Access

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The Spectre’s more powerful than a billion armies, and you see how he’s faring.

-Axel Asher (DC versus Marvel #4)

Universe: Marvel/DC
First Appearance: DC versus Marvel #1 (1995)
Created by: Ron Marz, Dan Jurgens

Axel Asher, a normal teenager in New York, comes across an old bum in an alley who protects what seems to be a cardboard box, but is actually a portal between the universes. The old bum also reveals 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, which happened as they were originally one universe that split in two when The Brothers (DC Universe and Marvel Universe) first fought. Certain “fragments” of the original universe remained; The “box” was one, while Access was another.

The enmity of these beings made his sibling enmity with his sister, coz of whom he had a traumatic experience and a slight limp, mean nothing.

It became his duty to keep them separate. If they start to overlap, the universes will merge into the Amalgam Universe. It is his duty to move from one universe to the other, keeping people from crossing over. Once Axel restored the crossovers, the participants forget the crossover.

During DC vs Marvel, Access used shards of each universe hidden inside Batman and Captain America to separate and restore both universes, aided by Batman and Captain America.

Later, Access discovers that the “old bum” was actually his own future self. He also discovers that his powers were more powerful than he believed them to be, which meant he couldn’t stay in one universe for long, as his presence could cause crossovers to happen.

Access later helped prevent Dr. Strangefate from re-merging the two universes, while his alternate self sided with Darkseid. Then the younger Access merges with his older self to defeat him, and with the help of the heroes of both universes, he defeats Darkseid’s scheme.

Powers and abilities

Access can create and use interdimensional gateways between the DC & Marvel universes to teleport himself and summon others to him. He can merge two people, creating an “amalgamation” of the characters. His powers also permit travel in time when crossing universes. He can also feel the presence of someone from another universe in another.

Access is a Marvel and DC character responsible for preventing the universes from merging into one.

Powers

Cosmic Awareness: Access can sense the presence of beings and objects in one universe that have crossed over from the other universe.

Teleportation: Access can teleport at will and can travel across DC and Marvel universes, through time, and across alternate timelines.

He can teleport up to 8 people along with him

Reality Manipulation: Access can manipulate reality on a cosmic scale, allowing him to repair universes.

Access can combine two people from different universes together into a new amalgamated form and back.

Weaknesses

His very presence for a longer time in one universe can cause dimensional crossovers.

Trivia:

His other aliases are Man of Two Worlds, Morty, and Cosmic Hall Monitor.
Access is a fictional character owned by both DC Comics and Marvel Comics.
Access appeared in two follow-up miniseries, “DC/Marvel: All Access” and “Unlimited Access”.
Access is briefly mentioned in a Superman/Fantastic Four #1 crossover.
Access is mentioned again by the Impossible Man in the crossover Silver Surfer/Superman #1.
Access’ first appearance was foreshadowed in the 1995 DC/Marvel comic Green Lantern/Silver Surfer: Unholy Alliances #1.