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What is Amalgam Comics?
What is Amalgam Comics?
When did the first set of Amalgam Comics one-shots get published?
When did the first set of Amalgam Comics one-shots get published?
What was the purpose of Access in the Amalgam Comics event?
What was the purpose of Access in the Amalgam Comics event?
Who were the Spectre and the Living Tribunal in the Amalgam Comics event?
Who were the Spectre and the Living Tribunal in the Amalgam Comics event?
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What was Doctor Strangefate's real identity in the Amalgam Comics event?
What was Doctor Strangefate's real identity in the Amalgam Comics event?
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How many one-shots were published in the second set of Amalgam Comics?
How many one-shots were published in the second set of Amalgam Comics?
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What was the designation of the Amalgam Universe in The Essential Wonder Woman Encyclopedia?
What was the designation of the Amalgam Universe in The Essential Wonder Woman Encyclopedia?
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When did the first Amalgam event occur?
When did the first Amalgam event occur?
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Who were merged into single characters during the Amalgam Comics event?
Who were merged into single characters during the Amalgam Comics event?
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How many trade paperbacks have the 24 Amalgam Comics one-shots been reprinted in?
How many trade paperbacks have the 24 Amalgam Comics one-shots been reprinted in?
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Study Notes
- Amalgam Comics was a collaborative publishing imprint shared by DC Comics and Marvel Comics.
- The two publishers merged their characters into new ones, which first appeared in a series of 12 one-shots published in April 1996.
- A second set of 12 one-shots followed one year later in June 1997, but without the crossover event as a background.
- The Amalgam Universe was designated as Earth-9602 in The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Alternate Universes 2005 and as Earth-496 in The Essential Wonder Woman Encyclopedia (2015).
- The first Amalgam event occurred near the end of the four-issue DC vs. Marvel crossover event in April 1996.
- The two comic book universes came together when the two physical incarnations of their respective universes became aware of each other.
- Access, a character created specifically for the event and co-owned by both DC and Marvel, served as a gatekeeper who became stuck while traveling between the two universes.
- To prevent their total destruction, the Spectre and the Living Tribunal created an amalgamated universe, in which only Access and Doctor Strangefate (Charles Xavier) knew the truth about the merge.
- During the crossover event, pairs of DC and Marvel characters were merged into single characters.
- The 24 one-shots have been reprinted in four trade paperbacks.
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Are you a comic book fan curious about the fascinating Amalgam Comics universe? Test your knowledge with our quiz! Learn about the collaboration between DC and Marvel that resulted in 24 one-shots featuring merged versions of iconic characters. From Access to Doctor Strangefate, explore the backstory of this unique universe and see if you can identify the merged characters. Take the quiz and become an expert on Earth-9602 and Earth-496!