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DC Universe: Post-Race Reactions, Chapter 2: Hail Mary Pass

by Christine Nightstar and Doc Quantum Return to chapter list November 15, 1988: Patrick Carmichael, archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church in Gotham City, was a man of many minds. He had always believed that he was one of the highest-ranking current members of the Illuminati. A true believer, he knew that the world would . . .

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DC Universe: Post-Race Reactions, Chapter 1: A Crook in the White House

by Doc Quantum and Christine Nightstar Return to chapter list Continued from DC Universe: The Race, Book 4: Endgame November 8, 1988: Kompera Lee, vice-president of Bishamon Technologies, turned off the television, disgusted at the election results. “This is an utter travesty,” said Lee. “How could Gunderson have been elected president? He’s an outright criminal!” . . .

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Feature: 2992: Barker’s Journal

by Drivtaan
Feature of Earth-X: The Five Earths Project
In a distant future ravaged by invasions and wars, where the true spirit of Christmas has been forgotten, a thousand-year-old heroine tells the battle-grizzled Barker the significance of Christmas.

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Justice Society of America: Gifts

by Dave Barnowski
Justice Society of America: The Five Earths Project
The Justice Society of America’s annual Christmas tradition is to anonymously deliver gifts to the children of America. But even with all their power, they’ve never been unable to gift every child… until now.

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Whiz: Flora: Fawcett City’s New Hero

by Arcademan88
Whiz: The Five Earths Project
When Caitlin O’Malley (Lady Marvel) left the Marvel Family, she also left a new friend behind — Flora, a size-changing faerie from Fairyland! Over the past year, Flora has tried to do her best to blend in with the people of Fawcett City and has formed an unlikely friendship with a teenager named Willie B. And when a hostage situation threatens a local store, the two soon find that they have a lot more in common than they’d originally thought! Guest starring Cool Marvel!

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Whiz: Flora: Fawcett City’s New Hero, Chapter 3: Aftermath

by Arcademan88 Return to chapter list Caught almost off-guard at Willie B’s question, Florence Fair instantly composed herself. “Whatever do you mean? I’ve been here all evening. As a matter of fact, I heard about it on the television just before you came over. Why do you ask?” After Willie was allowed inside her apartment . . .

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Whiz: Flora: Fawcett City’s New Hero, Chapter 2: Ticket to Freedom

by Arcademan88 Return to chapter list As Flora continued to ponder the situation inside the corner store, she kept a close eye on the robber. Because of the police’s presence in front of the store, he appeared extremely unstable and on the border of hysteria. That wasn’t a good combination, especially when he was holding . . .

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Whiz: Flora: Fawcett City’s New Hero, Chapter 1: Hostage Situation

by Arcademan88 Return to chapter list Spring, 1988: Another warm and sunny day had given way to a clear and beautiful evening in Fawcett City. As the sun slowly sank into the western horizon, the lights of the fair city blinked on, like so many fireflies on a pond. Standing outside a lovely white apartment . . .

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Whiz: Flora: Fawcett City’s New Hero, Prologue: A New Hero in Town

by Arcademan88 Return to chapter list Continued from The Marvel Family: Forever a Marvel June, 1987: At Fawcett International Airport, the clear morning gave way to a cloudy drizzle as Caitlin O’Malley went to board her plane at the terminal. Billy Batson, Freddy Freeman, Mary Batson, and Willie B were there to say their final . . .

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Captain Thunder: Baltimore Requiem

by Doc Quantum
Captain Thunder of Earth-2: The Five Earths Project
On Halloween night, Captain Thunder discovers the reason Detective Bill Parker was at first so hostile toward him, when the young super-hero learns the horrifying history of Baltimore’s previous hero, Man-at-Arms!

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Super Squad: 1972: Not With a Bang

by Dan Swanson
Super Squad: The Five Earths Project
In the years that the Marvel Family and many other heroes were missing from Earth, the Super Squad stood in the gap to protect the world from all threats! So why are they now forgotten? It was the end of the Super Squad, and it came not with a bang, but with a whimper.

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Captain Thunder: Thunderstruck

by Doc Quantum
Captain Thunder of Earth-2: The Five Earths Project
As the last survivor of his universe, which was lost during the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Captain Thunder finds himself in a new city on a new world that isn’t anything like his own! Can he carve out a life for himself in crime-ridden Baltimore, both as Captain Thunder and as young Willie Fawcett, all while navigating the complicated world of politics and racism? Guest starring Starman!

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Captain Thunder: Thunderstruck, Epilogue: A Place to Belong

by Doc Quantum Return to chapter list After three months of living in Baltimore, Captain Thunder finally began to start feeling like this was his home. Sure, it was a far cry from Binderbeck City, but there was nothing he could do about that except make the best of what he still had. It turned . . .

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Captain Thunder: Thunderstruck, Chapter 3: When Starman Comes Around

by Doc Quantum Return to chapter list Captain Thunder continued his patrol of the city. West Baltimore had grown quiet enough that he was able to expand his patrol over most of the city, which — as Detective Bill Parker explained — made the police chiefs happier with what he was trying to do there. . . .

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Captain Thunder: Thunderstruck, Chapter 2: A New Family

by Doc Quantum Return to chapter list Fighting street-level crime was a new experience for the hero known as Captain Thunder. Back on his own Earth, most of the menaces he fought tended to be monsters or robots created by mad scientists. He rarely ever had to deal with the likes of muggings and gang . . .

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