REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES OF 1881
Instigator: Unrevealed
Purpose: Unrevealed
Allies: Unrevealed
Opposition: Texas Kid, possibly
Venture (see
comments), other Old American West adventurers (identities unrevealed),
researcher (name
unrevealed)
Location: Pennsylvania, USA (Old West era,
1881)
First Appearance: Marvel Westerns: Outlaw Files (2006) (mentioned)
History:
(Marvel Westerns: Outlaw Files (fb) - BTS) - In 1881
in Pennsylvania, USA, a mysterious but major crisis-level incident that
could have had severe consequences for Earth was averted through the
involvement of several Old West adventurers, including the Texas Kid
(although they may not have realized the full implications of their
actions). Not long after, a verbose researcher gathered information on
and was investigating rumors of Old West adventurers for an unrevealed
party for unrevealed purposes, likely as candidates for an upcoming
mission.
Comments: Created by Ronald Byrd.
The unnamed researcher had dismissed as outrageous the rumors of "Bat" Cartwright (the vampire grandfather of Ghost Rider foe Dalton Cartwright), "Cabeza de la Muerte" (Death's Head (FPA)) and Terror. Clearly the researcher was stuck in the paradigm of a human-only world. The researcher was interested in a character called Venture (who was intended to have inspired the man who would become the cowboy-looking Venture of 2099 (Earth-928)). It's unrevealed if any of those others named were involved in the Remarkable Occurrences.
1881 as a momentous year...
According to George M. Eberhart in "A
Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies," significant meteorological events took
place in 1881: on September 5, unexplained darkness fell on Toronto,
Ontario,
Canada. The very next day, September 6, equally unexplained darkness
fell across regions of Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New
York. Other lesser "paranormal" stuff occurred too.
The (pseudo-science) study of mystical Pyramidologygained
momentum in the mid-1800s in Great Britain, spurred on by distinguished
astronomer Charles Piazzi Smyth's theories that the Giza pyramid's
measurements identified prophesies; this Pyramidology rhetoric
contended
that a major change was due in 1881.
In the 1500s, soothsayer "Mother Shipton"
(Ursula Southeil) is said to have made prophesies, many scribed
with further editions and alleged "discoveries" made later. One
popularized from a text "found" in 1862 read "The world to an end shall
come, In eighteen hundred and eighty one," but this was later revealed
to be fake by its true author, Charles Hindley (but hasn't stopped
repeat printings with updated years!).
1881 has been put forward as one of the dates signaling the end times
for Jehovah's Witnesses.
However, there have been, of course, multiple expectations of
the Apocalypse..
Notable Old West
events in 1881 include the "Four
Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight" in Texas (April); voodoo practitioner
Marie LaVeau died in New Orleans (June); Billy the Kid escaped
jail (April) but was killed (July) by Pat Garrett (although
Rawhide Kid: The Sensational Seven indicates Billy survived); a fifth hurricane
for the Atlantic season hit Florida and killed ~700 (August); the
Michigan "Thumb Fire" destroyed over a million acres and killed 282
(September); US President Garfield was assassinated (September),
becoming the shortest-serving US President; the gunfight at the OK
Corral
(October); and Pennsylvanian schools were racially desegregated. Also,
the Great Comet of
1881 was discovered by John Tebbutt and he advanced understanding
of comets
--Grendel Prime
The Texas Kid here is the Golden Age character from Daring Mystery Comics (1940), not the later-published Lance Temple.
This profile was completed 7/17/2021, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 20th anniversary 's celebratory event.
Profile by Ronald Byrd with assistance from Grendel Prime.
CLARIFICATIONS:
The Remarkable Occurrences of 1881 has no known connections to:
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Appearances:
Marvel Westerns: Outlaw Files (2006) - Michael Hoskin, Stuart Vandal,
Ronald Byrd, Jeff Christiansen,Sean McQuaid, Mark O'English, Anthony
Flamini, Madison Carter (writers), Jeff Youngquist (editor)
First Posted: 09/10/2021
Last updated: 09/07 /2021
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