In comic books, an intercompany crossover (also called cross-company or company crossover) is a comic or series of comics where characters that are the property of one company meet those owned by another company (for example, DC Comics' Superman meeting Marvel's Spider-Man, or DC's Batman meeting Marvel's Wolverine). These usually occur in "one-shot" issues or miniseries (comics).
Some crossovers are part of canon. Most, however, are outside of the continuity of a character's regular title or series of stories. They can be a joke, a gag, a dream sequence, or even a "what if" scenario (such as DC's Elseworlds).
Marvel/DC crossovers (which are mostly non-canon) include those where the characters live in alternate universes, as well as those where they share the "same" version of Earth. Some fans have posited a separate "Crossover Earth" for these adventures. In the earliest licensed crossovers, the companies seemed to prefer shared world adventures. This was the approach for early intercompany crossovers, including 1976's Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man and 1981's Superman and Spider-Man.
Besides the two Superman/Spider-Man crossovers, a number of other DC/Marvel adventures take place on a "Crossover Earth", but later intercompany crossovers tend to present the DC and Marvel Universes as alternate realities, bridged when common foes make this desirable, as the interest in overall continuity has become a major part of even crossover comic books.
Characters are often licensed or sold from one company to another, as with DC acquiring such characters of Fawcett Comics, Quality Comics, and Charlton Comics as the original Captain Marvel, Plastic Man and Captain Atom. In this way, heroes originally published by different companies can become part of the same fictional universe, and interactions between such characters are no longer considered intercompany crossovers.
Although a meeting between a licensed character and a wholly owned character (e.g., between Red Sonja and Spider-Man, or Evil Dead's Ash Williams and the Marvel Zombies) is technically an intercompany crossover, comics companies rarely bill them as such. Likewise, this is the case when some characters in an ongoing series are owned or to some extent controlled by their creators, as with Doctor Who antagonists the Daleks, who are not owned by the UK television network the BBC, even though the character of The Doctor is.
Golden and Silver Ages
All Star Comics #3 (Winter 1940/1941)
Lois Lane and Captain Marvel
Homages
The co-publication of the comic adaptation of MGM's The Wizard of Oz by Marvel and DC made possible future intercompany cross-overs between the two comic book giants.
Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man (1976)
Marvel Treasury Edition #28: Superman and Spider-Man (1981)
DC Special Series #27 (Fall 1981)
Marvel and DC Present The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans #1 (1982)
DC Comics Presents #47 (July 1982)
Mantis and the Justice League
X-Men and the Legion of Super-Heroes
Justice Machine Annual #1
The P.I.'s three issue miniseries
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8
Miami Mice #4
Cerebus #104
Flaming Carrot #25
Usagi Yojimbo #10
Mr. Monster #9
Word Warriors one-shot
Gwanzulums
Ape Nation #1–4 Planet of the Apes and Alien Nation
Last of the Viking Heroes Summer Special #2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Meet Archie
Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgment on Gotham
Batman versus Predator
Hellraiser/Nightbreed – Jihad
The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic - Features Doctor Who, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batman, Superman, The Incredible Hulk, Dan Dare, Judge Dredd, Robocop, Blackadder, and others (Fleetway)
San Diego Comic Con Comics #1 - with Flaming Carrot, The Mask, Ren & Stimpy, Concrete, Robocop, Martha Washington, Marshal Law, Black Cross, The American, Grendel, Marv, Nexus and others (Dark Horse Comics)
Predator vs. Magnus, Robot Fighter #1–2
Spawn #10
Savage Dragon vs. Savage Megaton Man
Ninja High School/Speed Racer #1–2
Speed Racer/Ninja High School #1–2
Batman/Grendel #1–2
Savage Dragon #2
Savage Dragon/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Deathmate (Valiant Comics/Image Comics crossover)
Magnus, Robot Fighter/Nexus #1–2
Batman/Judge Dredd: Vendetta in Gotham
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Flaming Carrot: The Land of Green Fire #1–4
Pinhead vs. Marshal Law: Law in Hell #1–2
Godzilla vs. Barkley
Usagi Yojimbo (vol. 2) #1–3
Batman-Spawn: War Devil
Spawn/Batman
Batman/Punisher: Lake of Fire
The Punisher Meets Archie (Aug. 1994; Marvel Comics)
Archie Meets the Punisher (Aug. 1994; Archie Comics)
Worlds Collide (DC/Milestone crossover)
Razor and Shi Special #1
Punisher/Batman: Deadly Knights
Batman vs. Predator II: Bloodmatch #1–4
Razor/Dark Angel: The Final Nail #1–2
WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams #8 (features Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Beavis and Butthead, Cyclops, Jean Grey)
Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man (reprint from 1976)
Batman vs. The Incredible Hulk (reprint from 1981)
Judge Dredd/Lobo: Psycho-Bikers vs. The Mutants From Hell one-shot (1995).
Vampirella/Shadowhawk: Creatures of the Night
Shadowhawk/Vampirella: Creatures of the Night
Superman vs. Aliens #1–3
Batman/Judge Dredd: The Ultimate Riddle
Darkseid vs. Galactus: The Hunger
Cyblade/Shi: The Battle for Independents
Shi/Cyblade: The Battle for Independents
Spider-Man and Batman: Disordered Minds
Hellina/Catfight
Ultraverse Spine: Marvel/Malibu crossover
Godwheel #3 (features Thor)
Rune/Silver Surfer and Silver Surfer/Rune
Lord Pumpkin #1–4 (features Loki)
Hardcase #23 (features Loki)
Ultraforce #8–10 (features Black Knight and Sersi)
Curse of Rune #1–4 (features Warlock and the Infinity Gems)
Mantra #22 (features Loki)
Eliminator #3 (features Sersi)
Nightman #22 (features Loki)
Ultraforce/Avengers Prelude #1
Avengers/Ultraforce
Ultraforce/Avengers
Prime vs. The Incredible Hulk #0
Nightman vs. Wolverine #0
The All-New Exiles vs. X-Men #0
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Savage Dragon
Savage Dragon #22 (features Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Cyberforce #26–28 (features Ash)
Glory/Avengelyne
Avengelyne/Glory
Ghost/The Shadow
Judge Dredd vs. Lobo: Psycho-Bikers vs. The Mutants From Hell
Green Lantern/Silver Surfer: Unholy Alliances
Hunting The Heroes: Dark Horse Heroes / Predator crossover
X #18
Ghost #5
Motorhead #1
Agents of Law #6
Spawn/WildC.A.T.S.
Superman And Spider-Man (reprint from 1981)
The Uncanny X-Men And The New Teen Titans (reprint from 1982)
Double Impact/Hellina
Hellina/Double Impact
Black September: Marvel/Malibu crossover
Black September #Infinity
Prime #Infinity, 1–15
Nightman #Infinity, 1–4
Siren #Infinity, 1–3
Mantra #Infinity, 1–7
The All-New Exiles #Infinity, 1–11
Rune #Infinity, 1–7
Ultraforce #Infinity, 1–15
Conan #4 (features Rune)
Conan vs. Rune
Conan the Savage #4 (features Rune)
Siren Special #1 (features the Juggernaut)
Ultraforce/Spider-Man #1A, 1B (featured separate stories)
Prime/Captain America
Rune vs. Venom
Nightman/Gambit #1–3
The Phoenix Resurrection: Red Shift #0
The Phoenix Resurrection: Genesis #0
The Phoenix Resurrection: Revelations #0
The Phoenix Resurrection: Aftermath #0
Foxfire #1–2 (features Black Knight)
Foxfire #3–4 (features The Punisher)
Ultraverse Unlimited #1–2 (features Black Knight, Sersi, Warlock)
Marvel/Malibu: Dream Team #1 (pin-ups)
Marvel/Malibu: Dream Team #2: Battezones (pin-ups)
DC vs. Marvel / Marvel vs. DC #1–4
The Amalgam Age of Comics
Legends of the Dark Claw (Wolverine + Batman)
Super-Soldier (Superman + Captain America)
Amazon (Storm + Wonder Woman)
JLX (JLA + X-Men)
Assassins (Catwoman + Elektra and Deathstroke + Daredevil)
Doctor StrangeFate (Doctor Strange + Doctor Fate + Professor Xavier)
Spider-Boy (Spider-Man + Superboy)
Bruce Wayne Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Batman + Nick Fury)
Speed Demon (Flash + Ghost Rider + The Demon)
Bullets and Bracelets (Punisher + Wonder Woman)
Magneto and the Magnetic Men (Magneto + Metal Men)
X-Patrol (X-Force + Doom Patrol)
Grifter/Shi: Final Rites #1–2
Avengelyne/Prophet #1–2
Painkiller Jane vs. The Darkness
Warrior Nun Areala vs. Razor
Razor/Warrior Nun Areala
Creed/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Nira X/Cynder: Endangered Species
Double Impact/Lethal Strike: Double Stryke
Lethal Strike/Double Impact: Lethal Impact
Badrock/Wolverine
Atomik Angels #1 (guest stars Freefall from Gen¹³)
X-O Manowar/Iron Man in Heavy Metal
Iron Man/X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal
Batman/Grendel II #1–2
Savage Dragon #34–35 (features Hellboy)
Nira X/Hellina: Heaven & Hell
Hellina/Nira X: Angels of Death
Backlash/Spider-Man #1–2
Gen¹³/The Maxx
Grifter and the Mask #1–2
Youngblood/X-Force
Deathblow and Wolverine #1–2
Tomoe/Witchblade: Fire Sermon
Prophet/Cable #1–2
Gen¹³ #13A, 13B, 13C (featuring: Archie, Bone, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Savage Dragon, Spawn, Madman, The Maxx, Hellboy, Monkeyman and O'Brien, Shi, Strangers in Paradise, Wolverine)
DC/Marvel: All Access #1–4
Avengelyne/Warrior Nun Areala
Silver Surfer/Superman
Team X/Team 7
Angela/Glory: Rage of Angels
Youngblood (vol. 2) #6 (features Angela)
Team Youngblood #21 (features Angela)
Glory #10 (features Angela)
Maximage #4 (features Angela)
Glory/Angela: Hell’s Angels
Warrior Nun Areala/Avengelyne
Batman and Captain America
Devil’s Reign: Marvel/Top Cow crossover
Devil’s Reign #½: Silver Surfer/Witchblade
Weapon Zero/Silver Surfer
Cyblade/Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider/Ballistic
Ballistic/Wolverine
Wolverine/Witchblade
Witchblade/Elektra
Elektra/Cyblade
Silver Surfer/Weapon Zero
Cyberforce (1993) #30
Weapon Zero (1996) #10
X-Force/Youngblood
Youngblood (vol. 2) #10 (features a cameo by Mojo)
Mars Attacks!/Savage Dragon #1–4
Daredevil/Shi: Blind Faith
Shi/Daredevil: Honor Thy Mother
Spider-Man/Gen¹³
Mars Attacks the Image Universe #1–4
Spider-Man Team-Up #5 (features Savage Dragon and Destroyer Duck)
Savage Dragon/Destroyer Duck (features Spider-Man and Howard the Duck)
Lobo/The Mask #1–2
Catwoman/Vampirella: The Furies
Tarzan vs. Predator: At the Earth's Core
Star Trek/X-Men
DC/Marvel: All Access #1–4
The Incredible Hulk/Pitt
Gen¹³/Generation X
Daredevil/Batman: Eye for an Eye
Shi/Vampirella
Vampirella/Shi
Catwoman/Vampirella – The Furies
Spider-Man/Badrock #1–2
WildC.A.T.s/X-Men
WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Golden Age #1
WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Silver Age #1
WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Modern Age #1
X-Men/WildC.A.T.s: The Dark Age #1
JLA/WildC.A.T.s
Amalgam: Wave 2
The Dark Claw Adventures (Batman + Wolverine)
Super-Soldier: Man of War (Superman + Captain America)
JLX Unleashed (JLA + X-Men)
Generation Hex (Jonah Hex + Generation X)
Bat-Thing (Man-Bat + Man-Thing)
Lobo the Duck (Lobo + Howard the Duck)
Spider-Boy Team-Up (Spider-Man + Superboy)
The Exciting X-Patrol (X-Force + Doom Patrol)
The Magnetic Men featuring Magneto (Magneto + Metal Men)
Iron Lantern (Iron Man + Green Lantern)
Thorion of the New Asgods (Thor + Orion and the New Gods)
Challengers of the Fantastic (Fantastic Four + Challengers of the Unknown)
Azrael/Ash
Batman/Aliens #1–2
Vampirella Crossover Gallery #1 (pin-ups featuring Savage Dragon, Madman, Painkiller Jane, Hellshock, and more)
Avengelyne/Warrior Nun Areala II: The Nazarene Affair
Savage Dragon/Marshal Law #1-2
The Superman/Madman Hullabaloo! #1–3
Cyberfrog vs. Creed
Hellina/Cynder
Cynder/Hellina
Wetworks/Vampirella
Vampirella/Wetworks
Batman & Spider-Man: New Age Dawning
World War 3: Marvel/Wildstorm crossover
Fantastic Four (vol. 2) #13
Avengers (vol. 2) #13
Iron Man (vol. 2) #13
Captain America (vol. 2) #13
Warrior Nun Areala/Glory
Gladiator/Supreme
Unlimited Access #1–4
Batman vs. Predator III: Blood Ties #1–4
Predator vs. Judge Dredd #1–3
Generation X/Gen¹³
The Crow/Razor: Kill the Pain #0–4
Vampirella vs. Painkiller Jane
Tomb Raider/Witchblade (created before the Tomb Raider comic started)
Vampirella #7–9 (features Shi)
Gen¹³/Monkeyman & O’Brien #1–2
WildC.A.T.s/Aliens, also included Stormwatch
Painkiller Jane/Hellboy
Weasel Guy/Witchblade
Painkiller Jane/Darkchylde
Sonic Super Special #7 (features Savage Dragon, Spawn, the Maxx, Shadowhawk)
The Mask/Marshal Law #1-2
Batman/Judge Dredd: Die Laughing #1–2
Batman/Hellboy/Starman #1–2
Star Trek: The Next Generation/X-Men
Witchblade/Tomb Raider
Witchblade/Tomb Raider #½
Vampirella/Lady Death: Dark Hearts
Lady Death vs. Vampirella
Superman/Fantastic Four
The Darkness/Batman
The Incredible Hulk vs. Superman
Witchblade/Darkchylde
Warrior Nun Areala/Razor II: Revenge
Razor/Warrior Nun Areala: Dark Prophecy #1–4
Razor/Warrior Nun Areala/Poizon
Wild Times: Gen¹³ #1 (features the Teen Titans)
Wild Times: DV8 #1 (features Sgt. Rock and the Easy Company)
Wild Times: Deathblow #1 (features Jonah Hex)
Wild Times: Wetworks #1 (features Superman)
Lady Pendragon/More Than Mortal
More Than Mortal/Lady Pendragon
Batman/Tarzan: Claws of the Cat-woman #1–4
Superman/Savage Dragon: Metropolis
Superman vs. The Terminator: Death to the Future #1–4
Batman/Daredevil: King of New York
Vampirella #23–26 (features Lady Death)
Purgatori vs. Vampirella
Aria/Angela: Heavenly Creatures #1–2
Dark Minds/Witchblade
Lady Death vs. Vampirella II
Superman/Gen¹³ #1–3
Joker/The Mask #1–4
Superman vs. Predator #1–3
Wolverine/Shi: Dark Night of Judgment
Ghost/Batgirl #1–4
Green Lantern Versus Aliens #1–4
Punisher/Painkiller Jane
JLA/Witchblade
Aliens vs. Predator vs. The Terminator #1–4
Aliens/Witchblade/Darkness/Predator: Overkill #1–2
Aliens/Witchblade/Darkness/Predator: Mindhunter #1–3
JLA vs. Predator
Gen¹³/Fantastic Four
Savage Dragon #82–85 (features Madman and the Atomics)
Oni Press Color Special 2001 (features Powers and Madman)
Lady Death vs. Medieval Witchblade
Witchblade/Lady Death
Avengelyne/Shi: Tenshi
Avengelyne/Shi #½
Superman/Tarzan: Sons of the Jungle #1–3
Spyboy/Young Justice #1–3
Batman/Deathblow: After the Fire #1–3
Superman/Savage Dragon: Chicago
Superman/Aliens II: Godwar #1–4
Planetary/JLA: Terra Occulta
Batman/Aliens II #1–3
Hellspawn #8 (features Mike Moran, the alter ego of Miracleman)
2000 AD Prog no.1280 - Judge Dredd and Marshal Law
Planetary/Batman: Night on Earth
Battle of the Planets/Witchblade
Judge Dredd vs. Aliens: Incubus #1–4
Thundercats/Battle of the Planets
Battle of the Planets/ThunderCats
Frankenstein Mobster and Vampirella (featured as an online comic strip)
G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1–6
The Magdalena/Vampirella
Vampirella/Witchblade
JLA/Avengers #1–4
Superman/ThunderCats
The Authority/Lobo Holiday Special
Transformers/G.I. Joe #1–6
Witchblade/The Magdalena/Vampirella
Action Comics #811 (features Mr. Majestic)
Adventures of Superman #624 (features Mr. Majestic)
Superman #201 (features Mr. Majestic)
Witchblade/Wolverine
The Darkness/Hulk
Witchblade/Dark Minds: The Return of Paradox
Majestic (mini-series) #1–4 (puts Majestic in the DC Universe)
G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1–4
The Magdalena/Vampirella II
Transformers/G.I. Joe II #1–6 (cancelled after first issue when Dreamwave went bankrupt)
Batman/Danger Girl
Dead@17/Misplaced (comics): Misplaced@17
Sword of Dracula/Vampirella (Vampirella #8)
Vampirella/Witchblade II: Union of the Damned
The Darkness/Superman #1–2
Majestic #1 (features Superman and the Eradicator)
Fallen Angel #19–20 (features Sachs and Violens)
The Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis II #1–2
HACK/slash: The Final Revenge of Evil Ernie
The Darkness/Vampirella
Monster War: Top Cow/Dynamite Entertainment crossover
The Magdalena vs. Dracula
Tomb Raider vs. the Wolf Men
Witchblade vs. Frankenstein
The Darkness vs. Mr. Hyde
The Authority/Lobo Spring Break Massacre
JLA/Cyberforce
Marvel Team-Up #14 (features Spider-Man and Invincible)
Captain Atom: Armageddon #1–9 (puts Captain Atom in the Wildstorm Universe)
Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator #1–4
Vampirella/Witchblade III: The Feast
Witchblade: Blood Oath #1 (features Phenix and Sibilla)
Red Sonja/Claw the Unconquered: Devil's Hands #1–4
G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers: The Art of War #1–6
Darkman vs. Army of Darkness
Darkness/Wolverine
Cyberforce/X-Men
Superman & Batman vs. Aliens & Predator
Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness
New Avengers/Transformers
Spider-Man/Red Sonja
Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash
Witchblade/Punisher
Batman/The Spirit
HACK/slash vs Chucky
Witchblade – Shades of Gray
Unholy Union: Darkness/Witchblade Dr. Strange/Ghost Rider/Hulk
Painkiller Jane vs. The Terminator
Army Of Darkness/Xena – Why Not?
The Darkness vs. Eva
Devi/Witchblade
DC/Wildstorm: Dreamwar
Magdalena/Daredevil
Xena/Army Of Darkness – What...Again?!
Fusion (Cyberforce/Hunter-Killer/Avengers/Thunderbolts)
Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash 2: Nightmare Warriors
Dethklok vs. The Goon
The Living Corpse Annual #1 (The Living Corpse vs. Hack/Slash)
Batman/Doc Savage Special #1
Hack/Slash with Nessie from Boneyard and Callie Liddle from Xenoscope's Escape from Wonderland
The Phantom/Captain Action (Moonstone Books)
Eminem/The Punisher
First Wave
The Darkness/Darkchylde – Kingdom Of Pain
The X-Files/30 Days of Night
Avengelyne vs. Koni Waves
Tiny Titans/Little Archie
Beasts of Burden/Hellboy
JLA/The 99
Curse of the Cortes Stone A War of the Independents tie-in book (Shadowflame, The Wraith, and Johnny Saturn).
Infestation = CVO: Covert Vampiric Operations + Transformers, G.I. Joe, The Real Ghostbusters, Star Trek vs Zombies IDW Publishing.
Danger Girl and the Army of Darkness
Terminator/RoboCop:Kill Human
The Lone Ranger – The Death of Zorro
Captain Action Winter Special = Captain Action and The Green Hornet crossover. (Moonstone Books).
Star Trek/Legion of Super-Heroes
Honey West, Captain Action, Our Man Flint (Moonstone Books)
Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 (IDW Publishing)
Infestation 2 = CVO: Covert Vampiric Operations + Transformers: Reign of Steel, G.I. Joe, Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles, 30 Days of Night & Dungeons and Dragons vs Great Old Ones IDW Publishing.
The Tick#100 with Invincible New England Press.
War of the Independents (features The Tick, Captain Canuck, Cerebus, El Gato Negro, Captain Action, Badger, The Flaming Carrot, Madman, Bone, Gumby, The Maxx, Mr. Monster, Zippy the Pinhead, Megaton Man, Bomb Queen, E-Man, The Pro, Shadowflame, Milk & Cheese, El Valiente, Liberty Girl, Bat Lady, Hero By Night, Battle Suit Kaiju, Johnny Raygun, Captain Africa, Johnny Saturn, Crusader, Fist of Justice, Ant, Mercy Sparx, Toy Boy, Too Much Coffee Man, Flavor Flav, Shadowhawk, Zot, Shi, Queen Rockadora, Buzz Boy, Sonambulo, and many, many more).
Thought Bubble Anthology #2. Strontium Dog and Elephantmen crossover. (Image Comics)
Masks Features The Shadow, Zorro, The Green Hornet & Kato, The Spider, The Black Terror, The Black Bat, Miss Fury, and The Green Lama. (Dynamite Entertainment).
Danger Girl/G.I. Joe
The Rocketeer and The Spirit
Army of Darkness vs Hack/Slash
Robotech/Voltron
DC Universe vs. Masters of the Universe
Tarzan/John Carter: Lords of Mars
Noir
Mars Attacks Judge Dredd
Thought Bubble Anthology 2013: Judge Dredd/Elephantmen crossover.
Batman '66/Green Hornet
Legenderry: A Steampunk Adventure – crossover between steam punk versions of The Phantom, Vampirella, Captain Victory, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Green Hornet and Kato, Flash Gordon, Silver Star, and Red Sonja
Grendel vs. The Shadow
Django/Zorro
Attack on Avengers – Marvel's Avengers and Attack on Titan
Star Trek/Planet of the Apes: The Primate Directive
The X-Files: Conspiracy (features Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Crow and Ghostbusters)
Conan/Red Sonja
Archie vs. Predator
Nailbiter/Hack/Slash
Vampirella/Army of Darkness
Star Trek/Green Lantern
Vampirella/Aliens
Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy
Batman '66 meets The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Batman '66/Steed and Mrs. Peel
Predator vs. Judge Dredd vs. Aliens
He-Man/Thundercats
Tarzan/Planet of the Apes
Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures
Star Trek vs. Green Lantern vol. 2: Stranger Worlds
Wonder Woman '77/Bionic Woman
Justice League/Power Rangers
Planet of the Apes/Green Lantern
Batman/The Shadow
DC/ Looney Tunes One-Shots
DC/Hanna Barberra Annuals
ALF Annual #1 (features the High Evolutionary)
Conan the Barbarian #14–15 (features Elric)
What If...? #13 (features Conan the Barbarian)
What If...? #39 (features Conan the Barbarian and Thor)
What If...? #43 (features Conan the Barbarian and Captain America)
What If...? vol. 2 #16 (features Conan the Barbarian, Red Sonja, and The X-Men)
Marvel Team-Up #79 (features Spider-Man and Red Sonja)
Marvel Team-Up #112 (features Spider-Man and King Kull)
Marvel Two-in-One #21 (features The Thing and Doc Savage)
Giant-Size Spider-Man #3 (features Spider-Man and Doc Savage)
Wonder Woman #202 (features Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser)
Teen Titans Spotlight #11 (features Tintin and Snowy)
Batman #253 (features The Shadow)
Batman #259 (features The Shadow)
Jack Kirby's TeenAgents #3 (features The Liberty Project)
Satan's Six #4 (features Jason)
Jason vs. Leatherface #1–3
Kiss Nation #1 (features the X-Men)
Ghost/Hellboy
Superman & Bugs Bunny
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine/Star Trek: The Next Generation #1–4 (crossover between DC Comics and Malibu Comics)
Blondie and Dagwood's 75th Anniversary (featuring Garfield, Rose Is Rose, Mother Goose & Grimm, Beetle Bailey, Family Circus, Hägar the Horrible, Curtis, Zits, Dilbert, B.C., Dennis the Menace, The Wizard of Id, Hi and Lois, For Better or For Worse, Sally Forth, and more)
Friday the 13th: Jason vs. Jason X
Big Bang Comics #2 (features the Silver-Age Shadowhawk)
Big Bang Comics #10 (features the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Big Bang Comics #12, 14, 18, and 33 (features the Savage Dragon)
Big Bang Comics #15 (features Bog Swamp Demon)
Big Bang Comics #35 (features 1963)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #9 (features Knight Watchman)
Ren & Stimpy #6 (features Spider-Man vs. Powdered Toast Man)
Real Stuff #1 (Harvey Pekar makes a guest appearance and meets Dennis P. Eichhorn. (Fantagraphics)
Crossover Classics: The Marvel/DC Collection Vol. 1
(collects Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man, Superman and Spider-Man, Batman vs. the Incredible Hulk, The Uncanny X-Men/The New Teen Titans)
DC/Marvel: Crossover Classics II
(collects Batman/Punisher: Lake of Fire, Punisher/Batman: Deadly Knights, Silver Surfer/Superman, Batman and Captain America)
Crossover Classics: The Marvel/DC Collection Vol. 3
(collects Incredible Hulk vs. Superman, Daredevil/Batman, Spider-Man/Batman, Spider-Man/Gen¹³, Generation X/Gen¹³, and Team X/Team 7)
DC/Marvel: Crossover Classics IV
(collects Green Lantern/Silver Surfer,Darkseid vs. Galactus: The Hunger, Batman/Spider-Man, and Superman/Fantastic Four)
Mutants vs. Ultras: First Encounters
(collects Prime vs. the Incredible Hulk, Nightman vs. Wolverine, All New Exiles vs. X-Men)
The Amalgam Age of Comics: The DC Comics Collection
(collects Amazon, Assassins, Doctor Strangefate, JLX, Legends of the Dark Claw, Super-Soldier)
The Amalgam Age of Comics: The Marvel Comics Collection
(collects Spider-Boy, Bruce Wayne: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., Speed Demon, Bullets and Bracelets, Magneto and the Magnetic Men, X-Patrol)
Return to the Amalgam Age of Comics: The DC Comics Collection
(collects Bat-Thing, Lobo the Duck, Generation Hex, Super-Soldier: Man of War, Dark Claw Adventures, JLX Unleashed)
Return to the Amalgam Age of Comics: The Marvel Comics Collection
(collects Spider-Boy Team-Up, The Exciting X-Patrol, Magnetic Men featuring Magneto, Iron Lantern, Thorion of the New Asgods, Challengers of the Fantastic)
WildC.A.T.s/Cyberforce: Killer Instinct
(collects WildC.A.T.s #5–7 and Cyberforce vol. 2 #1–3)
Stormwatch: Final Orbit
(collects Stomwatch vol. 2 #10–11 and WildC.A.T.s/Aliens)
Tomb Raider/Witchblade: Trouble Seekers
(collects Tomb Raider/Witchblade, Witchblade/Tomb Raider, and Witchblade/Tomb Raider #½)
Planetary: Crossing Worlds
(collects Planetary/The Authority, Planetary/JLA, and Planetary/Batman)
The Batman/Judge Dredd Files
(collects Judgment on Gotham, The Ultimate Riddle, and Die Laughing #1–2)
Majestic: Strange New Visitor
(collects Action Comics #811, Adventures of Superman #624, Superman #201, and Majestic #1–4)
Tomb Raider/Witchblade/The Magdalena/Vampirella
(collects a Tomb Raider story and Witchblade/The Magdalena/Vampirella)
Top Cow/Marvel: The Crossover Collection
(collects the 8-part Devil's Reign crossover plus Witchblade/Wolverine and The Darkness/Hulk)
DC/Top Cow: Crossovers
(collects The Darkness/Batman, The Darkness/Superman #1-2, JLA/Cyberforce and JLA/Witchblade)
DC Comics/Dark Horse Comic: Aliens
(collects Batman/Aliens, Batman/Aliens II, Superman and Batman vs. Aliens and Predator, and WildC.A.T.s/Aliens)
Dark Horse Comics/DC Comics: Superman
(collects Superman/Aliens, Superman/Aliens II: God War, The Superman/Madman Hullabaloo and Superman/Tarzan: Sons of the Jungle)
DC Comics/Dark Horse: Justice League Vol. 1
(collects Superman vs. Predator, Superman vs. The Terminator: Death to the Future, Batman/Hellboy/Starman and Ghost/Batgirl)
Dark Horse Comics/DC Comics: Justice League Vol. 2
(collects JLA vs. Predator, Green Lantern vs. Aliens, Batman/Tarzan and SpyBoy/Young Justice)
DC Comics/Dark Horse Comics: Batman vs. Predator
(collects Batman vs. Predator, Batman vs. Predator II, and Batman vs. Predator III)
Dark Horse Comics/DC Comics: Mask
(collects Joker/Mask, Lobo and the Mask, and Grifter & the Mask)
The Batman/Judge Dredd Collection
(collects Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgement on Gotham, Batman/Judge Dredd: The Ultimate Riddle, Batman/Judge Dredd: Vendetta in Gotham, Batman/Judge Dredd: Die Laughing, and Lobo/Judge Dredd: Psycho Bikers vs. the Mutants from Hell)
Predator vs. Judge Dredd vs. Aliens: Incubus and Other Stories
(collects Predator vs. Judge Dredd and Judge Dredd vs. Aliens: Incubus)
Other collected mini-series
Batman/Aliens
Batman/Aliens II
Batman/Deathblow
Batman/Tarzan: Claws of the Cat-Woman
Batman/Grendel
Batman vs. Predator
Batman vs. Predator II: Bloodmatch
Batman vs. Predator III: Blood Ties
Deathblow and Wolverine
DC vs. Marvel (also includes Dr. Strangefate #1)
Gen¹³ ABC (collects #13A, 13B, and 13C)
Ghost/Batgirl
G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers
G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II
Green Lantern vs. Aliens
JLA/Avengers
Joker/The Mask
Judge Dredd/Aliens: Incubus
Medieval Spawn/Witchblade
Predator vs. Judge Dredd
Predator vs. Magnus, Robot Fighter
Spyboy/Young Justice
Superman/Gen¹³
Superman vs. Aliens
Superman/Aliens II: Godwar
Superman vs. Predator
Superman vs. the Terminator
Superman/Tarzan: Sons of the Jungle
The Superman/Madman Hullabaloo!
Transformers/G.I. Joe
WildC.A.T.s/X-Men
Witchblade/Aliens/Darkness/Predator: Mindhunter
The concept of intercompany crossovers has also been explored in video games, usually in the form of having one video game company licensing its characters to another.
Early intercompany crossovers in games occurred by taking advantage of licensing for publishing rights. GORF in 1981, produced by Midway, has the missions Astro Battles and Galaxians, which make use of characters and names from Space Invaders (Taito Corporation) and Galaxian (Namco), which, at the time of the development of GORF, were licensed to Midway Mfg. In 1992, Tradewest released Battletoads & Double Dragon. At that time, Tradewest owned the rights for publishing of Double Dragon by Technos Japan and Battletoads by Rare Ltd.. Rare Ltd. developed the game, while Technos Japan was barely involved in the production.
In 1989, DIC Entertainment produced Captain N: The Game Master, a cartoon show that featured characters and settings from Nintendo franchises and other franchises appearing on Nintendo video game systems, possibly taking advantage of Nintendo's licensing system to publish games. Characters such as Simon Belmont, Dracula, and Alucard from Konami, Mega Man, Dr. Wily, and Dr. Light from Capcom, Malkil of Wizards and Warriors from Rare, and settings from Dragon Warrior/Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy (by Square Enix, independent from each other at that time), Burger Time (Data East), and Faxanadu (Hudson Soft/Falcom) appeared in the series. The 1990 animated series The Power Team (part of the Video Power TV show) had characters from arcade games ported by Acclaim to the NES as well as games to which Acclaim had publishing rights. These games included NARC, Arch Rivals (Midway), Kwirk (Atlus), Wizards & Warriors (RARE), and BigFoot (based on the famous monster truck from the game by Beam Software).
The first major intercomany crossover properly licensed is the Marvel vs. Capcom series, which originally began in 1994 with X-Men: Children of the Atom. Capcom followed this act by teaming up with rival fighting game developer SNK in 1999.
After the successful Capcom/SNK crossovers, many others have appeared since then.
Midway Games' Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe pitted characters from Midway's Mortal Kombat video game franchise against DC Comics characters Superman, Batman Wonder Woman, The Joker, and others. This game was produced prior to the acquisition of Midway by Warner Bros. Since then, Freddy from A Nightmare on Elm Street (a WB movie) appeared in Mortal Kombat (2011) and Scorpion appeared in Injustice: God Among Us (2013). Kratos, from Sony's God of War franchise, appeared as an exclusive in the Playstation 3 version of Mortal Kombat (2011).
The games Super Smash Bros. and PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale were made possible by the "second party" model, in which independent developers work closely with the console maker to ensure exclusivity and quality. In both games, other third parties also appear as guest characters.
In Japan, Namco Bandai and its Banpresto imprint have published the Compati Hero Series (centered around Tsuburaya Productions' Ultra Series, Toei and Ishimori Productions' Kamen Rider, and Sunrise's Gundam) and the Super Robot Wars series, both of which feature characters from numerous tokusatsu and anime properties.
GORF (1981, Midway Mfg, Arcade)
Captain N: The Game Master (1989, Nintendo/DIC Enterprises, TV Cartoon)
The Power Team (1990, Acclaim/Bohbot Entertainment/Saban, TV Cartoon)
Battletoads/Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team (1992, Tradewest/RARE, NES, SNES, GB, Game Gear, Sega Genesis)
Battle Soccer (1992, Banpresto, Super Famicom)
RoboCop Versus The Terminator (1993-94, Virgin Games, SNES, Genesis, GB, Game Gear, Sega Master System)
X-Men: Children of the Atom (1994, Capcom, Arcade)
Battle Soccer 2 (1994, Banpresto, Super Famicom)
Marvel Super Heroes (1995, Capcom, Arcade)
X-Men vs. Street Fighter (1996, Capcom, Arcade)
Iron Man and X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal (1996, Acclaim, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Game Boy, Game Gear)
Diddy Kong Racing (1997, Rare, Nintendo 64)
Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (1997, Capcom, Arcade)
Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (1998, Capcom, Arcade)
Super Smash Bros./Nintendo All Star! Dairantō Smash Brothers (1999, Hal Laboratory, Nintendo 64)
Super Hero Operations (1999, Banpresto, Playstation)
Super Hero Operations: Diedal's Ambition (2000, Banpresto, Playstation)
Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (1999, Capcom, Arcade)
SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash (1999, SNK, Neo Geo Pocket)
SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium/Chōjō Kessen Saikyō Fighters SNK vs. Capcom (1999, SNK, Neo Geo Pocket Color)
Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 (2000, Capcom, Arcade)
Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 PRO (2001, Capcom, Arcade)
Capcom vs. SNK 2: Millionaire Fighting 2001/Mark of the Millennium (2001, Capcom, Arcade)
SNK vs. Capcom 2 Expand Edition (2001, SNK, Neo Geo Pocket Color)
Super Tokusatsu Taisen 2001 (2001, Banpresto, Playstation)
Super Smash Bros. Melee/Dairantō Smash Brothers DX (2001, Hal Laboratory, Nintendo Game Cube)
Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO (2002, Capcom, Nintendo Game Cube)
SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos (2003, Playmore, Neo Geo/Arcade)
SoulCalibur II (2003, Namco, Nintendo Game Cube, Xbox)
DreamMix TV World Fighters (2003, Bitstep, Hudson Soft, Nintendo Game Cube, PlayStation 2)
Namco X Capcom (2005, Monolith Soft/Namco, PlayStation 2)
Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects (2005, Electronic Arts)
SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS (2006, SNK Playmore, Nintendo DS)
Diddy Kong Racing DS (2007, Nintendo/Rare, Nintendo DS)
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007, Nintendo/Sega, Wii, Nintendo DS)
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes (2008, Capcom, Arcade, Wii (Japan Only))
Super Smash Bros. Brawl/Dairantō Smash Brothers X (2008, Nintendo, Wii)
SoulCalibur IV (2008, Namco Bandai, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (2008, Midway, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009, Nintendo/Sega, Wii, Nintendo DS)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up (2009, Game Arts/Ubisoft, Wii)
SoulCalibur: Broken Destiny (2009, Namco Bandai, PlayStation Portable)
Cross Edge/X Edge (2008, Idea Factory, PlayStation 3)
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars (2010, Capcom, Wii)
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (2010, Sega, Xbox 360)
Poker Night at the Inventory (2010) (Telltale, PC/Mac)
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (2011, Capcom, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (2011, Capcom, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2011, Nintendo/Sega, Wii, Nintendo 3DS)
Soulcalibur V (2012, Bandai Namco, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
Pokémon Conquest/Pokémon + Nobunaga no Yabō (2012, Tecmo Koei, Nintendo DS)
Street Fighter X Tekken (2012, Capcom, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360)
Dead or Alive 5 (2012, Team Ninja, Sega AM2, Tecmo Koei, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (2012, Level 5/Capcom, Nintendo 3DS)
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (2012, SuperBot Entertainment/SCE Santa Monica Studio/Bluepoint Games, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita)
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (2012, Sega)
Poker Night 2 (2013, Telltale, PC/Mac/PS3/Xbox 360/iOS)
Features characters from Sam & Max, The Venture Bros., Evil Dead, Portal, and others.
Xuan Dou Zhi Wang (2013, Tencent Games, PC)
Project X Zone (2013, Banpresto/Monolith Soft, Nintendo 3DS.)
Dead or Alive 5 + (2013, Team Ninja, Sega AM2, Tecmo Koei, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360)
Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate (2013, Team Ninja, Sega AM2, Tecmo Koei, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
SoulCalibur II HD Online (2013, Namco, PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade)
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/for Nintendo 3DS (2014, Sora Ltd/Namco Bandai, Wii U/Nintendo 3DS)
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (2014, Nintendo/Sega, Wii U)
Tekken 7: Fated Retribution (TBA, Namco)
Kingdom Hearts series (Disney, Square Enix)
Mortal Kombat (2011 video game) (2011, Warner Bros.)
Mortal Kombat X (2015, Warner Bros.)
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (2015/2016, Nintendo)
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite (2017, Capcom)
Injustice 2 (2017, Warner Bros.)
In films and television
The Simpsons has infrequently featured guest appearances from characters owned by other companies, examples include Jay Sherman from Sony Pictures Television's The Critic, Ren & Stimpy, and in the Flintsones a couch gag.
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962 film, Toho & Universal)
Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies (1972 TV movie)
Fred and Barney Meet the Thing (1979 TV series)
Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo (1979–1980 TV series)
Casper's First Christmas (1979 TV special)
Strong Kids, Safe Kids (1984 direct-to-video)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series) (1987–1996 TV series)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988 film, Disney/Touchstone)
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990 TV special)
The Rosey & Buddy Show (1992 TV special, Nelvana)
Ultraman vs. Kamen Rider (1993 TV special, Tsuburaya & Toei)
Kids for Character (1996 direct-to-video special)
We Are Family (2002 PSA music video, PBS)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) (2003–2009 TV series)
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003 film, Warner Bros)
The Official BBC Children in Need Medley (2009 music video, the BBC)
Wreck-It Ralph (2012 film, Disney)
The Lego Movie (2014 film, Warner Bros. & the Lego Group)
Mathlete's Feat (2015 The Simpsons episode, FOX)
The Lego Batman Movie (2017 film, Warner Bros. & the Lego Group)
