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Batman Family: Thanksgiving, Chapter 1: Who Was Philip Wayne?

by Dave Barnowski Return to chapter list Thanksgiving, 1988: Wayne Manor smelled of turkey dinner with all the trimmings. It was the first real Thanksgiving dinner held at the Manor since the house’s former mistress, Selena Kyle Wayne, had died. The manor itself was fully restored from the havoc waged upon it when a mob . . .

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Batman Family: Thanksgiving, Prologue: Philip’s Last Thanksgiving

by Dave Barnowski Return to chapter list Times Past, 1969: Thanksgiving fell on November 20th this year. The Vietnam War raged on with growing anti-war protests in America. Photos of the My Lai Massacre were only a day away from being published. Apollo 12 had just landed on the Moon in America’s second lunar landing. . . .

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The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves: The Storms

by Drivtaan
The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves: The Five Earths Project
This tale from Dr. M.T. Graves will remind you that it isn’t always just the dark, stormy nights that you have to fear.

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Vic Valor and Strobe: The Jungles of Juneo

by Dan Swanson
The Brave and the Bold of Earth-2: The Five Earths Project
Vic Valor, alias the Lord of Order named Marnu, is unable to regain his lost power because of an ancient curse set upon him by the Lords of Chaos 100,000 years ago! His only hope is to find and destroy the Lens of Allouche, currently in the possession of Wotan! Vic Valor’s ally in this quest is Jim Chisholm, alias Strobe, who seeks vengeance for Wotan’s destroying his life! But as the two super-heroes set out for space in a spaceship to track down this Lord of Chaos, Wotan makes plans of his own! Thus, when their ship the Tiak Avenger crash-lands on the world of Juneo during a shakedown cruise, Vic Valor and Strobe find themselves in a battle against the voracious, world-spanning jungle that threatens that world! Guest starring Doctor Fate, and introducing Power Boy!

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Vic Valor and Strobe: The Jungles of Juneo, Epilogue: Off to Krypton

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list The new weapon invented by Power Boy, the bond-breaker beam projector, which had been dubbed the Tri-B Cannon and was powered by Ted Knight’s infra-energy collectors provided by Vic Valor, had already led to significant changes in Juneon society. Though the new weapon wasn’t going to be enough . . .

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Vic Valor and Strobe: The Jungles of Juneo, Chapter 5: A Final Solution?

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Within hours, with the assistance of the three super-heroes, enough bond-breaker beam projectors had been delivered to the walls to drive the encroaching jungle back to its prior limits. Inside the city walls, the constant rumble of plants that had just been converted to high explosives sounded to . . .

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Vic Valor and Strobe: The Jungles of Juneo, Chapter 4: A Never-Ending War

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Power Boy stopped talking abruptly, and his expression indicated that he was listening intently to something the other two heroes couldn’t hear. Even Vic Valor’s super-hearing missed the inaudible message. But Power Boy let them in on it soon enough. “I have to go. The jungle defenses are . . .

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Vic Valor and Strobe: The Jungles of Juneo, Chapter 3: Power Boy

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Jim Chisholm was nearly deafened by the instant clamor of collision warnings and alarms. High-speed collisions were the perhaps the most dangerous nemesis of spaceships, and all of the contingencies, safeguards, and backups provided by the Galactic Patrol scientists, engineers, and shipbuilders came instantly online, or sluggishly online, . . .

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Vic Valor and Strobe: The Jungles of Juneo, Chapter 2: Shakedown Cruise

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list “Before I begin my story, wielder of the glow,” replied Marnu, “I would know how it is that the Galactic Patrol was destroyed a tiak ago, yet you have somehow acquired a globe and glove. And how shall I address you?” “You can call me Strobe,” said Jim . . .

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Vic Valor and Strobe: The Jungles of Juneo, Chapter 1: Champions of Order

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Far from Earth, the Lord of Chaos known as Wotan watched another of his amusements play out. It suited his purpose to let all of his puppets think it had been the feeble magic of Bat-Mite that had guided events this night. It gave him added pleasure when . . .

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Vic Valor and Strobe: The Jungles of Juneo, Prologue: Vic Valor Returns

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Continued from All-Star: The Return of Vic Valor In April, 1949, there was a short-lived super-hero named Vic Valor. Appearing from out of nowhere in Opal City, he fought crime for a week, becoming somewhat of a local legend, before finally disappearing. The truth was that Vic Valor . . .

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Green Lantern and Starman: Danger from Above

by Dan Swanson, with Drivtaan
The Brave and the Bold of Earth-2: The Five Earths Project
When a massive asteroid named Damocles threatens Earth, Green Lantern and Starman head into outer space to divert the danger from above. But as they investigate, the two JSA members are attacked by a few old enemies from the planet Mars who manage to disable their powers! Can Alan Scott and Ted Knight figure out a way to regain control over the power ring and the cosmic rod in time to save the Earth from destruction? Introducing the Lawman of Mars!

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Green Lantern and Starman: Danger from Above, Chapter 7: The Lawman of Mars

by Libbylawrence Return to chapter list The invasion force of Quork and Martler wasn’t very large; they had about one hundred troops, evenly spilt between greens and chromans. The chromans were the fighters, while the more peaceful greens were technicians and support troops. Both groups claimed to have been forced into service of the two madmen, and . . .

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Green Lantern and Starman: Danger from Above, Chapter 6: Battle in Space

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list “We should capture the base now, while so many ships are out searching for us,” Ted Knight urged. “If we move fast enough, automatic weapons won’t be able to lock onto us, and the base seemed short-handed even before they sent out search teams.” Ted and Alan Scott rose . . .

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Green Lantern and Starman: Danger from Above, Chapter 5: Cosmic Lantern and Green Star

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Starman freed Green Lantern in seconds, and the two heroes examined the device holding the power ring. Before they could figure out how to turn it off, they heard voices in the corridor. “Some of the greens might have super-powers!” Ted Knight warned his teammate in a whisper. “Don’t hold . . .

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