Deadpool Killustrated

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Deadpool Killustrated
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
Format Limited series
Publication dateJanuary 23 – April 24, 2013
No. of issues4
Main character(s)
Creative team
Written by Cullen Bunn
Artist(s)Matteo Lolli
Mike del Mundo (cover art) [2]
Collected editions
Collection ISBN   978-180491-1914

Deadpool Killustrated is an American comic book limited series written by Cullen Bunn and drawn by Matteo Lolli. Published by Marvel Comics as the second installment of the Deadpool Killology, [3] the series continues the story of the alternate-universe Deadpool from Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe , as he seeks to wipe out the "Ideaverse" beyond the Marvel Multiverse by killing the legendary figures who inspired their creation, opposed by a time-travelling Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who enlist Beowulf, Hua Mulan, and Natty Bumppo in an attempt to stop him. [4] The four-issue series was followed by the sequel Deadpool Kills Deadpool (2013) and the reboot Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe Again (2017). In 2023, the Earth-616 Sherlock Holmes was established retroactively to be Mystique.

Contents

Premise

In the storyline, as the Deadpool who killed the Marvel Universe seeks to wipe out the "Ideaverse" beyond the Marvel Multiverse by killing the legendary figures who inspired their creation, reinforcing himself with the genetics of Frankenstein's Monster, he is opposed by a time-travelling Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who enlist Beowulf, Hua Mulan, and Natty Bumppo in an attempt to stop him. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Reception

Issue #Publication dateCritic ratingCritic reviewsRef.
1January 20135.6/1012 [10]
2February 20137.6/105 [11]
3March 20136.8/104 [12]
4April 20136.0/102 [13]
Overall6.5/1023 [14]

Follow-ups

Sequel

The second installment of the Deadpool Killology, the series was followed by the 2013 miniseries Deadpool Kills Deadpool . [1] [15]

Other media

In 2023, the Earth-616 Sherlock Holmes of the Marvel Universe was established retroactively to be Mystique. [16]

Notes

  1. In Deadpool Kills Deadpool , this incarnation of Deadpool is rebranded as "Dreadpool", going up against the Earth-616 Deadpool. [1]

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