Marvel Comics has confirmed that Deadpool has died at the hands of a new villain named Death Grip last month in a volume of Deadpool comics that was launched.
We’ve now learned at Comic-Con that Deadpool will be released by his daughter Ellie, and she will continue her training with Taskmaster to gain the skill she needs to avenge her father.
This storyline will continue in Deadpool #7 and the description for it reads: “Deadpool is dead, long live Deadpool! Wade has fallen, and his daughter Ellie has taken up the mantle.
“Taskmaster continues her mercenary training, but what she really wants is vengeance. And to get that, she’ll need Princess’ help.”
The comic comes from writer Cody Ziglar and artist Rogê Antônio, and CB talked to Ziglar about the comic, and he said: “Without spoiling anything, Wade’s unkillable, he has a pretty laissez-faire attitude towards anything, and Death Grip is a character that has a unique approach to that stuff.”
“He’s a guy that, we get into it later in this series, but he has studied the Mystic Arts, like a Doctor Strange-type academy. Only he failed out. He’s a mix of mystic with someone like Shang-Chi or some of Iron Fist’s abilities.”
He added: “Someone who has a touch of mystic abilities, but also martial arts prowess who has built a cult-like religion around the concept of chasing death and finding an avatar for death and what is more enticing to him than someone who is ‘unkillable.’
“A lot of the conflict is based around Death Grip trying to find this unkillable person and seeing what he can learn from someone who’s unkillable. If your pursuit in life is learning deadly martial arts, what better than practicing on someone who seemingly can’t be killed?”
Deadpool #7 is coming on October 7th.
