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),