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This timeline also includes any [[Classic LNH]] stories directly relevant to the NTB, which are marked with an '''[L]''', and stories from other RACC [[imprint]]s, which are marked with an '''[R]'''. | This timeline also includes any [[Classic LNH]] stories directly relevant to the NTB, which are marked with an '''[L]''', and stories from other RACC [[imprint]]s, which are marked with an '''[R]'''. | ||
− | It's not unreasonable to assume that the NTB stories take place in something closer to "real time," much like Vertigo's Hellblazer, but as always, it depends on the individual story. | + | It's not unreasonable to assume that the NTB stories take place in something closer to "real time," much like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertigo_Comics Vertigo]'s ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellblazer Hellblazer]'', but as always, it depends on the individual story. |
See also the [[Classic LNH Timeline]]. | See also the [[Classic LNH Timeline]]. | ||
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{{Timeline_Label_Bold|Wrath of the Administrator ends}} | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|Wrath of the Administrator ends}} | ||
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− | + | |[[Esoterica: Rebirth]] (end) | |
− | + | |[[Christopher Gilmore]] | |
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− | + | |[[Return of the Incharger]] #1-3 | |
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{{Timeline_Label_Bold|[[Question (NTB)|Question]]/[[Ramaj]] Crossover begins}} | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|[[Question (NTB)|Question]]/[[Ramaj]] Crossover begins}} | ||
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− | + | |[[Quest Quest]] | |
− | + | |[[Scott Emery]] | |
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+ | |[[Untitled Story]] | ||
+ | |[[Scott Emery]] & [[Andre Condon]] | ||
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+ | |[[Hunting the Hunter]] #1 | ||
+ | |[[Andre Condon]] | ||
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{{Timeline_Label_Bold|Question/Ramaj Crossover ends}} | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|Question/Ramaj Crossover ends}} | ||
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− | + | |[[Vertical Plain]] #4-6 '''[L]''' | |
− | + | |[[Stephane Savoie]] | |
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− | + | |[[Dangerous Collectibles?]] | |
+ | |[[Craig Welsh]] | ||
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+ | |[[Raw Shark Returns]] | ||
+ | |[[Mark Steyn]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Masque of the Red Death Virus]] | ||
+ | |[[Michael McAfee]] | ||
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{{Timeline_Label_Bold|1994}} | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|1994}} | ||
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{{Timeline_Label_Bold|[[Bad Forms]] begins [L] <ref name = badforms />}} | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|[[Bad Forms]] begins [L] <ref name = badforms />}} | ||
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− | + | |[[The Adventures of Easily-Discovered Man]] #6 | |
− | + | |[[Rob Rogers]] | |
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− | + | |[[Errand Boy (series)|Errand Boy]] #3 | |
− | + | |[[Stirge]] | |
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− | + | |[[Pliable Lad (series)|Pliable Lad]] #9 | |
− | + | |[[Mike Escutia]] | |
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− | + | |[[Constellation (series)|Constellation]] #13 | |
− | + | |[[Dave Van Domelen]] | |
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Tales of the LNH]] #297 | ||
+ | |[[Hubert Bartels]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[The Adventures of Easily-Discovered Man]] #7-8 | ||
+ | |[[Rob Rogers]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Constellation (series)|Constellation]] #14-15 | ||
+ | |[[Dave Van Domelen]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[The Adventures of Easily-Discovered Man]] #9 | ||
+ | |[[Rob Rogers]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Pliable Lad (series)|Pliable Lad]] #10 | ||
+ | |[[Mike Escutia]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Constellation (series)|Constellation]] #16 | ||
+ | |[[Dave Van Domelen]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[The Adventures of Easily-Discovered Man]] #10 | ||
+ | |[[Rob Rogers]] | ||
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{{Timeline_Label_Bold|Bad Forms ends}} | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|Bad Forms ends}} | ||
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{{Timeline_Label_Italic|The Second Wave <ref name = secondwave />}} | {{Timeline_Label_Italic|The Second Wave <ref name = secondwave />}} | ||
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− | {{ | + | |[[Netrigan (series)|Netrigan]] #0-5 |
− | |||| | + | |[[Mario Di Giacomo]] |
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− | ||| | + | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|[[The Summoning]] begins}} |
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− | ||[[ | + | |[[The Summoning #1]] |
− | ||| | + | |[[Chris Gumprich]] |
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− | ||||''' | + | |[[Whatever Happened to LJC?]] |
− | ||[[ | + | |[[Tara Lynn O'Shea]] |
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− | ||[[A Guy in a Trenchcoat Fighting Ninjas (one-shot)|A Guy in a Trenchcoat Fighting Ninjas]] #1 | + | |The Summoning #2 |
− | + | |[[Chris Gumprich]] | |
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− | | | + | |[[Thirteen's Somethings]] #2-3 |
− | + | |[[Steve Ward-Smith]] | |
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− | + | |[[Net.Force]] #1 | |
− | + | |[[Chris Gumprich]] | |
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− | | | + | |[[Thirteen's Somethings]] #4 |
− | + | |[[Steve Ward-Smith]] | |
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− | + | |[[Net.Force]] #2 | |
− | | | + | |[[Chris Gumprich]] & [[Markian Hlynka]] |
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− | + | |[[Netrigan (series)|Netrigan]] #6-7 | |
− | | | + | |[[Mario Di Giacomo]] |
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+ | |[[Net.Force]] #3-4 | ||
+ | |[[Chris Gumprich]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|The Summoning ends}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|[[Retcon Hour]] begins <ref name = retconhour />}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Retcon Happy Hour]] | ||
+ | |[[Paul Hardy]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Legion of Occult Heroes]] #0 '''[L]''' | ||
+ | |[[Paul Hardy]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[LNH Comics Presents]] #21 '''[L]''' | ||
+ | |[[Matt Rossi]] & [[Jeff McCoskey]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Retcon Hour Omega]] '''[L]''' | ||
+ | |Various | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|Retcon Hour ends}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Fall of the Daemon]] | ||
+ | |[[Mario Di Giacomo]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Voyd]] #1-8 | ||
+ | |[[Chris Gumprich]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Reve Arcane]] #1-6 | ||
+ | |[[Jon Scott Hall]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Legion of Occult Heroes]] #4 '''[L]''' | ||
+ | |[[Paul Hardy]] <ref name = loh4 /> | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|[[The Dummies Guide to Magic]] Begins}} | ||
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+ | |[[Voyd]] #9 | ||
+ | |[[Chris Gumprich]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Reve Arcane]] #7 | ||
+ | |[[Jon Scott Hall]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Voyd]] #10 | ||
+ | |[[Chris Gumprich]] | ||
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+ | |[[Legion of Occult Heroes]] Special '''[L]''' | ||
+ | |[[Paul Hardy]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Return of the Incharger]] #4-5 | ||
+ | |[[Christopher Tong]] | ||
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+ | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|The Dummies Guide to Magic Ends}} | ||
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+ | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|1995}} | ||
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+ | |[[Return of the Incharger]] #6 | ||
+ | |[[Christopher Tong]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Voyd]] #11-15 | ||
+ | |[[Chris Gumprich]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Net.Force II]] #1 | ||
+ | |[[Chris Gumprich]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Voyd]] #16-18 | ||
+ | |[[Chris Gumprich]] | ||
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+ | |[[Swordmaster]] #21 '''[L]''' | ||
+ | |[[Matt Rossi]] <ref name = swordy21 /> | ||
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+ | |[[Legion of Occult Heroes]] #7 '''[L]''' | ||
+ | |[[Paul Hardy]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Dance of the Daemon]] #1-8 | ||
+ | |[[Mario Di Giacomo]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | {{Timeline_Label_Italic|The Post-Wave <ref name = postwave />}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|1996}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[On the Deadbeat]] #1-3 | ||
+ | |[[Arthur Spitzer]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|1997}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Bluey]] #1-2 | ||
+ | |[[Saxon Brenton]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Coat of Chaos]] #0-2 | ||
+ | |[[Christopher Tong]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|1999}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Simon Velcro (one-shot)|Simon Velcro]] #1 '''[L]''' | ||
+ | |[[Amabel Holland]] <ref name = velcro /> | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|2002}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Tim Harris and the Soul of the City]] | ||
+ | |[[Dave Van Domelen]] <ref name = timharris /> | ||
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+ | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|2006}} | ||
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+ | |[[A Guy in a Trenchcoat Fighting Ninjas (one-shot)|A Guy in a Trenchcoat Fighting Ninjas]] #1 | ||
+ | |[[Arthur Spitzer]] | ||
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+ | |[[A Guy in a Trenchcoat Fighting Ninjas (one-shot)|A Guy in a Trenchcoat Fighting Ninjas]] #1a | ||
+ | |[[Dave Van Domelen]] | ||
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+ | |[[An Obnoxious Guy in Spandex Fighting Guys in Trenchcoats Fighting Ninjas]] #1 '''[L]''' | ||
+ | |[[Amabel Holland]] | ||
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+ | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|2008}} | ||
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+ | |[[Legion of Net.Heroes Volume 2]] #25 | ||
+ | |[[Saxon Brenton]] <ref name = misanthropic /> | ||
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+ | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|[[Beige Midnight]] begins}} | ||
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+ | |[[On the Deadbeat]] Special: Beige Happy Hour | ||
+ | |[[Arthur Spitzer]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Beige Midnight]] #7-8 '''[L]''' | ||
+ | |[[Arthur Spitzer]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|[[Beige Midnight]] ends}} | ||
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+ | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|2009}} | ||
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+ | |[[Legion of Net.Heroes Volume 2]] #33 | ||
+ | |[[Saxon Brenton]] | ||
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+ | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|2011}} | ||
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+ | |[[Legion of Net.Heroes Volume 2]] #42 | ||
+ | |[[Saxon Brenton]] | ||
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+ | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|2012}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Who Killed the Cat With Glasses?]] '''[L/R]''' | ||
+ | |[[Arthur Spitzer]], [[Rob Rogers]], [[Saxon Brenton]] and [[Scott Eiler]] | ||
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+ | |[[Legion of Net.Heroes Volume 2]] #56 | ||
+ | |[[Scott Eiler]] | ||
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+ | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|2013}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Legion of Net.Heroes Volume 2]] #57 | ||
+ | |[[Saxon Brenton]] | ||
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+ | {{Timeline_Label_Italic|The [[Lunaverse]] Age <ref name = lunaverse />}} | ||
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+ | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|2015}} | ||
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+ | |[[The Gallant Appearance of the Total Bastards]] | ||
+ | |[[Drew Nilium]] | ||
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− | + | |[[Another LNH Title? Really?]] #4 '''[L]''' | |
− | + | |[[Drew Nilium]] | |
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{{Timeline_Label_Bold|2016}} | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|2016}} | ||
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{{Timeline_Label_Bold|[[WikiLull]] Begins [L]}} | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|[[WikiLull]] Begins [L]}} | ||
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− | + | |[[WikiLull]] #9 | |
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− | + | |[[WikiLull]] #10 | |
− | + | |[[Jeanne Morningstar]] | |
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− | + | |[[WikiLull]] #11 | |
− | + | |[[Drew Nilium]] | |
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− | + | |[[WikiLull]] #12 | |
− | + | |[[Jeanne Morningstar]] | |
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[WikiLull]] #13 | ||
+ | |[[Drew Nilium]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[WikiLull]] #14 | ||
+ | |[[Scott Eiler]] | ||
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+ | |[[WikiLull]] #15 | ||
+ | |[[George Phillies]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[WikiLull]] #16 | ||
+ | |[[Drew Nilium]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[WikiLull After]] #1 | ||
+ | |[[Drew Nilium]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[WikiLull After]] #2 | ||
+ | |[[Jeanne Morningstar]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[WikiLull After]] #3 | ||
+ | |[[Drew Nilium]] | ||
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|[[WikiLull After]] #4 | |[[WikiLull After]] #4 | ||
|[[Jeanne Morningstar]] | |[[Jeanne Morningstar]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[WikiLull Visions]] #1-2 | ||
+ | |[[Drew Nilium]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[WikiLull BREAK]] | ||
+ | |[[Drew Nilium]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[WikiLull After]] #4.5 | ||
+ | |[[Jeanne Morningstar]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Hungry, Hungry Sabertooths!]] #6 (flashback) | ||
+ | |[[Jeanne Morningstar]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Hungry, Hungry Sabertooths!]] #6.66 | ||
+ | |[[Arthur Spitzer]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[WikiLull EXHALE]] | ||
+ | |[[Drew Nilium]] | ||
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{{Timeline_Label_Bold|[[WikiLull]] Ends}} | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|[[WikiLull]] Ends}} | ||
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− | ||[[ASH|Academy of Super-Heroes]] #107-109 [R]||[[Dave Van Domelen]] | + | |- |
+ | |[[The Liminals (series)|The Liminals]] #5-6 '''[L]''' | ||
+ | |[[Jeanne Morningstar]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|2020}} | ||
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+ | |[[Hungry, Hungry Sabertooths!]] #6pi.VI.6 '''[L]''' | ||
+ | |[[Jeanne Morningstar]] | ||
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+ | |[[Hungry, Hungry Sabertooths!]] #49-50 '''[L]''' | ||
+ | |[[Jeanne Morningstar]] and [[Drew Nilium]] | ||
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+ | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|2026}} | ||
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+ | ||[[ASH|Academy of Super-Heroes]] #107-109 '''[R]'''||[[Dave Van Domelen]] <ref name = theoffice /> | ||
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+ | {{Timeline_Label_Bold|2027}} | ||
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+ | ||[[ASH|Academy of Super-Heroes]] #122-123 '''[R]'''||[[Dave Van Domelen]] <ref name = theoffice /> | ||
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|} | |} | ||
− | Currently missing entries for ''[[Fortune's Wheel]]'' #1 | + | Currently missing entries for ''[[Death of Elvis Man]]'' and ''[[Fortune's Wheel]]'' #1 |
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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<ref name = badforms>''[[Bad Forms]]'' was an LNH crossover that had [[Acton Lord]] revive the NTB's arch-nemesis, the [[Universal Office]], kind of a sequel to the ''WotA''. It also had [[Kid Anarky]] and the [[Dvandom Stranger]] in it.</ref> | <ref name = badforms>''[[Bad Forms]]'' was an LNH crossover that had [[Acton Lord]] revive the NTB's arch-nemesis, the [[Universal Office]], kind of a sequel to the ''WotA''. It also had [[Kid Anarky]] and the [[Dvandom Stranger]] in it.</ref> | ||
− | <ref name = barnstable>''[[The Barnstable Incident]]'' part 4 is not in the archives, and can be read | + | <ref name = barnstable>''[[The Barnstable Incident]]'' part 4 is not in the archives, and can be read [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comics.lnh/browse_thread/thread/f4ba4f699b9f130c/239e792c826bf77 here].</ref> |
<ref name = secondwave>After creating the ''[[Wrath of the Administrator]]'', most of the Authors succumbed to that dreaded malady Apathy and the NTB dropped off the face of the Earth. It wasn't until several months later that a man named [[Chris Gumprich]] resurrected the NTB again, leading to another golden era of spine-tingling entertainment. Then all of those writers left. Hmm... there might be a pattern here.</ref> | <ref name = secondwave>After creating the ''[[Wrath of the Administrator]]'', most of the Authors succumbed to that dreaded malady Apathy and the NTB dropped off the face of the Earth. It wasn't until several months later that a man named [[Chris Gumprich]] resurrected the NTB again, leading to another golden era of spine-tingling entertainment. Then all of those writers left. Hmm... there might be a pattern here.</ref> | ||
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− | + | <ref name = retconhour>For the complete listing of ''[[Retcon Hour]]'' stories, check the [[Classic LNH Timeline]]. The only ones listed here involve the Mis-Adventures of [[GrimSloth]] and [[Wiloughby Withnail]] as they become spandexers. ''Retcon Hour'' probably happened at about the same time as ''[[The Summoning]]''.</ref> | |
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+ | <ref name = loh4>''[[Legion of Occult Heroes]]'' #4 contains a cameo by [[Malcolm Barnstable]] and also the death of an alternate [[Dvandom Stranger]].</ref> | ||
− | + | <ref name = swordy21>In the ''[[Load Island Renegades]]/Legion of Occult Heroes'' crossover, Malcolm Barnstable makes some revelations about the [[Incorporate Conspiracy]].</ref> | |
− | + | <ref name = postwave>After 1995, there were a handful of attempts at new NTB series, but the NTB as an [[imprint]] ultimately died out, beyond the occasional one-shot and/or LNH story with NTB elements. To a certain extent, it became redundant; serious and [[Acraphobe|Acraphobic]] LNH series like ''[[Misfits]]'' and ''[[Net.Heroes on Parade]]'' have used inspiration from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertigo_Comics Vertigo] without any ties to the NTB. There's a good case to be made that [[LNHY]] became the LNH's answer to Vertigo after ''[[The Daily Super Short-Short Story|A Devil Came Down to Georgia]]''. As well, Vertigo itself moved away from Moore/Gaiman-inspired demi-superheroic supernatural series to other things, publishing many well-regarded creator-owned series before finally closing its doors in 2020. But the vaguely noirish trenchcoated hero archetype still persists in urban fantasy series like the ''Dresden Files'', which would go on to inspire the [[Lunaverse]]...</ref> | |
− | + | <ref name = velcro>[[Simon Velcro]] appeared in several LNH stories as Bladder Infection Lad, but those will not be listed here, because come on.</ref> | |
− | + | <ref name = timharris>This story, a reaction to the destruction of [[Sig.ago]] in ''The Team'', belongs to a since-retconned alternate timeline of the [[Looniverse]], as established in ''[[President Evil]]''.</ref> | |
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− | + | <ref name = misanthropic>The first in a series of one-shot ''[[Misanthropic Tales of the Net.Trenchcoat Brigade]]'' by [[Saxon Brenton]].</ref> | |
− | + | <ref name = lunaverse>For a long while, the NTB seemed pretty thoroughly dead. However, as a wise man once said, "That is not dead which can eternal lie, and in strange aeons even Apathy may die." In this case the resurrection was done by [[Drew Nilium]], who decided to take a different approach to supernatural weirdness in the Looniverse, drawing on urban fantasy and YA fiction— the [[Lunaverse]]. ''[[WikiLull]]'' illustrated the transition from NTB to Lunaverse, establishing a milieu where new waves and genres of magic had come into being, distinct but taking inspiration from the NTB.<br /> | |
+ | Lunaverse stories will only be included in the NTB Timeline if they involve NTB characters or concepts.</ref> | ||
− | + | <ref name = theoffice>''ASH'' #107-109 are a story where the [[Multiversal Office]] interacts with the setting and characters of the [[ASH]] [[imprint]]. Later, during the "City of Night" storyline, ASH attempts to use the Office as a way to travel to the otherwise-inaccessible city of Berlin.</ref> | |
+ | </references> | ||
[[Category:Net.Trenchcoat Brigade]] | [[Category:Net.Trenchcoat Brigade]] | ||
[[Category:Events]] | [[Category:Events]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Lists and Timelines]] |
Latest revision as of 13:46, 12 November 2023
Net.Trenchcoat Brigade Timeline, or What Bloody Stuff Goes In What Bloody Order
Based on the work of Arthur Spitzer. Format by Mike Escutia.
This timeline also includes any Classic LNH stories directly relevant to the NTB, which are marked with an [L], and stories from other RACC imprints, which are marked with an [R].
It's not unreasonable to assume that the NTB stories take place in something closer to "real time," much like Vertigo's Hellblazer, but as always, it depends on the individual story.
See also the Classic LNH Timeline.
Currently missing entries for Death of Elvis Man and Fortune's Wheel #1
Footnotes
- ↑ The Pre-Wave involves the beginnings of various LNH characters who play a key role in the NTB Universe. It could also be said that Swamp Thing #50 and the Books of Magic LS could be placed here too.
- ↑ Integrity Quest contains the first appearance of Kid Anarky.
- ↑ The Bellerophon Gambit contains the Dvandom Stranger's origin and first appearance.
- ↑ This is the true beginning of the NTB.
- ↑ Esoterica: Rebirth is mostly set before the Wrath of the Administrator, but was also written a long time after it and contains some references to WotA, so it would probably be best to read WotA first.
- ↑ Bad Forms was an LNH crossover that had Acton Lord revive the NTB's arch-nemesis, the Universal Office, kind of a sequel to the WotA. It also had Kid Anarky and the Dvandom Stranger in it.
- ↑ The Barnstable Incident part 4 is not in the archives, and can be read here.
- ↑ After creating the Wrath of the Administrator, most of the Authors succumbed to that dreaded malady Apathy and the NTB dropped off the face of the Earth. It wasn't until several months later that a man named Chris Gumprich resurrected the NTB again, leading to another golden era of spine-tingling entertainment. Then all of those writers left. Hmm... there might be a pattern here.
- ↑ For the complete listing of Retcon Hour stories, check the Classic LNH Timeline. The only ones listed here involve the Mis-Adventures of GrimSloth and Wiloughby Withnail as they become spandexers. Retcon Hour probably happened at about the same time as The Summoning.
- ↑ Legion of Occult Heroes #4 contains a cameo by Malcolm Barnstable and also the death of an alternate Dvandom Stranger.
- ↑ In the Load Island Renegades/Legion of Occult Heroes crossover, Malcolm Barnstable makes some revelations about the Incorporate Conspiracy.
- ↑ After 1995, there were a handful of attempts at new NTB series, but the NTB as an imprint ultimately died out, beyond the occasional one-shot and/or LNH story with NTB elements. To a certain extent, it became redundant; serious and Acraphobic LNH series like Misfits and Net.Heroes on Parade have used inspiration from Vertigo without any ties to the NTB. There's a good case to be made that LNHY became the LNH's answer to Vertigo after A Devil Came Down to Georgia. As well, Vertigo itself moved away from Moore/Gaiman-inspired demi-superheroic supernatural series to other things, publishing many well-regarded creator-owned series before finally closing its doors in 2020. But the vaguely noirish trenchcoated hero archetype still persists in urban fantasy series like the Dresden Files, which would go on to inspire the Lunaverse...
- ↑ Simon Velcro appeared in several LNH stories as Bladder Infection Lad, but those will not be listed here, because come on.
- ↑ This story, a reaction to the destruction of Sig.ago in The Team, belongs to a since-retconned alternate timeline of the Looniverse, as established in President Evil.
- ↑ The first in a series of one-shot Misanthropic Tales of the Net.Trenchcoat Brigade by Saxon Brenton.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 ASH #107-109 are a story where the Multiversal Office interacts with the setting and characters of the ASH imprint. Later, during the "City of Night" storyline, ASH attempts to use the Office as a way to travel to the otherwise-inaccessible city of Berlin.