Marvel vs DC
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DC vs Marvel Comics was a 1997 comic book mini-series by DC Comics and Marvel. In DC vs Marvel, two "Brothers" personify the universes that comics fans know as DC and Marvel. After becoming aware of the other's existence, the brothers challenge each other to a series of duels involving each universe's respective superheroes. The series was four comics total.
The matches (shown below) were written by Dan Jurgens and the outcome was determined by votes sent in by readers. Despite Marvel achieving more votes than its rival, and thus winning more matches, the series' storyline opted not to show one side victorious. The authors wisely reserved calling the winner of six of the eleven matches so they could make the outcome seem close regardless of the votes. As voters voted Marvel the winner in three of the five "open to vote" matches (DC's Superman and Batman won their matches, whereas Marvel's Spider-Man, Storm, and Wolverine won theirs), this proved a prescient move. The final outcome was a 6–5 Marvel "victory". After Batman defeated Captain America, it was revealed that the Amalgam universe would be used to settle the dispute, making the Marvel victory an ambiguous one.
Ultimately, the Brothers decided to "settle things in their own way" by temporarily creating a new universe. This new universe, called the Amalgam universe, saw a merging of each company's most popular heroes into new ones: Dark Claw (Batman + Wolverine), Spider-Boy (Spider-Man + Superboy), etc. Each new hero starred in a one-shot comic book, all of which were released prior to the series' fourth and final chapter. Caught in the middle of the two worlds was an inter-dimensional traveler by the name of Access.
The miniseries was a top vote-getter for the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for Favorite Limited Series for 1997.
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- Spider-Man defeats Superboy
- Superman defeats Hulk
- Thor defeats Captain Marvel
- Robin III defeats Jubilee
- Wolverine defeats Lobo
- Storm defeats Wonder Woman
- Batman defeats Captain America
- Aquaman defeats Namor the Sub-Mariner
- Flash defeats Quicksilver
- Elektra defeats Catwoman
- Silver Surfer defeats Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner)
[edit] Other DC and Marvel crossovers
- Amalgam Comics - Universes merge to form new beings like Dark Claw, Super-Soldier, and Spider-Boy
- DC/Marvel: All Access #1–4 - Access tries to hold the remnant fabrics of time from the previous series together with Venom, Annihilus, Green Lantern, Doctor Strange, Robin and Batman guest-starring
- DC/Marvel: Unlimited Access #1–4 - Access encounters bouts with Avengers, Justice League of America, X-Men, Magneto, Mantis, Darkseid, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Mystique, Sabretooth, Wonder Woman, Juggernaut and more.
- DC/Marvel presents Green Lantern/Silver Surfer - against the Cyborg Superman, Parallax, Terrax and Thanos. Thanos, it turns out, arranged these events to gain access to Green Lantern's ring and use it to trigger the end of the multiverse (the Cyborg and Terrax being used to test the transference process) but Parallax battles him in an attempt to harness the energy for his own purposes, and Green Lantern and the Surfer drain off their enhanced powers before returning to their respective realities.
- This is actually a prelude to DC VS Marvel #1-4. In #3 The Silver Surfer and Green Lantern refer to the oneshot during their fight.
- The Incredible Hulk vs. Superman - set in the Silver Age of Comic Books. Having triggered a battle between the two using a robot duplicate of the Hulk, Lex Luthor attempts to use the military's gamma-ray technology to stop Superman and the Hulk. (shared continuity)
- JLA/Avengers #1–4 - Krona and Grandmaster play a game involving the two teams searching for twelve powerful artifacts, six from each universe.
- Justice League of America #103 (1972), Amazing Adventures #16 (1973) and Thor #207 (1973) - Justice League unofficially team-up against the Avengers on Halloween.
- Marvel and DC presents: Batman vs. the Incredible Hulk - Batman encounters Hulk under Joker's control and stops his rampage using a gas bomb. The Shaper of Worlds grants Joker omnipotent powers, but the Hulk and Batman are able to drive the Joker to use his powers so much that his mind nearly collapses. (shared continuity)
- Marvel and DC presents: Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man - Spider-Man and Superman fight Doctor Octopus and Lex Luthor in the first crossover, and battle Doctor Doom and Parasite in the second (Wonder Woman and the Hulk guest-star, the Hulk clashing briefly with Superman while Wonder Woman is tricked by Doom into briefly attacking Spider-Man). (shared continuity)
- What If? #1 Volume 1 shows part of the first crossover, showing Superman's fist and Spidey on panel. Uatu (when showing various Marvel timelines) questions whether Spider-Man's fight with the costumed clad alien took place within this continuity or another.
- A panel in Avengers Forever #7 shows a scene with Lex Luthor and Doctor Octopus escaping from prison. Issue guide refers to Lex as a Bald Criminal.
- Marvel and DC presents: Uncanny X-Men and the New Teen Titans - The X-Men and Teen Titans team up to defeat Dark Phoenix (Darkseid creates a copy of Dark Phoenix using residual Phoenix energy where the original Phoenix used her powers), Deathstroke, and Darkseid (shared continuity). There were plans for a second crossover, involving The Cult Of Brother Blood and The Hellfire Club.[1]
- Superman/Fantastic Four - Galactus was apparently responsible for the destruction of Krypton, luring Superman into the Marvel Universe, where Galactus makes him into his new Herald despite the pleas of the Cyborg Superman (who followed his foe) to gain the power instead. Fortunately, Superman is able to shake off Galactus's influence- Krypton's death so defines him that it remained even when his memory was erased- and it is revealed that the Cyborg faked the information about Galactus eating Krypton to encourage Superman to take him into this universe to meet Galactus.
- Batman/Spider-Man - In the first one the Joker and Carnage are subject to a new treatment that uses a chip to remove violent impulses, but Carnage's symbiote cures him and he removes the Joker's (Although the two don't get along due to the Joker favouring theatrical murder while Carnage prefers numbers). In the second, the two face Ra's Al Ghul and the Kingpin, but Kingpin betrays Ra's and contacts the two heroes to save New York.
- Batman/Captain America - The heroes join forces against the Red Skull and the Joker during World War II.
- Aquaman #56 (1971) and Sub-Mariner #72 (1974) - An unofficial crossover in which the Sub-Mariner tidies up some loose ends from an Aquaman adventure. Both issues were the last in their series and written by Steve Skeates.
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- The Marvel/DC Collection - Crossover Classics, Vol. 1
- DC/Marvel Crossover Classics, Vol. 2
- The Marvel/DC Collection - Crossover Classics, Vol. 3
- DC/Marvel Crossover Classics, Vol. 4
- DC versus Marvel Comics
- The Amalgam Age of Comics: The DC Comics Collection
- The Amalgam Age of Comics: The Marvel Comics Collection
- Return to the Amalgam Age of Comics: The DC Comics Collection
- Return to the Amalgam Age of Comics: The Marvel Comics Collection
[edit] Cards
Marvel and DC released several card sets of superheroes following the series.
