As the comics industry is put on pause, many comics professionals are pitching a possible crossover between industry giants DC and Marvel Comics to save things after the coronavirus (COVID-19) shutdown.Legendary comics writer Gail Simone was the first to propose the idea of the comics giants joining forces. The comics and animation writer pitched some crossover ideas, writing on Twitter, "You could have Vision/Mr. Miracle by Tom King. Thor/Wonder Woman by Donny Cates. Superman/Spider-man by Brian Michael Bendis. What other crossovers would you like to see, and by which creative teams?" She also started the hashtag #PleaseMarvelDC, which other creatives soon took up.RELATED: Marvel Announces Deep Discounts to Comic Shops During COVID-19 Pandemic

DC writer Scott Snyder responded, "If we do a DC/Marvel crossover I'd like to write Batman vs. everyone." Tom Taylor replied to a fan's suggestion of an X-Men/Justice League crossover, "I’m in."

"Fuck it, since it'll never happen, call dibs on your post-plague Marvel/DC crossover," Christos Gage wrote on Twitter. "I call Kamandi/Devil Dinosaur."

Marvel writer Donny Cates chimed in on Twitter, "Venom and Batman. Thor and Superman. Silver Surfer and Green Lantern." Eisner Award-winning DC artist Mitch Gerads claimed this stake by writing, "Captain Marvel/Captain Marvel."

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"I'd love to Black Panther/Vixen. Machine Man/Metamorpho. Iron Fist/Lady Shiva. Captain Marvel/Shazam. Rocket Raccoon/Lobo. Ghost Rider/DemonSavage," Avengers writer Patrick Zircher wrote. "So many possibilities,"

So far, this is all just wishful thinking by the writers, with a few of the pitches obviously tongue in cheek responses to the idea. But the solidarity in the face of the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic should encourage both Marvel and DC fans that a crossover is possible, even if only at the creative level and not a publishing standpoint.

Aside form the occasional solo hero inter-dimensional meet-ups, the only true crossover event of the two comics titans came in 1996 with the DC vs. Marvel miniseries, which lead to the short-lived Amalgam Comics. While it was a massive sales success, neither Marvel nor DC have expressed any interest in revisiting the idea since.