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7 59606 08771 6 KOBLISH $3.99US MARVEL.COM FILARDI POSSIBLY THE WORLD’S MOST SKILLED MERCENARY, DEFINITELY THE WORLD’S MOST ANNOYING, WADE WILSON WAS CHOSEN AS PART OF A TOP-SECRET GOVERNMENT PROGRAM THAT ACCIDENTALLY GAVE HIM A HEALING FACTOR ALLOWING HIM TO HEAL FROM ANY WOUND. FOR A TIME, WADE TRIED TO BE A HERO, THROWING IN WITH THOSE WHO INSPIRED HIM: AVENGERS, X-MEN, SPIDER-MEN. ALL HE GOT FOR HIS EFFORTS WAS PAIN. FORGET THAT NOISE. NOW, HE’S BACK TO BEING WHAT HE DOES BEST…

Hey there, Gang—it’s me, . Back there? That’s . I’m the Merc with the Mouth, he’s the Soldier with the We used Scowl. to be like two beans in a bag, then I took a it’s not like gig trying to I did it for no pop him. reason! An evil clone of him from the future asked me to do it in return for helping save my daughter from some Outbreak-Starring- Dustin-Hoffman- and-a-Monkey disease. He calls himself Stryfe. The clone, not the monkey from Outbreak. The monkey was named Betsy, and she was also on Friends. Anyway, I tried to kill Cable, didn’t quite manage it, yet. Now, he’s saying he can help me get out But the of this. cover of the issue is saying he’s gonna die this issue, so…

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DEADPOOL KILLS CABLE PART FOUR: “GOD’S LIGHT BE UPON THY FACE” GERRY DUGGAN WRITER SCOTT KOBLISH ARTIST NICK FILARDI COLORIST VC’S JOE SABINO LETTERER DAVID LOPEZ COVER ARTIST GERRY DUGGAN, SCOTT KOBLISH, GURU-EFX, & VC’S JOE SABINO SECRET VARIANT COMIC R.B. SILVA & NOLAN WOODARD PHOENIX VARIANT COVER ANNALISE BISSA & HEATHER ANTOS ASSISTANT EDITORS JORDAN D. WHITE EDITOR AXEL ALONSO EDITOR IN CHIEF JOE QUESADA CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER DAN BUCKLEY PRESIDENT ALAN FINE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

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