Superman/Spider-Man #1 is out this week! By JASON CZERNICH Fifty years ago, in January 1976, DC and Marvel gave us the very first crossover between their characters with the landmark Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man. I wasn’t born yet, let alone collecting and reading comics, but I can just imagine the feeling fandom had at the time. Perhaps it was something akin to the surprise I got when I watched Disney toons interact with their Warner Brothers counterparts in 1988’s Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Broadly, intercompany crossovers among a whole litany of publishers are commonplace now, but the first wave of DC/Marvel projects in the late ’70s and early ’80s were quite a thing for the industry, fans and pros alike, to behold. Since then, then Big Two have had a checkered relationship: There was a second wave (1994–2004) that produced a lot of material — not all of it great — and then… nothing. As of 2025’s Deadpool/Batman and Batman/Deadpool one-shots — plus the recent publication of omnibus collections and Facsimile Editions — we are now officially in the third wave of DC/Marvel crossovers. This week, it all comes full circle, with DC’s release of Superman/Spider-Man #1 — click here for a SNEAK PEEK — to be followed in April by Marvel’s Spider-Man/Superman #1. With that in mind, here are my picks for THE TOP 13 DC/MARVEL CROSSOVERS — RANKED: — 13. Superman/Fantastic Four (1999). I am a sucker for when Dan Jurgens writes and draws a story—especially if it is a Superman story. I am a sucker for oversize formats. I am a sucker for Alex Ross. Superman/Fantastic Four had all of this and more, as well as inventive ways to include Galactus and Cyborg Superman, aka Hank Henshaw They even take the time to reference how Henshaw’s origin is a dark mirror image of the Fantastic Four’s beginnings. The wraparound cover by Jurgens and Ross was just the icing on this cosmic cake. — 12. DC Versus Marvel Comics (1995). This will probably be the most controversial entry on this list due to the fan voting aspect of it alone. However, the four-issue miniseries actually had some genuinely good moments. Aside from the matches, writers Ron Marz and Peter David, teamed with pencillers Dan Jurgens and Claudio Castellini, gave us some fun character interactions we never thought...
EXCLUSIVE! 1966’s Detective Comics #359 is returning to print… You’d be forgiven for thinking that Batgirl — the Barbara Gordon version, that is — didn’t show up until Yvonne Craig put on her spangly purple tights in the fall of 1967, when the Batman TV show entered its third and final season. There seems to be this weird Mandela Effect about it, but in actually, she first appeared 10 months earlier to much ballyhoo in November 1966’s Detective Comics #359. To be fair, however, Batman TV producer William Dozier did have a hand in her creation, along with editor Julius Schwartz, writer Gardner Fox, and artist Carmine Infantino. In any event, Detective Comics #359 — “The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl!” — will in June be getting its second Facsimile Edition, in advance of the Dominoed Daredoll’s 60th anniversary. Dig the solicitation info, to be officially released by DC later Friday: DETECTIVE COMICS #359 FACSIMILE EDITION Written by GARDNER FOX Art by CARMINE INFANTINO and MURPHY ANDERSON Cover by CARMINE INFANTINO Foil variant cover by CARMINE INFANTINO ($6.99 US) Blank sketch cover ($4.99 US) Killer Moth has decided to enter the protection racket, shaking down all the very wealthiest citizens of Gotham City. When he and his gang of Moth Men target millionaire Bruce Wayne, only a certain caped crusader can save the day—but it isn’t who you think! Thrill to the fantastic first appearance of Barbara Gordon—Batgirl! $3.99 US | 32 pages ON SALE 6/17/26 — Buncha thoughts: — The first ‘Tec #359 Facsimile Edition was released in January 2020. This edition is an improvement in that DC now puts its anachronistic UPC symbols on the back, giving the cover that extra retro feel. This will also have the foil and sketch logo variants, the latter in all likelihood to feature Go-Go Checks. — Depending on your source, Dozier’s reasoning in adding Batgirl was either to attract more female viewers — or ramp up the show’s sex appeal. I’m going with the latter. — DC has three other Facsimile Editions — and two Super Powers covers — coming in June. Links below! — Obligatory Price Comparisons: An unslabbed, original Detective Comics #359 listed in VG condition recently sold on eBay for about $4,500. (Looks like a higher grade in the pic, though.) A NM copy of the 2020 Facsimile...
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