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Crossover Collections #4
DC/Marvel: Crossover Classics 4
224 English DC Comics In the improbable CROSSOVER CLASSICS VOL 4. the two greatest companies in the comic book industry. DC Comics and Marvel Comics. join forces and let their legendary characters interact and work together in four colossal tales. A rare and rewarding event of two rivals creating some once-in-a-lifetime experiences. this amazing book features team-ups and confrontations between Batman and Spider-Man. Superman and the Fantastic Four. Darkseid and Galactus. and the Green Lantern and the Silver Surfer.
224 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
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About the author
Ron Marz
1,644 books122 followersMarz is well known for his work on Silver Surfer and Green Lantern, as well as the Marvel vs DC crossover and Batman/Aliens. He also worked on the CrossGen Comics series Scion, Mystic, Sojourn, and The Path. At Dark Horse Comics he created Samurai: Heaven and Earth and various Star Wars comics. He has also done work for Devil’s Due Publishing’s Aftermath line, namely Blade of Kumori. In 1995, he had a brief run on XO-Manowar, for Valiant Comics.
Marz’s more recent works includes a number of Top Cow books including Witchblade and a Cyberforce relaunch. For DC Comics, he has written Ion, a 12 part comic book miniseries that followed the Kyle Rayner character after the One Year Later event, and Tales of the Sinistro Corps Presents: Parallax and Tales of the Sinestro Corps Presents: Ion, two one-shot tie-ins to the Green Lantern crossover, The Sinestro Corps War.
His current creator owned projects include “Dragon Prince” (Top Cow) and “Samurai : Heaven and Earth” (Dark Horse).
Photo by Luigi Novi.
Marz’s more recent works includes a number of Top Cow books including Witchblade and a Cyberforce relaunch. For DC Comics, he has written Ion, a 12 part comic book miniseries that followed the Kyle Rayner character after the One Year Later event, and Tales of the Sinistro Corps Presents: Parallax and Tales of the Sinestro Corps Presents: Ion, two one-shot tie-ins to the Green Lantern crossover, The Sinestro Corps War.
His current creator owned projects include “Dragon Prince” (Top Cow) and “Samurai : Heaven and Earth” (Dark Horse).
Photo by Luigi Novi.
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January 7, 2025
Quite a step up from the third volume!
It's almost as if both companies realized that having two of their obscure characters or teams meet was a bad idea, so with this one, they decided to go back to classic heroes meeting eachother! Like Batman and Spidey again! Silver Surfer and Green Lantern! And of course Supes and the Fantastic Four!
While these stories were miles ahead of the ones from volume three (that's not saying much), these still don't really hold a candle to the early days of Superman/Spider-Man, Batman/Hulk and even the New Teen Titans/X-Men. I'm sure a lot of that has to do with nostalgia, but at the same time, it was clear they were putting their hearts and souls into it.
I can't be the only one who believes the 90s had the worst artwork in comics. Obviously maybe not as a whole, but the majority of stuff out there was pretty bad. We got some darn good stories, but the art wasn't always good. I think the stories in this one were good, however (unlike volume 3).
Out of this collection, I think my favorite was tied between Superman/F4 and Batman/Spidey.
After reading all four volumes, my rankings for them go:
1.) CROSSOVER CLASSICS VOLUME ONE
2.) CROSSOVER CLASSICS VOLUME TWO
3.) CROSSOVER CLASSICS VOLUME FOUR
4.) CROSSOVER CLASSICS VOLUME THREE
Recommended.
It's almost as if both companies realized that having two of their obscure characters or teams meet was a bad idea, so with this one, they decided to go back to classic heroes meeting eachother! Like Batman and Spidey again! Silver Surfer and Green Lantern! And of course Supes and the Fantastic Four!
While these stories were miles ahead of the ones from volume three (that's not saying much), these still don't really hold a candle to the early days of Superman/Spider-Man, Batman/Hulk and even the New Teen Titans/X-Men. I'm sure a lot of that has to do with nostalgia, but at the same time, it was clear they were putting their hearts and souls into it.
I can't be the only one who believes the 90s had the worst artwork in comics. Obviously maybe not as a whole, but the majority of stuff out there was pretty bad. We got some darn good stories, but the art wasn't always good. I think the stories in this one were good, however (unlike volume 3).
Out of this collection, I think my favorite was tied between Superman/F4 and Batman/Spidey.
After reading all four volumes, my rankings for them go:
1.) CROSSOVER CLASSICS VOLUME ONE
2.) CROSSOVER CLASSICS VOLUME TWO
3.) CROSSOVER CLASSICS VOLUME FOUR
4.) CROSSOVER CLASSICS VOLUME THREE
Recommended.
May 26, 2015
After a disappointing Third Volume in the Crossover Classics, this Fourth Volume sees a return to Premier team ups of some of the most memorable characters in the DC Universe:
Green Lantern/Silver Surfer; Unholy Alliances: Silver Surfer finds himself fighting DC Universe Villain Cyborg and runs into Parallax (aka. Hal Jordan, the former DC Universe Green Lantern, now a current prominent Green Lantern, who had turned evil.) and the two are drawn into an alliance. Meanwhile Thanos goes to Earth and gets Kyle Rainer, the then-Incumbent Green Lantern to battle Paralax.
This idea, which to fully appreciate, you have to have some basic idea of what was going on in the DC Universe back in the 1990s. The Parallelism between Paralax and the Silver Surfer is interesting and it makes perfect sense that they'll come together. The art has some amazing panels. It's very imaginative and holds together dramatically. A bit continuity heavy, but still a winning story. Grade: B+
Darkseid/Galactus: The Hunger: Written by John Byrne, whose best known for his work on Superman, Fantastic Four, and Silver Surfer among others this features Galactus trying to feed on Apokolips with a Silver Surfer who has not yet encountered the Fantastic Four and is still Galactus' loyal herald. It's an epic that's mostly enjoyable. I've got mixed feelings on Byrne's artwork, but if you love it, than you'll love this story. You have the New Gods, Silver Surfer, and Galactus. Unfortunately, the ending doesn't make much sense other than showing how evil Darkseid can truly be. It makes the exercise kind of pointless. Still, I'll go with a Grade: B
Batman and Spider-man: New Age Dawning: This is the second Batman, Spider-man team up and features two classic foes: Ra's Al-Ghul and the Kingpin. Kingpin's wife is dying of Cancer and Al-Ghul has a cure but wants the Kingpin's cooperation in his latest quest to save the world by destroying it. The Kingpin wouldn't normally sign on but he's really hard pressed. This is a very clever tale with Batman and Spider-man being the only White Hats in a story that's, in effect, populated by morally ambiguous villains. I didn't like how the story played Al-Ghul as Quasi-religious as an explanation of his actions and had mixed feelings on the art for Mary Jane, didn't quite capture her vitality. Still, this is perhaps one of the most cleverly written crossover and I loved the ending. Grade: A-
Superman/Fantastic Four: The Infinite Destruction: Superman finds a message from Jor-el that implicates Galactus in the destruction of Krypton, so he flies to the Marvel Universe. When he's captured by Galactus and made the new herald, it's up to the Fantastic Four to rescue Superman and stop Galactus with the Cyborg Superman playing a key role. There's a lot to like about this. I love the visual of Franklin Richards watching Superman on TV in the Baxter Building. You see a more modern version of the FF in action which has good and bad points to it. I'm somewhat non-plussed on Cyborg Superman as a villain in this epic struggle. He really plays too big of a role. Still, the interaction between the FF and Superman is quite enjoyable. The art is superb. Overall, I'll give this story a Grade: B+
Green Lantern/Silver Surfer; Unholy Alliances: Silver Surfer finds himself fighting DC Universe Villain Cyborg and runs into Parallax (aka. Hal Jordan, the former DC Universe Green Lantern, now a current prominent Green Lantern, who had turned evil.) and the two are drawn into an alliance. Meanwhile Thanos goes to Earth and gets Kyle Rainer, the then-Incumbent Green Lantern to battle Paralax.
This idea, which to fully appreciate, you have to have some basic idea of what was going on in the DC Universe back in the 1990s. The Parallelism between Paralax and the Silver Surfer is interesting and it makes perfect sense that they'll come together. The art has some amazing panels. It's very imaginative and holds together dramatically. A bit continuity heavy, but still a winning story. Grade: B+
Darkseid/Galactus: The Hunger: Written by John Byrne, whose best known for his work on Superman, Fantastic Four, and Silver Surfer among others this features Galactus trying to feed on Apokolips with a Silver Surfer who has not yet encountered the Fantastic Four and is still Galactus' loyal herald. It's an epic that's mostly enjoyable. I've got mixed feelings on Byrne's artwork, but if you love it, than you'll love this story. You have the New Gods, Silver Surfer, and Galactus. Unfortunately, the ending doesn't make much sense other than showing how evil Darkseid can truly be. It makes the exercise kind of pointless. Still, I'll go with a Grade: B
Batman and Spider-man: New Age Dawning: This is the second Batman, Spider-man team up and features two classic foes: Ra's Al-Ghul and the Kingpin. Kingpin's wife is dying of Cancer and Al-Ghul has a cure but wants the Kingpin's cooperation in his latest quest to save the world by destroying it. The Kingpin wouldn't normally sign on but he's really hard pressed. This is a very clever tale with Batman and Spider-man being the only White Hats in a story that's, in effect, populated by morally ambiguous villains. I didn't like how the story played Al-Ghul as Quasi-religious as an explanation of his actions and had mixed feelings on the art for Mary Jane, didn't quite capture her vitality. Still, this is perhaps one of the most cleverly written crossover and I loved the ending. Grade: A-
Superman/Fantastic Four: The Infinite Destruction: Superman finds a message from Jor-el that implicates Galactus in the destruction of Krypton, so he flies to the Marvel Universe. When he's captured by Galactus and made the new herald, it's up to the Fantastic Four to rescue Superman and stop Galactus with the Cyborg Superman playing a key role. There's a lot to like about this. I love the visual of Franklin Richards watching Superman on TV in the Baxter Building. You see a more modern version of the FF in action which has good and bad points to it. I'm somewhat non-plussed on Cyborg Superman as a villain in this epic struggle. He really plays too big of a role. Still, the interaction between the FF and Superman is quite enjoyable. The art is superb. Overall, I'll give this story a Grade: B+
March 12, 2024
Big improvement over volume three, with some rock solid awesome team ups.
June 29, 2013
Like it a lot.
January 26, 2016
It was always your dream as a kid for the Marvel and the DC superheroes to get together. Finally the dream came true in a series of comic stories. Excellent stories. Very recommended
October 16, 2016
Another fine collection of stories that put together heroes from the biggest comic book companies out there. A great and fun romp in a combination world.
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