Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe (2012)

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Status

Ongoing

Author

Cullen Bunn

Artist

Dalibor Talajić

Publisher

Marvel Comics

Genres

Action Dark Dark Comedy Gore Horror Metafiction

Characters

Deadpool (Wade Wilson)

Summary

Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe (2012) is a notorious, fan-favorite limited horror-action series published by Marvel Comics. Written by Cullen Bunn with gritty, visceral art by Dalibor Talajić, this four-issue miniseries kicked off the legendary "Deadpool Killogy" (followed by Deadpool Killustrated and Deadpool Kills Deadpool), exploring what happens when the Merc with a Mouth completely breaks free from narrative confines.

Set in an alternate pocket of the multiverse (Earth-12101), the X-Men decide that Deadpool's erratic insanity has gone too far. Attempting to finally cure him, the team commits Wade to the Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane. Unbeknownst to them, the attending psychiatrist is Psycho-Man in disguise, attempting to brainwash super-villains into an obedient private army.

The psychological procedure backfires disastrously. Instead of making him compliant, the treatment eradicates Deadpool's lighthearted inner voices and replaces them with a single, cold, nihilistic voice that reveals the ultimate truth: their entire reality is a comic book construct, where every hero and villain suffers endless torment solely for the amusement of real-world readers and comic creators. Determined to "free" everyone from this perpetual cycle of manufactured agony, Deadpool embarks on a chilling, calculated massacre across the entire Marvel roster—targeting the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, the Avengers, the X-Men, cosmic pantheons, and ultimately turning his gaze toward the real-world writers themselves.