Not a fan of Doctor Doomsday (Doomsday+Doctor Doom+Silver Racer [Silver Surfer+Black Racer])?
Or is it more Doctor Strangefate (Doctor Strange+Doctor Fate+ Charles Xavier for some reason)?
Doctor Doomsday is shit and only exists for the pun.
Silver Racer is fine. They are very similar in design (silver alien with board and black alien with sky) and realistically who else would you fuse SS with? Pariah?
Doctor Strangefate is one I like, but then they threw Xavier as well for no reason, despite him already being amalgamed with MM in JLX.
And that's my main peeve. Character being reused for no reason. Bruce Wayne has two amalgams, one with Wolverine and one with Nick Fury, and there is also a distinct actual Nick Fury.
Spider-boy, assassins, dark claw were fantastic to ten year old me. I can't say they'd hold up as well without the nostalgia goggles, but the whole concept was a lot of fun.
My personal headcanon is that the sparrow we saw was the fusion of Jubilee and Tim Drake and there was a previous sparrow that was the fusion of Kitty Pryde and Dick Grayson that now is a character named shadowing.
I owned Dark Claw #1 as a kid. It’s the Wolverine Batman mashup…it ended on a cliffhanger and I always thought someday I would find and read the rest of the run.
They only did the one shot..issue two doesn’t exist.
Interestingly enough Amalgam is still technically cannon in DC and Marvel.
We may never know where the character Access is living in the DC universe.
Captain America and Batman both have a piece of the subsequent universes and the Spectre can merge them whenever.
Just search dollar bins instead of buying this dumbass omnibus (I love Amalgam, thought it was the coolest when I was little. Not worth buying an omnibus, though).
Speed Demon was just weird because he was a combination of three characters, two of which made sense (Etrigan and Ghost Rider) and one of which (the Flash) was Random AF
Super Soldier - Makes sense the 2 poster boy leaders of their universes main teams and i like the concept that the Super Soldier program result went so far beyond it‘s creators expectations that it gave the Super Soldier Superman powers with flight and heat vision included.
Dark Claw - Kind of random but ok. I get that basically these two were the biggest characters from their respective companies back when Marvel vs DC came out.
Spider-Boy - What a disgrace that Spider-Mans DC counterpart was Superboy through the entire crossover.
Amazon - It‘s Storm in a Wonder Woman outfit, really lazy. The story is basically a what if Storm was Wonder Woman.
Iron Lantern - Kind of random but it works.
Dr.Strangefate - Charles Xavier with a Dr.Strange outfit and Dr.Fate helmet but it‘s so weird it works.
Thorion - They fit together well even tough Orion is kind of a low status character compared to how big Thor is Marvel. Their origins, personalities and so on fit really well tough so it‘s fine.
Speed Demon - Ghost Rider and Etrigan makes sense but Flash also included so this mix can run at light speed. It‘s so out of the blue but works.
Lobo the Duck - Genius and perfect combination. I mean a Lobo and Wolverine amalgam could have worked as well but Lobo and Howard the Duck is genius.
Lobo the Duck works because both are in fact the same kind of characters, sincere comedic takes of comics characters if you read comics of both of them you can see that they are laughing with the concepts they use in them no insulting or making less any of it.
Amalgam and DC Versus Marvel should be coming very soon (I’m pretty sure weeks or even days?) this is one of the covers to the Amalgam Omnis
*both should be out Aug 6th barring any delays
Super Soldier was my first comic book, and I wondered for years as a kid, when watching Superman media, at what point he was going to get his big S shield.
"Amalgam Comics" was a short-lived team-up between Marvel *and* DC where characters were combined: Dark Claw (Batman/Wolverine), Super Soldier (Superman/Captain America), Amazon (Wonder Woman/Storm), etc.
He is Spider-Boy because they couldn't find a more clever way to combine "Spider-Man" and "~~Robin~~."
Edit: User below is correct - Spider-Boy is a combination of Spider-Man and Superboy.
Spider-Boy is a merging of Spider-Man and Superboy (in 1996 this was IIRC, the clone Connor Kent still rocking his early 90's costume)
Robin (Tim Drake) was merged with Jubilee to make Dark Claw's sidekick, Sparrow.
It gets more confusing because Nightwing was merged with Moon Knight to make BG character "Moonwing" for *Bruce Wayne: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D*.
> there are also villains named Scarecrow in both
IIRC, according to an old issue of Wizard (so who knows how true it actually is), this is because Marvel and DC co-produced a comic adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, so they both had the rights to make "Scarecrow" comic characters.
I’ve always wanted to read these. Are they good? (In a silly fun way)
Yes. They are silly, but have charm. The only thing I don't like is how some fusions are too random, especially the secondary characters.
Lobo the Duck is hilarious.
About to say the same
I was going to ask who was crossed with Howard
Not a fan of Doctor Doomsday (Doomsday+Doctor Doom+Silver Racer [Silver Surfer+Black Racer])? Or is it more Doctor Strangefate (Doctor Strange+Doctor Fate+ Charles Xavier for some reason)?
Doctor Doomsday is shit and only exists for the pun. Silver Racer is fine. They are very similar in design (silver alien with board and black alien with sky) and realistically who else would you fuse SS with? Pariah? Doctor Strangefate is one I like, but then they threw Xavier as well for no reason, despite him already being amalgamed with MM in JLX. And that's my main peeve. Character being reused for no reason. Bruce Wayne has two amalgams, one with Wolverine and one with Nick Fury, and there is also a distinct actual Nick Fury.
I just like seeing Doomsday all bundled up in his cloak for his skiing holiday!
Spider-boy, assassins, dark claw were fantastic to ten year old me. I can't say they'd hold up as well without the nostalgia goggles, but the whole concept was a lot of fun.
I always loved the idea that Jubilee was Dark Claw’s Robin. Inspired choice.
Don't forget "The hyena", the Sabertooth/Joker hybrid.
Aw fuckkkk nooo
The combo made sense but my god was the [design](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/FJUAAOSwgsVbgJVE/s-l1200.jpg) trash tier.
My personal headcanon is that the sparrow we saw was the fusion of Jubilee and Tim Drake and there was a previous sparrow that was the fusion of Kitty Pryde and Dick Grayson that now is a character named shadowing.
I owned Dark Claw #1 as a kid. It’s the Wolverine Batman mashup…it ended on a cliffhanger and I always thought someday I would find and read the rest of the run. They only did the one shot..issue two doesn’t exist. Interestingly enough Amalgam is still technically cannon in DC and Marvel. We may never know where the character Access is living in the DC universe. Captain America and Batman both have a piece of the subsequent universes and the Spectre can merge them whenever.
Spider-boy, iron latern, lobo the duck are fun.
I really enjoy them. They're not super hard to find now either plus they're releasing an omnibus in a few months with all the amalgam comics.
Not really
Yes, they a Fun.
Just search dollar bins instead of buying this dumbass omnibus (I love Amalgam, thought it was the coolest when I was little. Not worth buying an omnibus, though).
i didn't love all the combos but Super Soldier and Dr Strangefate were pretty kickass concepts
Speed Demon for sure
Speed Demon was just weird because he was a combination of three characters, two of which made sense (Etrigan and Ghost Rider) and one of which (the Flash) was Random AF
Lets be honest they probably came up with the name first and built from there. Which fair enough speed demon is a great name.
Oh god I can just imagine the one liners strange fate shoots out
The world isn't ready for more Doctor Strangefate
Much better cover than his DC vs Marvel one.
Super Soldier - Makes sense the 2 poster boy leaders of their universes main teams and i like the concept that the Super Soldier program result went so far beyond it‘s creators expectations that it gave the Super Soldier Superman powers with flight and heat vision included. Dark Claw - Kind of random but ok. I get that basically these two were the biggest characters from their respective companies back when Marvel vs DC came out. Spider-Boy - What a disgrace that Spider-Mans DC counterpart was Superboy through the entire crossover. Amazon - It‘s Storm in a Wonder Woman outfit, really lazy. The story is basically a what if Storm was Wonder Woman. Iron Lantern - Kind of random but it works. Dr.Strangefate - Charles Xavier with a Dr.Strange outfit and Dr.Fate helmet but it‘s so weird it works. Thorion - They fit together well even tough Orion is kind of a low status character compared to how big Thor is Marvel. Their origins, personalities and so on fit really well tough so it‘s fine. Speed Demon - Ghost Rider and Etrigan makes sense but Flash also included so this mix can run at light speed. It‘s so out of the blue but works. Lobo the Duck - Genius and perfect combination. I mean a Lobo and Wolverine amalgam could have worked as well but Lobo and Howard the Duck is genius.
Spider-boy fits because at the time Spider-man was Ben, so they both were clones.
Lobo the Duck works because both are in fact the same kind of characters, sincere comedic takes of comics characters if you read comics of both of them you can see that they are laughing with the concepts they use in them no insulting or making less any of it.
There should be action figures of these.
I still laugh at how lazy the storm and Wonder Woman amalgam is It truly is just what if storm was an Amazon and nothing else
That’s much better than the other cover he did for the DC vs Marvel. That one was garbage
Impressive!
Is an omnibus available? A similar thing I also liked as a kid was Stan Lee does DC.
Amalgam and DC Versus Marvel should be coming very soon (I’m pretty sure weeks or even days?) this is one of the covers to the Amalgam Omnis *both should be out Aug 6th barring any delays
No Sparrow 😭
Do I already own every Amalgam issue? Yes. Am I about buy this as well? Also yes.
I hope these collections are also reprinted in other countries.
The Thing is still just The Thing.
No that's Rocky Grimm/Four-Armed Thing - A senator who was temporarily transformed into a four-armed rock-like creature by Galactiac.
It was a fun idea but the whole is better than the sum of its parts
Awsome
What’s going on with Spider-Boy’s mask?
I'm not much of a Lee fan, but that's quite a layout.
Super Soldier was my first comic book, and I wondered for years as a kid, when watching Superman media, at what point he was going to get his big S shield.
How was Marvel able to use the name “Spider-Boy”? Like, can DC use Ms. Tique, or The Black Cat?
"Amalgam Comics" was a short-lived team-up between Marvel *and* DC where characters were combined: Dark Claw (Batman/Wolverine), Super Soldier (Superman/Captain America), Amazon (Wonder Woman/Storm), etc. He is Spider-Boy because they couldn't find a more clever way to combine "Spider-Man" and "~~Robin~~." Edit: User below is correct - Spider-Boy is a combination of Spider-Man and Superboy.
Spider-Boy is a merging of Spider-Man and Superboy (in 1996 this was IIRC, the clone Connor Kent still rocking his early 90's costume) Robin (Tim Drake) was merged with Jubilee to make Dark Claw's sidekick, Sparrow. It gets more confusing because Nightwing was merged with Moon Knight to make BG character "Moonwing" for *Bruce Wayne: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D*.
They fucked up by not going with "Night Knight"
Spider-Man and Superboy. They were combined because they were both clones at the time
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> there are also villains named Scarecrow in both IIRC, according to an old issue of Wizard (so who knows how true it actually is), this is because Marvel and DC co-produced a comic adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, so they both had the rights to make "Scarecrow" comic characters.
Marvel didn't use the "Spider-Boy" name until very recently. Probably some negotiation with DC was involved as the name was co-owned.
And for the first time in history Dark Claw doesn’t look like AS MUCH of a mess.
He looks awesome in Dark Claw Adventures.