Crossover Cover: Kolchak: The Night Stalker - 50th Anniversary

 

Are you a fan of the TV series Kolchak: The Night Stalker?

Then you'll love this anthology graphic novel, which has stories that tie in with Frankenstein, The X-Files, Richard Matheson's Hell House, Dracula, The Munsters, and Nosferatu!

For more information, be sure to pick up a copy of my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3 when Meteor House publishes it! All three volumes are AUTHORIZED companions to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover Cover: King of the Road

 

Are you a Kolchak: The Night Stalker fan?

Then you'll love this entry in R. S. Belcher's Brotherhood of the Wheel series, which has connections to not only that classic show, but also Belcher's Nightwise books, the Cthulhu Mythos, and The X-Files!

For more information, check out my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, to be published by Meteor House! Just like the first two volumes, this one is an official and AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's invaluable tomes Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover Cover: Contact High (Verse-Chorus-Verse)

 

In this story by Joseph Lamere, the Lemon Herberts, a pop band who keep getting into adventures, disrupt a black magic rite by a rival band’s manager, Lester Wicked. Decades later, Wicked attempts to finish what he started. In 1967, the Lemon Herberts perform at the Catacombs underneath the Paris Opera House, which rumor has it a Phantom once haunted. In the twenty-first century, FBI agent Dell tells Dilly Button, the Herberts’ former rhythm guitar player, “This case just keeps getting weirder and weirder all the time. There used to be this guy at the Bureau, this guy named Fox, and...” Dilly says he met Fox once in the 1980s. The Phantom is Erik from Gaston Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera. Fox is Fox Mulder of The X-Files fame. Both these references bring the Lemon Herberts, created by Jim Beard, into the CU.

This crossover is one of hundreds covered in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, to be published by Meteor House! All three volumes are AUTHORIZED companions to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover TV episode: Case Files

 

In this episode of Twin Peaks: The Return, Richard Horne, the son of Special Agent Dale Cooper’s doppelganger Mr. C and Audrey Horne, gives the corrupt Deputy Chad Broxford money in a Morley Cigarettes package. Morley Cigarettes have appeared in numerous television series and movies, most famously The X-Files. Twin Peaks: The Return is set twenty-five years after the original Twin Peaks, which took place in 1989. 

This is only one of hundreds of works covered in my forthcoming book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Vol. 3, to be published by Meteor House. As with the first two books, this volume is an AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's books Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Vols. 1 and 2!

Crossover Cover: Not Gratum Anus Rodentum

This anthology of X-Files prose stories from IDW Publishing includes “Not Gratum Anus Rodentum” by Brian Keene. Walter Skinner investigates a were-rat. At one point, Skinner and a group of homeless kids discuss the Herod slayings, which were depicted in Keene’s story “Slouching in Bethlehem,” which connects to other works by Keene.

Crossover Covers: The X-Files: Conspiracy

The X-Files: Conspiracy, series of one-shots from IDW Publishing. The Lone Gunmen (who are revealed in The X-Files: Season 10 comics to have faked their deaths) investigate a series of documents from the future that lead them to investigate a series of “urban legends” that turn out to be true, including the Ghostbusters, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Transformers, and the Crow. The premise of the Transformers, involving giant robots using Earth as a battleground, is incompatible with the premise the CU resembles the world outside our window, at least on the surface, and therefore I consider this an AU.

Crossover Cover: The Rook

Myfanwy Thomas is a member of the Checquy, a British agency dedicated to protecting the world from supernatural threats. She writes letters to her future self after hearing a prophecy she will lose her memories soon. Mentioned in the letters are: Brigadoon; Groke; Scabmettler; Marshwiggle; Hattifattener; Panwere; Flukeman; Morlock; Aufwader; Balrog; cat in shoes; creepy blond kids wandering around in Winshire; talking mice that infested Lewisham; a two-door wardrobe in the spare room of a country house; and a couturier in Gloucestershire who had been imprisoned for using rodents as indentured servants. Brigadoon is from Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s titular musical. The Groke and the Hattifatteners are from Tove Jansson’s Moomin books. The Scabmettlers are from China Miéville’s novels about the fantasy world of Bas-Lag. Marshwiggles and the two-door wardrobe are from C. S. Lewis’ Narnia books. The Panweres mentioned here must be CU versions of the race seen in Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter books, which take place in an alternate reality where the world is aware vampires and other supernatural beings really do exist. The Flukeman is from “The Host,” an episode of The X-Files. Morlocks are from H. G. Wells’ The Time Machine; since they are mentioned as having visited Bath before the events of this book, a group of Morlocks must have traveled or been transported back in time from their native era. Aufwaders are from Robin Jarvis’ Whitby Witches books, while the talking mice in Lewisham are a reference to Jarvis’ Deptford Mice series. Balrogs are from J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy saga The Lord of the Rings. Cat in shoes is a reference to the fairy tale Puss in Boots. The creepy blond kids wandering around Winshire are from John Wyndham’s book The Midwich Cuckoos. The couturier in Gloucestershire who used rodents as indentured servants is a reference to Beatrix Potter’s children’s book The Tailor of Gloucester.

Crossover Covers: Millennium

Frank Black is aided by Fox Mulder in his efforts to keep the Millennium Group from recruiting his daughter Jordan. This series is a sequel to the television series Millennium and The X-Files episode of the same name, which wrapped up some dangling plot threads from that show.

Crossover Covers: Ghost of a Chance

J.C. Chance, Melody Chambers, and Happy Jack Palmer are field agents of the Carnacki Institute, a group devoted to investigating ghostly activity. Their latest case, a haunting in London’s Oxford Circus Tube Station, bring them into contact with the ghost of a young woman named Kim Sterling, with whom J.C. falls in love; Natasha Chang and Erik Grossman, two members of the Institute’s rival, the Crowley Project; and the Great Beast known as Fenris Tenebrae. J.C. boasts, “Remember…when the Ghostbusters have a headache; when the Scooby gang are having a panic attack; when Mulder and Scully don’t want to know and the psychic commandos of the SAS are sitting in a corner crying their eyes out…Who do you send for? The specially trained field agents of the Carnacki Institute!” Melody refers to other Great Beasts, such as the Hogge or the Serpent. The head of the Institute, Catherine Latimer, refers to J.C.’s recent acquisition of a folio copy of the damned and utterly poisonous play The King in Yellow. Happy says that they are not trained, equipped, or armed enough to deal with Great Beasts or Outer Monstrosities, or any of the Abominations. Natasha reminds Erik of the Case of the Horse Invisible, last year. J.C. doesn’t know anyone who’s actually encountered Frankenstein tech in the field before. He also has a Hand of Glory made from a monkey’s paw. The Carnacki Institute is named for Thomas Carnacki from William Hope Hodgson’s book Carnacki the Ghost-Finder. The Hogge is a reference to the titular being from the Carnacki story “The Hog.” The Outer Monstrosities are mentioned in both “The Whistling Room” and “The Hog.” The Case of the Horse Invisible must be connected to the Carnacki story “The Horse of the Invisible.” The Ghostbusters are from the film of the same name and its sequel. The Scooby Gang is the nickname Buffy Summers and her allies use for themselves on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Mulder and Scully are from the TV series The X-Files. The Serpent may be the Serpent in the Sun from Green’s novel Drinking Midnight Wine. The play The King in Yellow is from Robert W. Chambers’ short story collection of the same name. Frankenstein tech is named after the scientist from Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein. The Hand of Glory made from a monkey’s paw is a nod to W.W. Jacobs’ short story “The Monkey’s Paw.”

Crossover TV Series: Haven

The TV series Haven is loosely based on Stephen King's novel The Colorado Kid. While the novel has no connections to King's other works, the TV series has several references to his fiction, as well as a reference to The X-Files, and therefore is included in the CU. For instance, a flyer seen in the show’s opening credits refers to “the revered Flagg,” a reference to King’s recurring villain Randall Flagg. In the episode "Ball and Chain," FBI Agent Audrey Parker and Nathan Wuornos investigate a case involving men rapidly aging to death and decomposing. Nathan learns of a similar death that occurred in Derry years ago. Derry, Maine is a recurring locale in King’s fiction. Derry is also mentioned in the episode following this one, “Fur.” In "As You Were," Vince Teagues gives Audrey the book Misery Unchained, a "first edition signed by the author just before that lady chopped off his foot," as a birthday gift. The author of Misery Unchained is Paul Sheldon, whose foot was chopped off by his deranged fan Annie Wilkes in King’s novel Misery. In "The Hand You're Dealt," Audrey reads notes about a “firebug” (pyrokinetic) on the Vermont-New Hampshire border and in upstate New York. Photographer Morris Crane refers to creatures with lobster-like claws who communicate in a clicking language. The firebug on the Vermont-New Hampshire border and in upstate New York is Charlie McGee from King’s novel Firestarter. The lobster-like creatures are the Lobstrosities from The Drawing of the Three, the second book in King’s Dark Tower series. In "The Trail of Audrey Parker," Audrey says to her FBI supervisor, Agent Howard, “At least I’m not like that one guy you trained that was chasing aliens, what was his name?” Howard retorts, "Hey, he was a genius. What happened to him the last few years, that was a tragedy." Little Tall Island is mentioned. The alien-hunting FBI agent trained by Agent Howard is Fox Mulder from the television series The X-Files. Little Tall Island is from Stephen King’s novel Dolores Claiborne, as well as the TV mini-series Storm of the Century. In "Spiral," Max Hansen has just been released from Shawshank State Prison, a recurring location in Stephen King’s fiction, appearing most prominently in "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption." In "Who, What, Where, Wendigo," a radio announcer refers to the Lobstrosities. In "Business as Usual," Nathan  makes use of a coroner from Cleaves Mills. Duke Crocker won his boat from a man in Castle Rock. The town of Cleaves Mills is from King’s novel The Dead Zone. Castle Rock is the setting of The Dead Zone and several other books and stories by King. In "Silent Night," Derry is mentioned as a neighboring town to Haven. In "Double Jeopardy," Duncan Fromsley is transferred from Shawshank. In "Sarah," it is stated that Roy Crocker's wife and son live near Derry. In "Countdown," Duke Crocker says that Dwight Hendrickson is in Cleaves Mills cleaning up a mess. In "See No Evil," Audrey, whose original personality has come out of dormancy, searches for “Thinnys,” weak spots in reality, in order to find the mysterious William. Thinnys are from the Dark Tower series, reinforcing the Territories and Mid-World as alternate realities to the Crossover Universe.