THE SECRET WOLD NEWTON UNIVERSE

Cast of Characters

PART I

Following is a list of characters or sub-universes encompassed within The Wold Newton Universe, along with general dates or known periods of operation. Many on the list were originally placed in the Universe by Philip José Farmer (not intended to be an all-inclusive list - see Tarzan Alive and Doc Savage). I have added many more through their involvement in crossover stories with Farmer's original Wold Newton characters.

  The following criteria used to determine membership.

(1) an ancestor of other Wold Newton family members (such as Solomon Kane),

(2) present at the Wold Newton meteor strike (such as Sir Percy Blakeney), or

(3) an actual member of the Wold Newton mutant family.

(4) characters that Rick Lai postulated were Wold Newton family members (such as Dr. James Noel and Dominick Medina), and characters who, by descent, must be Wold Newton family members (examples are Rasputin, Raffles Holmes, Archie Goodwin, Creighton Holmes, Dawn Drummond-Clayton, Ching Yao Chang, Hsu-Tei, Clark Savage IV, Pam Savage, Spencer Holmes, James Suzuki, and Spock of Vulcan).

BROWN TEXT INDICATES REVISIONS AND ADDITIONS TO THE CHARACTER LIST BY DENNIS POWER. THE REVISIONS AND ADDITIONS WILL REFLECT NEW CHARACTERS, SPECULATIONS ON THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE CHARACTERS AND ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION. THESE ARE OFTEN BROUGHT IN BY HIS OWN RESEARCH AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE CHARACTERS ACCEPTED BY THE ORIGINAL WOLD NEWTON CHARACTER LIST.

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The Cthulhu Mythos (throughout history)

The Time Traveler (great uncle of Doc Savage) (throughout history)
MAIN CHARACTER OF H.G WELLS THE TIME MACHINE
For more information go here

The First also known as Poseidon (Earth's earliest times to Present)

Possibly first sentient individual on Earth
Changer also known as Proteus
created by Janet Lindskold
Changer
Legends Walking

Doctor Who (throughout time, space, and alternate dimensions)

The Immortals (Highlander) (throughout history)

The immortal Kane (throughout history)
also known as Tubal-Cain, Vandar Ang, Vandal Savage
(click here for an in-depth article)

Ollu and Buzsla (throughout history)
Inspirations for a many comic teams

Mough, Lorenzo and Caer Lugh (throughout history)

Thongor of Lemuria (493,000 BP)
CHARACTER CREATED BY LIN CARTER
Thongor and the Wizard of Lemuria
Thongar and the Dragon City
Thongor Against the Gods
Thongor in the City of Magicians
Thongor at the End of Time

Tarzan (2) 24,000 BP
as described in articles Triple Tarzan Tangle and Tarzan? Jane?

The Three, later the leaders of the Nine
Ananna, XauXaz and Thringiz
created by Philip Jose Farmer
A Feast Unknown
Lord of the Trees
Mad Goblin
(additional information by Dennis Power )

Tharn 22,000 BP
character created by Howard Browne
Warrior of the Dawn
Return of Tharn

Fred (Ollu), Wilma and Pebbles Flintstone
Barney (Buzsla), Betty and Bam Bam 21, 000 BP 
created by Hanna-Barbera
The Flintstones television show

Alley Oop (grandson of Ollu) , Oola,  21, 000 BP 
created by V.T. Hamlin
Alley Oop comic strip

Tor also known as Migh-Tor  21, 000 BP 
Migh-Tor created by Hanna-Barbera (1967)
later known as Captain Caveman (1977-81)
 

King Kull of Valusia (20,000 BP)
CHARACTER CREATED BY ROBERT E. HOWARD
 

Loki (18,000 BP-1999 C.E.)
Immortal member of the Athanor\
created by Janet Lindskold
Changer
Legends Walking

Conan the Barbarian (12,000 BP)
CHARACTER CREATED BY ROBERT E. HOWARD

Red Sonja of Hyrkania (12,000 BP)
CHARACTER CREATED BY ROBERT E. HOWARD

Hadon of ancient Opar (12,000 BP)
CHARACTER CREATED BY PHILIP JOSE FARMER
HADON OF ANCIENT OPAR
RETURN TO OPAR

Donar (10,000 BP -present)
son of XauXaz
Also known Thor and Dr. Donald Blake

Akharin (3834 BC)
also known as Flint the Immortal.
His many identities throughout the ages may have included Methusaleh, Jeroboam , Achilles, Alexander the Great, Leonardo da Vinci, William Shakespeare, Johannes Brahames, Dr. Wilson Evergreen, Micah Brack, Abramson, Sten from Marcos II, Dr. Emil Vaslovik

Mathayus, the Scorpion King (c. 3,000 BCE)
 

Ayesha, She-who-must-be-obeyed (2,000 BP-1905)
Created by H. Rider Haggard
Wisdom's Daughter
She and Allan
She
Ayesha: The
Return of She

  

Phra the Phoenician (88 BP-present?)
Immortal also known as
Uther Pendragon, Arthur Pendragon, Robin Hood,
 Norman of Torn, aka John Caldwell,aka Richard Plantagenet,
aka John Carter, Warlord of Mars
(click here and here for in-depth articles)
For More information about John Carter see the articles,
John Carter: Torn from Phoenician Dreams,
The Lives and Times of John Carter,
also the small article in the Wold Wold West

As MAIN CHARACTER OF THE BOOK OUTLAW OF TORN  BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
As John Carter, main character of Barsoom series by Edgar Rice Burroughs
A Princess of Mars
The Gods of Mars
Warlord of Mars
Thuvia, Maid of Mars
Chessmen of Mars
Mastermind of Mars
A Fighting Man of Mars
Sword of Mars
Synthetic Men of Mars
Llana of Gathol
John Carter of Mars

Simon of Gitta (27-50)

Casca, the Eternal Mercenary (30-present)
LEGENDARY FIGURE THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
ADVENTURES RECORDED BY BARRY SADLER AND PAUL DENGELEGI

Bran Mak Morn (206-210)
CHARACTER CREATED BY ROBERT E. HOWARD

KING ARTHUR 480's to mid 550
For the true identity of King Arthur please see
The Lives and Times of John Carter

Cormac Mac Art (470s-490s)
HISTORICAL CHARACTER WHOSE EXPLOITS WERE ALSO
WRITTEN BY ROBERT E. HOWARD AND ANDREW J. OFFUTT

Jaffar of Bagdad, Abu the Thief (845)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

Robin Hood (late 1100s)
SEMI-LEGENDARY HISTORICAL FIGURE
ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRY MEN BY HOWARD PYLE
For the true identity of Robin please see
The Lives and Times of John Carter 

Jack (the Giant Killer) Fairfax and the Giant (1190)
Jack and the Beanstalk (various folk tales)
Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
Beanstalk by John Rackham
for more information see Immortal Befuddled

Ivanhoe (1194)
MAIN CHARACTER OF IVANHOE BY SIR WALTER SCOTT

John Caldwell-Grebson (1290s-1326)  
The Green Archer or Green Baron
Son of Norman of Torn, who was also known as Phra the Phoenician, Robin Hood and John Carter