Earth-Two (1940) Story Idea: Witches Vs Nazis

[redsycorax]

Okay, so the Justice Society formed originally in order to combat a delayed version of Hitler's Operation Sea Lion in 1940, his planned invasion of Britain- which took place here in November 1940, repelled by several members of what later coalesced into the JSA as we know it. So here's the thing. There's also a contemporary myth that Britain's patriotic magus population took part in a grand warding of the British Isles to similarly repell the Nazi threat (as well, possibly, as any supernatural Nazi threats courtesy of Nazi Germany's Ahnerbe). So here's my idea. Would any of DC's 1940 mages participate in such an activity and who would they fight if the Ahnerbe tried anything?

The original JSA story: dc.fandom.com/wiki/DC_Special_Vol_1_29

Here's one take on the patriotic British magus story: www.thoughtco.com/british-witches-hitler-spell-4134250


So who could be enlisted in this context? Obviously Doctor Fate and the Spectre and possibly also Zatara. But who else? 

[dans]

Dr. Occult pops to mind...

[starskyhutch76]

One viable WWII occult threat might be the Thule society: Necromancers working for Adolf Hitler. They were featured in the show Supernatural and we could introduce a version of them here. I've used some stuff from Supernatural in a Hellblazer story here already. Heck, they're both WB properties.

www.supernaturalwiki.com/Thule_Society

[DocQuantum]

I added a history lesson to Chapter 2 of Dan's Mary Marvel & Atom Blake story, that has such a confrontation, only it was the Thule Society of Nazi-dominated Earth-X and took place in 1945:

Over the centuries since the isle was discovered, literally hundreds of the most powerful mages throughout history had contributed to the magical spells defending the isle from invaders. But the evil mystical forces waged against the White School came to a head during World War II, when an expeditionary force of Nazi occultists from Earth-X breached the island in 1945. The Thule Society of Earth-X had been the most powerful version of that German occult group, and they desired the island primarily for its access to other dimensions, time, and space via the Clock Tower. Thus, with some help from a traitorous former professor named Henry Valdemir and a few former students in their ranks, the Nazi occultists managed to breach the isle’s defenses and bomb the White School, destroying or damaging several of the ancient halls and buildings on its campus.

But just as the Nazis were about to land their bombers on the island and claim the Clock Tower and all the other treasures there as their own, the isle vanished, sinking rapidly into the sea while seemingly dissipating into nothingness, causing those Nazi mystics to crash and drown in the ocean. The protective spells ended up saving all but a few of the faculty and students present, returning all the residents to their respective Earths, while another spell caused the island and the school to be mostly forgotten by anyone who ever heard of it, except as a faraway dream world like Avalon. The island’s defenses should have been effective against the attack, especially when combined with the talents of the Homo Magi professors and students who resided there. But perhaps the island had a certain sentience of its own, and it had decided that the day of the White School was over, and that it was time for a new era to begin.

[dans]

Funny, I was just re-reading that very story, and I sure couldn't remember writing that... then I saw the credits!

[DocQuantum]

Jan 27, 2021 21:06:58 GMT dans said:

Funny, I was just re-reading that very story, and I sure couldn't remember writing that... then I saw the credits!

Right. At the time I published it I proposed the solution to keep your history of Grimoire Island intact even though it didn’t originally work with the history shown in previous stories written by CSyphrett and others for the Earth-1 group. I believe I sent you the part o wrote prior to publishing it.

[dans]

all is good, Doc! In fact, the multi-dimensional character of Grim Island, and the extremely powerful magical defenses, will come in very handy in my current story.

[reichsmark]

Did you ever use Nadir? We don't know what happened to him after he was strangled and abducted unless you used him somewhere. Since he was originally from India I can imagine him getting involved with "Mother England" since at this time England still ruled India.

[johnreiter902]

Jan 28, 2021 18:23:08 GMT reichsmark said:

Did you ever use Nadir? We don't know what happened to him after he was strangled and abducted unless you used him somewhere. Since he was originally from India I can imagine him getting involved with "Mother England" since at this time England still ruled India.

Nadir was transported by Atoman to Earth-1 in the present day, in a story called "Whatever Happened To…?"

He stayed on Earth-1 for a while, and married June Moone (the Enchantress). Then he was transported back to Earth-2 (still in the present day).

[DocQuantum]

Which story did that happen? I don’t recall where Nadir returned to Earth-2.

[johnreiter902]

Superteam Family: Dreamland. It is not one the site yet, but it is finished.

[reichsmark]

There was an obscure pre superman? magician called Lando. Hocus and Pocus claim to be the sons of the magician Presto. Interestingly Margo the Magician from Quality comics also claims to be the daughter of Presto. I believe both Prestos have disappeared. I know different earths but still...

[redsycorax]

Hmmm. If there was a Thule Society, then why not an Albion/Merlin/Myrrdin Society in Britain as a counterpoint? Not sure what a United States version would be named.

[johnreiter902]

Jan 31, 2021 2:42:07 GMT redsycorax said:

Hmmm. If there was a Thule Society, then why not an Albion/Merlin/Myrrdin Society in Britain as a counterpoint? Not sure what a United States version would be named.

Houdini Society?

[dans]

Blackstone?