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JM DeMatteis was, by 1995, a celebrated Batman writer and known as the guy who took Spider-Man to a very, very dark place in Kraven’s Last Hunt. As such, he is the perfect guy to write a team-up.
The story starts with Peter Parker having a nightmare about Joker (why does he always have to be the villain in these Marvel/DC crossovers?) killing Bruce Wayne’s parent, and then we see Bruce Wayne dreaming about the burglar who shot Ben Parker.
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From there, the imprisoned Carnage and Joker are experimented on by a scientist trying to “cure evil” and, of course, it goes wrong, the two escape, and team up (at first)…
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…Until they realize they have different philosophies about mass homicide.
Then, each are hunted by the other’s nemesis until the big finale where the heroes win, together.
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Although this is mostly by the numbers, it’s interesting that there aren’t a bunch of cameos by other characters–that’s usually the M.O. for these kinds of crossovers.