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| startyr = 2007
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|issues= 6
|main_char_team= [[Freddy Krueger]]<br />[[Jason Voorhees]]<br />[[Ash Williams]]
|writers= James Kuhoric<br />'''Story:'''<br />[[Jeff Katz]]
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'''''Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash''''' is a six-issue [[comic book]] [[Limited series (comics)|limited series]] that was released in November 2007 and ran until March 2008. It was published by [[Wildstorm]] ([[DC Comics]]) and [[Dynamite Entertainment]].<ref>{{cite web|title="Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. Ash" #1-4 Reprint Covers|work=CBR|url= https://www.cbr.com/freddy-vs-jason-vs-ash-1-4-reprint-covers/|date=2007-08-12|access-date=2020-06-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Jeffrey Renaud|title=MANO-A-MANO-A-MANO: "Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash"|work=CBR|url=https://www.cbr.com/mano-a-mano-a-mano-freddy-vs-jason-vs-ash/|date=2007-08-21|access-date=2020-06-14}}</ref> Based on the original ''Freddy vs. Jason 2'' film treatment by [[Jeff Katz]], the story serves as a [[Crossover (fiction)|crossover]] [[sequel]] to ''[[Freddy vs. Jason]]'' and [[Evil Dead|''the Evil Dead'' trilogy]].<ref>{{cite web|title='Freddy vs Jason vs Ash' Script Treatment!!!|work=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/3502/|date=2005-03-08|access-date=2009-07-03|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214001911/http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/3502/|archive-date=2012-02-14}}</ref> The comic book series was written by James Kuhoric and illustrated by [[Jason Craig]].

==Plot summary==
Set in December 2008, 5 years after the events of the film ''[[Freddy vs. Jason]]'' and 16 years after the end of ''[[Army of Darkness]]'', Will Rollins and Lori Campbell (the former protagonists from ''Freddy vs Jason'') return to Crystal Lake to put closure to their experience, but [[Jason Voorhees|Jason]] kills them a short while after and takes their decomposed corpses to his shack in the woods nearby. There, Jason enters a trance, and [[Freddy Krueger|Freddy]] and Jason's "mother" [[Pamela Voorhees|Pamela]] appear to him. Freddy is now trapped, powerless, inside the mind of Jason, where he learns of the ''[[Necronomicon]]'' hidden in the old Voorhees home, with the power to resurrect him. He and Jason's mother (false Pamela) convince Jason that if he gets the Necronomicon, Jason will become "a real boy". Meanwhile, [[Ash Williams]] is called to the new Crystal Lake S-Mart to give his retail expertise to its team of teenage slacker employees. While there, he interprets a nearby Jason murder as work of the Deadites. Later, he follows a group of teens to the Voorhees house where he finds the ''Necronomicon'' before Jason appears, killing the teens.

At the S-Mart, Ash and the employees  begin to make a plan to deal with Jason; however, he ends up killing mostly everyone in the store and escaping with the evil book. Freddy uses the ''Necronomicon'' to restore himself to full power and increase Jason's intelligence. Later when Ash and the survivors sleep at Carolyn's house, they are confronted by Freddy in their dreams. Ash and his motley crew of S-Mart employees confront Freddy and Jason at the Voorhees home where Freddy has already unleashed the full power of the ''Necronomicon'', giving him reality-altering abilities. With his new intelligence, Jason turns against Freddy, attempting to steal the ''Necronomicon'' and use its powers for himself.

In a final confrontation between the three horror movie icons, Freddy resurrects all of Jason's previous victims from the ''[[Friday the 13th (franchise)|Friday the 13th]]'' films as Deadites to attack him and Ash, and turns the Voorhees home into the [[A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)|Elm Street]] house. Ultimately, Ash defeats both villains with help from his coworkers, and uses the ''Necronomicon'' to open a portal, banishing Freddy to the Deadite world, while Jason and the ''Necronomicon'' itself are isolated underneath a frozen Crystal Lake.

==Collected editions==
The series is collected as a [[trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]]:

*''Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash'' (144 pages, Wildstorm, September 2008)

==Sequel==
In August 2009, the first issue of ''[[Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors]]'', another six issue mini-series, was released with James Kuhoric and Jason Craig returning to write and illustrate, respectively. The story picks up where ''Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash'' left off and features cameos from known characters from the previous ''[[Friday the 13th (franchise)|Friday the 13th]]'' and ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)|A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'' films.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ryan Rotten|title=EXCL: Survivor Reunion in ''Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash 2''|work=ShockTillYouDrop.com|url=http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/comicsnews.php?id=9810|date=2009-03-07|access-date=2009-07-03}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090321062759/http://www.newsarama.com/comics/030918-FVJVA2.html Back to Crystal Lake with Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash 2], [[Newsarama]], March 18, 2009</ref>

==Cancelled film adaptation==
Following the box office success and ambiguous ending of the crossover [[slasher film]] ''[[Freddy vs. Jason]]'' (2003), plans were being made for a follow-up film based on the storyline of the comic sequel which delved into the concept of including [[Ash Williams]] of the ''[[Evil Dead]]'' horror franchise and recurring characters from both the ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)|A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'' and ''[[Friday the 13th (franchise)|Friday the 13th]]'' franchises. However, due to creative differences between [[New Line Cinema]] and [[Bruce Campbell]], the film was scrapped.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tyler |first1=Adrienne |title=Bruce Campbell: Why Freddy Vs Jason Vs Ash Crossover Film Wouldn't Work |url=https://screenrant.com/freddy-jason-ash-evil-dead-crossover-bruce-campbell/ |website=Screen Rant |date=12 October 2017 |access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/site/beyond-the-films/comic-books/wildstorm/ ''Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash''] at Nightmare on Elm Street Companion

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