DC Versus Marvel - Marvel Versus DC (Amalgam story-arc) COMPLETE (chaoscon)

STORY ARC: Amalgam
SERIES: DC Versus Marvel / Marvel Versus DC
PUBLISHER: DC & Marvel
SCANNERS: [unknown]
ORGANIZER: Chaos Conundrum (chaoscon)
INFO: Please see included Comic-Info.txt for reading order information



('Amalgam' 01) DC Versus Marvel-Marvel Versus DC V1996 #001.cbz
('Amalgam' 02) DC Versus Marvel-Marvel Versus DC V1996 #002.cbz
('Amalgam' 03) DC Versus Marvel-Marvel Versus DC V1996 #003.cbz
('Amalgam' 03.01) Amazon V1996 #001.cbz
('Amalgam' 03.02) Assassins V1996 #001.cbz
('Amalgam' 03.03) Doctor Strangefate V1996 #001.cbz
('Amalgam' 03.04) JLX V1996 #001.cbz
('Amalgam' 03.05) Super Soldier V1996 #001.cbz
('Amalgam' 03.06) Bruce Wayne, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. V1996 #001.cbz
('Amalgam' 03.07) Bullets and Bracelets V1996 #001.cbz
('Amalgam' 03.08) Magneto and the Magnetic Men V1996 #001.cbz
('Amalgam' 03.09) Spider-Boy V1996 #001.cbz
('Amalgam' 03.10) Speed Demon V1996 #001.cbz
('Amalgam' 03.11) Legends of the Dark Claw V1996 #001.cbz
('Amalgam' 03.12) X-Patrol V1996 #001.cbz
('Amalgam' 03.13) Iron Lantern V1997 #001.cbz
('Amalgam' 03.14) Super Soldier - Man of War V1997 #001.cbz
('Amalgam' 03.15) JLX Unleashed V1997 #001.cbz
('Amalgam' 03.16) Magnetic Men featuring Magneto V1997 #001.cbz
('Amalgam' 03.17) Spider-Boy Team-Up V1997 #001.cbz
('Amalgam' 03.18) Dark Claw Adventures V1997 #001.cbz
('Amalgam' 03.19) Exciting X-Patrol V1997 #001.cbz
('Amalgam' 03.20) Bat-Thing V1997 #001.cbz
('Amalgam' 03.21) Generation Hex V1997 #001.cbz
('Amalgam' 03.22) Lobo the Duck V1997 #001.cbz
('Amalgam' 03.23) Challengers of the Fantastic V1997 #001.cbz
('Amalgam' 03.24) Thorion of the New Asgods V1997 #001.cbz
('Amalgam' 04) DC Versus Marvel-Marvel Versus DC V1996 #004.cbz



DESCRIPTION (from Wikipedia):

Amalgam Comics was a publishing imprint shared by DC Comics and Marvel
Comics, in which the two comic book publishers merged their characters
into new ones (e.g., DC Comics' Batman and Marvel Comics' Wolverine
became the Amalgam character Dark Claw). These characters first appeared
in a series of twelve comic books which were published in 1996, between
the third and fourth issues of the Marvel vs. DC miniseries. A second
set of twelve comic books followed one year later.

The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Alternate Universes 2005
designated the Amalgam Universe as Earth-9602.

On two separate occasions, Marvel and DC co-published titles from
Amalgam Comics. During the publication of Amalgam Comics, the companies
treated it as if it had existed for decades, giving it a fictional
history stretching back to the Golden Age of Comics, as well as retcons
and reboots, such as the Secret Crisis of the Infinity Hour (an amalgam
of Secret Wars, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Infinity Gauntlet and Zero
Hour), including an Amalgam version of the cover of Crisis on Infinite
Earths #7, with Super-Soldier holding his sidekick's body.

The books even went so far as to have letter pages with readers talking
about stories they had read for years from the company line. In the 24
Amalgam Comics printed, one-third of those printed included
letter-columns by fictitious fans to give a larger background to the
stories and to help give hints of what might happen in the next issue.
The "fans'" home towns were usually fusions of existing American
cities.

The first Amalgam event occurred near the end of the Marvel vs. DC
crossover event in 1996. The first twelve Amalgam titles were released
in a single week, temporarily replacing both publishers' regular
releases. Half the comics in the event were published by Marvel and half
by DC. A year later, the stunt was repeated, but without the crossover
as background. Later, both publishers collected their issues into
trade paperback collections.

Between the two rounds of Amalgam Comics, the two publishers released a
second crossover, DC/Marvel: All Access. A third mini-series, Unlimited
Access, followed the second round. Both crossovers featured additional
Amalgam characters.

Fictional origin of the Amalgam Universe:

The two comic universes came together when the two physical incarnations
of their respective universes (referred to as "the Brothers") became
aware of each other after eons of slumber. To prevent the Brothers from
destroying each other, characters from each universe battled to
determine which universe would survive; several of the matches were
determined through fan voting. Access, a character created for the event
and co-owned by Marvel and DC, served as a gate keeper who became stuck
while travelling between the two universes.

When the fighting concluded, neither universe was willing to go. To
prevent total destruction, the Spectre and the Living Tribunal created
an amalgamated universe, in which only Access and Dr. Strangefate knew
the truth about the merge. The two characters fought against each other
to reverse or preserve the change.

Access managed to separate the Brothers with the help of Amalgam's
heroes; before the merge had taken place, he had planted 'shards' of the
universe in Batman and Captain America. Once he discovered Dark Claw and
Super-Soldier, he used those shards to give the Spectre and the Tribunal
the power to restore the universes. Batman, Captain America and Access
were thus able to make the Brothers realize that their conflict was
pointless, and the universes were separated once again.



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