If you remember the first crossover comic we discussed you might realize that it also featured Spiderman. Well DC vaguely knows what they are doing. They would, of course, want to pair their biggest heroes with the guy that’s outselling every other comic in history. Titled Spiderman and Batman Disordered Minds, this crossover was released in 1995 and written by J.M. DeMatties. It features just about every character even vaguely important to either of the title characters. And as anticipated it is about as internal and introspective as comics get. It literally starts with each other characters waking up from nightmares about the death of their loved ones causing them to reflect on their role as superheroes.
The story is very true to both heroes and uses both Carnage and Joker to bring out the traits that are the most core to each of these men. Spidey just wants to help and Bruce is a pain in the ass about that. I love this crossover because it does use the villains that are most closely tied to our heroes and the ones that arguably challenge them the most. Carnage and Joker are also fun to watch interact because Carnage is pretty much uncontrolled chaos and The Joker tends to be very calculated chaos. This gives the reader a really great look into how both heroes handle their villains and makes for some very entertaining antagonist interactions.
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