Marvel Rivals players have been expecting Nightcrawler to show up for a while. A new gallery card added to Rivals all but confirms he’s coming, but a far tinier detail than the one potentially teasing Nightcrawler’s arrival has somewhat overshadowed the overt teaser for the teleporting X-Man.

The artwork featured on Rivals’ new gallery card centers around Moon Girl wielding an impressive-looking sword. Moon Girl doesn’t have a sword in her arsenal, nor does the weapon look like it belongs to anyone else currently on the playable Rivals roster.

That means it is likely teasing an upcoming addition to the game, and the most logical explanation is that the sword belongs to Nightcrawler. Although not typically associated with swords, the one in Moon Girl’s hand looks a lot like the Hopesword, a powerful sword the mutant uses in some of the comics that has a strong connection to Magik, who is already in Marvel Rivals - more on that unique bond in a second.

Even though the potential Nightcrawler tease couldn’t be more overt, it’s a far smaller detail in the new artwork that many players have chosen to focus on. If you look closely at the document on the table, you’ll see a scrap of paper poking out of it with a symbol that looks suspiciously like the one Batman proudly wears on his chest.

That has led to many jokingly suggesting Marvel has somehow convinced DC to let it have its most famous character crossover and do battle alongside its own heroes in Marvel Rivals, with a few overly optimistic fans believing something like that could actually happen.

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