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The A-Team, Mr. T, and the Greatest American Hero

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Updated to incorporate the Horror Crossover Encyclopedia. OK, now I'm going to get some flack here.  I just got down telling people I don't like to conflate characters based on Same Actor Theory, but I'm going to do it here, but it really makes sense to do so here, and I will do my best to make it work. 1952--During this year, I postulate that two cousins were born.  Identical cousins.  Hey, this is a very common phenomenon in the TVCU, as demonstrated by many, many TV shows.  So these two cousins who are born are the children of two sisters, Mrs.  Baracus and Mrs. Lang.  Both of them have of course the same maiden name, which starts with a T.  The two children go on separate paths.  One will become known as Bosco "Bad Attitude" Baracus and will join the military and become a hero.  Meanwhile "Clubber" Lang will enter into the sports world, sometimes using the stage name of Mr. T.  Sometimes, with or without permission, B.A. will pose as Mr. T, a

Legendary Figures in the TVCU: King Arthur

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Updated to incorporate material from the Horror Crossover Encyclopedia. This is another in a series of blogs I will do in covering legendary figures whose place in history has become a merging of fact and fiction. Of course in this case, the fiction is the fact in at least the case of the TVCU appearances. c. 1279 B.C.--HERCULES: THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS--Merlin sends Arthur back in time to learn and train from Hercules. TIGERS OF THE SEA “THE TEMPLE OF ABOMINATION” (STORY BY ROBERT E. HOWARD AND RICHARD L. TIERNEY) Release Date: 1975 (Setting is the late 480s A.D.) Series: Cormac Mac Art Horror Crosses: Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos Non-Horror Crosses: Kull; King Arthur The Story: Cormac Mac Art battles an evil druid and the last of the Serpent Men. Notes: The druid’s magic is tied to the Lovecraftian Mythos. The Serpent Men originate from the first Kull story. Though King Arthur was real, he likely has a Horror Universe counterpart whose canon should only be those