The Fires of Man nearly destroyed the human race. A new Dark Age descended, though the survivors did not call it that. Civilization began the struggle to rebuild. Radiation poisoning, blight, and plagues continued long into the Illumination.

As in another troubled time, a radical theology took hold among the populace. The faithful seek penance for the evil that men had brought upon the earth. Driven by the silent Angels of Purification, Flagellants roam the earth. Crossing the vast wastelands, they bring their message of repent and salvation to the isolated pockets of humanity. Those who do not give themselves unto the Goddess are dispatched by the Angels from Her Heaven on Earth to the cursed underworld of The False Gods of Men.

Alternate Earth-39

What if Kal-El, sole survivor of Krypton, had not crashed in a wheat field outside of Smallville? Instead, the alien orphan destined to become the Man of Steel was found in a field outside of Gori, Georgia, on December 18, 1879. Georgia, in the Tiflis Governate of the Russian Empire, that is.

Iosev Jugashvili discovered his super powers as a young agitator in the Social Democratic Labour Party. It is with these powers that he single-handedly overthrew the Tsar and established the United Soviet Socialist Republics. Now known as Stalin, The Man of Steel, he ruled the Soviet Union with an iron fist.

Adolph Hitler, Der Eisenwolf *, launched Operation: Barbarossa on June 22, 1941. Stalin flew to the front to crush the Nazi invasion. The Nazi Übersoldaten knew that they could not stop him. They had a secret weapon: Big Bertha. Among Big Bertha's multitude of capabilities was a trans-dimensional gateway.

Stalin awoke, dazed and confused. The Nazis had shot him into another reality. Stalin was relieved to discover that he still had his super powers. He set on finding a way back to his dimension.

Believing himself to be once again the most powerful being on the planet, Stalin simply took the materials that he needed. He kidnapped scientists to work on the gateway. Which caught the attention of Earth-1's true champion: Superman.

Superman continually thwarts Stalin's attempts to create the portal. Superman knows that if Stalin is successful, he will use the gateway to expand his Communist Empire to more dimensions. Indeed, at the same time that he is trying to get home, Stalin is also trying to take over Earth-1.

* On Alternate Earth-39, Adolph Hitler is a powerful mystic known as Der Eisenwolf ("The Iron Wolf"). He is a master of persuasion who has yet to reveal his full power.
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Alternate Earth-11

Kal-El is not the only survivor of Krypton. Stalin believes that he is the true hero and heir to Krypton's legacy. Superman is a capitalist villain who must learn the error of his ways. Rather than a Fortress of Solitude, Stalin is firmly entrenched in the Kremlin.
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Alternate Earth-52

Stalin built the gateway because he is a brutal dictator bent on dominating his earth, the Universe, and beyond.

Alessandra Popovich grew up in Moscow. She was always different from the other children, especially her ears and purple eyes. Teased and ostracized by the other children, Alessandra's parents enrolled her in an exclusive Russian ballet school. She thought her parents were strict. The teachers were perfectionists.

She proved to be a quick learner with amazing balance and grace. While attempting an impossible aerial, Alessandra discovered that she could fly! She was afraid of what her parents would think, but she told them anyway. Her parents were not shocked at all. In fact, they were most pleased.

Alessandra is a genetically-engineered hybrid. Her father Boris is a renowned astrophysicist; her mother Ivanova is a disgraced genetic engineer. It was the creation of Alessandra that caused the international scientific community to ban her research.

Boris and Ivanova are also hard-core Communists longing for the return of the Soviet Union. Boris knows in order to bring about Russian world domination, he would have to defeat Superman. He was able to come in contact with Darkseid.

Darkseid agreed to help the Popoviches. He provided them with alien DNA collected from an undisclosed planet that had a red sun. The result of the gene-splicing was Alessandra.

Alessandra is Danse Macabre. Like Superman, her powers derive from earth's yellow sun. She can fly, has super-strength, near invulnerability, ultra-sonic hearing, and super-breath. Though her human DNA makes her slightly less powerful than Superman. She does not have his heat vision. Instead, her vision simulates the light energy of a red sun. Which she uses to weaken the Son of Krypton. And, like Superman, she is vulnerable to Kryptonite.

College student Dana Smalls works as a local radio station intern in Aurora, Illinois. A tornado struck the broadcast station one night. Lightning struck the antenna. The electrical surge destroyed the whole building. Dana survived. She soon discovered that she had amazing powers to control the weather.

She became Weather Girl, the crime-fighting moll. Dana uses her job at the radio station to keep up with the criminal activity and happenings.

Depending on who you ask, Fight Basher is a terrorist, a revolutionary, or a greedy mercenary. Two things are certain. He is an expert at infiltration and sabotage. He speaks very little English.

Interpol and linguists are researching the origins of his peculiar alias to find his nationality. It is believed that "Fight Basher" is a direct translation of "Pacifist". He is responsible for over one billion dollars in damages to military equipment in twenty-nine countries. Various terrorist networks and private individuals have put a price on his head. Their losses by his hand are understandably incalcuable.

Jay Kirk is not a name one would associate with a Seattle tribal Shaman. Jay hides his true tribal name for outsiders. He learned a long time ago to politely quiet tourists. Not that he doesn't like people or helping them. Jay just gets tired of answering repeated questions.

He is also the proud owner of the Sky Coffee gourmet café and cultural center. As a businessman and spiritual leader, Jay Kirk is a respected member of the community. Many troubled citizens come to him for advice. He has a special affinity for children and rescued animals.

With his best animal friend "Sealth", he uses his spiritual might and magic to help those whom he cannot help with wisdom and charity. Sealth is actually Jay's family totem. The spirit of Chief Seattle himself. Though Sealth is cunning and powerful, he still behaves much like a wild wolf.

Sealth also shares Jay's love for frothy-brewed coffee. For whatever reason, no one has ever made the connection to Jay Kirk and his alter ego "Shamanesso".

The expansionist Sogatti Empire has won many decisive battles against the galaxy. Known as the Common Defense, once enemies now concentrate their efforts to repel the invader. It is a shaky, self-serving alliance. Still, the majority of the allied worlds and systems are determined to liberate the Universe from Sogatti tyranny before they return to waging war against each other.

The most infamous Sogatti is An'Chall. He is the Aleenal, the Master General of the Sogatti Marines. He uses shock tactics and psychological warfare against civilian populations. Repeatedly, he has sacrificed thousands of his own soldiers for the smallest of gains. His reputation for brutal efficiency and sadism have well earned Aleenal An'Chall's anglicized nomme de guerre: Alien Chill.

Kanika Mubarak is a rarity among superheroes in the Arab world for she is a superheroine.

Her six older brothers were radicals in Egypt. Fearing for their only daughter's life, the Mubaraks sent her to live in England when she was two years old. Her family owned a shipping company. They were very rich; able to afford Kanika's education. Though her family kept in touch, Kanika found herself to be more Western. Her favorite activities were clubbing and fashion.

When she was eighteen, her parents were killed by a suicide bomber while they were on a business trip to Iraq. To do this day, she does not know that the bombing was an assassination. Her own brothers had funded the attack. They sought to inherit the shipping business.

At University, she met a group of pagans. Druids who taught her ancient arts. She began to study her own Egyptian roots. The gods and magic long forgotten after the rise of Islam and Coptic Christianity. She created her own eclectic style of magic. A mix of dancing and elemental magic borrowing from all over the world with heavy Pharonic influence. She called her new art "Shadow Spinning" after the secrecy of the metaphysical arts and her own exaggerated dance-inspired incantations. Kanika sought to start her own school. A center where all could come together to grow spiritually. That would change when she turned twenty.

The Egyptian government had seized the Mubarak family fortune due to an "irregularity" in her parents' will. The brothers then openly revolted. They marched on Cairo. During the rioting, two brothers were killed and one was arrested. The other three had stayed away from the coup. Not for fear of their own safety, but to carry on the fight.

Kanika decided to return to Egypt. Not knowing that her brothers were behind the efforts to overthrow the government. Initially, she took their side. Even using her powers to protect protestors, but never deliberately harm anyone.

She began to question her brothers' tactics when they discovered her powers. They wanted Kanika to be more aggressive. They wanted her to kill their enemies. She would have no part of it.

Though she believed in her brothers' cause, Kanika feared their ever-increasing demands. Not just for her own life, but she did not want to harm her own family. Kanika had nowhere to go. She was on the Egyptian Security Forces watch list. She could not stay with her brothers. Kanika enrolled in the American University of Cairo. Where she would be under the protection of the U.S. government.

She assumed the identity of Shadow Spinner in her fight for reforms. As a vigilante, she is a priority not just for the Egyptian government but the reformers themselves. She has broken riots, protecting rioters and police alike. As a woman, she is an inspiration to women throughout the world. Especially in Egypt and the Middle East. Because she is a woman, she is perceived as a threat to radicals. Even the CIA, MI-5, and Massad are interested in recruiting her.

Shadow Spinner now tries to fight more covertly. Her last battle was against the jihadist Haboob ("Sandstorm"). The encounter took out several blocks of a Cairo suburb. Praise, no civilians were killed but almost a dozen were seriously wounded. She does not believe joining any one side will necessarily protect her. Rather, it would escalate an already violent struggle.