2000 AD - April 1988.

Thanks to Charlie Horse 47 and Killdumpster for their sponsorship of this post, via the magic of Patreon. ***So eventful was April 1988 that it's a miracle we didn't all come out of it requiring more tranquillisers than Bruce Banner.Not only did the Geneva Accords see the Soviet Union agree to withdraw all forces from Afghanistan, the USS Samuel B. Roberts struck a naval mine in the Persian Gulf, thanks to the Tanker War phase of the Iran–Iraq War, prompting retaliation against Iran by the United States.And the world's longest skyjacking came to a close when the remaining passengers of Kuwait Airways Flight 422 were released by their captors.But aviation wasn't finished with us yet. It was a month in which Aloha Airlines Flight 243 managed to land after losing its roof in mid-air. An event that killed a flight attendant and injured 65 people.Fortunately, not all was melodrama and, in a far more sedate frame of mind, World Expo 88 opened in Brisbane.When it came to movies, April saw…