News Files – 1981 - 2000

1986 AD
The Chernobyl disaster causes many babies born to develop mutations.

1991 AD
Genosha becomes a safe haven for mutants.

1994 AD
A 'mutant cure' experiment fails when animal testing goes wrong, causing Mad Cow Disease.

1996 AD
Max Eisenhardt, now known as Magneto, forms the Brotherhood of Mutants.

1996 AD
Smallville, Kansas, is bombarded by meteorite fragments, first designated XK1996G, but now known as Kryptonite.