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The Amalgam Age of Comics (The DC Comics Collection)

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The most interesting thing about these stories to me was that unlike the "Marvel verses DC" story where characters were matched up to fight based on the similarity of their strenghts and powers (ie Hulk vs Superman, Sub-mariner vs Aquaman, Batman vs Captain America), characters in this book were matched up based on their personalites. For instances, Wolverine and Batman were combined into a charater called Dark Claw. Despite their differences both Wolverine and Batman are dark characters, loners. Superman and Captain America were combined into Super Soliders. Both of these characters are role models and heros in every sense of the word. The orgin of the Amalgam character is a mixture of the two characters he os she is based on and usually were combined in interesting and unique ways. There were exceptions to this story formula, such as "Bruce Wayne: Agent of SHEILD". This story tells how Bruce Wayne's parents were spys killed by Hydra and Bruce has entered Sheild and used his power and money to turn it into his own private army. The issue opens with Bruce launching an attack on Hydra island in a personal war he has started. We can see a corruption here that has never really been used in the Batman stories, this gives a chance to redo certin characters in a new way, areas that fans won't allow writers to take with tried and true characters. My only complaint would be how many different stoies were combined. There are a few stories in the book everyone will enjoy, a true Marvel and DC fan will enjoy most of them, but only the most diehard fan be familar with all the characters. But this slight flaw is compentsated for by the fact that the stories themselves are interesting without knowing the characters behind them. All and all a great read.

Around the 1970's and into the early 80's, Both Marvel and DC had published a series of cross-company publications (Superman vs. Spider-Man, Batman vs. The Hulk). Those were kindergarten books compared to the Amalgam Universe. Dark Claw (Wolverine/Batman), Super-Soldier(Capt. America/Superman), and the JLX (JLA/X-Men) are nothing less than inspired. Check out Jim Balent's artwork on the Dark Claw story. It is some of his best.

if you love marvel, and if you love dc, this is something that you got to add to your collection, in this cross over that occurred during the marvel vs dc event, both universes unite to create only one amalgamated universe, with characters who are "amalgams" of two or more characters from both universes, in order for you to really enjoy this collection of hypothetical titles you should be a fan of both universes, and fill in the blanks that come before and after the titles (none of the issues are "origins")

As a marvel fan, I can assure you that even if you are not a hardcore fan of DC(or if your are a fan of DC, and not marvel), you are going to like the stories about the dark claw(batman + wolverine) ,super soldier ( cap. America +superman), and my favorite jlx (the x-men + the justice league)

The other stories are also good, but I didn't know a lot of info about the backgrounds of the characters that were amalgamated, so it was hard to find the similarities, and finding the similarities was one of the things that attracted me to this book.

SPOILER ALERT this is not part of the review,and is not really an spoiler since you can see it in the cover, but they turned daredevil and deathstroke the terminator into a woman.

This is the third of several books to have the comics from the 1990s colaberation of DC and Marvel in the DC vs Marvel (or Marvel vs DC if your prefer) that has several of the books together in one place to not only show what would happen if the worlds of DC and Marvel heroes came together, but what sort of unique combinations come from it and to see the artwork of the best in the comics industry for the time work together to create such an amazing product is wonderful. Each story allows for people who are fans of the broader base of the top comics from the 1990s to recognize who these characters are, how they are different and what sort of combinations were used to create these new and interesting heroes. Even if the hero's name is the same the character is a combination of we thought out combinations of the Best in the DC and Marvel universes told in a style as if this character and his/her/its comic have always been around adding a bit of fun and humor to the comic page. Overall if you were a fan of DC & Marvel and loved their clash in the 90s then you should definately look at this and the other 3 products out there, they are getting harder to find but they are all fun. Thanks for reading.

If you want to know how an amalgamated dc and marvel character looks like, then buy this. Its interesting how their origin story would pan out. I don't think they are worth having their own comic series.

I liked the idea of throwing these characters in a melting pot and seeing what happens, but the result is to messy to focus upon. I loved the DC versus Marvel comic, but this spin-off or spin-offs was all just too much for me. I managed to enjoy Super Soldier, and bits and pieces of Dark Claw as well as Assasins, but the X-men mash-up was a disaster. There were too many characters and confusing dialogues for me to pick up any interest from. A large team of superheroes is hard to control in terms of character developement, but imagine two groups of superheroes combined. Now that's one big headache.

Reading this I missed our original characters like Batman and Wolverine in their respective forms. Putting them together is like studying two people in one body, when Batman is two people to begin with. If I've confused you then maybe that gives you a taste of the chaos within the panels.

Amazon- C+ Interesting at times, but overall boring.

Assasins- B- A good story, but the action is a little messy. Big Question is a great idea that needed more work.

Doctor Strangefate- N/A I payed for this in DC versus Marvel. Its a good story but I've already read it.

JLX- F Nuff said. Too much going on to enjoy.

Dark Claw- C I would have to read more to enjoy. The first issue did not hook me. The hero is one-dimensional. Batman and Wolverine by themselves are very dynamic.

Super Soldier- B I would read more of this. It was pretty entertaining.

Make your choice carefully. Some people really enjoy these stories. They're great ideas, they just need to introduce all the elements a little slower. Spread the story out I suppose. Don't expect the characters to be a perfect mix.

If you are a fan of Marvel and DC superhero material; this one is for you. Especially the Wolverine Batman combination in this volume! This is where the comic companies should be expending their efforts. It's experimental mini-series titles like this that make the genre interesting again. Another I loved was Dave Gibbons Captain America/Superman hero the Super-Soldier. There should be a sequel to this series! It's too good to pass up!

This was a five star comic book n if u like the DC vs Marvel comic then this is a comic book to buy

Crossovers are not always well-developed, and it is necesary to admit that there were many details that far from perfeection, but these "amalgam-books" were a pretty nice idea and I really enjoyed reading them. They are not going to change the way you look at the world, but you'll have fun.

DC I now , Marvel I Know , but this mix with Amalgam Age is very hard to swallow , though the story line are very good & the details is as amazing as can be , but its all very new , its almost as writers cram each two charicters together in one side & their enemies in the other and make a manulel or a summory of them and start with 4 stories here & other stories in the other book . but let me say this Batman + wolfrain character is the top story if it was in all the comic book it would worth at least 5 stars , but since not 3 all the book worth