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"Worlds Collide" is an intercompany crossover event presented in July 1994 in the Milestone Comics titles and the Superman-related titles published by DC Comics. A one-shot comic title of the same name was written by Dwayne McDuffie, Ivan Velez Jr. and Robert Washington.

Publication history
In the summer of 1994, DC Comics and Milestone Media published an intercompany crossover 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 Metropolis, 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 subatomic scale. The heroes of the two universes come together to stop him and seal the dangerous rift between their worlds.
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worlds_Collide_(comics)



Reading Order

Series Publisher Book
     Blood Syndicate (1993-1995) Milestone Issue # 16
     Worlds Collide (1994) DC Comics Issue # 1b
     Worlds Collide (1994) DC Comics Issue # 1d
     Hardware (1993-1997) Milestone Issue # 17b
     Steel (1994-1998) DC Comics Issue # 6b
     Steel (1994-1998) DC Comics Issue # 7b
     Superboy (1994-2002) DC Comics Issue # 6b
     Superboy (1994-2002) DC Comics Issue # 7b
     Superman: The Man of Steel (1991-2003) DC Comics Issue # 35b
     Superman: The Man of Steel (1991-2003) DC Comics Issue # 36b
     Worlds Collide (1994) DC Comics Issue # 1e
     Worlds Collide (1994) DC Comics Issue # 1c
     Superman: The Man of Steel (1991-2003) DC Comics Issue # 36
     Superman: The Man of Steel (1991-2003) DC Comics Issue # 35
     Blood Syndicate (1993-1995) Milestone Issue # 17
     Hardware (1993-1997) Milestone Issue # 17
     Hardware (1993-1997) Milestone Issue # 18
     Icon (1993-1997) Milestone Issue # 15
     Icon (1993-1997) Milestone Issue # 16
     Static (1993-1997) Milestone Issue # 14
     Steel (1994-1998) DC Comics Issue # 6
     Steel (1994-1998) DC Comics Issue # 7
     Superboy (1994-2002) DC Comics Issue # 6
     Superboy (1994-2002) DC Comics Issue # 7
     Worlds Collide (1994) DC Comics Issue # 1f
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