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|caption= Cover to ''DC/Marvel All Access'' #1<br/> Art by ] and ] |
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|real_name=Axel Asher |
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|debut=''DC vs. Marvel'' #1 (1996) |
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'''Access''' ('''Axel Asher''') is a ] owned by both ] and ]. He made his first appearance in '']'' #1 (March 1996), a special crossover between the two companies. He was intended both as a way to explain the events of the story as well as a means to enable more such crossovers in the future. |
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==Publication history== |
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First appearing in '']'' #1 (March 1996), The character was used to explain the events of the ]' publications, which were a cooperative project between ] and ]. Access reappeared in two follow-up miniseries, ''DC/Marvel: All Access'' and ''Unlimited Access''. |
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==Fictional character biography== |
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Axel Asher first became aware of his extraordinary powers when the two cosmic entities called "The Brothers," who represent the ] and ], became aware of each other (as a result of the events in crossovers previously published by the companies) and hurled their respective heroes into conflict with each other's to prove their superiority over their counterpart; eleven 'champions' from each universe were selected to fight, the winner being whoever immobilized the other first- some champions were too powerful to ever be conclusively defeated by their opponents- and the overall winner being the side with most victories. |
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Axel was just a normal teenager living in New York who came across an old bum in an alley, who protected what seemed to be a cardboard box but was actually a portal between the universes. He also revealed that Axel was next in line to bear the powers and responsibilities of being "The Access," the person in charge of preventing the universes from merging into one. This happens because they were originally one universe that split in two when The Brothers first fought; certain "fragments" of the original universe remained. The "box" was one of them—Access was another. |
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At the height of the Brothers' battle, when the last battle had ended- with the Marvel Universe being the overall winner with six victories to five-, the universes were combined into a single Amalgam Universe by ] and the ] to avert the end of existence. Access used shards of each universe hidden inside ] and ] to separate and restore both universes. Aided by Batman and Captain America who, in many ways, were the Brothers in miniature, Access helped stop the fight between The Brothers, saving the two universes from destruction when the Brothers, looking at the two heroes, realized how foolish their conflict with each other truly was. |
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Access has subsequently appeared in two sequels to the ''DC vs. Marvel'' series. In the first, Access helped prevent ] from re-merging the two universes; in the second, he discovered that the "old bum" was actually his own future self, and that a variant version of himself had joined forces with ]. He also discovered his powers were greater than he believed, and he absorbed his evil self within himself and helped the heroes of both universes defeat Darkseid's scheme. Despite of witnessed his future self's demised, the defeat of his alternate evil self gives Access the hope he needs that his future is fluid, therefore a chance to change his fate. |
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Access is briefly mentioned in a ]/] crossover. When Superman receives a (false) holographic message from his father ], stating that ] was the one who destroyed Krypton, he flies off, reflecting to himself "With the help of experts I'll find the monster. And to find them... I need Access." |
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Access is mentioned again in the crossover ''Superman/Silver Surfer''. |
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Access' first appearance was foreshadowed in the 1995 DC/Marvel comic ''Green Lantern/Silver Surfer: Unholy Alliances'', where the two heroes joined forces to stop ] and ] from destroying their universes. The final frames of the comic show an alleyway in New York where a large cardboard box is beginning to emit powerful beams of energy. |
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Access is now a native of both universes and his duty is to keep them separate. If they start to overlap, the universes will merge into the ] once again. Access must move from one universe to the other keeping people from crossing over. If he stays in one place too long, he can cause spontaneous ] to occur. Access usually works out situations like this without anyone noticing that he is involved (this is done to explain how the subsequent DC/Marvel crossovers occur. Stories where DC and Marvel heroes appear on a "]" are believed to be dimensional fluxes where the two universes have begun to merge again. It has also been explained that once Access has restored the timelines, the characters usually forget about the crossover, though there are some exceptions, such as ] getting Access to let her visit ], with whom she had a brief romantic relationship during Marvel Vs DC). |
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Despite shared ownership between DC Comics and Marvel Comics, only DC has used the character once in a non-crossover appearance. In '']'' #87, Access appears to the green-skinned ] and claims to be looking for ] (it was later revealed that he was looking for Rayner as backup for ], who was fighting ] and ] at the time). Having no success, he decides to travel to the Marvel Comics universe in order to find the ]. |
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==Powers and abilities== |
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Access has the ability to create and use interdimensional gateways between the two companies' universes to ] himself as well as summon others to him. He can merge two people he touches if one is from each universe, creating an "amalgamation" of the characters. The gateways also permit ] when crossing universes. He can feel the presence of anything from one universe which is present in the other. |
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==Bibliography== |
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*''DC vs. Marvel'' / ''Marvel vs. DC'' #1-4 |
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*''Doctor Strangefate'' #1 |
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*''DC/Marvel: All Access'' #1-4 |
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*''Green Lantern'' #87 |
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*''Unlimited Access'' #1-4 |
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