#earth-s

[doctorslippery]

Alex Garcia and David Stepp

[ether-here-or-there]

Just thought of stupid timeline fuckery and both Bill-Bat of the 30th century and CeCe Beck of the 90th century getting blasted back with the Legion trying to forestall some horrible event

Like, BB is there calling himself Shaz and having the spine of a slug to anything and everything like he lost the courage of Achilles with that A loss and looking like a carbon copy of Marvel, but that’s also his great-something grandson. He’s got some courage issues and doesn’t talk much but he’s a swell guy!

Then there’s CeCe, who goes by Thunder, has confidence up the wazzo, and has no familial relation to Marvel or Shaz. She also says the world forgot it was earth and got taken over by a bunch of history-rewriting jerks called the Science Council that denounces the very idea that humanity came from Earth and it all started on her home world of Binderaan. Which…. is worrying in it of itself to learn happens at any point in history.

But they seem to be pals with the Legion and get along well as they try and stop whatever bad thing is on its way, meanwhile Cap is confused and asking every question he can as it becomes apparent he was unaware of either successor to his powers.

It also becomes confusing when Shaz or Thunder say “Shazam/Captain Marvel” and transform back into young teens which alarms a number of people when they see the carbon copy of a famous boy reporter trembling knowing he probably just messed something up with how people are looking at him and CeCe who looks ready to punch anyone who says something rude in the face

[ladyfauntleroy]

Whiz Comics #2

He’s so cute. 🥺

Sterling Morris has offered Billy a job as a radio reporter. Billy is so excited, that he accidentally lets slip the name of Captain Marvel. He then corrects himself by pretending that he was referring to the microphone. ‘Mike’

[orange-s-mario]

So I decided to add all the “mainer” universes from DC. Like ones that reappear more or a few of the characters from that universe hang out in the main universe for a bit or a while. So the most notable ones are the ones with ongoings but there’s a few non-ongoing ones mainly due to crossovers. I think you could make a case for some but some of those are more Justice Incarnate characters than characters who pop up in the main universe or the main universe crosses over with them for a while. No alternate futures here though. Anyways the Universe list is under the read more with 1-2 pictures of characters from that reality:

Earth-Two

Earth-One

Earth-S

Earth-C

Earth-Twelve

Earth-Prime

Earth-Three

Anti-Matter Universe

New Earth

Pocket Universe

Dakotaverse

Wildstorm Universe

Earth 0/Prime Earth

Earth 1

Earth 2

Earth 3

Earth 11

Earth 22/Kingdom Come Universe (Hypertime Reality)

Earth 23

Earth-M

Earth-W

[theartofthecover]

Squadron Supreme Vol. 1 #6

Art by: Bob Layton

[brevoorthistoryofcomics]

For whatever reason, after Len Wein did the Justice League/Justice Society crossover that brought back the Seven Soldiers of Victory, somebody--Julie Schwartz maybe--seemed to decide that it wasn’t enough to simply bring these two venerable teams together, there needed to be a third group. So this year, that group would be comprised of the heroes once published by Fawcett, Captain Marvel’s original home--described on this cover (though not inside) as Shazam’s Squadron of Justice. It must be said that fielding this many super heroes in one story made it difficult to give each player enough screen time, and also required menaces on a totally different scale.

For this story, Schwartz brought in E. Nelson Bridwell to plot the story, as Bridwell had probably the best working knowledge of the Fawcett heroes, whose adventures he had read as a fan. Julie hedged his bets, though, by having one of his mainstays, Marty Pasko, dialogue the story. In any event, it was always an exciting thing to see a whole bevy of new super heroes--possibly why Schwartz went this route in the first place--and one or two of them i even already knew from the reprint of WHIZ COMICS #2 that DC had issues a few years previously.

The villain of the piece is King Kull, the Beast-Man, an old enemy of the marvel Family. Here, he’s perfected a Torpor-Beam that freezes the gods and heroes of at the Rock of Eternity in time. The only one swift enough to escape is Mercury, and at the mental urging of SHAZAM, he journeys to Earth-1 and Earth-2 to assemble a team of heroes to thwart King Kull. Mercury only absconds with select heroes, though--he takes green Arrow but leaves Black Canary behind, for no adequately-explained reason. But hey, he’s a god, I’m sure he knows what he’s doing.

In addition to five Justice Leaguers and special guest Hawkgirl and six JSAers, including the Earth-2 Batman out of retirement for this caper, Mercury also brings together all of the other heroes of what is now labeled Earth-S (for SHAZAM, of course!) The JLA and JSA have no idea who these new guys are, so we get this nice splash image that recounts their stories and backgrounds--both for the readers and for the other heroes.

For reasons that are unclear, the assembled heroes split up into three groups and head out to three separate destinations--all except Johnny Thunder, to whom Mercury gives a special, secret mission. On Earth-2, Superman and the Earth-2 Wonder Woman journey to Atlantis, where they encounter Earth-2′s evil Queen Clea, who has teamed up for nebulous reasons with the Penguin and Blockbuster from Earth-1 and also IBAC from Earth-S to plunder Atlantis. Despite being outnumbered, Superman and Wonder Woman lay into Clea and Blockbuster while penguin and IBAC take off on their own assignment for King Kull.

IBAC and Penguin are assembling a device given to them by Clea that will supposedly allow her to enslave Atlantis. But just as they complete their work, they are set upon by to other heroes, Green Arrow and Spy Smasher from Earth-S. Green Arrow has no problem kicking the Penguin around, but Spy Smasher is seriously outmatched by IBAC until he’s able to get the villain to speak his own name, the magic word that transforms him back into harmless Stinky Printwhistle.

But the device the two villains constructed has billowed forth a great cloud which, when it passes over a landmass, affects its density, causing it to sink beneath the waves. This is a problem--though not much of one for Superman, who in the space of less than a page freezes the cloud with his super-breath and hurls it into a passing comet, thus saving Earth-2. Elsewhere, King Kull fumes, but indicates that he can still have his revenge on Earths 1 and S--and that’s where things leave off this installment. It’s a lot of fighting and explaining who characters are, but the plot mechanics don’t really make a whole lot of sense--why are Clea, penguin, Blockbuster and IBAC down with King Kull’s program and how did they all get brought together? Still, it was a fun issue.

[ladyfauntleroy]

Wow. These saved photos on my phone remind me how much I love Kid Eternity.

[ladyfauntleroy]

I wonder if the law firm that hired Brian Butler just used Mr. Scarlet lowering the crime rate as an excuse to fire him because they realize he has a problem with the legal system and if they didn't they would have found another reason to kick him out.

This has been sitting in my inbox, because I thought it was so good that it deserved an extended response. In short: Yes!

I've always thought that Brian's legal background is worth exploring. My favorite Mister Scarlet stories are the ones featuring his clients. Maybe it's because Mister Scarlet doesn't have a canon origin story that I've paid special attention to the Brian Butler persona. The idea that he became Mister Scarlet because he was fed up with the legal system makes the most logical sense, as far as origin stories go.