Prelude to Deadpool Corps #1

History

The five-issue prelude miniseries was written by Victor Gischler and drawn in its first issue by Rob Liefeld — the artist who co-created Deadpool himself — giving the launch an in-universe sense of homecoming for the character's visual identity. Editor Axel Alonso oversaw the project, which Marvel positioned as a universe-spanning event timed to roll out across March 2010. The series fed directly into the subsequent 12-issue Deadpool Corps ongoing, with Gischler and Liefeld continuing as the creative backbone of that follow-up run.

Trivia · 8 facts

• First team appearance of the Deadpool Corps — the multiverse ensemble of Deadpool variants — occurs in this issue.
• Written by Victor Gischler; penciled by Rob Liefeld (Deadpool's co-creator on art); cover by Dave Johnson; edited by Axel Alonso.
• Features Wanda Wilson (Lady Deadpool, Earth-3010) joining the Corps alongside Earth-616's Wade Wilson, in her second overall comics appearance — her first appearance was in Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth #7.
• The Corps roster introduced across the Prelude series also includes Headpool (the zombified Deadpool head from Earth-2149), Kidpool (Earth-10330), and Dogpool (Earth-103173).
• The narrative framing for assembling the Corps: Wade Wilson is chosen because his fractured mind makes him uniquely immune to the Awareness, a cosmic entity threatening to devour the free will of the entire Multiverse.
• An Ed McGuinness variant cover was produced as a 1-for-30 retailer incentive.
• The issue is part of a five-issue miniseries that fed directly into the Deadpool Corps ongoing series (2010–2011, 12 issues), also written by Gischler and drawn by Liefeld.
• Reprinted in Deadpool Classic Vol. 12: Deadpool Corps (2015), which collects Prelude to Deadpool Corps #1–5, Deadpool Corps #1–12, and Deadpool Family #1.

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