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DC vs Marvel Comics was a 1997 comic book mini-series by DC Comics and Marvel. In DC vs Marvel, two "Brothers" personify the universes that comics fans know as DC and Marvel. After becoming aware of the other's existence, the brothers challenge each other to a series of duels involving each universe's respective superheroes.
The matches (shown below) were written by Dan Jurgens and the outcome was determined by votes sent in by readers. Despite Marvel achieving more votes than its rival, and thus winning more matches, the series' storyline opted not to show one side victorious. The authors wisely reserved calling the winner of six of the eleven matches so they could make the outcome seem close regardless of the votes. As voters voted Marvel the winner in three of the five "open to vote" matches (DC's Superman and Batman winning their matches), this proved a prescient move. The final outcome was a 6–5 Marvel "victory". After Superman defeated the Hulk, it was revealed that the Amalgam universe would be used to settle the dispute, making the Marvel victory an ambiguous one. In essence, no side "won" since the fighting was stopped to make way for the new universe.
Ultimately, the Brothers decided to "settle things in their own way" by temporarily creating a new universe. This new universe, called the Amalgam universe, saw a merging of each company's most popular heroes into new ones: Dark Claw (Batman + Wolverine), Spider-Boy (Spider-Man + Superboy), etc. Each new hero starred in a one-shot comic book, all of which were released prior to the series' fourth and final chapter. Caught in the middle of the two worlds was an inter-dimensional traveler by the name of Access.
The miniseries was a top vote-getter for the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for Favorite Limited Series for 1997.
Matches
- Spider-Man (Ben Reilly) defeats Superboy (Both clones of the original heroes)
- Superman defeats Hulk
- Thor defeats Captain Marvel (Thor uses his hammer to stop Billy Batson being hit by the lightning that will turn him into Captain Marvel)
- Robin III defeats Jubilee (Although they fight reluctantly; the two developed a relationship in their time together)
- Wolverine defeats Lobo
- Storm defeats Wonder Woman (Wonder Woman had acquired Thor's hammer, but discards it to make the battle fairer)
- Batman defeats Captain America (The two of them fought for hours in a sewer until Captain America was distracted by water hitting him as Batman threw a batarang)
- Aquaman defeats Namor the Sub-Mariner (Namor is physically stronger, but Aquaman wins by telepathically summoning an orca that jumps out of the water and lands on top of Namor)
- Flash (Wally West) defeats Quicksilver
- Elektra defeats Catwoman
- Silver Surfer defeats Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner)
Other DC and Marvel crossovers
- Amalgam Comics - Universes merge to form new beings like Dark Claw, Super-Soldier, and Spider-Boy
- Batman and Captain America by John Byrne. Both characters, along with sidekicks Robin and Bucky, join to defeat Red Skull and Joker in the 1940s. (shared continuity)
- Batman/Punisher: Lake of Fire and Punisher/Batman: Deadly Knights - Two crossovers, the first with the Azrael Batman of 'Knightfall' against Jigsaw and Joker, and the second continues with the Bruce Wayne Batman. Art by James Pascoe and John Romita Jr. (shared continuity)
- Batman/Daredevil, Daredevil and Batman - Two crossovers, the first pits the two against Two-Face and Mr. Hyde, where Daredevil is acquainted with Harvey Dent from law school. The second features the Scarecrow and Kingpin, where Daredevil is immune to the Scarecrow's fear toxin.
- Darkseid vs. Galactus: The Hunger - Both fight for supremacy with Silver Surfer, the New Gods and Orion.
- DC vs. Marvel / Marvel vs. DC 1–4 -(see above)
- DC/Marvel: All Access #1–4 - Access tries to hold the remnant fabrics of time from the previous series together with Venom, Annihilus, Green Lantern, Doctor Strange, Robin and Batman guest-starring
- DC/Marvel: Unlimited Access #1–4 - Access encounters bouts with Avengers, Justice League of America, X-Men, Magneto, Darkseid, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Mystique, Sabretooth, Wonder-woman, Juggernaut and more.
- DC/Marvel presents Green Lantern/Silver Surfer - against the Cyborg Superman, Parallax, Terrax and Thanos. Thanos, it turns out, arranged these events to gain access to Green Lantern's ring and use it to trigger the end of the multiverse (the Cyborg and Terrax being used to test the transference process) but Parallax battles him in an attempt to harness the energy for his own purposes, and Green Lantern and the Surfer drain off their enhanced powers before returning to their respective realities.
- *This is actually a prelude to DC VS Marvel #1-4. In #3 The Silver Surfer and Green Lantern refer to the oneshot.
- The Incredible Hulk vs. Superman - set in the Silver Age of Comic Books. Having triggered a battle between the two using a robot duplicate of the Hulk, Lex Luthor attempts to use the military's gamma-ray technology to stop Superman and the Hulk. (shared continuity)
- JLA/Avengers #1–4 - Krona and Grandmaster play a game involving the two teams searching for twelve powerful artefacts, six from each universe.
- Justice League of America #103 (1972) - Justice League unofficially team-up against the Avengers on Halloween.
- Marvel and DC presents: Batman vs. the Incredible Hulk - Batman encounters Hulk under Joker's control and stops his rampage. The Shaper of Worlds grants Joker omnipotent powers, but the Hulk and Batman are able to drive the Joker to use his powers so much that his mind nearly collapses. (shared continuity)
- Marvel and DC presents: Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man - Spider-Man and Superman fight Doctor Octopus and Lex Luthor in the first crossover, and battle Doctor Doom and Parasite in the second (Wonder Woman and the Hulk guest-star, the Hulk clashing briefly with Superman while Wonder Woman is tricked by Doom into briefly attacking Spider-Man). (shared continuity)
- *What If? #1 Volume 1 shows part of the first crossover, showing Superman's fist and Spidey on panel. Uatu (when showing various Marvel timelines) questions whether Spider-Man's fight with the Costumed clad alien, took place within this continuity or another.
- *A panel in Avengers Forever #7 shows a scene with Lex Luthor and Doctor Octopus escaping from prison. Issue guide refers to Lex as a Bald Criminal.
- Marvel and DC presents: Uncanny X-Men and the New Teen Titans - The X-Men and Teen Titans team up to defeat Dark Phoenix (Metron shows Darkseid to summon a Pheonix resurrected by the other two using residual Phoenix energy where the original Phoenix used her powers which took place at the edge of the Universe), Deathstroke, and Darkseid (shared continuity). There were plans for a second crossover, involving The Cult Of Brother Blood and The Hellfire Club.[link]
- Spider-Man and Batman/Batman and Spider-Man - first crossover against Carnage and Joker (although the villains are unable to get along due to a disagreement in methods of murder) and the second against Kingpin and Ra's Al Ghul.
- Silver Surfer/Superman - Mr. Mxyzptlk and Impossible Man cause havok for Supes and the Surfer. Written by George Perez with art by Ron Lim.
- Superman/Fantastic Four - Galactus has apparently devoured Krypton, luring Superman into the Marvel Universe, where Galactus makes him into his new Herald despite the pleas of the Cyborg Superman (who followed his foe) to gain the power instead. Fortunately, Superman is able to shake off Galactus's influence, and it is revealed that the Cyborg faked the information about Galactus eating Krypton to encourage Superman to take him into this universe to meet Galactus.
Graphic novels
- The Marvel/DC Collection - Crossover Classics, Vol. 1
- DC/Marvel Crossover Classics, Vol. 2
- The Marvel/DC Collection - Crossover Classics, Vol. 3
- DC/Marvel Crossover Classics, Vol. 4
- DC versus Marvel Comics
- The Amalgam Age of Comics: The DC Comics Collection
- The Amalgam Age of Comics: The Marvel Comics Collection
- Return to the Amalgam Age of Comics: The DC Comics Collection
- Return to the Amalgam Age of Comics: The Marvel Comics Collection
Cards
Marvel and DC released a card set of superheroes following the series. Most of the cards show counterparts against each other; some show DC and Marvel characters seen in the original 1995 series.DC versus Marvel 1995
DC versus Marvel Impact - 18 card set
JLA vs Avengers
| 1 | Thor |
| 2 | Metamorpho |
| 3 | Iron Man |
| 4 | Crimson Fox |
| 5 | Wonder Woman vs Black Widow |
| 6 | Hawkman |
| 7 | Quicksilver |
| 8 | Flash |
| 9 | Hawkeye |
X-Men vs Teen Titans
| 10 | Gambit |
| 11 | Supergirl |
| 12 | Beast |
| 13 | Split |
| 14 | Cyclops vs. Nightwing |
| 15 | Atom |
| 16 | Rogue |
| 17 | Impulse |
| 18 | Wolverine |
DC versus Marvel Holographic - 12 card set
| 1 | Sabretooth vs Azrael |
| 2 | Aquaman vs Namor |
| 3 | Captain America vs Batman |
| 4 | Catwoman vs Elektra |
| 5 | Quicksilver vs Flash |
| 6 | Superman vs Hulk |
| 7 | Silver Surfer vs Green Lantern |
| 8 | Robin vs Jubilee |
| 9 | Wolverine vs Lobo |
| 10 | Captain Marvel vs Thor |
| 11 | Spider-Man vs Superboy |
| 12 | Wonder Woman vs Storm |
DC versus Marvel Mirage - 2 card set
| 1 | Superboy/Spider-Man/Spider-Boy |
| 2 | Wolverine/Batman/Dark Claw |
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