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.

Midnight: 1969: The Lunar Front, Chapter 1: Visitors from the Future

by John M. Burt Return to chapter list Camp Truman, Mare Tranquilitatis, Luna, July 20th, 1969: Dave Clark looked over the dispatches on his desk yet again, the ones that had been there for days and should have been washed for reuse long since, as well as the new ones just off the teletype from . . .

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Smash Team-Up: We Will Fight Our Countries’ Battles

by CSyphrett
Smash Team-Up: The Five Earths Project
As the last of the Imperial Japanese Occupation forces are routed from mainland California, Quicksilver and the Creature Commandos find themselves fighting a new threat: the Divine Wind, Imperial Japan’s answer to the Freedom Fighters. But even they may pale in comparison to the threat that is looming on the horizon for the entire world: the so-called Manhunter from Mars has been cloned, and the first of these clones has plans of his own for his faux Martian army. But can even the combined forces of the Freedom Fighters, the SS Ubermenschen, and the Creature Commandos defeat the Martians? Guest starring the Jester, Margo the Magician, and the Blue Tracer!

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Smash Team-Up: We Will Fight Our Countries’ Battles, Epilogue: A Third Front

by CSyphrett Return to chapter list London, Occupied England: Metallic green eyes watched soldiers lead away his pawn, the false Neon the Unknown. The man known as the Jester would have to do something about that later; his first priority was England. Still, a defense against this new menace was in order. He made some . . .

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Smash Team-Up: We Will Fight Our Countries’ Battles, Chapter 5: Not by Fire But by Ice

by CSyphrett Return to chapter list San Francisco, California: Billy Dunn settled the Blue Tracer down on the runway of San Francisco International Airport. Overhead fighters were chasing troop planes and their escorts away from the coast. A lot of pilots will meet Davy Jones today, Dunn thought as he scanned the field. “I think . . .

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Smash Team-Up: We Will Fight Our Countries’ Battles, Chapter 4: Rendezvous in New York

by CSyphrett Return to chapter list Neon the Unknown landed at the address he had been given. Everything looked ordinary to him. A dilapidated house didn’t look like anything to worry about to him. He walked up the sidewalk leading to the house’s front steps. The wood vibrated under his weight as stepped on the . . .

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Smash Team-Up: We Will Fight Our Countries’ Battles, Chapter 3: Cancelled Flight

by CSyphrett Return to chapter list Long Island, New York: Dr. Josef Mengele had been allowed a bathroom break after hours of work. Most of his gestation tubes were empty. He paused at a window, staring out into the front lawn of his estate. The Martians practiced their powers calmly, the older ones showing the . . .

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Smash Team-Up: We Will Fight Our Countries’ Battles, Chapter 2: Retreat from California

by CSyphrett Return to chapter list California: The Imperial Japanese forces rolled back to the ocean. Fires burned in the buildings in their way as the occupation retreated from Sacramento. That was done to delay General Timmy Frink’s northern forces as they marched behind the fleeing army. Captain Nakayama rode with his aide, Yugi, in . . .

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Smash Team-Up: We Will Fight Our Countries’ Battles, Chapter 1: The Gathering Storm

by CSyphrett Return to chapter list Continued from Weird War Tales: The Monsters Within Occupied California, September, 1986: Captain Shiro Nakayama hated Sacramento. His dark eyes watched as his troops worked to fortify the city from assault. Intelligence gathered by the Kite Man had told him the Americans were massing around the territory still held . . .

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Weird War Tales: The Monsters Within

by CSyphrett
Weird War Tales: The Five Earths Project
With the war against the Fourth Reich going badly, the Allies need any advantage they can get. And they got it when Quicksilver defeated the powerful Manhunter of the S.S. Ubermenschen. After discovering that the Manhunter’s amazing DNA can grant undreamt-of powers to their own soldiers, the Allies created Project M. But rather than create super-soldiers, will the Manhunter’s DNA create monsters? And will those monsters be formidable enough to stop him when the Manhunter breaks loose?

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Weird War Tales: The Monsters Within, Chapter 3: The Creature Commandos

by CSyphrett Return to chapter list In his private cell, the prisoner of Project M moaned slightly as his eyes opened for the first time since his capture by that blue-clad demon called Quicksilver. He looked around, realizing he was in some type of hospital, judging by the monitoring systems hooked to his body. It . . .

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Weird War Tales: The Monsters Within, Chapter 2: Monster Mash

by CSyphrett Return to chapter list Professor James Oak and his chief assistant Cary Frederick went over each man quietly and calmly. Tissue samples were taken and stored in case an analysis would be needed to gauge the changes on each of the volunteers. Then each of the guinea pigs was taken to his own . . .

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Weird War Tales: The Monsters Within, Chapter 1: Project M

by CSyphrett Return to chapter list Professor James Oak looked through the microscope intently, hardly believing what he was staring at. The sample was literally trying to squirm off the slide and escape. His hands slightly trembling, he pulled the slide loose and placed it in a secured case. Putting the locked case in a . . .

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Quicksilver: The Fall of Los Angeles

by CSyphrett
Quicksilver: The Five Earths Project
California has been occupied for several months by Imperial Japanese forces, but now the American armed forces have finally begun retaking that state. If Los Angeles can be reclaimed with the help of the new Quicksilver and the California Resistance, then the rest of the state will soon follow. But will the Japanese be ousted that easily?

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Quicksilver: The Fall of Los Angeles, Chapter 2: The Linchpin

by CSyphrett Return to chapter list General Timmy Frink shook his head at the chaos he saw through the lenses of binoculars. He was less than enthused about what was going on in his target zone. “Get on the horn and get someone at that Free California radio station,” General Frink ordered his radio operator. . . .

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Quicksilver: The Fall of Los Angeles, Chapter 1: Garrisoned City

by CSyphrett Return to chapter list Continued from SS Ubermenschen: World at War Patrick Ito of the California Resistance stood on a corner trying not to attract any attention. The Japanese, in force along the miles of central Los Angeles, were too disciplined to openly show fear. Still, things did not look good for the . . .

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