
The Freedom Brigade On an alternate earth, a team of superheroes fought crime for decades. When they retired, they led private lives, married, and had children. One day when their city of Megalopolis was threatened by a mad scientist… There was no harm in trying; however, the Freedom Brigade did not come out of retirement…

The Spider Tom Hallaway was a millionaire playboy and big game hunter who used his skills to fight crime in the early 1940s using an alias, “the Spider.” Midnight After a long day of broadcasting, Dave Clark inadvertently stumbled into a deadly construction conspiracy and became… Plastic Man Patrick “Eel” O’Brien was a petty crook…

When we last saw Ted Knight, Opal City playboy who preferred to devote his time to science rather than parties, he dismissed the television as something that would never catch on. He had subsequently become interested in the exploits of costumed mystery men who had been grabbing the headlines. There’s a temptation, almost, to join…

When we last saw the group of heroes that stopped Hitler’s invasion of England, Flash commented that maybe they could have dinner sometime together to at least discuss the possibility of staying together as an army regiment. At a later date, Johnny Thunder was aware of the resulting meeting but was offended he was not…

On a stormy night in Washington, D.C., a man named “Smythe” paid President Roosevelt a visit with news that the British spy network had learned Hitler intended to invade England at any moment. Lacking resources to repel a full-scale attack, Smythe was sent to plead for Roosevelt’s help. However, he handed Smythe a folder containing…

Fury, Part 1 It was a day when armored chariots rumbled through the streets, while the blue skies above glistened with the metallic sheen of warbirds bearing death and destruction. It was a time when north-born barbarians ruled Athens and all of Greece. During an escalating argument with her brother, Michael, Helena Kosmatos accused him…

Overseas, Adolf Hitler planned Operation Sea Lion, an assault on England, for September of 1940. However, it was indefinitely postponed when the German Luftwaffe failed to defeat the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain. This set-back occurred for Hitler even though he had in his possession… the magical and evil Spear of Destiny.…

The Atom In 1940, Al Pratt was a sophomore at Calvin College, frequently ridiculed by his classmates for his short size. Unable to impress the girl of his dreams, he met a former boxing champ who had fallen on hard times. Why I’ve built up bodies that were worse than yours – an’ made champs…

Uncle Sam 12 years after Americans had shed their blood in World War I, the forces of evil, greed, intolerance, and crime threatened the ideal out of which America was born. Uncle Sam returned to join the war… The spirit of America passed through the small midwestern town of Glen Valley. It felt the strength…

Vladimir Sokow Vladimir Sokow was born in Bobruisk, USSR, in 1923. He proved his father wrong and earned the respect of his fellow soldiers, but was ready for new challenges… If you kept your eyes open – and your mind – opportunities for advancement lay everywhere. He was a high-ranking official in the political directorate.…