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Spider-Man and Superman Join Forces in April and Marvel Has Revealed the Details!

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Following last year’s Deadpool/Batman and celebrating the 50th anniversary of Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man, the first-ever Marvel/DC crossover, Marvel and DC unite again this April in Marvel’s Spider-Man/Superman #1! Like last year’s crossover, fans can look forward to a double-dose of history-making comic book storytelling with DC publishing a separate one-shot, Superman/Spider-Man, in March.

The lead story where Spider-Man and Superman join forces will be written by New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer in his first full-length Marvel Comics story, and drawn by one of Marvel’s most acclaimed artists, Pepe Larraz. In addition, the one-shot will feature various bonus stories by a monumental lineup of industry talent, each co-starring Marvel and DC characters, including a few surprises readers will be talking about for the next fifty years!

Here’s what to expect:

  • THWIP, THWIP AND AWAY! Brad Meltzer and Pepe Larraz pit SPIDER-MAN and SUPERMAN against LEX LUTHOR and NORMAN OSBORN as their greatest villains exploit some of their greatest weaknesses!
  • In the shadow-laden 1930s, SPIDER-MAN NOIR encounters the original GOLDEN AGE SUPERMAN as told by Dan Slott and Marcos Martin!
  • Geoff Johns delivers his first Marvel story in over 20 years, teaming up with frequent collaborator and fellow superstar Gary Frank! A crisis ensues as the hit creative team bring the Super- and Spider-families against each together at the summons of MYSTERIO…but is their true foe an ally out of control?!
  • SYMBIOTE hordes invade Metropolis as a new War of the Realms ignites in Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman’s epic reunion starring Jane Foster as the Mighty Thor, Wonder Woman and more!
  • Co-creator of STEEL Louise Simonson and artist Todd Nauck hammer out the tale of John Henry Irons’ clash with the HOBGOBLIN.
  • Current Amazing Spider-Man scribe Joe Kelly and artist Humberto Ramos deliver a campus crossover between GWEN STACY and LANA LANG!
  • SPIDER-MAN (MILES MORALES) teams up with SUPERMAN in a tale by Miles’ legendary co-creators, Brian Michael Bendis, who recently made his grand return to Marvel, and Sara Pichelli!
  • And more!

Spider-Man/Superman will include a main cover by Pepe Larraz and an assortment of stunning variant covers by top artists, some of which reflect the one-shot’s bonus stories. Fans can check out variant covers by Sara Pichelli, Walter Simonson, Greg Capullo, Marcos Martin, Ryan Stegman, Peach Momoko, Erik Larsen, Jerome Opeña, and Russell Dauterman along with a wraparound cover by Kaare Andrews and a Foil Cover by Mark Bagley. A Logo Mash-Up Variant Cover will also be available as well as covers by Ivan Talavera, E.M. Gist, Adam Hughes, Skottie Young, Frank Miller, Humberto Ramos, David Marquez, and Sanford Greene.

Deadpool/Batman is getting a Third Printing

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Following its sold-out launch and hit Second Printing, Deadpool/Batman #1 will receive a much-demanded THIRD PRINTING this December, giving you a chance to pick up one of the biggest comic books of the year just in time for the holidays! The Third Printing will feature an ALL-NEW variant cover by industry legend Adam Kubert as well as new versions of Russell Dauterman and Esad Ribić’s original variant covers.

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? Find out in an epic adventure by prolific Spider-Man comics writer and co-writer for Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine Zeb Wells and industry superstar Greg Capullo, an artist with an incredible legacy at both legendary comic book companies, with influential work on Batman and X-Men titles. Then, experience other exciting Marvel and DC team-ups from a lineup of all-star talent, including Daredevil and Green Arrow by Kevin Smith and Adam Kubert, Captain America and Wonder Woman by Chip Zdarsky and Terry Dodson, Jeff the Land Shark and Krypto by Kelly Thompson and Gurihiru, Rocket Raccoon and Green Lantern by Al Ewing and Dike Ruan, and Old Man Logan and Batman from ‘The Dark Knight Returns’ by Frank Miller! Plus—meet LOGO, an anti-hero that merges the two biggest badasses in comic books, in an introductory tale by Ryan North and Ryan Stegman!

The Third Printing of Deadpool/Batman #1 will go on sale December 10, preceded in November by Batman/Deadpool #1, a crossover one-shot published by DC. Check out Kubert’s new Deadpool/Batman Third Printing cover and preorder a copy at your local comic shop today!

Hela Seizes Knull’s throne and declares herself the Queen in Black in Venom #250

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Knull made a not-so-triumphant return in Venom #250, the milestone issue by writers Al Ewing and Charles Soule and artists Terry Dodson, Carlos Gomez, and Todd Nauck, resurfacing as a helpless prisoner of Hela, now calling herself the QUEEN IN BLACK! But fear not, the KING IN BLACK will escape to reclaim his throne this January in Knull, a five-issue limited series written by Al Ewing and Tom Waltz and drawn by Juanan Ramirez. The dark conflict brewing between two of Marvel’s most powerful supervillains sets the stage for a major Marvel storyline erupting next year. Readers who missed this pivotal issue can pick it up next month when it returns to shops with a much-demanded second printing, featuring new versions of Carlos Gomez and Greg Capullo’s variant covers. Fans can also look forward to learning more about the new Knull series and how the QUEEN IN BLACK will impact Venom and the wider Marvel Universe next week at the Marvel Comics: Spider-Man and his Venomous Friends Panel at New York Comic Con.

RETURN OF THE KING!

Weakened from his last death, trapped by the enemy he never expected, the God of the Void waits in a cage once again. His captor thinks Knull has nothing to fight back with — but in Knull’s hands, nothing is a weapon. And there’s a greater weapon out there, waiting for the King in Black to take it… and take his revenge.

Check out the Venom #250 Second Printing covers along with a new variant cover for Knull #1 by Rafael Albuquerque and preorder both at your local comic shop today!

Deadpool/Batman #1 is a Clunker That Doesn’t Match the Hype and Lacks Fun

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Deadpool/Batman #1

The crossover you’ve pined for but never thought possible: 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? After decades of waiting, Marvel and DC have once again teamed for Deadpool/Batman #1 and it is not worth the wait.

I’ll admit, I was very excited to see Marvel and DC once again bringing their characters together for what feels like a once in a lifetime event (really it’s been like 3 or 4 times in mine). Batman and Deadpool, the rather serious and the not so serious characters teaming up for whatever mission. Written by Zeb Wells, would the comic fall into the usual tropes of heroes battling it out before teaming up? Would it deliver something new and different?

Generally, Wells delivers something different and the comic doesn’t fall into the usual patterns we’ve seen far too many times. Deadpool is hired to take on Batman. Not knowing who Bruce Wayne really is, he crashes through his window wondering if Wayne would like to hire him while he’s in town. It makes absolutely no sense at all and that might be the highlight of this particular story. The overarching issue is that the Joker has stolen materials to dump Joker Venom into the city and Batman has to stop him.

The dialogue is painful, the setup is meh, the resolution is ok. Overall, the comic offers no fun, no excitement and leans far to heavy into Batman being the serious one while Deadpool rants on and on. The comic takes itself too seriously forgetting Batman has shown a comedic side at times and cracked jokes and instead feels like a tour of Gotham from the perspective of Deadpool where he points things out and makes fun of them. There’s completely bizarre choices by Batman and Deadpool feels like a more annoying version of himself. Let’s forget it’s different universes which opens up how Deadpool would even get paid, there’s just an odd interaction between every character. The only one that feels like it makes sense is the Joker being irritated at Deadpool that Deadpool is stealing his crazy character bit.

Greg Capullo‘s art, along with ink from Tim Townsend, color by Alex Sinclair, and lettering by Clayton Cowles looks just ok. Capullo can do some amazing art but here it ranges from forgettable to just nice. There’s little that gets you to linger and stay on the page. Entire sequences feel like they have no life to them and that’s from the start where Deadpool crashes into Wayne Manor and beyond one panel, Bruce Wayne just stands there… and talks… Visually there’s some odd choices and little that really feels like the level this high profile comic should have.

Where the comic has some life is the numerous other stories packed within. Some are truly great. The Captain America and Wonder Woman story by Chip Zdarsky, Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson, and Joe Caramagna, the Jeff! and Krypto story by Kelly Thompson, Gurihiru, and Caramagna, Daredevil and Green Arrow story by Kevin Smith, Adam Kubert, Frank Martin, and Caramagna, and Rocket Raccoon and Green Lantern story by Al Ewing, Dike Ruan, Moreno Dinisio, and Caramagna all stand out. All of those I’d love to have seen more of or been one-shots on their own. Old Man Logan and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns from Frank Miller, Alex Sinclair, and Caramagna, and Logo by Ryan North, Ryan Stegman, Martin, and Caramagna are both clunky in different ways.

For all of the hype, all of the build up, all of the excitement, Deadpool/Batman #1 is a bit of a letdown. It missed the fun of the opportunity of it all, which the back-up stories seem to have gotten. If anything, it could have been a greater success focusing on a series of shorts, forgoing a main story and instead just let creators cut loose with what they’ve had. It’s an odd release overall that’s more for the nostalgia of the concept than the final product to read.

Story: Zeb Wells, Chip Zdarsky, Kelly Thompson, Kevin Smith, Al Ewing, Frank Miller, Ryan North
Art: Greg Capullo, Terry Dodson, Gurihiru, Adam Kubert, Dike Ruan, Ryan Stegman
Ink: Tim Townsend, Rachel Dodson Color: Alex Sinclair, Frank Martin, Moreno Dinisio
Letterer: Clayton Cowles, Joe Caramagna
Story: 6.0 Art: 7.5 Overall: 6.0 Recommendation: Pass

Marvel provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Purchase: Zeus Comics

Preview: Deadpool/Batman #1

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Deadpool/Batman #1

(W) Al Ewing, Chip Zdarsky, Kelly Thompson, Kevin Smith, Zeb Wells (A) Greg Capullo, Adam Kubert, Dike Ruan, Terry Dodson, Gurihiru

The crossover you’ve pined for but never thought possible: 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? The main story starring Deadpool and Batman will be written by Zeb Wells and drawn by industry superstar Greg Capullo.

The one-shot will also feature additional backup stories spotlighting other exciting Marvel and DC team-ups from a lineup of all-star talent, including Daredevil and GREEN ARROW by Kevin Smith and Adam Kubert, Captain America and Wonder Woman by Chip Zdarsky and Terry Dodson, and Jeff the Land Shark and Krypto by Kelly Thompson and Gurihiru.

Deadpool/Batman #1

Spawn Vault Edition, Vol. 3 highlights the art of Greg Capullo

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Spawn Vault Edition, Vol. 3

Spawn fans and collectors will have their Holy grail in sight with the upcoming deluxe, 12” x 17” Spawn Vault Edition hardcover. This third, prestige-format tome will focus on the game-changing contributions of the iconic and influential artist Greg Capullo and his lasting impact on Todd McFarlane’s legendary antihero. It will collect interior art and covers from Spawn issues #16-20, issues #35-37, issue #39, and issue #50 and be available in January 2026.

While presented as raw, black and white artwork, the pages collected in this latest installment of Image’s Vault Edition series will take fans on a tour of Capullo’s original Spawn run and via full color high resolution scans of his original interior art pages and covers. Every ink stain, blue pencil mark, and margin note is preserved—offering an up-close, behind-the-scenes look at all the minutiae of the creative process. It’s the closest fans can get to the originals without busting into the archives and holding the art boards themselves.

Spawn Vault Edition, Vol. 3 (ISBN 9781534332089, Lunar Code 0625IM438) will be available at local comic book shops on Wednesday, January 7, 2026 and independent bookstores, Bookshop, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones on Tuesday, January 20.

Preview: Venom: Black, White & Blood #1

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Venom: Black, White & Blood #1

(W) David Michelinie, Ryan North, J. M. DeMatteis (A) Jonas Scharf, Creees Lee, Dave Wachter (CA) Greg Capullo
In Shops: Aug 20, 2025
SRP: $5.99

A collection of Venom stories from across the history of the symbiote begins here, all rendered in Venom’s own black and white (and red)! David Michelinie and Jonas Scharf take us to the jungle, as Venom stalks a vicious paramilitary science outfit bent on weaponizing Brock’s symbiote! In the aftermath of Maximum Carnage, J.M. DeMatteis and Dave Wachter pit Eddie Brock against a family matter — and a dark truth — in “Fathers & Sons”! Ryan North and Creees Lee put the Lethal in lethal protector as Venom helps a kid… get revenge!

Venom: Black, White & Blood #1

Preview: Venom: Black, White & Blood #1

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Venom: Black, White & Blood #1

(W) David Michelinie, Ryan North, J. M. DeMatteis (A) Jonas Scharf, Creees Lee, Dave Wachter (CA) Greg Capullo
In Shops: Aug 20, 2025
SRP: $5.99

A collection of Venom stories from across the history of the symbiote begins here, all rendered in Venom’s own black and white (and red)! David Michelinie and Jonas Scharf take us to the jungle, as Venom stalks a vicious paramilitary science outfit bent on weaponizing Brock’s symbiote! In the aftermath of Maximum Carnage, J.M. DeMatteis and Dave Wachter pit Eddie Brock against a family matter — and a dark truth — in “Fathers & Sons”! Ryan North and Creees Lee put the Lethal in lethal protector as Venom helps a kid… get revenge!

Venom: Black, White & Blood #1

Marvel reveals the Final Three Deadpool/Batman Covers

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Marvel Comics has revealed the final three cover for Deadpool/Batman #1. The trio are from superstar artists J. Scott Campbell, Pepe Larraz, and Esad Ribić. Fans can also get a sneak peek at the main story along with pages from the backup stories starring Daredevil & Green Arrow and Jeff the Land Shark & Krypto.

On sale September 17, the Deadpool/Batman one-shot marks the first crossover between the world’s greatest comic book companies in decades, soon to be followed in November by Batman/Deadpool #1, a one-shot published by DC. Both comics will deliver explosive sagas starring Marvel’s Merc with a Mouth and DC’s Caped Crusader along with backup stories that showcase additional team-ups and showdowns between legendary characters from both universes.

Fans can see even more unbelievable matchups on Deadpool/Batman’s variant covers. While Ribić’s cover spotlights the main event, Campbell and Larraz’s covers tease battles for two of the fiercest X-Men, pitting Psylocke against vigilante Huntress and Rogue against iconic Batman supervillain Poison Ivy!

Deadpool/Batman will be written by Zeb Wells and drawn by Greg Capullo. The backup stories include Daredevil and Green Arrow by Kevin Smith and Adam Kubert, Jeff the Land Shark and Krypto by Kelly Thompson and Gurihiru, Captain America and Wonder Woman by Chip Zdarsky and Terry Dodson, Rocket Raccoon and Green Lantern by Al Ewing and Dike Ruan, and Wolverine (Old Man Logan) and Batman (The Dark Knight Returns) by Frank Miller.

Check out all the covers along with interior artwork and make sure to secure a copy by preordering Deadpool/Batman #1 at your local comic shop this weekend!

Marvel reveals new Marvel/DC Matchups in Deadpool/Batman #1 Variant Covers

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This September, the moment the comic book industry has waited decades for arrives in Deadpool/Batman #1, a Marvel Comics one-shot that will be followed in November by Batman/Deadpool #1, a one-shot published by DC. Both crossover comics will featuring explosive main stories that pit Marvel’s Merc with a Mouth against DC’s Caped Crusader along with backup stories spotlighting additional Marvel/DC team-ups and showdowns!

Deadpool/Batman will be written by Zeb Wells and drawn by industry superstar Greg Capullo. Backup stories include Daredevil and Green Arrow by Kevin Smith and Adam Kubert; Jeff the Land Shark and Krypto by Kelly Thompson and Gurihiru; and Captain America and Wonder Woman by Chip Zdarsky and Terry Dodson, reflected in a newly-revealed variant cover by Terry Dodson.

Plus, variant covers for the landmark Marvel-published issue will depict even more exciting character matchups, including a trio by superstar artists Artgerm, Steve McNiven, and Peach Momoko, all revealed today! In Artgerm’s latest stunning cover, mutant sorceress Magik wields her sword against iconic super thief Catwoman. Legendary artist Steve McNiven holds nothing back, delivering a fierce fight between Wolverine and Batman. And best-selling cover artist Peach Momoko pairs deadly assassins Elektra and Batgirl (Cassandra Cain).

Stay tuned for more Deadpool/Batman #1 announcements and variant cover reveals in the weeks ahead and preorder the issue at your local comic shop today!

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