Warning: spoilers forWolverine #20 ahead!
The Merc With a Mouth Deadpool has been trying to get recognized as a mutant citizen of Krakoa since its founding, and a new preview for Wolverine #20 shows just how far the X-Men are going to try and keep Wade Wilson off the island. Deadpool has been attempting to get recognized as an honorary X-Man for decades, and it is clear he has not given up on this quest, no matter how many times Wolverine makes it clear he's not welcome.
In terms of actual comic franchises, Deadpool has long been associated with the mutant population and the X-Men in particularly, having first debuted in New Mutants #98 (1990), and later teaming up regularly with both Cable and Wolverine. While Wade does not have an X-Gene, which is usually what denotes a mutant in the Marvel Universe, he was given his powers by the Weapon X program using Wolverine's blood, meaning he does have mutant abilities. Technically this makes him a «human mutate,» meaning that he's ineligible to become a Krakoan citizen, even before his tendency to cause chaos is taken into account.
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Wolverine #20 — written by Benjamin Percy with art by Adam Kubert and color by Frank Martin — follows Wolverine's return to «regular» missions following the intense X-Deaths/X-Lives of Wolverine event that recently concluded. In a preview for the upcoming issue, Wade complains about how unfair it is that the mutants all have access to Krakoa, a paradise island Deadpool describes as a "sick-ass tropical resort." Wade claims he's "mostly-basically-kinda-sorta-essentially a mutant," while trying to infiltrate the island. Other previews for upcoming series have shown that
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