Crazy Costumed Crimefighting Counterparts

Earth-Twelve was a unique world among the infinite variations of this third planet from the star Sol. While superheroes of Earths One, Two, Four, S, and others had serious sides to them... this particular universe was predicated on a more jovial nature, as were its protectors.

Merryman (Myron Victor). was the son of golden age heroes Patriot and Lady Liberty. Just as his parents were their world's version of the Freedom Fighters Uncle Sam and Miss America of Earth-Two, so too was Myron the doppleganger of Jester (Chuck Tane) of that same alternate Earth.

Although not possessing the physical skills of Tane, Victor used his substantial intellect to compensate and lead his team, the Inferior Five, into many battles of which they came out victorious.

Dumb Bunny (Athena Tremor), like her cosmic twin of Earth-Two in Fury (Lyta Trevor), was a super-strong second generation Amazonian. The daughters of Princess Power and Wonder Woman, respectively, these blond bombshells were apt to solving conflict with their might. 

However, while Lyta coupled her powerful physique with mental acumen, Athena sadly lacked the mental abilities to think her way out of problems. It would be Dumb Bunny's step-sister Angel O'Day who had the intellect of the two which she inherited from her father. And, in fact, Angel would like Lyta's colleague Jonni Thunder have a propensity towards detective work that aided her clients.

Angel's business associate, Sam Simeon, helped her on her cases using his skills as a gorilla... drastically different from the menace that the Ultra-Humanite ape was towards Lyta and her young allies in Infinity Inc. more than once throughout he years.

Blimp (Herman Cramer) was the son of the Fastest Man of Earth-Twelve in Captain Swift. However, due to his girth, Herman only inherited his father's flight ability without manifesting the speed powers of his father. 

He would be a loyal friend to his costumed colleagues, much as his cosmic twin Tubby  Theodore Watts was for the Johnny Quick of Earth-Two. He and Quick were also coworkers which led to several adventures. Tubby himself had like Blimp gained the power of flight thanks to using the same speed formula that Johnny relied upon for years. However, Tubby also possessed super speed like his best pal, yet was unable to maneuver with it and so decided to retire and simply support Quick from behind the scenes.

White Feather (William King) was the actual son of his Earth's premier avenging archer in the Bowman, unlike Speedy (Roy Harper) who was adopted by Green Arrow.

Although displaying archery skills on part with his counterpart, William also displayed a weakness that his counterpart Roy didn't have... an overwhelming cowardice which at times immobilized the young hero.

Awkwardman (Leander Brent) was a self-proclaimed "beachcomber" and as such lived a life of partying. He was also the son of two success stories in Mister Might and the Mermaid, of which he gained his super-strength and amphibious attributes. As physically perfect as that of Batman (Bruce Wayne), he also shared a similar fashion sense and civilian lifestyle that Wayne adopted as a playboy. 

However, Brent did not have Wayne's physical coordination, hence his alter ego which belied his tendency to trip over his own two feet in and out of his costume.

The Interior Five were the Earth-Twelve version of Infinity, Inc., being second generation superheroes following the footsteps of their heroic forefathers in the Freedom Brigade and Justice Society. While not quite living up to their legends, they nevertheless made names for themselves and assisted not only their own world but other parallel planets during the Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Other heroes both past and present populated this alternate Earth, including their own versions of Superman and Robin. In addition, another quintet of teenage superhumans in training assisted the Inferior Five on occasion, these being the students at Dean Egghead's Academy of Super-Heroes. Their membership consisted of the Ape, Basilisk, Icarus, Levitation Lass and Winter Wonderlad.

The history of Earth-Twelve has several masked men and wonderful women who fought for justice, such as Merry Man's grandfather Yellowjacket who along with his sidekick Plato fought the fine fight, like his cosmic twin Crimson Avenger who alongside his personal age Wing were said to be the inspiration for a whole generation of costumed crusaders. Among them his own son the Patriot.

The premier powerhouse protectors who operated in the 1940's were the Freedom Brigade. The known membership for this team and their correlating counterparts were:

• Mister Might (Superman/Clark Kent) 
• Princess Power (Wonder Woman/Diana Prince) 
• Captain Swift (The Flash aka Jay Garrick)
• Bowman (Green Arrow/Oliver Queen) 
• Mermaid (Ptra Paralea)
• Patriot (Uncle Sam)
• Lady Liberty (Miss America)

Cunningly Childish Clownish Criminals

James Jesse of Earth-One and Chuck Lane of Earth-Two were two of a kind. They each acrobatically adept and inventive geniuses. Both developed unique gadgets transforming toys as effective weapons.

James was originally a circus acrobat, a member of the Flying Jesses, although he had a fear of flying. To cope with this, he developed his flying shoes. Since the old western outlaw Jesse James was his idol, Jesse decided to become a criminal as well. Known as the Trickster, he employed various weird weapons with his various gag gadgets against Central City's law enforcement especially the Flash and Kid Flash, both alongside their Rogues Gallery. 

Chuck Lane was a policeman who adopted an alter ego inspired by his ancestors as the Jester. Born Robert Mason, heir to a fortune, when his father disowned him he briefly turned to crime as the Jester, until an imitator threatened the life of his father. After saving his dad, Mason decided to become a law enforcement officer. As a now heroic Jester, Lane had a brief costumed crusader on his native Earth-Two, and joined the All-Star Squadron. Lane's most famous instrument in his crimefighting arsenal was a round spherical flying object of his own creation known as a Quinopolis, which he would use as a weapon and a larger version of which he would ride upon on occasion

Gradually, Trickster branched out into other cities, and had a tenuous relationship with the Secret Society of Super-Villians, although not one of their more reliable members, clashing with other heroes such as Black Lightning and the World's Finest Team of Superman and Batman.

The Jester journeyed to Earth-X alongside Uncle Sam's Freedom Fighters, although evidence suggests that he returned to Earth-Two a few years later as he was still operating as a masked manhunter late into the 1940s on a world that was no longer enmbroiled in World War II.

Eventually Jesse repented of his criminal past, after the Flash left the 20th century to rejoin his wife Iris in her native 30th century. Would this change of heart last? At first having an adversarial rivalry with professional stuntman Daniel Cassidy in Hollywood, attempting to steal Daniel's Blue Devil suit, Jesse and Cassidy mended their relationship. His fellow Rogue, the Top, would later possesses powers similar to James, counterpart has displayed during Roger's second criminal career.

Migrants of Multiple Earths Thesis: Part 2

When Uncle Sam returned to Earth-Two, he recruited a small group of All-Star Squadron members, of whom the Ray and Black Condor permanently moved to Earth-X. This was to maintain the cosmic balance between both Earths, as Baron Blitzkrieg brought three elite Nazis with him from Earth-X. A fourth hero who remained there, the Red Bee, was killed by the Baron… just as the Baron had only hours before sent one of his Earth-X Nazis to his death as he fell off an Earth-Two building. 

Hourman only spent a few months on Earth-X (after five of his allies perished at Pearl Harbor) before returning to Earth-Two. So he wouldn’t be classified as one of these permanent migrants, but one of five Justice League and Justice Society members who aided the Freedom Fighters during their brief visits to Earth-X. Doll Man and Midnight journeyed there during Sam’s first visit, exchanging places with Baron Blitzkrieg’s initial Earth-X Nazis.

The next batch of new heroes who moved to Earth-X a few months later, during the Crisis on Infinite Earths event, were: Human Bomb, Phantom Lady, Spider, Manhunter* (and his robot dog Thor), Plastic Man**, the Jester, Quicksilver and the Blackhawk Squadron*** (Blackhawk*, Stanislaus*, Olaf*, Hendrickson*, Chop Chop*, Andre* and Chuck*). Lance and Michael Gallant also previously journeyed to Earth-X as Captain Triumph in 1942, before returning to Earth-Two to join the All-Star Squadron... though their brief stay would like Hourman's disqualify them as offical cross-Earth migrants.

During the same Crisis event, a number of Earth-One heroes fought to save all reality in other universes, where they perished in the universes of Qward and Earth-Four. These included Nighthawk, Kid Psycho, Supergirl, the Flash, Aquagirl, Prince Gavyn the Starman, Immortal Man, Xax the insect Green Lantern, and Green Lantern Tomar-Re (as well as the robot body of Red Tornado). Additionally five renegade Guardians of the Universe perished in an Anti-Matter Universe barrage projected upon their meeting chamber on the planet Oa. 

By 1943, Firebrand and his arch-foe Silver Ghost traveled to Earth-X under undisclosed circumstances, leaving Earth-Two behind forever. Silver Ghost forsook his American citizenship to join Germany while Firebrand’s alter ego Rod Reilly used his status in their military to become a double agent for America. It could be assumed that when Manhunter traveled back to Earth-Two, he traded places with Firebrand if perhaps inadvertently (while Silver Ghost arrived on Earth-X during the same time period that Doll Man from the 1970s reappeared on Earth-Two* to reunite with his fiancé Martha Roberts).

* These Freedom Fighters eventually migrated back to Earth-Two. We know this because; 1.) Doll Man had adventures in the late 1940s with the Martha "Doll Girl" Roberts of Earth-Two, 2.) Dan "Manhunter" Richards, always accompanied by his loyal pooch Thor, became grandfather to Marcie "Harlequin" Cooper of Earth-Two, 3.) the seven Blackhawks had an adventure in September 1944 with the Batman of Earth-Two.

** Plastic Man later migrated to Earth-Twelve during the Convergence event, where he sired Plastic Man Jr. who became a frenemy of the Inferior Five of that world and his father’s counterpart.

*** While the Losers of Earth-One along with their fellow soldiers on the same battlefield perished at the same time as their Earth-Two counterparts, they died due to non-Crisis causes. So they wouldn’t be considered as offsetting in this multiverse erasure of characters. Instead, the Blackhawks’ reappearance on Earth-Two took their place.

Male-Manipulating Malevolent Maidens

Rona was an escape prisoner from the 7th dimension, sealed in a marble statue and left in the 3rd dimensional realm of Earth-One. When she mentally connected with young reporter Jimmy Olsen, she sought to gain his affection upon her release from her immobile state, Rona displayed tremendous mental abilities allowing her to transmute and materialized objects with only a thought. Eventually following their initial encounter, Jimmy and Rona decide to wed, after she provides Olsen with a serum that strengthens his physique. During their courtship, Rona finds a romantic rival in Lucy Lane. Despite winning the hand of Jimmy in marriage, the Interdimensional Patrol arrived during the wedding ceremony to incarcerate Rona. Their charge against this malevolent maiden? Murder, as she used a substance known as Curare to transform several former husbands into lifeless statues. After Jimmy was given an anecdote devised by Superman to save his life, she left behind Earth-One.

Lady Satan was a femme fatale on Earth-Two with the modus operandi of having a series of men married off, then slaying them to collect their insurance policies. She eventually came to the attention of beat cop Chuck Lane, also known in his other identity as the Jester, who in thought to be a costumed criminal but in reality is a masked manhunter. When she chose as her next prey Chuck's partner police detective Hustace McGinty, both Lane and Jester became involved in this case. While unable to materialize objects (a power possessed by Jester’s Freedom Fighters teammate Miss America), the Lady was able to make objects disappear through misdirection.

Rona would reappear several months after her last appearance, attempting to thwart the wedding of Jimmy and Lucy while removing competition and for his affections, even overpowering 5th dimensional Miss Gzptlsnz who likewise schemed against the couple. Once more, the Interdimensional Patrol arrived to recapture Rona, this time never to be seen again!

Lady Satan soon after her first appearance reentered the life of Chuck Lane, thus time attempting to enter into a partnership with him. She deduced that Lane and the Jester were one and the same, and saw use for both in outwitting the police while making him a partner on crime. Instead, Jester outwitted Lady Satan while ensnaring her as his fellow police officers encircled and captured her.