It’s the second part of Cory!! And Joe’s review of the Marvel/DC Crossovers omnibus. They discuss what makes a good crossover, what could the future hold, and a discussion of these stories
- Batman/Punisher
- In this story it’s the time when Azreal has replaced Batman
- What they thought of it at the time and how it holds up now
- Punisher/Batman
- This was written by Chuck Dixon, who was writing both characters at the time.
- Why philosophical differences between characters makes for a better story than just two heroes fighting
- Spider-Man/Batman
- What was the story gimmick that made this different
- Silver Surfer/Green Lantern
- This is the first Marvel/DC story where there is a connection between their universes because it was setting up for Marvel vs DC
- Written by Ron Marz, who had also written both characters
- Silver Surfer/Superman
- Written by George Perez
- This one had great comedy bits between all of the characters.
- Batman/Captain America
- Set in the 1940’s
- By John Byrne
- And it was an Elseworlds
- Daredevil/Batman
- When the crossovers started to become less of an event and more of a formula
- Batman/Spider-Man
- A great sequel to the first team up between the two
- Fantastic Four/Superman
- Was originally tabloid size
- Incredible Hulk vs Superman
- This is Cory!!’s favorite because it was drawn by Steve Rude
- Batman/Daredevil
- The last of the crossovers until Avengers/JLA
All of this, ma retro review, the usual shenanigans and much, much more!
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