THE PANOPTICON, A FEW HOURS LATER
They were assembled. Amerika's gravest villans. Owlman, Superwoman, Johnny Quick, and Power Ring. The Crime Syndicate of Amerika. They awaited Ultraman.
"I think he's planning another economic collapse." said Power Ring
Johnny Quick interrupted "Nahhedoesn'tneedusforthat! Hecandoithimselfwhydoesheneedus? Besidesthegovernment'sbeenquietlately,Ijustthinkthat…"
"Will you SHUT UPP!!??!!" yelled Owlman. "You're both giving me a headache! Besides, I think you're both wrong. I think he's planning something else. I heard he discovered a new alien virus, and wants to threaten…
"You are all wrong." Said Ultraman, flying in. "My latest venture isn't about money or terrorism, its about conquest, and revenge!"
He activated a hologram. "I'll let you in on my latest plan to take over the Faucet Syndicate, and rid ourselves of Captain Terror and his family."
At this last statement, came the predicted groans.
"But what about the shield?"
"Captain Terror's no pushover…"
"…still reeling after that last bout…"
"SILENCE!!" bellowed Ultraman.
He paused and continued. "It is true, our plans to take over that city have been unsuccessful in the past. And it is true that the Terrors have proven themselves to be formidable rivals. BUT that is behind us. For this plan will guarantee that we will rid ourselves of them, forever WITH surprisingly little effort!"
"And how do you propose to do that?" asked Owlman smugly.
"I'm glad you asked!" said Ultraman. "Observe!" he said as he adjusted the hologram to reveal Earth 2. "You will all remember a few months ago, when Braniac tricked us into going to this world, where we were almost defeated…"
"How can we forget?" said Power Ring. "My arm's still smarting from that trip."
"Well it then occurred to me. There is a reversed Crime Syndicate called the Justice League, along with a reversed Luthor, who is apparently a ruthless businessman, along with others. So why not a reversed version of the Terrors? Observe!" He said as he adjusted the controls.
A few seconds later, the hologram adjusted to reveal the tape he recorded from the matter projector. The one that had Captain Marvel.
"He calls himself Captain Marvel. And he's Terror's equivalent on this world. After the incident with Braniac, I continued his experiments with the cyclotron. I learned that I could use it to transfer objects from their world to ours." He switched off the hologram. "I plan to transfer this Captain Marvel and HIS family to Faucet, where he will deal with Terror."
"How do you know they'll do it?" Owlman interrupted. "Just because we transfer them to this world doesn't guarantee that they'll do what we want them to."
"I'm getting to that. You'll remember the incident this morning when I tried to blast Faucet with the Thangarian beam…"
"How could we forget?" interrupted Superwoman. "My paper's having a field day with that one! ULTRAMAN'S LATEST FORAY FLOPS! Got some good photo shots of it…"
"WILL YOU SHUT UP???" yelled Ultraman. "One of these days…"
"Just try it!" she rose.
"WILL YOU GUYS CAN IT?" yelled Power Ring. The two villains glared angrily at him. "Um, sorry!" he said meekly as he sat back down.
"Anyway…" continued Ultraman, "This morning's attack was never intended to bring down the shield. It was intended to weaken a certain part of it where I was able to send certain 'controls' in place…."
Unbenownsed to the syndicators, their meeting was being picked up by a microtransmitter from under the table, that was placed by Alex Luthor. From his hidden lab, somewhere on Earth, he overheard the details of their plans.
"So that's your game Ultraman!" He said under his breath.
FAWCETT CITY
All was calm in Binder Park. Suddenly, from the ground, two mechanical beings rose. Sensing their surroundings, one of the robots lifted a nearby vehicle and used it to attack the other.
From high above, Captain Marvel and CM3 observed the commotion in the park.
"After you, Cap!" said CM3.
"Why thank you!"
"Uh uh uh!" said Mary Marvel, who flew past the pair. "Ladies first!"
The trio flew down towards the commotion. CM3 and Mary attacked the first robot, while Captain Marvel dealt with the second.
Mary flew behind the first robot while CM3 attacked the robot head on. As the robot toppled, Mary pushed below it where it fell down hard, disintegrating immediately.
At a blinding speed, Cap attacked his robot. Plowing through it where it exploded.
After the last robot fell, an amplified voice nearby announced, "Ladies and gentlemen, let's have a big round of applause for the Marvel family!"
Amidst a hail of cheers, the trio flew amidst the jubilant audience, where the mayor, members of the city council, and Sterling Morris, who helped organize this charity event, greeted them.
After two hours of autograph signing, photo ops, and handshakes, the event died down. "This certainly was a wonderful idea for a fund raiser Cap!" said the mayor.
"It sure was, it's a shame that Billy couldn't be here, after all the time he spent planning this event." Said Mr. Morris.
"Well he did say he had a family emergency!" said Joan Jameson, Mr. Morris's secretary and Billy's friend.
"I'm sure he sends his regards!" said Cap, winking at Joan.
After a few minutes, the Marvels were back in the air patrolling the city. "I could never get tired of this" Cap. thought. With these powers, he his sister, and Freddy proved themselves to be great heroes of this city in more ways than one.
A few minutes later, the air nearby charged with a mysterious energy. As the Marvels paused to investigate, it expanded to form an energy hole. With a tremendous pull, Captain Marvel was immediately sucked in. As Mary was being pulled, however, CM3 grabbed her arm and pulled frantically. However, they too were pulled into the hole.
THE ROCK OF ETERNITY, A FEW MINUTES LATER
"I have you in check again old friend."
"Indeed you do, Ibis." Replied Shazam. "Indeed you do."
Shazam then moved a pawn in between his King and the black bishop. It was a temporary solution, but the only one available to him.
"So they are planning a mock exhibition to raise money for charity? How strange!"
"How is it strange?"
"That people would give money for a cause to view some ridiculous stunts, rather than fund the cause itself!"
"It is human nature, old friend!" replied Ibis.
"Indeed it is!" replied the old wizard. When he had given young Billy and his sister his powers, they had proved themselves time and time again to be worthy of his name. Some of their methods, he found… questionable, like this morning's stunt. But it always worked out in the end, he smiled.
At that moment, the historama started to activate. As the two wizards observed, the magic screen adjusted, to show the events of the energy hole.
"How curious!" Shazam said as he adjusted the historama to locate the Marvels. "There is no trace of them anywhere in the universe!"
"They still seem to be absorbing your power, so they are still alive!" Ibis said hopefully, "but I fear the worst. Perhaps I should go down to their city and make sure all is well."
"Yes, that might be for the best!" said the old wizard. "I'll keep searching for the here."
As Shazam was adjusting the historama, Ibis waved his Ibistick, and disappeared. "Be well Captain!" said Shazam.
HIGH ABOVE FAUCET CITY
Amidst the silence in the air, came a crackle of energy. A few seconds later, the energy formed a gaping hole where three figures were ejected.
As the Marvel family gathered their senses, Mary broke the silence.
"W-what happened?"
"It felt like someone pushed us through a boom tube!" said CM3.
"No, that was no boom tube. Or we would be over Apokolips or New Genesis." Said Cap.
"Hey, wasn't it morning?" said CM3 looking around.
"Yeah, and it feels cold, like late fall, rather than early spring." Said Mary.
As Captain Marvel rose slightly higher to assess his surroundings, his back hit against what appeared to be an energy barrier. "What's this?" he indicated to the others.
As Cap and Mary examined this new discovery, CM3 made another observation. "Um, where exactly is here? I don't recall seeing that building before." He pointed straight ahead, towards an ominous looking building.
"That's where station WHIZ should be!" said Cap. "Guys, it looks like we have a mystery on our hands."
All three, smiling at each other, began to sing in unison as they flew down. "Scooby dooby doo, where are you…"
Shortly, the three heroes returned to Binder park, only to make another startling discovery.
"What happened?" said Mary looking around. The entire park looked like it was in a state of neglect. It was covered with garbage and weeds. "How could this happen in a few hours?" she said.
"How do we know it wasn't a few days?"
"Let's ask someone." Suggested Cap. A few seconds later, they found someone searching through an overturned garbage can.
"Um, excuse me sir…"
The man looked around, saw the trio flying in the air, and screamed hysterically. "Get away from me! I don hav anithin!" he screamed as he ran.
They received the same results from other people in the park. Finally, CM3 made a suggestion. "Hey, maybe our appearances have something to do with it?"
"Probably, lets change." Said Cap.
After a few seconds, the trio found a group of hedges where they changed.
"SHAZAM!"
"SHAZAM!"
"CAPTAIN MARVEL!"
THE CHASM OF INFINITY
From his realm, Mazahs detected a strange surge of energy within his dimension. He adjusted the historama to investigate. It cleared to show Willy with his brother and Mary in a park.
But something was wrong.
Freddy and Mary appeared… different.
For the first time in many years, Mazahs's face showed concern. He continued to watch these events unfold…
They were assembled. Amerika's gravest villans. Owlman, Superwoman, Johnny Quick, and Power Ring. The Crime Syndicate of Amerika. They awaited Ultraman.
"I think he's planning another economic collapse." said Power Ring
Johnny Quick interrupted "Nahhedoesn'tneedusforthat! Hecandoithimselfwhydoesheneedus? Besidesthegovernment'sbeenquietlately,Ijustthinkthat…"
"Will you SHUT UPP!!??!!" yelled Owlman. "You're both giving me a headache! Besides, I think you're both wrong. I think he's planning something else. I heard he discovered a new alien virus, and wants to threaten…
"You are all wrong." Said Ultraman, flying in. "My latest venture isn't about money or terrorism, its about conquest, and revenge!"
He activated a hologram. "I'll let you in on my latest plan to take over the Faucet Syndicate, and rid ourselves of Captain Terror and his family."
At this last statement, came the predicted groans.
"But what about the shield?"
"Captain Terror's no pushover…"
"…still reeling after that last bout…"
"SILENCE!!" bellowed Ultraman.
He paused and continued. "It is true, our plans to take over that city have been unsuccessful in the past. And it is true that the Terrors have proven themselves to be formidable rivals. BUT that is behind us. For this plan will guarantee that we will rid ourselves of them, forever WITH surprisingly little effort!"
"And how do you propose to do that?" asked Owlman smugly.
"I'm glad you asked!" said Ultraman. "Observe!" he said as he adjusted the hologram to reveal Earth 2. "You will all remember a few months ago, when Braniac tricked us into going to this world, where we were almost defeated…"
"How can we forget?" said Power Ring. "My arm's still smarting from that trip."
"Well it then occurred to me. There is a reversed Crime Syndicate called the Justice League, along with a reversed Luthor, who is apparently a ruthless businessman, along with others. So why not a reversed version of the Terrors? Observe!" He said as he adjusted the controls.
A few seconds later, the hologram adjusted to reveal the tape he recorded from the matter projector. The one that had Captain Marvel.
"He calls himself Captain Marvel. And he's Terror's equivalent on this world. After the incident with Braniac, I continued his experiments with the cyclotron. I learned that I could use it to transfer objects from their world to ours." He switched off the hologram. "I plan to transfer this Captain Marvel and HIS family to Faucet, where he will deal with Terror."
"How do you know they'll do it?" Owlman interrupted. "Just because we transfer them to this world doesn't guarantee that they'll do what we want them to."
"I'm getting to that. You'll remember the incident this morning when I tried to blast Faucet with the Thangarian beam…"
"How could we forget?" interrupted Superwoman. "My paper's having a field day with that one! ULTRAMAN'S LATEST FORAY FLOPS! Got some good photo shots of it…"
"WILL YOU SHUT UP???" yelled Ultraman. "One of these days…"
"Just try it!" she rose.
"WILL YOU GUYS CAN IT?" yelled Power Ring. The two villains glared angrily at him. "Um, sorry!" he said meekly as he sat back down.
"Anyway…" continued Ultraman, "This morning's attack was never intended to bring down the shield. It was intended to weaken a certain part of it where I was able to send certain 'controls' in place…."
Unbenownsed to the syndicators, their meeting was being picked up by a microtransmitter from under the table, that was placed by Alex Luthor. From his hidden lab, somewhere on Earth, he overheard the details of their plans.
"So that's your game Ultraman!" He said under his breath.
FAWCETT CITY
All was calm in Binder Park. Suddenly, from the ground, two mechanical beings rose. Sensing their surroundings, one of the robots lifted a nearby vehicle and used it to attack the other.
From high above, Captain Marvel and CM3 observed the commotion in the park.
"After you, Cap!" said CM3.
"Why thank you!"
"Uh uh uh!" said Mary Marvel, who flew past the pair. "Ladies first!"
The trio flew down towards the commotion. CM3 and Mary attacked the first robot, while Captain Marvel dealt with the second.
Mary flew behind the first robot while CM3 attacked the robot head on. As the robot toppled, Mary pushed below it where it fell down hard, disintegrating immediately.
At a blinding speed, Cap attacked his robot. Plowing through it where it exploded.
After the last robot fell, an amplified voice nearby announced, "Ladies and gentlemen, let's have a big round of applause for the Marvel family!"
Amidst a hail of cheers, the trio flew amidst the jubilant audience, where the mayor, members of the city council, and Sterling Morris, who helped organize this charity event, greeted them.
After two hours of autograph signing, photo ops, and handshakes, the event died down. "This certainly was a wonderful idea for a fund raiser Cap!" said the mayor.
"It sure was, it's a shame that Billy couldn't be here, after all the time he spent planning this event." Said Mr. Morris.
"Well he did say he had a family emergency!" said Joan Jameson, Mr. Morris's secretary and Billy's friend.
"I'm sure he sends his regards!" said Cap, winking at Joan.
After a few minutes, the Marvels were back in the air patrolling the city. "I could never get tired of this" Cap. thought. With these powers, he his sister, and Freddy proved themselves to be great heroes of this city in more ways than one.
A few minutes later, the air nearby charged with a mysterious energy. As the Marvels paused to investigate, it expanded to form an energy hole. With a tremendous pull, Captain Marvel was immediately sucked in. As Mary was being pulled, however, CM3 grabbed her arm and pulled frantically. However, they too were pulled into the hole.
THE ROCK OF ETERNITY, A FEW MINUTES LATER
"I have you in check again old friend."
"Indeed you do, Ibis." Replied Shazam. "Indeed you do."
Shazam then moved a pawn in between his King and the black bishop. It was a temporary solution, but the only one available to him.
"So they are planning a mock exhibition to raise money for charity? How strange!"
"How is it strange?"
"That people would give money for a cause to view some ridiculous stunts, rather than fund the cause itself!"
"It is human nature, old friend!" replied Ibis.
"Indeed it is!" replied the old wizard. When he had given young Billy and his sister his powers, they had proved themselves time and time again to be worthy of his name. Some of their methods, he found… questionable, like this morning's stunt. But it always worked out in the end, he smiled.
At that moment, the historama started to activate. As the two wizards observed, the magic screen adjusted, to show the events of the energy hole.
"How curious!" Shazam said as he adjusted the historama to locate the Marvels. "There is no trace of them anywhere in the universe!"
"They still seem to be absorbing your power, so they are still alive!" Ibis said hopefully, "but I fear the worst. Perhaps I should go down to their city and make sure all is well."
"Yes, that might be for the best!" said the old wizard. "I'll keep searching for the here."
As Shazam was adjusting the historama, Ibis waved his Ibistick, and disappeared. "Be well Captain!" said Shazam.
HIGH ABOVE FAUCET CITY
Amidst the silence in the air, came a crackle of energy. A few seconds later, the energy formed a gaping hole where three figures were ejected.
As the Marvel family gathered their senses, Mary broke the silence.
"W-what happened?"
"It felt like someone pushed us through a boom tube!" said CM3.
"No, that was no boom tube. Or we would be over Apokolips or New Genesis." Said Cap.
"Hey, wasn't it morning?" said CM3 looking around.
"Yeah, and it feels cold, like late fall, rather than early spring." Said Mary.
As Captain Marvel rose slightly higher to assess his surroundings, his back hit against what appeared to be an energy barrier. "What's this?" he indicated to the others.
As Cap and Mary examined this new discovery, CM3 made another observation. "Um, where exactly is here? I don't recall seeing that building before." He pointed straight ahead, towards an ominous looking building.
"That's where station WHIZ should be!" said Cap. "Guys, it looks like we have a mystery on our hands."
All three, smiling at each other, began to sing in unison as they flew down. "Scooby dooby doo, where are you…"
Shortly, the three heroes returned to Binder park, only to make another startling discovery.
"What happened?" said Mary looking around. The entire park looked like it was in a state of neglect. It was covered with garbage and weeds. "How could this happen in a few hours?" she said.
"How do we know it wasn't a few days?"
"Let's ask someone." Suggested Cap. A few seconds later, they found someone searching through an overturned garbage can.
"Um, excuse me sir…"
The man looked around, saw the trio flying in the air, and screamed hysterically. "Get away from me! I don hav anithin!" he screamed as he ran.
They received the same results from other people in the park. Finally, CM3 made a suggestion. "Hey, maybe our appearances have something to do with it?"
"Probably, lets change." Said Cap.
After a few seconds, the trio found a group of hedges where they changed.
"SHAZAM!"
"SHAZAM!"
"CAPTAIN MARVEL!"
THE CHASM OF INFINITY
From his realm, Mazahs detected a strange surge of energy within his dimension. He adjusted the historama to investigate. It cleared to show Willy with his brother and Mary in a park.
But something was wrong.
Freddy and Mary appeared… different.
For the first time in many years, Mazahs's face showed concern. He continued to watch these events unfold…
