Marvel and DC’s comics crossover is happening, and now I think it’s time for the shows to do the same

I’ve been reading comics since I was eight, and the idea of Marvel and DC teaming up always felt like fan fiction. But here we are in 2025, with Deadpool/Batman and Batman/Deadpool officially hitting shelves. Zeb Wells, Greg Capullo, Grant Morrison, and Dan Mora. This isn’t a one-off gimmick. These are real creators doing a real crossover. That alone makes it historic. But now that the comics are finally doing it, I can’t help but wonder, why not the shows?

We’ve reached a point where superhero television has stopped being an experiment. It’s a full-fledged medium now. The Arrowverse survived for over a decade. Marvel's Disney+ series are basically mandatory viewing for their movies. Gunn is rebooting the DC Universe from scratch, and Feige is knee-deep in Avengers: Secret Wars prep.

All the puzzle pieces are on the table. And let’s be honest, if Marvel and DC can share panel space in a comic book, they can definitely share screen time in live-action.

What’s stopping a Deadpool cameo in Peacemaker Season 2? Or Scarlet Witch crashing Superman: Legacy fallout in a limited series? The comics are breaking the seal. The shows need to follow. And I’m not just saying this as a fan, I’m saying it because it makes real, logistical sense now.

Let’s stop pretending Marvel's Deadpool can show up in a DC show after he just entered Gotham comics

Marvel and DC are finally crossing over in the comics again with Deadpool/Batman and Batman/Deadpool, and that should be the signal for the studios to stop dragging their feet when it comes to television. The barrier is already broken. Zeb Wells is writing Deadpool/Batman for Marvel.

Grant Morrison is doing Batman/Deadpool for DC. Greg Capullo and Dan Mora are handling the art. This isn’t fan fiction — this is two of the biggest publishers putting aside decades of rivalry. If they can do it for a one-shot, the studios can do it for streaming.

The Arrowverse already made it happen. Ezra Miller’s Flash met Grant Gustin’s Barry Allen in Crisis on Infinite Earths on The CW in 2020. That scene wasn’t just a fluke; it had Warner Bros. and DC’s sign-off. So the excuse that “corporate politics” makes a crossover impossible is dead. It’s been done. Gunn and Feige have even confirmed they’ve had conversations about crossing the streams. They’ve worked together before. What’s the holdup?

We don’t need a 12-part event. Just give us a single moment. Deadpool showing up in Peacemaker Season 2 would break the internet — and it fits. Wade’s chaotic energy bouncing off Christopher Smith’s blunt idiocy? That’s a no-brainer. Gunn already knows how to handle both of them. It doesn’t have to be canon. It can be one messed-up episode, multiverse-style, with no follow-up required.

Or put someone like Batman in Daredevil: Born Again. Both are street-level fighters, both operate in the shadows, and both work well in grounded, slow-burn settings. Even a 30-second scene would make it worth the effort. These characters don’t need to change each other’s arcs. They just need to share space once.

Marvel already laid the groundwork. Loki established the multiverse as a free-for-all. Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness proved that variants and interdimensional crossovers can carry entire projects. What If…? did it on a weekly basis. DC’s rebooted universe is wide open, and Gunn has full control. If now isn’t the time to experiment, when is?

The comics are giving us Deadpool and Batman together. The shows should do the same. There’s no legal wall. There’s no creative barrier. There’s just hesitation. And honestly? That’s the only thing in the way now.

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