Writer: Cody Ziglar
Artist: Andrea Di Vito
Colorist: Guru-eFX
Letterer: Joe Sabino
Cover Artists: Taurin Clarke; Rogé Antônio & GURU-eFX; Todd Nauck & Rachelle Rosenberg
Production Designer: Sarah Spadaccini
Editors: Mark Basso, Tom Groneman, Cy Pedro Beltran, Kaitlyn Lindtvedt & CB Cebulski
Publisher: Marvel
Price: $3.99
Release Date: March 12, 2025
Deadpool needs weapons to murder the guy who killed him as revenge for slicing and dicing him into the heavenly home for mercs with mouths. When Agent Gao offers a high-paying job, Wade Wilson figures the world can survive with one fewer Spider-Man. But Ellie frowns on killing heroes who thwip responsibly. So, Deadpool & Daughter dispenses marvelous first aid after shooting Shift by mistake.
Now, Wade has a new plan. But can Wade hand Shift over to Agent Gao, grab the cash, and then rescue Miles' brother without Agent Gao sending Midas and Generic Gun Guy after him? Let's leap into Deadpool #12 and find out!
Story
Agent Gao is disillusioned. After Mayor Cage overturned Fisk’s Law and shut down her Cape Killers squad, Julia Gao refused to recognize the legality of self-appointed costume heroes. She offered Wade a position in her new anti-vigilante vigilante squad. Now, as she hides from her former police family, Agent Gao meets a stranger in a dark alley. He offers her a gift. She may not understand his reference to Miles’ relationship with Kwaku Anansi, but Agent Gao knows a helping hand when she sees one.
In Deadpool #12, Princess finds Miles' new suit hard on the canines. Brooklyn's Spider-Man bonded with Ellie through their Latin heritage and complex family dynamics. But that doesn’t mean Princess has to like the man who shorted out her sister’s shock-daggers and fried Ellie’s teleporting phone.
In Cody Ziglar's story, Agent Gao's recruits see through Deadpool's cunning plan and welcome him with fists of fury. Like Queen Victoria, Wade's relabeling fails to amuse Output. Midas reveals a superpower that would make a medieval alchemist drool. Wade has his back against a wall with the threat of Death Grip’s return. He is also at a romantic low point. After reuniting with Valentine Vuong, she walked out the door again. If only Midas wouldn't try to kill him! But then, murder runs in the family in Deadpool #12.
Art
Guru-eFX opens with a blue, purple, and pink assault from screaming squad cars. Clad in her blue jacket, Agent Gao leans against a red-brick wall with faded, peeling stucco. The vibrant yellow-and-orange graffiti adorning the wall evokes Miles’ adeptness with a bag of spray paints. A stranger wearing a grey coat and hat glows yellow when he withdraws a wicked weapon in the green alley.
Andrea Di Vito shows Midas and Output's excitement as Deadpool pulls Shift in a child's wagon. Shift’s bundled features evoke Deadpool’s appearance when Ellie, Task Daddy, and Doug strapped his severed sections into an office chair. Midas’ formfitting gold-and-white candy stick suit, her deftness with tonfas, and her yellow explosions make Deadpool go weak at the knees. Output, clad in red and blue, summons white-hot suns from his hands. As time-lapse photography struggles to capture Deadpool's attack, Shift's blurring left arm appears four times in one panel in Deadpool #12.
White balloons feature uppercase black text, while Joe Sabino fills red ones with Princess's white dialogue. Black words in green narrative boxes reveal Agent Gao’s thoughts. Words shrink for lowered voices and grow bold for inflection while Ellie’s thoughts fill pink narrative boxes. Colorful sound effects help us hear the Midas Touch, bones snapping, arcing energy, and thwipping, while Ellie’s reprimand in a spiky balloon makes Princess’s eyes and ears droop. Thanks to Marvel for providing a copy for review.
Final Thoughts
As the winds of alchemy and science breathe life into his rebirth, Wade Wilson seeks love and big guns in all the wrong places. So, after Ellie and Wade lose some of their healing factors, it doesn’t help that opponents get a level-up. Amid the humorous fighting and violent witticisms, Shift steals hearts (and perhaps minds) in Deadpool #12.
Rating 9.4/10
To look inside see my review at Comic Book Dispatch.
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