The DC/Marvel team-up introduces new hero duos to the mix

DC/Marvel introduces nine new hero pairings, featuring Batman and Deadpool in a thrilling 2025 crossover comic event.

: DC and Marvel have joined forces to create new hero duos, combining characters from different worlds. Key pairings include Static and Ms. Marvel, Doctor Strange and John Constantine, and Batman with Deadpool, written by Grant Morrison. Other exciting teams cover combinations such as Harley Quinn with Hulk, and Nightwing with Laura Kinney/Wolverine. The first issue releases in November 2025, as part of a broader storyline extension by Zeb Wells and Greg Capullo.

DC and Marvel are staging a rare intercompany crossover this fall with two one-shots: Marvel’s Deadpool/Batman #1 on September 17, 2025 and DC’s Batman/Deadpool #1 on November 19, 2025. The headliners put Zeb Wells with Greg Capullo on the Marvel issue and Grant Morrison with Dan Mora on the DC counterpart, marking the first major collaboration between the Big Two in decades and setting up a pair of complementary releases across publishers.

On DC’s side, the event adds several fresh hero duos to the mix through short stories: Doctor Strange with John Constantine from a powerhouse writer trio alongside artist Hayden Sherman; Nightwing partnering with Laura Kinney’s Wolverine by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo; Harley Quinn facing off with the Hulk in a comedic hot-dog showdown by Mariko Tamaki and Amanda Conner; and an energetic team-up of Static with Ms. Marvel by G. Willow Wilson and Denys Cowan.

Marvel’s Deadpool/Batman #1 is likewise stuffed with backups that bridge the universes in playful ways: Daredevil with Green Arrow by Kevin Smith and Adam Kubert; Jeff the Land Shark with Krypto the Superdog by Kelly Thompson and Gurihiru; Captain America with Wonder Woman by Chip Zdarsky and Terry Dodson; Rocket Raccoon with Green Lantern by Al Ewing and Dike Ruan; and a special Old Man Logan meets The Dark Knight Returns Batman story by Frank Miller.

The publishers are leaning hard into collectible art to showcase these cross-universe pairings. Variant covers spotlight standout combinations such as Wonder Woman with Captain America, Zatanna with Scarlet Witch, and even a Batman versus Punisher face-off, underscoring how the crossover doubles as a gallery of dream matchups as much as a narrative experiment.

Beyond spectacle, the schedule and creators signal a coordinated celebration of comics craft: Marvel fires the starting pistol in September with a Capullo-drawn romp and multiple lighthearted team-ups, while DC follows in November with Morrison and Mora steering a reality-bending main story and additional cross-publisher pairings. Together, the two issues stitch humor, action, and novelty into a single season-long bridge between universes.

Sources: Gizmodo, Polygon, GamesRadar

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