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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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Justice Society of America: Black Sunset, Chapter 4: Hit List

by HarveyKent Return to chapter list Superman still rankled over the Penguin’s comments as he flew through the skies of Metropolis. He now realized the old former crook probably hadn’t really meant what he said, but had just been trying to goad the JSA into taking him and the other sanctuary-seekers in, which, in fact, . . .

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Justice Society of America: Black Sunset, Chapter 3: Unavailable for Comment

by HarveyKent Return to chapter list In the JSA Brownstone infirmary, the Green Lantern had removed his mask and cloak, and sat as still as a statue as Doctor Mid-Nite manipulated the controls of the magnetic resonance imaging device. The other members stood in the room at enough of a distance to allow Mid-Nite to . . .

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Justice Society of America: Black Sunset, Chapter 2: Black Nemesis

by HarveyKent Return to chapter list “Say, usually you’re the most punctual of us all, Doc,” Johnny Thunder pointed out. “What happened?” “I noticed a jewelry store robbery in progress on my way here,” Doctor Mid-Nite explained. “Naturally, I intervened.” “Jewelry store, eh?” Hourman asked. “Costume or common?” “Costume, but a new one,” Mid-Nite replied. . . .

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Justice Society of America: Black Sunset, Chapter 1: The Sunset Killer

by HarveyKent Return to chapter list “And with that, the game is tied in the eighth inning at four runs apiece!” the announcer’s voice came over the television set, over the image of excited fans in the ballpark seats cheering the home run. “This is Harry Kalas, the Voice of the Phillies, and we’ll be . . .

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Justice Society of America: Black Sunset, Prologue: The Visitor

by HarveyKent Return to chapter list It was a quiet day at Foulk Manor Assisted Living Facility (newspeak for nursing home), as they all were. Nancy Mason, the professional caregiver (nurse) on duty at the reception desk, was bored with nothing to do; it was 10:30 in the morning, and most of the residents were . . .

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Secret Origins: Miss Music: 1959: Muskrat Creek Confidential

by Dan Swanson
Secret Origins of Earth-S: The Five Earths Project
Tammi Paige, gymnastics star of Muskrat Creek, Wisconsin, is preparing for a big show to entertain the whole town! But not everyone is happy about it. When a girl rival and a spurned boyfriend plot revenge, will Tammi end up humiliated before everyone, or will this be the start of Miss Music’s heroic career?

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Secret Origins: Miss Music: 1959: Muskrat Creek Confidential, Epilogue: Payback

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list The high school dance could have been anticlimactic, but it wasn’t. Harvey Taylor wasn’t there; Tammi Paige heard a rumor that he’d roared out of town in his hot rod, as angry as an army ant, when Claire Whitman decided she wasn’t going to give him any more . . .

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Secret Origins: Miss Music: 1959: Muskrat Creek Confidential, Chapter 3: A Symphony of One

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list “Good morning, all! I’m Mayor Vince Clyde, and you know why we’re here today…” The short, bald man was starting to speak when an even smaller woman, dressed in a dark blue leotard with her long hair tied back in a severe ponytail, bounced out of her chair . . .

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Secret Origins: Miss Music: 1959: Muskrat Creek Confidential, Chapter 2: Revenge Play

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Tammi Paige was sorry she’d come home after school. She had to be back at the gym at 5:30, and she hadn’t felt like hanging out at school the whole time, but now she wished she had. Harvey was back in town, and he must have been just . . .

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Secret Origins: Miss Music: 1959: Muskrat Creek Confidential, Chapter 1: Green-Eyed Monsters

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Friday, September 25th, 1959, had been named Good Luck Tammi Paige Day in Muskrat Creek, Wisconsin, a small suburb of Milwaukee. On the following Sunday, Tammi, a senior at Muskrat Creek High School, was leaving for the Women’s Gymnastics Association National Championships in San Francisco. She was expected . . .

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Ace of Space: 1944: Prelude to a Storm

by Drivtaan, partially adapted from the Ace of Space story in Feature Comics #38 by H. Weston Taylor and Harry Campbell
Ace of Space: The Five Earths Project
After Ace Egan encounters an alien who gives him an opportunity to be a hero, he uses a powerful belt to become the nine-foot-tall Ace of Space. But when Ace takes a mission as a special agent of the U.S. Army Air Corps behind enemy lines, has the giant hero finally met his match? And what horrors might be unleashed when the secret of his mighty powers falls into the hands of the Nazis?

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