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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published January 1997
Cover Price 2.95 USD
Pages 60
Editing Matt Idelson; Paul Tutrone (assitant)

Cover Details

Characters Deadpool; Sasquatch
Genre Superhero; Humor
Pencils Ed McGuinness
Inks Nathan Massengill

32 page Deadpool story "Hey, It's Deadpool (or...Deadpool #1)"

Characters FEATURE: Deadpool; GUESTS: Weasel; Sasquatch; Blind Al; Zoe Culloden; Noah; Patch (1st); CAMEOS: C.F. (1st); T-Ray (1st)
Synopsis After assisting a revolution in Bolivia (and getting paid in revolutionary bucks), Deadpool heads back to merc central to have words with Patch; Pool's next mission takes him to Antarctica to tangle with Sasquatch and blow up a gamma research station in the process; Finding out that the melting gamma core will irradiate the entire souther hemisphere, Deadpool fixes the problem and saves the day; DP is approached by Zoe and Noah and offered a position with Landau, Luckman and Lake but he quickly turns them down as being a good guy isn't exactly his style.
Genre Superhero; Humor
Script Joe Kelly
Pencils Ed McGuinness
Inks Nathan Massengill; Norman Lee
Colors Chris Lichtner; Digital Chameleon (enhancement)
Letters Richard Starkings; Comicraft; Dave Lanphear
Notes New direction, 1st full work by Kelly (?).
Reprinted in Alpha Flight / Deadpool (Marvel Italia, 1998 series) #1

9 page Deadpool text article "Behind the Scenes"

Genre superhero
Script Matt Idelson
Pencils Ed McGuinness
Inks Nathan Massengill; Norman Lee
Letters Typeset; Chris Carroll (Design)
Notes A look at the making of the issue including script fragmants, rough pencils, cover process and character designs.

2 page Deadpool text article "Deadlines"

Genre superhero
Script Joe Kelly; Matt Idelson
Letters Typeset
Notes Text piece on the series.

3 page X-Men promo (ad from the publisher) "What's Next for the X-Generation"

Genre superhero
Script Matt Idelson
Pencils Chris Bachalo
Letters Typeset
Notes Promo of Generation X material.