Despicable Deadpool #299

Part of Marvel Legacy's bold "The Marvel Universe Kills Deadpool" arc, issue #299 plants Wade Wilson front and center in his battered red-and-black suit, arms spread wide as an astonishing arsenal — swords, arrows, bladed playing cards, tridents, a flaming pumpkin bomb, and more — radiates outward around him like a deadly halo. Mike Hawthorne's cover work captures Deadpool's trademark defiant grin peeking through a torn mask, equal parts bravado and bruised swagger. With the landmark #300 just one issue away, this 2018 chapter feels like the calm — or rather the chaos — before the storm.