Back when Dr. Doom and the Beyonder were battling over ultimate power, Deadpool was off to the side, eating smores. This is his story.
NewsOn the surface, May isn’t going to be the best month for Deadpool. For one thing, he’s gonna be kinda dead. Probably.
Secondly, dead or not, his awesome ongoing series is going to be kaput. Thirdly, reality is going to be destroyed by the Secret Wars and all those pesky incursions going around. So yeah, it sounds like overkill.
Luckily, Deadpool will be starring in his own Secret Wars tie-in. Just not...that Secret Wars. You know, because he’ll be dead. Probably. Maybe. Instead, we’re going to see what Deadpool was up to during the original Secret Wars, which came out in the '80s, several years before Deadpool was even created. Cullen Bunn – who has written many a Deadpool miniseries, including the current Return of the Living Deadpool– will be teaming up with occasional Deadpool artist Matteo Lolli. Previously, these two have banded together to give us Deadpool Killustrated.
Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars adjusts history to point out that during the big good vs. evil vs. Galactus brouhaha on Battleworld, Deadpool was actually there! Like Forrest Gump, Deadpool will have played an understated role amongst all of the madness as the ultimate wildcard. More than likely, Spider-Man will have Wade to blame for his new, black threads.
We have a couple of covers for you below, including an ingenious variant based on the fact that the original Secret Wars was mainly created to sell action figures. When Secret Wars Deadpool throws his secret shield! All those who something something something yield!
DEADPOOL JOINS SECRET WARS WITH DEADPOOL’S SECRET SECRET WARS!
New York, NY – February 6th, 2015 – As Secret Wars devastates the Marvel Universe by forging a new Marvel reality on the enormous patch-work planet of Battleworld, Wade Wilson will head back to the original 1984 Secret Wars series for his Warzones! tie-in, DEADPOOL’S SECRET SECRET WARS.
In 1984, Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars was known for debuting Spider-Man's black costume and featuring Doctor Doom stealing the Beyonder's power, and the first-ever event series also included a variety of appearances by Deadpool that readers never saw. DEADPOOL’S SECRET SECRET WARSby the Deadpool Killustrated team of Cullen Bunn and Matteo Lolli, will have the Merc with the Mouth revealed to be a part of the 1984 comic book event and drawn into scenes from the original series.
“Way back when, right after I had finished Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe, we were looking for something out of the ordinary as a follow up,” Bunn tells Marvel.com. "One of my first suggestions was to have Deadpool thrown back in time into the middle of the original Secret Wars limited series. At the time, we decided to go in a different direction, but the idea of having Wade playing a big, in-continuity role in the events of that series stuck with me.”
Marvel.com’s interview with Bunn expands on his excitement of inserting Deadpool into all of these classic scenes from Secret Wars, especially when he meets and interacts with the Marvel heroes from the 80’s.
“When Deadpool introduces himself to the other heroes, most of them have no idea who he is,” Bunn notes. “At least, most of them are unwilling to admit that they know him! As the battle between good and evil commences, Deadpool gets plenty of opportunities to annoy the hell out of every major hero and villain in the Marvel Universe before the festivities are done!”
This May, DEADPOOL’S SECRET SECRET WARSrudely places itself into Marvel continuity and into comic book retailers everywhere.
Gavin Jasper is mostly all about this miniseries because it means we’ll get to see more of wacky mid-80s Klaw. Insane goofball Klaw is the best Klaw. Follow Gavin on Twitter!
