What’s going on in the Comic Book World? Life can be pretty busy, so we highlight recent news and articles that may catch your interest in our eighth edition of Comic Book News.
More than twenty years after their last collaboration, Marvel and DC Comics are teaming up again for a major crossover event, bringing together Deadpool and Batman in a one-shot launching this September. Deadpool/Batman #1 will be written by prolific Spider-Man comics writer Zeb Wells and drawn by Greg Capullo. On the DC side, Grant Morrison and artist Dan Mora are creating the companion Batman/Deadpool one-shot set for November.
“I don’t do many comics these days, but there was no way I could turn down the chance to work with Dan Mora again, one of my all-time favorite artistic collaborators — and definitely no way I could turn down Batman and Deadpool!” Morrison says in a statement. “Expect 4th wall-busting mayhem, owls, blood, blades, and at least one giant typewriter!”
Both companies plan to continue their crossover efforts, with more one-shots scheduled for 2026, promising fans more exciting team-ups ahead.
- You can right now pledge on Kickstarter for Heartbreaker: The Lost Art of Sean Phillips, which collects Sean Phillips’s earliest professional comics work in a 200 pages book published by Tombstone.
- Christopher Priest, whose celebrated run on Black Panther under the original Marvel Knights imprint redefined the character, returns in 2025 to the character with Marvel Knights: The World To Come, a six-issue mini-series penciled by Joe Quesada. This marks his first time writing T’Challa since his influential work ended in 2003.
- After a series of health issues, Peter David passed away at the age of 68 on May 24, 2025. He revitalized Hulk, made Aquaman cool, changed the Star Trek Canon, created Miguel O’Hara (Spider-Man 2099), wrote Supergirl’s most famous run, the beloved cult classic Young Justice and so much more. A GoFundMe to help with the financial hardships is still in place to help his family.
- Dan Watters (Nightwing, Batman: Dark Patterns) discusses the development of Creature From the Black Lagoon Lives! and what it takes for a brand to succeed and grow in the world of comics.
- The dystopian world of Black Mirror is coming to life in a new way as classic episodes from the British TV series are adapted into graphic novels. The first official Black Mirror graphic novel, USS Callister, will be released by Twisted Comics later this year.
- Image Comics is celebrating milestone anniversaries and upcoming Hollywood adaptations by releasing highly collectible facsimile editions of iconic series such as Astro City and Witchblade (30th anniversaries), Descender, I Hate Fairyland, Monstress, and Paper Girls (10th anniversaries). The collection also features titles tied to upcoming adaptations, including Revival for SYFY Channel and The Old Guard with its Netflix film sequel, offering fans replicas of the original first-print issues along with special foil and blank sketch variants.
- Jason Aaron returns with a new Uncle Scrooge story that mixes classic Scrooge adventures with Marvel-style superhero action. Uncle Scrooge: Earth’s Mightiest Duck launches in August, featuring covers by artists like Gabriele Dell’Otto and Mark Brooks.
- Following the recent release of the Netflix adaptation, publisher Fantagraphics is reprinting The Eternaut, the classic Argentinian sci-fi graphic novel by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano Lopez.
This is sadly the final edition of Comic Book News. Due to low demand, this news roundup is discontinued.