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The
Super-Crisis that Struck Earth-Two
On Earth-2, strange black spheres were merging with
people, turning them into super-criminals. The JSA welcomed
a new member to their team - Robin (now grown and replacing
the "semi-retired" Batman). They put together
a plan to take on their new enemies. Robin and Wildcat
were defeated by their prey - a former athlete bent
on destroying all sporting events / facilities. "Gem
Girl," a woman who appeared to gain powers from
jewels, took down Wonder Woman.
Hawkman and Mr. Terrific failed to stop "Money
Master." Hourman was buried by How Chu. Not even
Johnny Thunder's T-Bolt could stop the new villains.
When it returned, it was commanded to bring them some
of the JLA heroes of Earth-One. Superman, Flash, Green
Arrow, and Green Lantern appeared.
The T-Bolt told them what it'd found out: the black
spheres were super intelligent life from another universe.
When merged with humans, an evil reaction occurred.
The "hosts" weren't necessarily bad - they
were being controlled.
The
Negative-Crisis on Earths One-Two
The combined JSA/JLA forces went out in search of the
remains of the other spheres which had not been able
to attach to humans. They were able to salvage some
of the energy and use it for themselves. GL, Wonder
Woman, Flash, and Hourman were blasted with the radiation.
Each teamed up with some of the non-radiated members
and went in search of their targets.
Hourman, like the others radiated with the black spheres,
turned evil. Superman and Robin were able to get their
fight under water, where he seemed to become human again.
After he was neutralized, they went after their bad
guy. Hawkman and GA found a weakness in the Flash when
he turned evil - a plant to which he was allergic. Green
Lantern, now also evil, was no longer vulnerable to
yellow, but he did have the wood weakness that the Earth-2
GL had. Mr. Terrific and Wildcat got the best of him.
Johnny Thunder somehow defeated Wonder Woman by telling
her jokes. He used this "power" against the
other sphere-keepers and the T-Bolt released the humans
from their bindings.
The
Stormy Return of the Red Tornado
The JSA met (on Earth-2) and were joined by the Red
Tornado. Though he claimed to be the original, the original
was a woman. Red Tornado knew everyone and everyone's
civilian identity. They took his mask off and he had
no face. They got the word that a museum was being attacked
and went into action. They villains also had no faces.
Black Canary went down, followed by Starman and Hourman.
The Flash was vaporized by the criminals' energy weapons.
Red Tornado began to think he may be under some sort
of mind control, taking down his own team. Both he and
Dr. Fate went down soon afterwards, and the criminals
escaped with the loot.
Fate and Tornado fell into a lake, awakening them. Red
Tornado flew away as if being called for. He arrived
at the hideout of T.O. Morrow - a man who'd fought Green
Lantern and Flash (of Earth-1) some time before. He
could use technology to see into the future, and had
created Red Tornado in order to defeat the JSA. T.O.
blasted him with the same type of energy weapon used
to "kill" the others.
With several of his team members dead, Dr. Fate called
in the other members of the JSA to search out the new
Red Tornado. They found him taking down T.O. Morrow
and more of his faceless goons. When he told them how
to bring the others back from the dead, they all went
down. Morrow planned to return to Earth-1 and take on
the JLA.
T.O.
Morrow kills the Justice League - Today
T.O. Morrow created duplicates of the Justice League's
significant others. They killed their lovers (Wonder
Woman, Snapper, Atom, Hawkman, and Aquaman), leaving
only Batman, Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, and
Superman alive. Morrow boasted his plans to them. He
put them up against some monsters of his creation. After
that test was through, he pitted them against some of
their own foes - Dr. Light, Amazo, Super Duper, Diamond
Creature, and Starro the Conqueror. The remainder of
the JLA were killed. Morrow placed them in a trophy
room of his own in their headquarters. His computer
from the future told him he would succeed at anything
as long as the Red Tornado did not interfere.
Tornado awakened and used his homing sense to travel
to Earth-1. He found the JLA in the trophy room (though
he did not know them), and a taped recording - a diary
- of T.O. Morrow's plans. He gathered the real girl
/ boyfriends of the JLA and had their kisses reverse
the deaths of half the members. He told them what had
happened and they headed for Earth-2 to revive the JSA.
En route, they found T.O. Morrow planning to have Earth-1
and Earth-2 go to war against each other. They defeated
Morrow and had him revive the other "dead"
members. He told Red Tornado that he was a machine and
had no identity. Tornado left Morrow on Earth-1 with
the JLA and returned "home."
Star
Light, Star Bright - Death Star I See Tonight
Red Tornado visited the JLA of Earth-1 to tell them
about a situation on his Earth: Starman had encountered
some rogue being in the sky above his observatory. Black
Canary was nearby with her husband. She investigated
and was attacked by Larry Lance. He had no clue as to
why he'd done it. She called in the JSA - Dr. Mid-Nite,
Dr. Fate, Superman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern
responded, but were met with oddities on their way in
- raining fire, rampaging children, and sword-weilding
neon signs. Once they arrived, they found a star creature
with Starman's rod.
Dr. Midnight diagnosed "Aquarius" as manic-depressive
and schizophrenic. Superman attacked the star and was
knocked out. Aquarius defeated Wonder Woman, then destroyed
Earth-2. Dr. Fate was able to create a barrier for himself
and his friends. He also sent a telepathic message to
Red Tornado to warn Earth-1.
The JLA prepared to go after Aquarius.
Where
Death Fears to Tread
When the star saw the other beings approaching, he fled.
The JSA were left with a hypnotic suggestion to attack.
They battled it out with the JLA. The JSA were KO'ed,
and Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) sought out Aquarius.
Aquarius fought back and Dinah's husband, Larry Lance,
was killed trying to save her. The spell over the Justice
Society was broken and they all regained consciousness.
Earth-2 returned to existence. Black Canary's husband
was buried, but Aquarius crashed the funeral. Wonder
Woman stayed with Canary as the other heroes chased
their foe.
The two Green Lanterns (Hal and Alan Scott) were able
to defeat and extinguish Aquarius. When they returned
with their friends to Earth-2, Black Canary asked to
join them and live on Earth-1. She feared it would be
too hard on her to exist on E-2 without Larry.
Peril
of the Paired Planets
When both Superman and Batman fell unconscious, the
JLA called in Black Canary, Green Arrow, and Green Lantern.
They had been on leave traveling the country.
In space near Earth-2, Red Tornado was abducted by aliens
planning to destroy both Earth-1 and Earth-2 by making
them vibrate at the same speed. Tornado was sabotaged
and sent back to his home. Aliens, after having studied
the JSA and found their weaknesses, attacked. Superman
and Dr. Mid-Nite were their first two victims. Due to
the attack, both Earths were affected. With these two
heroes down, their Earth-1 counterparts (Superman, Batman)
shared their fate. The two Flashes were next to go down.
Red Tornado, unaware of his actions, continued to bring
the Earths closer together.
GA, GL, and Canary arrived at the JLA headquarters just
before the Atom realized what was happening. Green Lantern
confirmed his fears. Black Canary believed she was the
problem, having moved from Earth-2 to Earth-1.
Where
Valor Fails, Will Magic Triumph?
The alien invaders staged a full-on attack of the JSA
headquarters. Hourman and Hawkman went down. As the
ghostlike apparitions began to become more tangible,
Green Lantern sought a world to temporarily place Black
Canary. He found Red Tornado between the two Earths
and realized he was the disruption, not Canary.
Dr. Fate summoned the Spectre, who'd been watching the
events. He took Fate and T-Bolt to the ship while he
attempted to keep the Earths separated. Fate destroyed
the ship, ending the crisis. Red Tornado's implant became
null and the heroes awakened from their near-death states.
The Spectre's soul was disbursed throughout the cosmos
as the Earths parted.
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