Post by Uatu the Watcher on Feb 12, 2007 18:20:42 GMT -5
20th Century
In the early years of the century, James Howlett witnessed Thomas Logan kill his father John during a drunken rage. James extracted his mutant claws for the first time, killing Thomas and scarring Dog's face. James fled alongside his companion, Rose, and his mutant healing factor apparently began to suppress his memories. James, now partially amnesiac, began calling himself "Logan". Later, Dog tracked down "Logan" and Rose, and during their battle, "Logan" accidentally killed Rose when she got between the two combatants.
The first group of costumed heroes of this century were the Freedom's Five, a group of international heroes who gathered to fight the Germans during World War I. One of their number was the first hero to be called Union Jack; his brother was the German agent called Baron Blood, who had been transformed into a vampire by Dracula. Another member of the Five was the Phantom Eagle, whose ghost would be laid to rest in the modern era with the assistance of Johnny Blaze, the Ghost Rider. Jack Fury, father of Nick Fury, fought the Red Baron during the Great War.
In 1926, the vampiric doctor Deacon Frost was summoned to assist with the difficult childbirth of Tara Brooks. Frost bit Tara, granting her still-unborn son Eric immunity to vampire bites and a partial array of vampiric abilities. Eric would became a vampire hunter called Blade, and would spend decades hunting down Frost, who he knew only as "Whitehair". Tara was transformed into a vampire by Frost's bite, but Blade would eventually destroy her.
In 1928, Herbert Edgar Wyndham was one of several geneticists who were approached by Phaeder, an Inhuman scientist, and were given complete maps of the human genome. Wyndham adopted the identity of the High Evolutionary, and constructed a fortress in Mount Wundagore in Transia, where he created a race of New Men: humanoids that were evolved from animals. Wyndham's friend Jonathanm Drew came to stay with him, accompanied by his wife Miriam and daughter Jessica. Miriam was killed by Gregory Russoff, a werewolf who possessed the Darkhold and sought to use it to free Chthon from his prison beneath Wundagore. Jessica was later envenomed with a mutated strain of spider venom; in order to arrest to venom's spread while he could study it, he placed her in suspended animation for years. She would be awakened before the modern era, where she would become the first Spider-Woman, although her memories would remain incomplete for years, to the point that she would erroneously believe herself to be one of the New Men rather than a human being.
In the early years of the century, James Howlett witnessed Thomas Logan kill his father John during a drunken rage. James extracted his mutant claws for the first time, killing Thomas and scarring Dog's face. James fled alongside his companion, Rose, and his mutant healing factor apparently began to suppress his memories. James, now partially amnesiac, began calling himself "Logan". Later, Dog tracked down "Logan" and Rose, and during their battle, "Logan" accidentally killed Rose when she got between the two combatants.
The first group of costumed heroes of this century were the Freedom's Five, a group of international heroes who gathered to fight the Germans during World War I. One of their number was the first hero to be called Union Jack; his brother was the German agent called Baron Blood, who had been transformed into a vampire by Dracula. Another member of the Five was the Phantom Eagle, whose ghost would be laid to rest in the modern era with the assistance of Johnny Blaze, the Ghost Rider. Jack Fury, father of Nick Fury, fought the Red Baron during the Great War.
In 1926, the vampiric doctor Deacon Frost was summoned to assist with the difficult childbirth of Tara Brooks. Frost bit Tara, granting her still-unborn son Eric immunity to vampire bites and a partial array of vampiric abilities. Eric would became a vampire hunter called Blade, and would spend decades hunting down Frost, who he knew only as "Whitehair". Tara was transformed into a vampire by Frost's bite, but Blade would eventually destroy her.
In 1928, Herbert Edgar Wyndham was one of several geneticists who were approached by Phaeder, an Inhuman scientist, and were given complete maps of the human genome. Wyndham adopted the identity of the High Evolutionary, and constructed a fortress in Mount Wundagore in Transia, where he created a race of New Men: humanoids that were evolved from animals. Wyndham's friend Jonathanm Drew came to stay with him, accompanied by his wife Miriam and daughter Jessica. Miriam was killed by Gregory Russoff, a werewolf who possessed the Darkhold and sought to use it to free Chthon from his prison beneath Wundagore. Jessica was later envenomed with a mutated strain of spider venom; in order to arrest to venom's spread while he could study it, he placed her in suspended animation for years. She would be awakened before the modern era, where she would become the first Spider-Woman, although her memories would remain incomplete for years, to the point that she would erroneously believe herself to be one of the New Men rather than a human being.