Chapter Summaries

Deathstroke and Holloway discovered that Wade’s widespread cancer was likely caused by Department K’s deliberate radiation exposure, while Deathstroke insisted he would not save Wade before Deadpool’s transformation. After Wade left Vanessa and went to the bar, Mister M persuaded him to sign up for experimental therapy, and Wade left with him.

• Holloway told Deathstroke that Wade’s cancers were likely caused by repeated radiation exposure, and they suspected Department K had arranged it to push him into its experiments.
• Deathstroke said he would not save Wade because only Deadpool was his cousin, then left Holloway to return to Hawaii and study medical techniques from Warhammer World.
• Wade told Vanessa he had incurable cancer, refused her offer to sell herself for his treatment, and secretly left their home with a body donation form.
• At the bar, Wade told Weasel about his diagnosis, and Weasel offered to care for Vanessa after Wade died.
• Mister M offered Wade an experimental therapy, and Wade signed a contract to participate in a human medical experiment before leaving with him.

Wade woke from the Weapon Program’s experiments with a powerful Healing Factor, but his disfigured appearance and chaotic mind led the scientists to declare him a failure. As they dragged him away after burning him, Wade survived and cursed Francis.

• Wade recounted how Francis, Professor Thornton, Doctor Krumos, and Miss He Na were involved in the underground Weapon Program, which implanted Wolverine’s Healing Factor into patients.
• Wade climbed out of his tank, terrified the nearby lab workers, and discovered that his scalp and face had been ruined.
• Wade attacked the scientists, but security shot him and then used flamethrowers and rocket launchers; his body regenerated despite the damage.
• Doctor Krumos asked whether Wade’s Healing Factor had made the experiment successful, but Francis called him a failure and ordered him disposed of.
• As workers dragged Wade away, he raised a middle finger and weakly cursed Francis.

Wade remained trapped in a black-site prison after the experiment made him nearly impossible to kill, until Su Ming broke in and claimed to be his cousin. Wade left with Su Ming to seek revenge on the people who ruined his face.

• The prison workers failed to kill Wade and transferred him to a secret black-site prison, where he annoyed the staff with his constant chatter.
• Wade discussed an escape plan aloud, but the guard confronting him suddenly levitated and exploded.
• Su Ming appeared in the corridor, killed the guards, destroyed the surveillance cameras, and freed Wade.
• Su Ming told Wade that they were cousins named Slade Wilson and Wade Wilson, and falsely claimed they shared a father.
• Wade gathered the girly magazines and took a pistol, then headed out with Su Ming to settle the score with those who had ruined his face.

Deathstroke rescued Wade from a laboratory near Whistler, but Wade could not remember where his captors were. Su Ming took him through a portal to Kamar-Taj, where Wade rambled about his codename and refused to go home because he feared Vanessa would see his ruined face.

• Wade escaped through a sewer and celebrated before realizing he did not know where he was.
• Deathstroke told Wade they were outside Whistler, British Columbia, and learned Wade could not remember where the laboratory was.
• Deathstroke bandaged Wade's chest and offered to take him home.
• Su Ming summoned Monark, who arrived through a portal and recognized Wade as Deadpool.
• Wade declared himself the number-one mercenary, then admitted he could not face Vanessa and asked to visit Aph.
• Su Ming kicked Wade through the Teleportation Portal.

Su Ming welcomed Wade home after his release from prison, cleaning and disinfecting him before bringing him to the villa for a meal. Wade joined Su Ming, Gin, and Monark at the feast, where Gin presented a whole roasted cow.

• Su Ming sent Wade through an automatic car-washing assembly line and gave him a suit and disinfectant.
• Wade thanked Su Ming, then tried to flirt with Monark, who fled into the house.
• Su Ming reunited with Gin and told her the operation had gone smoothly, though he did not know where Wade's torturers had gone.
• Gin welcomed Wade with a punch to the chest and led him to the dining room.
• Gin told Wade she had prepared a whole roasted cow and said he could not leave until he finished it.

After drinking through the night, Su Ming proposed a mercenary job with Deadpool and instead took his cousin into the mountains for rehabilitation exercise. Deadpool prepared to test his abilities by fighting a brown bear with a knife.

• Deadpool performed repeated splits to repay Su Ming for taking care of him, then agreed to consider working together after resting.
• Su Ming took Deadpool on the Cloak of Levitation to a river in his privately owned mountain territory for exercise.
• Deadpool spotted a brown bear watching fish and asked Su Ming for a gun and ammunition.
• Su Ming gave Deadpool a combat knife and challenged him to test his abilities by killing the bear.
• Deadpool said he planned to slide between the charging bear's legs and gut it, and Su Ming told him to try.

Wade and Su Ming hunted a bear, then returned to New York and visited Aphrodite and Margaret Sisters Bar. At the bar, Wade confronted Weasel, who blamed him for getting him into trouble.

• Wade sank while trying to cross the river, then swam to the far bank and killed a brown bear after it tore off his arms.
• Su Ming stapled Wade's arms back on, and Wade planned to use bar security footage to get a picture of his old face for Vanessa.
• Wade took a bear leg to a leatherworker, then visited Aphrodite with Su Ming and asked her contacts about Francis.
• Wade and Su Ming played Tank Battle, ate bear meat, and went to Margaret Sisters Bar, where the mercenaries feared Deathstroke.
• Wade grabbed Weasel by the collar, and Weasel complained that Wade had caused him trouble.

Su Ming accompanied Wade to Margaret's Bar, where Wade explained why he had not helped him before, then looked for work to test Wade's recovery. They chose a police-linked serial-killer case, leaving the two ready to investigate.

• Wade dismissed Weasel's claims that he had ruined his life, while Weasel explained that a threat had kept him from investigating Wade's disappearance.
• Su Ming assessed Wade's condition and urged him to take a job to test his mental state.
• Wade and Su Ming rejected jobs involving killing an ordinary person, guarding drug shipments, or fighting for a warlord.
• Su Ming asked Weasel for the full job list and selected a police reward for clues about a serial killer.

Su Ming and Wade returned to the bar after catching a serial killer, but an explosion at the Baxter Building revealed a possible spatial disturbance near Mars. Su Ming set out with Wade to investigate what had happened.

• Su Ming complained that Wade’s antics had dragged out the investigation, though Wade had helped make the killer surrender by exposing his disfigured face.
• Wade showed his face to Weasel, who vomited and collapsed; Wade worried that Vanessa would react the same way.
• An explosion shook New York, and Su Ming used Adjutant to investigate the blast at the Baxter Building.
• Adjutant found that the explosion caused no damage to the city but coincided with spatial fracturing near Mars’s orbit.
• Su Ming told Wade they should go out and investigate.

Su Ming and Wade reached the burning Baxter Building, where Wade rescued Jessica Jones from a crashed car and left her with Peter Parker. Iron Man arrived and confronted Wade, while Su Ming revealed himself to Tony, who reacted in alarm.

• Su Ming flew Wade to the Baxter Building, where they saw the tower burning and the surrounding streets wrecked by collisions.
• Wade rescued Jessica Jones from a wrecked car, despite first trying to pry its door open with nail clippers, and placed her at a bus stop.
• Wade asked Peter Parker to take Jessica to the hospital, teased him about liking her, and introduced himself as Deadpool.
• Iron Man landed between Wade and Peter, demanded that Wade release Jessica, and charged his Palm Cannons.
• Su Ming emerged from the darkness and addressed Iron Man as Tony, who recognized him and nervously hiccupped.

Tony arrived at the disaster site, where Jessica's family had died, and arranged for Stark suits to help with rescue efforts. He learned that Jessica's family had won a trip through a promotion run by Stark's company and Wilson Enterprises, leaving him to investigate how their deaths were connected to the accident.

• Tony asked Jarvis why he had not detected Deathstroke, then ordered a second system diagnostic while arranging to take Jessica to the hospital.
• Tony activated the Family Bucket Protocol, sending remotely controlled Stark suits to rescue people and transport Jessica.
• Su Ming retrieved a Wilson Titanium Phone from Jessica's father's body and gave it to her as a keepsake.
• Wade recognized Tony and teased him, while Tony remembered Wade as the dancer he had met before.
• Tony checked the promotion records and surveillance footage, discovering that Jessica's family had won a trip to Wilson Park and were returning to the city when they died.

After a rooftop explosion injured Jessica, Tony arranged her hospital care while Peter asked about the strange green liquid. Su Ming, Tony, and Deadpool headed up to investigate Reed’s invention as the Quinjet and Blackbird arrived.

• Deadpool accused Tony of causing Jessica’s family’s misfortune and tried to blackmail him, but Tony denied responsibility.
• Tony sent Jessica to Central Charity General Hospital, paid her medical bills, and gave Peter his assistant’s number.
• Peter asked Tony to identify the green liquid, and Tony promised to investigate it and offered Peter an internship at Stark Industries.
• Tony and Su Ming noticed the Quinjet and Blackbird arriving as emergency crews sealed off the scene.
• Su Ming lifted Deadpool into the air and headed upstairs with him while Tony flew ahead to inspect Reed’s invention.

Su Ming arrived at the wrecked laboratory, where Wade fought Wolverine and the X-Men searched for a missing Mutant. After sending Storm to find Ashida Noriko and unsettling Tony with news about his parents, Su Ming found Reed excitedly claiming he had made a discovery.

• Wade photographed the wreckage, then attacked Wolverine, and the two began a bloody fight.
• Storm explained that the X-Men had come looking for a Mutant, and Su Ming warned her that the military might blame them for the explosion.
• Su Ming identified the missing girl as Ashida Noriko and told Storm about her family and her life on the streets of Hell's Kitchen.
• Storm led the X-Men away to find Noriko, while Su Ming went to check on Reed and Tony asked whether his father had spoken about him.
• Su Ming told Tony that his parents had died while negotiating with Hydra for Tony's sake, leaving Iron Man shaken.
• Reed jumped up, announced that he had figured something out, and Su Ming slapped him and demanded to know what he had discovered.

Reed’s experiment tore open a Spatial Rift, swept Susan away, and caused destruction in Manhattan. Reed said he could bring Susan back and began explaining his research to Tony, while Deathstroke quietly considered how to contain Reed’s dangerous ambitions.

• Reed remembered that Susan had been swept away by the Spatial Rift, and Tony demanded an explanation for the cosmic-ray experiment he had launched into space.
• The Human Torch blamed Reed for Susan’s disappearance and attacked him, but the Thing shielded Reed and tried to calm Johnny.
• Reed told Johnny that he could bring Susan back, so Johnny stopped attacking and flew off to clear his head.
• The Thing sighed and went to rescue people while Reed eagerly explained to Tony that his experiment had attempted to open a passage between Parallel Worlds.
• Deathstroke privately decided that Reed’s reckless behavior required discreet intervention and considered plans involving Doctor Doom.

Reed explained how his Negative Particle interference experiment, aided by Susan’s force field, opened a passage to another vast space, while Tony condemned the uncontrolled experiment. Fury arranged for Reed to be taken in and questioned by the United Nations Security Council.

• Reed explained to Tony that particles could interfere with themselves in a double-slit experiment, while Deadpool and Wolverine continued fighting over roasted duck.
• Tony summarized the double-slit experiment and asked Reed what he had done with it.
• Reed said he had used Susan’s force field to observe the experiment without affecting it, then accelerated Negative Particles to light speed and opened another space.
• Tony judged Reed’s experiment reckless and told Jarvis to send Fury a recording of their conversation.
• Reed argued that reaching a Parallel World could provide more resources, and Tony warned that another version of Reed might compete for them.
• Tony told Reed that Fury was sending someone to pick him up and that the United Nations Security Council was waiting to question him.

Steve and Coulson took Reed away, leaving Tony responsible for the expanding spatial rift and the missing Susan. Tony hired Deadpool to enter the rift and find her, while Deathstroke revealed that Reed had opened a portal to the Negative Zone.

• Steve arrived with Coulson and agreed to take Reed into custody, while Deathstroke said he and his cousin were only watching.
• After Reed was taken away, Tony realized he had been left to close the expanding rift and find Susan.
• Deathstroke suggested Tony hire Deadpool, and Deadpool eagerly accepted the job to rescue Susan.
• Tony paid Deadpool a deposit and launched a contract for him to enter the rift while Tony worked on sealing it.
• Deathstroke revealed that the rift led to the Negative Zone, not a Parallel World, and warned Wade that he was in for a treat.

Deathstroke explained the Negative Zone and its dangers to Tony, who agreed to make Wade Carbonadium Katanas in exchange for their help. Deathstroke and Wade prepared to enter the Negative Zone to rescue Susan while Tony stayed behind to find a way to seal the opening.

• Tony asked Deathstroke about the Negative Zone, and Deathstroke demanded Carbonadium Katanas for Wade in exchange for information and help.
• Tony ordered Jarvis to buy Carbonadium as soon as any appeared on the global Dark Web, and Deathstroke agreed to accompany Wade into the Earth crisis.
• Deathstroke explained how dimensions and planes differed, then described the Negative Zone as an antimatter universe with accelerated time, a collapsing future, and dangerous inhabitants.
• Tony asked whether parallel worlds existed, and Deathstroke confirmed that he could travel between them.
• Deathstroke told Tony to leave the rescue of Susan to him and Wade and focus on sealing the opening from Earth.

Su Ming took Deadpool into space to investigate the rift near Mars and brought him through it into the Negative Zone. They arrived among ancient ruins with no visible way back, leaving Su Ming to figure out their location.

• Su Ming took Deadpool to Sky Ring Base, where Zheng Xian supplied basic space equipment.
• Su Ming and Deadpool found the spatial rift near Mars and discussed Susan Storm’s disappearance and the rift’s unusual location.
• Su Ming pulled Deadpool through the rift into the Negative Zone.
• Deadpool noticed the way back had vanished while Su Ming examined the ancient city ruins around them.

Su Ming and Deadpool explored a ruined city in the Negative Zone while searching for Susan’s trail, and Su Ming discovered a hostile creature hiding nearby. The creature spoke English, and Su Ming threatened it with Godslayer to make it answer his questions.

• Su Ming and Deadpool found a giant insect-like statue beside a glowing pool in the dead city.
• Deadpool swam in the pool while Su Ming and Strangle searched the ruins for signs of Susan.
• Su Ming inspected other pools and the land beneath the floating city, then found edible tubers among the ruins.
• After Su Ming and Strangle tasted a tuber, Strangle sensed a hostile gaze and dragged a blue-skinned, octopus-faced creature from hiding.
• Su Ming noticed the creature spoke English and threatened it with Godslayer, demanding answers.

Su Ming identified the creature Deathstroke had captured as a servant of Yog-Sothoth and questioned it about a gate before it exploded. He then returned to Wade, who was livestreaming a bizarre drinking show in a Blood Pool.

• Su Ming recognized the captive as one of the Old Ones' servants and recalled how similar beings had infiltrated Oberon's Faerie dimension.
• The servant proclaimed that a Great Key to the Door knew where the gate was, then exploded before it could finish its hymn.
• Su Ming wiped the creature's blood from himself and noted how strangely easily Mystic Side servants had entered the technology-oriented Negative Zone.
• Su Ming took a red-skinned tuber to have it studied and flew back toward Wade, wondering whether the Blood Pool was safe.
• Su Ming found Wade livestreaming himself filling a mug with Blood Pool water and chopping an identical tuber for a new bit.