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Mary Marvel and Atom Blake: Magic and Demons and Ghouls, Oh My! Chapter 1: The Prize

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Atom Blake the Boy Wizard was working on his end-of-year project at the exclusive Grimoire Academy of Applied Knowledge, which existed on a unique island accessible by five different Earths. By all appearances, Atom was merely an ordinary six-year-old boy, small for his age, with black hair and . . .

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The Jester: Legacy of Laughter

by Immortalwildcat and Christine Nightstar, with Doc Quantum
The Jester of Earth-2: The Five Earths Project
Charly Lane, sixteen-year-old daughter of old Chuck Lane, wants desperately to become the new Jester, despite her father’s wishes. But after a near-disastrous first outing, she realizes she’ll need a lot of training in order to fight crime without help! And who better to train her than Wildcat? Guest starring the Goon!

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The Jester: Legacy of Laughter, Chapter 3: Cue the Laughter

by Immortalwildcat, with Doc Quantum Return to chapter list “Ted says she’s ready, and I think she is, too,” said Chuck Lane. “I know you do, Chuck. I’m just scared for her. I remember what happened the first time she tried this.” Melanie Lane stood at the railing of the veranda, looking out over the . . .

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The Jester: Legacy of Laughter, Chapter 2: Training Camp

by Immortalwildcat Return to chapter list She sat on a bench, looking at the busts set behind the fountain. Four men, each masked, looked out with sightless eyes. She knew them each by name, and since her father had started preparing her for this meeting, she even knew their real names. “How ya doin’, kid?” . . .

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The Jester: Legacy of Laughter, Chapter 1: A New Kid in Town

by Christine Nightstar and Immortalwildcat Return to chapter list Ever since Chief of Detectives Charles Lane had taken a bullet near his heart earlier in the year and hadn’t been physically able to go back to work, the New York Police Department had forced retirement on him. Shortly after leaving the hospital, old Chuck got . . .

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Zing the Queen of Quick: 1961: Go West, Young Woman

by Dan Swanson
Zing the Queen of Quick: The Five Earths Project
Zing the Queen of Quick is hired to steal a very rare and powerful object by a mysterious employer in exchange for two million dollars! But this super-villainess with super-speed powers soon discovers that getting rich quick carries its own set of problems! Guest starring Captain Midnight, Tom Atomic, and Colonel Tony Spinelli, commander of the Chicago Police Super-Villain Apprehension Team!

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Zing the Queen of Quick: 1961: Go West, Young Woman, Epilogue: A Real Live Wire

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Zing the Queen of Quick rushed back to her room; the cash was still there. But now she had other things to worry about. That last escape was too close. If she hadn’t just discovered a new power, they would have had her. Last night, she’d wondered why . . .

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Zing the Queen of Quick: 1961: Go West, Young Woman, Chapter 2: Caught in the Act

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list The next night, a trusted confederate hopped into a rented station wagon and drove to the Oak Street Beach, where he picked up an envelope at a closed concession stand — an envelope Zing the Queen of Quick had dropped there only a second before he arrived. And . . .

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Zing the Queen of Quick: 1961: Go West, Young Woman, Chapter 1: A Simple Robbery

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Late summer, 1961: Sunday evening was Aleny Huong’s favorite time to watch television. She didn’t know if they did it deliberately, but the four Chicago TV stations staggered their local news just enough so that whenever her alter ego, Zing the Queen of Quick, made the news, she . . .

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Showcase: Artemis: Momma’s Girl

by Immortalwildcat
Showcase of Earth-2: The Five Earths Project
Dealing with the death of a parent is hard enough. But when that parent was a super-villainess once called the Huntress and a sometime-heroine known as the Tigress, and you’re her heroic daughter Artemis Crock who has to break the news to your imprisoned father and sister, the Sportsmaster and Decathlon, it’s even harder! Guest starring the new Manhunter, the Council, and Wildcat!

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Justice Society of America: Black Sunset

by HarveyKent
Justice Society of America: The Five Earths Project
A new vigilante killer arises, targeting old, retired super-villains for extermination, with an alarming success rate! Meanwhile, a new super-villain begins humiliating members of the Justice Society of America, one by one! Can the JSA discover the truth about the Sunset Killer and stop the crime spree of Black Nemesis before their reputation is completely ruined? Guest starring Infinity Inc!

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Justice Society of America: Black Sunset, Chapter 8: Master Plan

by HarveyKent Return to chapter list One week later, in a warehouse whose location was a very jealously guarded secret, a meeting was underway. It was a meeting similar in appearance to the ill-fated meeting earlier called by the Puzzler, except that no one was addressing the meeting yet. The attendees sat, nervously fidgeting in . . .

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Justice Society of America: Black Sunset, Chapter 7: The Black Star

by HarveyKent Return to chapter list Wildcat sat in the JSA communications room on monitor duty. Nothing had been seen of Black Nemesis since the debacle in Keystone City several days before, but the old fighter was still angry at himself. Power Girl was with him, trying to take his mind off of it. “Hey, . . .

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Justice Society of America: Black Sunset, Chapter 6: A Life’s Work

by HarveyKent Return to chapter list “The Lifetime Achievement Award is given to those men and women who have become a legend in our craft,” the speaker went on, to the audience of smartly dressed glitterati present in the theater. “And for the past fifty years, the name Jack Bagney has been synonymous with great . . .

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Justice Society of America: Black Sunset, Chapter 5: Trace Evidence

by HarveyKent Return to chapter list “But, Ted,” Hourman argued as they walked down the hallway, “if Black Nemesis isn’t out to hurt anyone, as all the evidence suggests, don’t you think our first priority should be the Sunset Killer? He really is killing people, at an alarming rate!” “OK, first, we don’t know for . . .

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