Monthly Archives: November 2003

Secret Origins: What Makes Chronos Tick?

by Martin Maenza
Secret Origins of Earth-1: The Five Earths Project
Over dinner, Dr. Harleen Quinzel gets inside the head of David Clinton, alias Chronos the Time Thief, who regales her with the story of what prompted him to become a criminal! But how far will the psychiatrist go to get the results she seeks from the Atom’s arch enemy?

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Secret Origins: What Makes Chronos Tick? Chapter 2: It’s a Dirty Job

by Martin Maenza Return to chapter list I had been committing some small-time crimes in my new role as Chronos the Time Thief, swiping the payrolls of factories using my specially devised time-tools and the like. All the while I maintained a cover by operating a shop that specialized in the sale and repair of . . .

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Secret Origins: What Makes Chronos Tick? Chapter 1: The Gold Pocket Watch

by Martin Maenza Return to chapter list On the first Saturday evening of October, in the back corner of an intimate Italian restaurant in downtown San Francisco, a balding man in his late thirties with wisps of black hair about his temples and the back of his head sat waiting for his dinner companion to return . . .

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Wonder Woman and Green Arrow: 1976: The Horn Blows at Midnight

by HarveyKent
The Brave and the Bold: The Five Earths Project
Wonder Woman and Green Arrow try to solve a string of robberies committed by creatures from Greek mythology, complicated by the fact that there seems to be no rhyme or reason to them. What is the world-shattering pattern that they discover links them together? Meanwhile, what sparks will fly when Green Arrow meets the original Blonde Bombshell — Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love?

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Wonder Woman and Green Arrow: 1976: The Horn Blows at Midnight, Epilogue: Immortal Love

by HarveyKent Return to chapter list Moments later, the trio were walking out of the mansion onto the hilltop. Wonder Woman held the Thunderhorn, determined to secrete it away on Paradise Island. She concentrated mentally, bringing the invisible jet to them. Aphrodite turned to the Emerald Archer. “Green Arrow,” she said earnestly, “I came to . . .

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Wonder Woman and Green Arrow: 1976: The Horn Blows at Midnight, Chapter 3: Final Joust

by HarveyKent Return to chapter list The invisible jet soared through the sky at supersonic speed. Green Arrow and Wonder Woman sat in the rear of the cockpit. Aphrodite sat in the pilot’s seat, a headband taken from Wonder Woman’s mental radio fastened around her head and plugged into the plane’s controls. The goddess sat . . .

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Wonder Woman and Green Arrow: 1976: The Horn Blows at Midnight, Chapter 2: The Thesian Thunderhorn

by HarveyKent Return to chapter list “Hola, Green Arrow,” Wonder Woman hailed a greeting as she floated gently down from her hovering invisible plane to the observation deck of the highest tower in Star City. The beautiful goddess Aphrodite followed closely behind her. “I hope I’m on time.” “Punctual as always, Princess,” Green Arrow said. . . .

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Wonder Woman and Green Arrow: 1976: The Horn Blows at Midnight, Chapter 1: A Centaur in Star City

by HarveyKent Return to chapter list On a humid summer night, the sleek Arrowcar drove through the steaming streets of Star City. It was past ten o’clock, and most businesses were closed, but the theater district hummed with activity. Green Arrow piloted the supercharged vehicle down the deserted streets of the financial district, which was . . .

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Feature: Hi-Jack: Saving Grace

by Philip-Todd Franklin
Feature of Earth-X: The Five Earths Project
Hi-Jack, former member of the Royal Flush Gang and the Secret Society of Super-Villains on Earth-One, finds himself on the wartorn world of Earth-X with no idea how to get home. And when he is mistaken for a wealthy California senator during the liberation of Occupied California, things take a strange turn. Can the threat against the family of his parallel universe double turn a hardened criminal into a hero?

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Titans West: Sounds of War, Book 2: Coup d’État

by Martin Maenza
Titans West: The Five Earths Project
It’s a battle royale in Modora between the Titans West and Sonar’s forces!

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Titans West: Sounds of War, Book 2, Chapter 2: The Queen’s Decree

by Martin Maenza Return to chapter list Dove executed a perfect triple somersault to avoid the blasts of an attacking soldier. She then paused for a moment as she saw something move out of the corner of her eye. Someone was making an exit out one of the doors of the lab. She failed, however, . . .

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Titans West: Sounds of War, Book 2, Chapter 1: Party Crashers

by Martin Maenza Return to chapter list Continued from Titans West: Sounds of War, Book 1: The Modora Report The morning sun danced across the lands of the Central European countryside on this fall morning. The red-orange hues glided over great nations like East Germany, West Germany, Romania, Hungary, Poland, and Czechoslovakia. All these were . . .

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Batman and Fleur-de-Lis: Tangled Webs

by Libbylawrence
The Brave and the Bold: The Five Earths Project
The Batman and Fleur-de-Lis, the heroine of France, try to bring down a drug-smuggling operation with unwanted help from the Black Spider!

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Batman and Fleur-de-Lis: Tangled Webs, Chapter 2: A Girl of Many Talents

by Libbylawrence Return to chapter list Days later, within a fashionable villa above one of the nearly fifty beaches of Marseilles, France, an odd assortment of colorful characters met in what was a very strange convention, even in the seaport city famous for hosting over 140,000 such conferences per year. The large house was an . . .

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Batman and Fleur-de-Lis: Tangled Webs, Chapter 1: Dark Mirror Image

by Libbylawrence Return to chapter list In a busy Gotham City grocery store, a handsome man in a blue sports coat and slacks looked around with something of a woe-begotten expression on his face. His companion noticed it and smiled brightly. She was a pretty woman with platinum blonde hair and a stylish outfit of . . .

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