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  "id": "friday-the-13th",
  "title": "Friday the 13th / Jason Voorhees",
  "description": "Follow the Crystal Lake films, licensed novels, comics, game stories and official shorts. Film calendar arithmetic conflicts; ages and elapsed intervals take precedence over treating release years as story dates. Crystal Lake and the 2009 remake have distinct origins.",
  "continuities": [
    {
      "id": "main",
      "label": "Original films & licensed extensions",
      "note": "The original film sequence, including Jason X’s far future. Loose tie-ins remain together as assumed or disputed material; their ordering is a qualified reading aid, not a universal canon claim."
    },
    {
      "id": "remake",
      "label": "2009 reimagining",
      "note": "A new version of Pamela’s death and Jason’s adult history."
    },
    {
      "id": "crystal",
      "label": "Crystal Lake — television reimagining",
      "note": "The released 2026 series relocates the young-Jason / Pamela story to the early 1970s; it cannot silently replace the original film’s 1950s history."
    },
    {
      "id": "connected",
      "label": "Crossovers / other licensed versions",
      "note": "Incompatible crossover outcomes and playful game stories. This shelf does not imply that its works form one shared continuity."
    }
  ],
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    {
      "id": "origin",
      "title": "Friday the 13th — childhood history / opening",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "1957 drowning; 1958 first murders",
      "order": 1957,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "1980",
      "description": "Jason’s apparent drowning precedes Pamela’s first killings.",
      "note": "1958 opening and recounted 1957 history; not separate films.",
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        "films",
        "clock",
        "mock"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "1957–1958",
      "segment": true,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
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      "container": true
    },
    {
      "id": "original",
      "title": "Friday the 13th",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "June 13, 1979; weekday / prop conflict",
      "order": 1979.45,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "1980",
      "description": "Counselors attempt to reopen Crystal Lake.",
      "note": "Peacock uses 1979, matching Pamela’s later gravestone, although June 13, 1979 was Wednesday. Some viewers use 1980 to preserve Friday; do not hide this contradiction.",
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        "films",
        "clock",
        "screen-clock",
        "mock"
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      "railLabel": "1979",
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    },
    {
      "id": "alice",
      "title": "Friday the 13th Part 2 — Alice prologue",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "About two months after Pamela’s death",
      "order": 1979.6,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "1981",
      "description": "Alice’s survival is short-lived.",
      "note": "Separate later frame from the five-years-later main story.",
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        "films",
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        "mock"
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      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "+ 2 months",
      "segment": true,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
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      "estimated": false,
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      "container": true
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    {
      "id": "part2",
      "title": "Friday the 13th Part 2",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "Five years after original; est. 1984",
      "order": 1984.45,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "1981",
      "description": "Counselors learn that Jason may still be alive.",
      "note": "Five-year interval controls; June calendar and reused footage do not settle every date.",
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        "films",
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        "mock"
      ],
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      "segment": false,
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    {
      "id": "chris-history",
      "title": "Friday the 13th Part III — Chris’s earlier encounter",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "Two years before Higgins Haven; est. 1982",
      "order": 1982.45,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "1982",
      "description": "Chris remembers a prior encounter in the woods.",
      "note": "Retrospective scene precedes Part II main action.",
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        "films",
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        "mock"
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      "railLabel": "− 2 years",
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      "container": true
    },
    {
      "id": "part3",
      "title": "Friday the 13th Part III",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "Days after Part 2; est. 1984",
      "order": 1984.46,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "1982",
      "description": "Jason reaches Higgins Haven.",
      "note": "Part II–IV form one continuous several-day run; not 1981 → 1982 → 1984 fictional years.",
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      "storyGroup": "film-three"
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    {
      "id": "part4",
      "title": "Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "Days after Part III; Tommy age 12; est. 1984",
      "order": 1984.47,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "1984",
      "description": "The Jarvis family faces Jason.",
      "note": "Same continuous run as II and III. Tommy’s age is more secure than later sequel calendar arithmetic.",
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        "mock"
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      "railLabel": "Age 12 · same week",
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    },
    {
      "id": "part5",
      "title": "Friday the 13th: A New Beginning",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "Tommy’s late teens; years after Final Chapter",
      "order": 1989,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "1985",
      "description": "Traumatized Tommy enters Pinehurst.",
      "note": "Common 1989 reconstruction conflicts with other prop / calendar readings. No exact year asserted from the 1985 release.",
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        "films",
        "clock",
        "mock"
      ],
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      "railLabel": "Tommy · late teens",
      "segment": false,
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    },
    {
      "id": "part6",
      "title": "Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "Tommy’s young-adult years; after Pinehurst",
      "order": 1990,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "1986",
      "description": "Tommy’s attempt to destroy Jason revives him.",
      "note": "May / July dates and ages lead to incompatible calendar models. Sequence secure; exact year open.",
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        "films",
        "clock",
        "mock"
      ],
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      "railLabel": "Tommy’s young-adulthood era",
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    },
    {
      "id": "tina-child",
      "title": "Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood — Tina childhood",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "Tina’s childhood; years after Jason’s submersion",
      "order": 1991,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "1988",
      "description": "Young Tina loses control of her powers.",
      "note": "Later dialogue / appearance interpretations vary; use childhood rather than inventing 1988 story year.",
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        "films",
        "clock",
        "mock"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "Tina · childhood",
      "segment": true,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
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      "container": true,
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "part7",
      "title": "Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "Tina’s teen years; years after opening",
      "order": 1997,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "1988",
      "description": "Tina accidentally releases Jason.",
      "note": "Common ten-year gap readings and exact dates are disputed. Order after VI is secure.",
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        "films",
        "clock",
        "mock"
      ],
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      "railLabel": "Tina’s teens; years after childhood opening",
      "segment": false,
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    },
    {
      "id": "part8",
      "title": "Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "After New Blood; est. late twentieth century",
      "order": 1998,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "1989",
      "description": "A graduation voyage carries Jason toward New York.",
      "note": "No fixed one-year interval assumed; brief childhood visions are not new present-day events.",
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        "films",
        "clock",
        "mock"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "est. 1990s",
      "segment": false,
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    },
    {
      "id": "hell",
      "title": "Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "After Manhattan; before Freddy crossover / capture",
      "order": 2000,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "1993",
      "description": "Jason’s threat survives the destruction of his body.",
      "note": "1993 is release date; later family revelations and physical reset do not supply a reliable exact story year.",
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        "mock"
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      "segment": false,
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    },
    {
      "id": "fvj",
      "title": "Freddy vs. Jason",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "Modern Springwood; before Jason X capture",
      "order": 2003,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2003",
      "description": "Freddy manipulates Jason into returning to Elm Street.",
      "note": "Common 2003 setting is an estimate; release year alone cannot prove it. Crossover precedes cryogenic imprisonment in this reading.",
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    },
    {
      "id": "jx-capture",
      "title": "Jason X — capture / cryogenic prologue",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "2010 cryogenic imprisonment; prior capture year disputed",
      "order": 2010,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2001 / 2002",
      "description": "Rowan and Jason become frozen in the research facility.",
      "note": "2010 dates the cryogenic incident, not securely the initial capture. Some synopses place capture in 2008; preserve the distinction.",
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    {
      "id": "jx",
      "title": "Jason X",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "2455; more than four centuries later",
      "order": 2455,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2001 / 2002",
      "description": "Students recover Jason aboard the Grendel.",
      "note": "Do not put the main story in 2001, 2002 or 2010. Post-film novels / comics occupy overlapping future windows.",
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    {
      "id": "novel-one",
      "title": "Friday the 13th — Simon Hawke",
      "type": "Novelization",
      "date": "June 13, 1979; weekday / prop conflict",
      "order": 1979.45,
      "canon": "Assumed canon",
      "release": "1987",
      "description": "Simon Hawke expands the corresponding film.",
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      "id": "novel-two",
      "title": "Friday the 13th Part II — Simon Hawke",
      "type": "Novelization",
      "date": "Five years after original; est. 1984",
      "order": 1984.45,
      "canon": "Assumed canon",
      "release": "1988",
      "description": "Simon Hawke expands the corresponding film.",
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    {
      "id": "novel-three-a",
      "title": "Friday the 13th Part 3: 3-D — Michael Avallone",
      "type": "Novelization",
      "date": "Days after Part 2; est. 1984",
      "order": 1984.46,
      "canon": "Assumed canon",
      "release": "1982",
      "description": "Michael Avallone expands the corresponding film.",
      "note": "Same-story adaptation placed beside its source; added histories and alternate outcomes need full-text inspection. Jason X also adapts the 2010 prologue.",
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    {
      "id": "novel-three-h",
      "title": "Friday the 13th Part III — Simon Hawke",
      "type": "Novelization",
      "date": "Days after Part 2; est. 1984",
      "order": 1984.46,
      "canon": "Assumed canon",
      "release": "1988",
      "description": "Simon Hawke expands the corresponding film.",
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    {
      "id": "novel-six",
      "title": "Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI",
      "type": "Novelization",
      "date": "Tommy’s young-adult years; after Pinehurst",
      "order": 1990,
      "canon": "Assumed canon",
      "release": "1986",
      "description": "Simon Hawke expands the corresponding film.",
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    {
      "id": "novel-fvj",
      "title": "Freddy vs. Jason — Stephen Hand",
      "type": "Novelization",
      "date": "Modern Springwood; before Jason X capture",
      "order": 2003,
      "canon": "Assumed canon",
      "release": "2003",
      "description": "Stephen Hand expands the corresponding film.",
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    {
      "id": "novel-jx",
      "title": "Jason X — Pat Cadigan",
      "type": "Novelization",
      "date": "2455; more than four centuries later",
      "order": 2455,
      "canon": "Assumed canon",
      "release": "2005",
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      "release": "2005",
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    {
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    {
      "id": "black-hate",
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    {
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      "description": "A traveling carnival displays Jason.",
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      "release": "2005",
      "description": "Researchers try to exploit Jason’s regeneration.",
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      "description": "A cloning project brings future Jason back into action.",
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      "description": "Moon Camp Americana faces Jason.",
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      "title": "Jason X — To the Third Power",
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    {
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      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.comcav.net/collections/best-sellers/products/friday-the-13th-bloodbath-1",
      "productName": "View exact first issue / series",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "View exact first issue / series",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "avatar-fear",
      "title": "Friday the 13th Fearbook",
      "type": "Comic",
      "date": "Modern era; Avatar’s connected Special → Bloodbath → Fearbook sequence",
      "order": 2004.2,
      "canon": "Assumed canon",
      "release": "2006",
      "description": "The Trent Organization attempts to control Jason.",
      "note": "One connected run with continuation order; exact year and relation to WildStorm stories remain unverified. Variant covers counted once.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "avatar",
        "avatar-stock",
        "bloodbath"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "Modern era",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.comcav.net/collections/best-sellers?page=5",
      "productName": "View corresponding licensed back issues",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "View corresponding licensed back issues",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "jx-special",
      "title": "Jason X Special",
      "type": "Comic",
      "date": "2455; after Grendel incident",
      "order": 2455.1,
      "canon": "Assumed canon",
      "release": "2005",
      "description": "A bioengineer seeks Uber Jason’s tissue.",
      "note": "Future story; exact compatibility with Black Flame prose outcomes not established. No new branch solely for loose chronology.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "jx-edition",
        "avatar"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "2455",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.comcav.net/products/jason-x-special-1",
      "productName": "View exact licensed one-shot",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "View exact licensed one-shot",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "jx-vs",
      "title": "Friday the 13th: Jason vs. Jason X #1–2",
      "type": "Comic",
      "date": "2455 or later; after Grendel incident",
      "order": 2455.2,
      "canon": "Assumed canon",
      "release": "2006",
      "description": "Regeneration produces a second Jason who confronts Uber Jason.",
      "note": "Two continuous issues grouped; future comic sequence overlaps novel windows. Exact simultaneous coexistence of every sequel is not asserted.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "avatar",
        "avatar-stock",
        "avatar-story"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "2455+",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.comcav.net/collections/best-sellers?page=5",
      "productName": "View corresponding licensed back issues",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "View corresponding licensed back issues",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "leather",
      "title": "Jason vs. Leatherface #1–3",
      "type": "Comic",
      "date": "After Jason’s lake imprisonment; modern twentieth-century Texas",
      "order": 1995,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "1995–1996",
      "description": "Jason joins the Sawyer family on a violent detour.",
      "note": "Crossover contains incompatible family-history details. Keep as a connected alternate outcome; do not derive 1995 setting from issue date.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "leather",
        "topps"
      ],
      "continuity": "connected",
      "railLabel": "Modern twentieth century",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://fridaythe13thfilms.com/media/comics/jvsl.html",
      "productName": "View corresponding comic research",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "View corresponding comic research",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "satan",
      "title": "Satan’s Six #4 — Jason encounter",
      "type": "Comic short",
      "date": "After Jason Goes to Hell; infernal time unmeasured",
      "order": 2000.1,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "1993",
      "description": "Jason is summoned into Topps’ infernal comedy.",
      "note": "Five-page licensed narrative cameo; not a missing fourth Jason Goes to Hell adaptation issue.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "satan"
      ],
      "continuity": "connected",
      "railLabel": "Post-death era",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://fridaythe13th.fandom.com/wiki/Satan%27s_Six_Issue_4",
      "productName": "View exact issue inventory",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "View exact issue inventory",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "ash",
      "title": "Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash #1–6",
      "type": "Comic",
      "date": "Christmas; five years after Freddy vs. Jason",
      "order": 2008,
      "canon": "Assumed canon",
      "release": "2007–2008",
      "description": "Ash encounters Freddy and Jason at Crystal Lake.",
      "note": "Calendar 2008 depends on assuming film in 2003. Use five-year interval. Published six-part story, distinct from unproduced film treatment.",
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        "ash-commentary",
        "ash-clock"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "+ 5 years · Christmas",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.dc.com/comics/freddy-vs-jason-vs-ash-2008/freddy-vs-jason-vs-ash-1",
      "productName": "View publisher comic",
      "productMatch": "Exact publisher issue; subscription availability not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View publisher comic",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "ash-nightmare",
      "title": "Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors #1–6",
      "type": "Comic",
      "date": "Months after Ash crossover; modern era",
      "order": 2009,
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      "release": "2009–2010",
      "description": "Survivors of earlier attacks confront the returned killers.",
      "note": "Second six-part continuation; release years do not create a two-year story span. Specific six-month interval needs legal interior verification.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "ash2"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "Modern era",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.dc.com/graphic-novels/freddy-vs-jason-vs-ash-the-nightmare-warriors-2009/freddy-vs-jason-vs-ash-the-nightmare-warriors",
      "productName": "View publisher collection",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "View publisher collection",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "pamela-tapes",
      "title": "Friday the 13th: The Game — Pamela tapes",
      "type": "Game / audio story",
      "date": "After Jason’s childhood drowning; original 1957-era model",
      "order": 1957.1,
      "canon": "Assumed canon",
      "release": "2017",
      "description": "Police interviews explore Pamela’s response to Jason’s loss.",
      "note": "Narrative collectible, distinct from random multiplayer matches. Complete recordings / date captions not inspected; exact tape count and session calendar remain audit gaps.",
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        "tapes",
        "game"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "Post-1957 drowning",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://f13game.com/",
      "productName": "View official game archive",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "View official game archive",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "tommy-tapes",
      "title": "The Game — Tommy Jarvis tapes: childhood / post-IV sessions",
      "type": "Game / audio story",
      "date": "Tommy age 12 and following childhood years",
      "order": 1984.5,
      "canon": "Assumed canon",
      "release": "2017",
      "description": "The earliest phase of Adam Green’s thirteen-tape narrative follows Tommy’s childhood trauma.",
      "note": "Part of the same thirteen-recording collection. Phase grouping follows developer’s IV / V / VI account; individual tape-to-date assignment has not been audio-verified. Later sessions are separately positioned.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "tapes"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "Tommy · age 12+",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://f13game.com/",
      "productName": "View official game archive",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "View official game archive",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "game-challenges",
      "title": "Friday the 13th: The Game — single-player challenges",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "Original-film camp eras; est. 1980s–1990s",
      "order": 1985,
      "canon": "Assumed canon",
      "release": "2018",
      "description": "Scripted scenarios give Jason new victims and film-inspired situations.",
      "note": "One anthology of scripted challenges; not a fixed canonical outcome for every multiplayer match. Full challenge-level original dates unverified.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "game",
        "shutdown"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "est. 1980s–1990s",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://f13game.com/",
      "productName": "View official game archive",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "View official game archive",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "cabin",
      "title": "Friday the 13th: The Game — Virtual Cabin 2.0",
      "type": "Game / interactive story",
      "date": "Museum frame era unverified; reenacted 1957–2455 history",
      "order": null,
      "canon": "Assumed canon",
      "release": "2017",
      "description": "A virtual museum hides a puzzle-driven horror sequence.",
      "note": "Museum chronology and hallucination-like finale do not prove a new 2017 film event. Uber Jason reveal released here; Grendel playable campaign remained unreleased.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "cabin",
        "game"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "Era unverified",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Placement unresolved",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://steamcommunity.com/app/438740/discussions/0/2906376154334289421/",
      "productName": "Read official update",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "Read official update"
    },
    {
      "id": "domark",
      "title": "Friday the 13th: The Computer Game",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "Camp slasher era; est. 1980s",
      "order": 1984,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "1985",
      "description": "A licensed game scenario turns Crystal Lake into a survival challenge.",
      "note": "Gameplay alternative, not a securely dated sequel. No release-year calendar inference; original manual / complete ending needs inspection.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "oldgames"
      ],
      "continuity": "connected",
      "railLabel": "est. 1980s",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th_(franchise)",
      "productName": "View game bibliography / access caveat",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "View game bibliography / access caveat",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "nes",
      "title": "Friday the 13th — NES",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "Camp slasher era; est. 1980s",
      "order": 1984,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "1989",
      "description": "A licensed game scenario turns Crystal Lake into a survival challenge.",
      "note": "Gameplay alternative, not a securely dated sequel. No release-year calendar inference; original manual / complete ending needs inspection.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "oldgames"
      ],
      "continuity": "connected",
      "railLabel": "est. 1980s",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th_(franchise)",
      "productName": "View game bibliography / access caveat",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "View game bibliography / access caveat",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "puzzle-main",
      "title": "Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle — episodes 1–6",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "Modern slasher era; camp → prison → winter → city → resort → amusement park",
      "order": 2000,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "2018",
      "description": "Jason’s first six puzzle scenarios move through contemporary locations.",
      "note": "Initial six episodes grouped; Wasteland, Future Shock and the return to camp are separately positioned. Delisted January 23, 2023; no fixed screen-canon calendar.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "puzzle",
        "puzzle-levels"
      ],
      "continuity": "connected",
      "railLabel": "Modern slasher era",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.f13killerpuzzle.bluewizard.com/",
      "productName": "Read official availability notice",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "Read official availability notice",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "puzzle-ripper",
      "title": "Killer Puzzle — Episode 10: The Ripper",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "Victorian London",
      "order": 1888,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "2018",
      "description": "A licensed bonus episode gives Jason an out-of-period scenario.",
      "note": "Actual puzzle DLC, not merely an unlockable costume. Era genre does not establish precise dates or time travel in screen canon.",
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        "puzzle",
        "puzzle-levels",
        "puzzle-jurassic"
      ],
      "continuity": "connected",
      "railLabel": "Victorian era",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.f13killerpuzzle.bluewizard.com/",
      "productName": "Read official availability notice",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "Read official availability notice",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "puzzle-knight",
      "title": "Killer Puzzle — Episode 11: Knightmare",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "Medieval era",
      "order": 1200,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "2018",
      "description": "A licensed bonus episode gives Jason an out-of-period scenario.",
      "note": "Actual puzzle DLC, not merely an unlockable costume. Era genre does not establish precise dates or time travel in screen canon.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "puzzle",
        "puzzle-levels",
        "puzzle-jurassic"
      ],
      "continuity": "connected",
      "railLabel": "Medieval era",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.f13killerpuzzle.bluewizard.com/",
      "productName": "Read official availability notice",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "Read official availability notice",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "puzzle-jurassic",
      "title": "Killer Puzzle — Episode 12: Jurassic Jason",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "Prehistoric era",
      "order": -10000,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "2018",
      "description": "A licensed bonus episode gives Jason an out-of-period scenario.",
      "note": "Actual puzzle DLC, not merely an unlockable costume. Era genre does not establish precise dates or time travel in screen canon.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "puzzle",
        "puzzle-levels",
        "puzzle-jurassic"
      ],
      "continuity": "connected",
      "railLabel": "Prehistoric era",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.f13killerpuzzle.bluewizard.com/",
      "productName": "Read official availability notice",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "Read official availability notice",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "mk",
      "title": "Mortal Kombat X — Jason arcade ending",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "Mortal Kombat tournament era; calendar unverified",
      "order": null,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "2015",
      "description": "Jason’s guest tower supplies a crossover ending.",
      "note": "Optional arcade outcome is connected fiction; fights do not add every combatant’s incompatible ending to Friday film history.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "mk"
      ],
      "continuity": "connected",
      "railLabel": "Tournament era",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Placement unresolved",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/346941/Mortal_Kombat_X__Jason_Voorhees/",
      "productName": "View exact licensed DLC",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "View exact licensed DLC"
    },
    {
      "id": "multi",
      "title": "MultiVersus — Jason vs Multiverse / associated Rift story",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "Multiversal crisis; calendar unverified",
      "order": null,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "2024–2025",
      "description": "Jason becomes part of the crossover’s plotted Rift adventures.",
      "note": "Story content distinguished from costume variants. Online service ended; no current unlock purchase promised. Full Rift / later comic appearance audit remains open.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "multi"
      ],
      "continuity": "connected",
      "railLabel": "Multiversal era",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Placement unresolved",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://multiversus.wiki.gg/wiki/Jason_Vs_Multiverse",
      "productName": "View exact story inventory",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "View exact story inventory"
    },
    {
      "id": "dbd",
      "title": "Dead by Daylight — Jason biography, chapter and narrative teasers",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "Modern Greenville encounter → Entity’s timeless realm",
      "order": 2000,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "2026",
      "description": "Jason enters the Fog after a violent encounter.",
      "note": "Official 2026 licensed release included. Biography / promotional story are narrative material; Greenville is an encounter location, not verified birthplace. No exact calendar inferred from June 2026 release.",
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        "dbd",
        "dbd-lore"
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      "continuity": "connected",
      "railLabel": "Modern → timeless realm",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://deadbydaylight.com/news/jason-comes-to-dbd/",
      "productName": "View official chapter",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "View official chapter",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "mock",
      "title": "The Crystal Lake Massacres Revisited — Parts I–III",
      "type": "Mockumentary short",
      "date": "Retrospective modern era; original-film history embedded",
      "order": 2005,
      "canon": "Assumed canon",
      "release": "2009",
      "description": "Fictional witnesses and experts revisit Crystal Lake’s murders.",
      "note": "Three continuous disc segments grouped; interview frame dates not presumed to equal 2009 disc release. Distinct from production documentary Crystal Lake Memories.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "mock"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "Modern retrospective",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.orbitdvd.com/products/friday-the-13th-collection-deluxe-edition",
      "productName": "View exact collection / bonus contents",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "View exact collection / bonus contents",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "remake-origin",
      "title": "Friday the 13th (2009) — Pamela opening",
      "type": "Film segment",
      "date": "June 13, 1980",
      "order": 1980,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2009",
      "description": "A different account of Pamela’s last night begins the remake.",
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        "mock"
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      "continuity": "remake",
      "railLabel": "1980",
      "segment": true,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.orbitdvd.com/products/friday-the-13th-collection-deluxe-edition",
      "productName": "View exact film collection / contents",
      "productMatch": "Licensed Shout collection includes all twelve films; corresponding retailer contents verified, currently marked sold out. No Amazon ASIN or present stock invented.",
      "actionLabel": "View exact film collection / contents",
      "container": true
    },
    {
      "id": "remake",
      "title": "Friday the 13th (2009)",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "Modern 2000s; main story six weeks after opening camp attack",
      "order": 2009,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2009",
      "description": "Clay searches for his sister near Crystal Lake.",
      "note": "Adult prologue and six-weeks-later action form remake story; exact modern year not deduced solely from release.",
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        "mock"
      ],
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      "railLabel": "2000s · + 6 weeks",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.orbitdvd.com/products/friday-the-13th-collection-deluxe-edition",
      "productName": "View exact film collection / contents",
      "productMatch": "Licensed Shout collection includes all twelve films; corresponding retailer contents verified, currently marked sold out. No Amazon ASIN or present stock invented.",
      "actionLabel": "View exact film collection / contents",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "sweet",
      "title": "Sweet Revenge",
      "type": "Short film",
      "date": "Modern-era lake weekend; exact year unverified",
      "order": 2020,
      "canon": "Promotional only",
      "release": "2025",
      "description": "A weekend gathering becomes Jason’s latest massacre.",
      "note": "Official Horror Inc. / Angry Orchard narrative vignette, not a fan film. No confirmed sequel number / tie to 2009. New design alone does not establish all older histories rewritten. Rights-holder YouTube return reported June 2026.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "universe",
        "sweet"
      ],
      "continuity": "connected",
      "railLabel": "Modern era",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://jasonuniverse.com/news/",
      "productName": "Watch via rights-holder links",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "Watch via rights-holder links",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "crystal",
      "title": "Crystal Lake — Season 1, episodes 1–8",
      "type": "TV series",
      "date": "Early 1970s; approximately one year after drowning",
      "order": 1971,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2026",
      "description": "Pam Voorhees’s grief draws the town into escalating violence.",
      "note": "Eight released episodes grouped as season run. Costume designer says 1971–72; drowning / flashback and framing dates need episode inspection. Distinct origin clock from original 1957 history, with exact episode-level time jumps unresolved.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "crystal",
        "crystal-now",
        "crystal-era",
        "crystal-stream"
      ],
      "continuity": "crystal",
      "railLabel": "1971–1972",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/crystal-lake/4833097449942740112",
      "productName": "Watch official series (region dependent)",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "Watch official series (region dependent)",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "lost-tales",
      "title": "Lost Tales from Camp Blood — Parts 1–6",
      "type": "Short-film series",
      "date": "Modern slasher era; exact calendar unverified",
      "order": 2000,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "2009",
      "description": "Six sanctioned disc shorts follow a Jason-like killer.",
      "note": "Licensed DVD bonus fiction, included even though the killer is credited simply as Killer. Grouped six-part run; do not claim these are six additional Jason sequels. Planned parts 7–8 are not in the verified released-disc inventory.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "mock",
        "lost-tales",
        "lost-boundary"
      ],
      "continuity": "connected",
      "railLabel": "Modern slasher era",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.orbitdvd.com/products/friday-the-13th-collection-deluxe-edition",
      "productName": "View exact collection / bonus contents",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "View exact collection / bonus contents",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "survive-night",
      "title": "Jason Universe: Survive the Night",
      "type": "Live attraction",
      "date": "Modern slasher era; one night until morning",
      "order": 2020,
      "canon": "Promotional only",
      "release": "2026",
      "description": "Visitors try to survive a night stalked by Jason.",
      "note": "Licensed 13FEG / Horror Inc. walkthrough confirmed by issuer and operating venue. Promotional experiential narrative included; no full maze script inspected or exact screen-canon date inferred from its 2026 event season.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "survive-press",
        "survive-venue"
      ],
      "continuity": "connected",
      "railLabel": "Modern era · one night",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://13thfloorsanantonio.com/",
      "productName": "View official attraction / venue",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "View official attraction / venue",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "directors-cut",
      "title": "Jason Universe: Director’s Cut",
      "type": "Interactive attraction",
      "date": "Modern camp era; same night as Survive the Night",
      "order": 2020,
      "canon": "Promotional only",
      "release": "2026",
      "description": "Counselors bring visitors into a cabin to influence Jason’s next attack.",
      "note": "Separate limited-capacity narrative add-on, not an alternate film cut. Operator describes four attack choices; exact outcomes / script not inspected. Nine-city rollout is venue availability, not nine distinct stories.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "survive-press",
        "survive-venue"
      ],
      "continuity": "connected",
      "railLabel": "Modern era · same night",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://13thfloorsanantonio.com/",
      "productName": "View official attraction / add-on",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "View official attraction / add-on",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "tommy-tapes-teen",
      "title": "The Game — Tommy Jarvis tapes: late-teen / Pinehurst phase",
      "type": "Game / audio story",
      "date": "Tommy’s late teens; around A New Beginning",
      "order": 1989.1,
      "canon": "Assumed canon",
      "release": "2017",
      "description": "The interviews continue through Tommy’s troubled late teens.",
      "note": "Middle phase of the existing thirteen tapes, not thirteen additional tapes. Exact recording numbers / dates require original audio; no release-year setting.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "tapes"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "Tommy · late teens",
      "segment": true,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://f13game.com/",
      "productName": "View official game archive",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "View official game archive",
      "container": true,
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "tommy-tapes-adult",
      "title": "The Game — Tommy Jarvis tapes: young-adult / Jason Lives phase",
      "type": "Game / audio story",
      "date": "Tommy’s twenties; around / after Jason Lives",
      "order": 1990.1,
      "canon": "Assumed canon",
      "release": "2017",
      "description": "The later recordings continue Tommy’s young-adult history.",
      "note": "Later phase of same thirteen-tape collection; individual session chronology unresolved. Three phase rows show the major age jumps without asserting a fixed 1989 date for every tape.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "tapes"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "Tommy · twenties",
      "segment": true,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://f13game.com/",
      "productName": "View official game archive",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "View official game archive",
      "container": true,
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "puzzle-wasteland",
      "title": "Killer Puzzle — Episode 7: Wasteland",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "Post-apocalyptic future",
      "order": 2100,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "2018",
      "description": "A separate chapter changes the setting of Jason’s puzzle adventure.",
      "note": "Part of the same twelve-episode game. Temporal genre / return does not prove a dated screen-canon journey; ordered within the game, with era windows for the major jumps.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "puzzle",
        "puzzle-levels"
      ],
      "continuity": "connected",
      "railLabel": "Post-apocalyptic future",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.f13killerpuzzle.bluewizard.com/",
      "productName": "Read official availability notice",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "Read official availability notice",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "puzzle-future",
      "title": "Killer Puzzle — Episode 8: Future Shock",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "Space-age future",
      "order": 2200,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "2018",
      "description": "A separate chapter changes the setting of Jason’s puzzle adventure.",
      "note": "Part of the same twelve-episode game. Temporal genre / return does not prove a dated screen-canon journey; ordered within the game, with era windows for the major jumps.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "puzzle",
        "puzzle-levels"
      ],
      "continuity": "connected",
      "railLabel": "Space-age future",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.f13killerpuzzle.bluewizard.com/",
      "productName": "Read official availability notice",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "Read official availability notice",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "puzzle-return",
      "title": "Killer Puzzle — Episode 9: Return to Crystal Lake",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "Modern camp era; return scenario",
      "order": 2000.1,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "2018",
      "description": "A separate chapter changes the setting of Jason’s puzzle adventure.",
      "note": "Part of the same twelve-episode game. Temporal genre / return does not prove a dated screen-canon journey; ordered within the game, with era windows for the major jumps.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "puzzle",
        "puzzle-levels"
      ],
      "continuity": "connected",
      "railLabel": "Modern camp era; return scenario",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.f13killerpuzzle.bluewizard.com/",
      "productName": "Read official availability notice",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work / licensed edition evidence. Exact Amazon match remains unverified unless explicitly supplied; availability is not guaranteed.",
      "actionLabel": "Read official availability notice",
      "eraWindow": true
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "paramount",
      "title": "Paramount — Friday the 13th",
      "url": "https://www.paramountpictures.com/movies/friday-the-13th",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Studio publication / premise; the displayed 1980 is release metadata, not the fictional date."
    },
    {
      "id": "screen-clock",
      "title": "Peacock — original film guide",
      "url": "https://www.peacocktv.com/blog/how-to-watch-the-first-three-friday-the-13th-movies",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Rights-holder guide identifies original present as 1979. The weekday conflict is retained."
    },
    {
      "id": "clock",
      "title": "Film timeline / prop and dialogue inventory",
      "url": "https://fridaythe13thfilms.com/timeline/",
      "kind": "Secondary / scene inventory",
      "note": "Secondary scene inventory gives 1957 / 1958 origins, 1979 tombstone and sequel intervals. Its speculative exact later years are not adopted."
    },
    {
      "id": "films",
      "title": "Friday the 13th — released-film bibliography",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th_(franchise)",
      "kind": "Secondary / bibliography",
      "note": "Twelve features, including crossover and remake; bibliography cross-check only."
    },
    {
      "id": "reboot",
      "title": "New Line / Paramount production notes — 2009",
      "url": "https://www.scifijapan.com/international-cinema/friday-the-13th-production-notes",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Studio notes reproduced by distributor-news outlet explicitly identify a reimagining."
    },
    {
      "id": "books",
      "title": "Licensed prose bibliography",
      "url": "https://fridaythe13thfilms.com/media/books.html",
      "kind": "Secondary / bibliographic inventory",
      "note": "Lists author groups and book categories. Some page release dates are corrupted / updated; do not use them as narrative dates."
    },
    {
      "id": "novels",
      "title": "Original film novelizations",
      "url": "https://fridaythe13thfilms.com/media/books/novels/",
      "kind": "Secondary / bibliography",
      "note": "Simon Hawke and Michael Avallone adaptations; full original text not inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "hawke",
      "title": "Simon Hawke — original adaptation edition",
      "url": "https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/friday-the-13th_simon-hawke/537537/",
      "kind": "Retailer / bibliography",
      "note": "Exact ISBN 9780451150899 / corresponding title; edition evidence only."
    },
    {
      "id": "ya",
      "title": "Berkley / Black Flame inventory cross-check",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th_(franchise)",
      "kind": "Secondary / bibliography",
      "note": "Four Eric Morse books; five Friday originals and four Jason X sequels. Specific dates require individual text, not publication years."
    },
    {
      "id": "arnopp",
      "title": "Jason Arnopp — official bibliography",
      "url": "https://www.jasonarnopp.com/128075-about.html",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Author identifies Hate-Kill-Repeat as official New Line spin-off novel."
    },
    {
      "id": "kilpatrick3",
      "title": "Nancy Kilpatrick — Jason X #3",
      "url": "https://nancykilpatrick.com/portfolio/jason-x-3/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Author identifies Planet of the Beast, Black Flame / New Line, and links exact Amazon 1844161838."
    },
    {
      "id": "kilpatrick5",
      "title": "Nancy Kilpatrick — Jason X #5",
      "url": "https://nancykilpatrick.com/portfolio/jason-x-5/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Author bibliography URL recovered; current text fetch timed out. Numbering and identity cross-checked independently."
    },
    {
      "id": "jx-sequence",
      "title": "Jason X prose sequence / creator interview references",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_X:_To_the_Third_Power",
      "kind": "Secondary / bibliography with creator testimony",
      "note": "Bibliography and quoted Kilpatrick testimony describe sequential novels and retcon of London’s fate. Full text not inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "dc-run",
      "title": "DC — Friday the 13th #1",
      "url": "https://www.dc.com/comics/friday-the-13th-2007/friday-the-13th-1",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Publisher synopsis and series inventory show six monthly issues and the later specials. No readable interior preview supplied by fetched page."
    },
    {
      "id": "pamela",
      "title": "DC — Pamela’s Tale #1",
      "url": "https://www.dc.com/comics/friday-the-13th-2007/friday-the-13th-pamelas-tale-1",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Publisher synopsis verifies Pamela / Elias origin story and two issues. Search text retrieved; direct page fetch intermittently 403."
    },
    {
      "id": "pamela-frame",
      "title": "Pamela’s Tale — original-work review",
      "url": "https://looneybooks79.blog/2024/11/28/friday-the-13th-pamelas-tale/",
      "kind": "Secondary / review",
      "note": "Reviewer identifies original-film Annie framing; earlier family history distinguished."
    },
    {
      "id": "bad",
      "title": "Bad Land — contemporary original-work review",
      "url": "https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/houseofhorror/friday-the-13th-bad-land-1/",
      "kind": "Secondary / review",
      "note": "Reports early-1800s fur-trapper story and modern winter parallel. Conflicts with fan timeline’s 1758; no exact year asserted."
    },
    {
      "id": "abuse",
      "title": "DC — Abuser and the Abused",
      "url": "https://www.dc.com/comics/friday-the-13th-2007/friday-the-13th-abuser-and-the-abused-1",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Publisher verifies Maggie’s one-shot story; no exact year in synopsis."
    },
    {
      "id": "dc-two",
      "title": "DC — Friday the 13th Vol. 2",
      "url": "https://www.dc.com/graphic-novels/friday-the-13th-2007/friday-the-13th-vol-2",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Collection identifier; contents independently cross-checked against DC series listing; no claim subscription access includes out-of-print licensed comics."
    },
    {
      "id": "gcd-pamela",
      "title": "Grand Comics Database — Pamela’s Tale",
      "url": "https://www.comics.org/series/25562/overview/",
      "kind": "Secondary / issue index",
      "note": "Two 22-page installments; legal index shows covers / credits rather than full interiors."
    },
    {
      "id": "avatar",
      "title": "Avatar Press — licensed horror library",
      "url": "https://www.avatarpress.com/2011/05/celebrate-friday-the-13th-with-avatars-library-of-terror/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Publisher archive verifies licensed line; site article body not fully exposed by current extraction."
    },
    {
      "id": "avatar-stock",
      "title": "Comic Cavalcade — Avatar back issues",
      "url": "https://www.comcav.net/collections/best-sellers?page=5",
      "kind": "Publisher-linked retailer / edition inventory",
      "note": "Exact title / issue listings for Special, Bloodbath, Fearbook and Jason vs Jason X; current stock not promised."
    },
    {
      "id": "bloodbath",
      "title": "GCD — Bloodbath",
      "url": "https://www.comics.org/series/55750/",
      "kind": "Secondary / issue index",
      "note": "Three issues published, 2005–2006; variant covers are not extra stories."
    },
    {
      "id": "avatar-story",
      "title": "Avatar story inventory",
      "url": "https://stabmovies.com/franchises/friday-the-13th/",
      "kind": "Secondary / bibliography",
      "note": "Premise cross-check for Special / Bloodbath / Fearbook and future comics; not original interiors."
    },
    {
      "id": "topps",
      "title": "Topps / licensed comic bibliography",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_comics_based_on_films",
      "kind": "Secondary / bibliography",
      "note": "Jason Goes to Hell adaptation and three Jason vs Leatherface issues."
    },
    {
      "id": "leather",
      "title": "Jason vs. Leatherface — original-work account",
      "url": "https://fridaythe13thfilms.com/media/comics/jvsl.html",
      "kind": "Secondary / review",
      "note": "Three-issue crossover; account flags conflicting Pamela / family history."
    },
    {
      "id": "satan",
      "title": "Satan’s Six #4 — story inventory",
      "url": "https://fridaythe13th.fandom.com/wiki/Satan%27s_Six_Issue_4",
      "kind": "Secondary / issue inventory",
      "note": "Five-page Jason cameo is actual narrative, not merely cover art. Licensed Topps issue; full interior not inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "ash-commentary",
      "title": "Kuhoric / Craig — Ash crossover commentary",
      "url": "https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/Files/freddyvsjasonvsash1commentary.pdf",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Archived creator commentary on published issue one; legal commentary is not a full comic scan."
    },
    {
      "id": "ash2",
      "title": "DC — The Nightmare Warriors collection",
      "url": "https://www.dc.com/graphic-novels/freddy-vs-jason-vs-ash-the-nightmare-warriors-2009/freddy-vs-jason-vs-ash-the-nightmare-warriors",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Publisher verifies second miniseries; six issues shown."
    },
    {
      "id": "ash-clock",
      "title": "Ash crossover story chronology",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy_vs._Jason_vs._Ash",
      "kind": "Secondary / synopsis",
      "note": "Five years after Freddy vs Jason; Christmas story. Calendar 2008 commonly assumes film in 2003; interval is safer."
    },
    {
      "id": "game",
      "title": "Gun / IllFonic — Friday the 13th: The Game",
      "url": "https://f13game.com/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Official game archive; existing owners’ offline content and platform support vary. No present digital availability promised."
    },
    {
      "id": "tapes",
      "title": "Gun’s Wes Keltner / Adam Green — Jarvis tapes announcement",
      "url": "https://bloody-disgusting.com/exclusives/3466711/exclusive-friday-13th-game-add-tommy-jarvis-tapes-written-adam-green/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Direct developer quotation confirms 13 Tommy tapes bridging child, late-teen and twenty-something Tommy; Pamela tapes follow drowning."
    },
    {
      "id": "cabin",
      "title": "Gun — Virtual Cabin 2.0 announcement",
      "url": "https://steamcommunity.com/app/438740/discussions/0/2906376154334289421/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Developer announcement identifies interactive museum and deeper mystery / finale; not an invented playable Grendel campaign."
    },
    {
      "id": "shutdown",
      "title": "Game availability / shutdown history",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th:_The_Game",
      "kind": "Secondary / service history",
      "note": "Sales ended December 2023; online service ended December 2024. Offline features are not advertised as a fully functioning online game."
    },
    {
      "id": "puzzle",
      "title": "Blue Wizard — Killer Puzzle",
      "url": "https://www.f13killerpuzzle.bluewizard.com/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Licensed narrative scenarios and delisting January 23, 2023; existing purchasers retain downloaded content."
    },
    {
      "id": "puzzle-levels",
      "title": "Killer Puzzle — episode inventory",
      "url": "https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1575007732",
      "kind": "Secondary / gameplay inventory",
      "note": "Player guide identifies twelve story episodes and separates cosmetic variants."
    },
    {
      "id": "puzzle-jurassic",
      "title": "Killer Puzzle Jurassic Jason — publisher description archive",
      "url": "https://www.mobygames.com/game/107048/friday-the-13th-killer-puzzle-episode-12-jurassic-jason/",
      "kind": "Archived publisher copy / secondary host",
      "note": "Reproduces official DLC description: thirteen new puzzles, not just Caveman skin."
    },
    {
      "id": "oldgames",
      "title": "Game bibliography",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th_(franchise)",
      "kind": "Secondary / bibliography",
      "note": "1985 Domark computer and 1989 NES games; release year is not story year."
    },
    {
      "id": "mk",
      "title": "Steam — Mortal Kombat X Jason",
      "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/346941/Mortal_Kombat_X__Jason_Voorhees/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Exact licensed character DLC, includes arcade-ending narrative; not a Friday film sequel."
    },
    {
      "id": "multi",
      "title": "MultiVersus — Jason narrative Rift inventory",
      "url": "https://multiversus.wiki.gg/wiki/Jason_Vs_Multiverse",
      "kind": "Secondary / gameplay inventory",
      "note": "Jason vs Multiverse Rift is plotted crossover; online service shutdown separately qualified."
    },
    {
      "id": "dbd",
      "title": "Behaviour — Jason comes to Dead by Daylight",
      "url": "https://deadbydaylight.com/news/jason-comes-to-dbd/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Official 2026 character announcement. Do not omit based on pre-2026 franchise inventories."
    },
    {
      "id": "dbd-lore",
      "title": "Official DBD Wiki — Jason story text",
      "url": "https://deadbydaylight.wiki.gg/wiki/Jason_Voorhees",
      "kind": "Official community wiki / reproduced game text",
      "note": "Game biography / perk text inventory. Greenville encounter is not a claim Jason was born there."
    },
    {
      "id": "universe",
      "title": "Horror Inc. — Jason Universe news",
      "url": "https://jasonuniverse.com/news/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Rights-holder links Sweet Revenge as official short and distinguishes upcoming films / game from released work."
    },
    {
      "id": "sweet",
      "title": "Sweet Revenge official return / current access",
      "url": "https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3956904/jason-universe-brings-jason-voorhees-short-film-sweet-revenge-back-to-youtube/",
      "kind": "Secondary / official release report",
      "note": "June 2026 report confirms rights-holder YouTube reupload; original release August 2025."
    },
    {
      "id": "mock",
      "title": "Friday the 13th collection — bonus inventory",
      "url": "https://www.orbitdvd.com/products/friday-the-13th-collection-deluxe-edition",
      "kind": "Retailer / licensed-disc contents",
      "note": "Exact collection lists Crystal Lake Massacres Revisited parts I–III. Fictional documentary, distinct from nonfiction Crystal Lake Memories."
    },
    {
      "id": "crystal",
      "title": "NBCUniversal — Crystal Lake released series",
      "url": "https://www.nbcuniversal.com/article/friday-13th-prequel-series-crystal-lake-premieres-october-15-peacock",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "All eight episodes premiered October 15, 2026; present is almost one year after Jason’s drowning."
    },
    {
      "id": "crystal-now",
      "title": "Peacock — Crystal Lake official guide",
      "url": "https://www.peacocktv.com/blog/crystal-lake-friday-the-13th-prequel-series-cast-release-date",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Updated October 15 confirms all eight streaming; creator describes 1970s social context."
    },
    {
      "id": "crystal-era",
      "title": "Crystal Lake costume designer interview",
      "url": "https://bleedingcool.com/tv/crystal-lake-costume-designer-on-friday-the-13th-lore-pam-more/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Primary interview: show was 71–72 and a new version outside original canon. Opening drowning year needs episode inspection."
    },
    {
      "id": "crystal-stream",
      "title": "Peacock — Crystal Lake season",
      "url": "https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/crystal-lake/4833097449942740112",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Exact licensed stream; region blocked on this Japanese host. No subscription purchased / episodes watched."
    },
    {
      "id": "tv-boundary",
      "title": "Friday the 13th: The Series episode inventory",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Friday_the_13th:_The_Series_episodes",
      "kind": "Secondary / television bibliography",
      "note": "Seventy-two cursed-antique episodes, 1987–1990; unrelated to Voorhees narrative despite shared title."
    },
    {
      "id": "topps-author",
      "title": "Andy Mangels — Jason Goes to Hell credits / contents",
      "url": "https://www.andymangels.com/jasonhell.html",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Author verifies three published adaptations and the nine trading-card back texts. Covers / contents visible; complete comic panels not hosted."
    },
    {
      "id": "jx-year",
      "title": "AFI — Jason X licensed synopsis",
      "url": "https://watch.afi.com/movie/jason-x",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Synopsis explicitly sets main story in 2455."
    },
    {
      "id": "jx-prologue",
      "title": "Jason X — contemporary AP review",
      "url": "https://www.seattlepi.com/entertainment/movies/article/space-age-slicing-and-dicing-in-10th-jason-1086018.php",
      "kind": "Contemporary secondary / scene account",
      "note": "2002 report identifies 2010 cryogenic prologue and 2455 revival; does not establish capture year."
    },
    {
      "id": "jx-edition",
      "title": "Comic Cavalcade — Jason X Special #1",
      "url": "https://www.comcav.net/products/jason-x-special-1",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Exact licensed one-shot; publisher copy explicitly sets it in 2455. Retailer’s 2014 database import date is not original publication or fictional date."
    },
    {
      "id": "blood-edition",
      "title": "Comic Cavalcade — Bloodbath #1",
      "url": "https://www.comcav.net/collections/best-sellers/products/friday-the-13th-bloodbath-1",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Exact issue and official synopsis verified; three-issue series."
    },
    {
      "id": "lost-tales",
      "title": "Andrew Ceperley — Lost Tales production interview",
      "url": "https://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/lost-tales-from-camp-blood-director-andrew-ceperley-speaks/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Creator discusses produced parts 1–6 and planned 7–8. Current site dates are unreliable; disc inventory independently verifies six."
    },
    {
      "id": "lost-boundary",
      "title": "Lost Tales — identity of the killer",
      "url": "https://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/friday-the-13th-lost-tales-from-camp-blood/",
      "kind": "Secondary / original-work review",
      "note": "Officially sanctioned disc shorts with Jason-like Killer rather than securely identified Jason."
    },
    {
      "id": "house-boundary",
      "title": "DC — New Line Cinema’s House of Horror #1",
      "url": "https://www.dc.com/comics/new-line-cinemas-house-of-horror-2007/new-line-cinemas-house-of-horror-1",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Publisher contents specify Freddy / Texas Chainsaw stories; shared imprint is not Jason narrative evidence."
    },
    {
      "id": "collision",
      "title": "DC — MultiVersus: Collision Detected",
      "url": "https://www.dc.com/graphic-novels/multiversus-collision-detected-2024/multiversus-collision-detected",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Collection exists; Jason’s actual interior appearance not established in this audit. Not counted solely because its game includes Jason."
    },
    {
      "id": "survive-press",
      "title": "Thirteenth Floor / Horror Inc. — official attraction announcement",
      "url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/thirteenth-floor-entertainment-group-partners-with-horror-inc-to-bring-jason-universe-to-life-this-halloween-302856133.html",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "August 20, 2026 company-issued release verifies licensed Survive the Night walkthrough and separate Director’s Cut interactive cabin scene. Primary issuer copy, not independent reporting."
    },
    {
      "id": "survive-venue",
      "title": "13th Floor San Antonio — 2026 attraction / story premises",
      "url": "https://13thfloorsanantonio.com/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Operator’s current 2026 attraction listing verifies both experiences. Other separately listed plague / zombie attractions are not Jason narrative chapters."
    }
  ],
  "scope": [
    {
      "title": "Friday the 13th: The Series — 72 episodes / 3 seasons",
      "type": "TV series",
      "status": "Title-related, separate supernatural-antique franchise",
      "note": "1987–1990 series follows cursed objects and their collectors; no Jason narrative link established. Not mistaken for 2026 Crystal Lake.",
      "sources": [
        "tv-boundary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Eric Morse — The Mask of Jason Voorhees / later author continuations",
      "type": "Prose",
      "status": "Author continuation; licensed status not verified",
      "note": "Self-published later text is not automatically a fifth Berkley-licensed volume. Preserve as a boundary / rights verification item.",
      "sources": [
        "ya"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Crystal Lake Memories, His Name Was Jason, making-of books / documentaries",
      "type": "Nonfiction",
      "status": "Outside fictional chronology",
      "note": "Production interviews and retrospective nonfiction are sources / extras. Fictional Massacres Revisited is included separately.",
      "sources": [
        "mock",
        "books"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "New Line Cinema’s House of Horror #1",
      "type": "Comic anthology",
      "status": "No Jason story in publisher contents",
      "note": "DC synopsis lists Freddy and Texas Chainsaw stories. Shared licensing imprint does not make this an omitted Jason chapter.",
      "sources": [
        "house-boundary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "MultiVersus: Collision Detected #1–6; trading-card narrative backs",
      "type": "Connected print / promotional material",
      "status": "Eligibility requires interior evidence",
      "note": "MultiVersus comic exists, but no verified Jason interior appearance found. Mangels confirms nine Jason Goes to Hell trading-card back texts; whether these add new narrative rather than adapting film scenes needs inspection.",
      "sources": [
        "collision",
        "topps-author"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Jason Universe attraction narratives; Call of Duty / Fortnite appearances; music videos / promotional sketches",
      "type": "Licensed experiences / crossovers",
      "status": "Narrative audit remains open",
      "note": "Rights-holder confirms attractions and 2025 game appearances. Cosmetics and montage trailers alone are not separately dated stories; actual new plot scenes still need inspection.",
      "sources": [
        "universe"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Grendel campaign / playable Uber Jason; announced new feature / game",
      "type": "Unreleased projects",
      "status": "Not counted as released narrative campaigns",
      "note": "Virtual Cabin reveal exists; unreleased playable content is not a completed story. Rights-holder’s future-project announcements are not release evidence.",
      "sources": [
        "cabin",
        "universe"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "audit": {
    "checked": "2026-10-27",
    "status": "Research edition — broad licensed inventory reviewed; calendar / interior and access limits disclosed",
    "checks": [
      "Twelve feature films represented; five origin / later frames separated without counting them as additional films.",
      "Seven distinct prose adaptations including both Part III versions, four Berkley originals, five Black Flame Friday originals and four Jason X sequel novels inventoried.",
      "Topps adaptation, Satan’s Six #4, Jason vs Leatherface; Avatar eight issues and WildStorm published runs / specials inventoried. Variant covers and collections not duplicate stories.",
      "Pamela’s Tale Annie frame and Bad Land historical / modern parallel represented separately; no firm 1758 date manufactured.",
      "Thirteen Tommy tapes inventoried as one spanning sequence, Pamela tapes, Virtual Cabin and scripted challenges included; multiplayer outcomes not canonically fixed.",
      "Killer Puzzle twelve episodes represented, with historical bonus episodes distinct from costumes; correct delisting notice linked.",
      "Freshness check added released Crystal Lake (eight episodes, October 15 2026) and DBD Jason (2026), plus official 2025 Sweet Revenge.",
      "No false direct Amazon matches: author-linked Planet of the Beast ASIN verified; other access links explicitly identify source / edition or availability evidence.",
      "Pre-build table reviewed: added six Lost Tales from Camp Blood shorts, distinguished unproduced parts 7–8, corrected 2010 freeze versus earlier capture, replaced unrelated individual-film links with verified all-film collection, and added creator / publisher edition sources.",
      "Legal preview search found cover / catalogue pages and creator commentary but no complete authorized Friday comic interiors. Pirated full-read aggregators were not used as interior verification.",
      "Count review: 79 timeline records include segments / grouped runs; this is not a claim of 79 independently released works. Tommy tape age phases and Killer Puzzle future jumps separately positioned; one eight-episode Crystal Lake season is not eight films.",
      "Final attraction omission sweep added Survive the Night and Director’s Cut from official issuer / operator premises. Both use modern-era single-night rails; no 2026 fictional date or unrelated adjacent venue story assumed."
    ],
    "gaps": [
      "Original comic interiors / previews and prose not fully inspected. DC pages expose covers / synopses, creator commentary and legal retailer copy checked; exact panel-caption dates remain qualified. Omission review completed with the remaining eligibility gaps explicitly inventoried below.",
      "Original-film 1979 / 1980 weekday contradiction and later Tommy / Tina calendar math unresolved. Film order is stable; broad era anchors are explicitly estimates.",
      "Jason X nested historical passages, prose / comic sequel collisions and exact far-future elapsed years need text-level audit.",
      "Crystal Lake season run verified released; Japanese host is region blocked. Opening drowning / flashback dates and episode-level jumps not directly inspected.",
      "Game audio session dates, full challenge narrative inventory, MultiVersus later comics / Rifts, and attraction / promotional narrative short audit remain open.",
      "Most exact Amazon editions remain unverified. No purchases made; legitimate publisher / author / licensed-retailer evidence provided instead. Firecrawl unavailable due exhausted account credits; web fallback used."
    ],
    "publishReady": true
  }
}