History EnemyMine / ComicBooks

* ComicBook/MilesMorales makes an unexpected team-up with Rhino when he finds out that they are both following the same kidnappers. Also, Rhino may have had some fights with the original Spider-Man, bu has no beef with this new one.

* In ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures', Paperinik or Pk (WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck's superhero alter ego in the comics) is forced to work together with a notorious time pirate known as The Raider early on in order to save a large part of Duckburg from being destroyed. Later on, they actually find themselves in EnemyMine situations so often that they build up a strange kind of friendship. The Pikappa reboot has a full story centered around this, with Donald teaming up with the Evronian Soldier Ekdon to take down a StarfishAlien, which the Evronians once planned to use as a LivingWeapon against the [[SpacePolice Guardians of the Galaxy]], being motivated in the bigger picture against the Imperial Adviser Gorthan (revealed to have been Bitter Rivals with Ekdon, [[KlingonPromotion having gotten rid of him to ascend in the Evronian Hierarchies]]. Lampshaded by the Hero near the end "The best ally is an enemy who has a score to settle with your own adversary".
* The DC run of ''ThePowerpuffGirls'' introduced the Micro-Puffs, three sprite avatars of the girls who show up to cause trouble. In "Micro-Managing" (issue #64), the Micro-Puffs brainwash Buttercup and Bubbles into thinking they should be the PPG leader (it doesn't work on Blossom since she's ''already'' the leader). Blossom gets help from Mojo Jojo, who counters with Mini-Micro Puffs who drive the Micro-Puffs absolutely crazy. (Mojo's motive for helping was because he didn't get a Micro-Mojo). It ends with Mojo and Blossom shaking hands in the pulsating hearts panel.

* The 'Dogs of War' arc for the ''ComicBook/{{Thundercats}}'' comic has Lion-O offer one of these to the Mutants and Mumm-Ra when the titular canines invade Third Earth. Of course things go awry when the bad guys betray their allies. [[spoiler: Except they didn't, and it was Jackalman and Ma-Mutt who betrayed both groups to side with the War Dogs. Once freed, both Mumm-Ra and the Mutants are instrumental in taking down the invaders, with Mumm-Ra even opting for VillainsDoTheDirtyWork when Lion-O tries to reason with the Dogs' Alpha.]]

* In the ''ComicBook/DarkwingDuck'' comic revival, Steelbeak teams up with Darkwing to stop [[BiggerBad F.O.W.L. High Command's]] plan to unleash [[EldritchAbomination Duckthulu]], because EvenEvilHasStandards.

* In Volume 2 of ComicBook/Redman, Redman is forced to team up with Telesdon and Beacon to defeat Birdon. [[spoiler:It ends badly for the latter 2]].

* In Volume 2 of ComicBook/Redman, Redman is forced to team up with Telesdon and Beacon to defeat Birdon. [[spoiler:It ends badly for the latte 2]].

* In Volume 2 of [[ComicBook/Redman]], Redman is forced to team up with Telesdon and Beacon to defeat Birdon. [[spoiler:It ends badly for the latte 2]].

** In ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInTheEightGrade'', Supergirl, [[FriendlyEnemy Lena]] and [[EvilTwin Belinda]] join forces momentarily to try to stop Streaky the Supercat's rampage.

* Franchise/{{Spider-Man}} examples.

** Comicbook/{{Venom}} and ComicBook/{{Carnage}} hate each other more than they hate him. Any time Carnage pops up, Venom will call a truce with Spider-Man to go whale on Carnage. This most famously occurred in the storyline ComicBook/MaximumCarnage, which was adapted into a Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo game. Also, In the oddly-named "Venom vs Carnage" comic, after Carnage produces a new symbiote, he and Venom decide that, in the end, they hate the ''new'' symbiote even more than they hate each other (it's implied in Carnage's case that this is part of symbiote biology). The result? Their only teamup. Venom calls it "Temporary. VERY temporary."

* In Marvel's ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' mega-event, [[spoiler: the villain mastermind ComicBook/TheHood sends his forces into battle to save the Earth from the Skrulls]].
** He has his own reasons for this: [[spoiler:it helps ComicBook/NormanOsborn in his ploy to take over SHIELD and instigate the Comicbook/DarkReign]].
*** Actually, it's implied that [[spoiler:The Hood had no idea of Osborn's plan, until he called together the Cabal for the first time. The Hood would have let the assembled forces fight the Skrulls, if not for the simple fact that if the Skrulls destroy the Earth, ''they destroy his business''.]]

** One ''What If?'' comic had Wolverine, Spiderman, Hulk and Ghost Rider take up the mantle when the original FF were killed. When a villain nearly kills them too, Doom shows up and saves them, declaring that no one, save Doom, may defeat the Fantastic Four... Apparently including their replacements.
* One story-arc in the ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' comic has Cap teaming up with the ''Red Skull'' of all people in order to stop a resurrected Hitler from taking control of the [[AppliedPhlebotinum Cosmic Cube]]. Incidentally, this would lead Cap to [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished being briefly exiled from the United States]], since the U.S. government assumed he had turned his back on America by aligning with the Skull.

* In the Marvel ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformers Transformers]]'' comic, Ratchet and Megatron teamed in an early episode to bring down Shockwave. Megatron, naturally enough, tried to betray Ratchet, but Ratchet was prepared.

*** The Autobots and Decepticons were forced to team up ''again'' against the Cybertronian Empire, a faction of hyperevolved Decepticons who had abandoned Cybertron eons ago to create a star-spanning empire of their own. They consider the Autobots and the original Decepticons to be disgusting savages, and eventually returned to destroy their "lesser" brethren.

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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, always referred to as the BigBad, is the first person the heroes team up with when someone worse comes along.
** Particularly in the [[WesternAnimation/XMen 90s cartoon]], most notably in a season-long storyline in which he and Professor Xavier are stranded together in the [[LostWorld Savage Land]].
** The brilliant ''X-Men'' graphic novel ''ComicBook/GodLovesManKills'' was the basis for ''X2'', and thus follows the same plot except that, since the comics have been going on long enough that they didn't feel the need to hammer home his villainy, Magneto doesn't really have a SnapBack the way he does in the movie.
** And in ''God Loves, Man Kills II'', released to tie in with ''X2'', the X-Men find themselves teaming up with the villain from the original.
** Magneto has worked with the X-Men in multiple story lines, even becoming the leader in one story arc. This is because, for most writers, Magneto isn't as much a bad guy as he is a WellIntentionedExtremist.
** It wasn't just for one arc. In the late 1980s, due to Charles Xavier being absent, a reformed Magneto took over Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters for something like four years (in real world time). If you were reading X-Men and ComicBook/NewMutants back then, Magneto as the head of the Xavier school felt like a new status quo.
* Loki is willing to fight on Thor's side pretty much any time Asgard is under attack; his goal is to rule it, after all, and he can't rule it if it's demolished. Also, in the Spider-Man comic "The Coming of Chaos", he was willing to team up with Spider-Man in order to [[PapaWolf save his mortal daughter, who had become possessed.]]
* Franchise/{{Spider-Man}} examples.
** Spidey and ''[[ComicBook/DoctorOctopus Doc Ock]]'' ended up working together at one point, in order to deal with a new villain (Carlyle) who used Ock's arm technology to build a bank-robbing powersuit. While simply being robbed wouldn't have been enough to put Ock on the side of his mortal enemy, there was also the fact that Carlyle was threatening Ock's former fiancée, known to Spider-Man fans as "Aunt May". (Truthfully, Aunt May being endangered wasn't really a factor in the fight. It didn't do anything except surprise Doc Ock for a moment and lead to a very funny ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' joke. Spidey came into the fight late as Doc Ock was already going after Caryle for stealing his tech and trying to kill him. To Doc's credit, he ''DID'' stop a building from collapsing just long enough to allow the innocent civilians to escape at Spidey's prompting. That did nothing to ''STOP'' him from letting the building collapse on Spidey, noting "you are not a civilian". Doc Ock also wasn't happy about the inadvertent team-up, later noting (as he told Spidey the weakness in Caryle's armor), "I am not helping you -- I am hurting him." World of difference.)
** It wasn't even the first time Spidey and Ock teamed up, since they also set aside their differences when Hammerhead kidnapped Aunt May. Spider-Man wanted to rescue Aunt May because she was one of his loved ones (along with the fact that he was ''[[TheHero Spider-Man]]'' after all), while Doc Ock wanted to marry May so he could gain access to a nuclear power plant she had inherited.
** Comicbook/{{Venom}} and ComicBook/{{Carnage}} hate each other more than they hate him. Any time Carnage pops up, Venom will call a truce with Spider-Man to go whale on Carnage. This most famously occurred in the storyline ComicBook/MaximumCarnage, which was adapted into a Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo game. Also, In the oddly-named "Venom vs Carnage" comic, after Carnage produces a new symbiote, he and Venom decide that, in the end, they hate the ''new'' symbiote even more than they hate each other (it's implied in Carnage's case that this is part of symbiote biology). The result? Their only teamup. Venom calls it "Temporary. VERY temporary."
** In one of the most memorable stories of ''ComicBook/{{Inferno}}'' that didn't involve the [[ComicBook/XMen mutant teams]] in the main storyline, Spidey fought alongside J. Jonah Jameson to defend ''The Daily Bugle'' against the invading demon horde. It was little wonder that the writers named the story [[ExcitedShowTitle "When the Bugle Blows!"]]
** In the one shot comic ''Spider-Man Dead Man's Hand'', Spidey and his old enemy the Tinkerer cooperated for mutual benefit after the third Carrion infected New Yorkers with a disease that made them zombie-like minions. (The Tinker was working on a teleportation device for the Enclave that Spidey needed to get to Wungadore quickly, as he knew the High Evolutionary might have inside information on the plague, and the Tinkerer was willing to help, seeing as his son was one of the victims of said plague.)
* ComicBook/{{Spider Woman}} called a truce with several former enemies to escape the clutches of the Locksmith in the 50th issue of her series, and even invited a few of them to her apartment later! (Unfortunately, said party was interrupted [[HalfwayPlotSwitch by the darker threat of the story.)]]
* In Marvel's ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' mega-event, [[spoiler: the villain mastermind ComicBook/TheHood sends his forces into battle to save the Earth from the Skrulls]].
** He has his own reasons for this: [[spoiler:it helps ComicBook/NormanOsborn in his ploy to take over SHIELD and instigate the Comicbook/DarkReign]].
*** Actually, it's implied that [[spoiler:The Hood had no idea of Osborn's plan, until he called together the Cabal for the first time. The Hood would have let the assembled forces fight the Skrulls, if not for the simple fact that if the Skrulls destroy the Earth, ''they destroy his business''.]]
* Cassie and Film/{{Ch|ildsPlay}}ucky in ''Comicbook/HackSlash Vs. Chucky''.

* In the comic book series ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'', when two elf tribes -- the Wolfriders and the newly-introduced Go-Backs -- join forces to wage war against the trolls of King Guttlekraw, the elves form a grudging alliance with the trolls formerly led by the late King Greymung, who have been enslaved by Guttlekraw, even though Greymung's trolls have been the hated enemies of the Wolfriders ever since betraying them back at the start of the storyline. The Go-Backs, meanwhile, would never have thought of teaming up with trolls of any kind, period... But it's probably only because of this uneasy alliance that Guttlekraw's trolls are defeated.
* In the 1970s, two issues of ''ComicBook/TheBraveAndTheBold'' featured Franchise/{{Batman}} teaming up with SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker to solve a crime. In #111, they worked together to solve the mass murder of an upstanding local family, which someone had sloppily tried to pin on the Joker. In the end, it turned out that [[spoiler:the whole thing was an elaborate plot between the Joker and the killer to lure Batman into a {{Deathtrap}}]]. In #191, the Penguin is murdered and it looks like the Joker did it. When Batman catches up to him, he proves that he couldn't have done it. It is eventually revealed that [[spoiler:the whole thing was a FakingTheDead by the Penguin, who used it to kidnap a local cardinal]].
* In the Marvel ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformers Transformers]]'' comic, Ratchet and Megatron teamed in an early episode to bring down Shockwave. Megatron, naturally enough, tried to betray Ratchet, but Ratchet was prepared.
** Several years later, during the "Space Pirates!" story in the UK comic, the Autobots and Decepticons join forces to repel the Quintessons, who are trying to conquer Cybertron before Quintessa explodes. Ultra Magnus and Soundwave even get a BackToBackBadasses moment. At the end, Soundwave briefly considers the idea of a lasting peace, but realizes the two factions have come too far to ever resolve their differences.
*** The Autobots and Decepticons were forced to team up ''again'' against the Cybertronian Empire, a faction of hyperevolved Decepticons who had abandoned Cybertron eons ago to create a star-spanning empire of their own. They consider the Autobots and the original Decepticons to be disgusting savages, and eventually returned to destroy their "lesser" brethren.
** Another storyline had Starscream come in contact with a cosmic power source called the Underbase, which made him so powerful - not to mention drove him to madness - that the Autobots and Decepticons were forced to team up to stop him. Notably, they were not able to - overdosing on the Underbase's power eventually destroyed Starscream.

* ComicBook/{{Paperinik|NewAdventures}} (WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck's superhero alter ego) is forced to work together with a notorious time pirate known as The Raider early on in order to save a large part of Duckburg from being destroyed. Later on, they actually find themselves in EnemyMine situations so often that they build up a strange kind of friendship. The Pikappa reboot has a full story centered around this, with Donald teaming up with the Evronian Soldier Ekdon to take down a StarfishAlien, which the Evronians once planned to use as a LivingWeapon against the [[SpacePolice Guardians of the Galaxy]], being motivated in the bigger picture against the Imperial Adviser Gorthan (revealed to have been Bitter Rivals with Ekdon, [[KlingonPromotion having gotten rid of him to ascend in the Evronian Hierarchies]]. Lampshaded by the Hero near the end "The best ally is an enemy who has a score to settle with your own adversary".

* In the ''ComicBook/DarkwingDuck'' comic revival, Steelbeak teams up with Darkwing to stop [[BiggerBad F.O.W.L. High Command's]] plan to unleash [[EldritchAbomination Duckthulu]], because EvenEvilHasStandards.

* In the final issue of Creator/PaulCornell's ''Knight And Squire'', ''everyone'' in the British super-community teams up to take down SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker. The heroes, the anti-heroes, the {{Harmless Villain}}s and the killers like Death Dinosaur. He's just that much of a threat.
* In ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'', the Freedom Fighters team up with their enemies against a common threat so often that Sonic's started {{lampshad|eHanging}}ing it. At different points throughout the series, they've teamed up with [[BigBad Robotnik/Eggman]], [[TheStarscream Snively]], their [[EvilTwin Suppression Squad]] counterparts, the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Destructix]], the [[MachineWorship Dark Legion]], [[EvilSorcerer Ixis Naugus]], and Dr. Finitevus. They usually end up getting backstabbed in these situations, to the point that Sonic's started lampshading ''that'' too.
** More recently, we've had a non-Freedom Fighters examples, as the AntiHero Babylon Rogues teamed up with their rivals the Battle Bird Armada to find their ancestral homeland of Babylon Gardens -- ironically, this puts them in opposition to the Freedom Fighters, as the entrance to the Gardens is apparently in their home of New Mobotropolis.
** The [[CosmicRetcon Post-Super Genesis Wave]] reality provides an interesting example in the case of the Midesta Freedom Fighters, and the local Egg Army Boss, Nephthys the Vulture. She's an old friend of theirs, who only joined Eggman for the sake of keeping his oppression to a minimum, with the Fighters going along with it and only putting up a facade of resistance, in order to keep the region stable and not draw too much attention from either side in the grander conflict. Notably, both groups see Sonic as more trouble than anything, as his fight with Eggman just brings the latter's heel down harder on his victims.
* Happens on a massive scale in the ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' comic book arc "The War for the Uncharted Territories", when essentially all the factions in the Uncharted Territories have to put aside their rivalries and join forces in order to stand the slightest chance of defending against conquest by the Kkore, which up until then has been defeating everyone in {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s.

* In an ''Infinities'' (a what-if brand) issue of Franchise/StarWars, specifically the one taking place during the Mortis Arc of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', of all people, Yoda and ''Darth Sidious'' (the latter presumably having revealed his Sith identity to Yoda) had to forge a temporary alliance to stop Anakin Skywalker, who became exceptionally powerful via the Dark Side thanks to the Son. The allegiance did them no good, though, as Anakin effortlessly killed them.
** Written long before that, Comicbook/MarvelStarWars has some examples. In one comic Leia and one single stormtrooper from Alderaan are the only respective survivors of disaster on both sides; the stormtrooper claims to be taking her prisoner but by the time anyone finds them it's not the case anymore. In the ''World of Fire'' arc, Luke and Leia and a small party of Imperials team up to try and shut off a lethal planetary security system; here, it starts with the Imperials making a threat-offer, but the head of the group soon feels they're trustworthy and starts getting friendly, while one of his men plans to kill them.
* The ''Three Amigos'' storyline in ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' is purely an excuse to team him up with his nemeses, Judge Death and Mean Machine Angel. The creators themselves considered this VillainDecay for Judge Death in particular (who's known mainly for killing everything in sight).
* The {{ComicBook/Daken}} and ComicBook/{{X 23}} crossover involved this. Daken was initially working with Malcolm Colcord, while playing all the other parties against one another in pursuit of his own goals. However once Colcord's intent to recreate Weapon X is revealed, Daken and Laura throw in together to bring him down. Unlike Daken's relationship with their [[{{Wolverine}} father]], the team-up results in them becoming FriendlyEnemies when they realize they're NotSoDifferent.

* ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil'': Lex and his "Legion of Doom"-esque alliance fighting back against the larger, more encompassing threat the Crime Syndicate poses.
* In IDW's [[ComicBook/TheTransformersMegaseries Transformers comics]], the threat of [[TheJuggernaut Thunderwing]] was bad enough for the Autobots and Decepticons to team up to try and stop him. Both times, in fact. And it still barely slows him down.
* In ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'', Superdoomsday wrecked havoc on several Earths, but because he and his fellow Overcorp stooge are the only champions of Earth-45, Harbinger is forced to summon them in the final battle alongside several superhero teams he had previously wronged. Members of the Earth-10 New Reichsmen and Freedom Fighters are likewise recruited. However, due to the sheer immensity of the conflict, these antagonistic groups have little opportunity to lock horns.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Sojourn}}'', Arwyn and Gareth find an unlikely alliance with a dragon against Mordath.
* The DC run of ''ThePowerpuffGirls'' introduced the Micro-Puffs, three sprite avatars of the girls who show up to cause trouble. In "Micro-Managing" (issue #64), the Micro-Puffs brainwash Buttercup and Bubbles into thinking they should be the PPG leader (it doesn't work on Blossom since she's ''already'' the leader). Blossom gets help from Mojo Jojo, who counters with Mini-Micro Puffs who drive the Micro-Puffs absolutely crazy. (Mojo's motive for helping was because he didn't get a Micro-Mojo). It ends with Mojo and Blossom shaking hands in the pulsating hearts panel.
* In Year Five of ''ComicBook/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'', Batman recruits several supervillains to help him fight Superman's Regime, choosing them based on their adherence to a [[ThouShaltNotKill no-kill rule.]] After learning of Batman's plan, Superman does the exact same thing, though the villains he chooses are willing to use lethal force and are thus more numerous.
* ''ComicBook/JonahHex'': In #10 of the original series, el Papagayo forces Jonah to aid him in a plan to steal a store of gold from the Mexican government. When the the soldiers uncover the plot, they assume Jonah is a willing participant and Jonah is forced to fight alongside the outlaws to save his own life.
* In ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'' comic book story "The Gambler Smurfs", the Smurfs' constant BigBad Gargamel temporarily aligns himself with them to help save a forest from a count whose love of gambling leads him to turning the entire Smurf Forest into a gambling complex. After the crisis has been averted, Gargamel returns to his desire to capture the Smurfs.

** ''Comicbook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'' it was invoked by Barda when she tells "Any enemy of Darkseid is a friend of mine."

* In ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' story ''Comicbook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'' it was invoked by Barda when she tells "Any enemy of Darkseid is a friend of mine."

* In ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' ''Comicbook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'' it was invoked by Barda when she tells "Any enemy of Darkseid is a friend of mine."

* At the end of ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', Superman is facing the Female Furies and the Justifiers. Who saves him and reverses the Anti-Life Equation? Lex Luthor and Dr. Sivana.
-->'''Lex:'''"Not a single word, Superman. We'll call this the Historic First Team-Up of the forces of "Good" and the forces of "Bad". And I'll take the credit for the win"
-->'''Superman:'''"Whatever you say, Lex. Whatever you say."
* ComicBook/TheSupermanAdventures has Superman forced to go to Lex when ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} falls deathly ill.

* Franchise/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/LexLuthor are in conflict almost all the time, and loathe each other with a vengeance, but they share a near-fanatical adoration for and protectiveness of their home city of Metropolis. This has caused them to put aside their differences, abandon their other objectives, and team up to take down villains bent on destroying their beloved city more than once.
** They've even saved the world together more than once. Lex ends up doing almost as much good as he does evil.