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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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The Marvel Family: Commander Venture and the Hyperspace Invaders, Chapter 4: The Universal Engine

by Libbylawrence Return to chapter list Meanwhile, Captain Marvel had restored the climate of Saturn and secured all of the Dragon Men. As he departed from the planet, he spotted a weird energy pattern. Concentric circles of color began to pulsate in his path as he left the planet. Those things must be the rainbow-colored . . .

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The Marvel Family: Commander Venture and the Hyperspace Invaders, Chapter 3: Empress of the Cosmos

by Libbylawrence Return to chapter list Captain Marvel and Mary Marvel were equally shocked as they recognized what appeared to be the same mutated alien worm known as Mister Mind, who had threatened to conquer the universe countless times in the past. “No! We are Ursula!” the blonde woman explained quickly as the worm disappeared . . .

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The Marvel Family: Commander Venture and the Hyperspace Invaders, Chapter 2: Snow on Saturn

by Libbylawrence Return to chapter list As she walked through the Hall of Justice, Commander Erin Venture couldn’t help but be impressed with all she saw. Photos lined the walls, along with displayed costumes, tools, gadgets, and awards. Mister Scarlet, Sunbeam, Minute Man, Lance O’ Casey — all the great heroes of history used this . . .

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The Marvel Family: Commander Venture and the Hyperspace Invaders, Chapter 1: The Adventurer’s Daughter

by Libbylawrence Return to chapter list 2485: Commander Erin Venture loved her job as head of the Planetary Defense Agency’s Military Flight Squadron. Of course, the beautiful and intelligent auburn-haired woman also occasionally found herself frustrated by the bureaucratic demands of the position. She wasn’t opposed to calm, rational discussions about the best policies to . . .

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Whiz: 1984: The Return of the Ghast

by Dan Swanson
Whiz: The Five Earths Project
Twenty years ago, a fictional super-villain called Ghast the Ghostly Avenger was mystically brought to life one Halloween to battle 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!

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Whiz: 1984: The Return of the Ghast, Epilogue: Suppressed Memories

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Together, Valerie Coppersmith, Spooks, and Bensonhurst quickly formed a plan. Val called the Squadron of Justice hotline (Spooks had never used a dial phone, much less heard of a ten-digit phone number, much less a 1-800 number), and pretended to be Velvet. Meanwhile, Spooks turned his attention to . . .

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Whiz: 1984: The Return of the Ghast, Chapter 5: A Very Good Deed

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list To the Ghast, the Ghostly Avenger, spirits weren’t invisible at all but appeared before her mystical senses as clear as day. She had questions for both the ghost and the angel before her. “Who are you two?” The deep bass of the Ghast’s voice, which Bensonhurst could sense . . .

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Whiz: 1984: The Return of the Ghast, Chapter 4: The Boss of Bosses

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list The Ghast, the Ghostly Avenger cut a path through the underworld like a snowplow through an inch of light snow, a path aimed straight at the top, the boss of bosses. The drug dealer had recovered enough to warn her contact, and he thought he’d been adequately prepared, . . .

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Whiz: 1984: The Return of the Ghast, Chapter 3: Small Fry

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list A few days later, it would prove to be a bad night to be on the side of bad in Lower Manhattan. Velvet had been having a slow day; if she went back to the corner where her pimp Smooth Daddy was sitting in his big car waiting . . .

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Whiz: 1984: The Return of the Ghast, Chapter 2: From Fiction to Reality

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Read the next sentence as fast as you can: Daggers of fire seared her optic nerves she was falling bit back a scream of pain echolocation signals stopped started slamming into her she twisted to land flat her stomach lurched with nausea rolled into shelter her brain was . . .

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Whiz: 1984: The Return of the Ghast, Chapter 1: The Gray Cowl

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Monday, October 29, 1984: It was bright and sunny at midday outside a small house in Rowayton, Connecticut. A red and blue For Sale sign was displayed in the front yard, with a big Sold sticker plastered on either side. “That’s the last damn box I’m doing today! . . .

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Whiz: 1984: The Return of the Ghast, Prologue: Crashing Thunder

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list At the League of United Nations Building in New York City, there once occurred a battle between the now-forgotten team of super-heroes called the Super Squad and a team of fantastical super-villains known as the Jailbirds and Legbreakers Assembly. The villains, who until then had merely been fictional . . .

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Secret Files: Marvel Family: The Shepherd

by Drivtaan
Secret Files: The Five Earths Project
A young shepherd boy named Joel is called upon by the old wizard Shazam to protect a couple with child on a trip to Bethlehem to pay taxes! But little does the Shepherd realize how often his amazing new powers will be called upon to battle a number of evil menaces seeking to prevent the first Christmas Day!

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Secret Files: Marvel Family: The Shepherd, Chapter 3: The Final Gifts

by Drivtaan Return to chapter list The next couple of days and nights were uneventful, yet Joel, once again transformed, remained vigilant. He reasoned within himself that, were anything else to happen, it would have to be soon. On the third day of travel, halfway between Jericho and Bethlehem, Joel’s instincts proved true. Joel, holding . . .

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