DC / Marvel #8

Jan 1997 · Dino Verlag · 4.90 DEM; 4,90 CHF; 39 ATS; 6,50 NLG; 6.300 ITL; 575 ESP

🌐 German edition · synopsis shown in English

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“Der Übergang!”

About this Issue

DC / Marvel #8 (Dino Verlag, 1997) — subtitled 'Access – Der Wächter 1 von 3' — is the German-language debut of the DC/Marvel: All Access sequel series, a direct continuation of the 1996 DC vs. Marvel crossover event that had pitted the two publishers' universes against each other for the first time in a semi-canonical way. The issue carries forward Access (Axel Asher), the sole comics character co-owned equally by both DC and Marvel, and expands his role from passive observer to active guardian of the multiverse. For German-speaking readers, this was their introduction to the All Access storyline through Dino's 'DC gegen Marvel' anthology line, which served as the primary conduit for DC/Marvel crossover material in the German market across its 38-issue run. The issue's place as part 1 of a three-part arc — reprinting All Access #1 — also marks the first chapter of what would become the middle installment of the broader DC vs. Marvel / All Access / Unlimited Access trilogy.

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writer Ron Marz · writer Frank Neubauer · artist Jackson Guice · artist, inker Josef Rubinstein · colorist Lee Loughridge · colorist Digital Chameleon · letterer Michael Möller · cover Jackson Guice, Joe Rubinstein

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History

Dino Verlag launched its 'DC gegen Marvel' anthology series in June 1996, making it the first sustained German-language home for the historic DC/Marvel crossover output of the mid-1990s. Issue #8 reprints DC/Marvel: All Access #1, co-published by DC and Marvel Comics in December 1996, written by Ron Marz (who also wrote the original DC vs. Marvel four-issue event alongside Peter David) and drawn by Jackson Guice with inks by Josef Rubinstein. The Dino edition packages the 48-page American original into a 52-page German-format prestige-style pamphlet and appears in 1997 as part of a numbered run that reached 38 issues before the series concluded in January 2001, when Dino's publishing operations were eventually absorbed by Panini Verlag.

Trivia · 8 facts

DC / Marvel #8 (Dino Verlag, 1997) reprints DC/Marvel: All Access #1 (cover date December 1996, on-sale October 1996), the first issue of the four-part All Access sequel miniseries.
Written by Ron Marz (returning from the original DC vs. Marvel event), with pencils by Jackson Guice and inks by Josef Rubinstein; colors by Lee Loughridge, letters by Bill Oakley, editors Mike Carlin and Chris Duffy.
Access (Axel Asher) is the lead character and the only figure in comics history co-owned jointly by both DC Comics and Marvel Comics, introduced in DC vs. Marvel #1 (February 1996).
The issue's central plot involves Marvel villains crossing uninvited into the DC Universe — specifically Venom appearing in Metropolis — with Superman and Spider-Man (Peter Parker) teaming up to stop him while Access investigates the cause.
Jubilee (Jubilation Lee) persuades Access to bring her to the DC Universe, where she teams with Robin (Tim Drake) against Two-Face and the Scorpion — an inter-universe pairing that had been set up during the original DC vs. Marvel contest.
The Dino 'DC gegen Marvel' anthology placed this issue as #8 in a numbered series that ran 38 issues from June 1996 to January 2001, with issues #8–10 collectively presenting the full All Access trilogy under the German subtitle 'Access – Der Wächter' (Access – The Guardian).
Spider-Man is listed in the German index as 'Die Spinne,' the traditional German-language localization of the character's name used by German publishers.
The broader DC/Marvel crossover initiative of which this issue is part concluded with Unlimited Access (1997–1998) by Karl Kesel and Pat Olliffe; Dino published that trilogy as 'Die Macht des Access' in issues #8–10 of its separate Marvel DC Crossover line.