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Four Color Thoughts
Apr. 11th, 2006 09:44 pmIn the 1960s of Earth-H:
Technology is still big! Massive motors, big systems, lots of integrated circuits. The only things miniaturized are spy gadgets (and radios). Battery and computer technology is leaping forward at a rapid pace. Electric powered cars are starting to appear in Europe.
Superheroes and media are becoming increasingly intertwined. Rebel hosts the Black Label Variety Hour with Reggie the Talking Gorilla as his sidekick. Movies are increasingly turning to paranormals to provide special effects. Jack Diamond is the media spokesman for Diamond Industries and Plasma-Man is marketed as proof of DI's mastery of science.
The space race is ever accelerating, the US and the USSR are the big players, but even the UK and France getting involved in minor ways. The discovery that they (as in real aliens) are out there has spurred the discussion of space based defenses for Earth, possibly under the control of the UN.
The fear of a Hero Gap has receded as the Free World seems to produce paranormals (both heroes and villains) as a much greater rate then the Soviet Bloc.
Rumors of a secret US project deploying paranormals to Vietnam abound. It is known that the cyborg Sgt. Steele has been deployed to Vietnam on a "morale building" tour.
Technology is still big! Massive motors, big systems, lots of integrated circuits. The only things miniaturized are spy gadgets (and radios). Battery and computer technology is leaping forward at a rapid pace. Electric powered cars are starting to appear in Europe.
Superheroes and media are becoming increasingly intertwined. Rebel hosts the Black Label Variety Hour with Reggie the Talking Gorilla as his sidekick. Movies are increasingly turning to paranormals to provide special effects. Jack Diamond is the media spokesman for Diamond Industries and Plasma-Man is marketed as proof of DI's mastery of science.
The space race is ever accelerating, the US and the USSR are the big players, but even the UK and France getting involved in minor ways. The discovery that they (as in real aliens) are out there has spurred the discussion of space based defenses for Earth, possibly under the control of the UN.
The fear of a Hero Gap has receded as the Free World seems to produce paranormals (both heroes and villains) as a much greater rate then the Soviet Bloc.
Rumors of a secret US project deploying paranormals to Vietnam abound. It is known that the cyborg Sgt. Steele has been deployed to Vietnam on a "morale building" tour.