Named Earths

During the Golden Age Fox published a number of characters including the original Blue Beetle I. Years later the Charlton group bought up the rights for a number of Fox properties and added them to their stable (Earth-Four). The Earth-Fox also had a copy of the Phantom Lady. It would seem that when DC acquired the rights to the National characters in the Silver Age that they assumed that they also had rights to the Phantom Lady who had been originally published by Quality. However the character had in part transferred to Fox where she become popular before the Comic Code came in. This Fox Phantom Lady was not part of the properties picked up by Charlton and now published by AC Comics as part of their Golden Age reprint titles and has been worked into the Femforce all female superteam.

A world where the Flash was a bad guy and his enemies were actually the heroes. This Earth could substitute for a number of places shown where the hero was actually a villain. Think of the Star Trek "Mirror Mirror" episode.

This is the supposed name for the world that was the home to the being Pariah.

"The existence of Earth-Prime, where super heroes only existed in comics published by DC Comics until the coming of Ultraa in 1978, was first revealed in The Flash #179, May 1968. In this story, the Flash of Earth-One had an encounter with an alien life form which affected his speed and vibratory rate precisely enough to throw him out of the Earth-One universe and into the Earth-Prime cosmos. Thinking himself on Earth-Two, Flash was chagrined to find out that a young comic fan knew his secret identity and had read it in an issue of The Flash comics. He deduced that, just as the Gardner Fox of Earth-One had "tuned in" on the exploits of Jay Garrick, the Flash of Earth-Two, so this world's writer of The Flash must be en rapport with his existence."

"To get back to his own world, the Flash enlisted the help of the Julius Schwartz of Earth-Prime, the editor of The Flash comics in 1968 (like his Earth Real counterpart). After convincing him of his authenticity, the Flash got Schwartz to bankroll him for materials which he used to construct a Cosmic Treadmill. With this device, he returned to Earth-One. Julius Schwartz of Earth-Prime kept the Treadmill in a closet of his office for many years thereafter."

"In time, Cary Bates of Earth-Prime, the writer for The Flash, found himself teleported to Earth-One, where he learned that he had the mutant ability to control the outcome of a fight between The Flash and The Trickster. This power was to prove deadly to the Justice Society some time later, because, at the behest of the Wizard, Bates used the treadmill to cross into Earth-Two and become a super villain. There, along with the Injustice Society, he killed several members of the Justice Society. Luckily, the Elliot S. Maggin of Earth-Prime was on hand to rally the Justice League to his cause, help defeat and reform the mind controlled Bates, and bring Bates and himself home to Earth-Prime. (The Spectre received permission from The Voice to restore his dead comrades.)"

"In 1978, Earth-Prime gained its first super hero: Ultraa, an alien with Superman like abilities. The Justice League were mystically drawn across dimensional barriers to encounter Ultraa and fight a deadly computer with his aid. But Ultraa was convinced by the destruction their battle had wreaked that Earth-Prime was not ready for superheroes, and accompanied the Justice Leaguers back to Earth-One."

"In a conflict that took place in 1942 on Earth Two, in 1962 on Earth-Prime, and in 1982 on Earth-One, Per Degaton, the Justice Society's foe, accidentally learned of Earth Prime's existence and of the Cuban Crisis of 1962. By stealing the nuclear missiles which the Russians had placed in Cuba, Degaton set in motion a chain of events which led to a devastating nuclear holocaust. But the combined Justice Society, Justice League, and All-Star Squadron managed to stop the theft of the missiles by time travel, ensuring that the post holocaust Earth-Prime remained just an alternate future."

"But, unbeknownst to all, the Earth-Prime universe contained a Krypton that had blown up like its counterparts on Earth-One, Earth-Two, and Earth-Three, and its sole survivor, a young Kal-El, was sent to Earth where he was adopted by the Kents and named Clark Kent. Naturally Superman became his favourite comic character, though he had no inkling of his inherent super powers. He discovered them while masquerading in a Superboy costume, when the Superman of Earth-One was thrown into the Earth-Prime cosmos during the Crisis. Soon afterward, the Earth-Prime universe was destroyed by anti matter and Superboy of Earth-Prime made his way to the merged Earths, where he joined in the crusade against the Anti-Monitor. In the wake of their foe's destruction, he joined Alex Luthor, Superman of Earth-Two, and Lois Kent in going to a peaceful world where they could live out the remainder of their lives."

"Despite its harbouring heroes who are counterparts to the Freedom Fighters of Earth X, Earth-Quality is an entirely different Earth. There, super heroes such as Uncle Sam, the Ray, Plastic Man, Black Condor, and Phantom Lady are indigenous, not natives of Earth-Two. Moreover, the heroes of Earth-Quality never formed a Freedom Fighters team and only occasionally met each other. Also, they helped the Allies win their victory over the Axis in 1945. Thereafter, those few of them who continued their super heroic careers (such as Doll Man, Plastic Man, and the Blackhawks) fought crooks and Communists through at least 1956. What happened to them after that date is unknown, as no Quality Comics were published after December, 1956 (cover date)."

"Earth Quality is further distinguished from Earth-X by the presence of its Kid Eternity, who has no counterpart on Earth-X but does have a doppleganger on Earth-S."

"It is possible that the Spirit, Lady Luck, and Mr. Mystic, all of whom were owned by Will Eisner but who were published in comic books by Quality, also exist on Earth Quality or at least have counterparts there. At any rate, no hero from any other Earth has been recorded visiting Earth Quality, and vice versa."