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Shazam’s Squadron of Justice: Mystery of the Missing Day

by Libbylawrence
Shazam's Squadron of Justice: The Five Earths Project
For years the Marvel Family have wondered what happened to them on the day before they and others were caught in Sivana’s Suspendium trap. Now a time traveler arrives from the future, explaining the mystery of the missing day and seeking help from America’s other greatest heroes! Witness the secret origin of Shazam’s Squadron of Justice when that fabled team unites once more to stop Zotan the King of Time from changing history as they know it! Introducing time traveler Steffi Swift!

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Shazam’s Squadron of Justice: Mystery of the Missing Day, Chapter 5: Altered History

by Libbylawrence Return to chapter list The Squadron of Justice had triumphed over the time bombs, and true to her word, Steffi Swift had returned them to the Time Field. She smiled at all of them with a kind of wonder and thought, These heroes are truly amazing. It is satisfying to see that their . . .

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Shazam’s Squadron of Justice: Mystery of the Missing Day, Chapter 4: Time Bombs

by Libbylawrence Return to chapter list The original Mister Scarlet and Pinky the Whiz Kid, alias Brian and Rob Butler, found themselves in a strange courtyard near an ornate palace. The architecture indicated that they were standing within what appeared to be ancient Baghdad. But they had no time to take stock of their surroundings . . .

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Shazam’s Squadron of Justice: Mystery of the Missing Day, Chapter 3: The Age of Zotan

by Libbylawrence Return to chapter list Back on November 13th, 1953, Billy Batson, Mary Batson Bromfield, and Freddy Freeman were standing on the front porch of the palatial Bromfield home after a pleasant evening at the theater with Mary’s adoptive mother. “It sure was swell of Mrs. Bromfield to invite us to join you!” said . . .

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Shazam’s Squadron of Justice: Mystery of the Missing Day, Chapter 2: Chronal Manipulation

by Libbylawrence Return to chapter list Captain Marvel smiled broadly as a jovial old man with plump cheeks and a portly belly stepped forward and cleared his throat in a rather self-important manner. He wore a red and gold costume much like that of Captain Marvel himself. “My esteemed colleagues, my very dear friends, it . . .

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Shazam’s Squadron of Justice: Mystery of the Missing Day, Chapter 1: The Hall of Justice

by Libbylawrence Return to chapter list July, 1987: Billy Batson, a smiling young man with dark hair and bright black eyes, nodded confidently at his amiable assistant Whitey Murphy as he started a special live broadcast. The famous teen television personality had been a fixture at Station WHIZ for years, and he enjoyed a loyal . . .

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Story summaries now available

Some of you may have noticed that things have slowed down a bit here at the Five Earths Project. That’s normal, since there are only so many new stories that can be archived. But in fact, I’ve been working on bringing over the largest story archive in the Project to this website: the Earth-1 After . . .

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Freedom Fighters: Awakening

by Libbylawrence
Freedom Fighters: The Five Earths Project
When researcher Dr. Angelika Muller inadvertently stumbles across a dark secret beneath the Fuhrermuseum in Linz, Austria, only an ancient sword can save her from certain death at the hands of cultists! Meanwhile, four long-forgotten heroes thought to be dead — Magno the Miracle Man, Neon the Unknown, the Red Torpedo, and the Invisible Hood — awaken after decades of long imprisonment to continue their fight against the Axis Empire! Featuring the return of the original Freedom Fighters, and introducing the Valkyrie!

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Freedom Fighters: Awakening, Chapter 4: Brave New World

by Libbylawrence Return to chapter list In a comfortable home in Northern California, an attractive elderly woman suddenly stiffened as she placed a dish on a round table. A pretty blonde teen saw her mother’s reaction and hurried to steady her. “Mom! Are you hurt?” asked Courtney Noble, helping her mother Joanne Noble to a . . .

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Freedom Fighters: Awakening, Chapter 3: Legion of Monsters

by Libbylawrence Return to chapter list Now, beneath the Fuhrermuseum, the Invisible Hood battled on alongside his allies in the Freedom Fighters, and noticed how well the team worked together. Neon the Unknown was dropping Nazi troops like bowling pins as he aimed one blast after another of neonic energy at them. Magno the Miracle . . .

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Freedom Fighters: Awakening, Chapter 2: Project Ymir

by Libbylawrence Return to chapter list Magno blinked. The reaction was small, and no one noticed it, but a man named Tom Dalton who had been known as Magno blinked, and that changed everything. Deep within one of the tunnels that reached far beyond the Fuhrermuseum to the hills beyond the city rested a very . . .

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Freedom Fighters: Awakening, Chapter 1: The Valkyrie

by Libbylawrence Return to chapter list Linz, Austria — April, 1987: Dr. Angelika Muller had seen something that she wasn’t supposed to see, and her curiosity changed her life forever. She had always ignored childish admonitions such as “curiosity killed the cat,” because it was her precocious intellectual curiosity that had made her a prodigy . . .

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Secret Origins: Palette: 1959: Murder in the Morning

by Dan Swanson
Secret Origins of Earth-S: The Five Earths Project
When artist Alex Silverstone witnesses a murder in San Francisco’s Chinatown, she wishes for the life of her that she could remember the killer’s face. But when a newfound power to create projections manifests, allowing her to replay the images from her memory, it’s too strange to describe to the police. Will she have to take matters into her own hands as the new heroine known as Palette to capture the killer?

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Secret Origins: Palette: 1959: Murder in the Morning, Chapter 2: The Haunting of Mickey Blake

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list At the police station, Alex Silverstone was quickly shown to Detective Robert Ironside’s office. His desk was piled high with folders. She traced the scent of hot pizza to a large pizza box sitting on one of the chairs. “I’m surprised to see you here, Detective — isn’t . . .

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Secret Origins: Palette: 1959: Murder in the Morning, Chapter 1: The Vision on the Wall

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list San Francisco, Monday, April 20, 1959: It was going to be a beautiful spring day in San Francisco, although it would be an hour or so before the sun burned off the chill and the thin morning fog. Alexandra Silverstone, who preferred the name Alex, had arisen hours . . .

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