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Post by johnreiter902 on Jun 8, 2023 10:29:03 GMT
Getting back to Superman... given the birth of Jon Kent in the fifties, one suspects that if he ends up as Superboy, he might well end up involved with a version of the Legion of Super Heroes. So would that mean Jon ends up having modified version of the Earth-One Superboy's adventures and experiences, except in the context of Metropolis? Very likely. He probably would spend a lot of time in the 31st century actually, and have adventures with the children of the original Legion.
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Post by redsycorax on Jun 9, 2023 0:53:02 GMT
Would it necessarily be their children, or the 31st Century? Could it be the classic LSH and the thirtieth century?
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Post by johnreiter902 on Jun 10, 2023 0:51:43 GMT
Would it necessarily be their children, or the 31st Century? Could it be the classic LSH and the thirtieth century? Certainly it could be, but it's thematically cooler for it to be their children
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Post by redsycorax on Jun 12, 2023 22:42:16 GMT
Okay, what about Supergirl in this universe? Would she settle down, become involved in a career and end up in a permanent relationship? And at what point would she become Superwoman? Would Superwoman replace Superman at some point in the future, as she does in several imaginary stories?
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Post by johnreiter902 on Jun 13, 2023 10:42:15 GMT
Kara Zor-EL would adopt the alias of Superwoman in the 1970s. By the time of her death in 1986, she would already be 40 years old, since she was 13 in 1959. She becomes governor of Florida, and I think she might have a relationship
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Post by redsycorax on Jun 14, 2023 3:09:54 GMT
I see you read the same imaginary story that I did. However, the identity of Kara's lover is hidden in that Superwoman interlude. It'd be interesting if it was one of the in-house characters...say, Jimmy Olsen, for argument's sake? Or has he already married Lucy Lane by that point?
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Post by jonclark on Jun 14, 2023 4:46:53 GMT
Think that same issue established that Jimmy had married Lucy and she now owned the airline that she had been a stewardess for.
There was some consensus that Kara was with Dick Grayson, but if it was her calling him Richard I'd think Dick Malvern was a better guess.
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Post by redsycorax on Jun 14, 2023 5:10:03 GMT
So Dick Malverne didn't die of cancer in the Linearverse, obviously.
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Post by DocQuantum on Jun 14, 2023 7:37:01 GMT
So Dick Malverne didn't die of cancer in the Linearverse, obviously. Nor on Earth-1. That's a totally Post-Crisis invention written many years later.
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Post by johnreiter902 on Sept 1, 2023 0:44:33 GMT
Selena Kyle begins her careers as Catwoman (originally the Cat) in 1940
In 1945, after a one-night stand with Slam Bradley, she becomes pregnant. She disappears for a year, during which she gives birth secretly to a daughter, Helena Kyle
Catwoman returns to crime in 1946, but as her daughter gets older, she worries more and more about getting caught. In 1950, she decides to fake amnesia and reform, in order to get Batman and the police off her back
She remains reformed until 1954, when a news article about how Batman "tamed" her enrages Selena, and she returns to crime. After another narrow escape from Batman, she comes to her senses and goes into hiding. Eventually, when her stolen loot starts to run out, she arranges for the publication of her memoirs, which adequately supports her and her daughter until Selena's death in the mid-1960s from natural causes
In 1966, Helena Kyle takes up her mother's mantel and becomes the new Catwoman. She eventually reforms in 1978, and retires in 1988
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Post by johnreiter902 on Sept 29, 2023 13:25:15 GMT
Snapper Carr is born 1947 joins the JLA after helping them beat Starro 1960 becomes a reporter 1965 is expelled from the JLA. He writes a memoir of his adventures and lives off the proceeds when he is fired from his job as a reporter. Tried to start a tv show 1969 the money from his book has run out, and he is living in poverty. Superman gets him a job as a lab assistant at STAR Labs 1978 given superpowers by the dominators 1989 the Blasters have disbanded after 4 crazy years, mostly in space, and his hands are cut off by the Khunds. Brainiac 2 makes him new hands, but his powers seem gone 1993 has been married and divorced, and is living in retirment, spending most of his time at the coffee house in Happy Harbor 1999 After many adventures together, Hourman asks him to mentor Young Justice 2001 Young Justice disbands. He begins secretly monitoring the superhero community 2003 recruited by Checkmate during the OMAC crisis 2005 his powers return, and he has an affair with Cheetah 2008 living in the Detroit bunker with Ivo's JLA robots 2019
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Post by johnreiter902 on Sept 30, 2023 2:23:42 GMT
Cheetah 1 (Priscilla Rich) active from 1943-1976 finally cured of her insanity permanently. died of cancer in 1980
Cheetah 2 (Deborah Domaine) active from 1980-1985 cured of her insanity, and eventually wrote a book about her experiences and those of her aunt. murdered by Cheetah 3 in 2008
Cheetah 3 (Barbara Minerva) 1st career active from 1987-2001 powers stolen by Sebastian Ballesteros
Cheetah 4 (Sebastian Ballesteros) active from 2001-2004 murdered by Barbara Minerva
Cheetah 3 (Barbara Minerva) 2nd career active presently
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Post by johnreiter902 on Oct 3, 2023 2:00:02 GMT
Legislative history of superheroes in the Linnearverse
1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt issues a presidential directive, the All-Star Directive, requiring all mystery men to join the All-Star Squadron and serve the US government in the war effort. The mystery men comply without protest, and the government is very hand-off in the day-to-day management of the team.
1945 The All-Star Directive expires, and the All-Star Squadron disbands
1950 Thomas Thompson, the Americommando, becomes the first superhero to publicly run for office. However, he is actually dead, and the Ultra-Humanite is possessing his body.
1951 the HUAC orders the JSA to unmask and be investigated for communist sympathies. The Society refuses, and disbands. They are declared to be wanted fugitives. Congress passes a law requiring all mystery men to be registered with the government, or be considered criminals. This law is poorly enforced, since most people support the heroes.
Senator Tex Thomson is revealed as the Ultra-Humanite, and flees justice
Batman is officially declared a deputized agent of the Gotham City Police Department by Commissioner Gordon Superman is publicly endorsed by president-elect Eisenhower, who call him the champion of democracy, and the President along with Congress pass a law that Superman can operate without revealing his identity, with the full support of the American government
1955
Superman is issued his Golden Certificate by the United Nations, which allows him to make arrests in any UN nation, and cross their borders at will
1957 The Supreme Court rules in Snart vs. Central City that costumed heroes can testify in criminal cases without unmasking. This had happened before, but it was always at the judge's discretion to allow it.This marks the unofficial end to the ban on costumed heroes, since it is nearly unenforceable
1961 Congress officially repeals the law banning unlicensed heroes, and confirms the right of superheroes to operate without revealing their identities
1962 Supergirl is issued her own Golden Certificate by the United Nations
1972 The law passed by congress in 1961 is amended, outlining the authority of the federal government to enlist heroes during a national emergency
1979 Hospitals world-wide being adopting "respect the cowl" policies, to maintain the heroes secret identities while giving them medical treatment
1986 popular speaker G. Gordon Godfrey riles up the nation against superheros, leading to congress banning costumed heroes. However, when Godfrey is exposed as an agent of Darkseid, who tries to invade the Earth and is narrowly defeated, congress quickly repeals the law.
1987 The United Nations agrees to charter the Justice League as an international organization under UN authority
1992 After numerous deaths, resignations, and public debacles, the UN withdraws it's funding and the JLI disbands In the 1992 presidential election, supervillain Mr. Nobody and superhero Etrigan both run for president. Mr. Nobody is assassinated, and the Demon loses
1998 President Bill Clinton establishes the Department of Exranormal Operations, under the authority of the Secretary of Metahuman affairs, to handle metahuman crime. Mr. Bones is appointed as the first director of the DEO.
2006 The UN passes the Freedom of Power treaty, which limits the ability of superheroes to operate in a foreign country without the approval of the government, effectively repealing the Golden Certificates
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Post by redsycorax on Oct 3, 2023 4:26:55 GMT
Sounds good, John. So, I assume that there were similar metahuman-positive laws outside the United States? What about the status of extra-terrestrial aliens and human intermarriage on this world? Were there kneejerk legislative and judicial responses to alien invasions, or did the stature of Superman and Supergirl deter any such legislation?
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Post by johnreiter902 on Oct 29, 2023 2:06:54 GMT
Sounds good, John. So, I assume that there were similar metahuman-positive laws outside the United States? What about the status of extra-terrestrial aliens and human intermarriage on this world? Were there kneejerk legislative and judicial responses to alien invasions, or did the stature of Superman and Supergirl deter any such legislation? 1. I would say so, though to a lesser extent. No country has the metahuman density of America
2. No legislation on it yet, so it's th ewild west. You do what you want as long as you don't make waves
3. Some, each alien invasion is usually followed by a period of anti-alien histaria, but the large number of high-profile alien heroes (not least of which Superman himself) means they don't last long
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