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[LordOfLore]

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Comics Twitter can be an interesting place, and earlier today it revealed a secret that most fans probably never knew: Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross, the creative team behind the best-selling Marvels miniseries, almost made a Superman/Star Wars crossover.

The revelation came after comics artist Phil Hester suggested that fans should ask their favorite creators about their "favorite rejected pitch" when talking with them at comic book conventions.

"On another front, Alex Ross and I were geared up to do Superman/Star Wars," Busiek tweeted, "but the corporate parties involved couldn’t agree on how to divvy up the money. That’s not exactly a rejection, but it is a dead project."

Given that Marvel has expressed disinterest in recent years in crossing over with other publishers, it seems likely any such negotiations would have happened during the years while Star Wars was at Dark Horse Comics, who published crossovers between Superman and the Aliens franchise, among others. A number of DC/Dark Horse crossover trade paperbacks have recently been made available, reprinting many of those stories for the first time.

 

[Sephzilla]

Paging Slayven:

Would using The Force work on Superman?

 

[Count Dookkake]

.

 

[Septimus Prime]

As we already see in the pic with Supes grabbing a lightsaber by the blade, no, they cannot cut him.

That's all I wanted to know.

 

[CalamityPixel]

God I wish DC had star wars instead of Marvel. Infact I wish DC had all of Marvel's properties lmao

 

[adj_noun]

What if Superman's birthing matrix landed on

Tatooine
Coruscant
splat in a Kamino clone vat

 

[LordOfLore]

As we already see in the pic with Supes grabbing a lightsaber by the blade, no, they cannot cut him.

That's all I wanted to know.

Clearly after this encounter Vader rebuilds his lightsaber with kryptonite as the crystal and a red sun emitter.

 

[Slayven]

Paging Slayven:

Would using The Force work on Superman?

Whats superman's track record against street level psychic powers?

 

[Slaythe]

Paging Slayven:

Would using The Force work on Superman?

Certainly not.

But maybe Midichlorians really are Kryptonite particles.

Take that Superman !

 

[Escape Goat]

That’s stupid. Almost as stupid as a Superman/Little House on the Prairie crossover.

 

[Sephzilla]

Whats superman's track record against street level psychic powers?

I'm pretty sure Raiden's lightning wrecks Superman pretty good in MK vs DC. Assuming The Force is classified as magic, it would be a good weapon against Superman

 

[SpaceWolf]

Plot twist: Clark discovers that Krypton was destroyed by the Death Star.

 

[Kevinroc]

God I wish DC had star wars instead of Marvel. Infact I wish DC had all of Marvel's properties lmao

It was almost the other way around at one point.

 

[The Broken Ska Record]

Does Superman get more powerful the more yellow suns there are?

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

Could have been fun. The improbable DC crossovers have been pretty good recently.

I'm pretty sure Raiden's lightning wrecks Superman pretty good in MK vs DC.

Yeah but that was because of THE RAGE.

 

[Sephzilla]

Plot twist: Clark discovers that Krypton was destroyed by the Death Star.

... I'm okay with this twist

 

[Kevinroc]

Plot twist: Clark discovers that Krypton was destroyed by the Death Star.

They did something similar in the Superman/Fantastic Four crossover when Clark believes Galactus destroyed Krypton.

 

[Shanlei91]

Plot twist: Clark discovers that Krypton was destroyed by the Death Star.

That's kind of awesome.

 

[Slayven]

I'm pretty sure Raiden's lightning wrecks Superman pretty good in MK vs DC. Assuming The Force is classified as magic, it would be a good weapon against Superman

Well Radien's a god so his lightening will be mystical, and we know mystic lightening fucks with superman

Is the force a supernatural force?

 

[Maddocks]

Plot twist: Clark discovers that Krypton was destroyed by the Death Star.

That was no doubt discussed, and chances are the force would not work on superman as it is only supposed to work on a weak mind and superman has in place barriers so things like that doesn't happen. Would have been cool to see, shame disney/marvel don't like to cross over anymore would love to see an updated Amalgam Universe.

 

[Sephzilla]

Is the force a supernatural force?

I'd lean heavily towards "yes" with this

 

[SpaceWolf]

I'd lean heavily towards "yes" with this

Pretty sure the Force has long since been confirmed to be mechanical in nature.

 

[Candescence]

Holy shit, that idea is so stupid. But it would've been amazing, especially if drawn by Ross.

 

[L Thammy]

Godzilla vs Batman
vs
Superman vs Star Wars

 

[MisterHero]

Torquasm-Vo is reality warping shit, he'd wreck Vader*

I assume the Death Star blew up Krypton instead of Galactus

*I'm being silly with Tor-Vo. Supes would actually shoot miniature versions of himself from his hands.

What if Vader's light saber was powered by Red Kryptonite

 

[Sephzilla]

Holy shit, that idea is so stupid. But it would've been amazing, especially if drawn by Ross.

I'd honestly just love to see Alex Ross draw a ton of Star Wars stuff

Pretty sure the Force has long since been confirmed to be mechanical in nature.

Where?

 

[Slayven]

I'd lean heavily towards "yes" with this

Genetics aren't magic

Torquasm-Vo is reality warping shit, he'd wreck Vader

I assume the Death Star blew up Krypton instead of Galactus

We don't talk about Tivo

 

[SpaceWolf]

Where?

(I was joking)

 

[Barren Mind]

When I opened this thread and saw that image all I could hear was, "It's time for a death battle!"

 

[Sephzilla]

midichlorians don't mean shit though. Clone Wars does a really solid job of establishing that The Force is a supernatural entity, complete with its own "gods" that represent the dark side and light side of the force.

Superman would probably beat Vader but the Emperor would probably wreck Superman

 

[LordOfLore]

Does Superman get more powerful the more yellow suns there are?

Pretty much. He can be supercharged.

 

[CoolestSpot]

Genetics aren't magic

Superman would take some of those Midichlorians back to the Fortress of Solitude and reverse engineer that shit.

To be honest I dislike the idea of Marvel/Star Wars (which is much more likely to happen at some point considering who owns it now) but this...something about this only gets a "yes" from me. I'd love to see what crazy situations would happen with this set-up. Superman is basically a jedi with even more crazy powers plus abilty to fly himself through space. He could do serious damage to the empire and they wouldn't even know what hit 'em.

Spoiler

Crap, now I'm imagining the crossover to read like a tribute to the old Supes vs Nazi comics, with Superman just coming in and crushing the empire

 

[kunonabi]

Genetics aren't magic



We don't talk about Tivo

Midichlorians are merely a conduit to the force so its still mystical in nature.

 

[MisterHero]

We don't talk about Tivo

Lmao. Still, he had the Force in Superman II.

It's screen canon(tm)

 

[Slayven]

Lmao. Still, he had the Force in Superman II.

It's screen canon(tm)

back when i seriously use to debate. Motherfuckers swore that shit made Superman a more powerful psychic then Prof X or Martian Manhunter

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

midichlorians don't mean shit though. Clone Wars does a really solid job of establishing that The Force is a supernatural entity, complete with its own "gods" that represent the dark side and light side of the force.

Superman would probably beat Vader but the Emperor would probably wreck Superman

Nah, he's beaten opponents a lot more powerful than the emperor plenty of times.
And as much as writers like to mention that's he's weak to magic, it usually just means that he can be affected by it like everybody else, not that it has a kryptonite effect. Force lightning would do shit to him.

But they found a way to make Green Lantern / Aliens work so who knows. He'd probably lose his powers somehow.

 

[CoolestSpot]

Midichlorians are merely a conduit to the force so its still mystical in nature.

This is a great retcon that I'm glad is established. Still, considering they have some roots in science, I bet Superman would get whipped by some force magic only to study Midichlorians and find a Force user's weakness.

Heck, couldn't he use his super senses to pin point where they are on a Force user's body and just laser beam them, and cut off someone's abilty to use the Force?

 

[Septimus Prime]

What if Vader's light saber was powered by Red Kryptonite

Red kryptonite removes Superman's inhibitions, so if that were the case, Vader would be even more fucked, as not only would it fail to cut Supes, it would also cause him to stop holding back.

 

[Sephzilla]

What if instead of a Kryptonite lightsaber the twist is that the bleeding kyber crystals used in a Sith lightsaber give off the same radiation as a red sun?

Spoiler

the bleeding crystal retcon has to be one of the dumbest retcons in star wars

 

[CoolestSpot]

What if instead of a Kryptonite lightsaber the twist is that the bleeding kyber crystals used in a Sith lightsaber give off the same radiation as a red sun?

Spoiler

the bleeding crystal retcon has to be one of the dumbest retcons in star wars

That's some good shit (I like the retcon of bleeding crystals, sue me). Also, what if Brainiac is tied to this somehow, with the whole "Death Star blowing up Krypton"?

This is beyond stupid and I love every second of it.

 

[BoogieWoogie]

I'm shocked we haven't gotten a Marvel one yet to be honest.

 

[Sephzilla]

That's some god shit. Also, what if Brainiac is tied to this somehow, with the whole "Death Star blowing up Krypton"?

This is beyond stupid and I love every second of it.

Braniac is the Death Star

 

[MisterHero]

back when i seriously use to debate. Motherfuckers swore that shit made Superman a more powerful psychic then Prof X or Martian Manhunter

Haha. But seriously, he's the son of two of the smartest Kryptonians and they are some of the most advanced people in the DC universe. And he's under a yellow sun. I'm surprised he still doesn't have psychic aptitude/resilience (or doesn't display it).

Alex Ross should do more crossover fan art, I love this one

 

[CoolestSpot]

Braniac is the Death Star

Honestly, where my mind was at.

So basically this, but with Braniac.

 

[HStallion]

Am I supposed to be surprised? Remember when Superman fought Muhammed Ali?

 

[MisterHero]

Red kryptonite removes Superman's inhibitions, so if that were the case, Vader would be even more fucked, as not only would it fail to cut Supes, it would also cause him to stop holding back.

I expect it would turn Supes into a Wookie or something

Then we'd have SuperChewbacca

 

[CoolestSpot]

Am I supposed to be surprised? Remember when Superman fought Muhammed Ali?

He lost. That's canon. Honestly I never got how with his power gone how he even lasted as long as he did.

I'm still waiting for a modern comic to confirm Quik Bunny/Superman happened in New 52 timeline, and had repercussions to the DC universe.

 

[Slayven]

Really any competent suphero or villain should wreck any movie jedi. They are not really that impressive coming from a comic universe

 

[CoolestSpot]

Really any competent suphero or villain should wreck any movie jedi. They are not really that impressive coming from a comic universe

But Spider-Man would get wrecked though.

Spoiler

You're right, I just feel like adding more fire to jedi vs comics nonsense

 

[Slayven]

Spider-Man would get wrecked though.

LOL no....LOL just no.