# DC Marvel Mashup: An Amalgam Redux **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 13, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-marvel-mashup-an-amalgam-redux/625080 "2012-06-13T23:39:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-marvel-mashup-an-amalgam-redux/625080/1 "2012-06-13T23:39:41Z")
What characters would you mash together from the DC and Marvel universes to create composite characters? This thread idea brought to you by the awesome idea of a Hiddleston-Loki and Ledger-Joker mashup. I would call him Jokey. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-marvel-mashup-an-amalgam-redux/625080/2 "2012-06-13T23:47:35Z")
Does it have to be Marvel and DC? I’d love to see a Batman Manbat mashup. Only problem is to decide on the name. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-marvel-mashup-an-amalgam-redux/625080/3 "2012-06-14T00:08:16Z")
Nah. It can be any company, really. I just named those two companies because they’re the most prominent, and only ones I know anything about. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-marvel-mashup-an-amalgam-redux/625080/4 "2012-06-14T00:45:54Z")
Daredevil/Batman. The blind, radar-sense thing seems like a natural fit for a bat-themed character. I’m thinking a Batman Beyond type costume to bring in a little subtle color compromise between the characters. ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-marvel-mashup-an-amalgam-redux/625080/5 "2012-06-14T01:01:40Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Does it have to be Marvel and DC? I’d love to see a Batman Manbat mashup. Only problem is to decide on the name. Batmanbat? ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-marvel-mashup-an-amalgam-redux/625080/6 "2012-06-14T01:08:13Z")
Black Lightning and Black Panther. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-marvel-mashup-an-amalgam-redux/625080/7 "2012-06-14T01:24:37Z")
The Flash and Stacy-X. Call her the Flasher. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-marvel-mashup-an-amalgam-redux/625080/8 "2012-06-14T05:20:07Z")
Batman and Iron Man They’ve got the millionaire thing in common but other than that they’re opposites. Batman’s the driven fanatic. He has to fight crime. His limitation is that he’s only a mortal man with no superpowers. So he drives himself as far as a human being can push himself. Iron Man’s a dillettante. He’s a playboy who took up crime fighting because it was easy (he’s got a super-suit to do all the work) and because it’s amusing. With the technology he has he could do a lot more but he doesn’t push himself. (I realize I’ve simplified both characters but these aspects do exist.) Now combine them together. Somebody with Batman’s drive and Iron Man’s power. IronBat wouldn’t be content to just fight individual criminals - he would want to fight crime itself and defeat it. He would take control of his city. ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-marvel-mashup-an-amalgam-redux/625080/9 "2012-06-14T11:55:32Z")
Booster Gold + Rocket Racer = Booster Rocket, with his trusty Skeetsboard ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-marvel-mashup-an-amalgam-redux/625080/10 "2012-06-14T12:03:16Z")
Doctor Strange + The Phantom Stranger = Doctor Stranger, master of the mysterious arts! I can picture the costume, too. Take the Phantom Stranger’s classic look, pattern the trenchcoat after Doctor Strange’s Cloak of Levitation, and make that medallion into the Eye of Agamotto. AWESOME. This is fun! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-marvel-mashup-an-amalgam-redux/625080/11 "2012-06-14T12:31:32Z")
> [@I'm Not Dennis Bergkamp](#): > > Batmanbat? Batbat or Manman seem the more obvious choices. Black Lightning + Flash = Lightning Flash. ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-marvel-mashup-an-amalgam-redux/625080/12 "2012-06-14T12:33:12Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Batbat or Manman seem the most obvious choices. Bat-Bat was the best part of the Bakshi Mighty Mouse cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-marvel-mashup-an-amalgam-redux/625080/13 "2012-06-14T12:40:44Z")
[Death](http://images.spartanwarrior.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/ScJB1QoKCj0AACrch681/death.jpg?et=u1Y%2CH67%2Bu3znfNqCLptUvA&nmid=0) and [Deathshead](http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/d/dethhead.htm). Peachy keen, yes? ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-marvel-mashup-an-amalgam-redux/625080/14 "2012-06-14T13:17:34Z")
The Fantastic Fourth World, featuring: Mister Miracle, supergenius elastic escape artist Barda, the Invisible Fury THING, The Heavy Impact National Guardsman Johnny Etrigan, the Demon Torch ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-marvel-mashup-an-amalgam-redux/625080/15 "2012-06-14T15:52:16Z")
> [@MegaBee](#): > > Doctor Strange + The Phantom Stranger = Doctor Stranger, master of the mysterious arts! I can picture the costume, too. Take the Phantom Stranger’s classic look, pattern the trenchcoat after Doctor Strange’s Cloak of Levitation, and make that medallion into the Eye of Agamotto. AWESOME. > > This is fun! I don’t know if this will come as good news or bad news but here is [Dr. Strangefate](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-adtb9ZaI-Wk/TpzKAKtJoPI/AAAAAAAAD24/PUjTMwUr7Hs/s1600/doctor-strangefate_super.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-marvel-mashup-an-amalgam-redux/625080/16 "2012-06-14T15:56:34Z")
> [@B.Serum](#): > > I don’t know if this will come as good news or bad news but here is [Dr. Strangefate](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-adtb9ZaI-Wk/TpzKAKtJoPI/AAAAAAAAD24/PUjTMwUr7Hs/s1600/doctor-strangefate_super.jpg). Yeah, I read the Amalgam comics when they came out. Some of the characters were pretty neat, and I liked Dr. Strangefate’s design. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-marvel-mashup-an-amalgam-redux/625080/17 "2012-06-14T17:04:20Z")
Captain Marvel and Captain Marvel as Redundant Man. Doctor Death and Doctor Bong as Deathtoll. Swamp Thing and Man-Thing – combined and work for the Addams family. ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-marvel-mashup-an-amalgam-redux/625080/18 "2012-06-14T17:07:46Z")
Collected from Twitter: Casper the Friendly Ghost Rider Hot Stuff the Little Daredevil Wendy the Scarlet Richie Witch I’m having a sketch commissioned. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-marvel-mashup-an-amalgam-redux/625080/19 "2012-06-14T17:55:06Z")
Superman + Hulk= Super-Hulk: The most ridiculously overpowered superhero ever. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-marvel-mashup-an-amalgam-redux/625080/20 "2012-06-14T19:14:29Z")
> [@B.Serum](#): > > Daredevil/Batman. > > The blind, radar-sense thing seems like a natural fit for a bat-themed character. I’m thinking a Batman Beyond type costume to bring in a little subtle color compromise between the characters. I started a similar thread years ago. The Batman/Daredevil cross was one of my ideas. The Dark Knighte uses a Batarang. Hornhead uses a billyclub. I think that the Dare Devil Detective would use a Baton. My other idea was a Joker/ Frank Castle combo, called The Punster. Costume - Like the Punisher’s, but purple instead of black. And a Greek mask of comedy, instead of the skull. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-marvel-mashup-an-amalgam-redux/625080.md?page=2)