Witchblade and Vampirella Are Getting Into the Publisher Crossover Craze!

We've seen a lot of crossovers between Marvel and DC lately. The trend has been that we get one comic with a character's name featured, followed by another issue that flips the headliner. Hence, "Deadpool/Batman," as well as, "Batman/Deadpool" and more. I suppose Top Cow (an imprint of Image) and Dynamite wanted to get a piece of the fun (and make some scratch) because, for the first time in 20 years Witchblade and Vampirella are teaming-up for, "Witchblade/Vampirella," #1, by Marguerite Bennett and Laura Braga as well as, "Vampirella/Witchblade," #1, by Erica Schultz and Valentina Pinti.

I'm all for different comic-book companies having fun crossovers, as in a worst-case scenario, we just get silly fan-service, but in a best-case scenario, we'll be able to enjoy some creative takes on popular characters having some new/rarely seen interactions. Both characters have a slight horror and sci-fi bent, are popular for occasionally cheesecakey art, and the creative teams are great writers and artists. Keep your eyes peeled for the first crossover issue in late August; it should be a fun read!

DC and Marvel to Officially Have a New Crossover Event

It's been decades since the last time it officially happened, but DC and Marvel are going to have themselves a nice old-fashioned crossover. Very little information has been disclosed but sometime later this year there will be (at least) two big one-shots featuring an intercompany brawl (I assume there will be fighting) of DC and Marvel characters. Titled, "DC/Marvel," and, "Marvel/DC," I was thinking this might happen when a republishing was announced of previous crossovers between the companies in big omnibus editions. Those books were received warmly and now new material is on the way. This is sure to be a big occurrence so I'll discuss it further as more information becomes available.