There was Earth-One, home of the Justice League, Earth-Two, where the Justice Society resided, Earth-Three, a world terrorized by the Crime Syndicate, and Earth-S, protected planet of the Squadron of Justice. In fact, there were an infinite number of universes, yet one was always set apart as different. A world without superheroes. Oh sure, there was Earth-X, although it would have transplant heroes and native heroes later on. Then there was Earth-Prime.
Earth-Prime was said to be our world, or at least a reasonable facsimile of it. A normal planet, with no paranormal protectors, only comicbook writers and artists who brought to live in the pages of their medium the costumed crusaders of other universes. On one occasion, the Flash of Earth-One was attacked by an alien adversary known as a Nok that was feeding on his superspeed aura, and in battle the Scarlet Speedster is thrown from his world to that of Earth-Prime. Seeking out the publisher of Flash's comics there, he encountered editor Julius Schwartz who purchased the needed materials to construct a Cosmic Threadmill in order for the Flash to return to Earth-One, where he would defeat the Nok.
Interestingly, this wasn't the first interaction between comic creators on Earth-Prime and inhabitants from another universe. The first record instance was when three friends of the Earth-Two Flash named Winky, Blinky and Noddy used their own abilities to "break the fourth wall" to meet Sheldon Meyer, E.E. Hibbard and Gardner Fox on Earth-Prime before returning to their own world. Apparently, the "creative energies" exerted by these chroniclers of superhero tales could under certain circumstances mysteriously bend the laws of physics between realities. In fact, this would occur repeatedly as we'll see...
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