In CRACK COMICS #25, Butch, the tomboy sidekick of The Clock. complains that she'd get better treatment working for The Spirit, and both characters act as if the other hero existed in their world. This was diegetically true, since Quality Comics re-published Will Eisner's "Spirit" pages. George Brenner's "Clock" pre-dated Eisner's "Spirit" by four years, and the latter hero might've been inspired by the earlier one, though in the 1940s Brenner (if it was him rather than a ghost) looks like he's intentionally biting Eisner's style.
In any case, a reference to another character does not a crossover make.
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