Super-Team Mashup: Spider-Man Vs. Poison Ivy


Why did she have to be a RED head?

Didn’t he briefly team-up with the Falcon, in the real-world MTU, against Plant Man?

@Carycomic: Yep! MTU v.1/#71 (circa 1972).

That seems to be a trope: redheads wearing green outfits. Consider DC’s Rose and The Thorn, also Dorothy Seaton in Doc Smith’s Skylark novels.

Unless it is the Marvel Movie Universe where Spiderman seems to have his mask off more than on while in costume.


Red and green, blue and orange & yellow and purple are sets of opposite colors when mixing ink and paint. Blue + Yellow = green, etc.

This is the interesting thing about Spider-Man’s and Batman’s respective rogues’ galleries: many of them can switch to the other, and still look quite natural. There’s even a little overlap: Killer Croc and the Lizard, Green Goblin and the Joker, Chameleon and False-Face, even Man-Bat and Man-Spider. Any of those pairs would be a good excuse for a Batman/Spider-Man team-up. We’ve also seen the Spider-Signal on this blog (though it’s been too long since the last time), and of course both movie franchises have seen J. K. Simmons in key roles (Gordon and Jameson).

But Spidey could have* interesting adventures against the Penguin, Clayface, Mr. Freeze, Two-Face, or even the Ventriloquist; while Batman could be pitted against the Kingpin, Silvermane, Mysterio, Hammerhead, Scorpion, or the Vulture. And those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

And today’s cover looks almost exactly like what a cover would look like in the early 70s with these two characters, and I’d be certainly interested in checking it out.

*In some cases, may have already had here; I’m not inclined right now to check.

Off topic: I just thought of another Bat-Villain vs. non-DC hero battle which might work:

Ra’s Al Ghul vs. James Bond.

I went and checked the Bond appearances on STF to make sure our host hadn’t done that already. He has brought 007 into Batman’s world several times, but never against Ra’s.

I have been seen the solicits for Gang War currently running in Spider-Man and that combine with today’s mix up makes me think. Isn’t it time for a multiparter with Batman and his allies teaming with Spider-Man and his allies to stop a gang war between Penguin and the Kingpin?

Spidey: I’m all for ‘Going Green’ but You’re taking it a little too far. It’s the ‘Big Apple’! Not a salad bowl.

But, every New Year’s Day, Flushing hosts the Toilet Bowl.

@Anon923: Please, tell me you did NOT just say that. 🙁



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Batman and Superman Join Forces to Battle Darth Vader on the Death Star in an Amazing Live Action Short

The father-son team of Sean Schoenke and Aaron Schoenke of Bat in the Sun Productions created an amazing live-action short where Batman travels to the Death Star in order to rescue Superman and then join forces to battle Darth Vader. It was quite a treat to see Batman draw a lightsaber against Vader, although the fight appears to have just begun.

BEAT DOWN will return FALL 2024!

via The Awesomer

Welcome One and All

Welcome to a new website dedicated to the fascinating world of Crossovers.

So what are Crossovers? The Wikipedia definition lists examples of:

  • The result of the exchange of genetic material during meiosis.
  • A place where one thing crosses over another.
  • An athlete who competes in a multi-sport event like a triathlon or decathlon.
  • A blend of multiple styles of music or multiple film genres, intended to appeal to a wider audience.
  • A piece of fiction that borrows elements from two or more fictional universes.

1893 is first known use of the word according to Merriam Webster. 1893 was also when we see a great Crossover event take place in Chicago with the Parliament of the World Religions. 1893 was also the time when the Pulp industry really took off thanks to printing technology innovations and cost savings allowing prices prices for the leading The Golden Argosy to drop to to 10¢ an issue! This helped spread the pulpy adventure, sci-fi, and fantasy fiction across the generations that continue to reverberate to today.

This website is a love letter and an exploration philosophically (i.e. zeitgeist and synchronicity) and socially (across business, interspecies relationship, and pop culture) to the phenomenon.

Long live Crossovers!

– Doc Surge