Deadpool #24

In "Dead Reckoning Part 2: 2nd Stringers & Dead Ringers," Deadpool’s apparent death sends shockwaves through the team, as Dixon convinces Captain America to take up the mantle of the Mithras in a desperate bid to stop Tiamat. With Zoe and Al alive but separated from Deadpool after the explosion, and Gerry revealing a shocking link to the lost firm Landau, Luckman & Lake, the stakes spiral toward an alien threat that even the Watcher can’t ignore. Written by Joe Kelly and illustrated by Walter McDaniel, with inks by Whitney McFarland, colors by Matt Hicks, and lettering by Richard Starkings, Comicraft, and Emerson Miranda, this 1999 issue delivers high-octane tension and mystery in a story that redefines who the real players are. The cover, penciled by McDaniel, captures the eerie dread of an approaching cosmic horror.