Marvel Comics and DC Comics are teaming up this September for Deadpool/Batman, a new one-shot featuring the first-ever team-up between the Merc with the Mouth and Gotham City's Dark Knight.
Now, a leaked page from a catalogue of Marvel's September solicits has revealed that we're getting at least three backups with more Marvel and DC characters heading into action together:
- "Captain America/Wonder Woman" by Chip Zdarsky and Terry Dodson
- "Daredevil/Green Arrow" by Kevin Smith and Andy Kubert
- "Jeff the Land Shark/Krypto" by Kelly Thompson and Gurihiru
Those are fun pairings, and it remains to be seen whether additional team-ups are being planned. Spider-Man and Superman will surely be among those highlighted down the line, and Deadpool/Batman is potentially just the first of several new comics planned by the publishers.
"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 previously said of the series.
"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)," he continued. "It's been a blast letting Deadpool loose in Gotham City and watching what happens."
Capullo added, "Am I dreaming? This crossover is likely to be the high point of my career...and, I’ve had a great career. Some of my earliest work (many years ago) was on X-Force, so Deadpool and I go way back. More recently, I spent 10-plus years drawing Batman at DC. The idea that I get to do a crossover event with Deadpool and Batman...If I am dreaming, please don’t wake me!"
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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?
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 9/17