The First Ever Marvel/DC Crossover


Amazing Adventures #16, from 1972, is the start of the first ever Marvel/DC crossover... unofficially! Writer Steve Englehart was friends with Gerry Conway, who wrote Thor #207, and Len Wein, who wrote Justice League of America #103. Together, they cooked up a story in which they all co-starred.


The three of them and Len's wife, Glynis, are driving to the Rutland Halloween parade. Steve's car loses its muffler, then they pick up a hitchhiker who happens to be Hank McCoy (the Beast). After dropping him off, they arrive at their host's house. (Tom Fagan, organiser of the parade.)



During a trip to a diner, Glynis (dressed as Supergirl) goes missing.


It's revealed in JLA that she is possessed by Felix Faust, and forced to battle the Justice League, along with other party goers dressed as superheroes.



Finally, the JLA having defeated Felix Faust, in Thor #207, Glynis is reunited with her companions, only for Steve's car to be stolen by a mysterious stranger. In JLA, it was revealed to be Faust, making his escape, and he did indeed get pulled over by the cops!



Each of the stories can be read in isolation, but the subplots with Englehart, Conway and the Weins only really make sense by reading all 3 issues. Marie Severin, caricaturist extraordinaire, drew the likenesses in the two Marvel books.









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