Red Rocket & Tom Atomic: 1956: Right and Magic, Chapter 8: Captain Democracy Is Born
by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Ernest E. Earnest first met Grant Gardner when he was hired to help merchants set up for the 1951 South Side Art Festival and Street Fair. He and other workers spent a day helping build booths, and the next day, he helped merchants move some of their wares . . .
This entry was posted in Earth-S on .Red Rocket & Tom Atomic: 1956: Right and Magic, Chapter 7: The Importance of Ernie Earnest
by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Ernie Earnest slept soundly through the alarm, and probably would have been late for work if Grant Gardner hadn’t awakened him. Luckily, he did make it on time, though he hadn’t especially been looking forward to it, since his company was doing a quarterly inventory. Ernie was an . . .
This entry was posted in Earth-S on .Red Rocket & Tom Atomic: 1956: Right and Magic, Chapter 6: Training Day
by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Grant Gardner moved to a window in his office and watched Bonnie Marlowe Drake until she got into a cab, then left the shop via the front door and locked it on his way out. He quickly headed home. When he walked into the house, his roommate Ernie . . .
This entry was posted in Earth-S on .Red Rocket & Tom Atomic: 1956: Right and Magic, Chapter 5: Who Is that Masked Man?
by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Bonnie Drake had been sure that finding this picture would jar her memory, but so far nothing. She closed the trunk and took the painting, comic-book, and little Jack back upstairs. She and Todd had a wall of fame where they kept their favorite family pictures, and she . . .
This entry was posted in Earth-S on .Red Rocket & Tom Atomic: 1956: Right and Magic, Chapter 4: The Adventures of Miss Victory
by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Bonnie Marlowe Drake and her young son Jack had also had an interesting day. Bonnie was pleased that Todd and Tomas had not noticed her unusual interest in Captain Democracy the other night; she had almost given herself away then. She thought she might have a lead on . . .
This entry was posted in Earth-S on .Red Rocket & Tom Atomic: 1956: Right and Magic, Chapter 3: Looters at the Museum
by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list The case he was working on had led Tomas Thomas out of town, and Todd Drake had nothing new to report, and Bonnie Drake also said she hadn’t made any progress, so the meeting that night was short. Jack went to sleep early, and Todd and Bonnie stayed . . .
This entry was posted in Earth-S on .Red Rocket & Tom Atomic: 1956: Right and Magic, Chapter 2: Where’s Wizzo the Wizard?
by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Red Rocket glowered at the costumed man calling himself Captain Democracy. “I’m not quite sure why you were a ‘big fan’ of mine. You obviously don’t know what I stand for. Maybe it was just that I got to beat up the bad guys. Well, there is more . . .
This entry was posted in Earth-S on .Red Rocket & Tom Atomic: 1956: Right and Magic, Chapter 1: Captain Democracy Strikes
by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list By the summer of 1956, Red Rocket and Tom Atomic had met and worked with some of the other major heroes of the time, including Shiva, and had become well known in their own right. (*) The world had by now given up on the quick return of . . .
This entry was posted in Earth-S on .The Marvel Family: Forever a Marvel
by Arcademan 
Ever since Caitlin O’Malley joined the Marvel Family as Lady Marvel, she’s been their secret weapon, even as she became their friend. But when Billy Batson realizes that he hasn’t seen her in weeks, if not months, he begins to wonder what happened to her. Little does he know that an old enemy out for revenge has come a-calling, and Caitlin may just be his own secret weapon against Captain Marvel! Guest starring Cool Marvel!
The Marvel Family: Forever a Marvel, Epilogue: Departures and New Arrivals
by Arcademan Return to chapter list Once Cool Marvel took the Black Magician into custody, Captain Marvel and Lady Marvel said the wizard’s name and returned to their normal identities of Billy Batson and Caitlin O’Malley. In what was left of her living room after their battle with the villain, Billy handed Caitlin a glass . . .
This entry was posted in Earth-S on .The Marvel Family: Forever a Marvel, Chapter 2: Tragedy and Triumph
by Arcademan Return to chapter list Two months after the funeral of Fat Marvel: Despite her reassurances that everything was all right, Caitlin O’Malley began to withdraw from her new friends not long before Christmas. She had made amends with Cool Marvel, the newest member of the Marvel Family, she was beginning to get more . . .
This entry was posted in Earth-S on .The Marvel Family: Forever a Marvel, Chapter 1: That Old Black Magic
by Arcademan Return to chapter list Opening the closet and fetching his favorite blue jacket, Billy Batson said, “I’m going over to her place and see what the heck’s been going on.” Mary Batson walked with her brother over to the front door. “Maybe I should go along with you. It’s a shame we haven’t . . .
This entry was posted in Earth-S on .The Marvel Family: Forever a Marvel, Prologue: Whatever Happened to Lady Marvel?
by Arcademan Return to chapter list As a summer storm made its way through Fawcett City, Billy Batson was inside his home, along with his sister Mary Batson and his best friend Freddy Freeman. All huddled in front of the television with a big bowl of freshly popped popcorn, the three were watching The Uncle . . .
This entry was posted in Earth-S on .Mary Marvel: A League of Monsters
by Libbylawrence, partially adapted from Superman #276 by Elliot S! Maggin and Curt Swan 
Summoned by an old medicine man who reminds her of the old wizard Shazam himself, Mary Marvel travels to a parallel Earth decades ago in the past, where she fights to save the counterparts of the Marvel Family from the clutches of the nefarious Monster League of Evil! But even if she succeeds in saving the Thunder Family — Captain Thunder, Mary Thunder, and Captain Thunder Junior — can she possibly also save their world from being eventually erased from existence in the Crisis on Infinite Earths?
Mary Marvel: A League of Monsters, Chapter 3: Crisis Averted
by Libbylawrence Return to chapter list As the Monster League of Evil closed in on the girl, Mary Batson dived between the legs of the hulking Frankenstein’s Monster and rolled across the floor, then jumped to her feet and leaped skyward. She had caught a glimpse of the three magical belts while fighting the fiends. . . .
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