History CrossOver / Comics

* In a very Main/TheManIsStickingittotheman example, after the terrible Main/HowardTheDuck movie Marvel still kept making comics of it. Later Marvel asked the creator to make a crossover between Howard/Spider-Man while at the same time he was doing a ComicBook/DestroyerDuck/Savage Dragon with Image comics. To sum it up at the end a clone of Howard left with Spider-Man and the real escaped into the safe hands of Steve Gerber.

-->-- '''Creator/MarkEvanier to Creator/SergioAragones''',''GrooTheWanderer versus Literature/ConanTheBarbarian #1 (July 2014)''

* Phil Foglio's graphic novel adaptation of Robert Asprin's '''Another Fine Myth''' features a Law Machine from his own '''Buck Godot: Zap Gun For Hire''' universe:
** Aahz: "That was our introduction to...the Law Machine. We were all dimensional travelers...I haven't seen a Law Machine before or since."

* In a very Main/TheManIsStickingittotheman example, after the terrible Main/HowardTheDuck movie Marvel still kept making comics of it. Later Marvel asked the creator to make a crossover between Howard/Spiderman while at the same time he was doing a DestroyerDuck/Savage Dragon with Image comics. To sum it up at the end a clone of Howard left with Spiderman and the real escaped into the safe hands of Steve Gerber.

* The very first superhero crossover was a battle between the Human Torch and the ComicBook/{{Sub-Mariner}} in ''Marvel Mystery Comics'' #8 and #9 (1940). This is the beginning of the MarvelUniverse.

* The ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'' comic ''[[Recap/TintinTheSevenCrystalBalls The Seven Crystal Balls]]'' featured an appearance by Jo (it's brief, but he does introduce a plot point), from Hergé's other comic series ''ComicStrip/JoZetteAndJocko''.

* The ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'' comic ''[[Recap/TintinTheSevenCrystalBalls The Seven Crystal Balls]]'' featured an appearance by Jo (it's brief, but he does introduce a plot point), from Hergé's other comic series ''ComicStrip/JoZetteAndJocko''

* The ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'' comic ''The Seven Crystal Balls'' featured an appearance by Joey (it's brief, but he does introduce a plot point), from Hergé's other comic series ''ComicStrip/JoZetteAndJocko''

** There was also the ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse, which consists of heroes who merge traits of a hero from each universe. Examples are {{ComicBook/Iron|Man}} [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Lantern]] (take a guess) and Darkclaw, who was Batman and Wolverine (!!!). However, the events of ''ComicBook/{{JLA-Avengers}}'' are taken as canon for both publishers in their mainstream universes.

*** ''World War III'' was a FifthWeekEvent that saw the ComicBook/{{Wildstorm}} heroes teaming up with the HeroesReborn versions of Marvel characters.

* Franchise/{{Superman}} has had crossovers with almost ''everyone'', as shown [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18785_6-comic-book-crossovers-you-wont-believe-actually-happened_p2.html here. ]] They include Franchise/{{Terminator}}, Franchise/{{Alien}}, Franchise/{{Predator}}, BugsBunny, HeMan, etc.

* The ComicBook/IncredibleHulk has crossed paths with Superman and Batman}} in separate issues.

* ''[[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} Asterix In Belgium]]'' features a cameo appearance by [[ComicBook/{{Tintin}} Dupont and Dupondt]] (or Thompson and Thomson if you prefer, although they're unnamed here anyway).

* Every so often, the {{Justice League|OfAmerica}} and {{Justice Society|OfAmerica}} team up and have a crossover. In {{the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}}, it happened every year; nowadays, it's more like every three years or so.

* In a very Main/TheManIsStickingittotheman example, after the terrible Main/HowardTheDuck movie Marvel still kept making comics of it. Later Marvel asked the creator to make a crossover between
Howard/Spiderman while at the same time he was doing a DestroyerDuck/Savage Dragon with Image comics. To sum it up at the end a clone of Howard left with Spiderman and the real escaped into the safe hands of Steve Gerber.

* The ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'' comic ''The Seven Crystal Balls'' featured an appearance by Joey (it's brief, but he does introduce a plot point), from Hergé's other comic series ''Joey, Zette and Jocko''.

** In the story about Creator/WilhelmBusch's 150th birthday at the end of ''Alles klar?'', Werner and Wilhelm Bush let loose his characters from ''Literature/MaxUndMoritz'' because they find the celebration boring. %% This entry was added automatically by FELH2. In case the wording doesn't make sense, rewrite it as you like, remove this comment and tell this troper.

* Franchise/{{Superman}} has had crossovers with almost ''everyone'', as shown [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18785_6-comic-book-crossovers-you-wont-believe-actually-happened_p2.html here. ]] They include TheTerminator, {{Alien}}, {{Predator}}, BugsBunny, HeMan, etc.

* Franchise/ArchieComics is not afraid of this. The only real thing that defines the universes (excluding ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' and other licensed series) is different towns in America. The Archies performing alongside ''JosieAndThePussycats''? Sure!

** ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Meets_the_Punisher Archie Meets the Punisher]]''. Yes, ''really''.

* Once during the 70s, WonderWoman (during her infamous white cat-suit era) shared an adventure with Fritz Lieber's FafhrdAndTheGrayMouser.

** A January 2014 IDW comic also had The Ghostbusters being investigated by ''[[Television/TheX-Files The Lone Gunmen]]''.

** IDW ''loves'' these. They've also done a four-way crossover between ''WesternAnimation/Transformers'', ''WesternAnimation/GIJoe'', ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', and ''Film/Ghostbusters'', and another where The Ghostbusters meet ''[[Television/TheXFiles The Lone Gunmen]]''.

* In ''ComicBook/{{WildCATs}}[=/=]Franchise/{{Alien}}s'', the xenomorphs end up destroying {{Stormwatch}}. This leads into ''TheAuthority'', making it one of the few crossovers with real effects.

* This was the entire premise of ''Literature/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' -- graphic novels and [[Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen movie]] both.

* José Carioca's universe is set in his home country of Brazil, but he's shown to be friends with WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck in ''Disney/SaludosAmigos'' and ''Disney/TheThreeCaballeros'' (as well as the ride in the Mexican pavilion at Epcot). Thus, there are occasional crossovers between the Carioca universe and the [=McDuck=] Universe. Indeed, there has been a prolonged arc of stories where José visits Duckburg, and interacts with the various characters there.

* The very first superhero crossover was a battle between the Human Torch and the ComicBook/{{Sub-Mariner}} in ''Marvel Mystery Comics'' #8 and #9 (1940). This is the beginning of the MarvelUniverse.
** Actually, the Shield and the Wizard at MLJ met earlier. The Wizard had learned of an impending attack on Pearl Harbor and contacted the Shield. They spent the next few issues fighting the same enemies (the Soviet/Nazi proxies called Moskovians), occasionally crossing paths for a panel or three.

* [[Film/PlanetOfTheApes Ape]] [[Series/AlienNation Nation]]. ''[[http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=31&Itemid=47&limitstart=76 Ape Nation]]''.
* Marvel's ''SquadronSupreme'' limited series (already itself a psuedo-CrossOver, featuring a team of {{Captain Ersatz}}es from DCComics) also had a one-issue CrossOver with ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica''.
* Creator/CartoonNetwork once made a comics story in which WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost's monkey sidekick, Blip, needed to save his friends from [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Giant Cosmic Monkey Robot]] and asked WesternAnimation/MagillaGorilla, Monkey from ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' and other simians from CN's shows for help. Together they saved the hero and defeated the cosmic monkey with a giant banana, soooo...yeah.
** At one point, they also did a string of SliceOfLife segments during commercial breaks where ''all'' of the characters were shown coexisting in some sort of vaguely defined urban setting.
* ''Franchise/GIJoe'' and ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}''. While the TV show is limited to the "Old Snake" thing and the hologram of Marissa's dad (see Western Animation below), the comics have crossed over many, many times, even to the point of very important and far-reaching events in one starting in crossovers [[spoiler: such as Cobra being the source of Megatron's tank body, and Bumblebee getting blown up real good and later repaired as his new Goldbug form - though if you're from the UK, you got a different Goldbug origin.]]
* The various Marvel–DC crossovers that have been published over the years, which imply the existence of a third timeline separate from the Marvel and DC continuities in which both exist alongside each other.
** There was also the ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse, which consists of heroes who merge traits of a hero from each universe. Examples are {{ComicBook/Iron|Man}} [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Lantern]] (take a guess) and Darkclaw, who was Batman and Wolverine (!!!). However, the events of ''ComicBook/{{JLA-Avengers}}'' are taken as canon for both publishers in their mainstream universes.
* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' has had crossovers with ''ComicBook/StrontiumDog'', ''ComicBook/RogueTrooper'', Batman, Film/{{Alien}}s, and Franchise/{{Predator}} among others. It even crossed over with its {{Spin Off}}s on two occasions.
* Every so often, the {{Justice League|OfAmerica}} and {{Justice Society|OfAmerica}} team up and have a crossover. In {{the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}}, it happened every year; nowadays, it's more like every three years or so.
* In the 1990s, DC and Image published a crossover between Franchise/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/{{Spawn}}. It's best remembered for completely rejecting the usual "[[LetsYouAndHimFight meet, fight, become friends]]" routine found in most crossover comics. The two heroes hate each other for almost the entire story. At the end, Spawn wonders aloud whether they could try to be friends, and Batman responds by ''burying a batarang in Spawn's face.''
* That is the main premise of the IDW comic ''Infestation: Outbreak'', where a dimensional gate (which looks suspiciously like a Franchise/{{Stargate|Verse}}) unleashes hordes of zombies from another world. [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Unlike other zombies]] from this world, these are guided by a single will, the Undermind. They are also somehow capable of infecting technology and other undead creatures. When an elite vampire squad is sent to deal with the situation, one of them, Britt, gets bitten and becomes a vampire/zombie hybrid. Britt uses [[{{Magitek}} artillica]] to open four more dimensional portals, through which the zombies and infected machines pour, along with parts of Britt herself. While the other vampires manage to shut down the portals, the threat has already spread to other worlds. These worlds are those of ''Franchise/GIJoe'', ''Franchise/StarTrek'', ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'', and ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''. All these worlds now have to fight an infestation from a virulence they have not seen, infecting both man and machine.
** ''Infestation 2'' had the Elder Gods invade the IDW ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', ''G.I. Joe'', ''Dungeons and Dragons'', ''Bat Boy'', ''30 Days of Night'', and the ''Transformers: Hearts of Steel'' universes by creating a rift through universes through H.P. Lovecraft's writings.
* A special magazine published in 2000 by Cartoon Network featured a five-page comic story in which WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo meets WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls. Bubbles, as expected, [[TheGlomp glomps]] Scooby ("Puppy!!").

* Franchise/{{Spider-Man}} vs. [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow Powdered Toast Man]] [[http://spiderfan.org/comics/images/ren_stimpy/006.jpg here]].
* ''[[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} Asterix In Belgium]]'' features a cameo appearance by [[ComicBook/{{Tintin}} Dupont and Dupondt]] (or Thompson and Thomson if you prefer, although they're unnamed here anyway).
* Creator/BongoComics produced a mini-series called ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' Crossover Crisis. The first half is the Planet Express crew being sent into an issue of ''ComicBook/TheSimpsons'' by the Brain Spawn. The second half is the residents of Springfield being pulled into New New York by one of Professor Farnsworth's inventions. And ''then'' it gets weird...
* In the German comic ''ComicBook/{{Werner}}'': Dex & Dogfort appear in ''Volle Latte!'', drawn by Jörg Reymann himself. In retour, Werner appears in the third Dex & Dogfort book, ''Schlachthofgiganten''.
** In the story about Creator/WilhelmBusch's 150th birthday at the end of ''Alles klar?'', Werner and Wilhelm Bush let loose his characters from ''Literature/MaxUndMoritz'' because they find the celebration boring. %% This entry was added automatically by FELH2. In case the wording doesn't make sense, rewrite it as you like, remove this comment and tell this troper.
* In ''ComicBook/{{WildCATs}}[=/=]Franchise/{{Alien}}s'', the xenomorphs end up destroying {{Stormwatch}}. This leads into ''TheAuthority'', making it one of the few crossovers with real effects.
*** ''World War III'' was a FifthWeekEvent that saw the ComicBook/{{Wildstorm}} heroes teaming up with the HeroesReborn versions of Marvel characters.
* IDW Comics has taken advantage of their licenses and has published "[[ComicBook/StarTrekTheNextGenerationDoctorWhoAssimilation2 Assimilation Squared]]", a crossover between ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and ''Series/DoctorWho'', with the Borg and Cybermen as the villains. They even go back in time and have a crossover between the Fourth Doctor and ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.
* The ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'' comic ''The Seven Crystal Balls'' featured an appearance by Joey (it's brief, but he does introduce a plot point), from Hergé's other comic series ''Joey, Zette and Jocko''.
* The Ferret from ''ComicBook/TheUltraverse'' made a cameo in a fight with E. Honda in ''ComicBook/MalibuComicsStreetFighter''.
* Phil Foglio's graphic novel adaptation of Robert Asprin's '''Another Fine Myth''' features a Law Machine from his own '''Buck Godot: Zap Gun For Hire''' universe:
** Aahz: "That was our introduction to...the Law Machine. We were all dimensional travelers...I haven't seen a Law Machine before or since."
* There were a couple of stories in which Batman teamed up with Franchise/SpiderMan.
* The ComicBook/IncredibleHulk has crossed paths with Superman and Batman}} in separate issues.

* This was the entire premise of ''TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' -- graphic novels and [[Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen movie]] both.
* ArchieComics is not afraid of this. The only real thing that defines the universes (excluding ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' and other licensed series) is different towns in America. The Archies performing alongside ''JosieAndThePussycats''? Sure!
** Sabrina however did crossover with ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', in a two part-special that expanded both series.
** ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Meets_the_Punisher Archie Meets The Punisher]]''. Yes, ''really''.
*** In fairness, the early 90's Frank Castle was essentially a well-equipped assassin, not an amoral wholesale slaughtering machine leaving dozens of bloody corpses everywhere. And he not only engages in less violence here than his usual missions of the time, he even lets his target live. Still, the fact that everyone involved managed to pull it off at all, much less make a pretty good story, is downright amazing.
** [[http://www.newsarama.com/comics/archie-tiny-titans-aw-yeah-10719.html Tiny Titans meets Little Archie]]. Yes, ''really''.
** There was also a crossover of Archie and the TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles. Here is a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/21529-tmnt-meets-archie review]] of it, courtesy of [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]].
** The "Night At the Comic Book Shop" trade paperback had Archie deal with some old comic characters that Archie Comics punished.
** Archie Comics is doing a crossover bewtween [[ComicBook/MegaMan Mega Man]] and [[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog]] from April to August 2013.
* José Carioca's universe is set in his home country of Brazil, but he's shown to be friends with DonaldDuck in ''Disney/SaludosAmigos'' and ''Disney/TheThreeCaballeros'' (as well as the ride in the Mexican pavilion at Epcot). Thus, there are occasional crossovers between the Carioca universe and the [=McDuck=] Universe. Indeed, there has been a prolonged arc of stories where José visits Duckburg, and interacts with the various characters there.
* Various ImageComics titles (''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'', ''SavageDragon'', ''Comicbook/{{Witchblade}}'', etc.) occasionally cross over, but the editorial policy is that what happens in one title doesn't have to affect events in another. Each hero lives in his or her own unique universe that may or may not contain versions of the other heroes. For instance, Invincible's universe has a Savage Dragon and a Witchblade who are more or less the same as their counterparts in their own books and have roughly the same adventures, but what happens in Invincible's book stays there.
* The very first superhero crossover was a battle between the Human Torch and the {{Sub-Mariner}} in ''Marvel Mystery Comics'' #8-9 (1940). This is the beginning of the MarvelUniverse.

* Franchise/{{Superman}} and Franchise/{{Batman}} have been appearing in comics together since {{the Silver Age|OfComicBooks}}, and Franchise/WonderWoman joining in isn't uncommon, either. Generally they team up, though having them fight each other is always a good way to drawn in readers.

* ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' and ''Comicbook/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Mirage}}'' had several single-issue gag crossovers in their respective early runs, which culminated, several years later, in a volume of ''Usagi'' which centered around a village shaman summoning the Turtles to fight invading ninjas, and the Turtles' subsequent confusion at being landed in a medieval Japan inhabited by talking animals.
* Marvel's ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' series threw in a few of these over the years, notably stories in which ConanTheBarbarian fought ComicBook/CaptainAmerica (narrow win for Conan) and {{Wolverine}} (Conan wins the first round, Wolverine regenerates and pushes Conan through a portal to the future, where he destroys the universe [[RocksFallEveryoneDies by throwing a rock at Cyclops' head]]).
** Another notable Marvel crossover, this one in-continuity, featured perhaps the two greatest SwordAndSorcery heroes (using the term loosely) of all time; Conan and ''[[TheElricSaga Elric]]''. As if that wasn't epic enough, Elric's creator MichaelMoorcock helped with the plot. It also introduced evil sorcerer Kulan Gath, who at various times has put Comicbook/RedSonja, {{Spider-Man}}, the ComicBook/{{X-Men}}, Comicbook/TheAvengers, and modern day [[BigApplesauce New York City]] through pure hell.
* [[PlanetOfTheApes Ape]] [[Series/AlienNation Nation]]. ''[[http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=31&Itemid=47&limitstart=76 Ape Nation]]''.

* Creator/CartoonNetwork once made a comics story in which SpaceGhost's monkey sidekick, Blip, needed to save his friends from [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Giant Cosmic Monkey Robot]] and asked MagillaGorilla, [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Monkey]], and other simians from CN's shows for help. Together they saved the hero and defeated cosmic monkey with a giant banana, soooo...yeah.
** At one point, they also did a string of SliceOfLife segments between commercial breaks where ''all'' of the characters were shown coexisting in some sort of vaguely defined urban setting.

* The various Marvel-DC crossovers that have been published over the years, which imply the existence of a third timeline separate from the Marvel and DC continuities in which both exist alongside each other.
** There was also the ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse, which consists of heroes who merge traits of a hero from each universe. Examples include {{Comicbook/Iron|Man}} [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Lantern]] (take a guess) and Darkclaw, who was Franchise/{{Batman}} and {{Wolverine}} (!!!). However, the events of ''{{JLA-Avengers}}'' are taken as canon for both publishers in their mainstream universes.
* ''Comicbook/JudgeDredd'' has had crossovers with ''StrontiumDog'', ''RogueTrooper'', Batman, Film/{{Alien}}s, and Franchise/{{Predator}} among others. It even crossed over with its {{Spin Off}}s on two occasions.

* In the 90's, DC and Image published a crossover between Franchise/{{Batman}} and {{Spawn}}. It's best remembered for completely rejecting the usual "[[LetsYouAndHimFight meet, fight, become friends]]" routine found in most crossover comics. The two heroes hate each other for almost the entire story. At the end, Spawn wonders aloud if they could try to be friends, and Batman responds by ''burying a batarang in his face.''

** Infestation 2 had the Elder Gods invade the IDW Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, G.I. Joe, Dungeons and Dragons, Bat Boy, 30 Days of Night, and the Transformers: Hearts of Steel universes by creating a rift through universes through H.P. Lovecraft's writings.
* A special magazine published in 2000 by Creator/CartoonNetwork featured a five-page comic story in which WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo meets WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls. Bubbles, as expected, [[TheGlomp glomps]] Scooby ("Puppy!!").
* Some crossovers Linkara has reviewed include ''Franchise/StarTrek'' [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/19736-star-trekx-men-1 and]] ''Franchise/{{X-Men}}'', Music/{{Eminem}} [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/31498-eminem-and-the-punisher-1 and]] ThePunisher, and Franchise/{{Superman}} [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/30797-superman-meets-the-quik-bunny and the Quik Bunny.]]

* ''[[{{Asterix}} Asterix In Belgium]]'' features a cameo appearance by [[{{Tintin}} Dupont and Dupondt]] (or Thompson and Thomson if you prefer, although they're unnamed here anyway).

** In the story about Creator/WilhelmBusch's 150th birthday at the end of ''Alles klar?'', Werner and Wilhelm Bush let loose his characters from ''MaxUndMoritz'' because they find the celebration boring. %% This entry was added automatically by FELH2. In case the wording doesn't make sense, rewrite it as you like, remove this comment and tell this troper.
* In ''{{WildCATs}} / Franchise/{{Alien}}s'', the xenomorphs end up destroying {{Stormwatch}}. This leads into ''TheAuthority'', making it one of the few crossovers with real effects.
*** ''World War III'', a FifthWeekEvent that saw the {{Wildstorm}} heroes teaming up with the HeroesReborn versions of Marvel characters.

* The ''{{Tintin}}'' comic ''The Seven Crystal Balls'' featured an appearance by Joey (it's brief, but he does introduce a plot point), from Herge's other comic series ''Joey, Zette and Jocko''.

* There were a couple of stories in which ''{{Franchise/Batman}}'' teamed up with ''{{Franchise/Spiderman}}''.
* The ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'' has crossed paths with ''{{Franchise/Superman}}'' and ''{{Franchise/Batman}}'' in separate issues.