CODEX OMNIVERSA

Although there were complex factors that led to the start Of World War I, it was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary that triggered a series of declarations of war that escalated localized conflict into global war.

The Balloon Buster

Steve Savage was the son of Brian “Scalphunter” Savage and raised in Wyoming. When his father died…

Afterwards, “a smokin’ spad” tried to make a landing, the pilot screaming about a raging inferno in the sky.

During the onset of World War I, Savage enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps and became known as “The Balloon Buster.”

On April 6, 1917, the United States entered WWI.

Doiby Dickles (and Goitrude)

As we heard last week from Doiby Dickles’s taxi, Goitrude…

Doiby drove Goitrude during WWI, but it’s unclear if he saw any action on the front lines.

Richard Grey Jr.

In 1917 , archeologist Richard Grey took his wife, Anne, and his young son, Richard Jr., on an expedition in Mongolia. One night, they were attacked by Yakki robbers, who killed all the adults, including they Greys. Hidden behind some rocks, Richard Jr. survived…

Here, the child was raised along with the condor’s own chicks.

Hangman

Andre de Sevigne was a French fighter pilot known as “Hangman” because he wore a hangman’s hood and a noose around his neck.

Hangman was the nemesis of a German fighter pilot known as Enemy Ace.

We’ll learn more about Enemy Ace next week…

Congo Bill

William “Congo Bill” Glenmorgan served during WWI and fought in the Battle of the Somme (France, 1916) and the Battle of Flanders Field (Passendale, Belgium) which was actually a series of bloody battles in the Ypres Salient.

John Thunder

At 7:00 AM on July 7, 1917, the seventh son of a seventh son of the Thunder family, John, was born. This made him a target to be kidnapped by mystics from Badhnisia who knew he would inherit great powers when he turned seven years old…

Uncle Sam

The second host of Uncle Sam fought in WWI…

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