Earth-Twelve

Earth-Twelve
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Official Name	Earth-Twelve
Aliases	Earth-B
Creators	E. Nelson Bridwell · Joe Orlando
First Appearance	Showcase #62 (May, 1966)

     Reality names were reused several times. See also Earth-12, Earth 12.

Earth-Twelve was a comical universe where a superteam called the Inferior Five lived, as did a version of Plastic Man who was actually the son of the original.

History

During World War II, the Freedom Brigade fought the Axis Powers and villains like the Masked Swastika, the Sparrow, and Silver Sorceress. After the war, the Brigade managed to eradicate crime in the city of Megalopolis in 1946 and retired. 20 years later, a new villain, Dr. Gruesome, surfaced, and the Patriot and Lady Liberty coordinated with their former teammates to have their children form a new team: the Inferior Five.

Earth-Twelve also had local versions of most of the major superheroes of Earth-One. Jerry Lewis lived in this universe, where he shared adventures with Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. Batman also had a TV series in Earth-Twelve, then his identity was public there.

It was assumed that Earth-Twelve was destroyed during the Crisis on Infinite Earths but that was thrown into doubt when the Atom and Flash of Earth-898 glimpsed the Inferior Five on their way home indicated that the reality (or a very close analog) existed in hypertime.

In any case, Convergence retroactively prevented the destruction of the Pre-Crisis Multiverse but resulted in an "updated" form. How (or even if) this affected Earth-Twelve is unknown.

Residents

• Inferior Five
  • Merryman
  • Dumb Bunny
  • Blimp
  • Awkwardman
  • White Feather
• Freedom Brigade
• Kookie Quartet
• The Crimson Chrysanthemum
• Green Team
  • Abdul Smith
  • Cecil Sunbeam
  • J.P. Houston
  • Commodore Murphy
• Justice League
  • Superman
  • Batman
  • Wonder Woman
  • Plastic Man
• Bob Hope
• Super-Hip
• Scooter
• Jerry Lewis
• Dean Martin
• Renfrew
• Witch Kraft
• Santa Claus
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Notes

• Earth-Twelve was originally created to be the home of the Inferior Five, as their parodic stories didn't fit well into Earth-One.
• First identified by name in Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew: The Oz-Wonderland War #3.
• Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Compendium stated that the following stories/comics were appearances of Earth-Twelve:
  • Adventures of Bob Hope #94
  • Adventures of Jerry Lewis #92, 97, 105, 112 & 117
  • All-New Collectors' Edition #C-53 & C-60
  • Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #1 – Green Team #2–3 & #2 (Prez #5)
  • 1st Issue Special #2
  • Inferior Five (Volume 1)
  • Limited Collectors' Edition #C-33 & #C-42
  • Plastic Man (Volume 2)
  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Volume 1), (second series) C-20, C-24 & C50
  • Showcase #62–63 & 65
  • Supergirl #10
  • Swing With Scooter #5
• The Flash and Atom of Earth-898 passed through a reality that had the Inferior Five indicating a hypertime reality similar to Earth-Twelve. Its relationship to the original Earth-Twelve is unknown.
• Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Compendium stated the Supergirl #10 story "Death of a Prez" took place on Earth-Twelve. However, Crisis on Infinite Earths: Absolute Edition retconned the story to take place on Earth-72.

See Also

• Characters from Earth-Twelve
• Other things related to Earth-Twelve
• Earth-Twelve's Comic Appearances
• Reality Gallery: Earth-Twelve