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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 . . .

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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 . . .

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Mary Marvel: A League of Monsters

by Libbylawrence, partially adapted from Superman #276 by Elliot S! Maggin and Curt Swan
Mary Marvel: The Five Earths Project
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?

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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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Mary Marvel: A League of Monsters, Chapter 2: Meet the Thunder Family

by Libbylawrence, partially adapted from Superman #276 by Elliot S! Maggin and Curt Swan Return to chapter list Oblivious to the unseen watcher who smugly observed her every move, Mary Marvel flew directly to the WHAM-TV Building and shook her head as she recognized the structure. “Goodness! It looks a little different from the WHIZ . . .

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Mary Marvel: A League of Monsters, Chapter 1: Make Way for Mary Thunder

by Libbylawrence Return to chapter list Mary Batson smiled and waved as a sleek black car pulled away from a group of rustic cabins near a crystal blue lake. She inhaled deeply and turned to a pretty blonde girl who stood beside her and gazed around the compound with wide-eyed wonder. “Wow, Mary, for a . . .

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Suspense Detective: 1953: Tomas Thomas, P.I.

by Dan Swanson
Suspense Detective: The Five Earths Project
Meet Tomas Thomas, another tough private investigator in Chicago — but with a twist! Tom’s super-strength and other abilities come in handy in his new career as a private eye! This P.I.’s work is cut out for him when, after he takes a solo case for a beautiful blonde, she dies before she leaves his office! It soon becomes clear that this routine case is anything but when Tomas Thomas is marked for death! Can he get to the bottom of it without losing his head? Guest starring Ibis the Invincible and Minute Man!

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Suspense Detective: 1953: Tomas Thomas, P.I., Chapter 6: The Contract Killer

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Tomas Thomas had rarely been scared of anything, even before he gained super-powers, but something about these four men told him to be cautious. They just pulled up chairs and sat down before they even started speaking. “Good afternoon, Mr. Thomas. May I call you Tomas?” one of . . .

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Suspense Detective: 1953: Tomas Thomas, P.I., Chapter 5: Detective Thomas Investigates

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list When Tomas Thomas returned to self-awareness, for a short second or so he thought he was back in nowhere. He couldn’t see anything. But he quickly realized that he could feel his body, so he wasn’t off in mental never-never land again. Well, actually, what he was feeling . . .

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Suspense Detective: 1953: Tomas Thomas, P.I., Chapter 4: Good News and Bad News

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list I was so startled that my concentration was broken, and I realized that I had almost been in a trance. I looked up from my desktop into total blackness! How could that be? I looked back down at the desk, and it was brightly lit. I looked to . . .

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Suspense Detective: 1953: Tomas Thomas, P.I., Chapter 3: A High-Speed Chase

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Research isn’t much fun, usually, but with my photographic memory, at least I can hurry through it. The problem for me is making sure I look at as little extraneous material as possible. I spent several hours in the morgue at The Tribune, followed by several more at . . .

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Suspense Detective: 1953: Tomas Thomas, P.I., Chapter 2: Where is Harvey Autumn?

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list I called Bonnie on the intercom and asked her to escort Miss Autumn to the conference room while I cleaned up a little bit. When I walked in, she got right down to business. “I would like to hire Dewey, Ketchum, and Howe to find out who this . . .

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Suspense Detective: 1953: Tomas Thomas, P.I., Chapter 1: Her Name is Ida Autumn

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list From the professional journal of Tomas Thomas, Private Investigator Trainee at Dewey, Ketchum, and Howe — October 26, 1953: I was in the basement shooting range, doing a little maintenance and getting in some target practice with some unusual guns, when the intercom interrupted me. “Yes, Bonnie?” “Chief, there . . .

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Spy Smasher: From the Ashes

by Libbylawrence
Spy Smasher: The Five Earths Project
When an old menace threats the future of the heroic Alan Armstrong, family secrets are dredged up to discover which enemy of Spy Smasher’s is behind the kidnapping of his wife, Eve! Now learn the truth behind the secret origin of Spy Smasher, including the birth of the Gyrosub and its literary origins, a story that has never been fully told before! And introducing the new Spy Smasher!

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Spy Smasher: From the Ashes, Epilogue: A New Spy Smasher

by Libbylawrence Return to chapter list Days later, at the Armstrong estate in Virginia, a refreshed Eve Armstrong stood arm in arm with her husband beside their car. Alan Armstrong smiled at Jack Armstrong, the former Jack Smith, and said, “I am looking forward to meeting my nieces when Eve and I return from our . . .

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