DC and Marvel Shake Up Planned Collab With All-Star Roster of Talent

Ahead of the release of the first part of this year's DC and Marvel crossover series, Marvel/DC: Deadpool/Batman #1, which had a series of All-Star team-ups as backups in the issue, DC is now revealing all the All-Star backups that IT will be featuring in November's Batman/Deadpool #1 (behind the lead story by Grant Morrison and Dan Mora), as well as ALL twenty variant covers for the epic crossover event!

Writer Grant Morrison has famously done a number of past stories that have involved metafictional elements, including the hit crossover event, Multiversity, and that continues again in this issue, which DC describes as "a reality-bending saga that’s equal parts cosmic horror, slapstick noir, and metafictional therapy session. It’s the kind of comic book that knows it’s a comic book, revels in being a comic book, weaponizes its comic bookiness—and dares you to keep reading anyway!" Also, fans of Morrison's classic run on Doom Patrol will be thrilled to learn that it appears that Danny the Street will be making a surprise appearance in this event!

But who ELSE will be crossing over in the long-anticipated event?

Which All-Star DC creators will be doing backups in the crossover event?

The first backup crossover story announced pairs writers Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, and Joshua Williamson and artist Hayden Sherman on a Doctor Strange/John Constantine crossover...

Next, Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo team-up again to do a Nightwing/Laura Kinney: Wolverine crossover...

Mariko Tamaki and Amanda Conner join forces for a Hulk/Harley Quinn crossover...

Finally, G. Willow Wilson returns to her creation, Kamala Khan, for a Ms.Marvel/Static crossover, drawn by Static co-creator, Denys Cowan!

As you can see, DC did a few variant covers by the artists involved to mark those stories, but the book has MANY more amazing variant covers, as well.

What are the variants for the crossover issue?

The variant covers for the book (on top of the Dan Mora main cover, which will also have foil variant version available) are as follows, going alphabetical by the artist's first name (there is also a blue blank cover).

• Alexander Lozano drawing a Wonder Woman/Ms. Marvel cover
• Andy Kubert and Alejandro Sánchez drawing a Robin (Damian Wayne)/Gambit cover
• Bill Sienkiewicz drawing a Batman/Deadpool homage of Todd McFarlane's classic The Incredible Hulk #340 cover
• Dan Mora drawing a Batman/Deadpool wraparound variant cover
• Frank Quitely drawing a Batman/Deadpool cover
• Jae Lee and June Chung drawing a Big Barda/Savage Land Rogue cover
• Jenny Frison drawing a Wonder Woman/Storm cover
• Jim Cheung and Jay David Ramos drawing a Wonder Woman/Captain America cover
• Jim Lee, Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair drawing a Batman/Wolverine cover
• Lee Bermejo drawing a The Joker/Doctor Doom cover
• Mark Brooks drawing a Zatanna/Scarlet Witch cover
• Nick Dragotta and Frank Martin drawing a Batman/The Punisher cover
• Ryan Sook drawing a Batman/Deadpool Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 homage cover
• Sean Murphy and Simon Gough drawing a Lobo/Deadpool cover
• Sozomaika drawing a Catwoman/Emma Frost cover

Batman/Deadpool #1 is scheduled to be released on November 19, 2025