Team-up

In superhero comic books, a team-up is a fictional crossover where two superheroes or superhero teams who usually do not appear together work together on a shared goal.^[1]

Overview

Team-ups can either happen within one of the character's main series or in the team-up's separate series. Team-up series generally work in one of three ways: the same characters teaming up every issue, one character teaming up with a rotating second character, or two different characters teaming up every issue.

A recurring theme of team-ups is when two superheroes meet for the first time, they might argue with or even fight each other.

Select comics with team-ups

• A+X
• Avenging Spider-Man
• The Brave and the Bold
• DC Comics Presents
• Marvel Team-Up
• Marvel Two-in-One
• Superman/Batman
• World's Finest Comics

In other media

• Batman: The Brave and the Bold

References

1. Reynolds, Richard (1994). Super heroes: a modern mythology studies in popular culture. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-87805-694-1.