# Is the worst possible comics crossover really . . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 23, 2006, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-worst-possible-comics-crossover-really/349569 "2006-03-23T10:24:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-worst-possible-comics-crossover-really/349569/1 "2006-03-23T10:24:53Z")
. . . [Witchblade/Howard the Duck?](http://archive.gamespy.com/comics/nodwick/ffn/ffn.htm) (if this is more than a week old, you’ll have to scroll back) It’s late at night, but I’m sure that with a little rest I could come up with something worse. Anyone else care to try? ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-worst-possible-comics-crossover-really/349569/2 "2006-03-23T12:14:12Z")
Archie/Punisher’s been done. And it was a pretty good comic. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-worst-possible-comics-crossover-really/349569/3 "2006-03-23T13:44:55Z")
I’d like to see Jack Chick’s Crusader Comics do a crossover with Cherry Poptart! (Them poseable-action-figure evangelists needs to get **laid!)** ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-worst-possible-comics-crossover-really/349569/4 "2006-03-23T13:55:34Z")
OK, so The Punisher/Archie worked… How about **The Punisher/Family Circus** “Who shot Dolly?” “Not Me” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-worst-possible-comics-crossover-really/349569/5 "2006-03-23T14:18:08Z")
Or better still – Crusader/Freak Brothers! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-worst-possible-comics-crossover-really/349569/6 "2006-03-23T14:41:15Z")
Thing is, Howard the Duck was a fantastic satirical book when written by Steve Gerber back in the '70s. Howard really would work well in some crossovers with the right writer and character. I wonder what Elllis or Millar would do with it. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-worst-possible-comics-crossover-really/349569/7 "2006-03-23T14:45:54Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > . . . [Witchblade/Howard the Duck?](http://archive.gamespy.com/comics/nodwick/ffn/ffn.htm) (if this is more than a week old, you’ll have to scroll back) I don’t know much about Witchblade, but the original Steve Gerber Howard the Duck would have worked well with anything. People who know only about the movie don’t realize how good the comic really was, and the concept would allow for any crossover – though it would have been done for laughs. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-worst-possible-comics-crossover-really/349569/8 "2006-03-23T15:19:35Z")
How about Witchblade and _Donald_ Duck? ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-worst-possible-comics-crossover-really/349569/9 "2006-03-23T15:33:13Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I don’t know much about Witchblade, but the original Steve Gerber Howard the Duck would have worked well with anything. People who know only about the movie don’t realize how good the comic really was, and the concept would allow for any crossover – though it would have been done for laughs. Amen! Preach it brother Chuck, preach it! “Oh, no, he’s going to obwiterwate Cweavewand!” “Hare Rama, Hare Reasoner” ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-worst-possible-comics-crossover-really/349569/10 "2006-03-23T16:28:04Z")
“I don’t understand somethin’ toots.” “My name is not toots!” “Fine. Explain something ta me, _officer Pezzini_.” “What?” “That Witchblade doohickey can make all the weapons and armor you want, right?” “Right.” “So why is it, instead of a full suit of armor with helmet, yer wearin so little I can tell ya Brazillian wax?” “Um, well . . .” “And yer in love with an assassin who’s tried to kill ya? And ya got unresolved traumas from childhood?” “Yes, but-” “Don’t you hairless apes have some kind of screening process ta put people through before you give 'em guns and badges?” ---
**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:** [March 24, 2006, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-worst-possible-comics-crossover-really/349569/11 "2006-03-24T05:00:32Z")
_Omaha the Cat Dancer_ and _Johnny the Homicidal Maniac_ might be interesting. Or Omaha and the webcomic _Jack_… The comic’s pages would end up both damp and sticky with a sludge of blood and congealed evil. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-worst-possible-comics-crossover-really/349569/12 "2006-03-24T05:46:54Z")
It’ll definitely beat the Howard the Duck/Red Sonja crossover all hollow. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-worst-possible-comics-crossover-really/349569/13 "2006-03-24T07:38:47Z")
I’m liking these! Right now I’m trying to imagine what a Chick Tract/Zippy the Pinhead crossover would look like. I get close sometimes, but then my brain starts whimpering and trying to hide. ---
**Author:** ![First\_Amongst\_Daves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4491bb/32.png) [@First\_Amongst\_Daves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/First_Amongst_Daves)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-worst-possible-comics-crossover-really/349569/14 "2006-03-24T13:40:05Z")
Here I was thinking someone was going to say “Our Worlds at War”.