Talk:Intercompany crossover

Section for deletion
"Crossovers Under the Same Publisher"? You mean "guest appearances"? Characters from the same publisher crossover constantly? How is this a section? Without logical justification for it, I propose this section be deleted. -- Tenebrae 14:53, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

The removed
Some kind of policing is needed as some of the additions are crossovers but within the same company


 * Aliens vs. Predator vs. The Terminator - all published by Dark Horse
 * Futurama/The Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis #1-2 - same publishers

I did remove the various ones flagged as being between Image imprints but put them back in as Wildstorm, Image, Top Cow, etc. all had different lives (as is shown by a few of them going it alone and/or moving to other companies). For this reason Wildstorm and DC for example seems fine as an intercompany crossover as they can be considered separate companies for our purposes. There are probably more there but they ere the most obvious. For example, I'll leave RoboCop vs. The Terminator for now as Robocop has been published by Avatar (although this isn't clear in the entry if that was the case at the time). (Emperor 15:01, 11 June 2007 (UTC))


 * Robocop was licensed by Dark Horse at the time that Dark Horse put out the "Robocop vs. The terminator" series. Avatar did not exist until about 15 years later.  Well, 10 at least. ThatGuamGuy 21:05, 3 October 2007 (UTC)sean

I've put back Aliens vs Predator vs Terminator. Aliens and Predator are owned by 20th Century Fox and Terminator is owned by some other company (I don't remember it's name but it definitely isn't Fox). Therefore it is an intercompany crossover. The fact that Dark Horse had comic book rights to all 3 series at the time is irrelevant. 110.174.166.224 (talk) 09:00, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

On that point.... Superman is owned by DC and Spiderman by Marvel, so if DC and Marvel collaborate on a comic where they meet, that's an intercompany crossover. But Batman is owned by DC, and Doc Savage is owned by somebody-or-other (I forget who) but was licensed by DC to appear in comics, including one with Batman. Is that an intercompany-crossover? Personally, I would say not, since DC has the use of both characters. 86.179.191.20 (talk) 14:31, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

The introductory text for the article is pretty specific: "Although a meeting between a licensed character and a wholly owned character (e.g., between Red Sonja and Spider-Man, or Ash Williams and the Marvel Zombies) is technically an intercompany crossover, comics companies rarely bill them as such." We should abide by that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.80.60.33 (talk) 00:59, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

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Unpublished vs Misc Crossovers
Are Miscellaneous Crossovers unpublished? Duggy 1138 (talk) 12:20, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

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In Film
In Spider-man (2002), a DC-comics character (Superman) is referenced in the Marvel-comics film via the line, "You do too much; you're not Superman." Would that be enough to count as an Intercompany crossover in film? MarkoOhNo (talk) 10:17, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Buried Alien / Barry Allen
Should the Marvel character Buried Alien (Fastforward) be included? It is somewhat similar to Marvel's Mantis & DC's Willow. While Barry Allen was dead/in the speed force) over in DC, Buried Alien made a couple appearances over in Marvel. Just like with Mantis at DC, Everything suggested this was Barry.  Even called him fastest man alive.  Marvel wikia explains it very well.  However this also raises another question... Are there more characters like Mantis/Willow & Barry Allen/Buried Alien that can be listed?  Yeah of course be insane to try and include other companies parodies.  The comical ones or such as the very Justice League like team that Marvel's Illuminati (in their New Avengers title).  This team, The Great Society, clearly never was intented to be the Justice League but a parody of them. Buried Alien & Willow are almost like backdoor crossovers.  They happen in canon, written so these characters could have travelled to that reality, issues are filled with direct hints who they really are, and importantly they both continue what happened with the character (With DC's wonky timelines... Buried Allen was in line with Pre-Final Crisis explaination where Barry was trapped in the Speed Force). But of course never outright say it. I can try and find some more of these if should be included.--Jp0d009 (talk) 23:15, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

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Suggested split
As it stands, this article is becoming an indiscriminate collection of crossovers. May I suggest we split off a List of notable intercompany crossovers, and reduce the number listed. Killer Moff (talk) 17:18, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
 * This should definitely be split up. I would support a List of DC–Marvel intercompany crossovers and List of video game intercompany crossovers, which are probably the two biggest categories on the page. Maybe List of DC intercompany crossovers and List of Marvel intercompany crossovers could be created for the DC-X and Marvel-X crossovers, and maybe another list for non-DC/Marvel crossovers. Patar knight - chat/contributions 20:14, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

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Video games
The video games section includes a strictly TV crossover from "Mathlete's Feat", and possibly other film/TV crossovers. These need a separate section. LaundryPizza03 (talk) 01:28, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Spider-Man: Far From Home
The film rights to Spider-Man are owned by Sony's Columbia Pictures. Do the MCU films with Spider-Man count as intercompany crossovers? --LegerPrime (talk) 03:40, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

Miscellaneous crossovers
How are the "Miscellaneous crossovers" any different than the other comic book crossovers? If there are no objections, I will be merging them with the rest of the list. --114.77.142.146 (talk) 07:18, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Conan/Marvel crossovers
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.

This sentence is being used to justify the removal of the Conan/Marvel crossovers from the list. However, this sentence refers to DC's purchase of the characters Captain Marvel, Plastic Man and Captain Atom. Since these characters are now owned by DC, interactions between such characters are indeed not intercompany crossovers. Marvel did NOT purchase Conan. Marvel licensed Conan, so any interactions between Conan and Marvel characters are still intercompany crossovers. They should be re-instated.

An example of a crossover that should be removed is Vampirella vs. Purgatori (2021) because both characters are now owned by Dynamite Entertainment. --58.105.78.220 (talk) 14:54, 22 May 2022 (UTC)


 * It does not only pertain to characters being purchased and used within a company’s titles. It also pertains to characters being licensed and used. The section you’ve quoted above actually starts with the words, “Characters are often licensed or sold from one company to another…” The key words there are “licensed or sold.” Captain Marvel (Shazam) was also a licensed character between 1972 and 1991. DC’s eventual purchase of the character has no relevance to the discussion. By your reasoning, every appearance by that character in a DC comic during that time would also be a inter-company crossover. Also, every Rom, Micronauts, Team America, Godzilla, Shogun Warriors, and US1 story published by Marvel during the 1970s and 1980s would also be intercompany crossover due to them being owned by toy and film companies and having interactions with Marvel’s characters as well as their own stories taking place within Marvel’s continuity. They’re not. Conan’s Marvel stories, during both runs, have always been part of Marvel’s fictional universe, even if remotely, making them not crossovers by definition.


 * The companies referred to in the article’s definition of intercompany refer to, or at least SHOULD refer to, the publishing companies and their properties as well as their licensed properties. If one publisher owns two licensed properties and has them meet, it’s not an intercompany crossover. If two different publishers own licenses to two separate properties owned by one company, like Hasbro owning GI Joe and Transformers, and has them meet that IS an intercompany crossover as two separate publishers are working together.


 * As far as Vampirella and Purgatori being removed, as far as I can tell, we agree. There are numerous others that should probably also be removed as well. Perhaps a reasonable solution for many of these cases would be to create a separate section/list of titles that are more an example of an interfranchise crossover. These would be titles that cross two properties owned or licensed by the publisher releasing said title. This would be most appropriate for the titles like Die!namite which features all Dynamite owned or licensed characters, or even the various DC meets Hanna-Barbera or Looney Toons characters, all three of which are actually owned by Warner Bros. I’d say inclusion of the Marvel Conan books are still questionable there though because, like the licensed toy characters I mentioned above, their stories still remain part of Marvel’s universe even if the characters themselves are no longer able to be used.NJZombie (talk) 15:19, 22 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Even crossovers involving two different publishers often treat the characters as existing in the same fictional universe.


 * The list would probably be only half as long as it currently is if it conformed to your narrow definition of an intercompany crossover. What's the point of having a list at all if it's not going to have everything that might be considered an intercompany crossover? I do think Marvel's Rom, Micronauts and Godzilla comics should be on the list. Shang-Chi too since Fu Manchu is a licensed character. A list should be as complete as possible. --58.105.78.220 (talk) 02:12, 23 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia articles are not meant to be long run on lists of information. That’s typically frowned upon to begin with. The list could actually use additional trimming based on that fact alone. However, I suggested an option that would allow most titles to be included under a subcategory. That seems to have been ignored though. Intercompany crossovers have always referred to two publishers working together, starting with the first Marvel/DC collaboration, The Wizard of Oz, which had nothing to do with characters owned by either company and everything to do with two publishers working together. Oh yeah, and most one-off or short term crossovers DO NOT treat the stories as happening in their respective companies’ mainstream canon universes, which is also directly addressed in the article. NJZombie (talk) 02:58, 23 May 2022 (UTC)


 * When you said "separate section/list of titles" for interfranchise crossovers, did you mean a separate article or a different section in the same article? --58.105.78.220 (talk) 03:08, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Separate section, same article. It would explain that sometimes two different franchises, owned by separate corporate entities but licensed by a single publisher, meet for a crossover and would explain that this is more of an interfranchise crossover. That would include titles like Die!namite Groo vs Conan and Tarzan. It would not include the Marvel Conan, Micronauts, Rom, etc because those still follow the same rule as being part of the Marvel Universe and not considered a true crossover. All this being said, this is simply a suggestion and attempt at a compromise. It doesn’t mean other editors will agree and give consensus to its addition. NJZombie (talk) 03:26, 23 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Maybe the whole list should be redefined as "List of crossovers in comics" and avoid the whole ownership/publisher issue. We already have a List of crossovers in video games article that lists all video game crossovers, not just intercompany ones. --58.105.78.220 (talk) 08:41, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
 * No, the goal is not to change the subject to accommodate an exhaustive list, but rather to streamline the list to fit the existing subject. NJZombie (talk) 14:01, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Proposal to change the page back or just delete the page
The page as it currently stands is comically useless. It is literally just two sentences at this point. It keeps getting edited down to bare bones knowledge that anyone could guess by the title of the page. As it was before, it was a little messy, but still had pertinent information the average person might now know, such as lists of comic book intercompany crossovers. Now, it's just a tiny page with nothing of substance at all. Daffy0211 (talk) 02:47, 8 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia isn't a place to make long indiscriminate lists. The sort of craft that formerly appeared here might belong on fan sites somewhere, but not here. MrOllie (talk) 02:52, 8 May 2023 (UTC)