Harley Quinn has a hot dog eating “showdown” with the Hulk, Laura Kinney Wolverine meets Nightwing, legendary writer Grant Morrison returns to the Caped Crusader, and more in DC and Marvel’s Batman/Deadpool crossover

DC has finally unveiled more specifics about the tales slated for its half of the imminent publisher crossover with Marvel Comics, Batman/Deadpool #1. Marvel has already teased an enticing slate, highlighting, for example, an Old-Man Logan vs. Dark-Knight-Returns showdown pencilled and scripted by veteran creator Frank Miller.
DC answers in kind by welcoming legendary scribe Grant Morrison—whose groundbreaking early-2000s tenure forever redefined Batman—back to the Cowled Detective. They’ll share the marquee with one of the company’s most in-demand contemporary illustrators, Dan Mora, for the book’s centerpiece. Those tidbits merely hint at the acclaimed roster of figures and creatives rounding out the remaining narratives.

Beyond the Morrison–Mora lead feature, writers Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, and Joshua Williamson—partnering with artist Hayden Sherman—will serve up a sorcery-infused pairing of John Constantine and Doctor Strange. Writer Tom Taylor then reunites with his Nightwing collaborator, artist Bruno Redondo, for an encounter that puts Dick Grayson and Laura-Kinney Wolverine on the same page.

Meanwhile, scribe Mariko Tamaki and illustrator Amanda Conner pit Harley Quinn against the Hulk in what looks to be a calorie-laden clash that somehow incorporates a frankfurter-scarfing competition. To round it all out, Ms. Marvel co-creator G. Willow Wilson teams with Static co-creator Denys Cowan, introducing the two teen champions to one another for a joint escapade.

Below, peruse a complete gallery of the 22 alternate covers for Batman/Deadpool #1, accompanied by a credit list for every jacket:

• Dan Mora – Batman/Deadpool wraparound
• Lee Bermejo – The Joker/Doctor Doom
• Mark Brooks – Zatanna/Scarlet Witch
• Jim Cheung & Jay David Ramos – Wonder Woman/Captain America
• Amanda Conner & Alex Sinclair – Harley Quinn/Hulk
• Nick Dragotta & Frank Martin – Batman/The Punisher
• Jenny Frison – Wonder Woman/Storm
• Andy Kubert & Alejandro Sánchez – Robin (Damian Wayne)/Gambit
• Jae Lee & June Chung – Big Barda/Savage Land Rogue
• Jim Lee, Scott Williams & Alex Sinclair – Batman/Wolverine
• Alexander Lozano – Wonder Woman/Ms. Marvel
• Sean Murphy & Simon Gough – Lobo/Deadpool
• Frank Quitely – Batman/Deadpool
• Bruno Redondo – Nightwing (Dick Grayson)/Wolverine (Laura Kinney)
• Hayden Sherman – John Constantine/Doctor Strange
• Bill Sienkiewicz – Batman/Deadpool (homaging The Incredible Hulk #340)
• Ryan Sook – Batman/Deadpool (homaging Crisis on Infinite Earths #7)
• Sozomaika – Catwoman/Emma Frost

Marvel serves up Deadpool/Batman #1 on 17 September, while DC drops Batman/Deadpool #1 on 19 November. While you count the days, explore our rundowns of the greatest DC epics and the finest Marvel sagas of all time.

I’ve worked as Newsarama’s in-house Marvel Comics authority and all-around sequential-art historian since 2011. I’ve also filed on-the-ground dispatches from marquee conventions like San Diego Comic-Con, New York Comic Con, and C2E2. Away from the newsroom, I doodle bizarre images and shred seismic guitar riffs. (They/Them)