History ComicBook / MarvelVersusDC

** ComicBook/TheJoker recognizes ComicBook/SpiderMan (there had been a recent crossover between Spider-Man and ComicBook/{{Batman}}), but no one else seems to recognize or even be aware of the other universe's characters, even if they had met in earlier crossovers (ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/TheHulk, for example).

* AlternateEnding: While it was known that Wolverine vs. Lobo had a different outcome drawn in case of a Lobo win, a pencilled and inked final page for Superman vs. Hulk where [[https://kanto.legiaodosherois.com.br/w750-h750-q70-k1/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/legiao_aAWEweUicFgT.jpg.jpeg Hulk defeats Superman]] has recently surfaced, implying that the other three main encounters also had different outcomes drawn.

While the score ended 6-5 to Marvel, the Spectre and the Living Tribunal [[TakeAThirdOption opted for a different solution]]: forcing the Brothers to fuse together, creating the Comicbook/AmalgamUniverse. They were forced to step in like this because, in the cosmic order of things, both universes were supposed to be kept inextricably separate, and the crossovers started to change this.

* '''Franchise/SpiderMan''' vs. Comicbook/{{Superboy}}

* RedSkyTakeWarning: What happens when the Brothers take matters into their own hands.

* ContinuityNod: Kyle Rayner and Silver Surfer had a team-up shortly before this series, and they acknowledge this. Also, Joker remembers Spider-Man from ''Comicbook/SpiderManAndBatmanDisorderedMinds'' (which was published the year before this event), but notes he changed his uniform, without knowing it's actually another Spider-Man.

''Marvel Versus DC'' (or ''DC Versus Marvel'') was a 1996 four-issue miniseries {{crossover}} event, written by Ron Marz and Creator/PeterDavid, and illustrated by Dan Jurgens and Claudio Castellini, that pitted characters from Creator/DCComics against those from Creator/MarvelComics.

* Comicbook/JubileeMarvelComics vs. '''[[Comicbook/RobinSeries Robin (Tim Drake)]]'''

* DarkseidDuplicate: Thanos being one is lampshaded when he and Darkseid himself meet, the latter calling Thanos a "pale imitation of me".

* DarkseidDuplicate: Thanos being one is lampshaded when he and Darkseid himself meet, the latter calling Thanos a "pale imitation of me".

* '''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}''' vs. SelfDemonstrating/{{Lobo}}

* DarkseidDuplicate: Thanos being one is lampshared when he and Darkseid himself meet, the latter calling Thanos a "pale imitation of me".

* ContinuityNod: Kyle Rayner and Silver Surfer had already had a team-up, and they acknowledge this.

* '''Franchise/{{Wolverine}}''' vs. SelfDemonstrating/{{Lobo}}

* Comicbook/{{Jubilee}} vs. '''[[Comicbook/RobinSeries Robin (Tim Drake)]]'''

* ContinuityNod: Kyle Raynor and Silver Surfer had already had a team-up, and they acknowledge this.

* PopularityPower: With the main fights being decided by popular vote, this was a given. The fights that involved the X-Men, specifically, were ''very'' controversial - especially Wolverine vs. Lobo, which many point out the Main Man should have won since his HealingFactor is more potent than Wolverine's, so he could keep fighting for longer (this was handwaved by WordOfGod explaining that Lobo was paid to take a dive). Similarly, Storm beating Wonder Woman by zapping her with lightning a few times is considered ridiculous these days (considering that not only Wonder Woman's bracelets are capable of deflecting lightning, they can ''summon'' lightning if she beats them together), but in the mid-90's, the X-Men were at the height of popularity. Meanwhile, the writers also expected Captain America to beat Batman, but reversed the way it was supposed to be resolved (Bats would be knocked out by Cap's shield).

** Averted with Wonder Woman, who finds herself able to lift Mjolnir just as Storm appears for their fight. Wonder Woman decides it would be unfair to fight with that extra power boost and ditches the hammer.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Superman makes his entrance by putting ''the Juggernaut'' on his ass with ''one'' punch. Unstoppable force, indeed.

*** Mjolnir's handle: Jurgens drew it tied to a leather strap; Castellini drew it tied to a chain.
*** Elektra's headgear is a kerchief to Jurgens, and just a red strip around her forehead, not covering hair in Castellini's art.
*** Lobo's hair: wavy to Jurgens, straight to Castellini.
*** Still on Lobo: Jurgens' rendition of him has him wearing a sleeveless t-shirt under his vest and an Iron Cross necklace, while Castellini drew him bare-chested save for the vest.

* '''Comicbook/{{Aquaman}}''' vs. [[Comicbook/SubMariner Namor]]
* '''[[Franchise/TheFlash The Flash (Wally West)]]''' vs. Comicbook/{{Quicksilver}}
* '''[[Comicbook/RobinSeries Robin (Tim Drake)]]''' vs. Comicbook/{{Jubilee}}

* '''Franchise/{{Superman}}''' vs. Comicbook/IncredibleHulk
* '''Franchise/{{Batman}}''' vs. Comicbook/CaptainAmerica

This is where Access comes in: once a drifter named Axel Asher, he soon learned he carried within himself a shard of the Brothers' essence, and received his powerd from his predecessor, a hobo who tended to an oversized cardboard box in an alley in New York City, which in fact hid a gateway between the universes, and became ground zero for the crossover when the gate became too powerful to contain. As a last-ditch attempt, Access was forced to share his power with Batman and Captain America, whose duel had just taken place nearby, so when the universes were combined, Access made sure to take these shards back from both heroes' amalgamated forms to empower the Spectre and the Living Tribunal, helping them keep both universes' integrity while splitting Amalgam back into DC and Marvel. Unfortunately, this only made the Brothers go "screw this" and straight-up fight each other. Knowing this would be the irrevocable end, Batman and Cap convince Access to let them try and stop the Brothers - which they do once they see their respective heroes, and see each of their universe has their own worth. So they stop trying to destroy each other, go their separate ways and all is well, right?

* '''Franchise/TheFlash''' vs. Comicbook/{{Quicksilver}}
* '''[[Comicbook/RobinSeries Robin (Tim Drake)]]''' vs. [[Comicbook/GenerationX Jubilee]]

* TalkToTheFist: Superman comments that he and The Hulk were teleported to the Grand Canyon where no bystanders would be hurt -- Hulk interrupts him by punching him and basically saying, "Let go already."

-->'''Namor:''' And pardon me if I finish this farce. For you are helpless, and I am ''hardly'' immobi... ''[notices the ShadowOfImpendingDoom)'' ...lized?\\

-->'''Namor:''' I am ''hardly'' immobilized.\\