Batman: Season of Hope
by Drivtaan 
It’s Christmastime in Gotham City, and Batman tries to come to an understanding with a former enemy as he watches over his family. But can Deadshot follow Batman’s main rule: no killing?
Showcase: The Clockwork Hero
by Christine Nightstar 
In the basement beneath a busy Gotham City deli, a highly advanced, human-like clockwork man built in the mid-nineteenth century is disturbed from his century-long sleep. Trenton “Ticks” Avery soon becomes one of the Deltonio family, even as he also begins to discover that his creator had built in amazing mechanisms allowing him to evolve physically, mentally, and emotionally. And with some of these new abilities Ticks inadvertently becomes Gotham’s newest crime-fighter, Clockwork. But with newfound fame comes danger to his adoptive family, even as an old villain called the Clock seeks him as a prize! Guest starring Batman and Platinum of the Metal Men!
Showcase: The Clockwork Hero, Epilogue: Family Dynamics
by Christine Nightstar Return to chapter list The next few weeks following the capture of the Clock were very busy for the Deltonios, Betty Canardo, and Ticks. Beside dating Tina Platt, alias Platinum of the Metal Men, Ticks had been studying almost constantly for his civil service exam and the Police Academy entrance examination. He . . .
This entry was posted in Earth-1 on .Showcase: The Clockwork Hero, Chapter 4: Beating the Clock
by Christine Nightstar Return to chapter list Tony Deltonio arrived home at the same time every afternoon, except during football season in which case he would be a few hours late. Normally Ticks would either play a game with Tony or help him with homework until they had dinner in the deli. But in the . . .
This entry was posted in Earth-1 on .Showcase: The Clockwork Hero, Chapter 3: More Than Machine
by Christine Nightstar Return to chapter list Over the last few weeks, Ticks had felt compelled to finish reading Professor Avery’s cookbooks, even though there were over a hundred of them, and he lost time whenever he read one. After his second meeting with Police Commissioner Gordon, he came to the final cookbook, which was . . .
This entry was posted in Earth-1 on .Showcase: The Clockwork Hero, Chapter 2: Winding the Spring
by Christine Nightstar Return to chapter list Excerpt from the Journal of Professor Josiah Avery: While I neither remember what inspired me to create Trenton nor how I began, I do know that without Mr. Palmer and his unique talents, my clockwork man would not exist except as a dream. My designs must be hidden . . .
This entry was posted in Earth-1 on .Showcase: The Clockwork Hero, Chapter 1: Setting the Works
by Christine Nightstar Return to chapter list Excerpt from the Journal of Randall Palmer, assistant to Professor Avery, 1850 to 1870: Professor Josiah Avery was a man well ahead of his time. It didn’t take him long to guess the truth about me, after all, as much as I tried to hide it from him . . .
This entry was posted in Earth-1 on .All-American Men of War: This Old Man
by Drivtaan 
For many soldiers who fought for our freedoms, the war never really ends. As the old man called Sarge well knows, there are other battles to be fought, even in old age.
Whiz: 1984: The Return of the Ghast
by Dan Swanson 
Twenty years ago, a fictional super-villain called Ghast the Ghostly Avenger was mystically brought to life and battled 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!
Web of Evil: Fog of Vengeance
by Drivtaan 
On Halloween night a group of German soldiers become lost on a deserted road in the middle of occupied territory. But as a heavy fog crawls in, each one finds himself isolated from the others. What will they encounter in the fog of vengeance?
Captain Thunder: Baltimore Requiem
by Doc Quantum 
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!
The New Superboy Adventures: Growing Pains
by Starsky Hutch 76 
When Kent Shakespeare (the former Bizarro-Junior No. 1) unexpectedly grows overnight to his true age of a teenager, his adoptive parents struggle with the change and the boy’s desire to become the new Superboy. Have they also outgrown their remote mountain home? Guest starring Lois Lane and Bizarro No. 1!
The New Superboy Adventures: Growing Pains, Chapter 2: Welcome to Midvale
by Starsky Hutch 76 Return to chapter list Lois Lane’s heart leapt into her throat. If Laurie Lemonelli died because of her, she would never forgive herself. A scream escaped involuntarily as the girl suddenly let go of the railing and dropped from the overpass. Lois hit the gas and raced forward, not that it . . .
This entry was posted in Earth-1 on .The New Superboy Adventures: Growing Pains, Chapter 1: The Change
by Starsky Hutch 76 Return to chapter list “Me am not thirsty,” the patient said. “You said you are not thirsty; therefore, you are,” the android said, bringing the water bottle up to the patient’s white, craggy lips. “You’re welcome,” the patient said. The android nodded graciously, knowing the patient meant thank you. “Why does . . .
This entry was posted in Earth-1 on .Freedom Fighters: The Führer Came From Brooklyn
by Libbylawrence 
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!