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In 1954, Hammer Studios created possibly the world's best known symbol of the "atomic age" in the form of "Gorgo". Many believe the series was a means for the British people to exorcise their demons about the Nazi Germany's nuclear bombings of Manchester and Edinburgh in 1945. Over the...

As many film watcher's know, Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile is being made into a movie, with Tom Hanks as the beloved Representative from Texas. For more information, definitely check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Wilson_(politician) The challenge is to create an ATL...

General Dieter D. Eisenhauer (January 20, 1890- July 20, 1944) born in Karlsbrunn, Germany, General Eisenhauer was essential in the ending of the European War in Europe by assassinating Adolph Hitler on July 20, 1944 during Operation VALKYRIE. In 1911, he attended the Offizierschule des Heeres...

The AH Challenge , should you decide to accept, is to create an ATL wherein Al Gore wins a 2-term U.S. Presidency but finds himself with a c.23% approval rating (2008) while George W. Bush goes on to win a Grammy, an Oscar, and the Nobel Peace Prize in the time period of 2006-2007. Added points...

As many people know, the first superhero comic books began in the United States with Action Comics #1 (June 1938) with the introduction of Superman. The Soviet Union waited until Octobriana and the Russian Underground(October 1968) by Peter Sadecky to publish "samizadt" comics. The Chinese...

Well, it was certainly unavoidable!!! With the creation of a Marvel Universe for AH.com, it was only a matter of time before the creation of an ATL for the DC Universe. As such, please feel free to go as wild as possible. If anything, we certainly want things to get interesting when the...

In 1965, in an effort to capture the gritty realism of his military experiences, yet avoid the wrath of the FCC, Gene Roddenberry introduced on Star Trek (NBC-TV) a new set of phrases which were used in substitution for banned profanities. The most popular phrase used by Captain Kirk was...

In 1896, George Lucas, a friend and esteemed colleague of H.G. Wells, published the Star Wars series in Strand Illustrated Weekly. Many say that the works of Lucas, much like Wells and Verne helped to popularize the genre of "scientifiction" for an audience that had never seen anything like it...

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August 5, 2007, marks what would have been the 90th B-Day of World Federalist Movement leader Mark Thompson (c.1917-1993). In 1948, Mark Thompson and Gary Davis formed in Paris, France formed the World Federalist Party. By 1949, the movement had attracted over 1,500,000 people into the cause...

Definitely check out Zero Killer, a new ATL comic book from Dark Horse Comics, that was just released in stores July 18, 2007 POD:1945-Franklin Roosevelt dies, and Harry Truman becomes President of the United States. The Yalta and Potsdam conferences are acrimonious and inconclusive...

Set in an alternate reality wherein vampire-like men are considered saints rather than demons, PERFECT CREATURE is redolent with themes of genetic research, church corruption, and political intrigue. The world of PERFECT CREATURE recalls the early 20th Century with steam-powered automobiles and...

In March 1986, the movie Highlander was released in U.S. and U.K. theaters. Over the past 21 years the film franchise has become has inspired 5 movies, 2 live-action television series, 2 animated series, 1 anime video, 10 franchise books, and 1 video game. The challenge is to create an ATL...

As many of you know, the debacle of the 2000 election was made even more confusing when Ralph Nader won the election, becoming the first Third Party president since Lincoln in 1860. At the time both Democrats and Republicans thought, at worst the government would suffer a series of gridlock...

According to the book Red Star Rogue by Kenneth Sewell, in March 1968, the Soviet K-129 submarine had been launched and altered to look like a Chinese diesel submarine. The mission was to launch a nuclear weapon at the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii with the express purpose of...

We all know that the series Galaxy Academy (CBS-TV) starring Dennis Haysbert, Scott Bakula, Kathryn Mulgrew, Frank Gorshin, and Peter De Luise, created by Glen A. Larsen and Kenny Johnson was first aired starting in 1982 until 1989. Acccording to the Science Fiction Channel (SCI-FI), the series...

"Nearly a mile long, 750 feet in width and 25 stories high, Freedom will be the largest vessel to ever sail the seven seas." - Popular Mechanics (Feb. 1998 issue.) One of two ocean-based operations. This one being a literal floating city. "Freedom Ship is not a cruise ship, but a...

Dark Horse Comics is creating an alternate-history comic, wherein in 1945, the United States didn't drop nuclear weapons on Japan, and subsequently ended up in a global nuclear exchange in 1973. The story for "Zero Killer" is a post-apocalyptic scenario. For more information please check out...

IN 788 AD, Empress Irene of the Byzantium Empire and Charlemagne of the Holy Roman Empire, made an intial offer that Constantine VI of Byzantium would marry Hroutrude, Charlemagne's daughter. Unfortunately, Constantine VI refused to go along with this pre-arranged marriage. What would have...

According to historical records recently uncovered, P.M. Harold Wilson, Labour Party, considered the possibility of asking President Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX), for the possibility of statehood in 1966. This was at a point wherein the Vietnam War was beginning to erode American international...