I don’t really know why I like Deadpool. Long story short, he is a mercenary who is a few bullets short of an ammo clip. He has a healing factor and was a subject of Weapon X, the program that gave Wolverine his adamantium claws. For the past few years, writer Fabian Nicieza (New Thunderbolts) scribed Cable & Deadpool, a book that paired the off-the wall metafictional antihero with the would-be world savior from the future, Cable.
Unlike most of the X-Men titles, which are harder for a comic reader to get into than size 30 pants (oh no he didn’t) due to crazy backstory, Cable & Deadpool was very accessible even though there were dozens of cameos. Sadly, the title suffered a giant blow when Cable was recruited for the Messiah Complex story. Deadpool teamed-up with other Marvel characters, like Doctor Strange and the Fantastic Four, but none could fill Cable’s void. Next month’s issue #50 will be the series’ last.
Marvel gave me the opportunity to talk to Mr. Nicieza about these developments. Read the rest of this entry »
