Collects Deadpool #40-44. After the fallout - nuclear and otherwise - of the Merc with a Mouth's antics in Arizona, the government is faced with an impossible question: what to do with Deadpool? The answer: stick him in an institution! When you think about it, it might be the only solution - after all, he really does need some professional help ... as well as protection from the enemy: himself.

Collects Wolverine: Origins #21-25, Deadpool (2008) #1-12, Thunderbolts #130-131 and Deadpool Saga. Daniel Way's hilarious, action-packed run begins here! When the Merc with a Mouth is hired to rub out Wolverine, sparks will fly! But when both men can regenerate any wound in minutes, how can either one expect to finish off his foe? And whoever wins will have to face Wolverine's murderous son, Daken! Then: The Skrulls haveinfiltrated Earth, but nobody warned them about Deadpool! The invaders replicate Deadpool's healing factor in a new generation of Super-Skrulls - but why is Deadpool himself leading this brigade against Earth? And when NormanOsborn double-crosses Deadpool, the maniacal merc unleashes a full-on assault against Avengers Tower! Norman must pull out all the stops - and that means deploying his new team of bloodthirsty, black-ops Thunderbolts!

Collects Deadpool (2008) #13-31. Deadpool wants to be two things in life: a pirate and an X-Man! So after a stint on the high seas, he decides to make the X-Men love him by...assassinating the father of one of their students?! Then, 'Pool pays a visit to a certain wisecracking wall-crawler's friendly neighborhood - or is it? Deadpool doesn't play second banana to anybody, especially not Spider-Man! But Wade had better deal if he wants tosurvive the threat of Hit-Monkey! Neither X-Man nor Amazing Friend, is Deadpool fit to stand alongside Earth's Mightiest Heroes? When Dr. Bong clones the Secret Avengers, Deadpool must fight alongside the real deals - and try not to shoot the wrong guys! Plus: When Wade targets a Vegas club owner, he draws the ire of The House: a super-suited security guard with a secret history with the Merc With a Mouth! And finally, a bunch of good Draculas hire Deadpool to fight a bunch of bad Draculas!

Collects Deadpool #23-26. It's a Vegas vacation done Deadpool-style - full of explosions, D-list super villains and a casino caper that would make George Clooney proud! When he puts the squeeze on a mouthy club owner, Deadpool draws the ire of Las Vegas' biggest casino bosses and their newest protector-for-hire, The House.

Collects Hawkeye Vs. Deadpool #0-4.

"Some jobs are just too tough for your average, fast-talking high-tech gun-for-hire. Sometimes-- to get the job done right-- you need someone crazier than a sack'a ferrets. You need Wade Wilson-- the Crimson Comedian, the Regeneratin' Degenerate, the Merc with a Mouth-- Deadpool! And when Nick Fury needed someone to infiltrate the invading Skrull armada to retrieve vital information, he called in Deadpool-- and Deadpool took care of business. But to Wade's surprise, the data he swiped was stolen in transit by Norman Osborn, who used it to kill the Skrull queen and win the gratitude of everyone on Earth. But Deadpool isn't interested in gratitude. He's interest in big, fat paychecks. And since Norman now owes him one, Deadpool's on his way to collect. But since his rise to power, Norman's a hard man to reach. He's the head of H.A.M.M.E.R. and the new Dark Avengers. He's too busy trying to take over the world to deal with Deadpool personally, so he sends the ruthless killer Bullseye to handle his problem for him!"--Dust jacket back.

"The Skrulls have invaded, and no one on Earth is safe. Shape-shifting aliens bent on world conquest, they have infiltrated governments, businesses, even super-hero teams. But nothing they've ever faced has prepared them for Deadpool! Gifted with a healing factor that makes him nearly unkillable, Wade Wilson is the craziest mercenary to ever karate-kick his way through the Marvel Universe. A wise-cracking, gun-toting, one-man army, he manages to save a baseball stadium full of innocent civilians from a Skrull attack all by himself. And then, to everyone's surprise, he surrenders to the Skrulls. Instantly recognizing Deadpool's assets, the Skrulls welcome him into their fold. They quickly isolate his healing factor and replicate it in the newest generation of Super-Skrulls, a brigade Deadpool himself will lead against the Earth's defense forces. Or so the Skrulls think. Sure, he's a mercenary-- and sure, if you pay, he plays-- But what the Skrulls don't realize is that someone else is footing the bill" -- p. [4] of cover.

Collects Deadpool (2008) #50-63. Deadpool is desperate to end it all, but his healing factor makes dying a near-impossibility. When Wade finds the one thing in the world that can kill him - a serum that permanently disables his regenerative abilities - he just might get his wish. But his newfound ability to die makes Deadpool feel more alive than ever, and his sudden lust for life gets him in hot water with everyone he crosses - including crime bosses, super villains, his fellow mercenaries and even a dual-Beretta-wielding monkey! Can the Merc with a Mouth escape his pursuers and his pattern of insanity-fueled self-destruction, and finally live life to the fullest? Guest-starring the Uncanny X-Force, Daken, Kingpin, the Intelligencia and more - all of whom want to ensure that Deadpool finally meets his maker!

Daniel Way's wild and wacky Deadpool run concludes! But can it be that Steve Rogers wants the motormouth merc on his hush-hush Secret Avengers? No-good, lousy Draculas are more Deadpool's speed! But as Wade heads into space to increase his intergalactic cred, will taking on alien assassin Macho Gomez and the immense Id the Selfish Moon cement him as the solar system's baddest of the bad? Not as far as his "old friends" back on Earth are concerned -Hydra Bob, Big Bertha, Taskmaster and Blind Al all want to claim a piece of his hide! And so does the Incredible Hulk! But perhaps the greatest threat of all is an "evil twin" made up of his own discarded body parts! Plus: Deadpool - the Musical! And the death wish to end all death wishes! COLLECTING: DEADPOOL (2008) 27-63, 33.1, 49.1

Deadpool has become fixated on achieving the one thing that's always been beyond his reach: death. Not an easy thing for an unkillable man to achieve, but that's not gonna stop him from trying. but first, he must figure out the all-important question: how? What in the world can kill Deadpool? It has to be big. It has to be powerful beyond description. It has to be ... green? Plus: Macho Gomez is back! And this time, he's brought friends. His friends? Nope - Deadpool's friends. And every single one of them has an axe to grind with our boy Wade for how he's treated them in the past. no, really - they have axes! COLLECTING: Deadpool 36-39, Deadpool (1997) 4