In Cullen Bunn and Dalibor Talajić's 2012 miniseriesDeadpool Kills the Marvel Universe, the Merc with a Oral fissure finally went off the runway and slaughtered the Marvel Universe. In 2017, the pair reunited to reexamine the concept, creatingDeadpool Kills the Curiosity Universe Again. While the first story was pretty horrifying, the second version of the story was somehowevenworse. Information technology even tied into another dystopian Marvel reality, making it 1 of the virtually tragic takes on Deadpool ever.

Now, CBR is taking a look back at how Deadpool was corrupted, who died in his wake and what separates it from the before incarnation of the comic.

What Went Wrong With Wade

In the first version ofDeadpool Kills the Marvel Universe, the hero was broken by Psycho-Homo. This led to the dissolution of the voices inside Deadpool'south head. They were replaced by a darker persona that compelled Deadpool to murder his way through the universe.

In Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe Again, the random anarchy of that start story is modified to be directed in the 2d take on the concept. Instead, Deadpool'south urge to kill is a subliminal message instilled in him past several villains, including M.O.D.O.1000.. Although the AIM leader activates the subliminal bulletin, it'due south afterwards revealed that he worked with a massive conduce of villains including the Red Skull to corrupt Deadpool.

Deadpool also isn't the only hero in the story who's used in this manner. When Deadpool somewhen goes after the X-Men, he arrives after the team has already been slaughtered. Past Examining the scene, Wade realizes that Wolverine killed his ain friends, which lines upwardly with the events ofOld Man Logan, where Wolverine was tricked by Mysterio into murdering his fellow Mutants. This suggests the villain'due south ultimate plan was to corruptmultipleheroes and slaughter every bit many others as possible. And given the dystopian landscape that appeared inOld Homo Logan, it's apparent that their plan worked. This story is an inherently crueler accept on the premise, twisting Wade'southward perceptions of the battles into goofy cartoon adventures while he's really murdering the heroes he usually admires.

HOW DEADPOOL KILLED THE MARVEL UNIVERSE

The number of heroes killed by Deadpool in this story is truly staggering. Wade impales Gambit with his own staff. The Uncanny Avengers (Rogue, Doctor Voodoo, Quicksilver and Synapse) are taken past surprise and hacked to pieces, and Affair, Human Torch, Iron Fist, Luke Muzzle and Black Widow are killed off-panel.

An assortment of magical heroes (Hercules, Thor, Loki, Ganesha, Hippolyta and Valkyrie) are lured to the Aegan Ocean, where he uses Medusa'due south head to turn these godly figures to stone and so he tin can shatter them. He uses air horns to separate Eddie Brock from the Venom symbiote and shoots Brock dead. Deadpool even briefly bonds with Venom, and uses it to bite off Spider-Human's caput and eat his brains before he allows the symbiote to escape.

Jessica Drew and Porcupine are murdered in front of their baby son. Spider-Man 2099 takes a bullet to the caput and Miles Morales is beheaded. The Guardians of the Milky way were discovered after being wiped out, with Deadpool even skinning Rocket Raccoon on top of murdering Gamora, Drax, Star-Lord and Groot.

The teenange X-Men from the past are lured into a malfunctioning time machine and reduced to a gory mess of flesh. Deadpool'due south own squad, the Mercs for Money are too wiped out (including Domino and Slapstick), with only Gorilla Man surviving. This was because Wade didn't want to be cursed with the immortality that comes with murdering Gorilla Man.

HOW DEADPOOL AND ULTRON KILLED EVERYONE ELSE

A group of heroes tried to hunt downwardly Deadpool, but that doesn't go well either. Deadpool booby-trapped a massive gun that killed Punisher. Moon Knight was speedily murdered every bit well, which led the remaining heroes. (Scarlet Witch, Iron Man, Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange, Misty Knight, Captain America, the Totally Awesome Hulk, Jessica Jones, Kate Bishop, Black Panther, Jessica Jones, Vision, Shang-Chi and Cable, to try and blitz Deadpool. Unfortunately, the villains had managed to combine Deadpool with Ultron, and the newly empowered murderer slaughtered the Avengers. Notably, Iron Homo got himselfripped in one-half and Misty Stone got her facevaporized.

Deadpool rapidly goes on to kill other heroes similar Daredevil, Ghost Rider, Ant-Man and Nova are quickly dispatched. Even the Power Pack, Moon Girl and Ms. Marvel, who are all brutally murdered. Gwen-Poole arrives as the last hero standing, and she finally seems to be able to reach through to him even as she dies.

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The terminal issue of the story sees Deadpool turning his wraith on the villains who corrupted him, and speedily wiping most of them out. Light-green Goblin loses his head, Carnage is held against a train, Mysterio is drowned in gasoline and Wrecker is crushed by his own wrecking ball. Merely a broken Magneto is spared because he gives Deadpool the location to the remaining villains, and Deadpool wants Magneto to live with the knowledge of his actions.

Abomination and Doc Doom go into hiding, and Doctor Octopus, Vulture, Orb, Arcade, Masam Masque, Viper and Crossbones all die as Deadpool makes his style to Red Skull. Taskmaster ultimately refuses to fight Deadpool, which gets him killed past Carmine Skull. Deadpool beheads Red Skull, but his headjust keeps talking, reminding Wade this could just be another hallucination. Wade staggers away, aiming to impale the last of the villains on Earth.

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Brandon Zachary (4658 Manufactures Published)

Brandon Zachary is an Associate Writer with Comic Book Resources and has written for CBR since 2018. He covers breakouts on comics, picture, television, video games, and anime. He likewise conducts industry interviews, is a Rotten Tomatoes certified film critic, and knows SO MUCH about the X-Men. For requests, comments, or to hear his pitch for a third Avatar series that incorporates robots, you tin contact him through bs.zachary@gmail.com.

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