DC / Marvel #9

Feb 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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About this Issue

DC / Marvel #9 (Dino Verlag, February 1997) is the German-language edition of DC/Marvel: All Access #2 (January 1997), the second chapter of the four-part sequel miniseries to the landmark 1996 DC vs. Marvel crossover event. The issue is significant for continuing the adventures of Access (Axel Asher), the jointly-owned interdimensional character created specifically to serve as the narrative bridge between the two publishers' universes, and for pairing Marvel's Jubilee with DC's Robin (Tim Drake) against Two-Face in Gotham City — one of the more intimate character-driven encounters to emerge from the entire crossover initiative. As part of the 'DC gegen Marvel' publishing run that Dino Verlag launched in June 1996, this issue was also central to Dino's broader project of re-establishing DC superhero comics for German-speaking readers, strategically using Marvel characters as an entry point for an audience more familiar with Marvel.

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

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History

The source material, DC/Marvel: All Access #2, was written by Ron Marz — fresh off his work on the original four-issue DC vs. Marvel miniseries — with art by Butch Guice (credited as Jackson Guice) and inks by Joe Rubinstein, co-published by DC Comics and Marvel Comics in late 1996/early 1997. Dino Verlag, a Stuttgart-based publisher founded in 1993 that had acquired both DC and Marvel licenses for the German market, reprinted it as issue #9 of their ongoing 'DC gegen Marvel' series, which ran to 38 volumes between 1996 and 2001. Dino's editorial strategy was notably reader-friendly: the publisher accompanied reprints with informational editorial pages and context boxes specifically designed to help younger German readers unfamiliar with DC's characters, using the crossover format as a gateway product.

Trivia · 8 facts

This issue reprints DC/Marvel: All Access #2 (cover date January 1997), the second installment of the four-part All Access miniseries, which was the direct sequel to the 1996 DC vs. Marvel four-issue event.
Written by Ron Marz, with pencils by Butch Guice (Jackson Guice) and inks by Joe Rubinstein — the same core creative team that carried the All Access series from start to finish.
Featured characters include Access (Axel Asher), Robin (Tim Drake), and Jubilee (Jubilation Lee) as leads, with Two-Face (Harvey Dent) as the primary antagonist and Scorpion (Mac Gargan) in a cameo role.
Supporting/cameo appearances include Daredevil (Matt Murdock), Wonder Woman (Diana), Catwoman (Selina Kyle), Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner), Wolverine (Logan), Gambit (Remy LeBeau), and Dr. Strange (Stephen Strange).
The story, titled 'Two Sides of the Same Coin,' follows Jubilee persuading Access to transport her back to the DC Universe to reconnect with Robin, leading to a confrontation with Two-Face in Gotham City.
Access (Axel Asher) is a jointly-owned character — co-owned by both DC and Marvel — who debuted in DC Versus Marvel #1 (February/March 1996) and was designed to function as both a narrative device and an in-universe justification for ongoing crossovers between the two publishers.
Dino Verlag published this as part of a 38-issue 'DC gegen Marvel' series that ran from June 1996 to 2001, serving as the primary German-language vehicle for the entire DC/Marvel crossover initiative of that era.
Dino Verlag, founded in Stuttgart in 1993, was later acquired by the Panini Group in early 2003; the 'DC gegen Marvel' line was one of its flagship superhero offerings and helped re-establish DC characters with German readers after a prolonged gap in licensed publishing.