Deadpool #2
Deadpool #2 (Editorial Televisa, 2014) is part of the first Mexican licensed monthly Deadpool series, launched by Televisa under the Marvel NOW! banner in late 2014 — bringing Gerry Duggan and Brian Posehn's acclaimed 'Dead Presidents' run to Spanish-language readers in Mexico for the first time in single-issue format. As one of the earliest entries in what grew into a catalog of roughly twenty monthly Marvel titles under Televisa, the series played a measurable role in the resurgence of comic-shop culture in Mexico. The issue carries historical weight as a document of Televisa's nearly two-decade tenure as Marvel's Mexican licensee, a relationship that would eventually pass to Panini in 2023.
Deadpool #2 (2014, Editorial Televisa) features a striking cover by Geof Darrow, mirroring the iconic artwork from Deadpool (Marvel, 2013 Series) #5, complete with the original editorial credits and indicia. The story, illustrated by Geof Darrow with colors by Peter Doherty, continues the series’ signature blend of absurd humor and over-the-top action, all rendered in Darrow’s unmistakable, hyper-detailed style.
In this 2014 Deadpool tale, the Merc with a Mouth takes on a bizarrely literal graveyard shift—facing off against the undead former presidents of the United States, each more absurd than the last. The battle reaches its peak when Deadpool squares up against the zombified Abraham Lincoln in a showdown that’s equal parts gruesome and gloriously ridiculous.
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Editorial Televisa, S.A. de C.V. published this issue on December 22, 2014, under license from Marvel Characters B.V., as the second installment of its new monthly Deadpool title — a series launched the previous month alongside multiple Marvel NOW! launches in Mexico. The editorial team consisted of Arturo Gutiérrez as Editor Marvel México, Giobany Arévalo Ruiz as Director Editorial de la División de Cómics, and Francisco Javier Martínez as Editor Responsable. Televisa had held the Marvel Mexico license for years prior, growing from just four initial titles to approximately twenty monthly publications, and the Deadpool launch fit within that expansion strategy tied to the character's surge in mainstream visibility ahead of the 2016 film.
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- Published December 22, 2014 by Editorial Televisa, S.A. de C.V. under license from Marvel Characters B.V. — the second issue of the publisher's new monthly Deadpool series.
- Reprints content from Deadpool (Marvel, 2013 series) #3, part of the 'Dead Presidents' story arc written by Gerry Duggan and Brian Posehn.
- Interior art by Tony Moore (pencils and inks) with colors by Val Staples — the same creative team as the original U.S. 'Dead Presidents' issues.
- Characters featured include Deadpool, Doctor Strange, Wong, Benjamin Franklin's ghost, Preston, Agent Michael (the mad necromancer S.H.I.E.L.D. agent), Richard Nixon, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Gerald Ford.
- Published under the Marvel NOW! México brand, released on a monthly ('Mensual') schedule.
- The Mexican series launched in November 2014 with #1 (which itself had multiple portada variante editions featuring covers by Skottie Young, Tony Moore, and Chris Bachalo).
- Editorial Televisa held the Marvel Mexico comics license for nearly two decades before losing it to Panini México in late 2022/early 2023.
- The same source material (Deadpool #3, Marvel 2013 series) was also reprinted in Panini Deutschland's Deadpool #1 (Tote Präsidenten, May 2014), making the Televisa edition a contemporaneous but distinct regional reprint.
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↩ Reprints Deadpool #3 (2013), Deadpool #3 (2013), Deadpool #4 (2013), Deadpool #4 (2013)
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