It has been a bit since DC Comics and Marvel Comics have teamed for a crossover, but that all ends in September with the release of Deadpool/Batman from Marvel Comics and again in November with Batman/Deadpool.
I know, right now you’re minds are flipping, as the last time DC Comics and Marvel had a crossover was back when the Justice League and the Avengers teamed up in 2003. This time Deadpool and Batman will face off in two one-shots announced yesterday from the publishers.
It’s the crossover you never expected but always wanted! Deadpool and Batman cross swords and batarangs as Marvel and DC unite for the first time in decades! Wade Wilson has been hired for a job in Gotham City, but will the World’s Greatest Detective help him or destroy him?
Writing Deadpool/Batman is Zeb Wells, with art by Greg Capullo, while Batman/Deadpool will be written by Grant Morrison with art by Dan Mora.
“After writing Amazing Spider-Man for 60 issues, I told Marvel I needed a break. Marvel told me I could do that or I could write a comic starring Deadpool and Batman with the best Batman artist of our generation. I no longer needed a break,” Wells shared in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “In Batman we’ve found someone who has even less time for Deadpool’s antics than Wolverine, but a city-wide threat from the Joker makes strange bedfellows (literally, if Deadpool had his way). It’s been a blast letting Deadpool loose in Gotham City and watching what happens.”
“I don’t do many comics these days but there was no way I could turn down the chance to work with Dan Mora again, one of my all-time favourite artistic collaborators—and definitely no way I could turn down Batman and Deadpool!” said Grant Morrison. “Expect 4th wall busting mayhem, owls, blood, blades, and at least one giant typewriter!”
While these two one-shots are the only crossover comics announced right now, the San Diego Comic-Con is just around the corner, and I have a feeling Superman isn’t going to sit on the sidelines…
Major Spoilers has more thoughts on this announcement on this week’s Major Spoilers Podcast Pre-Show, a Patreon exclusive!
via DC Comics and Marvel Comics
