Giant-Sized X-MEN Titles Out November 2, 2002: X-MEN: RED #8 and DEADPOOL #1

By Chad Burdette

on October 28, 2022

This week the X-Men Universe is red with DEADPOOL #1 kicking off the new series and X-MEN RED #8.

DEADPOOL #1 (Legacy #326)

Things are going to get gross as writer Alyssa Wong (DOCTOR APHRA, IRON FIST) and artist Martin Coccolo (BANNER OF WAR) take out their pent-up aggression on everyone’s pizza-faced, jabber-mouthed, misguided, hate-to-love, love-to-hate fave…DEADPOOL #1.

Mike Hawthorne Variant Cover:

David Nakayama Variant Cover:

Tom Reilly Window Shades Variant Cover:

Rob Leifeld X-Treme Marvel Variant Cover:

Todd Nauck Variant Covers:

Kaare Andrews Variant Covers:

Leinil Francis Yu 1:25 Incentive Variant Cover:

Jim Cheung 1:50 Incentive Variant Cover:

David Nakayama 1:100 Incentive Virgin Variant Cover:

DEADPOOL #1 (Legacy #326)

We all know Wade Wilson is one of the top mercenary/assassins in the Marvel Universe, even if he is simultaneously the most annoying one…but he’s pushing to make that recognition official as he auditions for the elite group known as the Atelier. Now, he has 48 hours to kill one of the world’s most famous supervillains. Only problem? He’s been kidnapped, and something…strange…is GROWING INSIDE HIM

Writer: Alyssa Wong
Artists: Martín Cóccolo
Letterer: Ariana Maher
Designer(s): Tom Muller
Senior Editor(s): Jordan D. White
Standard Cover Artist(s): Martín Cóccolo
Variant Cover Artist(s): Todd Nauck; Kaare Andrews; Leinil Francis Yu; Rob Leifeld; Jim Cheung; David Nakayama
Format: Ongoing
Page Count/Cover Price: 36 pages/$4.99

X-MEN: RED #8

Mutantkind’s bold leap into the future on the terraformed Mars and A.X.E.: Judgement Day in the rearview X-MEN: RED #8 kicks off a new story arc. Now home to the mutants of Arakko, the Red Planet has never shined brighter or been more dangerous… What does that mean for Mars’ new inhabitants and the larger galactic landscape?

The saga continues as the mutants on Mars deal with both the promise and the threat that Arakko represents to the Marvel Universe. Storm, Magneto, Sunspot, Abigail Brand, and the mutants of the Great Ring continue to forge Arakko’s uncertain future in a place of mystery, strength, and endless conflict.

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