Category Archives: Earth-X

A world where World War II continued until the mid 1970’s, most of the superhero characters were those published by Quality Comics. A re-surgence of the Third Reich has thrown this world into turmoil after the Crisis.

Ace of Space: 1944: Ace Egan, P.O.W., Prologue: The Prisoner

by Drivtaan Return to chapter list Continued from Ace of Space: Times Past, 1944: Prelude to a Storm Hammelburg, Germany, late December, 1944: The cheery atmosphere of the hofbrau belied the harsh winter beyond its ornate oak doors. Outside, a combination of mud-brown slush and fresh white snow covered the town’s cobblestone streets, while inside, . . .

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Ace of Space: 1944: Prelude to a Storm

by Drivtaan, partially adapted from the Ace of Space story in Feature Comics #38 by H. Weston Taylor and Harry Campbell
Ace of Space: The Five Earths Project
After Ace Egan encounters an alien who gives him an opportunity to be a hero, he uses a powerful belt to become the nine-foot-tall Ace of Space. But when Ace takes a mission as a special agent of the U.S. Army Air Corps behind enemy lines, has the giant hero finally met his match? And what horrors might be unleashed when the secret of his mighty powers falls into the hands of the Nazis?

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Ace of Space: 1944: Prelude to a Storm, Epilogue: A Broken Man

by Drivtaan Return to chapter list Ace Egan was a broken man. Having lost both the alien belt and the spaceship to the Nazis, he couldn’t shake the feeling that the blood of many of his allies in this war would soon be on his hands. He had been woken up in the middle of . . .

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Ace of Space: 1944: Prelude to a Storm, Chapter 2: Captured by the Germans

by Drivtaan Return to chapter list Ace Egan struggled to regain consciousness, but for some reason it wouldn’t completely come. There was a dryness in his mouth, and his eyelids wouldn’t comply fully with his brain’s commands to open, which led him to the belief that he had been sedated. When he finally did get . . .

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Ace of Space: 1944: Prelude to a Storm, Chapter 1: Behind Enemy Lines

by Drivtaan Return to chapter list Pantanella Air Base, Bari, Italy, December, 1944: “DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD A LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE MEN IN THE 464TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR PEACE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS” Lieutenant Franklin “Ace” Egan paused in front of the base chapel and read those words yet again. . . .

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Ace of Space: 1944: Prelude to a Storm, Prologue: Origin of the Ace of Space

by Drivtaan, adapted from the Ace of Space story in Feature Comics #38 by H. Weston Taylor and Harry Campbell Return to chapter list Upstate New York, July, 1940: Franklin “Ace” Egan enjoyed the benefits of being born into a life of privilege. He was a man of many hobbies, and he had the means . . .

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The Unknown Soldier: 1953: Death at the Inn of the Red Swan

by Blackwolf247, with Doc Quantum
The Unknown Soldier of Earth-X: The Five Earths Project
A version of the Korean War in an alternate timeline in which the Nazis and Imperial Japanese remain undefeated is the backdrop of this exciting spy story. The Unknown Soldier is sent to Korea to either retrieve or kill a scientist who is a supposed traitor before he can supply the Japanese with a powerful mind-control technique. But before he can do so, he has to grapple with a new King Cobra and two other special agents of the Axis. Just another day in the life of the Unknown Soldier! Featuring a short history of the Blackhawks — all three groups by that name!

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The Unknown Soldier: 1953: Death at the Inn of the Red Swan, Chapter 3: King Cobra’s Nest

by Blackwolf247 Return to chapter list Wing How and I, dressed as Franciscan monks, were comfortably set up in a small room, the sort used for storage. We were placed there with much apologies about the lack of rooms available. Our hostess, the aforementioned Silver Fox, spoke Italian as well as English, I discovered. Believing . . .

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The Unknown Soldier: 1953: Death at the Inn of the Red Swan, Chapter 2: Too Many Blackhawks

by Blackwolf247, with Doc Quantum Return to chapter list “Bart Hawk!” I exclaimed, seeing the raven-haired leader of a private military unit. He nodded, gazed deeply into my bandaged face, and said quite calmly, “The Invisible Man, I suppose?” “Close enough,” I said in response as I and my companions crossed over to the submarine. . . .

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The Unknown Soldier: 1953: Death at the Inn of the Red Swan, Chapter 1: South of the 38th Parallel

by Blackwolf247, with Doc Quantum Return to chapter list Dateline: Korea, 1953: It was cold, colder than a winter even this close to the Arctic has a right to be. We’re somewhere deep within the mountains in Japanese-occupied South Korea. Why am I here with two Marines wearing white and taking pictures of a Jap . . .

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Feature: The Clock Strikes

by Christine Nightstar and Doc Quantum
Feature of Earth-X: The Five Earths Project
California has been occupied for a year since the invasion by Imperial Japan and their Nazi German advisors, and during that time the California Resistance has kept up the fight! Now a new hero arises to help liberate the Golden State while using the name of the first masked crime-fighter of all — the Clock! But who is Lester Colt, and what is his connection to the now-disbanded Freedom Fighters? And when a new Nazi super-agent begins killing old mystery-men, will the Clock’s final hour be struck? Guest starring Doll Man, Old Glory, Stormy Foster, Destiny, Lady Blackhawk, Uncle Sam, and many more!

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Feature: The Clock Strikes, Epilogue: The Spirit of America

by Christine Nightstar and Doc Quantum Return to chapter list The Nazi Dollman was stronger than I was; he took my punches like I was a little kid and laughed at me. It took me months to realize this isn’t the game I was trained for. It’s a whole different game — a rougher game. . . .

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Feature: The Clock Strikes, Chapter 6: The Final Hour

by Christine Nightstar and Doc Quantum Return to chapter list Alcatraz Island was not a place where Lester Colt could ever really be comfortable living. The place was as haunted as a house in a Gothic novel and simply gave him the creeps. Still, it had its good points, since the place was also a . . .

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Feature: The Clock Strikes, Chapter 5: The Rock

by Christine Nightstar and Doc Quantum Return to chapter list It was getting harder to harass General Hofstadter’s staff, but the Clock had convinced a number of them to take up residence offshore in Japanese warships instead of the comfy, unsecured four- and five-star hotel rooms that had been their homes away from home. But . . .

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Feature: The Clock Strikes, Chapter 4: The Dollman

by Doc Quantum and Christine Nightstar Return to chapter list The blond SS Ubermenschen cadet on loan to the Divine Wind was standing over an ordinary-looking, bespectacled elderly man, who was struggling to rise while gasping for breath. The cadet had been toying with him, striking a casual blow each time the old man tried . . .

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