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Earth-Two characters

Earth-Two is a fictional universe appearing in American comic book published by DC Comics. Characters who reside on Earth-Two include Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and various superheroes and villains and supporting characters in DC Comics.

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!width=10%| Earth-Two<br /><small>(1961–1985\2005–2011)</small>

!width=10%| Earth-2<br /><small>The New 52<br />(2011–present)</small>

!width=50%| Notes

!width=10%| New Earth / Prime Earth<br />counterpart

| Kal-L/Clark Kent

| Kal-El/Clark Kent<br/>Val-Zod

| Superman was born on the planet Krypton, and arrived on Earth as a baby near the start of Earth's First World War. As Clark Kent, he was a reporter for the Daily Star, would become the editor-in-chief and marrying its star reporter Lois Lane. Although he was erased from existence by the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths and All-Star Squadron #60,

In the New 52, the rightful ruler of Atlantis is Queen Marella, who becomes an ally of the Wonders of the World after Batman frees her from the Arkham Command Center. She assists Batman and the other heroes in locating the Kryptonian Val-Zod before returning to Atlantis but vowed to help when called. During Apokolips' second invasion, Marella joins the fight against Darkseid and frees Azathoth, the avatar of the Blue, from underneath Atlantis.

| Aquaman

| Abigail Mathilda "Ma" Hunkel

| Lois Lane

| The original Red Tornado of Earth-Two is Ma Hunkel, a widow and the head of a Manhattan grocery store. A parody of the typical superhero, her costume consisted of longjohns and a cooking pot worn on her head. Although a costume mishap prevented her from attending the first meeting of the Justice Society of America, Hunkel is eventually inducted as an honorary member.

<div id="anote1"></div>In the New 52, Red Tornado was an android which grew out of the World Army's "Red Files" initiative. In the spirit of other heroes, this android was built but never successfully activated. The robot was requisitioned by Terry Sloan and implanted with the mind of Lois Lane, who was killed during the first Apokoliptian invasion.

| Red Tornado

| colspan="2"| Terry Sloane

| Terry Sloane is a rich man whose photographic memory, Olympic-level athletic skills, and mastery of the martial arts made him a virtual Renaissance man. After graduating college at age thirteen, he eventually became a renowned business leader. Having accomplished all of his goals by his early 20s, Sloane felt that he had nothing left and intended to committ suicide. However, upon seeing a young woman jump from a bridge, Sloane reacted quickly and saved her. He learned her name was Wanda Wilson. Sloane assisted her brother, who had been caught up in a gang, as Mister Terrific.

In the New 52, Terry Sloan is a government research scientist who serves on the front line of the war against Apokolips, using the identity Mister 08. While researching methods of counter-attack, Sloan receives visions of the future. Acting to prevent these visions during his final mission, he detonates an alien device, destroying four nations.

| Mister Terrific

| colspan="2"| Al Pratt

| Al Pratt is a college student turned physicist who had no superpowers for much of his career. Through intense training, he achieved peak physical condition and became a fierce brawler. Among Golden Age members of the Justice Society, only Wildcat and Batman are considered more formidable in hand-to-hand combat.

Following 52, another version of the character appeared. He was a member of the Justice Society of America and remained active after the team became Justice Society Infinity, alongside his godson Nuklon.

In the New 52, Al Pratt is a U.S. Sergeant in charge of a squad carrying an atomic bomb meant to neutralize an Apokoliptian tower responsible for transporting Parademons to Earth. His squad is attacked while en route to the tower, resulting in the bomb being detonated. Pratt is later found to have survived the explosion. Five years later, Pratt has become a captain in the World Army and is operating as the Atom. After being mortally wounded by a clone of Superman, Pratt is placed in an induced coma. He is later awakened to perform one last mission. Pratt sacrifices himself to create a cavern serving as a refuge, which is named Atom's Haven in his honor.

| The Atom

| colspan="2"| Wesley Dodds

| The Sandman is a member of the Justice Society who wields a sleeping gas gun. Originally the character had no superpowers; he was retroactively given the ability to see the future via his dreams.

In the New 52, Dodds works for the World Army. In Washington DC is attacked by Solomon Grundy, Commander Wesley Dodds, along with his Sandmen paramilitary force, is sent to retrieve and save President Lightfoot. The group later comes into conflict with Green Lantern, Flash, and Doctor Fate, who are also attacking Dherain. Just as the two groups are about to reach an agreement, they are attacked by the Hunger Dogs. Most of the Sandmen are killed in the ensuing battle, with Dodds and one other member surviving.

| Sandman

| Henry Heywood/Commander Steel

| Henry Heywood Jr./Captain Steel

| Hank Haywood enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps prior to their involvement in WW II, but was injured when saboteurs attacked his base. As a biology student under the tutelage of Gilbert Giles, his former professor performed extensive surgery on him with mechanized steel devices that facilitate normal human functions on a superhuman level. He adopted the persona "Commander Steel", and started fighting saboteurs before being sent to Europe on secret missions. Heywood later became a member of the All-Star Squadron.

In The New 52, Henry Heywood Jr. was born in the Philippines and had a rare disorder that degraded his bones. Heywood's father reinforces his bones with a metal alloy, giving him superhuman strength. After he is attacked by Parademons, Heywood Sr. destroys his documents and kills himself rather than have the Parademons steal his work. After the end of the Apokolips War, Heywood Jr. joins the World Army as Captain Steel.

| Commander/Citizen Steel

| Oliver Queen

| Connor Hawke/Red Arrow<br/>Oliver Queen/Red Arrow

| Oliver Queen was born to an average family in the western United States during or soon after World War I. Living alongside Native Americans on reservation land, Queen began a lifelong appreciation of the tribal lifestyle of the native Indians, becoming an Indian historian and even developing a proficiency with archery. While seeking to recover his relic collection from thieves, he took up his bow for the first time against evil doers. Deciding to continue on, Queen became the master archer known as the "Green Arrow" for the rest of his life. His large collection of artifacts and relics of the Native Americans, which he would lend out to various museums, afforded him a large personal fortune. Green Arrow later became a member of the All-Star Squadron and the Seven Soldiers of Victory. The character was killed during Crisis on Infinite Earths.

<div id="anote3"></div>In the New 52, Connor Hawke is an operative of the World Army under the codename Red Arrow. Hawke is later killed by monsters unleashed by the invading forces of Apokolips.

In Earth 2: Worlds End, Oliver Queen, who is the new Red Arrow, is revealed by Thomas and Helena Wayne to be protecting Bruce Wayne's secret files which contain information on all of Earth 2's history, culture, and life, a back-up plan should the world ever become doomed.

| Green Arrow

| James "Jimmy" Olsen

| James "Jimmy" Olsen/Accountable/Doctor Impossible

| James Olsen is a junior reporter at the Daily Star who is taught by Clark Kent and Lois Lane. Jimmy becomes close friends with Clark and ultimately becomes the managing editor of the Daily Star.

In the New 52, Jimmy Olsen is a hacktivist known as Accountable. As Accountable, Jimmy is able to interact with and manipulate electronic data, making him a powerful asset in the war against Darkseid. Over the war, he shows a stunning affinity for interacting with the Apokoliptian Mother Box as well, which actually bonds with him. Before the Mother Box leaves his body, it calls Jimmy part of the Source and after that, Olsen is left a changed man, implying that he became a New God. In Earth 2: Society, upon arriving on the New Earth 2, Jimmy reveals himself in a new costume and refers to himself as Doctor Impossible.

| Jimmy Olsen

| Hippolyta "Lyta" Trevor

| Donna of Amazon Island

| The daughter of Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor; as a result of this lineage, Lyta had all her mother's powers. Lyta later adopted the identity of Fury, named after the Furies of mythology, and was one of the founding members of Infinity Inc. She also began a relationship with her teammate Hector Hall, the Silver Scarab, who she had met as a child. Shortly after their decision to marry, Hector was possessed by an enemy of his father, Hawkman, and killed. It turned out that Fury was pregnant with Hector's child, and it was instrumental in the Silver Scarab's defeat. In post-Crisis continuity, Lyta is the daughter of Helena Kosmatos rather than Wonder Woman.

Following 52, another version of the character appeared, as a member of Justice Society Infinity and once again, Diana's daughter.

In the New 52, Donna is the daughter of the late Wonder Woman and Steppenwolf of Apokolips. She is the last Amazon, as the other Amazons were killed five years earlier during the Apokoliptian invasion of Earth 2. Donna is introduced as working with Steppenwolf, but is later revealed to have been brainwashed by him. She later joins the rest of the heroes against Apokolips' forces.

| Fury<br/>Donna Troy

| Cyrus Gold

| Solomon Grundy

| In the late 19th century, a wealthy merchant named Cyrus Gold is murdered and his body disposed of in Slaughter Swamp, near Gotham City. Fifty years later, the corpse is reanimated as a huge shambling figure with almost no memory of its past life. He shows up in a hobo camp and, when asked about his name, one of the few things he can recall is that he was "born on a Monday". One of the men at the camp mentions the nursery rhyme character Solomon Grundy (who was born on a Monday), and Gold adopts the moniker. Solomon Grundy falls into a life of crime—or, perhaps returns to one as his scattered residual memories may indicate—attracting the attention of the Green Lantern, Alan Scott.

In the New 52, Grundy is the avatar of the Grey, a cosmic force connecting all fungal life. He is the opposite of the Green, represented by Alan Scott. Grundy was originally a slaughterhouse worker in 1898 whose wife was raped by his callous foreman and ended up killing herself on the job. When the foreman made the workers feed the body to the crocodiles, Grundy snapped, killed his foreman and everyone else in the slaughterhouse, then committed suicide.

| Yolanda Montez/Wildcat

| Yolanda Montez

| Yolanda Montez's mother was experimented on by an insane scientist while pregnant, but unlike his other test subjects, he lost track of them when they moved from Mexico to the US. Yolanda eventually developed super powers which gave her feline characteristics. When her god father, Ted Grant, the original Wildcat was injured, she decided to succeed him, joining Infinity, Inc soon afterward. Yolanda remained with Infinity Inc. until the team disbanded, but she was later killed by Eclipso.

Following 52, another version of the character appeared, who is an active member of Justice Society Infinity.

In the New 52, Yolanda is a Mexican student and the avatar of the Red, a cosmic force connecting all animal life. The Red initially chose Yolanda's cousin Alejandro as an avatar, but she volunteered to take his place. Yolanda is later captured by DeSaad, but is freed and gives up her powers to empower Alan Scott. While stranded on the planet Telos in Convergence, Yolanda discovers she has residual animal-like senses, claws, and reflexes from her time as avatar of the Red.

| Wildcat

| colspan="2"| Selina Kyle-Wayne

| Selina Kyle was originally a criminal in Gotham City, and was initially one of the primary foes of Batman and Robin. Selina reformed in the 1950s (after the events of Batman #69) and married Bruce Wayne. Soon afterwards, the couple gave birth to their only child, Helena Wayne. In 1976, Selina is killed after being blackmailed by a criminal into going into action again as Catwoman.

In the New 52, Selina Kyle and Bruce Wayne are married, and their daughter, Helena Wayne, is that universe's Robin. Selina was the one who supported Helena into becoming Robin, as Bruce was opposed to that, not wanting his daughter to risk her life, fighting crime. On the present day, Selina acts as a superhero but it is unknown if she has reformed or was never a supervillain in the first place. It is revealed, in Worlds' Finest #0, that Selina was killed while trying to stop what she believed was a human trafficking ring.

| Catwoman

| Lois Lane-Kent

| (see Red Tornado*)

| Lois was an aggressive, career-minded reporter for the Daily Star. She began dating her colleague, Clark Kent, with whom she had an antagonistic relationship at first, and they later get married. Lois finds out on their honeymoon that Clark is Superman, after she tried to cut his hair as he slept. When Kent succeeded Tom Taylor as Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Star, Lois became its lead investigative reporter. During Crisis on Infinite Earths, Lois accompanies Superman, Superboy-Prime, and Alexander Luthor Jr. in leaving to another dimension, as their home universes had been destroyed. Ultimately dying from a mysterious illness, she was taken from that artificial Earth and buried alongside her husband on New Earth.

| Lois Lane

| Dick Grayson/Robin

| (see Batman*)

| Dick Grayson was born in the late 1920s, and continued to be Robin even as an adult, having no successors even after Batman's death. His allies included the All-Star Squadron along with Batwoman and Bat-Girl. He eventually became a member of the Justice Society of America. During his later years, he adopted a more Batman-like look for a time, and by the 1960s had become a lawyer, the full partner in the law firm of Cranston and Grayson, and the ambassador to South Africa. On many occasions Grayson performed as the senior partner of the new "Dynamic Duo" which consisted of himself and Helena Wayne. Robin was killed during the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths.

In the New 52, Ted Grant appears as a boxer living in the same in the World Army refugee camp as Dick and Barbara Grayson during Darkseid's second invasion of Earth. After Barbara's death, Ted trains Dick in fighting techniques and self-defense, and joins him on a mission to recover his lost son.

| Wildcat

| colspan="2"| Robert Crane

| Dr. Robert Crane worked for years on perfecting a mechanical body that could sustain a human brain after the human body was unable to continue supporting the brain. Criminals found out about Crane's experiment thinking that it could provide a form of immortality, so they tried to steal it and force Crane to tell them how to operate it. Crane refused and attempted to escape but the gangsters shot and left him to die. Crane's partner decided to transplant Crane's brain into the robot body, in order to save him. Crane became Robotman and let the world believe that he was dead, adopting a new alias. He was a member of the All-Star Squadron during World War II.

In the New 52, Robert Crane is one of the scientists working on the Red Tornado project for the World Army. Crane is apparently killed during a cave-in at the World Army Arkham Base and has his brain transferred to a robotic body created by Terry Sloan.

| Robotman

| colspan="2" | Lee Travis

| A wealthy newsman, Lee Travis was the Crimson Avenger. He and his sidekick Wing were both members of the All-Star Squadron and the Seven Soldiers of Victory. Wing sacrificed his life to defeat Nebula Man, while Crimson Avenger later died piloting a ship away from the docks before it could explode.

In the New 52, Lee Travis is a female African-American reporter who works for the Global Broadcasting Corporation.

| Crimson Avenger

| colspan="2"| James "Jim" Lockhart

| Jim Lockhart is a engineer and member of the U.S. Navy who built a one-man submarine called the Red Torpedo. He uses his sub to combat lawlessness at sea and fight against the Nazis and Japanese forces during World War II. Lockhart later becomes one of the first members of the Freedom Fighters.

In the New 52, Jim Lockhart is an inventor who is hired by the World Army to build a flame-resistant submarine.

| Red Torpedo

| Dinah Drake Lance

| N/A

| Dinah Drake would become the Black Canary, a costumed vigilante that at first posed as a criminal in order to break up gangs. This would bring her into conflict with Johnny Thunder and Thunderbolt, who developed an unrequited romantic interest in Black Canary. Dinah would soon abandon her posing as a criminal and would later become a crime fighter. One of the few female members of the Justice Society's World War II roster, she would later marry her detective friend Larry Lance. After her husband's death, she was mistakenly believed to have migrated to Earth-One. It is later revealed that Drake died from radiation poisoning, and that the Black Canary who journeyed to Earth-One was her daughter.

| Black Canary

| Jim Harper

| N/A

| Jim Harper was a rookie cop in the Metropolis Police Department, walking his beat in Suicide Slum, and the street-level vigilante, the Guardian. He was also the uncle of Roy Harper, who was better known as Green Arrow's teen sidekick, Speedy. During World War II, he became a member of the All-Star Squadron, though mostly as a reserve.

| Guardian

| Molly Mayne<br>Marcie Cooper

| N/A

| Molly Mayne was a former criminal, known as Harlequin. Mayne developed a crush on Scott and, donning a colorful costume, started a life of crime to attract his attention. In 1948, Mayne betrayed her Injustice Society teammates to save the lives of the Justice Society. A subsequent deal with the U.S. government allowed her to work as an undercover agent for the FBI in return for amnesty for her past crimes. Years later, Alan Scott realized that he had loved Molly all this time and they were married.

Marcie Cooper is the granddaughter of Dan Richards, the original Manhunter. As a teenager, she is recruited to join the Manhunters, the alien organization which was secretly attempting to dominate the Earth. Appealing to Cooper's greed, the Manhunters get her a job working alongside Molly Mayne at KGLX radio, a position she uses to infiltrate Infinity, Inc.

| Harlequin

| Carter Hall

| N/A

| Hawkman of Earth-Two is the archaeologist Carter Hall, companion of Shiera Saunders (Hawkgirl). Centuries ago, Chay-Ara and her lover Prince Khufu were killed by Hath-Set with a knife forged from Nth Metal. The properties of the metal and the strength of the duo's love created a bond between them, causing them to be reborn multiple times throughout the centuries. Hall an Saunders were eventually married and had a son named Hector Hall. He was also a member of the All-Star Squadron and a close associate of the Justice Society of America.

Following 52, another version of the character appeared. He is a member of the Justice Society of America and a reserve member of Justice Society Infinity.

| Hawkman

| Johnny Chambers/Johnny Quick

| N/A

| Johnny Quick was a newsreel photographer who mastered the power of superspeed by reciting a mathematical formula: "3X2(9YZ)4A". Inspired by the Flash, Chambers created a costume for himself and began calling himself "Johnny Quick" in imitation of his hero. During World War II, he was drafted into service as a member of the All-Star Squadron. After the war, Quick would resume his mostly solo actions and joined the reconstituted Justice Society before it was officially disbanded. While the formula did indeed increase Chambers' speed to vastly superhuman levels, Chambers's top speed is far below that of the Flash.

| Johnny Quick

| Dan Richards<br/>Paul Kirk II

| N/A

| Donald "Dan" Richards attended the police academy with his girlfriend's brother, Jim, who was at the top of the class, while Dan was at the very bottom. After Jim was framed for a crime he did not commit, Dan took up the identity of Manhunter to track down the actual killer. Richards later joins the Freedom Fighters.

Paul Kirk is a former big-game hunter who took on the mantle of Manhunter. Following his death, he was resurrected through cloning by a mysterious group called the Council, who he came to oppose. At some point, Kirk joined the All-Star Squadron.

Another character named Paul Kirk, also a native of Earth 2, existed before the one mentioned above. He is a private detective who operated during the 1940s. This character starred in a feature called Paul Kirk, Manhunter.

| Manhunter

| Patrick "Eel" O'Brian

| N/A

| In 1941, petty crook "Eel" O'Brian was shot during a botched robbery attempt and his wound contaminated by unknown chemicals which altered his body chemistry, giving him the ability to change shape. Nursed back to health by an order of monks, and now truly repentant, O'Brian embarked on a new career as the crime busting Plastic Man, soon joining the FBI and later becoming their official liaison with the newly formed All-Star Squadron during World War II. In late 1942 however, Eel migrated to Earth-X along with numerous other heroes who became collectively known as the Freedom Fighters. He was retconned out of existence by the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths and All-Star Squadron #60.