So you’d think a character that popular would be safe from passing away. Alas, Captain America had other plans. Deadpool’s alternate versions, however, count amongst their ranks Lady Deadpool, also known as Wanda Wilson of Earth-3010, Galactipool, a version of Deadpool that somehow became a tremendously powerful devourer of worlds, and Dogpool: just what it sounds like.

Granted, Deadpool had to torture Bob into helping him, but Bob eventually joined Deadpool as his guy Friday, and saved not only Wade Wilson’s life multiple times, but also joined Deadpool in rescuing countless other lives. The two went on numerous adventures. For every genuinely heroic and selfless act the comics Deadpool pulls off, he leaves a trail of bodies, deceased ex-presidents, and chimichangas in his wake. Deadpool succeeds in dispatching every ex-president from Adams to Zachary, even getting in a fight with zombie Ronald Reagan in space.The super-villain Madcap is like an even darker version of Deadpool, possessing a similar healing factor and lust for chaos and mayhem. However, where Deadpool has a heart of gold somewhere deep beneath his scarred exterior, Madcap is evil and dangerous all the way down.

The storyline that most closely matches Deadpool 2’s comes from “The Final Execution” storyline in Uncanny X-Force. What makes it so heartbreaking is not only the fact that a fan-favorite character dies, but also the fact that Deadpool is so broken as a person that when a hero he admires shows him some respect and attention, he’s blinded to any possibility that the deed he’s been tasked with could have ulterior motives. He doesn’t get far, though, since the Skull forces Rogue of the X-Men to beat Wade Wilson to a pulp. In the lead-up to “The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly”, Deadpool stars in a tale taking place in the 1970s where he forces himself into a team-up with Luke Cage and Iron Fist. Instead, he starts cutting off chunks of his own body and feeding them to the ailing Angel. At first, Angel is too weak to refuse, but at some point, he begins asking Deadpool what exactly he’s eating, and Deadpool refuses to come clean.The Marvel universe as a whole should be thankful for Deadpool’s sense of humor and general geniality. Poor Agent Preston. She was saddled with a terrible assignment in the “Dead Presidents” arc of Deadpool: find a way to re-destroy zombified Presidents of the United States while protecting S.H.I.E.L.D. from a PR fiasco that would surely result.