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Marvel/DC: Deadpool/Batman and its counterpart DC/Marvel: Batman/Deadpool are a duo of Crossover books between DC Comics and Marvel Comics, marking the first official crossover between the companies since JLA/Avengers 22 years prior.

Each book contains a main story involving Deadpool and Batman and then a series of backup short stories.

Was followed up with DC/Marvel: Superman/Spider-Man in March 2026 and Marvel/DC: Spider-Man/Superman in April 2026, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the two heroes' original crossover.

Deadpool/Batman

• Deadpool/Batman: Written by Zeb Wells with art by Greg Capullo, Tim Townsend and Alex Sinclair.
• Captain America & Wonder Woman: Written by Chip Zdarsky with art by Terry Dodson and Rachel Dodson.
• Jeff! & Krypto: Written by Kelly Thompson with art by Gurihiru.
• Daredevil & Green Arrow: Written by Kevin Smith with art by Adam Kubert and Frank Martin.
• Rocket Raccoon & Green Lantern: Written by Al Ewing with art by Dike Ruin and Moreno Dinisio.
• Old Man Logan & Batman: The Dark Knight Returns: Written and drawn by Frank Miller with coloring by Alex Sinclair.
• Logo: Written by Ryan North with art by Ryan Stegman and Frank Martin.

Batman/Deadpool

• Batman/Deadpool: Written by Grant Morrison with art by Dan Mora.
• Constantine & Doctor Strange: Written by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, and Joshua Williamson with art by Hayden Sherman.
• Nightwing & Wolverine: Written by Tom Taylor with art by Bruno Redondo.
• Harley Quinn & Hulk: Written by Mariko Tamaki with art by Amanda Conner.
• Static & Ms. Marvel: Written by G. Willow Wilson with art by Denys Cowan.

Two exclusive one-shots were released to both companies’ respective apps, with DC releasing The Flash/Fantastic Four by Jeremy Adams and Marvel putting out Thor/Shazam! by Al Ewing.

Tropes

Deadpool/Batman

Deadpool is hired to hunt down Batman by the Joker.

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• Batman Gambit:
  • Batman allows Deadpool to knock him out because it was the quickest way to find the Joker who has hired Deadpool.
  • He also exploits Joker's obsession over him to subtly turn him and Deadpool against one another, by telling the former that Deadpool could accomplish what Joker could not — being a villain worthy of his obsession.
• Brick Joke: When he's gassing Batman, Deadpool realizes that he'll have to drive the Batmobile now and says that he can't drive stick. In the end, Batman notices a dent on the Batmobile, remarking that Deadpool can't in fact drive stick.
• Cassandra Truth: Bruce keeps trying to tell Deadpool that he's not a Corrupt Corporate Executive that needs mercenary work done for him, and is ignored each time.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: Batman's battle with Deadpool is one-sided to say the least, as Deadpool is completely unprepared for the Dark Knight's arsenal of gadgets.
  Deadpool: What I'm trying to say is... I can't bring myself to murder you, Batman.
  Batman: At no point was I in danger of being murdered.
• Determinator: If Joker is to be believed, he apparently worked himself ragged stubbornly trying to make the Cosmic Treadmill—which only works for those with Super-Speed—transport him to the Marvel Universe, before breaking down and calling up Reverse-Flash to do it for him.
• Didn't See That Coming: Joker rigs his Joker Venom dispersal system so that the only way to shut it down will cause a massive explosion, intending to force Batman to choose between sacrificing himself or letting Gotham be destroyed. However, he didn't plan on Deadpool jumping in headfirst to trigger the explosion, since his healing factor will allow him to walk away from it.
  Joker: Well, that's just... huh'.
• Didn't Think This Through: Deadpool knocks Batman out in the Batmobile, only to realize that now he'll have to drive the car and he doesn't know how to drive stick.
• Dramatic Irony: Deadpool breaks into Wayne Manor so he can double dip and do some extra work while in Gotham, thinking that Bruce Wayne will have someone he wants killed. Then he leaves Bruce so that he can get back to his original job—killing Batman.
• "Eureka!" Moment: Deadpool mentions that on the day Joker stole the chemicals for his Joker Toxin there was a full moon, meaning there was also low tide and the coastal caves have opened up. Batman realizes immediately that this is where Joker has been hiding.
• Get Out!: Because Deadpool helped save Gotham, Batman lets him go but tells him to leave his universe.
• Honest Corporate Executive: Lampshaded by Bruce, who repeatedly insists that he's "not that kind of billionaire" when Deadpool approaches him looking for mercenary work.
• Horrible Judge of Character: One of the first thing Deadpool does after ending up in the DCU is seek out Bruce Wayne for extra contract work, believing that he's a scumbag billionaire who'd be happy to pay him to kill people. Despite Bruce repeatedly insisting that he's not that kind of billionaire, Deadpool assumes he's lying and tells him to look him up once he respects him enough to stop "lying".
• Instantly Proven Wrong: Bruce tells Deadpool that Batman sticks to the shadows and won't be found unless he wants to be found... right before the Bat-Signal starts shining over the city.
• Mistaken for Gay: Invoked by Deadpool in regards to Batman and Robin—remarking that Batman has probably already heard every possible joke he could possibly make about the fact that he constantly fights crime with a shapely young boy.
• Recruiting the Criminal: Reluctantly, Batman agrees to work with Deadpool to hunt down the Joker after the latter provides crucial insight into where Joker might be hiding. Deadpool takes advantage of this to knock Batman out and deliver him to Joker... which turns out to have been Batman's plan.
• Villain Team-Up: The events of the story are kicked off by Joker seeking out someone just as crazy as himself to help bring down Batman, settling on Deadpool from the Marvel Universe. He also mentions that he had help from Klarion the Witch Boy and Reverse-Flash in bringing Deadpool to the DC Universe in the first place.

An encounter in World War II results in a generations-spanning friendship.

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• Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Diana is typically the same age range as Superman and Batman (or at least their superhero careers began at relatively the same time). Here, Diana made her debut during World War II alongside Captain America. And she stayed an active superhero all throughout the time Steve was frozen and thawed out in the Modern Age.
• All for Nothing: Downplayed. Wonder Woman's efforts to keep Hitler alive long enough to bring him to trial are rendered moot when he kills himself anyway. However, her efforts to talk sense into Cap are what forge their lifelong friendship.
• Armor-Piercing Question: Using the Lasso of Truth, Wonder Woman forces Cap to relent against killing Hitler by asking him if it would truly be justice.
• Better to Die than Be Killed: After narrowly avoiding being shot by Captain America, Hitler shoots himself anyway so that he won't have to face justice for his crimes.
• Canon Welding: In addition to Captain America and Wonder Woman meeting, the story mashes together multiple other famous events from the Marvel and DC universes from various eras: the Justice League and Avengers discover Cap's frozen body together, Superman is shown cradling Supergirl's body ala Crisis on Infinite Earths with the Hulk wailing in anguish, Cap prevents Diana from killing Maxwell Lord, and later Diana joins Cap's side against the Superhuman Registration Act.
• Composite Character: Captain America more or less takes the role of Steve Trevor in Wonder Woman's life, as a blonde, military-aligned lifelong friend who just so happens to also be named Steve. Diana even mentions that she was moved to join the war effort by footage of Captain America in action, implying that it was him—not Steve Trevor—who inspired her to become a superheroine.
• Death by Adaptation: Implied. Cap's narration mentions how Bucky was killed before he was frozen, just like in the main universe—before it was revealed that Bucky survived and was turned into the Winter Soldier. Unlike the main universe, it's never revealed whether or not he survived.
• Emotional Bruiser: When Cap is reflecting on Supergirl's death, surprisingly, Hulk is the one who takes her demise the hardest.
• Generic Doomsday Villain: In the final pages of the story, Wonder Woman and Captain America lead the heroes of the multiverse in a fight against a gigantic monster intent on destroying all creation, which appears to be a chimeric fusion of Thanos, Darkseid, and the Anti-Monitor.
• If You Kill Him, You Will Be Just Like Him!: Wonder Woman convinces Cap not to shoot Hitler, as it will make him an executioner, and that he should instead see justice for his crimes.
• Morality Chain: Diana acts as one to Steve, who is about to kill Hitler, convincing him to allow the people of the world to decide his fate. Steve returns the favor by convincing her not to kill Maxwell Lord.
• Revenge Is Not Justice: When he and Wonder Woman first meet, Captain America has Hitler cornered with a gun to his head, intending to kill him in revenge for the friends and other millions he's had killed. Wonder Woman manages to talk him out of it by pointing out that killing him now would not be justice, and that he should have to be held accountable for his crimes against the world by the world.
• Ship Tease: Steve’s reflections on Diana’s constant presence and impact on his life have vaguely romantic undertones, but whether their relationship ever deepened or if they were Platonic Life-Partners is left up to the reader’s imagination.
• Spared by the Adaptation: Because Steve is there to talk her down, Diana doesn’t kill Maxwell Lord.
• Suicide Is Shameful: In this version of events, Hitler's historic suicide happens in a cowardly effort to prevent Captain America and Wonder Woman from bringing him to justice.
• Take Up My Sword: In the final page of the comic, Wonder Woman takes up Captain America's shield to continue the fight to save the Infiniverse.

The Landshark and the Superdog play volleyball outside of the Fortress Of Solitude.

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• Breather Episode: No villains to fight here, just two super-pets enjoying a friendly, if intense, game of volleyball.
• The Cameo: Supergirl and Kate Bishop (or rather, one of her arrows) make brief appearances calling Krypto and Jeff for dinner time.

The Emerald Archer tracks down a League of Shadows operation to Hell’s Kitchen running into a battle between The Man Without Fear and The Hand.

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• Joke and Receive: Green Arrow's rejoinder when asked if he's Hawkeye "Do I look like I'm from Iowa?" is an obvious reference to the University of Iowa Hawkeyes. In Marvel canon, Clint Barton WAS actually born in Waverly, Iowa.
• Mistaken Identity: Befitting Green Arrow, Daredevil mistook the Emerald Archer as the other archer hero, even to the point of emphasizing "Clint" much to Green Arrow's confusion.
• Thwarted Coup de Grâce: Count Vertigo uses his signature power to bring Daredevil to his knees, and quips a one-liner about sending a demon back to hell. Cue a Boxing Glove Arrow slamming into the side of his head before he can pull the trigger.

Rocket Racoon joins the Green Lantern Corps while Hal Jordan joins the Guardians of the Galaxy.

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• Boom, Headshot!: How Rocket kills Sinestro which leads to....
• Death by Adaptation: Sinestro dies by a headshot from Rocket Racoon's gun rather than a Green Lantern construct, much to the dismay of the Guardians.
• Gone Horribly Wrong: The swap has disastrous results, with Rocket engaging in criminal activity that concerns the Guardians of the Universe. Things go even worse for the Guardians of the Galaxy as the Infinity Gauntlet corrupts Hal Jordan into becoming Parallax again.
• Just Like Robin Hood: Rocket teams up with Green Arrow to rob a mob casino, with GA declaring that they're robbing from the rich to give to the poor. Rocket remarks that he didn't agree to that.
• Offscreen Moment of Awesome: While Rocket was causing mayhem, Hal somehow became Parallax again, defeated Thanos, beat the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy, and stole the Infinity Gauntlet with the gems in it.

Batman and Wolverine duke it out in the streets of Gotham.

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• Let's You and Him Fight:The entire story is a fight between Bruce Wayne and Logan, which Bruce wins, though it’s implied they’re friends who are fighting for fun.

In this Amalgam tale, the Main Mutant kills Kultron and vows to take on Super Soldier next.

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• Composite Character: Logo is an amalgam of Wolverine and Lobo.
• Chain Pain: Logo has hook claws on retractable chains that visibly run along his entire arm.
• Long Bus Trip: Logo is an entirely new Amalgam, but the story features the return of Kultron (Kobra and Ultron) and Thanosied (Thanos and Darksied) nearly 30 years after their few appearances in Amalgam Comics. Logo even mentions Super Soldier (Superman and Captain America).
• Portmanteau: Logo is the main bubstiche and the last Canucklezian.

Batman/Deadpool

Batman and Deadpool team up to stop a reality-altering relic from falling into the wrong hands.

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• Author Powers: The Writer, with the Cosmic Keyboard at their fingertips, is able to rewrite reality as they see fit. In this case, they write Batman giving an Infodump and had him travel to Earth-7642 for his team-up with Deadpool.
• Back from the Dead: The Writer, also known as the self-insert for Grant Morrison from their run on Animal Man, returns from the dead years after they were killed off in the Suicide Squad's "War of the Gods" storyline.
• The Bus Came Back:
  • Amalgam’s Dark Claw returns in the joint mindscape of Batman and Deadpool.
  • Grant Morrison's Author Avatar The Writer returns from their Animal Man run... and also from being killed in an issue of Suicide Squad.
  • The story is revealed to take place on Earth-7642, the Earth that Marvel designates as where all their crossovers with DC take place. The Batman of Earth-7642 even shows up... knocked out at The Writer's feet because they want the "real" Batman to be participating in the team-up. (For the record, going by past Marvel/DC crossovers, Earth-7642's Batman last appeared in 2000's Batman/Daredevil: King of New York.)
• Canon Character All Along: A unique variant where Morrison writes into the text that the Batman that appears in the crossover is definitively the Batman of Earth-0, the current designation for the prime DC Universe, rather than an Alternate Self that can be conveniently Retconned as being the one that partook to avoid questions about continuity. The Batman of Earth-7642 even shows up unconscious and directly identified to prevent wiggle room to disregard it.
• Continuity Nod:
  • The bizarre labyrinth that Batman and Deadpool find themselves in includes sections of the maze Batman was trapped by the Court of Owls in in Night of the Owls.
  • John Ostrander's killing off The Writer in an issue of Suicide Squad is referenced by Batman when they reveal themself as the mastermind.
  • How Batman and Deadpool are even meeting is shown to be because Eternity and Kismet were hooking up, just like how JLA/Avengers showed the two universes converging. This comic however steps it up a notch by showing them doing it in a one night stand.
    Deadpool: Oh. Maybe I should come back later... or...
    • The helmets of the Brothers (representing the DC and Marvel universes) from Marvel Versus DC (1996) can be seen by their bedside.
  • "I can see you!"
  • Villainess Cassandra Nova being identified by a white owl isn't a nod to Morrison's own X-Men work, but to Uncanny X-Force (2013), as part of the Revenant/Mummudrai arc.
  • "...a is for atom"
• Expy Coexistence: Discussed. Batman initially mistakes Deadpool aka Wade Wilson for Deathstroke aka Slade Wilson, and Deadpool mocks him by calling him Moon Knight and Nighthawk. But there's also the mention of the very obscure HawkOwl.
• Fusion Dance: Grant Morrison shows up to help Deadpool and Batman against Cassandra Nova. They fuse Batman and Deadpool into Dead Bat when they’ve run out of ideas.
• Go Mad from the Revelation: Cassandra Nova tries to read The Writer's mind, but recoils in horror at what is implied to be her realization that she's a fictional character.
• Loophole Abuse: The Writer claims that only they can make their computer work, but Cassandra Nova boasts that she can just mind control them into using it however she wants.
• MacGuffin: The Writer's computer.
• No Fourth Wall: It's a Grant Morrison comic after all. No pretensions are made about how the reason for Batman and Deadpool to team-up in this story all hinges on an Excuse Plot by Morrison, who writes on their Cosmic Keyboard all the events occurring at that moment, even exposition relayed by Batman. By the end of the story and Morrison books it out of there, they even mention how the fourth wall is currently being rebuilt to keep them out for the time being.
• No-Sell: Deadpool is a bit confused by Batman's refusal to be annoyed by him, which Batman explains is because he's dealt with worse:
  Batman: I fought crime alongside a hyperactive kid for years. My Arch-Enemy is a murderous, disfigured clown. Have you been talking this whole time?
• Noticing the Fourth Wall: After reaching into the Writer's head to manipulate him into changing reality in her favor, Cassandra sees the truth of her existence, and recoils long enough for Batman and Deadpool to get the better of her.
• Off with His Head!: Cassandra Nova ends up decapitated by Dead Bat and her still-living head sealed in a jar, taken back to the Marvel universe as Eternity and Kismet's one night stand ends.
• Self-Deprecation: Grant Morrison's tendencies to break the fourth wall and write nonsensical esoteric stories is mocked by characters and the writer themself.
  Batman: I have no idea what you're talking about.
• Signature Style: Expectedly, this Grant Morrison tale breaks the Fourth Wall in all the ways and makes meta commentary on the nature of comic books and fiction. This gets to the point of their Author Avatar from Animal Man making a comeback to directly meddle in the story.
• Stealth Sequel: The reappearance of The Writer from Morrison's Animal Man run pretty much cements this crossover story as one.
• Take That!: The Writer gives a rather unsubtle jab at DC when they leave, noting that the Fourth Wall was briefly broken to let them back in but now that the adventure is over, it's being rebuilt to keep their "unwanted" ideas out.

Constantine seeks out Doctor Strange when two magic worlds collide.

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• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While John was willing to steal Strange's Eye of Agamotto, when working together, Strange realizes for all of John's self-destructive tendencies, he's still a good man.
• Leaning on the Fourth Wall: A lot of references are made about how the magic of the DC Universe is different from the magic of the Marvel Universe.
• Malicious Misnaming: When John meets up with Strange, he questions what kind of name is Dr. Strange and it's like if he called himself "John Soulless".
• Ninja Prop: Strange and Constantine successfully manage to restore their universes which is visually signified by a panel border rising between DC and Marvel characters to partition them from each other.
• Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Ghost Rider fighting Swamp Thing and Neron fighting Mephisto happen mostly offscreen as John and Stephen mentally wrestle over the Eye of Agamotto.
• What a Drag: Ghost Rider opens his fight with an unsuspecting Swamp Thing by grabbing him with a chain and dragging him along his motorcycle, then breathing out hellfire to incinerate him. Swamp Thing is only mildly inconvenienced and yanks Ghost Rider off his motorcycle as soon as possible.
• When Dimensions Collide: The conflict is the DC and Marvel Universe blending together and the two distinct varieties of magic not mixing well as equivalent magical beings from their respective realities fight each other. Neron goes up against Mephisto, Ghost Rider attacks Swamp Thing, and John Constantine seeks out Doctor Strange to fix it.

Dick and Laura team up to find and rescue Laura's sister Gabby.

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• The Cameo: Barbara Gordon makes a one-panel appearance when Nightwing and the Kinney sisters return to the clocktower with takeout.
• Commonality Connection: Dick Grayson and Laura Kinney bond over the fact they are following in the footsteps of famous heroes whom they are related to.
• Damsel in Distress: Gabby and Jonathan the Actual Wolverine were captured by Killer Croc, which prompted Laura to seek out Batman for help in finding them.
• Legacy Character: Both Laura and Dick are this, or as Gabby jokes, they're nepo-heroes.
• Unusual Pets for Unusual People: Gabby snarks that a dog seems like a pretty boring pet for a superhero compared to her wolverine.
• Villains Want Mercy: Killer Croc starts begging for mercy after Laura cuts off his claws and proves she can easily slice through his hide.
• You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: Laura is visibly dismayed when she realizes that Nightwing doesn't have any superpowers, though her internal monologue changes to respect when he holds his own against Killer Croc nonetheless.

Harley and Hulk must face an army of killer mutant hot dogs.

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• Covered in Gunge: Harley causes the vat of toxic waste to explode, covering her and Hulk in glowing green slime.
• Fast Ball Special: Hulk performs this by throwing Harley at the machine that is creating man eating hot dog meat to save the day.
• Food Eats You: A hot dog cart falls into a vat of toxic waste. The hot dogs come to life and start trying to take bites out of Harley and Hulk.

The young heroes encounter each other for the first time.

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• Skewed Priorities: Vergil and Kamala stop their fight with the mutant monster with confusion over who adds who to which group chat. The monster has to roar in both their faces to get them back on track.
• Tempting Fate: When Ms. Marvel arrives on the scene, Static is already there and assures her he has it handled. The monster nearly eats him then and there, and Ms. Marvel has to sock it in the jaw to save him.