Earth-Prime
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Song of the Strong
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.…
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Atoms, Rays, Tornados
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…
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Patriotic Speed
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…
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Flashback: USSR
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.…
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Green Lantern
Flashback: The Starheart When we last saw the Starheart, Marco Polo had selected it as a gift of appreciation from Kublai Khan in the form of a green lamp. Then… The patient later transformed it into a modern train lantern (see below.) 1940: Albert Dekker Albert Dekker was a ruthless businessman. Denied the contract to…
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Mid-1940s
Baron Blitzkrieg In the early days of Hitler’s Reich, a Prussian nobleman whose name is unknown, offered his castle as a retreat…. It would have been a wonderful way to spend the war years if it hadn’t been for that one young Jew, who broke away from the terrified herd, who struck out with a…
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Hourman & Dr. Fate
Flashback: Rex Tyler On a summer day in 1919 In Ithaca, New York, a mysterious stranger paid 6-year-old Rex Tyler a visit and gave him an hourglass… The memory haunted him until, as an adult, he realized the stranger was his adult self, although he had no explanation for how that could be. Hourman In…
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Crack & Nickel
Red Torpedo James Lockhard was a Navy engineer who invented an amazing one-man submarine he called, “the Red Torpedo.” The Spider In the early 1940s, Tom Hallaway was a millionaire playboy and big game hunter who used his skills to prey on gangsters and racketeers as “the Spider.” Madame Fatal In order to infiltrate criminal…
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The Spectre
FLASHBACK: The Spectre Force When we last saw the Wrath of God (aka the Spectre Force), formerly known as Aztar, the Presence had cast it into limbo… The Wrath of God swept over the Earth in full fury, until the archangel Michael confronted it: The first true “Spectre” was a man from India named Chakara.…
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1940, Part 1
Scribbly Jibbett In the 1940’s, Scribbly Jibbett was an amateur cartoonist who lived in New York City. He was a friend of a woman named Abigail “Ma” Hunkel. To be continued… Black Condor In 1940, a great ocean liner enters the beckoning harbor of the city called New York, at the close of a journey…
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