Editing Earth-Two (section)

{{short description|Fictional setting in comic books published by DC Comics}}
{{Other uses|Earth-2 (disambiguation)}}
{{fan POV|date=May 2012}}
{{Infobox fictional location
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| blank_label = [[:Category:Comics publishing companies|Publisher]]
| blank_data  = [[DC Comics]]
| first       = ''[[The Flash (comic book)|The Flash]]'' #[[Flash of Two Worlds|123]] (September 1961)<br />''[[More Fun Comics|New Fun Comics]]'' #1 (January 31, 1935, [[Retroactive continuity|retroactive]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Mougin|first= Lou|last2=Waid|first2=Mark|title=The Official Crisis on Infinite Earths Index|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|year=1986|page=2}}</ref>
| creator     = [[Gardner Fox]]
| people      = [[Justice Society of America]]<br />[[All-Star Squadron]]<br />[[Infinity, Inc.]]
| races       = [[Human]]s, [[Amazons]], [[Kryptonian]]s, [[Atlantis (DC Comics)|Atlanteans]]
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'''Earth-Two''' (also '''Earth 2''') is a setting for stories (a "[[fictional universe]]") appearing in [[American comic books]] published by [[DC Comics]]. First appearing in ''The Flash'' #123 (1961), Earth-Two was created to explain differences between the original [[Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] and then-current [[Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age]] versions of characters such as [[the Flash]], and how the current ([[Earth-One]]) versions could appear in stories alongside earlier versions of the same character concepts. Earth-Two includes DC Golden Age heroes, including the [[Justice Society of America]], whose careers began at the dawn of [[World War II]], concurrently with their first appearances in comics. Earth-Two, along with the four other surviving Earths (Earth-One, [[Earth-Four]], [[List of DC Multiverse worlds#Earth-S|Earth-S]], and [[List of DC Multiverse worlds#Earth-X|Earth-X]]) of the [[Multiverse (DC Comics)|DC Multiverse]], were merged into one in the 1985 miniseries ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]''.