Twice-Told-Tales: Doll Man Framed for Murder

When Doll Man and his fellow Freedom Fighters finally freed their adopted world of Earth-X from the tyranny of fascism, they decided to return to their homeworld of Earth-Two. However, this visit was brief, as it was no longer their home, all ties they had with family and friends they left behind decades earlier had long been severed. And so, they decided to travel to Earth-One to start a new life. However, trouble seemed to follow them.

Shortly after arriving in New York City on that world, they were framed for crimes perpetrated by the Silver Ghost, himself an old adversary of Earth-X. Seeking revenge for the loss of his prestigious post as German military commander Raphael Van Zandt due to the tireless crusader of the Freedom Fighters. One of his schemes involved an assassination of New York District Attorney Pearson, who at the time of his death had been meeting with Doll Man to reveal that he and his team were innocent. When police arrived witnessing a stunned Darrel Dane holding the murder weapon, they immediately suspected he was the man who pulled the trigger. In fact, it was later revealed at the last minute, while Dane was tied to the electric chair for execution, that it was Pearson's assistant... a protegee of Van Zandt's... who was the true culprit. Admitting the crime, the true criminal .... Assistant District Attorney Tulane, was arrested. Meanwhile, Darrel along with his fugitive friends fled the scene, and would eventually return to Earth-X was they were revered as heroes.

Interestingly, Darrel had decades earlier on Earth-Two also been framed for murder, as the Doll Man attempted to save the life of Jim Billings. Billings had been pardoned from execution by the governor upon review of further evidence, however the vindictive judge on the case disputed this. That man, Judge Tolliver, had established a masked alter ego as an executioner of those who escaped his misguided justice. However, although Doll Man was proclaimed innocent and Tolliver was revealed to be the true culprit, it was at the Judge's own hand that he faced justice... overcome by guilty feelings of those whom he condemned to death.