The Despicable Deadpool is a 2017 comic book series by Marvel Comics. The series is written by Gerry Duggan and drawn by Scott Koblish. The series uses legacy numbering, starting at Issue #287.
After being ostracized for his mistakes in Secret Empire, and receiving no credit for the things he did to help rectify the situation, Wade decides to finally give up on being a hero, and return to his roots as a mercenary, becoming The Despicable Deadpool.
The first issue was released October 11, 2017. The final issue was released May 9, 2018. The series was followed by Deadpool (2018).
The Despicable Deadpool provides examples of:
- The Adjectival Superhero: Deadpool gains the title of Despicable Deadpool.
- Biting-the-Hand Humor: In issue #298, Deadpool sarcastically tells Taskmaster and a wheelchair-bound man that they should make a play for the time slot of the cancelled Marvel TV show Inhumans.
- Death Seeker: After the events of Secret Empire and the villain Stryfe forcing him to try to kill his friends, Deadpool's put a $20 million bounty on his own head with the hopes that someone will finally murder him as he feels he's not worth it anymore with all of his credibility shattered.
- Face–Heel Turn: Of the Blackmail-induced variety. Stryfe holds Deadpool's loved ones hostage, forcing the Merc with a Mouth to kill for him.
- Grand Finale: For Duggan's Deadpool run.
- Ignorance Is Bliss: At the end of the series, Deadpool decides the best thing to do after ruining his reputation as an Avenger and alienating himself from everyone he knows is to wipe away all his memories of from since the beginning of Duggan's run with Butler's amnesia drugs.
- Mythology Gag: The title rename hails from the All-New, All-Different Marvel relaunch issue #25, where Preston tells Deadpool 2099 that he was "despicable after the Avengers".
- Reset Button: The series ends with Deadpool erasing his memory of everything that happened in his previous writer's run (and practically everything else), resetting himself back to the Merc with a Mouth. Though a brief cut to 2099 does show that he will eventually regain his memories.
- Take That!: In issue #298, Deadpool sarcastically tells Taskmaster and a wheelchair-bound man that they should make a play for the cancelled Inhumans TV show's time slot.
