Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth #1

(September 2009)

Head Trip Part One (Table of Contents: 1)

Deadpool / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Gischler

Pencils

Bong Dazo

Inks

Jose Pimienta

Colors

Matt Milla

Letters

Jeff Eckleberry

Genre

superhero

Characters

Deadpool; Ka-Zar; Zabu; Dr. Betty Swanson; AIM [Sub-Commander Blake] (villain); shaman (villain); Zombie Deadpool (cameo)

Synopsis

Deadpool is hired by AIM to invade the Savage Land and capture a deadly new toxin for them before it falls into the hands of Hydra. After making a hard landing and encountering Ka-Zar, Deadpool meets up with his AIM contact, a beautiful blonde doctor, and they try to locate the toxin. Their search leads them to a tribe of cannibals who quickly capture our hero. Deadpool learns that the item he is supposed to be stealing from them looks like a decomposed head: his own.

Reprints

• in Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth (Marvel, 2010 series) (2010)
• in Deadpool - Der Söldner mit der grossen Klappe (Panini Deutschland, 2010 series) #1 - Kopfsprung ([August] 2010)
• in Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
• in Deadpool and Co. Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) (2018)
• in The All Killer No Filler Deadpool Collection (Hachette Partworks, 2018 series) #32 - Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth: Head Trip (2018)

Keywords

dinosaurs; headhunters; Savage Land; tyrannosaurus rex

[Cover to Deadpool #4] (Table of Contents: 2)

Deadpool / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Ed McGuinness

Inks

Nathan Massengill

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Deadpool; Hulk

Reprints

• from Deadpool (Marvel, 1997 series) #4 [Direct Edition] (April 1997) [cover]

Why Is It to Save Me, I Must Kill You (Table of Contents: 3)

Deadpool / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Kelly

Pencils

Ed McGuinness

Inks

Nathan Massengill; Norman Lee

Colors

Matthew Paine; Digital Chameleon (enhancement)

Letters

Richard Starkings; Comicraft; Kolja Fuchs

Genre

superhero

Characters

Deadpool; Siryn; Dr. Emrys Killebrew; Hulk

Synopsis

In order for Killebrew to create a cure for Deadpool's condition, Deadpool needs to get a sample of blood from the Hulk. The Hulk turns out not to be too fond of this idea and the fight is on. Deadpool is successful, however, and Killebrew injects him with a serum that should restore the merc with a mouth back to a healthy condition.

Reprints

• from Deadpool (Marvel, 1997 series) #4 (April 1997) [with 2 pages edited out]

Keywords

Duck Key

Next Issue (Table of Contents: 4)

Deadpool / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Arthur Suydam (Painted)

Inks

Arthur Suydam (Painted)

Colors

Arthur Suydam (Painted)

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Deadpool

Indexer Notes

Presents full page cover art for next issue.