History LetsYouAndHimFight / ComicBooks

* Pretty much every team up between ComicBook/{{Vampirella}} and any hero she crosses over with starts out this way. Most of the time this was due to a misunderstanding but a few cases saw her clashing with characters who weren't all that heroic to begin with such as ComicBook/LadyDeath.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': The Green Geni manage to manipulate Wonder Woman and the Holliday Girls into fighting the Golden Policewomen by framing themselves as victims and the Golden gals as opressors. The misunderstanding is helped along by one of the Golden Police's own accusations, but the two groups team up to prevent the Geni from escaping to do more harm once the Geni show their true colors.

* A spectacular pile-up of this trope occurred in the ''Comicbook/UltimateSpiderMan'' comic. Peter heads out to stop an up-and-coming crime boss named The Kangaroo only to find Daredevil's already there for the same reason. Daredevil then promptly drops what he's doing to beat the crap out of Peter really for no reason other than believing a teenager is too young to be a super-hero. This is soon dropped when The Punisher arrives, also to stop (read: kill) the Kangaroo and begins riddling the building they're in with bullets. Then when Spider-Man and Daredevil are trying to stop him (while still butting heads and insulting each other) Moon Knight shows up and only adds to the fighting. The Kangaroo attempts to skulk away unnoticed during all the fighting but Daredevil slips away long enough to apprehend him.

But in the third issue, Cap holds on to the ConflictBall pretty tight, as well as Superman (because they are both deeply synced with their universes' natural vibrations), as seen in one of the [=80s=] League/Avengers meetings, in the Avengers Mansion: Cap freaks out and starts yelling at Supes, causing them to clash with each other and reality to shift again. Just moments later, as they are about to throw down again, Wonder Woman and Wasp break up the fight and make them realize they should be cooperating instead of wasting time butting heads.

* In fan and critical fave crossover ''Comicbook/XMen / [[Comicbook/TeenTitans New Teen Titans]]'', there's no conflict between the teams ''at all'' (thanks to Prof X). Instead, the time is better spent exploring how the superheroes would react to each other on a ''personal'' level. For instance, ComicBook/{{Starfire}} hears Colossus speaking Russian, and immediately gives him a long passionate kiss (since that is how she can instantly learn a new language) - which makes Kitty Pride jealous. Nightcrawler humorous asks, "Hmmm... ''Fraulien, sprechen sie Deutch''?"

* One issue of the ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' comic, "Rogue Rouge", dedicates itself to setting up a surprisingly brutal fight between Bunnie Rabbot and Rouge the Bat. It is a CatFight with a generous amount of {{Fanservice}} and {{lampshade|Hanging}}d at the end with a page of sheepish "boy, that was silly" dialogue.
** ''Super Sonic Special: Battle Royal'' was all about this trope. Basically, Mammoth Mogul attempted to turn the Freedom Fighters and the Chaotix against each other by using his powers to disguise his private enforcers, the Fearsome Four, into the other members of the two teams. Unfortunately for him, both sides are able to spot [[ImposterForgotOneDetail key flaws in the ruse]], secretly compare notes, and fake a mutual destruction in order to draw Mogul out.
** In ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide'', the first act of the crossover is dedicated to setting up an epic brawl between Sonic and Mega Man. It gets lampshaded in ''ComicBook/MegaMan'' #24's "Short Circuits" segment, where both title characters are eager to work together before being informed by Orbot that they have to follow the "crossover by-laws" and fight each other first.

* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'':
** Issue #6 sees a fight between Sonic and Shadow break out due to their disagreement over how to handle [[spoiler: the [[AmnesiacDissonance amnesiac]] Eggman]]. It turns out that Rouge [[ManipulativeBastard engineered]] the events leading to this fight, figuring a brawl with Sonic would clear Shadow's head enough that he wouldn't [[spoiler: outright murder the Doc]].
** In Issue #18, Gemerl is defending Cream and Vanilla's hometown from [[ZombieApocalypse the Zombots]], and in the process identifies Sonic as a threat due to [[ZombieInfectee him being infected by the Metal Virus]], attacking him and forcing him to leave. Cream [[WhatTheHellHero calls out Gemerl for this]], convincing him to let Sonic help and even making him apologize.

** As might be expected, Peter Parker from the mainstream universe picks a fight with [[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan Miles Morales]] because he doesn't trust ''anyone'' in a Spidey suit. Miles fights him off, however, because only a freaked out and off his game Spider-Man would ever pick a fight with a thirteen year old boy. And mostly because Miles can instantly incapacitate anyone by touch.

** Lampshaded in ''The Spectacular Spiderman'' #13 where, before teaming up, Razorback attacks Spiderman because "Isn't that what superheroes do when they first meet?"

** The first meeting between Comicbook/TheAvengers and Comicbook/SquadronSupreme {{lampshade|Hanging}}d this way back in [[OlderThanTheyThink 1971]], with [[Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}} Goliath]] stating that it felt weird to meet another team of superheroes they didn't immediately have to start fighting.

* In ''Comicbook/SupermanVsTheAmazingSpiderMan'', Comicbook/LexLuthor and Comicbook/DoctorOctopus trick Superman and Spider Man into fighting each other. It was unintended, but their actions led to both heroes fighting, and they actively tried to alter the outcome of the fight.

* Defied in ''ComicBook/{{Aztek}}: The Ultimate Man''. When Aztek is confronted by an angry Franchise/GreenLantern out for a fight, he simply swipes Kyle's RingOfPower and then hands it straight back.
-->'''Aztek:''' Good, well, now that we've passed the predictable fight superheroes are obliged to have when they first meet and established the fact that I'm ''not'' a villain, maybe we can get down to business here. Friends?\\
'''Kyle:''' Ring first, ''then'' friends.

* Lampshaded in the ''Doctor Thirteen'' limited series. At one point, Infectious Lass asks if there's going to be a superhero fight, and then points out that in the 31st century, it's common knowledge that superheroes are ''supposed'' to fight each other before teaming up.

* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'': Issue #6 sees a fight between Sonic and Shadow break out due to their disagreement over how to handle [[spoiler: the [[AmnesiacDissonance amnesiac]] Eggman]]. It turns out that Rouge [[ManipulativeBastard engineered]] the events leading to this fight, figuring a brawl with Sonic would clear Shadow's head enough that he wouldn't [[spoiler: outright murder the Doc]].

* ''Averted'' in spectacular fashion in issue 5 of ''[[Comicbook/{{X 23}} All-New Wolverine]]'': Wolverine and the Sisters are teleported by Comicbook/DoctorStrange to one of Hank Pym's labs to steal an Ant-Man suit, in hopes that Laura can use it to fight the nanites killing the girls. Except Strange neglected to call ahead. Their break-in is foiled by Comicbook/TheWasp who...''actually waits to clear up the misunderstanding'' and only goes so far as preventing Bellona from shooting the place up. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny She then calls up Strange and lays into him over sending armed people to one of her labs without letting her know first.]]

** One story has both the Punisher and Wolverine hunting the same poachers. Naturally, Wolverine sees Frank with a gun near a bullet-riddled dinosaur and goes for him. They only stop when they realize on of the expedition's guides is aiming t them, encouraged by the leader's wife.

* In the first ''Spider-Man/Batman'', it's {{averted|Trope}} in that Spider-Man turns out of be a huge Bat-fanboy, winning Batman over with ''sheer persistence''; the only resemblance of a fight was a punch by Batman and a Judo Throw by Spidey. By the second crossover, they basically shake hands and agree to team, with Spider-Man pointing out to a resistant Batman that they went through all of this the first time; they could either waste time fighting between themselves and approaching the case from different angles, or they could pool their resources from the start and work together. After a moment, Batman conceded the point. A humorous scene from this very same team up showcased Batman's true feelings on it. When they were both in the Batmobile and Spidey was riffing on something or another about how cool the car was, Batman grumbled that he now understood why Superman worked alone.

* The ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueMightyMorphinPowerRangers'' crossover starts out with this. Zack gets teleported to the DC universe mid-battle and lands right in front of Batman. Concussed and disoriented, he assumes Batman's another of Lord Zedd's monsters and attacks. Then the other Rangers arrive, Batman fighting their teammate, and promptly jump in. Batman calls the Flash for backup, and things escalate from there, with the ''Dinozords'' coming out before things get smoothed over.

* The ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueMightyMorphinPowerRangers'' crossover starts out with this. Zack gets teleported to the DC universe mid-battle and lands right in front of Batman. Concussed and disoriented, he assumes Batman's another of Lord Zedd's monsters and attacks. Then the other Rangers arrive to see Batman fighting their teammate and promptly jump in.

** Lampshaded in one instance by Hulk ''himself''. Granted he was in the middle of his "smart hulk" phase, but during the Marvel Knights sagas he runs into Comicbook/GhostRider.
---> '''Hulk''': Alright, I get it. This is the obligatory "good guy meets good guy, they have an obligatory fight based on misunderstanding, then team up to fight the REAL bad guy. Can we just skip it?" (Unfortunately for him, fortunately for the reader, Ghost rider is in screaming spirit of vengence mode, and he's not having any of it.)

--> Team Leader 1: "Everybody on the alert, this may be a hackneyed plot contrievance!"

** In a later story, the Punisher and Wolverine are after some bizarre mob kidnappings (and it's not Frank this time). The victims are found with their legs cut off (Wolverine thinks Frank is the kind of sick bastard to do this, Frank thinks Wolverine's claws were used). It turns out a mob of DepravedDwarves was behind it, and believed the two would join them (Frank because he kills criminals, Wolverine because he's short too).

* Defied in ''[[ComicBook/{{Aztek}} Aztek: The Ultimate Man]]''. When Aztek is confronted by an angry Franchise/GreenLantern out for a fight, he simply swipes Kyle's [[GreenLanternRing Power Ring]] and then hands it straight back.

* Example of the "BigBad manipulates the actors to fight and eliminate each other" trope: the miniseries ''Comicbook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' featured a subsidiary story arc involving Comicbook/{{Brainiac}} and the Earth-One ComicBook/LexLuthor assembling an army of supervillains to attack the remaining superheroes. Brainiac and Luthor had led their villain army to believe that the superheroes would be easily defeated owing to the villains outnumbering the heroes (who were already distracted dealing with the huge honkin' crisis that was unfolding in the main story arc); however, the real plan was to have the heroes and the other villains kill each other off so that when the the dust finally cleared, Brainiac and Luthor would be the last superpowered "men" standing, and therefore be able to take over all the remaining universes without anyone left to defeat them.

* A spectacular pile-up of this trope occurred in the ''Comicbook/UltimateSpiderMan'' comic. Peter heads out to stop an up-and-coming crime boss named The Kangaroo only to find Daredevil's already there for the same reason. Daredevil then promptly drops what he's doing to beat the crap out of Peter really for no reason other than believing a teenager is too young to be a super-hero. This is soon dropped when The Punisher arrives, also to stop (read: Kill) the Kangaroo and begins riddling the building they're in with bullets. Then when Spider-Man and Daredevil are trying to stop him (while still butting heads and insulting each other) Moon Knight shows up and only adds to the fighting. The Kangaroo attempts to skulk away unnoticed during all the fighting but Daredevil slips away long enough to apprehend him.

** In the early years of his solo book, Peter's jerkassery tends to get dialed up a few notches whenever other heroes show up in his mag, ''even if they did nothing to antagonize him''. To an extent, this was an EnforcedTrope; any ''peaceful'' meeting would probably end with him joining ComicBook/TheAvengers or ComicBook/TheFantasticFour, in which case money and/or publicity worries ([[StatusQuoIsGod the bread and butter]] of the typical Spider-Man comic) would go right down the drain.

* Rift does this in ''[[Creator/MilestoneComics World's Collide]]'' to Franchise/{{Superman}} and Icon, [[LampshadeHanging stating that the two similar characters had to fight because that's what they're supposed to do]]. They play along and pull their punches. Rift is GenreSavvy enough to realize this and forces them into real NoHoldsBarredBeatdown when he states the loser's universe would be destroyed.

* Defied in ''[[ComicBook/{{Aztek}} Aztek: The Ultimate Man]]''. When the GenreSavvy Aztek is confronted by an angry Franchise/GreenLantern out for a fight, he simply swipes Kyle's [[GreenLanternRing Power Ring]] and then hands it straight back.

-->'''Young Boy:''' This is gonna be neat!
-->'''Flash:''' Neat?
-->'''Pied Piper:''' Neat?!
-->'''Boy:''' Sure. You guys are gonna fight now, right? On account of you really like each other, but a supervillain made you misunderstand so now you gotta fight. So you're gonna fight for about an hour, then realize that you've got a common enemy and be life-long friends. Pretty neat!
-->'''Flash:''' ...Boy, do I feel predictable.
-->'''Piper:''' Let's cut to the part where we team up, okay?
* {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in an issue of ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' in [[TheNineties the early nineties]]. Obsidian and Nuklon are waiting to meet up with the JLA to offer to join the team after its most recent roster overhaul, and [[GenreSavvy Obsidian]] says, "First, they won't even let us join. 'You were in ComicBook/InfinityInc? Wasn't that some kids' group, like Menudo?' Then there'll be some bizarre misunderstanding, and they'll think we're villains, and there'll be a fight, and..."

* In his first encounter with the Comicbook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}, the clone Superboy mistakes them for villains. If you [[{{Wingdinglish}} translate the Interlac]], Saturn Girl says "This must be the 20th century tradition of fighting then teaming-up I've heard about."
** More recently, the JLA/JSA/Legion teamup in the Lightning Saga subverted this slightly by having Superman introduce the Legion team when they showed up in the past [[spoiler: though Karate Kid had been beaten up as Trident earlier]] and in fact Star Boy had already been on one of the teams. But then they all had issues with each other later.

* ''Comicbook/BlueBeetle'' and [[Franchise/GreenLantern Guy Gardner]] had one when they first met, as his ring detected Jaime's Reach technology as a threat. Also notable for the rematch having been broken up by one fighter's ''mother''.

** When Supergirl arrives on Earth, Superman introduces himself as Kal-El. She attacks him, thinking that he is a villain pretending to be a Kryptonian because she is unaware that Krypton has been destroyed and thinks that it has only been a short time since she left, and when she left, her cousin Kal-El was a mere baby. She eventually relents, but refuses to trust him. Later, she attacks Superboy after her super senses tell her that he is a clone, because her classes had taught her that clones are berserk abominations that must be terminated before they kill everyone. She relents when she realizes that he has a rational mind.
* In ''[[ComicBook/TheMultiversity The Multiversity #1]]'', the Multiversity team and the Retaliators come to blows after a bewildered Thunderer knocks out his Earth-8 counterpart.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':

** As might be expected, in ''ComicBook/SpiderMen'', Peter Parker from the mainstream universe picks a fight with [[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan Miles Morales]] because he doesn't trust ''anyone'' in a Spidey suit. Miles fights him off, however, because only a freaked out and off his game Spider-Man would ever pick a fight with a thirteen year old boy. And mostly because Miles can instantly incapacitate anyone by touch.

** The original Avengers team was actually created that way: their members met when Loki attempted to trick [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Thor]] and [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] into fighting each other and accidentally brought Comicbook/IronMan, ComicBook/AntMan and Comicbook/TheWasp into the fight as well. Thor ended up finding out the truth, and the five heroes, after defeating Loki, decided to keep teaming up together.

--> '''Hulk''': Alright, I get it. This is the obligatory "good guy meets good guy, they have an obligatory fight based on misunderstanding, then team up to fight the REAL bad guy. Can we just skip it?" (Unfortunately for him, fortunately for the reader, Ghost rider is in screaming spirit of vengence mode, and he's not having any of it.)

* Subverted in ''Comicbook/SpiderGirl'', [[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/774475.html#cutid1 when she runs into Araña]] (Grown up version of the 616 Araña, who currently ''is'' the mainstream Spider-Girl, to boot), who wants to fight her. May absolutely refuses, since she refuses to turn "the hero biz" into some sort of "who's stronger" contest and runs away. But Araña chases her and goads her into fighting. From the start of the sequence;
-->'''May''' I don't do "tests", "misunderstanding battles", or "grudge matches".

* SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} once explained the ''real'' reason heroes do this: '''It's fun.'''

-->'''Robert Rider:''' Isn't it traditional for super-heroes to fight before realising they're on the same side?
-->'''Darkhawk:''' (''To Nova'') Did you want to hit him a lot when you were a kid, too?
-->'''Nova:''' All the freaking time.

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