Prior to World War II, Franconia was a great colonial power. During the Cold War, the nation was a tiny dictatorship.
History
Earth-S
In 1940, in Nador, the Central African Colony of Franconia, a rebellion was led by Arab chieftain Sidi-Ahmed, who enjoyed success after success, destroying Franconian fortifications and airfields, and ambushing patrols, all across the territory.
A globe-trotting American soldier-of-fortune, Rick O'Shay, and his Arab servant Mekki, were drawn to the conflict, and performed some free-lance espionage work on behalf of the Franconian government, and learned of Sidi-Ahmed's plans. O'Shay recruited a crew of volunteers at the Franconian barracks, and told them to wait one week before looking for him. Then he and Mekki flew 1000 miles, then landed and climbed across a range of mountains, and marched into a forest controlled by Sidi-Ahmed's renegade forces, eventually reaching the chieftain's lonely mountain cabin hideout, where they were captured.
Sidi-Ahmed had a crystal ball, and inside it were four Franconian soldiers, alive, and shrunken to a tiny size. He had a potion that could shrink a person, and their clothing, down to the size of a chess-man, and another that could expand a housecat to the size of a tiger. O'Shay turned the tables on Sidi-Ahmed, freed the Franconian Soldiers, escaped the area, returned to O'Shay's plane, and flew back to the Franconian army post. Sidi-Ahmed and his troops attacked the fort, and after a shoot-out, there was a lot of close-quarters fighting, amidst which Sidi-Ahmed and Rick O'Shay duelled it out with scimitars. The chieftain was captured alive, and was imprisoned in Nador.
Earth-Two
In 1951, Franconia was a tiny dictatorship, run by the Great Leader, Lagueille.
Residents
- Earth-S: Black African Natives and White Colonials.
- Earth-Two: White Europeans.
Notes
- It seems as if the Franconia existing in Earth-S continuity (1940, Master Comics #s 1 ~ 6) is very different place from the one in Earth-Two (1951, Action Comics #155).
- Sidi-Ahmed's size-changing potion has not been seen or mentioned again.
- Franconian troops look just like French Foreign Legion soldiers.
See Also
- Appearances of Franconia
- Location Gallery: Franconia
- Catalogued images related to Franconia