The barriers between the worlds have been shattered again; however, this time, the guardian of Gotham and the most anarchic murderer of Marvel have crashed into each other in a manner that even the most daring comic enthusiasts could not imagine.
DC/Marvel: Batman/Deadpool #1 does not merely put the Dark Knight and the Merc with a Mouth together; it breaks logic, continuity, and the fourth wall itself to bring one of the most bizarre, hilarious, and weirdly coolest fusions of heroes ever made. This crossover is unlike anything seen before. It is a complete creative explosion by Grant Morrison and Dan Mora. And in their hands, a Batman–Deadpool hybrid becomes a weird celebration of all that comics can be.
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The narrative begins with Batman and Deadpool being thrust into an awkward partnership with a frightening and immensely powerful enemy: Cassandra Nova, the psychic twin sister of Charles Xavier and one of the most threatening villains in the history of the Marvel universe. It is fun to see Batman collide with Deadpool and his unpredictable recklessness. However, Morrison takes it to a whole new level. Reality begins to bend. Panels warp. Deadpool’s fourth-wall humor infects the tone.
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Batman tries to maintain order, only to find himself losing the battle not against villains, but against narrative chaos itself. And then it happens. Cassandra Nova, fed up with the two, shifts her focus to the only person she thinks she can manipulate: Grant Morrison, who shows up in their own narrative with the most potent weapon ever known, a laptop that can rewrite the comic as it is being read.
Unintimidated, Morrison responds to her threat with one of the most charmingly weird lines in recent comics: “D’you want to see what happens when I run out of ideas?” As the 1966 theme of Batman crashes, the panels burst in an explosion of red and black, and a new figure is revealed. Not Batman. Not Deadpool. Deadbat. It’s a combination that can only be achieved in a novel where reality, imagination, and sheer ridiculousness meet.
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The entrance of Deadbat is comic gold. Wearing a Batsuit redesigned in the Deadpool staples, red and black, the character appears as a cosplayer’s fever dream. His attitude is a mixture of Bruce Wayne’s coldness and Wade Wilson’s snark. And Deadbat does not take long to show that he is not here as comic relief. In one of the most daring splash pages DC and Marvel have ever created, Deadbat cuts off Cassandra Nova’s head with a single stroke of his katana and traps her severed head in a lantern-like device.
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The moment is wild. It’s absurd, over-the-top, and it’s all the things that fans secretly love about crossovers when creators put canon and caution to the wind. As the dust clears, Deadbat separates into Batman and Deadpool, who look at each other with respect before going back to their respective universes. The fusion disappears as quickly as it arrived. This only makes the moment even more memorable and fun. In addition to the meta insanity of the story, one thing is immediately obvious: Deadbat is a design success.
