"Worlds Collide" is an

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event presented in July

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in the

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titles and the Superman-related titles published by

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. A one-shot comic title of the same name was written by

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, Ivan Velez Jr. and Robert Washington.

Publication history

In the summer of 1994, DC Comics and Milestone Media published an

called ''Worlds Collide''. It featured a meeting between Metropolis-based superheroes from the DC Universe and Dakota-based superheroes from the Dakotaverse. Unlike many intercompany crossovers, it was intended to be part of the regular continuity and took place in the monthly issues of the involved series. The situation was somewhat complicated by the fact that in the Dakotaverse, DC superheroes such as Superman were known as fictional characters from comic books. Although the crossover initially had no lasting consequences in DC continuity (DC's '' Zero Hour'' event cancelled out everything before), it was remembered by Milestone's superheroes.

Plot

A postal worker named Fred Bentson unwittingly becomes a portal between two worlds and two cities. A living link between Dakota, home city of the Milestone heroes, and

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, home of Superman. Eventually Bentson loses control of his powers and transforms into Rift, a cosmic being capable of manipulating and reconfiguring matter on a

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scale. The heroes of the two universes come together to stop him and seal the dangerous crack in reality between their worlds.

Revised continuity

In 2008, the continuity of the Milestone characters was modified. Dakota City and the Dakotaverse characters were placed within the mainstream DC universe. Static encounters the

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, which leads to his eventual membership with their heroic counterparts, the

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. The Shadow Cabinet—along with Hardware, Icon and Rocket—clashes with the

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. It is revealed that Icon and Superman are acquainted and have tremendous respect for each other. Additionally, it becomes apparent that the Cooperative (from which Icon hails) is known to the Green Lantern Corps and the Guardians of the Universe, but is exempt from their jurisdiction. Eventually, the being known as Dharma explains the origin of the revised continuity to Icon and Superman. Following the death of Darkseid (as chronicled in '' Final Crisis''), the space-time continuum was torn asunder, threatening the existence of both the Dakotaverse and the mainstream DC universe. Dharma was able to use energies that he harnessed from Rift (upon that being's defeat) to merge the two universes, creating an entirely new continuity. Only Dharma, Icon and Superman are aware that Dakota and its inhabitants ever existed in a parallel universe.''

'' (vol. 2) #34 (August 2009)

Bibliography

*Part 1 – '' Superman: The Man of Steel'' #35 *Part 2 – '' Hardware'' #17 *Part 3 – ''

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'' #6 *Part 4 – ''

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'' #15 *Part 5 – '' Steel'' #6 *Part 6 – ''

Blood Syndicate The Blood Syndicate is a fictional multicultural vigilante gang of superhumans created by Milestone Comics and published by DC Comics. The team first appeared in ''Blood Syndicate'' #1 (April 1993), and was created by Dwayne McDuffie, Ivan Vele ...

'' #16 *Part 7 – ''Worlds Collide'' #1 *Part 8 – ''Superboy'' #7 *Part 9 – ''Hardware'' #18 *Part 10 – ''Superman: The Man of Steel'' #36 *Part 11 – ''Icon'' #16 *Part 12 – ''Steel'' #7 *Part 13 – ''Blood Syndicate'' #17 *Part 14 – ''

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'' #14

References

External links

Milestone Title Index
{{Milestone Media Intercompany crossovers Comics about parallel universes