Known primarily for being the adopted home of the Freedom Fighters, a band of mystery men from Earth-Two ventured to the hero-less Earth-X during the inception of World War II. On that planet, evidentially there was a version of the Justice Society of America... known as the JLAxis.
We learn of this from a passing remark made by some German officers who are occupying the Eiffel Tower, when they see Batman climbing up the side and exclaiming “Die Fledermaus” - “The Bat”. Note: given his human shape, they wouldn’t have mistaken him for an actual bat, and they refer to him by a proper name or title that is seemingly well known to inhabitants of this world. Given the suppression of American comics, it would not be referring to fictional retellings of the golden age Batman’s tales.
So this seemed to refer to the European version of that world, known alternatively as Leatherwing. Unlike his counterparts on other Earths, this Masked Manhunter is both ruthless and amoral, although he shares their strategic and tactical prowess.
In fact, he admits to being the grandson to the “Enemy Ace” Von Hammer, who on Earth-Two had a counterpart in Charles McNider aka Doctor Mid-Nite. And the Doctor’s “closest living analogue” to himself on Earth-One was Batman, himself inspired by his world’s Von Hammer!
What became of him by the early 1970s, when the Justice Society and Justice League journeyed to Earth-X and helped liberate that world, is unknown. Perhaps they were defeated by the Freedom Fighters and left imprisoned by their adversaries and the rebel cells. If so, this was not common knowledge of the soldiers in France, at least.
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