(W) Larry Hama, Various (A) Adam Pollina, Various (CA) Ed McGuinness Wade Wilson: hero?! Deadpool finds his voice in a character-defining and hilarious run! The mysterious corporation Landau, Luckman & Lake believes Deadpool is their Chosen One - but does the Merc with a Mouth have it in him to be a hero? Wade's old pal Weasel and housemate-slash-prisoner Blind Al have their doubts, and fellow merc T-Ray is out to see Wade fail at all costs! Maybe the unstable Typhoid Mary can help him refocus? Naaah! Plus: When Deadpool's healing factor goes on the fritz, can he and X-Force's Siryn deal with the devil who helped create him? And peer into the past of the man called Wade Wilson! Guest-starring Wolverine, Daredevil, Taskmaster and the Hulk! Collecting WOLVERINE (1988) #88, X-FORCE (1991) #47 and #56, DEADPOOL (1997) #1-9 and #-1, DAREDEVIL/DEADPOOL ANNUAL '97 and material from WOLVERINE ANNUAL '95.

(W) Dan Abnett (A) Adam Pollina (CA) Doug Braithwaite In the year 4002 AD, the cyborg samurai called Rai will face an impossible battle for the fate of humanity. In the wake of his rebellion against the tyrannical A.I. that created him, Rai has renounced the way of the sword and works to build a new life for the refugees of the fallen nation of New Japan on the surface of the shattered Earth they once dwelled so far above. But Rai will find his commitment to walking the path of peace tested like never before as new enemies arise from out of the wastelands and agents of the old order threaten his people from within… Collecting the complete FALLEN WORLD five-issue miniseries.