Deadpool’s new series has big TV sitcom vibes — plus murder, of course
When Polygon asked Cody Ziglar for his favorite Deadpool story, he mentioned writer Fabian Nicieza’s foundational series Cable & Deadpool, naturally. But where he really waxed eloquent was when he talked about one single Deadpool scene in one single issue of Uncanny X-Force.
“There’s some funny Wade stuff in [Uncanny X-Force], but also there’s some really, really great emotional weight stuff,” Ziglar said. “That [scene] stuck with me for 10, 15 years now. I think about that interaction all the time when I’m thinking of who Wade Wilson is and who Deadpool is.”
A veteran of Rick and Morty and Marvel Comics’ own Miles Morales: Spider-Man and Spider-Punk, Ziglar has been thinking about Wade Wilson a lot lately, for his new Deadpool solo series with artist Roge Antonio (Carnage, She-Hulk) at Marvel Comics. “Funny Wade stuff” combined with “emotional weight stuff” sounds very much like his plans for Deadpool, which at the top level are about forcing Wade Wilson to stop ignoring his daughter.
How did 2011’s Uncanny X-Force #5 earn such a spot in Ziglar’s heart? In the series’ first arc, the mutant black-ops team spends four issues attempting to assassinate a child-aged clone of the villain Apocalypse. In issue 5, Deadpool commands the group’s attention.
“Wade has a big blowup where he’s like, Hey, yo, I didn’t get into this to kill kids. That’s not my thing. And we realize that all the missions that we’ve seen, all the issues that Wade has been in, he’s never cashed the checks. He’s been doing it, essentially, from the goodness of his heart, because he thinks he’s doing something [good]. [...] You think he’s comedy, comedy, comedy, but you also learn a little something about him just normally as a character.”
Ziglar has his sights on that overlap between comedy and character, and the weapon he’s chosen is family. When Marvel Comics announced the series in December, it was with the news that the book would feature Deadpool’s biological daughter Ellie in a major role.
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