Category Archives: Earth-2

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.

Showcase: Tharka the Superwoman: 1969: Invaders from Earth, Chapter 2: Empress of Zor

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Zor, two years later in 1969: Two soldiers casually walked patrol on the battlement atop the western wall of Castle Ianus on the Isle of Pheriadhrania in the Bay of Carate. They guarded the Hall of Nations, the meeting place of Zor’s ruling body, the Council of Superiors. . . .

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Showcase: Tharka the Superwoman: 1969: Invaders from Earth, Chapter 1: An Unusual Theft

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list The place: The planet Zor, fourteen light years from Earth, where Tharka the Superwoman was Zor’s most famous heroine and defender of right. The time: Mid-1967 Earth time (as close as can be measured, given relativity and simultaneity considerations). “Leading the news this morning, an unusual theft occurred . . .

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Showcase: Regor of Uuz: 1969: The Menace of Bantor

by Dan Swanson, partially adapted from Superman #57, by Edmond Hamilton and Wayne Boring
Showcase of Earth-2: The Five Earths Project
When giant robots from another world come to the planet Uuz for the rare and valuable mineral potassium, the only one standing in their way is the great hero, Regor. But as it becomes all too evident, this is a ruse concocted by Bantor, who holds the hero’s friends hostage. Can Regor put a stop to his arch-enemy’s plans without letting his friends get hurt in the process?

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Showcase: Regor of Uuz: 1969: The Menace of Bantor, Chapter 2: The Robotic Hoax

by Dan Swanson, partially adapted from “The Menace of the Machine Men,” Superman #57, by Edmond Hamilton and Wayne Boring Return to chapter list Back in the rocket, Regor was trying to figure out a way to escape without setting off the explosive. With his human physique, he could easily shatter the glass hull, and . . .

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Showcase: Regor of Uuz: 1969: The Menace of Bantor, Chapter 1: The Great Potassium Robbery

by Dan Swanson, partially adapted from “The Menace of the Machine Men,” Superman #57, by Edmond Hamilton and Wayne Boring Return to chapter list “Look! Up in the sky!” a fearful shout went out on the streets of Nurchil City, the capital city of Aigan-Nica, the largest country on the planet Uuz. Everyone in earshot . . .

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Showcase: Regor of Uuz: 1969: The Menace of Bantor, Prologue: An Introduction to Regor and Uuz

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list An Introduction to Regor and Uuz: On Earth-Two around the year 1900, a famous British rocket scientist named James Flint and his family, his American wife Harley and their infant son Ainsworth, established a temporary residence on the tiny volcanic island of Barrios in the South Atlantic Ocean. . . .

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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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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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