Crossovers Expanded, Volume 1 by Sean Lee Levin

Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World

by Sean Lee Levin

From ancient times, when Red Sonja battled Dracula, and Conan crossed swords with Groo . . .. . . To the Regency, Victorian, and Edwardian eras, when Doctor Syn battled the Black Coats; John Gribardsun and XauXaz had a fateful encounter in the village of Wold Newton; Rocambole dueled with Captain Nemo; the Lone Ranger encountered the Cisco Kid; Dr. Jekyll came face-to-face with Dracula and Dr. Van Helsing; Phileas Fogg worked with the Lone Ranger and jousted with the Phantom of the Opera in Paris; and Sherlock Holmes worked with or battled Sergeant Cuff, the Frankenstein Monster, the Assassination Bureau, Amelia Butterworth, THRUSH, Zenith the Albino, the Wizard of Oz, Doctor Moreau, Quentin Collins, and Doctor Thorndyke…….And into the Twentieth Century, when Arsène Lupin met a young Simon Templar; Judex battled Dracula; Indiana Jones and Jules de Grandin met Jirel of Joiry; Jim Anthony and General Zaroff helped capture King Kong; a certain shadowy vigilante fought Grendel; the Green Lama prevented Cthulhu from arising; Doctor Omega and Madeline prevented Doc Ardan’s birth from being wiped from history; the Spider and the Green Ghost joined forces; an avenging pulp hero battled Sun Koh; the Black Bat and Death Angel had a run-in with Dracula; Thunder Jim Wade had an underwater conflict with the Deep Ones; and the Phantom Detective, G-8, the Domino Lady, and the Black Bat teamed up to battle occult forces…

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First published January 1, 2016

Reviews

[Patrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's almost impossible to give a real review of this book; as a reference work, it is absurdly niche in scope (albeit often enjoyably so), and not well indexed for quick reference/research purposes, while as a book to be read cover-to-cover the amount of repetition can make it a slog.

That said, I cannot in good faith rate it any lower than a three because as a labour of love in a particularly oddball sphere of interest, it is perhaps unparalleled, and for that reason I am glad to have it on my shelves.