So I’m a bit of a sucker for crossovers, especially inter-company ones. Being such big rivals, Marvel and DC have only managed to collaborate on a handful of occasions, and Deadpool/Batman (not to be confused with Batman/Deadpool, which followed a few months later) is the Big Two’s first crossover for a few decades.

So that alone makes it pretty exciting, and an absolute deluge of variant covers and reprints have kept this title on the shelves at comic stores. Can it possibly live up to the hype, and the expectation?

The first story sees Deadpool on the hunt for Batman, while the Dark Knight has a Joker problem to deal with. It’s fun, and there’s some amusing encounters between characters, but it is a bit underwhelming, truth be told.

One of the best stories in the anthology is the Wonder Woman/Captain America team-up which follows the first story, and it’s a great look at a World War 2 in which both characters co-exist, and have to remember their humanity. It’s a really good way to utilise the universe crossover concept.

As is the adorable Krypton/Jeff the Land-Shark story, a mostly wordless tale of the two super pets just having fun in their own way.

The Red and the Green sees Kevin Smith returning to both Daredevil and Green Lantern for a disappointingly brief tale which isn’t particularly great, nor does it showcase Smith’s ear for dialogue particularly well either.

Another story that’s far too short sees Rocket Raccoon becoming a Green Lantern, and causing absolute havoc in the process. Definitely one of the strongest stories, but it really needed some more space (pun unintentional there).

Frank Miller’s Wolverine and Batman tale smashes the Old Man Logan and Dark Knight Returns versions of the respective characters together for a brutal fight. It’s not good, and Miller’s art is, as it has been for a while, absolutely dire.

The Amalgam-style Logo mashes up Logan and Lobo for a brief introduction to the character. Cringe worthy puns aplenty fly from the few pages this is given, and not enough time or space is here to really explore the concept.

Overall then, a bit of a disappointment. It’s still thrilling to see Marvel and DC call a ceasefire and work together, but despite some fun moments this is a somewhat meh reading experience overall.

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