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Deathlok book 2, cover date August 1990, introduced Jesus Badalemente, Mainframe (Ian Wajler), and the terminal armor. They were created by Dwayne McDuffie, Gregory Wright, and Butch Guice. ("Jesus Saves" Deathlok book 2, Marvel Comic Event)

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On August 16, 1492, while sailing the Atlantic, Christopher Columbus and his sailors spotted a mermaid. ("The Birth" Atlantis Chronicles 7, DC Comic Event)

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On August 16, 2012, Rifftrax hosted their 6th simulcast live event featuring "Manos: The Hands of Fate", which was first made famous by MST3K (Mystery Science Theater 3000). They also riffed the shorts Welcome Back, Norman and At Your Fingertips: Cylinders as well as screened an old commercial for Prune Juice. ("Rifftrax Live: Manos: The Hands of Fate", Movie Event)

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The Amazing Spider-Man 336, cover date Early August 1990, introduced Mr Grouper. He was created by David Michelinie and Erik J Larsen. Spider-Man prevented Vulture and Chance from assissinating Raymond Trask, but it was Aunt May's fiancee Nathan Lubensky that saved her from being kidnapped by the Vulture. However, Nathan, who was already terminally ill, died from the strain. Doctor Octopus arrived on the scene to help the Vulture escape. ("Wagers of Sin" Amazing Spider-Man 336, Marvel Comic Event)

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On August 15, 1977, Jerry Ehman, a volunteer at the Ohio State SETI progam, observed a strong signal received by the radio telescope. It was dubbed the "Wow! signal" because he circled the spot on the printout and jotted down "Wow!" on the page. Some deem it the best candidate for a radio signal from an artificial, extraterrestrial source ever discovered and to date has never been observed again (SETI, event)

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DC Comics revived World's Finest with the first issue having a publish date of August 1990. In it, Lex Luther started making plans for Gotham City, while the Joker started scheming in Metropolis. ("Worlds Apart" World's Finist vol 2 1, DC Comic Event)

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G.I. Joe the Movie was released on August 14, 1987. It was meant to be a theatrical release, see the death of Duke (Michael Bell), and have a topless scene with Zarana (Lisa Raggio). The production went longer than predicted so the Transformers movie was released first, which ended up having a huge impact on the Joe movie. Because Transformers the Movie underperformed in the theaters, it was decided to release the Joe movie as a direct to video and TV presentation. Because the Transformers movie recieved so much backlash from killing Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen), dialogue was added explaining Duke didn't die but went into a coma. The topless scene was story boarded but the scene was altered in the final film with a swim top. Most of the new characters introduced were the new recruits (Lt Falcon - Don Johnson, Kunoichi Jinx - Shuko Akune, Chuckles, Law - Ron Ortiz and Order, Big Lob - Brad Sanders, and Tunnel Rat - Laurie Faso), Sgt Slaughter's (Robert Remus), Renegades (Mercer - Kristoffer Tabori, Red Dog - Poncie Ponce, and Taurus - Earn Boen) and the mutants from Cobra-La (Pythona - Jennifer Darling, Golobulus - Burgess Meredith, and Nemesis Enforcer - Cullen). As Cobra Commander (Christopher Collins/Chris Latta) was facing a mutiny by Dr Mindbender(Brian Cummings), Baroness (Morgan Lofting), Destro (Arthur Burghardt), Zartan (Zack Hoffman), Tomax (Corey Burton) and Xamot (Bell), Pythona arrived and convinced Cobra to steal the BET device. The mission failed, Serpentor was captured, and Cobra Commander retreated his forces to Cobra-La. There Golobulus revealed that Cobra Commander was an escapee from Cobra-La. Also that Cobra-La had secretly manipulated Dr Mindbender into creating Serpentor (Dick Gautier). While Lt Falcon was court martialed by the Joes, Cobra Commander was put on trial in Cobra-La. The movie also featured the familiar Joes and Cobras Low Light (Charlie Adler), Wet Suit (Jack Angel), Blow Torch, Lift-Ticket (both Bell), Motorviper (Gregg Berger), Iceberg (Burghardt), Beach Head (William Callaway), Quick Kick (Francois Chau), Zandar (Cullen), Dial-Tone (Hank Garrett), Hawk (Ed Gilbert), Slip Stream (Dan Gilvezan), Roadblock (Kene Holiday), Bazooka (John Hostetter), Doc (Buster Jones), Gung Ho, Ripper, Televiper (all Latta), Lady J ( Mary McDonald-Lewis), Letherneck (Chuck McCann), Cross-Country (Michael McConnohie), Snow Job (Rob Paulsen), Mainframe (Patrick Pinney), Flint (Bill Ratney), Buzzer, Shipwreck, Monkeywrench, Hector Remirez (all Neil Ross), Thrasher (Ted Schwartz), Scarlett (B.J. Ward), Alpine (Lee Weaver), Torch, Wild Bill (both Frank Welker), Lifeline (Stan Wojno), and Jackson Beck as the narrator. ("G.I. Joe the Movie", Movie, Event)

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On August 14, 2014, Rifftrax hosted their 12th simulcast live event featuring Godzilla (1998) ("Rifftrax Live: Godzilla", Movie Event)

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In 1990, DC published an updated Who's Who (this one designated as Who's Who in the DC Universe) with the 1st issue having a publish date of August 1990. The new edition was published with a loose-leaf format, so new pages could be added if you put it in a binder. ("Amanda Waller - Wotan" Who's Who in the DC Universe 1, DC Comic Event)

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On August 12, 1987, Capcom released its first fighting arcade game "Street Fighter". ("Street Fighter", Game, Event)

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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D 2 part finale aired on August 12, 2020. 5 members of the original team May (Ming-Na Wen), Fitz (Iain De Caestecker), Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge), Daisy (Chloe Bennet), and (A Life Model Decoy of) Coulson (Clark Gregg) were in the episode in their final fight against the Chronicoms. The epilogue, that took place one year later, was July 4, 2020. The series ran for 136 episodes and 7 seasons. The series was slow to catch on, but seemed to get its legs once in tied into the Hydra plot of Captain America and the Winter Soldier. ("What We're Fighting For", Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, TV, Event)

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The 100th issue was the final issue of the 2nd volume of Firestorm, cover date August 1990. Professor Martin Stein had to make a sacrifice to prevent Brimstone from destroying the sun. ("Blaze of Glory" Firestorm vol 2 100, DC Comic Event)

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The 1st annual of Star Trek the Next Generation vol 2, cover date August 1990, was co-written by John DeLancie, who played Q in Star Trek TNG. In the issue, Q took Jean Luc Picard into his own past and offered to let him live in an alternate timeline. The issue took place in 2332, 2351, and 2366. ("The Gift" Star Trek the Next Generation vol 2 Annual 1, DC Comic Event)

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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D 2 part finale aired on August 12, 2020. 5 members of the original team May (Ming-Na Wen), Fitz (Iain De Caestecker), Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge), Daisy (Chloe Bennet), and (A Life Model Decoy of) Coulson (Clark Gregg) were in the episode in their final fight against the Chronicoms. The epilogue, that took place one year later, was July 4, 2020. The series ran for 136 episodes and 7 seasons. The series was slow to catch on, but seemed to get its legs once in tied into the Hydra plot of Captain America and the Winter Soldier. ("What We're Fighting For", Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, TV, Event)

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On August 12, 1987, Capcom released its first fighting arcade game "Street Fighter". ("Street Fighter", Game, Event)

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'Mazing Man Special 3 was the last issue of the special series with a cover date of August 1990. The issue marked the final appearances of Brenda, Eddie, Guido, and K.P. ("Co-Operations" "I Hate Frogs Legs" "The Babysitter" "Boys' Night Out" "How to Create Comic Books: The Plotting Session" 'Mazing Man Special 3, DC Comic Event)

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Cloak and Dagger was officially released on August 10 1984. Though technically, it did have a special limited run double bill with the Last Starfighter starting on July 13th. It co-starred Henry Thomas (ET) as Davey Osborne and Dabbney Coleman as both his pilot father and as his imaginary friend super spy Jack Flack. Davey Osborne had a very vivid imagination and was a latch key kid since his father was a pilot so was gone a lot. One day he and his friend Kim Gardner (Christina Nigra) were put in deadly peril when he got a hold of an Atari game that contained secret information. Of course, adults believed this was just Davey's imagination getting away with him. Atari modified a game they were developing called Agent X to use for the movie and made it into Cloak & Dagger. The game mostly appeared in the arcade version form as the home game was sunk by the infamous video game market crash of the mid-80's. ("Cloak & Dagger" Movie, Event)