In a horrifying change toDeadpoollore, Wade Wilson is taking on a dark new codename. For decades, Deadpool’s healing factor has made him the Marvel hero who can survive literally anything, from decapitation to being pulled apart by the Hulk. Sadly, Wade’s mortality just caught up with him, but probably not in the way you expect…
Deadpool technically isn’t a mutant, potentially explaining why his healing factor has turned against him…
Deadpool Turns Zombie as the Undeadpool
Wade’s ‘Dying Factor’ Finally Catches Up With Him
Marvel has just released details for itsupcomingAge of Revelationevent, which is taking over its entireX-Menline for"the foreseeable future.“The event takes fans 10 years into the future, where Doug Ramsey’s Revelation has conquered the planet, using his hypnotic voice to build a false paradise for mutants, all at humanity’s expense. The event will have at least 16 tie-in comics, withMarvel announcing series including the Wade Wilson-centricUndeadpool.
More details will be shared in the weeks to come, likely following next week’s release ofX-Men: Age of Revelation #0, so it’s only a matter of time until we know the creative team for the comic and its plot summary. However, what’s immediately clear is that a decade in Marvel’s future,Wade will become some kind of zombie, seeing his healing factor finally run out.
Deadpool’s Healing Factor Reaches Its Inevitable End
Wade Discovered His Healing Is Actually a ‘Dying Factor’
Fans have often equatedDeadpool’s healing factor with that of Wolverine, but the two are actually darkly different. As Deadpool discovered inBlack Panther vs Deadpool #1(Daniel Kibblesmith and Ricardo Lopez Ortiz), when he ‘heals’ from an injury, his body isn’t repaired to its former state. Instead, cancer cells take the place of his formerly healthy cells.The more damage Deadpool takes, the more of his body is permanently overrun by cancer, causing Black Panther to dub his power a"dying factor.”
Age of Revelationisn’t another alternate timeline or dimension - this is Marvel’s future ten years ahead.
Ten years in Marvel’s future, it makes sense that this fact has caught up with Deadpool, turning his body entirely into dead matter even as his sentience lives on. This makes sense given Revelation’s takeover of Earth, because - while he may often argue otherwise - Deadpoolisn’ttechnically a mutant, meaning that he would have been on the receiving end of Revelation’s global takeover.
Deadpool Has a LOT of History with Zombies
For years, Deadpool has dealt with zombies again and again. Fromhis zombie variant HeadpooltoNight of the Living Deadpoolto the ‘Dead Presidents’ arc, Wade Wilson can’t seem to stay away from the undead. Now, it seems the connection was a warning about Wade’s own future, as these zombies were actually what Wade is doomed to become as Undeadpool.
Notably,Age of Revelationisn’t another alternate timeline or dimension. This is Marvel’s future ten years ahead, meaning that anything that’s naturally happened to Deadpool’s powers will remain applicable even if this specific dark future is averted. Wade Wilson’s healing factor is about to lose the battle to keep him alive, unleashing Undeadpool on the Marvel Universe, and potentially revealing the dark endgame ofDeadpool’s iconic powers.
X-MEN: AGE OF REVELATION #0is coming July 16 from Marvel Comics.
