The volume starts with the exuberance of graffiti, breakdancing and boom boxes on the subway, the beeps of new game consoles and pastel leotards and legwarmers; it skips from the first space shuttle to the first episode of a cartoon series, from a painter of the East Village to a fictional financier, from shoulder pads to smiley faces, and witnesses the establishment of an assertive new gay culture and club scene.