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The '''Cosmic Plot Device Caper''' is what the very first [[Chaotic Add-On Cascade]], the story that created the LNH and lead to everything on this wiki, is known as today.

There are a number of different collected versions are on the [[Eyrie Archive]], available through [http://archives.eyrie.org/racc/lnh/Crossovers/Cosmic.Plot-Device/ this link]:
* "Original" is the first collected version, which [[Craig Thomas Judd]] put together as it was happening.
* "Extra" are posts collected later that didn't make it into that version – many of which are relevant to the bits that did.
* "Jef" is a collected version by [[Jef Kolodziej]] that includes some bits not found in the Original version (and leaves other bits out).
* "Drizzt" is [[Jeff Barnes]]'s very different version of the story, based on post-''[[Cry.Sig]]'' continuity and never completed.
* "Martin" is a version complied by [[Martin Phipps]] in 2002. He added in posts found in the [[Google Groups]] archive and gave the story a beginning and ending.
* "Annotated" is an annotated version of Martin's version.

== Prehistory ==

On April 27th, 1992, a member of [[rec.arts.comics]], commenting on the correct spelling of the name Winsor McCay, declared himself "[[Spelling Boy]]" of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_of_Super-Heroes Legion of Super-Heroes]. [[Dan'l Danehy Oakes]] responded by suggesting that long-time posters form a "Legion of Net.Heroes" and calling himself [[California Kid]]. This spawned a thread of people making up [[net.hero]] identities for themselves.

But not everyone was enjoying the thread, with some posters grumbling about these silly posts. [[Steven Librande]], in the spirit of the thread, jumped in by declaring himself "the ingenious [[Doctor Killfile]]", hreatening to "release the awesome force of my patented Kill-O-Ray, destroying all posts about you blithering Net.Heroes!!"

[[Benjamin Pierce]] made a post in-character as [[Marvel Zombie Lad]], rallying his fellow net.heroes. At least forty-four authors responded, jumping in with snippets of story where they confronted Dr. Killfile and his [[Brotherhood of Net.Villains|Brotherhood of Evil.Net.Villains]]. [[Craig Thomas Judd]], as [[Manga Man]], chose instead to be the first villainous [[WC]]; he put it upon himself to collect the first forty-four or so posts together and give them a semblance of plot. So was born the '''Cosmic Plot Device Caper'''...

== Plot ==

The plot of the '''Cosmic Plot Device Caper''' is a complex, sprawling thing, difficult to sum up even before the rewrites and missing posts are added in. Let's see what we can make of it...

[[Doctor Killfile]] calls out the LNH, who gang up on him in traditional 27-to-1 hero style. Then [[Manga Man]] interrupts the proceedings, holding the LNH off until [[Lurking Girl]] passes through, delivering a warning about [[Y-Plex Burp]]. Manga Man and Dr. Killfile escape, and it's here that things start ''really'' getting complicated.

Y-Plex reveals to his minions that Lurking Girl's revelation was all part of his plan. The [[Time Crapper]] turns [[Marvel Zombie Lad]] into the Golden Age DC Comic Swiper Man. But then Y-Plex changes him back, because he can't use his Evil Duplicate of MZL if he's transformed, obviously. (The [[Cosmic Plot Device]] itself first shows up here.) Y-Plex gives Dr. Killfile a computer chip containing IT, and Manga Man is sent to attack the LNHers while they eat Pizza.

Meanwhile, Time Crapper's minion [[Table]] activates [[Plot-Error Man]]'s powers and kidnaps him; [[Myk-El]] runs into Marx Brothers clones; Time Crapper gets the [[Ring of Retconn]] from Sta— I mean, The Lee; and the plot spreads off in twelve directions at once...

== Writers ==

Writers whose stuff got in the original collected version:

* [[Steven Librande]]
* [[Craig Thomas Judd]]
* [[Ben Pierce]]
* [[Maurice Beyke]]
* [[Karthik P. Sheka]]
* [[Jeffrey Klein]]
* [[Jef Kolodziej]]
* [[Victoria Fike]]
* [[Michael Elias Campbell]]
* [[Kurt Mitchell Bose]]
* [[T. M. Neeck]]
* [[John C. Daiker]]
* [[Doug Moran]]
* [[Zippy the Punhead]]
* [[Iain McCord]]

Writers who contributed to the original thread but weren't collected:

* [[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]]
* [[Bill Sherman]]
* [[Elisabeth Riba]]
* [[Brian Perler]]
* [[Steve Hutchinson]]
* [[Enrique Conty]]
* [[Connie Hirsch]]
* [[Scavenger]]
* [[Jacob Lesgold]]
* [[August Paul Yang]]
* [[Jeffrey Klein]]
* [[Glenn Carnagey]]
* [[Mike Kelly]]

[[Martin Phipps]]' version included later material by:

* [[Dave Van Domelen]]
* [[wReam]]
* [[Martin Phipps]]

[[Jeff Barnes]] added material to his version, as well.

== Heroes ==

Characters in the collected story:

* [[Marvel Zombie Lad]]
* [[Loquacious Lad]]
* [[Kid Yesterdaze]]
* [[Lurking Girl]]
* [[Comics Snob Boy]]
* [[Irony Man]]
* [[Doctor Stomper]]
* [[Bad-Timing Boy]]
* [[Parking Karma Kid]]
* [[Procrastination Boy]]
* [[Sidewinder]]
* [[Squid Boy]]
* [[Super Apathy Lad]]
* [[Myk-El]]
* [[Sig.File Man]]
* [[SideKick Man]]
* [[Cliche Dude]]
* [[Captain Cleanup]]
* [[Bibliography Boy]]
* [[Incredible Unsleeping Man]]
* [[Insomnia Boy]]
* [[Amorphous Lad]]

Characters in the original thread but not the collections:

* [[Rebel Yell]]
* [[Spelling Boy]]
* [[California Kid]]
* [[Late-Nite Lad]]
* [[Catalyst Lass]]
* [[Obscure Trivia Lad]]
* [[Invisible Incendiary]]
* [[Fuzzy]]
* [[Occultism Kid I]]
* [[Browsing Boy]]

(Note: Some characters in [[:Category:Cosmic Plot Device Era Characters]] aren't in here, because their creators never wrote stories.)

Characters only in Martin's version:
* [[Sig.Lad]]

Characters only in the post-''[[Cry.Sig]]'' version:

* [[L.U.C.Y.]]
* [[Sacrificial Lamb Boy]]

== Villains ==

* [[Doctor Killfile]]
* [[Manga Man]]
* [[Y-Plex Burp]]
* [[Time Crapper]]
* [[Table]]
* [[Dada Dude]]/[[GreenRingWraith]]
* [[Dorfs]]

Characters only in Martin's version:

* [[Lagneto]]
* [[Acton Lord]]
* [[Action Lord]]

== Others ==

* [[Plot-Error Man]]
* [[The Looker]]

== See Also ==

* [[:Category:Cosmic Plot Device Era Characters]]

[[Category:Classic LNH Cascades]]

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 * "Jef" is a collected version by [[Jef Kolodziej]] that includes some bits not found in the Original version (and leaves other bits out).
 * "Drizzt" is [[Jeff Barnes]]'s very different version of the story, based on post-''[[Cry.Sig]]'' continuity and never completed.
-* "Martin" is a version complied by [[Martin Phipps]] in 2002. He added in posts found in the [[Google Groups]] archive and gave the story a beginning and ending.
+* "Martin" is a version complied by [[Martin Phipps]] in 2002. He added in posts found in the Google Groups archive and gave the story a beginning and ending.
 * "Annotated" is an annotated version of Martin's version.

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 == Prehistory ==
-On April 27th, 1992, a member of [[rec.arts.comics]], commenting on the correct spelling of the name Winsor McCay, declared himself "[[Spelling Boy]]" of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_of_Super-Heroes Legion of Super-Heroes]. [[Dan'l Danehy Oakes]] responded by suggesting that long-time posters form a "Legion of Net.Heroes" and calling himself [[California Kid]]. This spawned a thread of people making up [[net.hero]] identities for themselves.
+On April 27th, 1992, a member of [[rec.arts.comics]], commenting on the correct spelling of the name Winsor McCay, declared himself "[[Spelling Boy]]" of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_of_Super-Heroes Legion of Super-Heroes]. [[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]] responded by suggesting that long-time posters form a "Legion of Net.Heroes" and calling himself [[California Kid]]. This spawned a thread of people making up [[net.hero]] identities for themselves.
 But not everyone was enjoying the thread, with some posters grumbling about these silly posts. [[Steven Librande]], in the spirit of the thread, jumped in by declaring himself "the ingenious [[Doctor Killfile]]", hreatening to "release the awesome force of my patented Kill-O-Ray, destroying all posts about you blithering Net.Heroes!!"