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The Blue Beetle: 1939: Death Rides on Horseback

by an unknown author, story from The Blue Beetle #1 (Winter 1939-1940)
The Blue Beetle: The Five Earths Project
The hand of a killer hovered over a frightened city, and policemen strode their beats in the shadow of death, until the Blue Beetle took a horseback ride in Central Park!

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Sentinels of Justice: Another Crisis on Earth-Four

by Libbylawrence
Sentinels of Justice: The Five Earths Project
A mysterious figure armed with power like that which destroyed universes during the Crisis on Infinite Earths begins gathering a horde of villains for a mission of evil and tempting heroes with offers they can’t refuse! Meanwhile, Ted Kord’s father is plotting against his own son in an attempt to force him to bend to his will by hiring an impostor to frame the Blue Beetle for a series of crimes! And a mysterious new hero called Supernova appears on the scene, but who is this masked man, and what is his purpose? Join the Sentinels of Justice as they battle evil on two fronts — on Earth versus a group of new villains called the Pseudo-Squad, and in outer space versus a threat to the universe itself! Introducing the Silver Scarab, and featuring the return of the greatest of all forgotten heroes!

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Blue Beetle and Booster Gold: Tomorrow Never Knows

by Libbylawrence
Action-Hero Team-Up: The Five Earths Project
There’s something very wrong with Alice. Ted Kord’s secretary, Alice Medley, is a very sweet young woman. But she hasn’t aged in twenty years, and she seems almost too perfect. That façade of perfection comes crashing down one day when two androids break into KORD Inc. in search of Project Auto, and Alice is caught in between. It’s up to the Blue Beetle and the visiting Booster Gold to get down to the bottom of things before the whole company falls down around them! Introducing Tomorrow Woman!

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Sentinels of Justice: Invaded by Magic

by Libbylawrence
Sentinels of Justice: The Five Earths Project
When certain people are transformed by an outbreak of magic on Earth, it’s only a prelude to the most exciting Sentinels of Justice adventure of all! After tracking down a missing teammate, the Sentinels are transported to the Land of the Nightshades, where they soon find themselves in a battle for their lives in that fabled realm! But can the team accomplish what has eluded Nightshade for so long — the realm’s liberation from the evil Succubus? Meanwhile, to what other storybook realm has the real Nightshade been transported, and how will the role she plays there lead her back to her allies? Featuring the return of Mark Merlin, sleuth of the supernatural!

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Sentinels of Justice: Atomic Nightmare

by Libbylawrence
Sentinels of Justice: The Five Earths Project
The Sentinels of Justice come up against their most dangerous foe yet — Monarch! But who is the Monarch? Could he really be Booster Gold or one of the heroes of the present? And what connection does the Atomic Knights Project from World War II have to the Sentinels and Monarch himself? Featuring a return to the Crisis on Infinite Earths! And introducing a new hero called Champion!

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Sentinels of Justice: Duplicity

by Libbylawrence
Sentinels of Justice: The Five Earths Project
In the United Kingdom, a shape-changing woman named Duplicity gathers a team of super-powered individuals. Claiming that the Sentinels of Justice have gone rogue, she sends this team against them. But what is her ultimate goal in discrediting the Sentinels? And why has she kidnapped Eve Eden (Nightshade)? Introducing the special British intelligence branch known as MI-13 and the new action-hero team of the Union.

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Sentinels of Justice: Superpowers

by Libbylawrence, CSyphrett and Doc Quantum, with Rubberman41
Sentinels of Justice: The Five Earths Project
Sarge Steel uncovers the secrets of the Soviet Superpowers Program, which has succeeded in building powerful superhuman soldiers for Mother Russia. Is the Cold War about to heat up? But with the Sentinels of Justice effectively disbanded, who will protect the West? Guest starring Redstar, Steel Wolf, the People’s Heroes, and Soyuz. Featuring the debut of the new Liberty Belle, Guardian, and the amazing Booster Gold!

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The Question: 1968: A Dark Night

by Blackwolf247
The Question: The Five Earths Project
During a gritty case, the Question meets someone he never expected to meet — a dark figure of the night who shares the same name as a character from a campy TV show, but who has little else in common with that fictional hero! But as the faceless crime-fighter and the Bat-Man from another world take down a group of gangsters, they end up having more in common with each other than they would have thought. Guest starring a member of the Fightin’ Five!

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The Paragons: Deus Ex Astra, Book 2: World Tree

by Doc Quantum, Libbylawrence, Joe Kinski, CSyphrett and Bradley Cobb
The Paragons: The Five Earths Project
Mythological menaces continue to rage all across Europe, and no one has any idea why! As the Son of Vulcan, Earth-Four’s monitor, takes a closer look at the situation, he begins to see a pattern forming. Could Stardust the Super-Wizard have something to do with all the new European action-heroes? And even as the Son of Vulcan assembles a new group of young champions, will they be enough to battle a foe who is capable of altering reality itself? Meanwhile, Jack Sinistro Bicci is investigating the situation from the ground alongside the former Wonder Boy, bringing them to a fateful meeting in Paris with a new crime-fighter who is dealing with problems of his own! Guest starring Redstar, Zaza the Mystic, and Baron Weirwulf, and introducing Wundergirl, the Grey Ghost, and Europe’s new team of action-heroes — the Paragons!

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Blue Beetle: 1973: The Wedding Planner

by CSyphrett
Blue Beetle: The Five Earths Project
Lemuel Toadkin had been a wedding planner for over forty years, but despite all his efforts he hasn’t managed to have as quiet a career as he wished. Join him in his reminiscences as he recalls the wedding of Ted Kord (Blue Beetle III) and Tracey Simmons, which was crashed by an unusual group of uninvited guests. Guest starring the Sentinels of Justice as well as a long-missing hero, the golden age Blue Beetle!

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Sentinels of Justice: The Dragon’s Den

by CSyphrett and Doc Quantum
Sentinels of Justice: The Five Earths Project
After hundreds of people in China are killed by a lone man carrying two buckets of water, the Chinese government seeks help from the Dome, the UN’s action-hero wing, which calls in the Sentinels of Justice. But with the Sentinels at its smallest membership number ever, Captain Atom is forced to work with his enemy Major Force and a group of convicts-turned-heroes called the Dragon Force. It all seems cut and dry, since their mission is to simply find this man and apprehend him for the Chinese authorities to question — a nice little exercise in international relations. But Captain Atom can’t shake the feeling that something just isn’t right about the whole situation. Could they be unwittingly walking into a dragon’s den?

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Sentinels of Justice: Fantastic Giants

by CSyphrett and Doc Quantum
Sentinels of Justice: The Five Earths Project
A Japanese scientist named Dr. Moto begins to wreak havoc over the world with his monstrous genetic creations. But will the Sentinels of Justice be able to figure out his plan in time to stop him? And when Moto’s nephew, a 12-year-old boy genius named Akira, finds a high-tech cache that includes a World War II-era android, will he use it to become a hero or a villain? The action culminates in a war on two fronts — Japan and Cuba — with two groups of action-heroes battling Moto’s fantastic giants. Guest starring the Mysterious Traveler, Redstar of the Soviet Union, Sarge Steel and the Living Assault Weapons (LAW), the Paragons, the Dragon Force, and E-Man and Nova; and reintroducing Volton, the Human Generator.

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The Paragons: Deus Ex Astra, Book 1: Visitations

by Doc Quantum, CSyphrett, Libbylawrence and Bradley Cobb
The Paragons: The Five Earths Project
The Crisis on Infinite Earths is over, but a new crisis of mythological proportions has begun all across Europe. Has a new heroic age struck the continent? The strange and powerful alien being known as the Super-Wizard believes it has, and he begins watching as a new breed of European action-heroes debut, taking steps to nudge a few in the right direction. Who is the mysterious Black Lion of Scotland, and what demons drive him on to act as a vigilante? Will Dr. Lorenzo Puzzini’s desire to continue his uncle’s heroic legacy as the new Dart of Italy make up for his father’s crimes as the villainous Barbarik? How will Lucille Michaud, the French heroine known as Psyché, escape from her mysterious captor? Has Jack Bicci, the former Sinistro, Boy Fiend, finally turned on his old ways and embraced the heroic destiny others predicted for him long ago? What happens when Rafael Guerra of Spain awakes from a months-long coma only to have power undreamt of? Will the Kenyan-born Austrian teenager Madeleine Fehr accept the panther-like powers she inherits from her grandmother? Will the Swedish artist and new father Alvar Sundin be able to embrace the idea of becoming the new vessel for Thor, God of Thunder? Will Jock Gruffud make it through the night as he battles numerous mythical baddies throughout Wales and the West Midlands as the strongman wizard hero Jock o’ Kent? And what will finally bring all these new heroes together as the Paragons?

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DC Universe: Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Villain War

by Martin Maenza, adapted and expanded from Crisis on Infinite Earths #9-10 by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez
DC Universe: Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Villain War: The Five Earths Project
As the remaining Earths begin to merge together, Brainiac and Lex Luthor of Earth-One have a plan to take them all! With an army of super-villains gathered from all five Earths, they mount a carefully planned invasion of Earth-Four, Earth-S, and Earth-X, swiftly defeating those worlds’ heroes. An army of super-heroes from Earth-One and Earth-Two soon arrive to free the other three Earths, but with the numbers favoring the villains, can the heroes rally to beat the odds? Guest starring the Justice League of America, the Justice Society of America, the New Teen Titans, the Outsiders, Infinity Inc., the Doom Patrol, the Marvel Family, the Freedom Fighters, and the Sentinels of Justice!

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Sentinels of Justice: Watching the World

by CSyphrett and Doc Quantum
Sentinels of Justice: The Five Earths Project
While monitoring the Earth, the Son of Vulcan learns of a plot by an arms cartel called the Mars Council to flood the world with advanced weaponry, selling arms to both sides in conflicts around the globe. At the same time, groundwork is laid to create a United Nations organization meant to coordinate action-hero activity internationally. As a few of the Sentinels of Justice accompanied by some international heroes converge for a deadly showdown in the Antarctic, will they finally be able to shut the Mars Council down at its source? Guest starring Redstar of the Soviet Union, the Creature Kid of Australia (formerly known as Kid Kanga), and David Crandall, the former Nature Boy; and introducing Svarog of the USSR.

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