Earth 3

[pocketmego]

Hiya,

I have the reprint of the first appearence of Ultraman and the Crime Syndicate. I also have the DC Comics presents featuring Superman and Earth 2 Superman.


Were there any other Earth 3 stories? I mean in between, because the DCCP story happened many years after the first earth 3 story and established Luthor as that Earth's only hero.


Thanks

-Ray

[Continental Op]

If you are only looking for  the "Earth-3" stories that happened in between those two, there weren't many.

The CSA finally returned in SECRET SOCIETY OF SUPER-VILLAINS #14-15 around 1978. Only Superwoman, Evil Johnny Quick and Power Ring appeared in that story, with no explanation of what happened to Ultraman or Owlman... but #15 did reveal that there was a Lois Lane on Earth-3.

Around the same time of DCCP ANNUAL #1 there was also a one-panel appearance of Earth-3 with a couple of the Crime Syndicate in WONDER WOMAN #292, when someone was describing the multiple Earths.... and there was a massive crossover in JLA #207-209 and ALL-STAR SQUADRON #14-15, where the full CSA returned and fought the Justice League, Justice Society and All-Star Squadron in a big time-travel adventure. I'm not sure of the chronology there but they were all roughly the same year.  1982 was a good year for the Syndicate.

By the way, Earth-3 ALMOST first appeared at the end of the JLA/JSA crossover in JLA #21-22, when the villains tried to escape there... but the readers didn't get to actually see it yet.

[Super Monkey]

Ultraman appeared in the following stories :

Justice League of America #29 (August 1964): "Crisis on Earth-Three"

Justice League of America #30 (September 1964): "The Most Dangerous Earth of All"

DC Comics Presents Annual #1 (1982): "Crisis on Three Earths"

All-Star Squadron #14 (October 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book Two: The 'Mystery Men' of October"

Justice League of America #207 (October 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book One: Crisis Times Three"

All-Star Squadron #15 (November 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book Four: Master of Worlds and Time"

Justice League of America #209 (December 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book Five: Let Old Acquaintances Be Forgot..."

Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (April 1985): "The Summoning!"

[pocketmego]

So the character appeared first in 1964 and then not again until 1982. He then sticks around in various stories for the rest of the 80's until the Crisis.

-Ray