Chad Burdette
Today over on Entertainment Weekly, it was announced that Marvel’s Merc with a Mouth will meet DC’s Dark Knight this September in MARVEL/DC: DEADPOOL/BATMAN #1, the first of two crossovers between Marvel and DC more than twenty years in the making!
Produced by Marvel, DEADPOOL/BATMAN #1 will be followed by BATMAN/DEADPOOL #1, produced by DC and on sale this November.
This landmark crossover marks the first major collaboration between DC and Marvel in decades—bringing together Gotham’s Dark Knight Detective and the Marvel’s Deadpool in an explosive adventure that fans never expected but always dreamed of.
On Sale September 17, 2025 – Deadpool/Batman #1 – Marvel Comics
Wade Wilson has been hired for a job in Gotham City, but will the World’s Greatest Detective help him or destroy him?
Written by prolific Spider-Man comics writer and co-writer for Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine Zeb Wells and drawn by industry superstar Greg Capullo, an artist with an incredible legacy at both legendary comic book companies, with influential work on Batman and X-Men titles, Deadpool/Batman, in addition to the main story, will feature a lineup of jaw-dropping backup adventures, each featuring Marvel and DC character match ups that are sure to thrill every comic book fan! More details on these backup stories and their creative teams will be shared at a later date.
Wells shared with EW:
“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. 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.”
DEADPOOL/BATMAN #1
- Written by ZEB WELLS with CREATORS TO BE REVEALED
- Art by GREG CAPULLO with CREATORS TO BE REVEALED
- Cover by GREG CAPULLO
On Sale November 2025 – Batman/Deadpool #1 – DC Comics
Batman/Deadpool #1, by Grant Morrison and Dan Mora, with more creators to be revealed soon, will publish in November 2025. Main cover, shown above, is penciled, inked and colored by Dan Mora.
Said Grant Morrison:
“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! Expect 4th wall busting mayhem, owls, blood, blades, and at least one giant typewriter!”
Dan Mora added:
“This is more than I ever imagined I could do in my career, and it is a huge honor to be part of this crossover: it doesn’t happen too often, and I am a HUGE Deadpool fan!” . “When I first worked with Grant, I didn’t know what to expect but it was an incredible team-up. I always hoped to work with Grant again, and working on Batman/Deadpool is like a dream come true. Grant and I working together on this once-in-a-lifetime project is going to be such a fun experience.”
DC President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer Jim Lee, said about the crossover event:
“Dan Mora, of course, is just killing it right now. He is one of our perennial visionaries, I think, for the DC Universe. His style is just so dynamic, but also very clean and classic. In many ways it’s sort of a fusion of Curt Swan, and maybe Gil Kane.
When I see a Dan Mora piece, to me that really like sums up where the DC Universe is at right now. I think pairing both Grant and Dan, it was just the perfect choice to bring the story to life. And obviously, you know, Grant, has had seminal runs on both the X-Men and Batman. You know he knows these universes.
He knows what makes these characters tick, and he distills it down in a way that is both enlightening and creative and fun. I’m just excited for fans to be able to read his and Dan’s take on this unique crossover.”
Stay tuned for more news about DEADPOOL/BATMAN #1 and BATMAN/DEADPOOL in the months to come.
