Why haven't they ever expanded on Earth 3?

[DrNewGod]

A 12 issue mini series would be perfect to really explore Earth 3. I would love to see them really expand the CSA roster and make it sort of like the Satalite era. I want to see more of Atomica, Deathstorm, Sea King, Deadeye, White Cat, Bloodhawk, and The White Martian. Show the CSA's rise to power and all the infighting and backstabbing.

I would much rather see original stories of Earth 3 over just retold older stories with a twist.

What would interest me would be a CSA homage to the late, GREAT Mark Gruenwald's Squadron Supreme mini-series. Imagine:

• The CSA finally achieve ultimate power but are forced to actually run the planet
• Owlman "retires to enjoy his riches," knowing the CSA will not give him as large a share as he [believes that he] deserves, and will eventually crush him if he tries to claim it
• Owlman secretly collects allies (including the Jester and Lex Luthor) and orchestrates the CSA's downfall
• Pyrrhic victories follow.

[Robotman]

It would be really interesting for a mini series but in the end, the villains always win on Earth 3. I don’t think that concept is sustainable as a monthly.

[Adekis]

I would much rather see original stories of Earth 3 over just retold older stories with a twist.

That's why they're just interludes to give flavor and support to the "main" story of Ultraman reclaiming his position as Top Dog.

It would be really interesting for a mini series but in the end, the villains always win on Earth 3. I don’t think that concept is sustainable as a monthly.

I like the idea that there would be a lot more infighting between different crime bosses than between super-heroes. That doesn't necessarily reflect real life, but it does insofar as cops usually fight and kill other cops way less than criminals kill other criminals.

[Vordan]

It would be really interesting for a mini series but in the end, the villains always win on Earth 3. I don’t think that concept is sustainable as a monthly.

You say that like villain protagonists aren’t a thing, or that people don’t enjoy stories where the good guys lose. I’d disagree with that premise, I think there is an audience for a book about the bad guys building up their power bases and defying the good guys efforts to thwart them.

[Vakanai]

I've pitched my idea for a CSA series here before, and it used a sort of similar concept to what you just said about adapting already-popular Earth 1 stories to the Earth 3 setting.

Every issue would have a "flashback" to a "classic" Crime Syndicate story, newly written and drawn to resemble an inversion of a real old DC story, intercut with an arc-long story spanning six or twelve issues, which would be about Ultraman returning from a long trip through deep space or the Multiverse and out to reclaim his title as the Boss of Bosses in a super-mafia thriller.

So for example, in the issue where Ultraman confronts Owlman upon his return, we might see a twist on "Case of the Chemical Syndicate" where Owlman recruits Alfred Stryker as the first underling in his mob in exchange for helping him to murder his co-conspirators for their share of the profits. Or we might see a twist on the first story where Batman and Superman met - only with Owlman and Ultraman teaming up to stick up a cruise ship full of wealthy targets!

I think the creation of a fictional meta-history of the CSA's universe would potentially invigorate the concept, creatively.

Eh, I'm not really a fan of flashbacks to fill up some other story. I'd rather just play it straight.

[Vakanai]

It would be really interesting for a mini series but in the end, the villains always win on Earth 3. I don’t think that concept is sustainable as a monthly.

Agreed, and that's a good thing. Monthlies aren't usually that great. A couple really great stories a year is better. Make it some of the best writing out there.