History CrossOver / ComicBooks

* Every so often, the ComicBook/{{Justice League|Of America}} and ComicBook/{{Justice Society|Of America}} team up and have a crossover. In UsefulNotes/{{the Bronze Age|Of Comic Books}}, it happened every year; nowadays, it's more like every three years or so.

* ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/{{Batman}} have been appearing in comics together since UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, and ComicBook/WonderWoman joining in isn't rare, either. Generally they team up, though having them fight each other is always a good way to draw in readers. In ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanPublicEnemies'':

* Every so often, the Franchise/{{Justice League|Of America}} and ComicBook/{{Justice Society|Of America}} team up and have a crossover. In UsefulNotes/{{the Bronze Age|Of Comic Books}}, it happened every year; nowadays, it's more like every three years or so.

* ''ComicBook/RWBYJusticeLeague'' sees the cast of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' meet a Remnant-based version of the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica.

* Some crossovers Linkara has reviewed are ''Franchise/StarTrek'' [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/19736-star-trekx-men-1 and]] ''Franchise/XMen'', Music/{{Eminem}} [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/31498-eminem-and-the-punisher-1 and]] ComicBook/ThePunisher, and ComicBook/{{Superman}} [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/30797-superman-meets-the-quik-bunny and the Quik Bunny.]]

* [=IDW=]'s ''ComicBook/StarTrekvsTransformers'' is a crossover comic miniseries. Which sees the ''[[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 Generation One]]'' Autobots and Decepticons interact with characters from the 1970's ''[[WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries Star Trek: TAS]]''.

* The Creator/MilestoneComics Dakotaverse crossed over with Creator/DCComics in ''Worlds Collide'', and became part of Franchise/TheDCU after ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis''.

* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'' has crossed paths with {{Franchise/Superman}} and {{Franchise/Batman}} in separate issues.

* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' and ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' had a crossover in ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'', where Kara Zor-El becomes a Red Lantern.
* ''ComicBook/Supergirl1972'' features a crossover with ''ComicBook/Prez1973'' where ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} has to save Prez Rickard's life.

* ComicBook/{{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}}, WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse He-Man]], etc.

* ''ComicBook/{{Shi}}'' has crossed over with many other comics characters, such as [[ComicBook/WildCATSWildStorm Grifter]], ComicBook/{{CyberForce}}'s Cyblade (in a crossover that even featured appearances by ComicBook/{{Cerebus}}, [[ComicBook/FunWithMilkAndCheese Milk & Cheese]], and ComicBook/{{HellBoy}} among many others), ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}.

* 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...
** This lead to sequel crossover later on, before the official animated one on ''The Simpsons''.

* The ''Comicbook/TwoThousandAD Sci-Fi Special 2020'', celebrating 20 years since the comic was bought by Rebellion, had several stories in which a Rebellion-era character met a classic character (note that LongRunner Comicbook/JudgeDredd is in the latter category):
** Dredd is assigned to Interdimensional Immigration, where he has to deal with Comicbook/{{Zombo}}.

* ''ComicBook/BatmanVsBigbyAWolfInGotham'': This comic has Bigby Wolf from ''Comicbook/{{Fables}}'' come to [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Gotham City]] to locate a magical book that's found its way there. Batman villain "The Bookworm" decides to try and get his hands on the book, and pits Bigby against Batman two keep the two off his back.

* Ash from ''Franchise/EvilDead'' and ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' has crossed over with ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'', ''Film/{{Darkman}}'', ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'', ''ComicBook/HackSlash'', ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies'', ''Film/ReAnimator'', ''Comicbook/RedSonja'', ''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'', ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds'', and ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess''.

* During the 1990s, there were two crossovers between Franchise/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/ThePunisher. The first took place during the ''Knightquest'' section of ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' and thus featured ComicBook/{{Azrael}} as Batman; at the start of ''[=KnightsEnd=]'', Jean-Paul even namedrops Frank's archenemy Jigsaw as one of the villains he fought. The second is a sequel and takes place after Bruce returned as Batman and even sees Frank question Batman's sanity as a result of the costume change and "change" in fighting style.
* 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.'' A second story featured another team-up that went better.
* There were a couple of stories in which Batman teamed up with Franchise/SpiderMan.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' and ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIDW'' crossed over in ''ComicBook/BatmanTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''.

* ''ComicBook/TheDarkness'' crossed over with Franchise/{{Batman}}. In his own series, Jackie still remembers this happening, with no explanation of how Batman exists in that universe.

* ''[[ComicBook/GhostDarkHorseComics Ghost]]'' has crossed over with other Dark Horse Heroes, and has crossed over with ''ComicBook/TheShadow'', ''[[Comicbook/Batgirl2000 Cassandra Cain]]'', ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'', and ''ComicBook/TheMask''.

* ''Green Lantern/Silver Surfer: Unholy Alliances'' crosses over Franchise/GreenLantern and ComicBook/SilverSurfer versus Parallax, Thanos, and Cyborg Superman, who gets turned into [[AndIMustScream a slab of metal]] and presumably [[DeathIsCheap gets better]] when returning to Franchise/TheDCU, but only if this crossover counts in continuity. Otherwise, Cyborg Superman is still a slab of metal.

* ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' crossed over with Franchise/SpiderMan in ''Marvel Team-Up'' #14 (vol. 3).

* 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 ''Comicbook/GIJoeIDW'', ''Franchise/StarTrek'', ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'', and ''Comicbook/{{Ghostbusters}}''. All these worlds now have to fight an infestation from a virulence they have not seen, infecting both man and machine.

* ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' and ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'' crossed over in ''Comicbook/JasonVsLeatherface''.

* In ''ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon'', its author will often introduce other characters created by him. Most hilariously there's a strip in which they met ''Comicbook/ZipiYZape'' [[spoiler: which ends [[BreakingTheFourthWall with Zipi y Zape's creator]] and the ''Súper'' looking for Mortadelo y Filemón with a machine gun after they threw Zipi y Zape from the rooftop of a skscraper sick of their pranks]]

* Franchise/SpiderMan vs. [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow Powdered Toast Man]] [[http://spiderfan.org/comics/images/ren_stimpy/006.jpg here]].

* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' and ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' had a crossover in ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'', where Kara Zor-El becomes a Red Lantern.

* Franchise/{{Superman}} and Franchise/{{Batman}} have been appearing in comics together since UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, and Franchise/WonderWoman joining in isn't rare, either. Generally they team up, though having them fight each other is always a good way to draw in readers. In ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanPublicEnemies'':

** There was also the ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse, itself spun off from ''Comicbook/MarvelVersusDC'', 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/JLAAvengers'' are taken as canon for both publishers in their mainstream universes.

** Another notable Marvel crossover, this one in-continuity, featured perhaps the two greatest SwordAndSorcery heroes (using the term loosely) of all time; Conan and ''[[Literature/TheElricSaga Elric]]''. As if that weren't epic enough, Elric's creator, Creator/MichaelMoorcock, helped with the plot. It also introduced evil sorcerer Kulan Gath, who at various times has put ComicBook/RedSonja, Franchise/SpiderMan, the ComicBook/XMen, ComicBook/TheAvengers, and modern day [[BigApplesauce New York City]] through pure hell.
* ''Comicbook/RoboCopVersusTheTerminator'' is a crossover between Franchise/{{Robocop}} and Franchise/{{Terminator}}. There was also a video game.

* Some crossovers Linkara has reviewed are ''Franchise/StarTrek'' [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/19736-star-trekx-men-1 and]] ''Franchise/XMen'', Music/{{Eminem}} [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/31498-eminem-and-the-punisher-1 and]] ComicBook/ThePunisher, and Franchise/{{Superman}} [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/30797-superman-meets-the-quik-bunny and the Quik Bunny.]]
* Once during the 70s, ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' (during her infamous white cat-suit era) shared an adventure with Fritz Lieber's ''Literature/FafhrdAndTheGrayMouser''.

* ''Spider-Man Team-Up'' #5 and ''Savage Dragon/Destroyer Duck'' were created as an unofficial ''Comicbook/HowardTheDuck'' crossover.

* 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}}, WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse He-Man]], etc.

* ''X-O Manowar/Iron Man'' and ''Iron Man/X-O Manowar'' had ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'' characters crossing over with Creator/ValiantComics [=VH2=] era characters. The Iron Man in this story is Teen Tony, Iron Boy, introduced after "The Crossing" storyline. There was also a video game.

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

** 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!!").

** ''ComicBook/CartoonNetworkSuperSecretCrisisWar'': Parody of CrisisCrossover featuring the heroes of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' and ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' (yes, really) going against the evil forces of the former five series. There were likewise one shot tie ins that showcased other shows dealing with some of said forces' mooks trying to raid their universes.

* ''[[ComicBook/GhostDarkHorseComics Ghost]]'' has crossed over with other Dark Horse Heroes, and has crossed over with ''Radio/TheShadow'', ''[[Comicbook/Batgirl2000 Cassandra Cain]]'', ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'', and ''ComicBook/TheMask''.