Mercenary Wade Wilson never had a good sense of self-preservation. That only became worse when he developed cancer and a healing factor. However, as the new Wade Wilson: Deadpool series opens, the Merc With a Mouth is even more suicidal than ever. Indeed, he seems to be actively seeking opportunities to suffer.
Written by Benjamin Percy, with art by Geoff Shaw, Wade Wilson: Deadpool #1 finds Wade getting back to basics. He’s still seeking work as a bad guy doing bad things to worse people. He also still wishes he could be a real honest to goodness hero.
However, a lot has changed since the end of his last solo series. Wade is once again living with Blind Al. More disturbingly, he’s taken up self-harm as a hobby and become a full-blown masochist. This dark turn disturbs even the hardened gangster Hammerhead, whom hired Deadpool for his latest gig.
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An explanation for Wade’s increasingly erratic behavior comes later in the issue. As he’s contemplating even more insane ways of hurting himself, Deadpool recalls why he is in his current state of mind. The artwork keeps the details vague, but it has something to do with Wade’s daughter, Eleanor “Ellie” Camacho.
The previous volume of Deadpool’s solo comic found Ellie discovering she had a healing factor and photographic reflexes. She briefly took over the family business and her father’s name while he was dead. When Wade recovered, they decided to continue working together as father and daughter mercenaries.
Clearly, something happened to Ellie that pushed Wade Wilson even further over the edge. The exact details are set to be one of the mysteries fueling the new Wade Wilson: Deadpool series. Whatever happened, it seems unlikely that Ellie died. Beyond her powers making her harder to kill than her dad, Marvel Comics wouldn’t tease the details if Ellie were dead.
Wade Wilson: Deadpool #1 is now available at comic shops everywhere.
