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* ''Fire From Heaven'' was a 1996 Creator/ImageComics crossover with ''ComicBook/{{Backlash}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Deathblow}}'', ''[[ComicBook/Gen13 Gen¹³]]'', ''Sigma'', ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}'', ''Wetworks'', and ''ComicBook/WildCATSWildStorm''. Publishing delays lead to a confusing plot and reading order.

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* ''Fire From Heaven'' was a 1996 Creator/ImageComics crossover with ''ComicBook/{{Backlash}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Deathblow}}'', ''[[ComicBook/Gen13 Gen¹³]]'', ''ComicBook/Gen13'', ''Sigma'', ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}'', ''Wetworks'', and ''ComicBook/WildCATSWildStorm''.''[[ComicBook/WildCATSWildStorm Wild C.A.T.s]]''. Publishing delays lead to a confusing plot and reading order.



* ComicBook/MarvelVersusDC / ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse story, in which both the Marvel and the DC multiverses face annihilation -- and so the two multiverses were forcibly merged for a short time to keep their worlds alive. (Amalgam Dark Claw = DC Franchise/{{Batman}} + Marvel ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}; Amalgam Super Soldier = DC Franchise/{{Superman}} + Marvel ComicBook/CaptainAmerica; Amalgam Amazon = DC Franchise/WonderWoman + Marvel ComicBook/{{Storm}}; Amalgam Lobo The Duck = DC Lobo + Marvel ComicBook/HowardTheDuck; Amalgam Captain Marvel = DC [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] + Marvel ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}; et multiple cetera.)

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* ComicBook/MarvelVersusDC / ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse story, in which both the Marvel and the DC multiverses face annihilation -- and so the two multiverses were forcibly merged for a short time to keep their worlds alive. (Amalgam Dark Claw = DC Franchise/{{Batman}} + Marvel ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}; Amalgam Super Soldier = DC Franchise/{{Superman}} ComicBook/{{Superman}} + Marvel ComicBook/CaptainAmerica; Amalgam Amazon = DC Franchise/WonderWoman + Marvel ComicBook/{{Storm}}; ComicBook/{{Storm|MarvelComics}}; Amalgam Lobo The Duck = DC Lobo + Marvel ComicBook/HowardTheDuck; Amalgam Captain Marvel = DC [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] + Marvel ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}; et multiple cetera.)
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*** The universe of the Crime Syndicate of Amerika (an evil JLA) was rebooted as a result of the defeat of Krona (who had destroyed that entire universe in the prologue). This led to vague (and therefore non-copyright breaking) references to the events of the crossover the next time that the JLA met the CSA.
*** Marvel has also officially accepted ''JLA/Avengers'' as canon, since references to it are made in the Marvel Universe Handbooks, without actually naming the DC characters.
*** The crossover was fully integrated into DC continuity with the release of ''Trinity'' #7, with the Avengers being referred to as the "Others".

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*** ** The universe of the Crime Syndicate of Amerika (an evil JLA) was rebooted as a result of the defeat of Krona (who had destroyed that entire universe in the prologue). This led to vague (and therefore non-copyright breaking) references to the events of the crossover the next time that the JLA met the CSA.
*** ** Marvel has also officially accepted ''JLA/Avengers'' as canon, since references to it are made in the Marvel Universe Handbooks, without actually naming the DC characters.
*** ** The crossover was fully integrated into DC continuity with the release of ''Trinity'' #7, with the Avengers being referred to as the "Others".
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* Of bizarre note is the ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers'' crossover that happened around 2004ish.
** Although these cross-company crossovers usually end up either being non-canon or forgotten, this one actually led to some small changes: the universe of the Crime Syndicate of Amerika (an evil JLA) was rebooted as a result of the defeat of Krona (who had, destroyed that entire universe in the prologue). This led to vague (and therefore non-copyright breaking) references to the events of the crossover the next time that the JLA met the CSA. Some people also say that the events of ''House of M'' may also have stemmed from the events of ''JLA/Avengers'' as well, since the Scarlet Witch started to lose her sense of reality and judgment after tapping into the chaotic (read: evil) chaos magic of the DCU. This is just {{Fanon}}, but it's too cool a possibility not to mention.
** Marvel has officially accepted ''JLA/Avengers'' as canon, since references to it are made in the Marvel Universe Handbooks, without actually naming the DC characters, of course.
** The actual crossover itself was integrated fully (as in, no denying it anymore) into DC continuity with the release of ''Trinity'' #7, with the Avengers being referred to as the "Others"; you can even see what seems to be a silhouette of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica in one panel (though it's just as believable to think that was Franchise/TheFlash - it's left rather vague). Krona's fate at the end of the crossover also played a part in a few ''JLA'' stories after.
* And as long as we're being complete, there was the ComicBook/MarvelVersusDC / ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse story, in which both the Marvel and the DC multiverses face annihilation -- and so the two multiverses were forcibly merged for a short time to keep their worlds alive. (Amalgam Dark Claw = DC Franchise/{{Batman}} + Marvel ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}; Amalgam Super Soldier = DC Franchise/{{Superman}} + Marvel ComicBook/CaptainAmerica; Amalgam Amazon = DC Franchise/WonderWoman + Marvel ComicBook/{{Storm}}; Amalgam Lobo The Duck = DC Lobo + Marvel ComicBook/HowardTheDuck; Amalgam Captain Marvel = DC [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] + Marvel ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}; et multiple cetera.)

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* Of bizarre note is the ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers'' crossover that happened around 2004ish.
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Although these cross-company crossovers usually end up either being non-canon or forgotten, this one actually ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers'' led to some small changes: the changes:
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universe of the Crime Syndicate of Amerika (an evil JLA) was rebooted as a result of the defeat of Krona (who had, had destroyed that entire universe in the prologue). This led to vague (and therefore non-copyright breaking) references to the events of the crossover the next time that the JLA met the CSA. Some people also say that the events of ''House of M'' may also have stemmed from the events of ''JLA/Avengers'' as well, since the Scarlet Witch started to lose her sense of reality and judgment after tapping into the chaotic (read: evil) chaos magic of the DCU. This is just {{Fanon}}, but it's too cool a possibility not to mention.\n**
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Marvel has also officially accepted ''JLA/Avengers'' as canon, since references to it are made in the Marvel Universe Handbooks, without actually naming the DC characters, of course.
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The actual crossover itself was fully integrated fully (as in, no denying it anymore) into DC continuity with the release of ''Trinity'' #7, with the Avengers being referred to as the "Others"; you can even see what seems to be a silhouette of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica in one panel (though it's just as believable to think that was Franchise/TheFlash - it's left rather vague). Krona's fate at the end of the crossover also played a part in a few ''JLA'' stories after.
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* And as long as we're being complete, there was the ComicBook/MarvelVersusDC / ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse story, in which both the Marvel and the DC multiverses face annihilation -- and so the two multiverses were forcibly merged for a short time to keep their worlds alive. (Amalgam Dark Claw = DC Franchise/{{Batman}} + Marvel ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}; Amalgam Super Soldier = DC Franchise/{{Superman}} + Marvel ComicBook/CaptainAmerica; Amalgam Amazon = DC Franchise/WonderWoman + Marvel ComicBook/{{Storm}}; Amalgam Lobo The Duck = DC Lobo + Marvel ComicBook/HowardTheDuck; Amalgam Captain Marvel = DC [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] + Marvel ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}; et multiple cetera.)
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* Parodied in ''ComicBook/TopTen'', a series set in a city where every life form has superpowers of some kind. An elderly woman gets an infestation of superpowered mice wearing the costumes of famous DC and Marvel characters, who essentially enact a crisis crossover in her kitchen. An exterminator manages to get rid of them, but in doing so he also triggers a CosmicRetcon that erases the events from history, meaning nobody but him even remembers it happened. When he demands payment, and is also very angry because apparently this keeps happening and he never actually gets paid for his work, the [[SuperCop police]] assume he's crazy and arrest him.
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* And as long as we're being complete, there was the ComicBook/MarvelVersusDC / ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse story, in which both the Marvel and the DC multiverses face annihilation -- and so the two multiverses were forcibly merged for a short time to keep their worlds alive. (Amalgam Dark Claw = DC Franchise/{{Batman}} + Marvel ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}; Amalgam Super Soldier = DC Franchise/{{Superman}} + Marvel ComicBook/CaptainAmerica; Amalgam Amazon = DC Franchise/WonderWoman + Marvel ComicBook/{{Storm}}; Amalgam Lobo The Duck = DC Lobo + Marvel Comicbook/HowardTheDuck; Amalgam Captain Marvel = DC [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] + Marvel ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}; et multiple cetera.)

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* And as long as we're being complete, there was the ComicBook/MarvelVersusDC / ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse story, in which both the Marvel and the DC multiverses face annihilation -- and so the two multiverses were forcibly merged for a short time to keep their worlds alive. (Amalgam Dark Claw = DC Franchise/{{Batman}} + Marvel ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}; Amalgam Super Soldier = DC Franchise/{{Superman}} + Marvel ComicBook/CaptainAmerica; Amalgam Amazon = DC Franchise/WonderWoman + Marvel ComicBook/{{Storm}}; Amalgam Lobo The Duck = DC Lobo + Marvel Comicbook/HowardTheDuck; ComicBook/HowardTheDuck; Amalgam Captain Marvel = DC [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] + Marvel ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}; et multiple cetera.)



* The long awaited ''ComicBook/WarOfTheIndependents'' mini-series brings together creator-own characters as diverse as ''ComicBook/{{Gumby}}'', ''ComicBook/TheTick'', ''ComicBook/ScudTheDisposableAssassin'', ''ComicBook/{{Cerebus}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Shi}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'' and ''ComicBook/HackSlash''. Some of the same characters also appeared previously in the ''ComicBook/{{Normalman}}''/''ComicBook/MegatonMan'' special, ''ComicBook/{{Gen 13}}'' ABC, and Shi / {{Cyblade}}: The Battle for Independents.

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* The long awaited ''ComicBook/WarOfTheIndependents'' mini-series brings together creator-own characters as diverse as ''ComicBook/{{Gumby}}'', ''ComicBook/TheTick'', ''ComicBook/ScudTheDisposableAssassin'', ''ComicBook/{{Cerebus}}'', ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark'', ''ComicBook/{{Shi}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'' and ''ComicBook/HackSlash''. Some of the same characters also appeared previously in the ''ComicBook/{{Normalman}}''/''ComicBook/MegatonMan'' special, ''ComicBook/{{Gen 13}}'' ABC, and Shi / {{Cyblade}}: The Battle for Independents.

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* ''When Bongos Collide'' was a crossover of Bongo Comics, which publish comics based on ''ComicBook/TheSimpsons''. It included ''Itchy & Scratchy'' #3, ''The Simpsons'' #5, and ''Bartman'' #3. It can be read in ''Bartman: The Best of the Best'' collection. Also, there were two series of ''Simpsons[=/=]WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' crossover comics -- which reaffirm the MutuallyFictional nature of the two shows in the other's universe (though the crossovers take place in the ''Futurama'' universe, because it'd be easier to use its sci-fi nature to use the TrappedInTVLand and RefugeeFromTVLand plots to allow the meetings).

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* ''When Bongos Collide'' was a crossover of Bongo Comics, which publish comics based on ''ComicBook/TheSimpsons''. It included ''Itchy & Scratchy'' #3, ''The Simpsons'' #5, and ''Bartman'' #3. It can be read in ''Bartman: The Best of the Best'' collection. Also, there were two series of ''Simpsons[=/=]WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' crossover comics was ''ComicBook/TheSimpsonsFuturamaCrossoverCrisis'' -- which reaffirm the MutuallyFictional nature of the two shows in the other's universe (though the crossovers take place in the ''Futurama'' universe, because it'd be easier to use its sci-fi nature to use the TrappedInTVLand and RefugeeFromTVLand plots to allow the meetings).



* Parodied in ''ComicBook/TopTen'', a series set in a city where every life form has superpowers of some kind. An elderly woman gets an infestation of superpowered mice wearing the costumes of famous DC and Marvel characters, who essentially enact a crisis crossover in her kitchen. An exterminator manages to get rid of them, but in doing so he also triggers a CosmicRetcon that erases the events from history, meaning nobody but him even remembers it happened. When he demands payment, and is also very angry because apparently this keeps happening and he never actually gets paid for his work, the [[SuperCop police]] assume he's crazy and arrest him.

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* Parodied in ''ComicBook/TopTen'', a series set in a city where every life form has superpowers of some kind. An elderly woman gets an infestation of superpowered mice wearing the costumes of famous DC and Marvel characters, who essentially enact a crisis crossover in her kitchen. An exterminator manages to get rid of them, but in doing so he also triggers a CosmicRetcon that erases the events from history, meaning nobody but him even remembers it happened. When he demands payment, and is also very angry because apparently this keeps happening and he never actually gets paid for his work, the [[SuperCop police]] assume he's crazy and arrest him.him.
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* Starting in May 2019, Terry Moore's ''Five Years'' is a crossover set in the [[TheVerse Terryverse]], in which the casts of ''ComicBook/StrangersInParadise'', ''ComicBook/{{Echo}}'', ''ComicBook/RachelRising'' and ''Motor Girl'' deal with the threat of the Phi Bomb, a super-weapon that a group of defense experts are scheduled to complete in [[TitleDrop five years]]. The Phi Bomb is designed to destroy all hydrogen atoms in a target area. Once it's tested, according to information that Katchoo, Tambi and Rachel uncovered, the uncontrolled explosion will spread out to destroy all hydrogen. [[ApocalypseHow Everywhere in the universe.]]

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* Starting in May 2019, Terry Moore's ''Five Years'' is a crossover set in the [[TheVerse Terryverse]], in which the casts of ''ComicBook/StrangersInParadise'', ''ComicBook/{{Echo}}'', ''ComicBook/RachelRising'' and ''Motor Girl'' deal with the threat of the Phi Bomb, a super-weapon that a group of defense experts are scheduled to complete in [[TitleDrop five years]]. The Phi Bomb is designed to destroy all hydrogen atoms in a target area. Once it's tested, according to information that Katchoo, Tambi and Rachel uncovered, the uncontrolled explosion will spread out to destroy all hydrogen. [[ApocalypseHow Everywhere in the universe.]]]]
* Parodied in ''ComicBook/TopTen'', a series set in a city where every life form has superpowers of some kind. An elderly woman gets an infestation of superpowered mice wearing the costumes of famous DC and Marvel characters, who essentially enact a crisis crossover in her kitchen. An exterminator manages to get rid of them, but in doing so he also triggers a CosmicRetcon that erases the events from history, meaning nobody but him even remembers it happened. When he demands payment, and is also very angry because apparently this keeps happening and he never actually gets paid for his work, the [[SuperCop police]] assume he's crazy and arrest him.
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** [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW IDW's]] ''[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' featured a 19-issue ZombieApocalypse storyline involving nearly every ''Sonic'' character featured in a modern ''Sonic'' game as well as the comic's OriginalGeneration, with the notable exception of Blaze the Cat (who at least appeared in the DenouementEpisode).
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* Parodied in ''ComicBook/TheBoys'': the appearance of an alien battlestation in Earth orbit prompts every hero and villain to team up to take it down. In fact, the whole thing is a fake: they're all going to a tropical island for a few days of [[VillainWithGoodPublicity entirely undeserved]] booze, sex, drugs, and generalized hedonism, known as Herogasm.
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* PlayedForLaughs in ''ComicBook/TheBoys''. Every year the [[NominalHero superhero]] community fakes one of these in order to host [[TheHedonist a massive drug-fueled orgy called "Herogasm"]].
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* And as long as we're being complete, there was the ComicBook/MarvelVersusDC / ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse story, in which both the Marvel and the DC multiverses face annihilation -- and so the two multiverses were forcibly merged for a short time to keep their worlds alive. (Amalgam Dark Claw = DC Franchise/{{Batman}} + Marvel ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}; Amalgam Super Soldier = DC Franchise/{{Superman}} + Marvel ComicBook/CaptainAmerica; Amalgam Amazon = DC Franchise/WonderWoman + Marvel ComicBook/{{Storm}}; Amalgam Lobo The Duck = DC Lobo + Marvel Comicbook/HowardTheDuck; Amalgam Captain Marvel = DC [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] + Marvel ComicBook/CaptainMarVell; et multiple cetera.)

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* And as long as we're being complete, there was the ComicBook/MarvelVersusDC / ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse story, in which both the Marvel and the DC multiverses face annihilation -- and so the two multiverses were forcibly merged for a short time to keep their worlds alive. (Amalgam Dark Claw = DC Franchise/{{Batman}} + Marvel ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}; Amalgam Super Soldier = DC Franchise/{{Superman}} + Marvel ComicBook/CaptainAmerica; Amalgam Amazon = DC Franchise/WonderWoman + Marvel ComicBook/{{Storm}}; Amalgam Lobo The Duck = DC Lobo + Marvel Comicbook/HowardTheDuck; Amalgam Captain Marvel = DC [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] + Marvel ComicBook/CaptainMarVell; ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}; et multiple cetera.)
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** The first one is probably ''La Storia Infinita'', a transposition of the basic plot of ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory''[[note]]It was never printed in English, but [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes rumor has it you can find it]] on [[www.neverendingstorydisney.jimdo.com this website]] with the password [[spoiler: Scanlation]][[/note]][[note]]The website no longer works, but go [[https://issuu.com/thomas.grazia/docs/topolino_1883_-_paperino_in_la_storia_infinita_ here]] if you want to check out the coomic anyway.[[/note]]. The story opens by an emergency meeting of all the heroes in the Disney universe (and we do mean all: not just from the comics, but also from the movies, including the more obscure ones) to try to solve the threat of the Nothing, a [[EldritchAbomination maybe-sentient cosmic force]] that is absorbing the whole universe and replacing it with blank, featureless [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin nothingness]]. WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse [[TheChosenOne is chosen]] to look for a solution, and, after getting help from [[WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone Merlin]] and WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}, finds out that Donald is the ''real'' [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]]. On the way, they fight various Franchise/DisneyVillains led by Maleficent. However, this story differs from traditional Crisis Crossovers in that the hundreds of summoned crossover heroes do very little, since Mickey, Donald, and ''maybe'' Dumbo are doing most of the adventuring and the others are just hanging around in the Castle the whole time; it was also a self-contained two-part story arc, rather than spanning several titles.

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** The first one is probably ''La Storia Infinita'', a transposition of the basic plot of ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory''[[note]]It was never printed in English, but [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes rumor has it you can find it]] on [[www.[[http://www.neverendingstorydisney.jimdo.com this website]] with the password [[spoiler: Scanlation]][[/note]][[note]]The website no longer works, but go [[https://issuu.com/thomas.grazia/docs/topolino_1883_-_paperino_in_la_storia_infinita_ here]] if you want to check out the coomic anyway.[[/note]]. The story opens by an emergency meeting of all the heroes in the Disney universe (and we do mean all: not just from the comics, but also from the movies, including the more obscure ones) to try to solve the threat of the Nothing, a [[EldritchAbomination maybe-sentient cosmic force]] that is absorbing the whole universe and replacing it with blank, featureless [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin nothingness]]. WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse [[TheChosenOne is chosen]] to look for a solution, and, after getting help from [[WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone Merlin]] and WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}, finds out that Donald is the ''real'' [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]]. On the way, they fight various Franchise/DisneyVillains Characters/DisneyVillains led by Maleficent. However, this story differs from traditional Crisis Crossovers in that the hundreds of summoned crossover heroes do very little, since Mickey, Donald, and ''maybe'' Dumbo are doing most of the adventuring and the others are just hanging around in the Castle the whole time; it was also a self-contained two-part story arc, rather than spanning several titles.
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* ''Fire From Heaven'' was a 1996 Creator/ImageComics crossover with ''Backlash'', ''Deathblow'', ''[[ComicBook/Gen13 Gen¹³]]'', ''Sigma'', ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}'', ''Wetworks'', and ''ComicBook/WildCATSWildStorm''. Publishing delays lead to a confusing plot and reading order.

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* ''Fire From Heaven'' was a 1996 Creator/ImageComics crossover with ''Backlash'', ''Deathblow'', ''ComicBook/{{Backlash}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Deathblow}}'', ''[[ComicBook/Gen13 Gen¹³]]'', ''Sigma'', ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}'', ''Wetworks'', and ''ComicBook/WildCATSWildStorm''. Publishing delays lead to a confusing plot and reading order.
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* ''Fire From Heaven'' was a 1996 Creator/ImageComics crossover with ''Backlash'', ''Deathblow'', ''[[ComicBook/Gen13 Gen¹³]]'', ''Sigma'', ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}'', ''Wetworks'', and ''ComicBook/WildCATS''. Publishing delays lead to a confusing plot and reading order.

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* ''Fire From Heaven'' was a 1996 Creator/ImageComics crossover with ''Backlash'', ''Deathblow'', ''[[ComicBook/Gen13 Gen¹³]]'', ''Sigma'', ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}'', ''Wetworks'', and ''ComicBook/WildCATS''.''ComicBook/WildCATSWildStorm''. Publishing delays lead to a confusing plot and reading order.
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** ComicBook/CartoonNetworkSuperSecretCrisisWar, an up coming 6-part Mini-Series that crosses the main characters and villains of the shows ''Dexter's Laboratory'', ''Samurai Jack'', ''The Powerpuff Girls'', ''Ben 10'', and ''Ed Edd n Eddy''. The story also branchs off into 6 One-shots featuring ''Johnny Bravo'', ''Codename: Kids Next Door'', ''Cow and Chicken'', ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'', and ''The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy''.

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** ComicBook/CartoonNetworkSuperSecretCrisisWar, an up coming a 6-part Mini-Series that crosses the main characters and villains of the shows ''Dexter's Laboratory'', ''Samurai Jack'', ''The Powerpuff Girls'', ''Ben 10'', and ''Ed Edd n Eddy''. The story also branchs off into 6 One-shots featuring ''Johnny Bravo'', ''Codename: Kids Next Door'', ''Cow and Chicken'', ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'', and ''The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy''.
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* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide'', a large 12-part {{crossover}} flowing through Creator/ArchieComics' three video game licenses: ''ComicBook/MegaMan'' #24-27[[note]]Parts 1, 4, 7 and 10[[/note]], ''[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' #248-251[[note]]Parts 3, 6, 9 and 12[[/note]], and ''[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Sonic Universe]]'' #51-54[[note]]Parts 2, 5, 8 and 11[[/note]]. The gist is that following the ''Sonic Genesis'' arc in the Archie Sonic comics, a Chaos Emerald has landed in the ''Mega Man'' universe, leading to a chance meeting between Doctor Wily and Doctor Eggman as they team up to cosmically conquer their universes. The ramifications are that Mega Man hits the ResetButton on his universe, pushing the crossover to at least after an hypothetical ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'' adaptation in the ''Mega Man'' universe, whereas Eggman inadvertently causes a {{cosmic retcon}}ning of Mobius on a scale the Archie Sonic comics have never faced before in its 20-year history, primarily designed in real life terms to jettison the aftermath of [[ScrewedByTheLawyers the Ken Penders legal case]] on the Sonic comics' narrative without just unceremoniously killing his characters off-screen or invoking WhatHappenedToTheMouse.

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* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide'', a large 12-part {{crossover}} flowing through Creator/ArchieComics' three video game licenses: ''ComicBook/MegaMan'' ''ComicBook/MegaManArchieComics'' #24-27[[note]]Parts 1, 4, 7 and 10[[/note]], ''[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' #248-251[[note]]Parts 3, 6, 9 and 12[[/note]], and ''[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Sonic Universe]]'' #51-54[[note]]Parts 2, 5, 8 and 11[[/note]]. The gist is that following the ''Sonic Genesis'' arc in the Archie Sonic comics, a Chaos Emerald has landed in the ''Mega Man'' universe, leading to a chance meeting between Doctor Wily and Doctor Eggman as they team up to cosmically conquer their universes. The ramifications are that Mega Man hits the ResetButton on his universe, pushing the crossover to at least after an hypothetical ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'' adaptation in the ''Mega Man'' universe, whereas Eggman inadvertently causes a {{cosmic retcon}}ning of Mobius on a scale the Archie Sonic comics have never faced before in its 20-year history, primarily designed in real life terms to jettison the aftermath of [[ScrewedByTheLawyers the Ken Penders legal case]] on the Sonic comics' narrative without just unceremoniously killing his characters off-screen or invoking WhatHappenedToTheMouse.
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* ''Fire From Heaven'' was a 1996 Creator/ImageComics crossover with ''Backlash'', ''Deathblow'', ''[[ComicBook/Gen13 Gen¹³]]'', ''Sigma'', ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}'', ''Wetworks'', and ''ComicBook/WildCATS''. Publishing delays lead to a confusing plot and reading order.
* Of bizarre note is the ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers'' crossover that happened around 2004ish.
** Although these cross-company crossovers usually end up either being non-canon or forgotten, this one actually led to some small changes: the universe of the Crime Syndicate of Amerika (an evil JLA) was rebooted as a result of the defeat of Krona (who had, destroyed that entire universe in the prologue). This led to vague (and therefore non-copyright breaking) references to the events of the crossover the next time that the JLA met the CSA. Some people also say that the events of ''House of M'' may also have stemmed from the events of ''JLA/Avengers'' as well, since the Scarlet Witch started to lose her sense of reality and judgment after tapping into the chaotic (read: evil) chaos magic of the DCU. This is just {{Fanon}}, but it's too cool a possibility not to mention.
** Marvel has officially accepted ''JLA/Avengers'' as canon, since references to it are made in the Marvel Universe Handbooks, without actually naming the DC characters, of course.
** The actual crossover itself was integrated fully (as in, no denying it anymore) into DC continuity with the release of ''Trinity'' #7, with the Avengers being referred to as the "Others"; you can even see what seems to be a silhouette of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica in one panel (though it's just as believable to think that was Franchise/TheFlash - it's left rather vague). Krona's fate at the end of the crossover also played a part in a few ''JLA'' stories after.
* And as long as we're being complete, there was the ComicBook/MarvelVersusDC / ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse story, in which both the Marvel and the DC multiverses face annihilation -- and so the two multiverses were forcibly merged for a short time to keep their worlds alive. (Amalgam Dark Claw = DC Franchise/{{Batman}} + Marvel ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}; Amalgam Super Soldier = DC Franchise/{{Superman}} + Marvel ComicBook/CaptainAmerica; Amalgam Amazon = DC Franchise/WonderWoman + Marvel ComicBook/{{Storm}}; Amalgam Lobo The Duck = DC Lobo + Marvel Comicbook/HowardTheDuck; Amalgam Captain Marvel = DC [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] + Marvel ComicBook/CaptainMarVell; et multiple cetera.)
* Disney did more than one.
** The first one is probably ''La Storia Infinita'', a transposition of the basic plot of ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory''[[note]]It was never printed in English, but [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes rumor has it you can find it]] on [[www.neverendingstorydisney.jimdo.com this website]] with the password [[spoiler: Scanlation]][[/note]][[note]]The website no longer works, but go [[https://issuu.com/thomas.grazia/docs/topolino_1883_-_paperino_in_la_storia_infinita_ here]] if you want to check out the coomic anyway.[[/note]]. The story opens by an emergency meeting of all the heroes in the Disney universe (and we do mean all: not just from the comics, but also from the movies, including the more obscure ones) to try to solve the threat of the Nothing, a [[EldritchAbomination maybe-sentient cosmic force]] that is absorbing the whole universe and replacing it with blank, featureless [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin nothingness]]. WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse [[TheChosenOne is chosen]] to look for a solution, and, after getting help from [[WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone Merlin]] and WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}, finds out that Donald is the ''real'' [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]]. On the way, they fight various Franchise/DisneyVillains led by Maleficent. However, this story differs from traditional Crisis Crossovers in that the hundreds of summoned crossover heroes do very little, since Mickey, Donald, and ''maybe'' Dumbo are doing most of the adventuring and the others are just hanging around in the Castle the whole time; it was also a self-contained two-part story arc, rather than spanning several titles.
** ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfTheChaosGod'' is a multi-episode crossover between one and every show of ''WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon'' that was part of the Disney Duck and Mice comic universe. That includes ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'', ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'', ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'', ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' and ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'', who were all battling against the vile sorcerer Solego.
** The New Year celebration of year 2000 was the setting for the ''Millenium Orbs'' saga, featuring a crossover between the [[ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse Mice]] and [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Duck comic universes]], all battling against evil wizard Euclidus.[[note]]The story was only printed in English in 2007, so the references to the year 2000 were dropped, with Euclidus's backstory moved from 1000 A.C. to the year 1707. The stories generally suffered from it.[[/note]]
* The ''Zodiac Stone'' series does a similar thing, with Ducks and Mice both travelling the world to look for [[GottaCatchThemAll the pieces of the Zodiac Stone, a mythical artifact that can predict the future]], and stopping the Phantom Blot (assisted by Pete and the Beagle Boys) from getting it first. The scope of the "crisis" is not actually much higher than usual Disney comic adventures, but it was nevertheless advertised as one.
** In 2011, Boom! Comics was losing the license to WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon comics, so they went out with a bang. As such, ''ComicBook/DarkwingDuck'' and ''ComicBook/DuckTales'' are crossed over for the last arc of the respective series, with various villains led by the Phantom Blot (from the ''Mickey Mouse'' comics, though the mouse himself doesn't appear) who himself [[spoiler: mind-controlled by Magica De Spell]].
* Subversion: New England Comics ran a ''Crisis on Finite [[ComicBook/TheTick Tick]] Crossovers'', which featured all 3 titles in the [[Franchise/TheTick Tickverse]]. The editors explained that having only 3 comics severely limited the number of money-making crossovers they could do.
* Parodied in ''ComicBook/TopTen'', where a character has an Ultra-Mouse infestation in his mother's apartment. So, he hires the EX-VERMINATOR, who releases Atom Cats to deal with them, but with so many super-powered creatures in such a confined space, it turned into a "Whole Secret Crisis-War Crossover Thing" which eventually [[CosmicRetcon rewrote the timeline]] so the Ultra-Mouse infestation never happened, and nobody even remembers it -- except the EX-VERMINATOR, [[ShaggyDogStory who is thus pissed nobody will pay him]].
* Though ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' is the only series in its continuity and thus incapable of crossovers, they still managed to play with this one.
** In "The Nearness of You", a man becomes increasingly obsessed about a woman who keeps appearing in his dreams. It turns out it's because a minor villain caused a TemporalParadox that threatened the universe and required all of the heroes to stop it -- and the woman is his wife who [[RetGone ceased to exist]] in the repaired timestream. Yes, the Crisis Crossover is relegated to a ''background reference.''
** Also appears in the ending of the "Confession" arc, which is basically a Crisis Crossover as seen from the sidelines. The event in question is a worldwide alien invasion with dozens of heroes against an army of shape-shifting extraterrestrials, yet there's only a dozen panels devoted to the actual battles themselves.
* Creator/ValiantComics:
** The "Unity" Crossover early in its history, in which the 41st century heroes and the 20th century heroes had to join come together to face a woman with the power to destroy all history.
** They also did a crossover with Creator/ImageComics called ''ComicBook/{{Deathmate}}''.
* ''When Bongos Collide'' was a crossover of Bongo Comics, which publish comics based on ''ComicBook/TheSimpsons''. It included ''Itchy & Scratchy'' #3, ''The Simpsons'' #5, and ''Bartman'' #3. It can be read in ''Bartman: The Best of the Best'' collection. Also, there were two series of ''Simpsons[=/=]WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' crossover comics -- which reaffirm the MutuallyFictional nature of the two shows in the other's universe (though the crossovers take place in the ''Futurama'' universe, because it'd be easier to use its sci-fi nature to use the TrappedInTVLand and RefugeeFromTVLand plots to allow the meetings).
* In 2008, the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse got in on the act with ''Vector'', which told a single story starting in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', then moving in chronological order through Dark Horse's four ''Franchise/StarWars'' titles, before ending in a WhamEpisode in ''ComicBook/{{Legacy}}''. And it was really good, too.
** ''Legacy'' also crossed the prequel era with Tatooine's Sand People and the NJO era.
* The now-defunct EclipseComics got into the act with ''Total Eclipse'', written by Marv Wolfman. The story involved a villain named Zzed[sic], who was born many millenia ago during an event called the Total Eclipse (all the planets and moons of the Solar System aligned with thousands of planets, moons and stars across the galaxy). As a result, he has been [[WhoWantsToLiveForever cursed with immortality]], and seeks only his own death, which he can only achieve by destroying all creation. [[OmnicidalManiac He has no problem with that at first.]] Unique in being the only Crisis Crossover to feature appearances by ComicBook/MiracleMan, ComicBook/{{Airboy}}, ComicBook/MsTree and Beanish of ''ComicBook/TalesOfTheBeanworld''.
* The long awaited ''ComicBook/WarOfTheIndependents'' mini-series brings together creator-own characters as diverse as ''ComicBook/{{Gumby}}'', ''ComicBook/TheTick'', ''ComicBook/ScudTheDisposableAssassin'', ''ComicBook/{{Cerebus}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Shi}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'' and ''ComicBook/HackSlash''. Some of the same characters also appeared previously in the ''ComicBook/{{Normalman}}''/''ComicBook/MegatonMan'' special, ''ComicBook/{{Gen 13}}'' ABC, and Shi / {{Cyblade}}: The Battle for Independents.
* ''Image United'', a series which brings together not only Creator/{{Image}}'s iconic characters, but also their creators to personally draw them in each appearance.
* Creator/{{Zenescope|Entertainment}} has ''The [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Dream Eater]] Saga''. A threat so major that even [[CardCarryingVillain Belinda]] and [[AxCrazy The Queen of Hearts]] are fighting against it.
* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide'', a large 12-part {{crossover}} flowing through Creator/ArchieComics' three video game licenses: ''ComicBook/MegaMan'' #24-27[[note]]Parts 1, 4, 7 and 10[[/note]], ''[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' #248-251[[note]]Parts 3, 6, 9 and 12[[/note]], and ''[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Sonic Universe]]'' #51-54[[note]]Parts 2, 5, 8 and 11[[/note]]. The gist is that following the ''Sonic Genesis'' arc in the Archie Sonic comics, a Chaos Emerald has landed in the ''Mega Man'' universe, leading to a chance meeting between Doctor Wily and Doctor Eggman as they team up to cosmically conquer their universes. The ramifications are that Mega Man hits the ResetButton on his universe, pushing the crossover to at least after an hypothetical ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'' adaptation in the ''Mega Man'' universe, whereas Eggman inadvertently causes a {{cosmic retcon}}ning of Mobius on a scale the Archie Sonic comics have never faced before in its 20-year history, primarily designed in real life terms to jettison the aftermath of [[ScrewedByTheLawyers the Ken Penders legal case]] on the Sonic comics' narrative without just unceremoniously killing his characters off-screen or invoking WhatHappenedToTheMouse.
** This was later followed up on with ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsUnite'', which followed up on the ramifications of the previous crossover and included ''ComicBook/SonicBoom'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' as well thanks to X's arch-enemy Sigma as the instigator of the events. [[spoiler:By the third act, with Sigma in full AGodAmI mode thanks to being amped up on planetary energy, the combined heroes begin pulling characters from other worlds to help, crossing over with half a dozen franchises from Sega and Capcom each.]] In a reversal of the previous event, ''Sonic'' came out of the story with no consequences while ''Mega Man'' saw [[spoiler:Xander Payne get thrown back in time by Sigma's defeat and take TheSlowPath to become Mr. X in the present]].
* Creator/IDWPublishing had a few.
** ''Infestation'' has IDW's ''ComicBook/ZombiesVsRobots'' [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies infecting the publisher's licensed universes]] of ''Transformers'', ''ComicBook/GhostbustersIDW'', ''G.I. Joe'' and ''Star Trek''. Its most notable impact is having Kup be PutOnABus on the ''Transformers'' corner, not coming back until ''Dark Cybertron'' below. Its sequel ''Infestation 2'' had [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos the Elder Gods]] crossing out instead, and the addition of ''ComicBook/ThirtyDaysOfNight'' and ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIDW'' but has no lasting repercussions on even a single series.
** ''Series/TheXFiles: Conspiracy'' had Fox Mulder and Dana Scully aiding the Lone Gunmen in their search to discover the cure for a virus, which lead them to stumble upon ''Transformers'', ''Ghostbusters'', ''ComicBook/TheCrow'' and ''TMNT''.
** ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' and ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'' crossed over in ''ComicBook/DarkCybertron'', a multi-part storyline involving Shockwave launching his EvilPlan on Cybertron. The two series are set in the same universe and have intersected and referenced each other multiple times, but this was the first real crossover between the two. The battle against Shockwave notably results in Optimus Prime returning to Autobot leadership after a self-imposed exile that started said two comic series and Megatron becoming an Autobot cast member of ''More than Meets the Eye''. The event also saw the debut of franchise-recurring character Windblade.
** ''ComicBook/{{Revolution|2016}}'' marks the inauguration of the ComicBook/HasbroComicUniverse. The basic gist is that the Transformers, G.I. Joe, ComicBook/{{ROM|IDW}} and the newly-formed M.A.S.K. have a severe case of ConflictBall over mistaken intentions while the ComicBook/{{Micronauts|IDW}} head to Earth in a bid to save Microspace, then they all join forces when they realize that a VillainTeamUp has set them up.
** This was followed up by ''ComicBook/FirstStrike'' in 2017, where a cabal of Earth-based villains launches a genocidal assault on Cybertron, its leader sick and tired of the extraterrestrials conflicts the Transformer race is bringing to Earth. [[spoiler:But one of their numbers has a secret agenda of his own for Cybertron, leading to the IDW debuts of the Visionaries and Unicron.]]
** ComicBook/CartoonNetworkSuperSecretCrisisWar, an up coming 6-part Mini-Series that crosses the main characters and villains of the shows ''Dexter's Laboratory'', ''Samurai Jack'', ''The Powerpuff Girls'', ''Ben 10'', and ''Ed Edd n Eddy''. The story also branchs off into 6 One-shots featuring ''Johnny Bravo'', ''Codename: Kids Next Door'', ''Cow and Chicken'', ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'', and ''The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy''.
* Dynamite Entertainment had "Prophecy", starring Vampirella, Red Sonja and, uhh, some additional characters nobody remembers. (Xena wasn't on the payroll. Fans still pout.)
* Dynamite later did the "Swords of Sorrow" crossover event, which was similarly based around all of their {{Stripperiffic}} ActionGirl characters allying and/or fighting due to a multiversal threat.
* Parodied in ''ComicBook/TheBoys'': the appearance of an alien battlestation in Earth orbit prompts every hero and villain to team up to take it down. In fact, the whole thing is a fake: they're all going to a tropical island for a few days of [[VillainWithGoodPublicity entirely undeserved]] booze, sex, drugs, and generalized hedonism, known as Herogasm.
* ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'' has yearly Crisis Crossover events featuring all the Doctors with regular titles, plus cameos by some others. So far, there have been ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoFourDoctors'', ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoSupremacyOfTheCybermen'', and ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTheLostDimension''. The first two were published as stand-alone miniseries, but the third was published as a traditional superhero-comic crossover event taking over an issue of each of the regular series. (Possibly because the two miniseries had suffered embarassing ScheduleSlip.)
* The Franchise/{{Transformers}} multiverse has a Crisis of sorts, called the Shroud (or Shrouding). Which results in altering the fabric of reality that strengthened the boundaries between universes from that point on. A major result being the splintering of the multiversal singularities into infinite variations of themselves throughout the multiverse.
* Starting in May 2019, Terry Moore's ''Five Years'' is a crossover set in the [[TheVerse Terryverse]], in which the casts of ''ComicBook/StrangersInParadise'', ''ComicBook/{{Echo}}'', ''ComicBook/RachelRising'' and ''Motor Girl'' deal with the threat of the Phi Bomb, a super-weapon that a group of defense experts are scheduled to complete in [[TitleDrop five years]]. The Phi Bomb is designed to destroy all hydrogen atoms in a target area. Once it's tested, according to information that Katchoo, Tambi and Rachel uncovered, the uncontrolled explosion will spread out to destroy all hydrogen. [[ApocalypseHow Everywhere in the universe.]]

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