. ("The Dire Wolf knelt beside the three-shelf bookcase on otherwise bare wall facing his desk. He knelt and undid a latch and then swung the case around on hidden casters. A shallow pit was revealed, chiseled out of the concrete by Bane himself quite against the terms of anyone's lease. Within it was a steamer trunk, black with yellow metal corners and a big old-fashioned lock. The big padlock was a decoy, the real lock was hidden in the trim. Inside was his field suit and an assortment of weapons and tools.") Before vacating his lease, Bane had to painstakingly repair the damage he had done and restore the concrete as closely as possible. Evidently no one noticed as he was not contacted by the building's owners.

The exit door was intended for emergencies only and was set to ring an alarm when opened. MEGAN SALENGER had installed a neutralizer within the device which could be deactivated by a signal from Bane's key fob for thirty seconds before turning back on again. This allowed Bane to secretly enter and leave the building, especially after hours when the lobby was closed, but all of this involved several violations of safety code.

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Glossary: KDF Headquarters

Glossary - KDF Headquarters Building

Located at 28 East 38th Street in Manhattan, the granite building had been constructed for DR VITARIUS in the mid-19th Century. KENNETH DRED had bought the structure in 1937 when Vitarius left for Europe; Dred lived there until his death in 1979. JEREMY BANE inherited the building and its contents. In 2001, he leased it for use to the KDF SECOND TEAM while retaining ownership in the event that the team disbanded or vanished. In 1979, LEONARD SLADE began extensive modifications and additions, some of which would not meet Code and it is believed by many that Trom influence kept building inspectors quiet.

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KDF Membership

KDF Membership

24 Full Members

1979 10. Founding Members:
Jeremy Bane (b.1957-) 6' 175 lbs Hr:Black Ey: Light Grey.
Michael Hawk (b.1919-d.1983) 6'1" 190 lbs Hr:Brown, turning Grey. Ey:Dark Brown
Leonard Slade (b.1901-d.1990) 6'1" 209 lbs Hr:Black Ey:Dark Brown.
Khang (b.1909-d.1990) 7'6" Weight Variable. Hr:None Ey:Glowing White
Ted Wright (b.1943-) 5'11" 210 lbs Hr:Black, later White. Ey:Dark Brown with Blue Glint
Cindy Brunner (b.1958-) 5'1" 100 lbs Hr:Dark Blonde Ey:Blue
Larry Taper (b.1945-d.1990) 5'10" 180 lbs Hr:Dark Brown. Ey:Brown

Stephen Weaver (b.1950-) 6'1" 180lbs Hr:Black Ey:Dark Brown. Joined in June 1980, stepped down to Reserve Membership after losing levitation ability 1990.

Garrison Nebel (b.1952-d.2022). 5'11" 175lbs Hr:Light Brown Ey:Brown [later opaque white pupils] Joined 1983, stepped down to Reserve Membership 1990.

>Associates but not Full Members-
Shiro Mitsuru (b.1953-) 6' 185 lbs Hr:Black Ey:Light Brown. Associate 1984-1990. Reserve 1990 to Present.
Karina (b. Darthan Age-) 5'8" 130 lbs Hr:Auburn Ey:Green. Associate from 1982 to Present.
Cheval (b.1953-d.) 5'2" 110lbs Hr:Black Ey:Dark Green. Not Associate but trusted ally.
Sulak (b.1909-d.) 6'3" 250 lbs Hr:Black Ey:Blue. Associate from 1986 to Present.

>1986- New Members
Jessica Frost [True legal name Jessica Segal] (b.1961-d.) 5'6" 120lbs Hr:Light Brown, turned White, Ey:Brown, turned Light Blue. Joined 1986, resigned in 1988 after her powers faded.
Tang Ming (b.1968-d.) 5'1' 105 lbs Hr:Black Ey:Dark Brown. Joined 1986, left in 1991 to move to CHUJIR. Reserve Member 1991 to Present.
Ethan Petrov (b.1949-d.2021) 6'1" 180lbs Hr:Black Ey:Brown. Applied for KDF membership 1986, served briefly but left after being found unsuitable. Killed by JEREMY BANE, January 2021.
Valera (b.1940-d.) 5'11" 155 lbs. Hr:Blonde Ey:Blue. Associate Member 1986 to Present.

>1987 - New Members
Kwali (b.1964-d.1990) 6'5" 260 lbs. Hr:Black Ey:Brown, later Bright Green.
Chen Wong-Lai (b.1961-d.1990) 5'7" 140lbs. Hr:Black Ey:Brown. Joined 1987, died in Chujir in January 1990.
Gornak (b.1965-) 7' 400lbs Hr:None Ey:Amber. Joined 1986 as Associate Member, stepped down to Reserve Membership in 1989.

>1999/12 - Second Team
Lauren Sable Reilly (b.1978-d.) 5'5" 115 lbs. Hr:Black Ey:Dark Brown
Ashley Whitaker (b.1980-d.) 5' 100 lbs Hr:Platinum Blonde Ey:Light Blue. Maternity leave after April 2012, gave birth to daughter April in December 2012. Returned to Active duty 2020.
Josef Jubilec (b.1973-d.) 6'2" 200 lbs. Hr:Light Blonde Ey:Blue.
Megan Salenger (b.1979-d.2022) 5'3" 105 lbs Hr:Black Ey:Brown. Stepped down to Reserve Membership in early 2011. Died February 2022.
Sheng Mo-Yuan (b 1980-d.) 5'5" 155 lbs. Hr:Black Ey:Brown. Stepped down to Reserve Membership in May 2010 to open his Fist For Hire agency.
Levon Bingham (b.1977-d.) 5'10" 180 lbs Hr:Black Ey:Lambent Green. Stepped down to Associate Membership in 2005 to study in Danarak.

>2012- Third Team. Sable remaining as Captain.
Timothy Limbo (b.1990-d.) 5'10" 165 lbs Hr:Blond Ey:Blue.
Demrak Jin (b.1987-d. ) 5'3" 110 lbs Hr: White Ey: Dark Blue. Associate Member but not accepted at Tel Shai.
Haley Lawson (b.1995-d.) 5'8" 125 lbs Hr:Dark Red. Ey:Light Green. Retired after traumatic incident July 2015.
Jocelyn Garimara (b.1986-d.) 5'1" 100 lbs. Hr:Black Ey:Brown.

Galvan (b.1874-d.) 6'6" 289 lbs. Hr:Brown Ey:Brown. Associate Member 2016 on.

Carlo Ventura (b.2001-d.) 5'10" 150lbs Hr:Black Ey:Dark Brown. Member 2021 on.
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KDF SCHEDULE
Six days a week on shift One (7 AM -3 PM) or Two (3 PM-11 PM). One free day per week. Rotating Watch Duty one night per week (11 PM- 7 AM). Always on call for emergencies. Sick leave as needed. Two weeks vacation per year but still on call.
Tel Shai training at discretion of Teachers, takes precedence over schedule.

Glossary: Sheng's Office

Glossary - Sheng's Office

Argent Investigations, also known as Chuan Lo-Tsing ("Hard Working Fist" or "Fist For Hire"). Opened August 1, 2010. Sheng kept the unusual hours of 12 Midnight until 8 AM because he felt that was when Midnight War clients would need him most urgently.

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Prilyrdyn From English

PRILYRDYN FROM ENGLISH

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Prilyrdyn To English

PRILYRDYN TO ENGLISH
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