By now you can guess where all this is going and I won't go further into the plot as that might constitute a spoiler. Along the way they bump into Batman who is there to investigate the disappearance of a military squad. When an expedition of vulcanologists disappears amidst rumours that the volcano is no longer dormant, Clark Kent and Lois Lane are sent to investigate. This particular outing takes place deep in the Andes by a volcano.
So in one sense, despite the money involved, it is surprising that such cross-overs do take place: but then money is involved. Dark Horse published this though DC own the compilation rights and also in the mix is Warner Brothers. DC comics, naturally, own the rights to the characters of Batman and Superman while Twentieth Century Fox own the Alien and Predator characters. This happened despite the copyright problems. Consequently it is barely surprising that a team up of all four would appear if only in the cheapest product format, that of comics and a graphic novel. Together the commercial revenue from product to customer is easily rated at over a billion dollars. Individually the Batman, Superman, Alien and Predator franchises have each been multi-billion dollar franchises in their own right. This graphic novel is put in context of other Batman/Superman Alien/Predator team-ups (2007), Mark Schultz & Ariel Olivetti, Dark Horse & DC (UK distribution Titan Publications),
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