CROSSOVER CLASSICS
written by Jim Arehart
published in WIZARD: THE COMICS MAGAZINE #143
'JLA/Avengers' revives x-overs.
DC SPECIAL SERIES #27
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BATMAN VS THE INCREDIBLE HULK #1 (Reprint)
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It's finally happening (and this time they really mean it). The long anticipated JLA/Avengers crossover arrives this fall, and the anticipation has fans all nostalgic for those earlier Marvel/DC inter-company crossovers - meaning you can expect a nice back-issue price boost.
Which titles might see a nice halo effect from JLA/Avengers? We lumped them into two camps: the old, mostly treasury-sized "Pre-Crisis" crossovers and the 1990s "Post-Crisis" bunch that came hot on the heels of the DC vs Marvel mini and the Amalgam titles.
PRE-CRISIS CROSSOVERS
The three big treasury editions - Superman vs the Amazing Spider-Man (1976), Marvel Treasury Editions #28 (Supes and Spidey aagin) and DC Special Series #27 (Batman vs Hulk) - are tough to find and in decent condition because of their size and often improper storage.
According to Stan Daniel, manager of Capt Comics in Hoover, Ala., "The Superman/Spider-Man stuff will always be in demand, but everyone overlooks Batman/Hulk. You can get it pretty cheap right now if you can fid it. Also the X-Men/New Teen Titans crossovers [Marvel and DC Presents the Uncanny X-Men and the New Teen Titans] keeps flying out of the store."
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CROSSOVER BACK COVER
(1987 ), art by George Pérez, from 
