The Cosmic Plot Device Caper was what the collected story version of the first LNH Chaotic Add-On Cascade was called. There have been a number of versions over the years. The first version was compiled and edited by Craig Thomas Judd. Jeff Barnes did a different version based on post-Cry.Sig continuity, but never finished it. In 2002, Martin Phipps, using old posts found in the Google Groups archive, gave the Cosmic Plot Device Caper a beginning and ending.
Plot
Really? You really want me to sum up the plot of the Cosmic Plot Device Caper? Sigh. All right, let's see...
Writers
Writers whose stuff got in the original collected version:
Writers who contributed to the original thread but weren't collected:
Martin Phipps' version included later material by:
Jeff Barnes added material to his version, as well.
Heroes
Characters in the collected story:
Characters in the original thread but not the collections:
(Note: Some characters in Category Cosmic Plot Device Era Characters aren't in here, because their creators never wrote stories.)
Characters only in the post-Cry.Sig version:
Villains
Characters only in Martin's version: