Amalgam Comics

Crossovers between Marvel Comics and DC Comics aren’t exactly a rare thing. Most of the two company’s main characters have met each other at some point, so nobody should be surprised that they exist, but this was different.

Amalgam Comics was a publishing imprint shared by the two company’s and ran for twenty-four issues starting in 1996. Half of them were published by each company, but all the stories took place in the same universe.

That universe was a bizarre mix of the two companies’ main continuities. The Spectre and the Living Tribunal merged the universes and the characters within it, so the likes of Professor X, Doctor Strange and Doctor Fate became Doctor StrangeFate, Superboy and Spider-Man became Spider-Boy, Doctor Doom and Doomsday became Doctor Doomsday, Batman and Wolverine became Dark Claw, and Thanos and Darkseid became Thanoseid. It was a lot of fun, but rather pointless!

What do you think? Are these crossovers weird? Can you think of any even weirder examples from comic book history? Have your say below!