In the first of more parts than we planned, we lay the foundation and start into Marvel Comics crossovers, looking at what a crossover really is (and isn't, and is/isn't perceived to be), including how Marvel invented them (no, seriously).
Crossovers Epic Event: Part 3 of 8
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Series Episode Checklist
- The Series Thus Far
- Prelude - All-New Secret Age of Infinity Crossover War CrisisPoint Convergence
- 1 - Your World is Going to be Destroyed! (DC pt1)
- 2 - End of the Universe (DC pt2)
- 2.5 - A Game for Children (Non-Canonical Trivia Game tie-in)
- 3 - Heroes Punching Each Other (Marvel pt1)
- Yet to Come
- 4 - The Experience Has Been Consummated! (Marvel pt2)
- 5 - Chain Mail and a Bomber Jacket (Marvel pt3)
- 6 - Doctor Strange Explains It All (Marvel pt4)
- tie-in: The Incomparable #140 - The Sublime Magicks of Exposition
- tie-in AFTERMATH: The Incomparable #140b - No More Merlins
- 7 - Beyond Continuity Porn (Marvel pt5)
- 8 - This Hero Must Die! (Marvel pt6)
- Marvel NOW! tie-in: Giant Size ORIGINS 9: Illusion of Beginning/Middle/End
- Marvel NOW! tie-in: Giant Size ORIGINS 10: Heavy Metal Album Cover
- Epilogue - Infinite Aftermath: Consequences
Reading List
Everything on this episode is available on Marvel Unlimited.
Avengers/Defenders War (1974), written by Steve Englehart, drawn by Sal Buscema and Bob Brown
better for younger modern readers
Swordsman is/was Hawkeye's adopted dad
The Thanos War (1973), written and drawn by Jim Starlin, inked by Chic Stone
TPB collected as "Avengers vs Thanos", which includes Thanos' first appearance in Iron Man
Captain Marvel v1 #25-33, Marvel Feature #12, Avengers #125
Contest of Champions (1982), written by Mark Gruenwald and drawn by John Romita Jr. and Bob Layton
TPB/HC includes "fan appeasement extensions West Coast Avengers Annual #2 and Avengers Annual #16
notable among other for: some of "JR JR's" earliest work, also very early Layton
originally planned as a 1980 Olympics tie-in, but then the U.S. boycotted the games
The Grandmaster and The Other (Death) pick teams like a game of kickball
Shamrock, Arabian Knight, The Collective Man, Le Peregrine (zut alours!), and Sabra, among other international heroes, are introduced
the Contest of Champions mobile fighting game is much more based on Contest of Champions II (2000), written by Chris Claremont and drawn by Oscar Jimenez and Michael Ryan, and in-name-only sequel.
Superstar: AS SEEN ON TV! (2011), written by Kurt Busiek and drawn by Stuart Immonen, is available used for very affordable prices, though out of print
not actually the first Direct Market-exclusive title (that was Dazzler #1 in 1981, it was close)
Show Notes and Links
We covered Frank Miller's Holy Terror previously on Giant Size 13
Silver Surfer for NES was one of the hardest games ever. Why Mister Sinister is the end boss, we may never know.
