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The Marvel Family: Commander Venture and the Hyperspace Invaders

by Libbylawrence
The Marvel Family: The Five Earths Project
Captain Marvel and Mary Marvel meet Commander Erin Venture of the 25th century, daughter of legendary space adventurers Captain Venture and the Planet Princess! But as the Marvels quickly leap into the future to help her battle invaders from hyperspace, they can’t help but recognize a few familiar yet slightly different faces from their own era! Who is the self-proclaimed Empress of the Cosmos, and is Ms. Mind a heroine or a villainess? Finally, is this the Marvel Family’s own future, or that of an alternate timeline?

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Owlman: My Beginning, and My Probable End

by Libbylawrence, with Doc Quantum
Owlman of Earth-3: The Five Earths Project
Owlman and Raven try to learn who is behind the string of minor new heroes that have been plaguing them for months now! But as the answers lead to new challenges, they also dredge up old memories! Exactly why did Dr. Thomas Wayne, Gotham City’s most renowned physician and philanthropist, turn to a life of crime? And is Owlman still capable of choosing a different path? Introducing the Red Hood, Red Raven, and La Mano Aperta, the Open Hand!

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Owlman: My Beginning, and My Probable End, Epilogue: Protector

by Libbylawrence Return to chapter list “I’m reviewing the situation; Can a fellow be a villain all his life? All the trials and tribulations! Better settle down and get myself a wife.” — Fagin, Oliver! The plane eventually reached a rather palatial compound deep in the snowy Himalayas, where the passengers disembarked. They were greeted . . .

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Owlman: My Beginning, and My Probable End, Chapter 3: La Mano Aperta

by Libbylawrence, with Doc Quantum Return to chapter list “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.” — An old proverb Julian Falstaff’s breath came in rasping gasps as he raced down a narrow passageway beneath his skyscraper. The fat man had managed to escape via a secret express elevator that led . . .

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Owlman: My Beginning, and My Probable End, Chapter 2: The Owl That Shriek’d

by Libbylawrence and Doc Quantum Return to chapter list “It was the owl that shriek’d, the fatal bellman, Which gives the stern’st good-night.” — William Shakespeare, Macbeth The next morning, Dr. Thomas Wayne looked over to a now-sleeping Helena Pennyworth and vowed to suppress his worries. He had a new foe to face, and he . . .

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Owlman: My Beginning, and My Probable End, Chapter 1: The Crime Doctor

by Libbylawrence Return to chapter list “When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge.” — Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Speckled Band October, 1987: It was a quiet night at Gotham City’s McGuire Brothers Shipping Company. The security guard walked his customary patrol, . . .

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Chowcase: Count Duckula’s House Pest

by Doc Quantum
Chowcase of Earth-C: The Five Earths Project
Count Duckula finds himself utterly bored this Howlloween, longing for the old days of hapless victims and torch-carrying mobs. But when young Billy Bearowitz stumbles into his castle, Duckula quickly discovers that his house guest might just be the worst kind of house pest!

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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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Plop! A Post-Apocalyptic Christmas Travesty

by Drivtaan
Plop! The Five Earths Project
Several years after the Third Great War devastated the world, a scavenger is inspired by an old Christmas book to bring joy to children as a post-apocalyptic Saint Nicholas! But when a herd of telepathic mutant red deer trick him into helping them take over the world, it’s up to Santa Claus — thawed out of suspended animation — and his Krampus Squad to save the day!

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Plop! A Post-Apocalyptic Christmas Travesty, Chapter 2: Here Comes Santa Claus

by Drivtaan Return to chapter list Snich was beginning to discover a flaw in his plan after watching the first few houses he had visited. The children got to enjoy none of the whiskey he had left for them; that enjoyment was stolen by the adults in their lives. “Don’t they understand the whiskey isn’t . . .

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Plop! A Post-Apocalyptic Christmas Travesty, Chapter 1: A Visit from Snich

by Drivtaan Return to chapter list What was once Namur, Belgium, sometime after the Third Great War: Something within the pile of rags began to stir. A grease-stained hand emerged, and cracked, filthy nails scratched against the concrete floor. Like a phantom rising from the grave, the rags shifted and rose until they revealed themselves . . .

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Secret Files: Galaxo Movie Studios Presents…

by Doc Quantum
Secret Files: The Five Earths Project
When Galaxo Movie Studios is given an ultimatum to produce a pilot episode for a Junior Justice League OptiTiVi show, Jolax puts his neck on the line to do just that! The only problem is that he knows of no such kid-sized JLA in the Multiverse to film for the new opti-show! His faithful assistant Mya must save him by scouring the dimensions for a solution, and it may just take a Christmas miracle to pull it off!

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Secret Files: Galaxo Movie Studios Presents… Chapter 2: Trade Secret

by Doc Quantum Return to chapter list True to her word, Mya soon found exactly what Jolax was looking for. Unlike the much-older Jolax, who loved technology but didn’t understand it, the younger Mya had grown up surrounded by devices of all kinds and was unafraid of making a few adjustments to technology whenever there . . .

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Secret Files: Galaxo Movie Studios Presents… Chapter 1: A Junior Justice League

by Doc Quantum Return to chapter list The Galaxo Movie Studios on the other-dimensional world of Thraxx, a few years ago: “Well, Jolax? You’ve got my attention for the next ten minutes, so let’s hear it. Mya mentioned you have a great new show — a new dynamic concept in the works, if you will.” . . .

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Men of War: 1914: A Christmas Eve Memory

by Drivtaan
Men of War: The Five Earths Project
Life in the trenches for a soldier in the Great War was brutal, allowing for no peace or rest. But then the sounds of a familiar Christmas carol are heard from across No Man’s Land one Christmas Eve.

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