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This page is about the 2025 crossover event. For other crossover events between DC Comics and Marvel Comics, see Publication history of Marvel Comics crossover events and Publication history of DC Comics crossover events.
Deadpool/Batman
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
Genre
Publication dateSeptember 2025
Main characters
Batman/Deadpool
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
Genre
Publication dateNovember 2025
Main characters

Deadpool/Batman and Batman/Deadpool are two American comic book intercompany crossover one-shot issues presented by veteran publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics, debuting between September and November 2025.[1] Both one-shots are non-canonical, as it assumes that the heroes exist in the same universe with no explanation given as to why they had never before met or been mentioned in each other's individual stories.

Publication history

The new collaborative project between Marvel Comics and DC Comics was announced in 2025 after more than two decades, with two one-shots featuring Deadpool and Batman, respectively. Deadpool/Batman is written by Zeb Wells, with art by Greg Capullo, and was published by Marvel on September 17, 2025. The one-shot features six anthology stories written by Marvel-veteran writers Chip Zdarsky, Kelly Thompson, Kevin Smith, Al Ewing, Frank Miller and Ryan North. The stories feature crossovers between Captain America & Wonder Woman, Jeff the Land Shark & Krypto, Daredevil & Green Arrow, Rocket Raccoon & Green Lantern, Old Man Logan & The Dark Knight Returns and the introduction of the new Amalgam Comics character, Logo.

Batman/Deadpool is being written by Grant Morrison, with art by Dan Mora, and set to be published by DC on November 2025.[2] The one-shot has confirmed four anthology stories written by DC-veteran writers Scott Snyder with James Tynion IV & Joshua Williamson, Tom Taylor, Mariko Tamaki and G. Willow Wilson. The stories currently feature crossovers between John Constantine & Doctor Strange, Nightwing & Wolverine II, Harley Quinn & Hulk and Static Shock & Ms. Marvel.[3]

List of comics

Title Writer(s) Artist(s) Colorist(s) Publication date(s) Ref.
Deadpool/Batman
  • Joe Caramagna
  • Moreno Dinisio
  • Terry Dodson
  • Gurihiru
  • Frank Martin
  • Alex Sinclair
 September 17, 2025 [4]
Batman/Deadpool
  • Amanda Conner
  • Denys Cowan
  • Dan Mora
  • Bruno Redondo
  • Hayden Sherman
 TBA November 2025 [4]

Deadpool/Batman (September 2025)

The Dead of Knight

In Gotham City, the Joker has been stealing chemicals to create a new version of Joker Venom, powerful enough to infect an entire country. He hires Deadpool on a mercenary contract to kill Batman. Deadpool breaks into Wayne Manor and encounters Bruce Wayne. He begins soliciting Wayne for a mercenary job, but Bruce declines. Deadpool gets distracted when he sees the Bat-Signal in the sky and leaves. At the Gotham City Police Department, Deadpool meets with Jim Gordon at the Bat-Signal. Wayne, now as Batman, arrives and effortlessly fights and subdues Deadpool. Afterward, Deadpool offers to help Batman and Gordon locate the Joker’s hideout, and Batman reluctantly forms a temporary partnership with him. While riding in the Batmobile, Deadpool double-crosses Batman and incapacitates him with knockout gas.

Batman wakes up tied up and finds himself a captive of both Joker and Deadpool, but he has already figured out a way to turn the tables. He begins to manipulate Joker by calling Deadpool a more impressive villain, “a villain worthy of the Bat.” Driven into a jealous rage, Joker injects Deadpool with Joker Venom. Using the distraction, Batman frees himself from his restraints. Deadpool, laughing uncontrollably but still coherent, reveals to Batman that he was planning to double-cross Joker and untie him anyway. Joker then unveils his plan to release a deadly new strain of Joker Toxin across Gotham using a weaponized carousel. The only way to stop the toxin is to trigger a failsafe that will cause a massive explosion, one powerful enough to kill anyone who activates it. Due to his healing factor, Deadpool is able to activate the failsafe, destroying the carousel and surviving the explosion, ultimately saving Gotham from the Joker’s toxin. Batman captures Joker. Despite Deadpool’s earlier betrayal, Batman allows him to go free in recognition of his role in saving the city, but firmly tells him to leave Gotham. Deadpool agrees but decides to stick around in Gotham.

The Gun and the Sword

At the end of World War II, Captain America and Wonder Woman raided a Nazi facility. Deep inside, Wonder Woman walks in on Captain America just as he’s about to shoot Adolf Hitler. Using her Lasso of Truth, Wonder Woman convinces Captain America to stay true to his values and not execute Hitler in cold blood. Captain America hesitates, then throws the gun away. Cowardly and desperate, Hitler grabs the discarded weapon and takes his own life. However, Hitler’s death did not bring an immediate end to the war. In its final days, Captain America’s best friend, Bucky Barnes, was killed, and Cap himself fell into the Atlantic Ocean, where he remained for decades, frozen in ice in a state of suspended animation.

Decades later, he was found in the ice and recovered by Wonder Woman, Superman and members of the Avengers (Iron Man, Thor and the Wasp). Over the years, Captain America and Wonder Woman would continue to team up, defending the world from threats such as the Coming of Galactus and the Multiversal Crisis. In a moment mirroring their past, Captain America later convinces Wonder Woman to stay true to her ideals and not execute Maxwell Lord in cold blood. In the future, during the Infinite Universes Crisis, Captain America is mortally wounded by Thanos. As he lies dying, Wonder Woman comforts him. With his final breaths, he holds onto the Lasso of Truth, reflecting that they had been saving each other all along. In honor of Captain America’s memory, Wonder Woman takes up his shield and assembles a new team of heroes to end the current Crisis.

Catch

At the Fortress of Solitude, Krypto is playing with a ball. Using his wind breath, he zooms the ball across the Arctic, where it is suddenly whacked back by Jeff the Land Shark. The two begin to playfully hit the ball back and forth. Then, an arrow strikes and deflates the ball, with a note attached from Jeff’s co-owner, Kate Bishop, telling him to come home for dinner. Simultaneously, Krypto’s owner, Supergirl, calls him home for dinner as well. Jeff and Krypto give each other a high five and return to their respective owners.

The Red and the Green

In Hell's Kitchen, Daredevil is battling a group of assassins from the League of Shadows on a rooftop. Simultaneously, Green Arrow is fighting a group of ninjas from The Hand on a nearby rooftop. The two leap from their rooftops and land side by side on the street below. Daredevil momentarily mistakes Green Arrow for Hawkeye, but the confusion fades as the two team up to take on the combined forces of the League of Shadows and The Hand.

During the battle, Green Arrow is knocked unconscious by a ninja from The Hand, while Daredevil’s heightened senses are incapacitated by Count Vertigo’s "Vertigo Effect" (an ability that disrupts his balance and induces extreme dizziness and nausea). Just as Vertigo moves in to kill Daredevil, Green Arrow regains consciousness. He unknowingly attaches one of Jack Murdock’s old boxing gloves to an arrow and fires. The arrow strikes Vertigo, destroying his inner-ear implant and disabling the Vertigo Effect. With the battle over, Daredevil and Green Arrow walk off together towards Josie's Bar for a drink and begin trading origin stories.

Rocket Raccoon Has A Green Lantern Ring Now

The Guardians of the Galaxy (consisting of Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Nova, Groot, and Rocket Raccoon) visit the Guardians of the Universe at their homeworld, Oa. They exchange members, with Green Lantern officer Hal Jordan joining the Guardians of the Galaxy, while Rocket becomes an officer of the Green Lantern Corps. During Rocket's first two days as a Green Lantern, he kills Sinestro and commits a heist at a mob casino with Green Arrow. On the third day, the Guardians of the Universe contact Nova to request an exchange, Rocket for Jordan. However, Jordan has become infected with the Parallax–entity while wielding the Infinity gauntlet and has swiftly defeated the Guardians of the Galaxy and Thanos.

Showdown

In a dystopian version of Gotham City, an aged–Wolverine begins a brutal fight with an aged–Batman in an alley. To end the fight, Batman plants explosives on Wolverine’s belt buckle, which detonate. Despite his injuries, Wolverine vows to fight him again.

Enter Logo!

In the Amalgam Universe, at the Orbituary Bar, the interstellar mercenary and bounty hunter Logo (an amalgamation of Wolverine and Lobo) knocks out Kultron (an amalgamation of Ultron and Kobra). Before leaving the bar, he blows up Thanoseid’s (an amalgamation of Thanos and Darkseid) helicopter, known as the Thanoseidcopter. Logo then flies off on his bike, Weapon XXX, into the galaxy, on his way to hunt down his next bounty: Super-Soldier (an amalgamation of Captain America and Superman).

Batman/Deadpool (November 2025)

Batman/Deadpool

Constantine/Doctor Strange

Nightwing/Wolverine II

Harley Quinn/Hulk

Static Shock/Ms. Marvel

Future

In October 2025, a second two–part intercompany crossover one-shots was announced by DC Comics and Marvel Comics, respectively. Superman/Spider-Man and Spider-Man/Superman will debut between March and April 2026.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Marston, George (2025-05-27). "Batman and Deadpool will come together this fall in the first official Marvel/DC crossover in over 20 years, with Grant Morrison, Greg Capullo, and more all-star creators on board". GamesRadar+. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  2. ^ "Marvel and DC's Deadpool and Batman crossover revealed — See a first look (exclusive)". EW.com. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  3. ^ "DC Reveals More Details and Variant Covers for 'Batman/Deadpool' #1". DC.com. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
  4. ^ a b Brooke, David (2025-05-27). "'Deadpool/Batman' and 'Batman/Deadpool' coming late 2025". AIPT. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  5. ^ Schedeen, Jesse (2025-10-02). "Superman and Spider-Man Headline the Next Marvel and DC Crossover - IGN". IGN. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
  6. ^ Scott, Sam (December 3, 2019). "Was Justice League vs. Avengers Technically Canon?". Screen Rant. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
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