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Red Rocket & Tom Atomic: 1956: Right and Magic, Chapter 12: Mighty Volthoom

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Although the city itself had not changed, Wizzo the Wizard was astonished to find himself now standing in the middle of a bazaar, being jostled by the people crowded around him. Fair and dark, tall and short, old and young — it was as diverse a crowd as . . .

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Red Rocket & Tom Atomic: 1956: Right and Magic, Chapter 11: The Emerald City

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list As his chartered plane approached Greenland, Wizzo the Wizard began to sense a very strong, yet still distant source of magic, somewhere in front of him. By the time they reached Godthåb, he knew he would have no trouble tracking these magical emanations. He discovered that not only . . .

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Red Rocket & Tom Atomic: 1956: Right and Magic, Chapter 10: Wizzo, Emperor of Earth

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Wizzo the Wizard popped back into existence in a place he knew well, a place he had once solemnly called his secret sanctum. It was actually an extensive cavern outside Fawcett City that had once been used as a campus for the School for Black Magicians, where Wizzo . . .

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Red Rocket & Tom Atomic: 1956: Right and Magic, Chapter 9: A Wizard Unleashed

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list The only reason that Wizzo the Wizard had escaped from his encounter with Red Rocket in the museum was the emergency rescue spell he had placed on his wand. He and the wand had both been magically teleported back to his headquarters, where he had lain unconscious for . . .

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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 . . .

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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 . . .

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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 . . .

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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 . . .

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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 . . .

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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 . . .

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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 . . .

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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 . . .

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The Marvel Family: Forever a Marvel

by Arcademan
The Marvel Family: The Five Earths Project
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!

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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 . . .

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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 . . .

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