Intercompany crossover

In comic books, an intercompany crossover (also called cross-company or company crossover) is a comic or series of comics where characters that at the time of publication are the property of one company meet those owned by another company (for example, DC Comics' Superman meeting Marvel's Spider-Man, or DC's Batman meeting Marvel's Wolverine). These usually occur in "one-shot" issues or miniseries (comics).

Some crossovers are part of canon. But most are outside of the continuity of a character's regular title or series of stories. They can be a joke, a gag, a dream sequence, or even a "what if" scenario (such as DC's Elseworlds).

Marvel/DC crossovers (which are mostly noncanon) include those where the characters live in alternate universes, as well as those where they share the "same" version of Earth. Some fans have posited a separate "Crossover Earth" for these adventures.^[1] In the earliest licensed crossovers, the companies seemed to prefer shared world adventures. This was the approach for early intercompany crossovers, including 1976's Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man and 1981's Superman and Spider-Man.

Besides the two Superman/Spider-Man crossovers, a number of other DC/Marvel adventures take place on a "Crossover Earth", but later intercompany crossovers tend to present the DC and Marvel Universes as alternate realities, bridged when common foes make this desirable, as the interest in overall continuity has become a major part of even crossover comic books.^[2]

Characters are often licensed or sold from one company to another, as with DC acquiring such characters of Fawcett Comics, Quality Comics, and Charlton Comics as the original Captain Marvel, Plastic Man and Captain Atom. 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.

Although a meeting between a licensed character and a wholly owned character (e.g., between Red Sonja and Spider-Man, or Evil Dead's Ash Williams and the Marvel Zombies) is technically an intercompany crossover, comics companies rarely bill them as such. Likewise, this is the case when some characters in an ongoing series are owned or to some extent controlled by their creators, as with Doctor Who antagonists the Daleks, who are not owned by the UK television network the BBC, even though the character of The Doctor is.

Published crossovers

Golden and Silver Ages

The Inferior Five No. 10 (Oct. 1968). Cover art by Win Mortimer & Tex Blaisdell.

• All-Star Comics No. 3 (Winter 1940/1941)

The Justice Society of America was created in this issue, combining National Comics' Doctor Fate, Hour-Man (as it was then spelled), the Spectre, and the Sandman, and All-American Publications' the Atom, the Flash, Green Lantern, and Hawkman. National and All-American, separate editorial imprints, shared the unofficial "DC" label due to joint publishing and distribution.

Unofficial

• Lois Lane and Captain Marvel

"The Monkey's Paw", a story from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane No. 42 (July 1963), featured a one-panel appearance, with his costume mis-colored, by the defunct Fawcett Comics' Captain Marvel, who was not yet a DC character. The letters page of No. 113 (Oct. 1971) described it as "strictly a private joke" on the part of former Captain Marvel artist Kurt Schaffenberger. The story was reprinted in No. 104 (Oct. 1970) with the costume coloring corrected.^[3]

The first DC Comics/Marvel Comics intercompany collaboration.

• Homages

Writers during the 1960s and early 1970s sometimes engaged in a form of intercompany crossover with thinly disguised imitations of a competing company's characters, as opposed to parodies in satirical-humor stories. In this way, Marvel's superhero team the Avengers met a version of DC's Justice League of America (Squadron Sinister/Squadron Supreme) in The Avengers No. 70, 85–86, and 147-48. In Action Comics #351-353 (1967) DC's Superman met a villain called Zha-Vam, whose powers and name were derivative of Captain Marvel (then owned by Fawcett Comics) and of the magic word Shazam that gave Captain Marvel his powers. Superman similarly met versions of Marvel's Fantastic Four, Spider-Man and Sub-Mariner (The Kookie Quartet, Cobweb Kid, and Sub-Moron) in The Inferior Five No. 10 (Oct. 1968).

In the 1970s, the annual Rutland Halloween Parade in Rutland, Vermont was used as the setting of a number of superhero comic books published by both Marvel and DC Comics. Costumed parade attendees in these books were often depicted wearing the uniforms of characters from the other company. In the fall of 1972, writers Len Wein, Gerry Conway and Steve Englehart crafted a metafictional unofficial intercompany crossover spanning titles from both major comics companies. Each comic featured Englehart, Conway, and Wein, as well as Wein's first wife Glynis, interacting with Marvel or DC characters at the Rutland Halloween Parade. Beginning in Amazing Adventures No. 16 (by Englehart with art by Bob Brown and Frank McLaughlin), the story continued in Justice League of America No. 103 (by Wein, Dillin and Dick Giordano), and concluded in Thor No. 207 (by Conway and penciler John Buscema). As Englehart explained in 2010, "It certainly seemed like a radical concept and we knew that we had to be subtle...and each story had to stand on its own, but we really worked it out. It's really worthwhile to read those stories back to back to back – it didn't matter to us that one was at DC and two were at Marvel – I think it was us being creative, thinking what would be really cool to do."^{[4][5][6][7][8]} Other issues featuring the parade include Batman No. 237, DC Super Stars No. 18, Freedom Fighters No. 6, The Avengers No. 83 and No. 119, and Marvel Feature No. 2.

Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man one-shot (1976). Cover art by Carmine Infantino (layout), Ross Andru (finished pencils) and Dick Giordano (inks).

Miscellaneous crossovers

• ALF Annual No. 1 (features the High Evolutionary)
• Conan the Barbarian #14–15 (features Elric)^[51][52]
• What If...? No. 13 (features Conan the Barbarian)
• What If...? No. 39 (features Conan the Barbarian and Thor)
• What If...? No. 43 (features Conan the Barbarian and Captain America)
• What If...? vol. 2 No. 16 (features Conan the Barbarian, Red Sonja, and The X-Men)
• Marvel Team-Up No. 79 (features Spider-Man and Red Sonja)
• Marvel Team-Up No. 112 (features Spider-Man and King Kull)
• Marvel Two-in-One No. 21 (features The Thing and Doc Savage)
• Giant-Size Spider-Man No. 3 (features Spider-Man and Doc Savage)
• Wonder Woman No. 202 (features Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser)
• Teen Titans Spotlight No. 11 (features Tintin and Snowy)
• Batman No. 253 (features The Shadow)
• Batman No. 259 (features The Shadow)
• Jack Kirby's TeenAgents No. 3 (features The Liberty Project)
• Satan's Six No. 4 (features Jason)
• Jason vs. Leatherface #1–3
• Kiss Nation No. 1 (features the X-Men)
• Ghost/Hellboy
• Superman & Bugs Bunny
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine/Star Trek: The Next Generation #1–4 (crossover between DC Comics and Malibu Comics)
• Blondie and Dagwood's 75th Anniversary (featuring Garfield, Rose Is Rose, Mother Goose & Grimm, Beetle Bailey, Family Circus, Hägar the Horrible, Curtis, Zits, Dilbert, BC, Dennis the Menace, The Wizard of Id, Hi and Lois, For Better or For Worse, Sally Forth, and more)
• Friday the 13th: Jason vs. Jason X
• Big Bang Comics No. 2 (features the Silver-Age Shadowhawk)
• Big Bang Comics No. 10 (features the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Big Bang Comics No. 12, 14, 18, and 33 (features the Savage Dragon)
• Big Bang Comics No. 15 (features Bog Swamp Demon)
• Big Bang Comics No. 35 (features 1963)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles No. 9 (features Knight Watchman)
• Ren & Stimpy No. 6 (features Spider-Man vs. Powdered Toast Man)
• Real Stuff No. 1 (Harvey Pekar makes a guest appearance and meets Dennis P. Eichhorn.) (Fantagraphics)

Collected editions

• Crossover Classics: The Marvel/DC Collection Vol. 1
  • (collects Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man, Superman and Spider-Man, Batman vs. the Incredible Hulk, The Uncanny X-Men/The New Teen Titans)
• DC/Marvel: Crossover Classics II
  • (collects Batman/Punisher: Lake of Fire, Punisher/Batman: Deadly Knights, Silver Surfer/Superman, Batman and Captain America)
• Crossover Classics: The Marvel/DC Collection Vol. 3
  • (collects Incredible Hulk vs. Superman, Daredevil/Batman, Spider-Man/Batman, Spider-Man/Gen¹³, Generation X/Gen¹³, and Team X/Team 7)
• DC/Marvel: Crossover Classics IV
  • (collects Green Lantern/Silver Surfer, Darkseid vs. Galactus: The Hunger, Batman/Spider-Man, and Superman/Fantastic Four)
• Mutants vs. Ultras: First Encounters
  • (collects Prime vs. the Incredible Hulk, Nightman vs. Wolverine, All New Exiles vs. X-Men)
• The Amalgam Age of Comics: The DC Comics Collection
  • (collects Amazon, Assassins, Doctor Strangefate, JLX, Legends of the Dark Claw, Super-Soldier)
• The Amalgam Age of Comics: The Marvel Comics Collection
  • (collects Spider-Boy, Bruce Wayne: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., Speed Demon, Bullets and Bracelets, Magneto and the Magnetic Men, X-Patrol)
• Return to the Amalgam Age of Comics: The DC Comics Collection
  • (collects Bat-Thing, Lobo the Duck, Generation Hex, Super-Soldier: Man of War, Dark Claw Adventures, JLX Unleashed)
• Return to the Amalgam Age of Comics: The Marvel Comics Collection
  • (collects Spider-Boy Team-Up, The Exciting X-Patrol, Magnetic Men featuring Magneto, Iron Lantern, Thorion of the New Asgods, Challengers of the Fantastic)
• WildC.A.T.s/Cyberforce: Killer Instinct
  • (collects WildC.A.T.s #5–7 and Cyberforce vol. 2 #1–3)
• Stormwatch: Final Orbit
  • (collects Stomwatch vol. 2 #10–11 and WildC.A.T.s/Aliens)
• Tomb Raider/Witchblade: Trouble Seekers
  • (collects Tomb Raider/Witchblade, Witchblade/Tomb Raider, and Witchblade/Tomb Raider #½)
• Planetary: Crossing Worlds
  • (collects Planetary/The Authority, Planetary/JLA, and Planetary/Batman)
• The Batman/Judge Dredd Files
  • (collects Judgment on Gotham, The Ultimate Riddle, and Die Laughing #1–2)
• Majestic: Strange New Visitor
  • (collects Action Comics #811, Adventures of Superman #624, Superman #201, and Majestic #1–4)
• Tomb Raider/Witchblade/The Magdalena/Vampirella
  • (collects a Tomb Raider story and Witchblade/The Magdalena/Vampirella)
• Top Cow/Marvel: The Crossover Collection
  • (collects the 8-part Devil's Reign crossover plus Witchblade/Wolverine and The Darkness/Hulk)
• DC/Top Cow: Crossovers
  • (collects The Darkness/Batman, The Darkness/Superman #1–2, JLA/Cyberforce and JLA/Witchblade)
• DC Comics/Dark Horse Comic: Aliens
  • (collects Batman/Aliens, Batman/Aliens II, Superman and Batman vs. Aliens and Predator, and WildC.A.T.s/Aliens)
• Dark Horse Comics/DC Comics: Superman
  • (collects Superman/Aliens, Superman/Aliens II: God War, The Superman/Madman Hullabaloo and Superman/Tarzan: Sons of the Jungle)
• DC Comics/Dark Horse: Justice League Vol. 1
  • (collects Superman vs. Predator, Superman vs. The Terminator: Death to the Future, Batman/Hellboy/Starman and Ghost/Batgirl)
• Dark Horse Comics/DC Comics: Justice League Vol. 2
  • (collects JLA vs. Predator, Green Lantern vs. Aliens, Batman/Tarzan and SpyBoy/Young Justice)
• DC Comics/Dark Horse Comics: Batman vs. Predator
  • (collects Batman vs. Predator, Batman vs. Predator II, and Batman vs. Predator III)
• Dark Horse Comics/DC Comics: Mask
  • (collects Joker/Mask, Lobo and the Mask, and Grifter & the Mask)
• The Batman/Judge Dredd Collection
  • (collects Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgement on Gotham, Batman/Judge Dredd: The Ultimate Riddle, Batman/Judge Dredd: Vendetta in Gotham, Batman/Judge Dredd: Die Laughing, and Lobo/Judge Dredd: Psycho Bikers vs. the Mutants from Hell)
• Predator vs. Judge Dredd vs. Aliens: Incubus and Other Stories
  • (collects Predator vs. Judge Dredd and Judge Dredd vs. Aliens: Incubus)
• Other collected mini-series
  • Batman/Aliens
  • Batman/Aliens II
  • Batman/Deathblow
  • Batman/Tarzan: Claws of the Cat-Woman
  • Batman/Grendel
  • Batman vs. Predator
  • Batman vs. Predator II: Bloodmatch
  • Batman vs. Predator III: Blood Ties
  • Deathblow and Wolverine
  • DC vs. Marvel (also includes Dr. Strangefate #1)
  • Gen¹³ ABC (collects #13A, 13B, and 13C)
  • Ghost/Batgirl
  • G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers
  • G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II
  • Green Lantern vs. Aliens
  • JLA/Avengers
  • Joker/The Mask
  • Judge Dredd/Aliens: Incubus
  • Medieval Spawn/Witchblade
  • Predator vs. Judge Dredd
  • Predator vs. Magnus, Robot Fighter
  • Spyboy/Young Justice
  • Superman/Gen¹³
  • Superman vs. Aliens
  • Superman/Aliens II: Godwar
  • Superman vs. Predator
  • Superman vs. the Terminator
  • Superman/Tarzan: Sons of the Jungle
  • The Superman/Madman Hullabaloo!
  • Transformers/G.I. Joe
  • WildC.A.T.s/X-Men
  • Witchblade/Aliens/Darkness/Predator: Mindhunter

In video games

The concept of intercompany crossovers has also been explored in video games, usually in the form of having one video game company licensing its characters to another.

Early intercompany crossovers in games occurred by taking advantage of licensing for publishing rights. GORF in 1981, produced by Midway, has the missions Astro Battles and Galaxians, which make use of characters and names from Space Invaders (Taito Corporation) and Galaxian (Namco), which, at the time of the development of GORF, were licensed to Midway Mfg. In 1992, Tradewest released Battletoads & Double Dragon. At that time, Tradewest owned the rights for publishing of Double Dragon by Technos Japan and Battletoads by Rare. Rare developed the game, while Technos Japan was barely involved in the production.

In 1989, DIC Entertainment produced Captain N: The Game Master, a cartoon show that featured characters and settings from Nintendo franchises and other franchises appearing on Nintendo video game systems, possibly taking advantage of Nintendo's licensing system to publish games. Characters such as Simon Belmont, Dracula, and Alucard from Konami, Mega Man, Dr. Wily, and Dr. Light from Capcom, Malkil of Wizards and Warriors from Rare, and settings from Dragon Warrior/Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy (by Square Enix, independent from each other at that time), Burger Time (Data East), and Faxanadu (Hudson Soft/Falcom) appeared in the series. The 1990 animated series The Power Team (part of the Video Power TV show) had characters from arcade games ported by Acclaim to the NES as well as games to which Acclaim had publishing rights. These games included NARC, Arch Rivals (Midway), Kwirk (Atlus), Wizards & Warriors (RARE), and BigFoot (based on the famous monster truck from the game by Beam Software).

The first major intercomany crossover properly licensed is the Marvel vs. Capcom series, which originally began in 1994 with X-Men: Children of the Atom. Capcom followed this act by teaming up with rival fighting game developer SNK in 1999.

After the successful Capcom/SNK crossovers, many others have appeared since then.

Midway Games' Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe pitted characters from Midway's Mortal Kombat video game franchise against DC Comics characters Superman, Batman Wonder Woman, The Joker, and others. This game was produced prior to the acquisition of Midway by Warner Bros. Since then, Freddy from A Nightmare on Elm Street (a WB movie) appeared in Mortal Kombat (2011) and Scorpion appeared in Injustice: God Among Us (2013). Kratos, from Sony's God of War franchise, appeared as an exclusive in the Playstation 3 version of Mortal Kombat (2011).

The games Super Smash Bros. and PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale were made possible by the "second party" model, in which independent developers work closely with the console maker to ensure exclusivity and quality. In both games, other third parties also appear as guest characters.

In Japan, Namco Bandai and its Banpresto imprint have published the Compati Hero Series (centered around Tsuburaya Productions' Ultra Series, Toei and Ishimori Productions' Kamen Rider, and Sunrise's Gundam) and the Super Robot Wars series, both of which feature characters from numerous tokusatsu and anime properties.

• GORF (1981, Midway Mfg, Arcade)

Features characters from Taito and Namco.

• Captain N: The Game Master (1989, Nintendo/DIC Enterprises, TV Cartoon)

Features characters and settings of games from Konami, Capcom, Data East, Rare, Squaresoft, Enix, Hudson Soft and Falcom.

• The Power Team (1990, Acclaim/Bohbot Entertainment/Saban, TV Cartoon)

Features characters of games from Midway, Rare, Atlus and Bigfoot 4×4, Inc.

• Battletoads/Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team (1992, Tradewest/RARE, NES, SNES, GB, Game Gear, Sega Genesis)

Double Dragon characters were created by Technos Japan.

• Battle Soccer (1992, Banpresto, Super Famicom)
• RoboCop Versus The Terminator (1993–94, Virgin Games, SNES, Genesis, GB, Game Gear, Sega Master System)
• X-Men: Children of the Atom (1994, Capcom, Arcade)

Akuma/Gouki from the Street Fighter series is a hidden character.

• Battle Soccer 2 (1994, Banpresto, Super Famicom)
• Marvel Super Heroes (1995, Capcom, Arcade)

Anita from the Darkstalkers/Vampire series is a hidden character.

• X-Men vs. Street Fighter (1996, Capcom, Arcade)
• Iron Man and X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal (1996, Acclaim, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Game Boy, Game Gear)

Marvel's Iron Man teams-up with the Acclaim Comics incarnation of X-O Manowar.

• Diddy Kong Racing (1997, Rare, Nintendo 64)

Characters from Banjo-Kazooie and Conker series, fully owned by Rare and in-development at the time of DKR release, appear along with Donkey Kong characters, owned by Nintendo.

• Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (1997, Capcom, Arcade)
• Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (1998, Capcom, Arcade)
• Super Smash Bros./Nintendo All Star! Dairantō Smash Brothers (1999, Hal Laboratory, Nintendo 64)

Features characters from Nintendo, Hal and Game Freak.

• Super Hero Operations (1999, Banpresto, Playstation)
• Super Hero Operations: Diedal's Ambition (2000, Banpresto, Playstation)
• Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (1999, Capcom, Arcade)
• SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash (1999, SNK, Neo Geo Pocket)
• SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium/Chōjō Kessen Saikyō Fighters SNK vs. Capcom (1999, SNK, Neo Geo Pocket Color)
• Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 (2000, Capcom, Arcade)
• Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 PRO (2001, Capcom, Arcade)
• Capcom vs. SNK 2: Millionaire Fighting 2001/Mark of the Millennium (2001, Capcom, Arcade)
• SNK vs. Capcom 2 Expand Edition (2001, SNK, Neo Geo Pocket Color)
• Super Tokusatsu Taisen 2001 (2001, Banpresto, Playstation)
• Super Smash Bros. Melee/Dairantō Smash Brothers DX (2001, Hal Laboratory, Nintendo Game Cube)

Features characters from games by Nintendo, Hal Laboratory, Game Freak and Intelligent Systems.

• Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO (2002, Capcom, Nintendo Game Cube)
• SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos (2003, Playmore, Neo Geo/Arcade)
• SoulCalibur II (2003, Namco, Nintendo Game Cube, Xbox)

The Game Cube version features Link from The Legend of Zelda by Nintendo and the Xbox version includes Spawn by Todd McFarlane Entertainment as playable characters.

• DreamMix TV World Fighters (2003, Bitstep, Hudson Soft, Nintendo Game Cube, PlayStation 2)

Characters from different franchises by Konami, Takara and Hudson Soft are playable.

• Namco X Capcom (2005, Monolith Soft/Namco, PlayStation 2)
• Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects (2005, Electronic Arts)

Features Marvel characters, as well as original characters created and owned by EA.

• SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS (2006, SNK Playmore, Nintendo DS)
• Diddy Kong Racing DS (2007, Nintendo/Rare, Nintendo DS)

Features characters from Nintendo's Donkey Kong series along with Rare-owned supporting characters including Tiptup and Timber.

• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007, Nintendo/Sega, Wii, Nintendo DS)
• Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes (2008, Capcom, Arcade, Wii (Japan Only))
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl/Dairantō Smash Brothers X (2008, Nintendo, Wii)

Features characters from games by Nintendo, Hal Laboratory, Game Freak, Intelligent Systems, Konami and Sega.

• SoulCalibur IV (2008, Namco Bandai, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)

Features Lucasfilm's Star Wars characters.

• Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (2008, Midway, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)

Midway acquisition by Warner Bros. (owners of DC Comics) was a year later.

• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009, Nintendo/Sega, Wii, Nintendo DS)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up (2009, Game Arts/Ubisoft, Wii)

Ubisoft's Raving Rabbids characters are playable characters.

• SoulCalibur: Broken Destiny (2009, Namco Bandai, PlayStation Portable)

Features Kratos from Sony's God of War series.

• Cross Edge/X Edge (2008, Idea Factory, PlayStation 3)

Features characters from games by Capcom, Nippon Ichi Software, Namco Bandai and Gust.

• Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars (2010, Capcom, Wii)
• Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (2010, Sega, Xbox 360)

Xbox 360 version features Rare's Banjo & Kazooie.

• Poker Night at the Inventory (2010) (Telltale, PC/Mac)

Features characters from Sam & Max, Penny Arcade, Homestar Runner, and Valve's Team Fortress 2.

• Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (2011, Capcom, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
• Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (2011, Capcom, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
• Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2011, Nintendo/Sega, Wii, Nintendo 3DS)
• Soulcalibur V (2012, Bandai Namco, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)

Features Ezlo from Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed series.

• Pokémon Conquest/Pokémon + Nobunaga no Yabō (2012, Tecmo Koei, Nintendo DS)
• Street Fighter X Tekken (2012, Capcom, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360)

Besides featuring Tekken characters by Namco, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita versions include characters by Sony and Sucker Punch.

• Dead or Alive 5 (2012, Team Ninja, Sega AM2, Tecmo Koei, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)

Characters from AM2's Virtua Fighter series are playable characters.

• Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (2012, Level 5/Capcom, Nintendo 3DS)
• PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (2012, SuperBot Entertainment/SCE Santa Monica Studio/Bluepoint Games, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita)

Besides characters from Sony Computer Entertainment, it features characters by 2K Games, Sucker Punch Productions, Titan Studios, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Electronic Arts, Naughty Dog Inc, Ninja Theory Ltd, Konami and Insomniac Games.

• Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (2012, Sega)

Features characters from Disney's Wreck-It Ralph and Valve's Team Fortress.

• Poker Night 2 (2013, Telltale, PC/Mac/PS3/Xbox 360/iOS)

Features characters from Sam & Max, The Venture Bros., Evil Dead, Portal, and others.

• Xuan Dou Zhi Wang (2013, Tencent Games, PC)

Terry Bogard and Benimaru Nikaido from King of Fighters, have been licensed by SNK Playmore.

• Project X Zone (2013, Banpresto/Monolith Soft, Nintendo 3DS.)

Features characters from games by Namco Bandai, Capcom and Sega.

• Dead or Alive 5 + (2013, Team Ninja, Sega AM2, Tecmo Koei, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360)

Characters from AM2's Virtua Fighter series are playable characters.

• Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate (2013, Team Ninja, Sega AM2, Tecmo Koei, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)

Characters from AM2's Virtua Fighter series are playable characters.

• Dead or Alive 5: Last Round

Mai Shiranui from SNK Playmore's King of Fighters as a downloadable character.

• SoulCalibur II HD Online (2013, Namco, PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade)

Features Spawn by Todd McFarlane Entertainment as a playable character.

• Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/for Nintendo 3DS (2014, Sora Ltd/Namco Bandai, Wii U/Nintendo 3DS)

Characters from games by Nintendo, Hal Laboratory, Game Freak, Monoliftsoft, Intelligent Systems, Sega, Bandai Namco, Square Enix and Capcom have been announced.

• Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (2014, Nintendo/Sega, Wii U)
• Tekken 7: Fated Retribution (TBA, Namco)

The console version features Akuma from Capcom's Street Fighter.

Geese Howard from SNK Playmore's King of Fighters as downloadable character.

Noctis from Square Enix' Final Fantasy XV.

• Kingdom Hearts series (Disney, Square Enix)
• Mortal Kombat (2011 video game) (2011, Warner Bros.)

Kratos from Sony Computer Entertainment's God of War series is a playable character on the PlayStation 3 version of the game.

The version of Freddy Krueger from New Line Cinema's A Nightmare on Elm Street remake is a downloadable character.

• Mortal Kombat X (2015, Warner Bros.)

The classic version of the Predator from 20th Century Fox's film series of the same name is a downloadable character.

The version of Jason Voorhees from Paramount Pictures/New Line Cinema's Friday the 13th reboot is a downloadable character.

The version of Leatherface from New Line Cinema's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a downloadable character.

An Alien from 20th Century Fox's film series of same name spawned from Baraka (Mortal Kombat) is a downloadable character.

• Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (2015/2016, Nintendo)

A sequel to Sticker Star and Dream Team

• Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite (2017, Capcom)
• Injustice 2 (2017, Warner Bros.)

Dark Horse's Hellboy as a downloadable character.

Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michaelangelo from Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as a downloadable characters with shared slot and different fight styles, like Triborg.

• BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (2018)

In films and television

The Simpsons has infrequently featured guest appearances from characters owned by other companies, examples include Jay Sherman from Sony Pictures Television's The Critic, Ren & Stimpy, and in the Flintsones a couch gag.

• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962 film, Toho & Universal)

Crossover between Toho's Godzilla and RKO Pictures' King Kong.

• Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies (1972 TV movie)
• Fred and Barney Meet the Thing (1979 TV series)
• Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo (1979–1980 TV series)
• Casper's First Christmas (1979 TV special)

Crossover between Harvey Comics' Casper the Friendly Ghost and Hanna-Barbera characters including Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound

• Strong Kids, Safe Kids (1984 direct-to-video)

Features cameos by Hanna-Barbara, Studio Peyo, and Namco-owned characters.

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series) (1987–1996 TV series)

Features guest appearances by Usagi Yojimbo

• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988 film, Disney/Touchstone)

Features appearances by cartoon characters owned by Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal, MGM and 20th Century Fox.

• Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990 TV special)

Crossover with characters owned by Disney, Warner Bros., Columbia Pictures, Bagdasarian Productions, and others.

• The Rosey & Buddy Show (1992 TV special, Nelvana)

Features appearances by Tom & Jerry, Droopy Dog, Beetlejuice, the Care Bears, Wile E. Coyote's stunt double, and images of Betty & Veronica.

• Ultraman vs. Kamen Rider (1993 TV special, Tsuburaya & Toei)
• Power Rangers in Space (1998 TV series, Saban & Toei)

Two episodes guest-star the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

• We Are Family (2002 PSA music video, PBS)

Features characters from PBS, Nickelodeon, and Disney Channel children's TV shows.

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) (2003–2009 TV series)

Features guest appearances by characters from Usagi Yojimbo, Planet Racers, and Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa.

• Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003 film, Warner Bros)

Features appearances by movie monsters like the Metaluna Mutant from Universal's This Island Earth, Ro-Man from Robot Monster, and others.

• The Official BBC Children in Need Medley (2009 music video, the BBC)

Features children's TV characters owned by HiT Entertainment, Cosgrove Hall Films, Hanna-Barbera, and others.

• Cars (franchise) (Disney/Pixar)

Features appearances of characters based on machines by motor company's like Ford, Chevy, Honda, Chrysler, Toyota and others

• Wreck-It Ralph (2012 film, Disney)

Features appearances by video game characters owned by Nintendo, Sega, Capcom, Namco Bandai, Konami, Atari, Activision, EA, and others

• The Lego Movie (2014 film, Warner Bros. & the Lego Group)

Features appearances by Michelangelo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Milhouse van Houten from The Simpsons; Han Solo, C-3PO, and Lando Calrissian from Star Wars, and others

• Mathlete's Feat (2015 The Simpsons episode, FOX)

Couch gag features appearance by Adult Swim's Rick and Morty.

• The Lego Batman Movie (2017 film, Warner Bros. & the Lego Group)

Features appearances by King Kong, the Daleks, and dinosaurs from Jurassic Park.

See also

• Crossover (fiction)
• Crusaders

References

External links

• Crossover Comix Cover Gallery
• Grineau, Joel V. "Intercompany Crossovers: When Universes Collide," Comic Book Conundrum.