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Amalgam Comics was a collaborative publishing imprint shared by DC Comics and Marvel Comics, in which the two comic book publishers merged their characters into new ones (e.g., the DC Comics character Batman and the Marvel Comics character Wolverine became the Amalgam Comics character the Dark Claw). These characters first appeared in a series ...
- 1997; 26 years ago
- Comic books
- 1996; 27 years ago
Amalgam Comics was a metafictional American comic book publisher, and part of 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 ...
The following is a list of fictional characters that appear, or are only mentioned briefly, in the 24 one-shots of Amalgam Comics. They are listed by comic book title and a teams section is also provided. The amalgamations of characters or the Amalgam versions of one character are given.
- Brian Cronin
- Arrowcaster. Arrowcaster stands out among all of the Amalgam characters for one simple reason -- no one is really sure who he is supposed to be merged with!
- Speed Demon. (Ghost Rider, Etrigan the Demon and the Flash) One of the craziest merged characters in all of the Amalgam Universe was Speed Demon (who had his own title by Howard Mackie, James Felder, Salvador Larroca and Al Milgrom).
- Bruce Wayne, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Batman and Nick Fury) In the Amalgam Universe, Bruce Wayne's parents were spies who were killed when he was a boy.
- Mutant Paranoia. An interesting aspect of the merged universe is that even in a merged world, mutants have a hard time. That was the main plot behind "JLX #1 (by Mark Waid, Gerard Jones, Howard Porter and John Dell), where the Judgement League of America was split as the mutant members of the team decided that their teammates were not taking their plight seriously enough, so they broke away from them. "
Amalgam Comics was an imprint of DC Comics and Marvel Comics created after the DC Versus Marvel comics series. At the end of that series, the DC Universe and the Marvel Universe are combined. The two form the Amalgam Universe, where major characters from both companies are combined, creating characters such as Super-Soldier (Superman and Captain America) and Dark Claw (Batman and Wolverine ...
Jan 17, 2024 · The Birth of Amalgam Comics. Amalgam comics began as a result of brainstorming sessions among Marvel and DC editors and writers. Even then it was clear that this crossover had gone down in history as a momentous occasion in comics. This name for this venture “Amalgam” itself spoke volumes- merging two separate universes into one united tale.
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The character featured here returned in another title in the 1997 Amalgam Comics event titled Spider-Boy Team-Up #1. Spider-Boy is an amalgamation of the characters the Spider-Man clone (a.k.a. Ben Reilly) and Superboy. X-Patrol #1. The team featured here returned in another title in the 1997 Amalgam Comics event titled The Exciting X-Patrol #1.
