With Deadpool & Wolverine hitting theaters in July 2024, Marvel Comics is betting big on the Merc With a Mouth this year. That includes a new standalone book called Deadpool Role-Plays the Marvel Universe.
Deadpool Role-Plays the Marvel Universe is part comic book story and RPG guidebook. This issue is an extension of the Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game, which launched in August 2023, and can be used in conjunction with that game. The comic includes a full, playable mini-campaign with character profiles.
Deadpool Role-Plays the Marvel Universe is written by Cullen Bunn, whose past Deadpool projects include Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe and Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars. The art team on this issue is yet to be revealed.
Here's Marvel's official description for Deadpool Role-Plays the Marvel Universe:
ROLL FOR INITIATIVE WITH THE MERC WITH A MOUTH!
Deadpool crashes into the MARVEL MULTIVERSE ROLE-PLAYING GAME with his very own playable adventure!
Play as Deadpool and his team – or use your own characters – in a fourth-wall breaking adventure right out of Marvel's comics! Includes a comic story lead-in by Cullen Bunn (Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe), a full-fledged standalone RPG adventure, and new full character profiles!
Deadpool Role-Plays the Marvel Universe will be released on July 17, 2024.
This isn't the only new Deadpool project coming from Marvel Comics this summer. In addition to a relaunched monthly Deadpool comic, Marvel is also releasing the team-up series Deadpool & Wolverine: World War III.
For more Deadpool & Wolverine goodness, find out how the sequel sets up Avengers: Secret Wars and whether that's actually Doctor Doom in the new trailer.
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