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Post by johnreiter902 on Oct 12, 2023 0:54:25 GMT
Earth-N is the designation for the universe where all of DC's newspaper strip comics take place. I though it might be interesting to consider what we know about this universe
First, Earth-N has only about a dozen superheroes. Superman, Batman, Robin, and Wonder Woman all first appeared in the golden age, and are similar to their Earth-2 counterparts, though with some differences. Later, in the late 60s and early 70s, counterparts of the Earth-1 Batgirl, Green Arrow, Man-Bat, Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, Black Canary, and Black Lightning debuted. Due to it's low density of heroes, this world never had a JLA or a JSA, though the heroes do team-up often
These are some of the differences I picked out from Earth-1 and Earth-2
Kal-El's rocket was found by a passing motorist, and he grew up in an orphanage without being adopted Bizarro was created in a lab accident (he had a B instead of an S on his costume) and was killed by Superman with kryptonite in his first appearance The city of Dur-El-Va was abducted from Krypton 10 years before it's destruction by an alien named Romando Superman appeared before Congress in 1942, and offered his services to the US government for the duration of the war. He spent the rest of the war handling jobs for the military Superman married Lois Lane in 1948 Harvey Dent was an actor, not a lawyer, and was scared while testifying as a key witness. He was never cured of his scars Bruce Wayne was presumably succeeded by Dick Grayson as Batman, who took on a new Robin as his partner (since Batman was active up through the 1980s) Paula von Gunther was always an Amazon, though Wonder Woman did fight a similar spy mistress in her early career
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Post by lawrenceliberty on Oct 12, 2023 16:17:03 GMT
That is really cool. Never thought about a continuity for the comic strips. I really am intrigued.
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Post by lawrenceliberty on Oct 12, 2023 16:21:45 GMT
I will add please tell us more if you get the chance. Are most of the strips available for reading anywhere online?
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Post by dans on Oct 12, 2023 17:46:10 GMT
I will add please tell us more if you get the chance. Are most of the strips available for reading anywhere online? Lib, try a google search on "read superman newspaper comic strips online" |
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Post by lawrenceliberty on Oct 12, 2023 17:58:53 GMT
Thank you!
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Post by dans on Oct 13, 2023 13:14:02 GMT
I've downloaded a couple of archives from this site without any problems that I can see (like malware install). You will need to extract the files from the .rar archive type and then you will need Comic Book Reader to read the .cbr files after you extract them.
I didn't do extensive testing on the download page, and I'm not a computer security guru - so decide on your own if this is safe or not...
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Post by redsycorax on Oct 13, 2023 21:43:04 GMT
Rather than Earth-N, what about Earth 1.5? It seems to be somewhat inbetween Earths One and Two insofar as its hero history goes.
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Post by jonclark on Oct 13, 2023 22:22:13 GMT
Rather than Earth-N, what about Earth 1.5? It seems to be somewhat inbetween Earths One and Two insofar as its hero history goes. Technically there are probably dozens of Earths that existed between Earth Two and our version of Earth One. Just based on the compressed timeline alone you'd have worlds where the Silver Age "began" in every year from 1956 through the 1970's. And then you get those heroes like Marsboy who don't fit with J'onn J'onnzz history or the varied takes on just how two heroes met "for the first time". You could arguably make alternate worlds for all of those. |
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Post by johnreiter902 on Oct 13, 2023 23:50:19 GMT
Rather than Earth-N, what about Earth 1.5? It seems to be somewhat inbetween Earths One and Two insofar as its hero history goes. Earth-N is the official designation according to the DC Database. It is a bit like Earth-2A, and similar worlds, in that it incorporates information from both eras |
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