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From: tim@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Tim Maroney)
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Subject: Re: Earth-2 vs Earth-1 (spoilers from Crisis #2)
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Date: Thu, 31-Jan-85 20:01:27 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 31 20:01:27 1985
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> From ciaraldi@rochester.UUCP (Mike Ciaraldi) Wed Jan 30 13:11:37 1985
>
> The two Flashes didn't differ much, but Earth-1's Flash has all those
> neat Rogues Gallery villains.

Actually, I wouldn't be at all surprised or saddened to see the whole
Flash's Rogues Gallery go up in a poof of antimatter, particularly since old
Barry is probably going to die.  (I hope so!  Talk about your ridiculous and
unbelievable characters.)

> I like the Earth-1 Green Lantern because of the tie in to the
> whole GL Corps.  This lets you have more epic SF-type
> stories in addition to the earth-bound ones.

But in practice there are very few interesting "SF-type" Green Lantern
stories.  The reason is that the Guardians are an inherently dumb,
early-sizties sort of pseudo-science-fiction idea.  You know, like the
original LSH.  The difference is that the LSH has grown and the Guardians
have not.

Again, there are indications of a demise of the Guardians, from issue #2.
They were left comatose or dead by the negative Monitor, and his words were
very final.  The battery is still intact, so perhaps existing lanterns
will still be able to recharge rings.  Thus the rings would be more mystic
relics of a dead culture than galactic cops' sidearms -- a nicer idea.

> Practically speaking, you have to admit the tremendous popularity
> of groups like the GL Corps and the Legion of Super-Heroes, which
> are tied into the Earth-1 universe pretty tightly.
> The other big group, the Teen Titans, could be cut free to
> float to whatever Earth everyone ends up on, but the GL Corps
> is tied to the Guardians (who could move, I suppose),
> and the LSH is tied in via Superboy.

The LSH is in a future time period.  It is clear to me that the final world
will have time periods intercut from various worlds.  Thus the LSH being in
Earth-1's future says nothing about the fate of twentieth-century Earth-1.

> So, what do you think, he said.....

Now you know...
-=-
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