There's definitely some inconsistency in the stories -- I unintentionally included an anachronism in my own Teraverse tale, with Shar referencing the movie version of How To Train Your Dragon.
The thing is, Alex is what, maybe sixteen or seventeen at the end of the series, and is just starting college at the end of The Secret Return. That's no more than two or maybe, if we're generous, three years. I'd need to go back and reread League of Extraordinary Women to see just how long it took place after the end of TSWoAM, which would give us a better idea. But we can't get around the fact that the "superhero era" of the Teraverse starts in the vicinity of the year 2000, and I doubt any of the stories have pushed the timeline more than three to five years past that.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
The thing is, Alex is what, maybe sixteen or seventeen at the end of the series, and is just starting college at the end of The Secret Return. That's no more than two or maybe, if we're generous, three years. I'd need to go back and reread League of Extraordinary Women to see just how long it took place after the end of TSWoAM, which would give us a better idea. But we can't get around the fact that the "superhero era" of the Teraverse starts in the vicinity of the year 2000, and I doubt any of the stories have pushed the timeline more than three to five years past that.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.