Top 10 Weirdest and Most Unusual Comic Book Crossovers
Comic books have never been shy about throwing characters into wild situations, but sometimes, the team-ups that make it to print feel like they were pulled out of a fever dream. Some crossovers bring together heroes that make perfect sense, while others leave you wondering how they even got past the brainstorming stage. The results can be entertaining, bizarre, or a little bit of both.This list highlights the strangest official comic book crossovers, the ones that feel so unlikely that you might think they were fan-made, but they're completely real. Some of these stories happened as one-off special issues, while others turned into full miniseries. A few had surprisingly well-written plots, but plenty of them existed just for the novelty of seeing two completely different worlds crash into each other.
So, which ones stand out the most? That's up to you. Vote for the crossovers that you think deserve the top spot.
Okay, I get it sounds ridiculous to make a team-up between Marvel's mighty mutants and Gene Roddenberry's optimistic space opera, but this happened in 1998 as a single special issue, along with a related novel called 'Planet X' that was published in the same year.
Batman is a famous DC superhero who has lasted for over 80 years. TMNT is a team of anthropomorphic pizza-loving turtles named after famous painters. They were introduced in underground comics, then became popular with the 1980s Saturday morning cartoon. They team up together along with Shredder to fight Bane.
As a huge Eminem and Marvel fan, I love how they collaborated. Eminem is a huge fan of comics and originally wanted to be a comic book artist and writer until he discovered rap music. However, it was also made to promote Relapse, which was panned at first but now has a cult following.
In the special 1994 crossover issue, The Punisher hunts down Archie Andrews, mistakenly thinking he is a criminal. He then teams up with Archie to save Veronica Lodge from a kidnapper. Surprisingly, it received critical acclaim and was published by both Archie Comics and Marvel Comics.
This takes place between Archie Super Sonic Special #4 and #7, where Spawn meets and talks to Sonic and his furry friends. Not only is Spawn in the crossover, but Shadowhawk, The Maxx, Savage Dragon, and more appear as well. This was more of a Sonic the Hedgehog/Image Comics crossover.
They stop by to help Sonic track down the Master Emerald, which was stolen from Sonic's dimension by a villain. Eventually, Knuckles punches really hard to get everything fixed, a move that Superboy Prime would later steal for Infinite Crisis.
Until 2000, why didn't anyone think of a crossover between America's favorite icon Superman and the wacky antics of Looney Tunes? The Looney Tunes characters had already teamed up with Michael Jordan, and that was when Lola Bunny was introduced, becoming the biggest animated sex symbol. So, it's just the four-page adventures of Looney Tunes and the Justice League.
Marvel's Spider-Man is your friendly neighborhood superhero, while Nickelodeon's Ren the psychopath and Stimpy the dimwit go on crazy and disgusting adventures. This issue was just a way to boost sales, which is money-grabbing. In Ren & Stimpy #6, Spider-Man and Powdered Toast Man fight together.
Ladies and gentlemen: The world's greatest superhero vs. the world's greatest boxer. It was a special 1978 issue (when the movie was going big at the time), and who came up with it? It was the Bronze Age, so everyone just went with it. This was one of the most fun and enjoyable Superman stories ever made.
It was in Avengers #239, published in 1984, during the Bronze Age of comic books. This was also a time when grown-ups stayed up to watch David Letterman, or adolescents quietly watched past their bedtime.
In the story, the characters Wonder Man, Hawkeye, Beast, Black Panther, and Black Widow are invited by real-life host David Letterman to his talk show. During their time on the show, a villain named the Mecho-Marauder attacks and manages to incapacitate every member of the Avengers. However, Letterman bashes him in the head with a giant prop doorknob. So yeah, that's it.
It seems too silly to make a crossover between a Marvel superhero and an NBC late-night variety show, but it did happen. It was published in 1978 as part of the Marvel Team-Up series. Many people enjoyed seeing their comedy icons fighting alongside Spider-Man. It was also an early time for SNL, featuring Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, and John Belushi, before Eddie Murphy, Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, and many other famous comedians joined the show.