Summary
Warning: spoilers ahead for Deadpool & Wolverine: WWIII #2!AsDeadpoolundergoes a wild new rebirth, Wade Wilson’s already ultra-powerful healing factor just reached the next level. Thanks to Weapon X’s merciless experiments, Deadpool has one of themost powerful healing factorsin the Marvel Universe, able to quickly bounce back from injuries that would end the lives of most other heroes. Now, following further experimentation, Wade is even more unbeatable - and that’s a huge problem, sinceWolverineneeds to take Deadpool down in order to help him.
In a preview ofDeadpool & Wolverine: WWIII #2, Wolverine battles the newly renamed ‘Wade Wilson III’ - the antihero formerly known as Deadpool. Deadpool has fallen under the control of the villainous Delta, who has upgraded him with energy katanas that emerge from his wrists. In their fight,Wolverine slices off Deadpool’s arm to gain an advantage, only for Wade toinstantlyregenerate itwith the telltale shimmer of Delta’s tech.
Last issue, Deadpool was captured by Delta, who is obsessed with radical change. Wolverine arrived just in time to see Wade reborn, now wearing a new costume and boasting extra powers. Deadpool has also seemingly been brainwashed by Delta, rejecting his former codename and normal motormouth dialogue, and even stating,“I prefer the quiet.”
Deadpool’s healing factor is so powerful that it would kill him if it weren’t constantly fighting against his cancer. InDeadpool vol. 4 #1(Daniel Way and Paco Medina), the alien shapeshifters known as the Skrulls manage to synthesize a version of Wade’s healing, only to be killed when their bodies exploded from the exponential, unchecked cell regeneration that resulted.
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Deadpool’s “Wade Wilson III” Upgrade Includes Instant Healing
The Mysterious Delta Has Given Wade Multiple Upgrades
Deadpool’s healing factor is incredibly powerful, having kept him alive even through experiences like being decapitated and burned to ash. Only incredibly rare weapons have any potential to kill Deadpool - indeed, in Marvel’s far future,Deadpool’s daughter had to createan elaborate sci-fi weapon to do so, incinerating them both with neutrino bombs and then collapsing the entire explosion into a black hole so no biological material could escape to regenerate.
As confirmed inBlack Panther vs Deadpool(Daniel Kibblesmith and Ricardo López Ortiz), Wade’s ‘healing factor’ is actually a ‘dying factor.’ Rather than maintaining his healthy body,Deadpool’s powers regenerate cancerous cellsthen hold them in a state of non-degenerative stasis. While this is what makes it so easy for Deadpool to regenerate, it also means his various adventures have made it so that he could never live without his powers.
However, while Deadpool has long been able to survive pretty much anything, it usually takes him a while to heal from major damage. In fact, Wade’s healing body often needs to ‘age up’ to match his adult form, with stories where he’s been forced to endure having a baby-like body until the healing process is complete. In the movies,Deadpool 2shows Ryan Reynolds' Wade go through this after he’s torn in half by Juggernaut. However, thanks to Delta’s upgrades, Wade now heals immediately from his injury, regrowing not just his arm but his new energy katana claws.
Wolverinehas always struggled to putDeadpooldown thanks to Wade’s healing factor and brilliant (if off-kilter) tactical genius - with this latest upgrade, it’s difficult to imagine how Logan can win this fight and bring Wade back to his senses.
Deadpool & Wolverine: WWIII #2is coming from Marvel Comics June 12.
