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AVant Guard: 1962: The Case of the Desert Cat

by Dan Swanson and Drivtaan
AVant Guard: The Five Earths Project
The theft of a ceramic statuette of a Chinese desert cat from a curio store sparks a mystery that only the AVant Guard can solve! But as Palette and Miss Music follow the trail through the streets of Chinatown, will they survive their encounter with a dangerous smuggling ring? And how does all of this tie in to an ancient Chinese parable?

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Whiz: 1984: The Return of the Ghast

by Dan Swanson
Whiz: The Five Earths Project
Twenty years ago, a fictional super-villain called Ghast the Ghostly Avenger was mystically brought to life one Halloween to battle the world’s greatest super-heroes of the time before disappearing into nonexistence. When the Ghast inadvertently returns, will this fictional character choose a prescribed life of villainy or become a hero? Guest starring Captain Marvel!

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Feature: Bill the Magnificent: 1944: Santa Got Pickled

by Drivtaan
Feature of Earth-X: The Five Earths Project
That crackpot scientist Professor Twerp is back with another weird experiment, but this time he’s endangering Santa Claus himself! Can Bill the Magnificent act fast enough to save the Christmas of 1944?

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Secret Files: Marvel Family: The Shepherd

by Drivtaan
Secret Files: The Five Earths Project
A young shepherd boy named Joel is called upon by the old wizard Shazam to protect a couple with child on a trip to Bethlehem to pay taxes! But little does the Shepherd realize how often his amazing new powers will be called upon to battle a number of evil menaces seeking to prevent the first Christmas Day!

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Power Girl: 1974: Kara’s European Vacation

by Doc Quantum, partially adapted from Action Comics #255 by Otto Binder and Jim Mooney
Power Girl: The Five Earths Project
Since her arrival on Earth, Kara Zor-L has been frustrated at being kept as Superman’s secret weapon and forced to live in the remote Secret Citadel until she is ready for her public debut as Power Girl. When she is given a secret training mission to cross the ocean to reach Europe, she soon finds the kind of excitement she craves, but also deadly danger! Will a young boy genius with a unique surname be her salvation?

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Feature: Young Allies: Choices

by Doc Quantum and Vibe 41005
Feature of Earth-X: The Five Earths Project
In a world at war, Crestwood Mall in St. Louis, Missouri, seems like the safest place to be, until a team of Nazi super-villains called Amerika’s Crusaders attacks at the heart of America! The only ones who can stop them are an impromptu team of six young super-heroes! Introducing Flare, Offspring, Spidergirl, the Raven, the Red Bee, and Brainchild — together known as the Young Allies!

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The Mighty Isis: Whatever Happened to Isis?

by Libbylawrence
The Mighty Isis: The Five Earths Project
Whatever happened to Isis in the years since she was a prominent super-heroine in the 1970s? How do a teen beauty queen, a swashbuckling archaeologist, and a pregnant woman fit into the mystery? And who will be the Mighty Isis for the modern age — Andrea Thomas or Adrianna Tomaz?

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Captain Thunder: Baltimore Requiem

by Doc Quantum
Captain Thunder of Earth-2: The Five Earths Project
On Halloween night, Captain Thunder discovers the reason Detective Bill Parker was at first so hostile toward him, when the young super-hero learns the horrifying history of Baltimore’s previous hero, Man-at-Arms!

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Super Squad: 1972: Not With a Bang

by Dan Swanson
Super Squad: The Five Earths Project
In the years that the Marvel Family and many other heroes were missing from Earth, the Super Squad stood in the gap to protect the world from all threats! So why are they now forgotten? It was the end of the Super Squad, and it came not with a bang, but with a whimper.

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Whiz: Palette: 1960: Murder in the Evening

by Dan Swanson
Whiz: The Five Earths Project
When artist Alex Silverstone attends a play with her policewoman friend Donna Sparks, they expect nothing but a wonderful evening out! What they didn’t expect was to become witnesses to an actual murder! Can Palette use her power of visual projection to solve the crime before the killer gets away?

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All-Star Squadron: 1942: Funny-Paper Love

by Doc Quantum, adapted from Superman #19 by Jerry Siegel and John Sikela, and All-Star Squadron #64 by Roy Thomas and Wayne Boring
All-Star Squadron: The Five Earths Project
Liberty Belle and Johnny Quick are as surprised as anyone to learn that villains straight out of the comic-strips are attacking Metropolis en masse! But as they spend that day recruiting help from fellow team members of the All-Star Squadron, in between making plans for their impending nuptials, they find that Superman and Lois Lane already have the situation well in hand with a comic-strip team of their own!

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The Star-Spangled Kid: 1948: The Caveman Kid

by Doc Quantum
The Star-Spangled Kid: The Five Earths Project
In the wake of the battle with the Nebula-Man, the Star-Spangled Kid finds himself in the days of the caveman, where he struggles to survive. Even worse, he realizes that he’s brought the common flu virus back to this primitive age, which could potentially wipe out the human race before history even begins! Can the Kid find a way to quarantine himself before he infects the cavemen?

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Hop Harrigan: 1943: The Christmas Island Incident

by Drivtaan
Hop Harrigan: The Five Earths Project
It’s a typical day during World War II for Hop Harrigan. That is, until a sleigh pulled by flying reindeer crosses his path, headed for Japanese-held Christmas Island! Can Hop rescue Santa Claus in time to save Christmas?

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Freedom Fighters: The Führer Came From Brooklyn

by Libbylawrence
Freedom Fighters: The Five Earths Project
When the original Freedom Fighters find themselves to be the only people in the world who notice reality itself has been changed by the so-called Führer from Brooklyn, they are led on a quest that brings them into conflict with the current world-famous Freedom Fighters! Meanwhile, how can there be two identical women called Miss America, differing only by age? Featuring the debut of USA the Spirit of Freedom, and introducing the two newest Freedom Fighters, the new Firebrand and Atalanta!

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America’s Greatest: 1953: Gorilla Warfare

by Libbylawrence
America's Greatest: The Five Earths Project
In the immediate aftermath of the Suspendium trap that took away the world’s greatest heroes, Ken Wyman is given a chance to relive his glory days as the Devil’s Dagger when a damsel in distress asks for his help! The Dagger and El Carim, the Master of Magic, thus race off to Africa to help liberate the home of the dispirited Lee Granger, the legendary Jungle King. As the Dagger helps this broken hero against an army of intelligent gorillas, can this crazy adventure point the way to his new future?

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