Despicable Deadpool #287

Name: Despicable Deadpool #287
Brand: Marvel
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Dec 2017 · Marvel · 3.99 USD

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Despicable Deadpool #287 is the series-premiere issue of Marvel's Legacy-branded retitling of the Deadpool ongoing, marking a deliberate creative pivot in which Wade Wilson fully abandons his hard-won heroic identity in the aftermath of the Secret Empire event. The issue launched the 'Deadpool Kills Cable' arc — pitting best friends against each other in a morally bleak, blackmail-driven conflict that was framed as the direct consequence of real narrative choices made across Gerry Duggan's multi-year run. It also carries the distinction of introducing Deadpool's unnamed A.I. companion, a supporting presence that carries weight across the subsequent arc. As the opening chapter of a run that concluded at the landmark issue #300 with Duggan's farewell to the character, #287 functions as the thematic ground zero for one of the more sustained explorations of accountability and self-destruction in Deadpool's publishing history.

Contains 2 stories

Deadpool Kills Cable - Part One: "Take Two"

20 pp · Superhero

Deadpool [Wade Wilson]Cable [Nathan Summers]BelleTime Variance Officer Salcido

Marvel Legacy Primer Pages

3 pp · Superhero

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History

The series grew directly out of the wreckage of the Secret Empire crossover, in which Deadpool — manipulated by Hydra-Captain America — committed acts that alienated him from the superhero community, including the killing of Agent Phil Coulson. Writer Gerry Duggan, who had guided the character since 2012, used Marvel's 2017 Legacy initiative as the structural framework to rename and renumber the title, picking up the unified count across all prior Deadpool volumes to arrive at #287. The issue was edited by Jordan D. White with Heather Antos and Charles Beacham, and the Marvel Unlimited dual-story presentation also featured a backup story written by Robbie Thompson with art by Mark Bagley. Axel Alonso served as Editor-in-Chief at the time of publication.

Trivia · 8 facts

Series premiere: #287 is the first issue of Despicable Deadpool (2017), a direct retitling of Deadpool Vol. 5 under the Marvel Legacy banner, released October 11, 2017 (cover-dated December 2017).
Legacy numbering: The number 287 was calculated by adding together every issue of every previous Deadpool-adjacent series — Deadpool: The Circle Chase, multiple Deadpool volumes, Agent X, and Cable/Deadpool — making this notionally the 287th Deadpool comic in a continuous line.
Creative team: Written by Gerry Duggan; interior art by Scott Koblish; regular cover art by David Lopez.
Story title: 'Deadpool Kills Cable – Part One: Take Two,' establishing a multi-issue arc in which Stryfe coerces Deadpool into hunting and killing Cable, with the Preston family's safety held as collateral.
First appearance: Deadpool's A.I. companion (unnamed in this issue) makes their debut, later becoming a recurring element of the arc.
The Time Variance Authority appears at the issue's climax, arresting Cable after mistaking him for Stryfe, inadvertently saving Cable's life and driving the time-travel mechanics of the arc forward.
Variant editions: The issue was published with at least seven variant covers, including a Salva Espín lenticular homage variant (the standard Legacy lenticular program), a 1:25 Clayton Crain retailer incentive variant, a 1:10 Mike McKone Legacy Headshot variant, and a Scott Koblish 'Secret Comic' variant.
The issue includes a Marvel Value Stamp: Series C #7 (Captain Marvel), and a backup Marvel Primer story written by Robbie Thompson with art by Mark Bagley.