Saturday, June 6, 2015

Chronology of Fanfiction: Bronze Age

5/17/71 - Inhumans
"You Never Saw the Real Me" (or here)
Medusa returns to Italy for revenge on Count Nefaria.

5/17/71 - Fantastic Four
"One from Four Leaves Three"
Thing, Human Torch, and Sub-Mariner vs. Annihilus.  A re-imagined FF #110.

5/24/71 - Black Widow
"This Is No Time for Clowning Around!"
Black Widow has to catch the Clown before an important dinner date with Hawkeye.

6/14/71 - Black Widow
"Find a Reason to Believe"
Black Widow meets the Astrologer, who gives her a lead on Zodiac.

6/71 - Ka-Zar
"This Savage Land"
Young Kevin Rand is out playing with his prehistoric friends, the tiger-like Zabu, the ape-like Tongoo, and the rhino-like Indro and is late for dinner. Only in the Savage Land could that be dangerous.

6/71 - Inhumans
"You or Me" (or here)
The Titanium Man is after someone -- but is it Medusa or the Countess de la Spirosa?

6/22/71 - Fantastic Four
"The Thing Amok"
The Thing's cure causes some serious mood swing issues. A re-imagined FF #111.

7/4/71 - Fantastic Four
"Battle of the Behemoths"
To get the Thing under control, the FF need a plan that might involve the Hulk. A re-imagined FF #112.

7/71 - Inhumans
"Frenzy in Florence" (or here)
Medusa and the Countess look for help in Florence, but the Titanium Man is tracking them.

7/20/71 - Black Widow
"What's Going On"
Taurus and Zodiac show up with an ultimatum for Black Widow she dare not refuse.

8/7/71 - Black Widow
"Knock Three Times"
Black Widow is a prisoner of Watchlord.

8/12/71 - Fantastic Four
"The Power of the Over-Mind"
Slowly, everyone everywhere begins to succumb to the Over-Mind.  A re-imagined FF #113.

8/71 - Inhumans
"Answers Writ in Titanium" (or here)
Karnak accompanies Medusa to Yugoslavia to find out what the Titanium Man is after.

9/9/71 - Black Widow
"My Dinner with Gwen" 
Black Widow and Gwen Parker talk over dinner.

9/71 - Inhumans
"What Lies Within" (or here)
Triton's rendezvous with Medusa and Karnak en route to Greece is ambushed by men sent by Kang the Conqueror.

9/19/71 - Fantastic Four
"But Who Will Stop the Over-Mind?"
Alicia Grimm and Agatha Harkness will need allies -- for the Over-Mind has arrived.  A re-imagined FF #114.

10/2/71 - Inhumans
"Return of the King" (or here)
Black Bolt rejoins the Royal Family in Greece, only to meet another member of royalty.

10/5/71 - Fantastic Four
"The Secret of the Eternals"
Alicia vs. Sub-Mariner, as Dr. Doom and Silver Surfer take note of the Over-Mind. A re-imagined FF #115.


10/28/71 - Black Widow
"Smiling Faces Sometimes" 
Aftermath of the Zodiac adventure.

n/a - Mister Miracle
(planned)
Scott Free wakes up in the year 1996 to find he is living a mundane life as an office clerk, married to a woman named Ann Bergen. Though Scott likes Ann, he knows none of this is real and he finds his Mr. Miracle costume hidden in a locked trunk and activates a Boom Tube to escape.

11/1/71 - Inhumans
"A Day for Reckoning" (or here)
Black Bolt vs. Dr. Doom.

11/6/71 - Iron Man
"Doomprayer"
Iron Man vs. Earthson, with Marriane's life on the line. A re-imagined Iron Man #43.

11/13/71 - Black Widow
"If You Could Read My Mind"
The Mad Thinker has a plan for the Black Widow.

11/14/71 - Fantastic Four
"The Alien, the Ally, and Armageddon"
FF vs. Dr. Doom vs. Silver Surfer vs. Over-Mind, with the Earth at stake.  A re-imagined FF #116.

11-12/71 - Fantastic Four
"The Flame and the Quest"
The Torch goes looking for Crystal in Honduras, but finds Diablo instead. A re-imagined FF #117.


12/5/71 - Inhumans
"My Future, My Destiny" (or here)
The Royal Family invades Latvia for a rematch with Doom -- and Kang! The end of the Time Box Saga.

12/11/71 - Black Widow
"Behold the Mandroids - At My Baby Shower"
Black Widow's baby shower at Avengers Mansion.  Behind the scenes of Avengers #94.

12/27/71 - Thor
"This Fatal Fury"
Don and Jane lead a ragtag band of rebels against Loki, for the throne of Asgard. A re-imagined Thor #194.

12/71 - Mister Miracle
(planned)

Scott returns to 1971, but finds himself disoriented and in the home of a man named Mr. Alexander. As Mr. Alexander talks, Scott slowly learns that Alexander is a writer who was hired by Granny Goodness to write a future fantasy for Scott to live out. Now Alexander has been charged with trapping Scott and alerting Granny. He has been bombarding Scott with a hidden ultrasonic weapon to keep him disoriented and locks Scott in a room where he is bombarded further. But Scott escapes and captures Alexander before he can call Granny.

1/2-3/72 - Fantastic Four
"Thunder among the Ruins"
When the Human Torch and Crystal are reunited, Diablo's payback comes due. A re-imagined FF #118.

1/7/72 - Black Widow
"Joy to the World"
Black Widow's baby will be born only if Mr. Kline has nothing to say about it.

1/20/72 - Inhumans
"Suddenly -- the Super Skrull!" (or here)
The Kree-Skrull War crossover begins.  Some events re-imagined from Avengers #95.


2/12/72 - Inhumans
"Homecoming" (or here)
Crystal comes back to Attilan, and Maximus schemes.

2/20/72 - Fantastic Four
"Three Stood Together"
Thing and Sub-Mariner go to South Africa to help the Black Panther. A re-imagined FF #119.

2/26/72 - Black Widow
"All Things Must Pass"
A hero dies at the end of the Kree-Skrull War. Some scenes re-imagined from Avengers #96.

2/26/72 - Inhumans
"Attacks at Home and Abroad" (or here)
The Kree attack Earth and only the Inhumans and some allies stand in their way.

2-3/72 - Inhumans
"Operation: Medusa" (or here)
A new Frightful Four is loose in Attilan, and Maximus has sicced them on Medusa.

2/72 - Mister Miracle
(planned)
A busload of kids being driven to Mr. Miracle’s stage show is hijacked by a costumed man calling himself Sagittarius who plans to hold the kids for ransom. Mr. Miracle comes onboard the bus and convinces Sagittarius to let all of the kids out and just pick one to continue using as a hostage. The boy Sagittarius picks, though, is actually Oberon disguised by Mother Box. Sagittarius is startled enough that Mr. Miracle can disarm him and capture him.


3/15/72 - Fantastic Four
"The Horror that Walks on Air"
A reunited FF are unveiling their new New Jersey HQ when Prester John tells them they must go to Jerusalem in the name of God. A re-imagined FF #120.

n/a - Black Widow
"Don't Say You Don't Remember"
Black Widow meets Daredevil in Limbo.


4/5/72 - Fantastic Four
“The Mysterious Mind-Blowing Secret of Gabriel”
Ben and Alicia's child is born, and the Angel Gabriel tells the FF who they must stop to avert the End of Days.  A re-imagined FF #121.

4/18/72 - Black Widow
"Nice to Be with You"
A happy ending for Black Widow?

4/72 - Mister Miracle
(planned)
Scott is trapped in the skyscraper trap of Dr. Bedlam and finds the Paranoid Pill has even affected Mother Box. He tries to revive her in a science lab he finds in the building, but finds himself evading technicians armed with improvised hi-tech weapons.


5/12/72 - Fantastic Four
"Galactus Unleashed"
The FF head to the planet Mars for a confrontation with Galactus' army of angels. A re-imagined FF #122.

5/18/72 - Inhumans
"Return to Attilan"
Karnak and Gorgon track the Frightful Four down to Tunisia to rescue Medusa.

5/25/72 - Fantastic Four
"This World Enslaved"
FF vs. Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse vs. Galactus on Mars. A re-imagined FF #123.

6-7/72 - Inhumans
"In the Castle of the Mandarin"
Maximus visits the Mandarin and Gorgon fights Leonus, as public opinion turns against the Royal Family.

n/a - Mister Miracle
(planned)
Flashback to Apokalips shows Big Barda was previously married. When her husband died, she found solace with Scott.


7/72 - Fantastic Four
"Return of the Monster" (planned)
NASA contacts the FF to ask for help – Apollo 16 was 2 weeks away from reaching Mars when it encountered and was captured by an alien spaceship. Namor, Ben, John, and Reed agree to delay returning to Earth to investigate.

7/27-30/72 - Inhumans
"If You Go Carrying Pictures of...Chairman Mao"
The Dalai Lama makes a request of the Royal Family, who then explore the Ruins of the Temple of Yin, while Mao makes plans that will impact the Inhumans.

8/6-12/72 - Inhumans
"Now Shalt Thou Gather Thyself in Troops"
Medusa raids a Chinese base to learn their plans, while Karnak explores Avalon with Prester John.

8/72 - Fantastic Four
"The Monster's Secret" (planned)
Following the abductors back to Mars, the FF make landfall and come into battle with an alien covered in an environmental suit just like the FF are. Namor and Ben make short work of the alien, as strong as he is, and bring him back to their ship to unmask him as the "Monster of the Lost Lagoon". Once they can communicate with him, he explains how he needs help administering medicine to his sick mate and abducted the Apollo crew to do it for him.

8/17/72 - Black Widow
"Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me"
A baby and a house guest don't stop Black Widow from trying to repair her relationship with Hawkeye.

8/27/72 - Inhumans
"Invasion!"
Plot threads begin to come together as the Mandarin and his robots attack Attilan.

8/72 - Mister Miracle
(planned)
Scott and Big Barda go to police HQ to explain what had happened in the skyscraper that day and that no criminal charges should be put on an Earthling. This is when Dr. Bedlam uses two more Paranoid Pills, one in police HQ and the other on an elevated train across town. Big Barda subdues the police while Scott saves the train.

9/6/72 - Captain America
"Captain America - Hero or Hoax?"
While in West Germany, fighting terrorists, Falcon, Bucky, and Sharon question if anything is wrong with Cap.

9/72 - Fantastic Four
"The Way It Began" (planned)
Ben and Alicia are trying to get their baby girl, Jill, to sleep and tell fairytale versions of the FF's earliest adventures to her. John, Crystal, and even Namor show up to help tell them.

9/23/72 - Black Widow
"I'll Take You There"
Black Widow meets the X-Men to learn more about Sentinels.

9/72 - Inhumans
"The Third Option" (planned)
Maximus shows up in Attilan and asks that he be allowed to see the forcefield generator that saved Attilan from the Super-Skrull’s warship during the Kree-Skrull War.  Black Bolt refuses and has Maximus put under house arrest, but allows him access to some machinery to work on a different failsafe plan for Attilan.  Meanwhile, in Tibet, a crackdown on dissidents is interrupted by Karnak and some Inhuman guardsmen.

10/72 - Fantastic Four
"Where the Sun Dares Not Shine" (planned)
The Impossible Man has come back after being away from Earth for almost a decade, having finally figured out the trick Reed used to send him away. He wants a rematch with the FF and goads Namor and Ben into fighting him. Because the Impossible Man has trouble telling humans apart, he thinks Namor is Reed and Alicia is Sue. When John and Alicia convince him that this is not so, the Impossible Man demands a rematch with the original FF. Namor lies and says Reed is on the moon, talking to the Watcher, and the Impossible Man heads there.

Two weeks later, the Watcher whisks all of the FF, including Crystal to the moon because he's had enough of the Impossible Man bugging him. This is their issue, he tells them, not his.

10/72 - Black Widow
"Natasha's Outback Adventure" (planned)
Black Widow leads a Sentinel away from civilization into the Outback where she must find a way to stop it.

10/72 - Inhumans
"Betrayer, My Brother" (planned)
Inhumans loyal to Maximus spring the Mandarin, which only serves as a diversion while Maximus seals off just the royal palace in a forcefield.  Then the Royal Family gets the news that China is moving more troops into Tibet to tighten control there.

10/72 - Mister Miracle
(planned)
Scott is performing in a show that involves him being fired into the air in a rocket and escaping while being televised. The rocket was only supposed to go up so high and then explode, but Dr. Vundabar has turned the rocket into an interplanetary rocket. Scott is transported to the planetoid Juno where resident Superboy-like hero Power-Boy (now 16) has been informed that the rocket is part of an incoming invasion and destroys the rocket. Scott escapes the rocket, but finds himself trapped on Juno because of a mystery interference keeping Mother Box from communicating with him. Mr. Miracle deduces that Power-Boy’s powers are the interference and flees from him. After explaining the problem to him long distance, Power-Boy stays away long enough for Mr. Miracle to get back home via Boom Tube.

11/72 - Fantastic Four
"Death in a Dark and Lonely Place" (planned)
On the moon, Namor, Ben, and John fight the Impossible Man, while the Watcher lets Alicia and Crystal stay in his house. Crystal begins to deliver and Alicia talks the Watcher into helping with the delivery. The Watcher interrupts long enough to tell the fighters outside that a baby girl has been born and John asks the Impossible Man for a truce to see his baby. The Impossible Man, misunderstanding how long John needs, leaves the moon vowing to come
back in a few years.

11/72 - Inhumans
"Surprise Is the Deadliest Weapon" (planned)
Maximus and his rebels are surprised by Lockjaw, who finally managed to breach the anti-teleport barrier around the palace.  Lockjawk and Maximus square off with each other, but after a pitched battle Maximus defeats and captures Lockjaw.  Meanwhile, Black Bolt meets with the Dalai Lama alone, but the Dalai Lama turns out to be a disguised Super-Skrull who defeats Black Bolt.

12/72 - Fantastic Four
"The Frightful Four - Plus One" (planned)
The FF return home to the new FF Building in Queens to rest after their battle with the Impossible Man. Namor leaves at once to attend to matters in Atlantis. Johnny and Crystal call up Lockjaw to transport them and their baby girl to Attilan for a visit. Alicia asks Ben to go with her to pick up Jill from Agatha, but Ben tells her to go alone. Alicia complains that Ben takes her ability to handle herself for granted now. Ben apologizes, saying he was merely excited about going out and buying presents for Jill's first birthday party. While Ben is out shopping, he is attacked by the Frightful Four – Plantman, Eel, Rabble-Rouser, and Captain Barracuda – but only to lead Thundra to the Thing for a fight.

12/72 - Inhumans
"You Say You Want a Revolution" (planned)
The Super-Skrull delivers a bound Black Bolt to the Mandarin’s abandoned castle only to be met by Maximus.  Maximus explains how his new ally will, while posing as the Dalai Lama, will rally Tibetans in a futile gesture of resistance against the invading Chinese. Meanwhile, Gorgon and Triton lead a unit of Attilan guardsmen each attacking the Chinese army guerilla-style.

12/72 - Mister Miracle
(planned)

Mr. Miracle is back on Earth in time to join Barda and Oberon on the road, but are caught in a Christmas blizzard and seek shelter in a normal family’s home. They all share Christmas together, and even Metron stops by for a brief visit.

1/73 - Inhumans
"My Ally - My Enemy" (planned)
Attilan’s forces withdraw deeper into Tibet, hard-pressed by the overwhelming numbers of the Chinese.  The Royal Family stumbles across the false Dalai Lama telling Tibetans to fight and rally to protect him.

2/73 - Inhumans
"Liberty Is to the Soul of Man" (planned)
The real Dalai Lama comes and frees Black Bolt.  Meanwhile, Medusa and Triton lead their own assaults on Chinese troops, alongside inadequate Tibetan forces, until Medusa realizes the Dalai Lama with her is false. The Super-Skrull decides to shed his disguise and join the slaughter, but then Black Bolt appears, drives the Super-Skrull away, and rallies the defenders back towards Attilan.


2/73 - Mister Miracle 
(planned)


Mr. Miracle defers from escaping from jail and uses his disguise to find out more about Intergang’s operations from prison, but Barda and Oberon come and break him out, inadvertently freeing a bunch of Intergang convicts too that have to be recaught.
 
3/73 - Inhumans
"Endgame" (planned)
Black Bolt has the royal family and all the guardsmen loyal to him when he returns to Attilan and retakes the royal palace.  Black Bolt faces Maximus alone, but Maximus was waiting for this to use a teleporter on Black Bolt.  Black Bolt is teleported into the very middle of the Chinese army and can see that they just reached the pass that leads to Attilan through Tibet.

"With a Word, All Made Silent" (planned)
Maximus teleports to Black Bolt’s side so he can taunt his brother.  Black Bolt now knows that Maximus has engineered these events, not so the Chinese army will attack Attilan, but to put Black Bolt in the position where he has no choice left but to use his power on the Chinese army.  After Maximus teleports away, Black Bolt speaks.  His word, “peace,” strikes the army around him like an atomic bomb, ripping through their ranks and killing just about everyone.  Black Bolt sinks to his knees in the midst of the carnage he has wrought and weeps silent tears.

Meanwhile, a universe away, on Apocalips, Darkseid announces he has discovered the Anti-Life Equation.

4/73 - Mister Miracle
(planned)

Funky Flashman hires a mad inventor (who resembles Jack Kirby) to kill Mr. Miracle, but the inventor’s inventions wind up chasing Funky away instead.

5/73 - Inhumans
"Momentous Day" (planned)
All of Attilan rejoices at the news that Black Bolt and Medusa's wedding will be in one year.  So speedy by Inhuman standards!  But the rush to prepare is interrupted by news of intruders in the city.  Gorgon encounters Mr. Miracle, Big Bertha, and Shilo Norman.  Gorgon is easily bested by Big Bertha, but before reinforcements can arrive, the three intruders escape.

6/73 - Inhumans
"Where Stalks Stallior" (planned)
Eclipsing the happy news of the wedding is the newer, unhappy news of the prison break in Attilan. Maximus' treasonous allies are escaping with Maximus, though he seems to be their prisoner rather than their leader.  Only Stallior is captured, revealing to Black Bolt that he feels compelled to escape, but doesn't know why.  Shilo watches from the shadows.

7/73 - Inhumans
"Enter: Baron Mordo" (planned)
The escapees meet with Baron Mordo, who bathes them in a spell that increases all their powers.  Maximus thinks Mordo means to be his ally, but Mordo orders Maximus thrown into a cell.  Back in Attilan, Karnak tracks down Mr. Miracle and the two of them spar.  Finally, Medusa intervenes and she and Mr. Miracle call a truce.

8/73 - Inhumans
"The Long Way Home" (planned)
Mr. Miracle explains to the Royal Family about New Genesis and about Apokolips.  Mr. Miracle tries to use Mother Box and Lockjaw together to transport him and his friends back home, but he shows up back here instead.  At the same time, Baron Mordo is contacted by Darkseid and reports that to his new master that all is going according to plan.

9/73 - Inhumans
"Madness Is in the Eye of the Beholder" (planned)
Mr. Miracle and Shilo are modifying an Inhuman skycraft for a trip to the moon when reports of a new disturbance reaches the palace.  Every Inhuman who responds is overcome by hallucinations until Medusa and Big Barda find Madame Evil-Eyes and defeat her before she can mesmerize them. Meanwhile, Mordo's minions attack Black Bolt and subdue him.

10/73 - Inhumans
"Prisoner of Darkseid" (planned)
Black Bolt is brought before Darkseid.  Darkseid slaps Black Bolt around, trying to force him to use his full power.  When Black Bolt resists, Darkseid flings Black Bolt out of a palace surrounded by hi-tech-armed yeti elsewhere in the Himalayas.  Black Bolt flees from the yeti while Darkseid watches and smirks.

11/73 - Inhumans
"Darkseid of the Moon" (planned)
Mr. Miracle and friends reach the Blue Area of the Moon, intent on getting answers to how and why they became trapped here from the Watcher.  But they are shocked by who they encounter instead.  Meanwhile, the Inhumans launch a raid on the palace Black Bolt had escaped from last month.  All the rebel Inhumans except for Leonus are captured and Mordo, waiting for help from Darkseid that doesn't come, is caught.  Maximus is missing from his cell, though.

12/73 - Inhumans
"I Shall Wreak a Terrible Vengeance" (planned)
Darkseid reappears and, still sure that Black Bolt hides the anti-life equation within him, makes one more attempt to goad him into unleashing his power.  He fires his Omega Beams into the air and they race to a distant target.  Shortly thereafter, the Silver Surfer spots the alien energy and, curious, follows.  He follows the beams all the way to Attilan and sees them about to strike Medusa when he whisks her away.  The beams follow them all over the Earth and even the Surfer can't elude them.  Medusa talks him into returning her home to face whatever happens at Black Bolt's side.  The beams are about to strike her when Mr. Miracle returns with Metron.  Mr. Miracle throws Mother Box into the path of the beams and weakens them so that Medusa is not killed, but only gravely injured.

1/74 - Inhumans
"The Terrible Secret" (planned)
Metron is explaining how he transported Mr. Miracle and friends here after foreseeing Darkseid's interest in this Earth.  Metron's scheme was to convince all New Gods present to act together by sealing them off from New Genesis and Apocalips, as an incentive for them to work towards mutual peace.  But he has not been telling all this to the Inhumans – he is telling it to Darkseid himself to distract him.  Baron Mordo has been a double agent working for Metron all along and, working in tandem with Lockjaw, they transport everyone present -- the Inhuman Royal Family, Mr. Miracle, Orion, Lightray, the Female Furies, and Darkseid into a pocket dimension where the Omega Beams will not function. Darkseid seems unconcerned and, as they all attempt to subdue him, they all find their free will abandon them one by one until only Black Bolt confronts Darkseid.  Darkseid stands triumphant, having finally wrested the anti-life equation from Maximus' mind, where it was all along. But before Darkseid can kill Black Bolt, Metron whisks him away.

2/74 - Inhumans
"Interlude with the Forever People" (planned)
Metron and Black Bolt are in the paradise of the Forever People.  Beautiful Dreamer reads Black Bolt's mind and learns of the danger on his Earth.  The Forever People offer Black Bolt a place in paradise and he turns it down to return and save his world.  His courage inspires the Forever People to summon once more the Infinity Man.  The Infinity Man takes one look at Black Bolt and sees what even Metron missed – that Black Bolt had the power to set things right all along.

3/74 - Inhumans
"With All Life in the Balance" (planned)
Darkseid has seized absolute control of our Earth with the anti-life equation when Black Bolt returns. Darkseid confronts him, but is beaten back by the sudden appearance of the Infinity Man.  With Darkseid pinned down, Black Bolt is free to use his true power – the life equation within him.  Now, when he speaks, his voice is no longer destructive but life-affirming.  Free will spreads everywhere his voice reaches.  He flies over the world, freeing everyone until he reaches Maximus and even frees his brother in an act of forgiveness.  Metron agrees with the Infinity Man that it is time to end this scheme and everyone from the Fourth World (and Shilo Norman) disappears.

4/74 - Inhumans
"Wedding Day" (planned)
Black Bolt and a recovered Medusa have their wedding.  Every good guy who guest-starred in this title for its first two  years comes to the wedding.  And now, thanks to the Infinity Man's training, Black Bolt is able to say “I love you” to his bride.  And everyone lives happily ever after.  

1996 (out of order) - Mister Miracle
"The Gilded Cage" (planned)
Scott Free wakes up in the year 1996 to find he is living a mundane life as an office clerk, married to a woman named Ann Bergen, and has apparently never been Mr. Miracle. Though Scott likes Ann, he knows none of this is real and he finds his Mr. Miracle costume hidden in a locked trunk and activates a Boom Tube to escape.

5/74 - Mister Miracle
"Mr. Alexander's Story" (planned)
Scott returns to 1974, but finds himself disoriented and in the home of a man named Mr. Alexander. As Mr. Alexander talks, Scott slowly learns that Alexander is a writer who was hired by Granny Goodness to write a future fantasy for Scott to live out.  Now Alexander has been charged with trapping Scott and alerting Granny.  He has been bombarding Scott with a hidden ultrasonic weapon to keep him disoriented and locks Scott in a room where he is bombarded further.  But Scott escapes and captures Alexander before he can call Granny.

6/74 - Mister Miracle
"Hijacked" (planned)
A busload of kids being driven to Mr. Miracle’s stage show is hijacked by a costumed man calling himself Sagittarius who plans to hold the kids for ransom.  Mr. Miracle comes on board the bus and convinces Sagittarius to let all of the kids out and just pick one to continue using as a hostage.  The boy Sagittarius picks, though, is actually Oberon disguised by Mother Box.  Sagittarius is startled enough that Mr. Miracle can disarm him and capture him.

7/74 - Mister Miracle
"The Return of Dr. Bedlam" (planned)
Scott is trapped in the skyscraper trap of Dr. Bedlam and finds the Paranoid Pill has even affected Mother Box. He tries to revive her in a science lab he finds in the building, but finds himself evading technicians armed with improvised hi-tech weapons.

8/74 - Mister Miracle
"Big Barda's Other Life" (planned)
Flashback to Apokalips shows Big Barda was previously married.  When her husband died, she found solace with Scott.

9/74 - Mister Miracle
"Bedlam Strikes Twice" (planned)
Scott and Big Barda go to police HQ to explain what had happened in the skyscraper that day and that no criminal charges should be put on an Earthling.  This is when Dr. Bedlam uses two more Paranoid Pills, one in police HQ and the other on an elevated train across town.  Big Barda subdues the police while Scott saves the train.

10/74 - Mister Miracle
"Mister Miracle Meets Power-Boy" (planned)
Scott is performing in a show that involves him being fired into the air in a rocket and escaping while being televised.  The rocket was only supposed to go up so high and then explode, but Dr. Vundabar has turned the rocket into an interplanetary rocket. Scott is transported to the planetoid Juno where resident Superboy-like hero Power-Boy (now 16) has been informed that the rocket is part of an incoming invasion and destroys the rocket.  Scott escapes the rocket, but finds himself trapped on Juno because of a mystery interference keeping Mother Box from communicating with him.  Mr. Miracle deduces that Power-Boy’s powers are the interference and flees from him.  After explaining the problem to him long distance, Power-Boy stays away long enough for Mr. Miracle to get back home via Boom Tube.

11/74 - Mister Miracle
"Christmas on Earth" (planned)
Mr. Miracle is back on Earth in time to join Barda and Oberon on the road, but are caught in a Christmas blizzard and seek shelter in a normal family’s home.  They all share Christmas together, and even Metron stops by for a brief visit.

12/74 - Mister Miracle
"To Take Down Steelfist" (planned)
Mr. Miracle and Oberon are in court to testify in the trial of Steelfist, but Intergang stages a daring courtroom jailbreak, Oberon is taken captive, but Mr. Miracle trades himself as a prisoner in Oberon’s stead.  An Intergang goon slaps a device onto Mr. Miracle that makes him look like Steelfist and he is taken into custody in the confusion.

1/75 - Mister Miracle
"In the Big Joint" (planned)
Mr. Miracle defers from escaping from jail and uses his disguise to find out more about Intergang’s operations from prison, but Barda and Oberon come and break him out, inadvertently freeing a bunch of Intergang convicts too that have to be recaught.

2/75 - Mister Miracle
"The Revenge of Funky Flashman" (planned)
Funky Flashman hires a mad inventor (who resembles Jack Kirby) to kill Mr. Miracle, but the inventor’s inventions wind up chasing Funky away instead.

3/75 - Mister Miracle
"The Lady Is for Singing" (planned)
Barda tries to become a jazz singer, but the Female Furies crash her debut performance and need to be stopped by Mr. Miracle and Big Barda.