The Weirdoverse is a group of semi-related
comic book
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series published from late 1996 to 1998 by
DC Comics
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. The idea of Dan Thorsland (the editor of all four series), the Weirdoverse titles were connected by the fact that they all fell into the
mystery/occult genre
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. Despite the name making it sound like the four series were set in their own universe, all were connected to DC's main
shared universe
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, the
DC Universe
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.
The four books that made up the Weirdoverse were:
*''
The Book of Fate'' (12 issues, February 1997 – January 1998)
*''
Challengers of the Unknown
The Challengers of the Unknown is a fictional group of adventurers appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. The quartet of adventurers explored paranormal occurrences while facing several fantastic menaces.
The characters' provenance is ...
'' (18 issues, February 1997 – July 1998)
*''
Night Force'' (12 issues, December 1996 – November 1997)
*''
Scare Tactics
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'' (12 issues, December 1996 – March 1998)
Convergence
The Weirdoverse books were involved in one single
crossover
Crossover may refer to:
Entertainment
Albums and songs
* ''Cross Over'' (Dan Peek album)
* ''Crossover'' (Dirty Rotten Imbeciles album), 1987
* ''Crossover'' (Intrigue album)
* ''Crossover'' (Hitomi Shimatani album)
* ''Crossover'' (Yoshino ...
. The story was titled "Convergence" and took place in all four series' July 1997 dated issues.
challengersoftheunknown.com: Convergence
(archived from the original)
See also
* ''Convergence
Convergence may refer to:
Arts and media Literature
*''Convergence'' (book series), edited by Ruth Nanda Anshen
*Convergence (comics), "Convergence" (comics), two separate story lines published by DC Comics:
**A four-part crossover storyline that ...
'', an unrelated event tied to the DC multiverse
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.
Footnotes
DC Comics imprints
1996 comics debuts
1998 comics endings
Horror comics
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