WARNING! Spoilers ahead for Deadpool Team-Up #5It’s the end of an era for Marvel Comics, as writer/artistRob Liefeldleaves the publisher once more following the completion of his finalDeadpoolminiseries. The superstar comics creator recently announced his rather messy divorce from Marvel Comics, marking this miniseries as his final brush with his signature character.
Deadpool Team-Up#5 – written and illustrated by Rob Liefeld – brings the action-packed story to a close in high style. Teaming up with fellow Liefeld characters like Cable, Shatterstar and Major X to fight a dragon lord in another dimension,Liefeld’s final Deadpool taleacts as a perfect coda to his time at Marvel.
Fittingly, Liefeld’s final lines for Deadpool himself sum up the entire storyline in a single pun,as Wade makes a joke that he’s “draggin'” after the dragon-themed adventure he’s found himself caught up in.
Rob Liefeld Leaves Marvel With A Pun, Signifying An Amusing End To His History With Deadpool
Deadpool Team-Up#5 – Written & Illustrated By Rob Liefeld; Color By Juan Manuel Rodriguez; Lettering By Joe Sabino
Liefeld’s decision to make his final line of Deadpool dialogue is apropos, because it would have been a miscalculation to attempt something overly profound instead. The Merc With a Mouth is celebrated as Marvel’s most notoriously un-serious character, despite his initial conception as a non-nonsense antagonist. Further,Deadpool Team-Up’sauthor is known for his sense of humor, as much as his over-the-top artistic style and sensibilities.Ending his time with Deadpool with a pun feels right for Rob Liefeld, especially as this is allegedly the last time he will ever write for Marvel.
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Liefeld announced his departure from Marvel roughly a year ago before the release ofDeadpool Team-Upminiseries, but recently shared somebehind-the-scenes drama that made his decision pretty final. Liefeld felt he was slighted by not being invited to the after-party at theDeadpool and Wolverinepremiere last summer. Additional conflicts with Marvel on the publishing side further led the writer/artist to call it quits, makingDeadpool Team-Upthe last time fans will get to see Rob Liefeld make a Deadpool comic.
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Rob Liefeld’s Final Ride At Marvel Comics
Of course, Liefeld has walked away from Marvel a few different times throughout the years, most notably when he and six other artists left the publisher toform Image Comics in 1992. Liefeld would return four years later when Marvel hired him as a part of the Heroes Reborn initiative, which saw the publisher license outCaptain AmericaandThe Avengersto Liefeld’s Extreme Studios andFantastic FourandIron Manto Jim Lee’s WildStorm. Liefeld later returned to Marvel periodically over the next few decades, with the last few years producing a host of Deadpool stories.
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If this latest Deadpool story is truly his last, at least Rob Liefeld is going out with a bang.Deadpool Team-Upfeatured a number of guest stars across its five-issue run, with Liefeld getting to draw a bevy of characters including Wolverine, Spider-Gwen, the Hulk and Crystar. Yet even if this is truly Liefeld’s swan song at Marvel, the artist will be plenty busy as he prepares for amajor relaunch ofYoungbloodthis year at Image Comics. Deadpool and his time at Marvel Comics may be in his rearview mirror, but Rob Liefeld is far from done with comics as a whole.
