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Home to the National Periodicals and All-American Comics characters who formed the core of DC’s Golden Age in the 30’s and 40’s, including the members of the Justice Society of America, the All-Star Squadron, and Infinity Inc.

All-Star Squadron: 1942: Funny-Paper Love

by Doc Quantum, adapted from Superman #19 by Jerry Siegel and John Sikela, and All-Star Squadron #64 by Roy Thomas and Wayne Boring
All-Star Squadron: The Five Earths Project
Liberty Belle and Johnny Quick are as surprised as anyone to learn that villains straight out of the comic-strips are attacking Metropolis en masse! But as they spend that day recruiting help from fellow team members of the All-Star Squadron, in between making plans for their impending nuptials, they find that Superman and Lois Lane already have the situation well in hand with a comic-strip team of their own!

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All-Star Squadron: 1942: Funny-Paper Love, Chapter 2: See You in the Funny Papers

by Doc Quantum, adapted from Superman #19 by Jerry Siegel and John Sikela, and All-Star Squadron #64 by Roy Thomas and Wayne Boring Return to chapter list At the Perisphere, Johnny Quick and Liberty Belle listened in to a radio news report from Metropolis describing what happened next, as Superman fought a giant-size replica of . . .

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All-Star Squadron: 1942: Funny-Paper Love, Chapter 1: The Funny-Paper Crimes

by Doc Quantum, adapted from Superman #19 by Jerry Siegel and John Sikela, and All-Star Squadron #64 by Roy Thomas and Wayne Boring Return to chapter list Atop a freight car precariously rumbling across a high trestle, two fighting figures desperately wage a grim battle, with death the loser’s penalty… “You’ve trailed me across a . . .

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Easter Sunday

by Immortalwildcat, Starsky Hutch 76, Gamma Xmen and Andrew Troy Keller
Easter Sunday: The Five Earths Project
Five Easter Sundays. Five super-heroes. Five stories connected only by one theme. For many people, Easter Sunday means a special time for family and reflection on one’s faith. And in some cases, it can mean other things entirely. Featuring the Sandman, the Spectre, Power Girl, Wildcat, and Arrowette!

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The Star-Spangled Kid: 1948: The Caveman Kid

by Doc Quantum
The Star-Spangled Kid: The Five Earths Project
In the wake of the battle with the Nebula-Man, the Star-Spangled Kid finds himself in the days of the caveman, where he struggles to survive. Even worse, he realizes that he’s brought the common flu virus back to this primitive age, which could potentially wipe out the human race before history even begins! Can the Kid find a way to quarantine himself before he infects the cavemen?

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Hop Harrigan: 1943: The Christmas Island Incident

by Drivtaan
Hop Harrigan: The Five Earths Project
It’s a typical day during World War II for Hop Harrigan. That is, until a sleigh pulled by flying reindeer crosses his path, headed for Japanese-held Christmas Island! Can Hop rescue Santa Claus in time to save Christmas?

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The Spectre: You Can’t Go Home Again

by Dave Barnowski
The Spectre: The Five Earths Project
Jim Corrigan’s second life as the Spectre threatens to come crashing down when the son of the gangster who murdered him nearly fifty years ago executes a revenge scheme that separates him from the Spectre and may end up ridding the Earth of the Ghostly Guardian forever! At the end of his rope, Corrigan calls in the big guns for help — the Justice Society of America! But can even the combined might of the Spectre and the JSA contend with the real mastermind behind the plot?

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The Spectre: You Can’t Go Home Again, Chapter 7: The Resignation

by Dave Barnowski Return to chapter list The JSA stood to one side, watching. Doctor Mid-Nite attended to Wayne Grant while Hourman flexed his right hand, saying, “I think I sprained my wrist. I’m getting too old to do this stuff without Miraclo, Doc.” Wildcat chuckled at Hourman’s complaint. “I been hearing that for twenty . . .

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The Spectre: You Can’t Go Home Again, Chapter 6: The Shadows

by Dave Barnowski Return to chapter list Jim Corrigan was blindfolded, and his hands and feet were tied. He could tell he was sitting in a wooden chair because of its hardness, as the horizontal slats were biting into his back. His first inclination was to move, but he instead feigned unconsciousness. He heard the . . .

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The Spectre: You Can’t Go Home Again, Chapter 5: The Gunmen

by Dave Barnowski Return to chapter list Wayne Grant wasn’t facing the window when Wildcat entered. He was turned toward two big, burly men that Wildcat instinctively knew were hired muscle. The former police detective was struggling to rise from his chair, even as the closer of the two thugs swatted him back down into . . .

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The Spectre: You Can’t Go Home Again, Chapter 4: The Patient

by Dave Barnowski Return to chapter list James Corrigan felt himself floating in a calm, peaceful somewhere. He knew where he was, even though his eyes were closed. The place was a space between life and death; he had been here three times before, and during two of those times he had agreed to take . . .

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The Spectre: You Can’t Go Home Again, Chapter 3: The Interrogation

by Dave Barnowski Return to chapter list Jim Corrigan glanced at his watch as he waited for Helena Wayne. He had known Helena Wayne since the days when her father was the Police Commissioner. Bruce Wayne had personally hired Corrigan. Wayne had known that Corrigan had been the Spectre, and because of that wasn’t physically . . .

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The Spectre: You Can’t Go Home Again, Chapter 2: The Meeting

by Dave Barnowski Return to chapter list Jim Corrigan reappeared in his bedroom in a nervous sweat. Even though it had been close to fifty years since he died, what the Spectre had told him brought up powerful old memories that shook him to the core. Corrigan could hear his wife making breakfast for the . . .

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The Spectre: You Can’t Go Home Again, Chapter 1: The Body

by Dave Barnowski Return to chapter list As the Nelsons left that Sunday afternoon, Jim Corrigan was grateful to have had an uneventful, fun weekend with old friends. That night he was awakened by the memory of the first time he had died. It was as clear as the horrible night it had happened forty-eight . . .

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The Spectre: You Can’t Go Home Again, Prologue: The Ring

by Dave Barnowski Return to chapter list Guns Benson looked down at his watch one last time. It was nine o’clock at night, and he was in the middle of a crowded discotheque with plenty of witnesses. He smiled, because there was no way anyone could prove he had anything to do with the murder . . .

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