Deadpool's First Appearance In The MCU After Deadpool & Wolverine Has Me Convinced Marvel Is Committed To Getting Ryan Reynolds' Marvel Character Right

Deadpool’s First Appearance In The MCU After Deadpool & Wolverine Has Me Convinced Marvel Is Committed To Getting Ryan Reynolds’ Marvel Character Right


Deadpool returned to the MCU in What If…? season 3, and the appearance of a new variant of the Merc with a Mouth has me convinced that Marvel Studios will continue to do him justice. Ryan Reynolds is one of my favorite actors, but none of his roles please me more than Wade Wilson, a.k.a. Deadpool, as it seems he was born to play this violent, hilarious and fourth wall-breaking antihero. Deadpool made the move from 20th Century Fox’s X-Men franchise to the MCU in 2024, and I reckon this will only become more enjoyable.

Ryan Reynolds first appeared as Wade Wilson in 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but reinvented the character to be more comic-accurate in 2016’s Deadpool and its 2018 sequel. This is the version that we saw in 2024’s Deadpool & Wolverine, fighting to save his universe from the TVA and Cassandra Nova, and succeeding. Reynolds’ Deadpool is not the only iteration, however, as Deadpool & Wolverine introduced a slew of fantastic Deadpool variants to the MCU, and we saw yet another appear at the end of What If…? season 3’s emotional finale.

What If…? Season 3 Introduced A New Deadpool To The MCU

What If…? Teased Several New Variants We Might Never See

There was some anger directed at the finale of What If…? season 3, as this season was the final chapter of the animated Multiverse Saga series, but took the opportunity to tease a number of intriguing variants right at the end that we might not see revisited. Among the likes of a Thanos and Wolverine crossover, a Samurai Ghost Rider and the Maestro version of the Hulk, a variant of Deadpool was also glimpsed. This marked Deadpool’s first appearance since his MCU debut in Deadpool & Wolverine, and made me very excited about the future possibilities with the character.

Thanos wields Wolverine's Adamantium claws and teams up with Ghost Rider and Maestro Hulk variants

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It’s unclear exactly what kind of reality this variant of Deadpool would have come from, but the fact that he carries an entire arsenal of weapons on his back suggests that he might be far deadlier than Ryan Reynolds’ iteration from the live-action MCU. In fact, some theories have suggested that this could be the version of Deadpool from Marvel Comics’ Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe event from 2011. This makes me think that Marvel Studios is willing to take Deadpool to places 20th Century Fox never would have, which is very exciting.

What If…?’s Deadpool Proves Marvel Is Willing To Take Him To The Extreme

Deadpool’s Variants Are Wild In The MCU

Every version of Deadpool’s appearances in Deadpool & Wolverine and What If…? have me thinking that Marvel Studios will be pushing the boundaries of what is possible with the Merc with a Mouth in the future. The fact that a variant of Deadpool has recently been seen wielding a huge number of powerful weapons suggests the MCU will make Deadpool more violent and unabashed than ever, and this has already been glimpsed in live-action. Deadpool & Wolverine shockingly opened with Deadpool fighting TVA Minute Men using Logan’s adamantium skeleton, for instance.

Deadpool’s various fights with Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine were also especially brutal, while the titular pair’s battle against the Deadpool Corps was also completely unhinged. The fact that so many different and interesting Deadpool variants appeared alone makes me think Marvel are taking every opportunity they can with Deadpool and pushing him to every extreme. Since this has been the case in only a matter of months, I’m incredibly excited to see what the future holds for Deadpool and his wild multiversal variants.

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Deadpool Hasn’t Yet Been Confirmed To Be Returning To The MCU

Deadpool learning the truth in the TVA in Deadpool & Wolverine

After Deadpool & Wolverine managed to become the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time, and since the movie left the door open for more adventures, it seems inevitable that Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool will be returning to the MCU. Even so, neither Reynolds nor Marvel Studios have yet revealed when this might happen. So, while we can hope that Deadpool will appear alongside Earth’s Mightiest multiversal Heroes in Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars, it’s possible we could be waiting longer than that.

Deadpool’s Marvel Project

Release Date

Box Office

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

May 1, 2009

$373 million

Deadpool

February 12, 2016

$782 million

Deadpool 2

May 18, 2018

$785 million

Once Upon a Deadpool (Re-Release)

December 12, 2018

$51.3 million

Deadpool & Wolverine

July 26, 2024

$1.338 billion

What If…? Season 3, Episode 8

December 29, 2024

N/A

Both Deadpool & Wolverine and What If…? season 3 demonstrated the multiversal potential of introducing Deadpool to the MCU. Even if Ryan Reynolds wants to take a break from the character, I would love to see the Deadpool Corps return in the Multiverse Saga, allowing the likes of Lady Deadpool, Cowboypool, Headpool, Zenpool and Deadpool 2099, among many others, to get some actual development. It’s possible that we could even see the version of Deadpool from What If…? make the move to live-action, paying off the tease from season 3’s final moments perfectly.

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