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Amalgam Comics was a (more-or-less fictional) American Comic Book publisher, a Collaboration between Marvel Comics and DC Comics , in which the two comic book publishers merged their characters to create new ones (e.g. DC Comics' Batman and Marvel's Wolverine became the Amalgam character Dark Claw ). These characters first appeared in a series of twelve comic books which were published in 1996, following the '' Marvel Vs DC '' Miniseries . A second set (of another twelve comic books) followed a year later. The ''Marvel Encyclopedia: Fantastic Four'' designated the Amalgam Universe as Earth-692. FICTIONAL ORIGIN The two comic universes came together when the incarnations of their respective universes (referred to as "the Brothers") became aware of each other after aeons 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 by online voting. Access , a character created for the event (co-owned by Marvel and DC), served as a gate keeper who became stuck between traveling through both Universes. When the fights concluded (including controversial victories by Wolverine and Storm over Lobo and Wonder Woman , respectively), neither universe was willing to go. To prevent total destruction, the Spectre and the Living Tribunal created a merged universe, in which only Axel Asher and Dr. Strangefate knew the truth, and struggling against each other to reverse or preserve the change.. Eventually, Axel Asher, now called Access, managed to separate the Brothers with the help of Amalgam's heroes, and all went back to normal. PUBLICATION HISTORY For two months, Marvel and DC published Amalgam Comics. During the publication of Amalgam Comics, the companies treated it as if it had always existed, giving it a fictional history stretching back to the Golden Age Of Comics , as well as Retcon s 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. AMALGAM BOOKS 1996 books ''Amazon'' ''Amazon'' #1, written and drawn by John Byrne , combines DC's Wonder Woman and Marvel's Storm . Amazon returns in 1997's 'JLX Unleashed'. ''Assassins'' ''Assassins'' #1, written by Dan Chicester and illustrated by Scott McDaniel , combines characters from '' Daredevil '' and the Batman family books. Its main characters are the two assassins Catsai ( Elektra + Catwoman ) and '''Dare''' ( Daredevil + Deathstroke ), who team up to take on the Big Question ( Kingpin + Riddler ). ''Bruce Wayne, Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D'' Written by Chuck Dixon and with art by Cary Nord and Mark Pennington, this title imagines Bruce Wayne as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (like the Marvel character Nick Fury ), joined by a number of characters each based on either a Batman or Nick Fury supporting character or villain, such as 'Moonwing' ( Nightwing + Moon Knight ). ''Bullets & Bracelets'' ''Bullets & Bracelets'' #1 was published in April 1996, written by John Ostrander and illustrated by Gary Frank . It stars Diana Prince (a rival Amazon to Princess Ororo, herself an amalgam of DC's Wonder Woman and Marvel's Storm ) and Trevor Castle (an amalgam of Marvel's Punisher Frank Castle and DC's Steve Trevor ) who fight Thanoseid (an amalgam of DC's Darkseid and Marvel's Thanos ). ''Doctor Strangefate'' Written by Ron Marz with art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez and Kevin Nowlan . A powerful mystic created from a combination of Marvel's Dr. Strange and Charles Xavier , and DC's Dr. Fate . His comic also featured the character Access and highlights his adventures inbetween issues of Marvel vs. DC. ''Legend Of The Dark Claw'' Written by Larry Hama with art by Jim Balent and Ray McCarthy. Dark Claw ( Wolverine / Batman ) and Sparrow ( Jubilee / Robin ) take on Hyena ( Sabretooth / Joker ). Dark Claw returned in another title in 1997. ''JLX'' Written by Gerard Jones and Mark Waid , with art by Howard Porter and John Dell. Those members of the JLA ( Judgment League Avengers - Justice League + Avengers ) whose powers are mutant in origin turn against their teammates and, forming their own team, leave to find Atlantis . The JLX returned in another title in the 1997 series of Amalgam comics. ''Magneto & The Magnetic Men'' Writing by Gerard Jones and art by Jeff Matsuda and Art Thibert . The story concerns a 'Magneto' comprising Marvel's Magneto and DC's Dr. Will Magnus, accompanied by his team of magnetic versions of the Metal Men. These characters returned with another title in 1997. ''Speed Demon'' Written by Howard Mackie and James Felder with art by Salvador Larroca and Al Milgrom. The story concerns a composite of Ghost Rider , The Flash , and The Demon ''Spider-Boy'' See Also: Spider-Boy Writing and art by Karl Kesel , Mike Wieringo and Gary Martin. A combination of Spider-Man and Superboy , he is a clone whose gravity powers enable him to mimic the Wall-crawling abilities of a Spider . This character returned in another Spider-Boy title in 1997. ''Super Soldier'' See Also: Super-Soldier ''Super Soldier'' #1 was written by Mark Waid and illustrated by Dave Gibbons . It stars the Super-Soldier (an amalgam of Superman and Captain America ), who fights the ''' Green Skull ''' (a combination of Superman's arch nemesis Lex Luthor and Captain America's Red Skull ) and his robot ''' Ultra-Metallo ''' ( Ultron + Metallo ). The character also appeared in ''JLX'' as a member of the JLA, and also appeared a year later in ' and as part of the Judgment League Avengers ''' (a combination of the Justice League and the Avengers ) in ''JLX Unleashed''. Along with Dark Claw, he is considered on the of most central characters in the Amalgam Universe. ''X-Patrol'' A combination of Marvel's '' (just as Niles Caulder of the Doom Patrol was). 1997 books ''Bat-Thing'' Written by Larry Hama , with art by Rodolfo Damaggio and Bill Sienkiewicz . The Bat-Thing is an amalgam of Marvel's Man-Thing and DC's Man-Bat . ''Challengers Of The Fantastic'' Written by Karl Kesel with art by Tom Grummett and Al Vey. This title was a fusion of Marvel's Fantastic Four and DC's Challengers Of The Unknown .The members were scientist Reed "Prof" Richards, SHIELD agent Susan "Ace" Storm, her daredevil brother Johnny "Red" Storm and fighting senator Ben "Rocky" Grimm. Their enemies included Doctor Doomsday ( Doctor Doom + Doomsday ) and Galactiac ( Galactus + Brainiac ). ''Dark Claw Adventures'' Writing and art by and a title that referenced the Batman Adventures comic. ''Exciting X-Patrol'' The second outing of the X-Patrol, written by Barbara Kesel with art by Bryan Hitch and Paul Neary . The team fought against Brother Brood, based on Marvel's Brood and DC's Brother Blood . ''Generation Hex'' A combination of Marvel's '' Generation X '' and DC's Western comic '' Jonah Hex '' as well as an assortment of other western titles. Written by Peter Milligan with art by Adam Pollina . ''Iron Lantern'' See Also: Iron Lantern Written by Kurt Busiek , with pencils by Paul Smith , this comic features an amalgamtion between Hal Jordan , Green Lantern and Tony Stark, Iron Man . ''JLX Unleashed'' The second outing of the JLX sees them joined by Amazon. Credited to Priest, Jiminez and Rodriguez. ''Lobo The Duck'' A Lobo and Howard The Duck amalgamation, by Al Grant, Val Semeiks and Ray Kryssing. ''Magnetic Men Featuring Magneto'' Written by Tom Peyer with art by Barry Kitson and Dan Panosian. Magneto with upgraded Magnetic men, features 'Mister Mastermind' (Mastermind/Mistermind, 'Quasimodox' (Quasimodo/Modox), and 'The Sinsiter Society' (Sinister Six/Secret Society) ''Spider-Boy Team-Up'' Written by R.K. Sternsel with art byLadronn and Juan Vlasco. The second outing of Spider-Boy. The title is based on '' Marvel Team-Up '', which frequently featured Spider-Man . In this comic, Spider-Boy teams up with characters based on Marvel and DC comics based in the far future and/or outer space, including DC's '' Legion Of Super-Heroes '' and Marvel's '' Guardians Of The Galaxy '' and '' 2099 ''-era heroes, creating the 'Legion of Galactic Guardians 2099'. ''Super Soldier : Man Of War'' Story and art by Dave Gibbons , Mark Waid and Jimmy Palmiotti . This comic presented Super Soldier in the style of WWII propaganda comics. ''Thorion Of The New Asgods'' By Keith Giffen and John Romita Jr . Based on Marvel's Thor and Orion from Jack Kirby's New Gods. Collected editions
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