Marvel and DC joined forces to announce what is bound to be one of many top-selling comedian ebook tasks of 2025. The 2 publishers are teaming on a pair of one-shot crossover specials that includes Batman and Deadpool. That makes this the primary real crossover between the Marvel and DC Universes in additional than 20 years. Better of all, they aren’t stopping with Deadpool/Batman #1 and Batman/Deadpool #1. Marvel and DC are already growing a follow-up crossover for 2026.
With that in thoughts, we thought it might be enjoyable to interrupt down the DC/Marvel team-ups that the majority must occur, now that crossovers are lastly on the desk once more. From the plain money cow that’s Batman/Daredevil to the cosmic grandeur of New Gods/Eternals, these are the crossovers we desperately need to see.
Batman/Daredevil
That is most likely the obvious superhero pairing on this listing. And, to make certain, it’s one which’s been carried out earlier than in 1997’s Daredevil and Batman and 2000’s Batman/Daredevil: King of New York. However even after two crossovers, it feels as if DC and Marvel have barely scratched the floor of what’s doable with bringing these two darkish, brooding vigilantes collectively. Whose craving for justice is larger? Whose childhood is extra fraught with trauma? Who’s the higher ninja? All of those questions want answering.
It must also be identified that each earlier crossovers got here earlier than Marvel unleashed an actual assassin’s row of expertise on the continuing Daredevil collection. Lots of these creators could be good for a Batman/Daredevil crossover. But when we had our druthers, we’d go together with author Chip Zdarsky and artist Jorge Fornes. Each are notable for engaged on each franchises, and each could be good for the kind of gritty, character-driven noir that may make this crossover shine.
Teen Titans/Younger Avengers
We already received a significant crossover between the Justice League and the Avengers, however what about their youthful counterparts? It appears like we’re nicely overdue for a correct Teen Titans/Younger Avengers crossover, significantly because it’s been some time since Marvel has printed a correct Younger Avengers comedian of any form. Let’s get the gang again collectively and have them rub elbows with Nightwing, Starfire, Raven, and the remaining.
We are able to consider a number of nice Teen Titans and Younger Avenegrs veterans who could be a great match for this crossover, however none higher than Rainbow Rowell and Kris Anka. These are the creators who efficiently revamped the Runaways just a few years in the past, and we predict they’d excel with this superhero pairing.
Inexperienced Lantern/Silver Surfer
One is a extremely assured house cop who safeguards the universe with the ability of pure will. The opposite used to hunt out planets for his grasp to devour till he reconnected along with his misplaced humanity. Each journey the cosmos in fashion. There’s loads to be gained from bringing Inexperienced Lantern (any of them, actually) and Silver Surfer collectively in a single comedian. We’d like to see the kind of larger-than-life menace that may be required to check the mixed would possibly of those two ultra-powerful heroes. Galactus with a Sinestro Corps ring? Nekron controlling the Marvel Zombies? The sky’s the restrict right here.
This looks as if a challenge tailored for author Tom King, as his Batman run exhibits how adept he’s at contrasting heroes from completely different walks of life. King has dabbled with the Lantern characters earlier than in books like The Omega Males and The Darkseid Battle: Inexperienced Lantern #1, and his lone Marvel work, Imaginative and prescient, definitely has us intrigued on the lot of King writing one other tortured, melancholy Marvel hero.
Naomi/Ms. Marvel
This is probably not the obvious alternative on the subject of DC/Marvel crossovers, nevertheless it’s one with an terrible lot of potential. Naomi McDuffie and Kamala Khan each signify a brand new technology of wide-eyed, idealistic heroes of their respective universes. What occurs once you knock down the limitations between worlds and produce them collectively. Plus, it’s not as if DC has carried out a lot with Naomi since co-creator Brian Michael Bendis left the corporate and her TV present was canceled. This is able to be a method of constructing up for misplaced time.
Bendis and fellow Naomi co-creators David F. Walker and Jamal Campbell could be an excellent match for this crossover collection. Alternatively, we definitely wouldn’t thoughts seeing Ms. Marvel co-creators G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona reunite for a brand new journey that includes Kamala.
Surprise Girl/Thor
What occurs when gods collide? We get an excellent crossover comedian. Surprise Girl and Thor might have been main gamers in 2003’s JLA/Avengers, however there’s much more potential to be present in digging into the dynamic between these two heroes. They’d most likely get alongside nice, as soon as Diana will get previous the Odinson’s often boorish conduct. And like with Inexperienced Lantern/Silver Surfer, we’d like to see the kind of enemy {powerful} sufficient to want the mixed would possibly of Surprise Girl and Thor.
For this challenge, we envision a reunion between author J. Michael Straczynski and artist Olivier Coipel, who so efficiently revitalized Thor of their 2007 collection. Straczynski had a really transient run on Surprise Girl previous to the New 52 relaunch, so this may be one other likelihood to see what he can accomplish with the character.
Blue Beetle/Spider-Man
This crossover could be nice as a result of it principally provides readers two for the value of 1. We’d like to see a Blue Beetle/Spider-Man collection that focuses on each Jaime Reyes/Miles Morales and Ted Kord/Peter Parker. What occurs once you get two super-geniuses like Ted and Peter in a room? How would possibly Jaime and Miles get alongside? What occurs once you flip Inexperienced Goblin or Physician Octopus free within the DCU? All questions value answering. Plus, the collection may discover the concept of legacy in a method DC does so nicely however Marvel traditionally hasn’t.
This crossover would have been good for the late, nice Keith Giffen. As an alternative, why not give the reins to present Miles Morales: Spider-Man author Cody Ziglar. Pair Ziglar with artist and Jaime Reyes co-creator Cully Hamner and you’ve got all of the makings of a enjoyable, epic romp targeted on two units of iconic heroes.
Hellblazer/The Punisher
Most superhero crossovers are inclined to observe a reasonably customary formulation. Two heroes meet, they butt heads, they put apart their variations for the higher good. However all bets are off once you enterprise into the darkish recesses of the Marvel and DC Universes. What sort of crossover story do you get when John Constantine and Frank Fortress are within the highlight? It is a pairing that might work both as Hellblazer/Punisher or Hellblazer vs. Punisher? It will be loads of enjoyable to see Frank attempt his finest to kill John, solely to comprehend he’s stumbled right into a supernatural world he can’t start to grasp.
Given his in depth historical past with each characters, this challenge is ideally suited to author Garth Ennis. Reunite Ennis with any of his collaborators from Hellblazer or Punisher MAX and also you’re golden. Alternatively, John Constantine, Hellblazer: Useless in America creators Si Spurrier and Aaron Campbell may most likely work wonders with this pairing.
New Gods/Eternals
Jack Kirby was actually cooking with gasoline when he created the Fourth World Saga at DC and The Eternals at Marvel. These two franchises share loads in widespread, dealing as they do with cosmic house gods and conflicts stretching again over milennia. The 2 franchises are virtually begging to return collectively for one epic sci-fi mash-up. Simply consider the chances once you carry Darkseid and Thanos collectively…
Sadly, Kirby himself is not round to make that crossover a actuality, however the groups behind the newest Eternals and New Gods comics may absolutely work wonders with the premise. Both reunite Eternals author Kieron Gillen and artist Esad Ribic or present New Gods author Ram V and artist Evan Cagle. Or, heck, why not let each groups jam collectively on one ebook?
Justice League/X-Males
We’ve already seen what occurs when the Justice League and Avengers be a part of forces. However for a lot of Marvel followers, the X-Males eclipse the Avengers. So why not make them the celebrities of the present for the following Justice League crossover? The potential character pairings have us salivating. Can Wolverine’s adamantium claws minimize Superman’s unbreakable pores and skin? How badly would Emma Frost hate Surprise Girl? May even Batman make sense of the convoluted Summers household tree? And for a workforce as universally beloved because the Justice League, this may be a helpful alternative for them to study that some heroes spend their lives being hated and feared by these they shield.
The most important cause to make Justice League/X-Males occur, although, is that it’s completely suited to artist (and DC Writer, President, and Chief Artistic Officer) Jim Lee. That is most likely the one method we’d ever see new X-Males artwork from Lee once more. Pair Lee with somebody like Superman Unchained collaborator Scott Snyder or New X-Males author Grant Morrison and you’ve got all of the makings of an epic crossover for the ages.
Secret Disaster
When Geoff Johns and Gary Frank wrapped up their Watchmen sequel Doomsday Clock, they included just a few teases for issues to return within the DCU. Not all of it has panned out, just like the allusion to DC’s aborted 5G initiative. However there’s one tease that might, and will, nonetheless occur – Secret Disaster.
As hinted at in Doomsday Clock’s last problem, Secret Disaster is a DC/Marvel crossover occasion destined to unfold within the yr 2030. Because the partitions of actuality come tumbling down, Superman is alleged to conflict with Thor, whereas Hulk is fated to sacrifice his life for the Man of Metal. On the time Doomsday Clock was printed, there was no cause to imagine that DC and Marvel had been keen to cooperate on such a crossover. Now that the 2 corporations are enjoying good once more, why not make this Secret Disaster tease a actuality? Give followers an enormous crossover journey whose scope rivals the likes of Disaster on Infinite Earths and Secret Wars.
Clearly, Johns and Frank are the pure decisions to carry that story to life. However assuming they’re too busy with Ghost Machine’s Geiger to return to the DCU, there’s just one different author we are able to image on the helm of Secret Disaster – Secret Wars 2015 author Jonathan Hickman. Solely Hickman has the knack for combining enormous cosmic spectacle with human drama that this crossover calls for.
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