Media Release -- What happens when Deadpool bonds with Venom? Pure mayhem! Today, Marvel is pleased to present your first look inside DEADPOOL: BACK IN BLACK #1 – a brand-new series debuting this October! Fan-favorite creators Cullen Bunn and Salva Espin are back with a brand-new Deadpool tale that ratchets up the chaos to completely new heights! Remember when Spider-Man rejected the alien symbiote way back in the day? Did you know that for a period of time, the symbiote went slinking back to Deadpool on the rebound? No? Well you do now! And you won't believe the damage Deadpool can cause when he's packing a nigh invulnerable alien symbiote. The fireworks begin this October when DEADPOOL: BACK IN BLACK #1 comes crashing in to comic shops and digital devices everywhere!

DEADPOOL: BACK IN BLACK #1 (of 5) (AUG160931)
Written by CULLEN BUNN
Art & Cover by SALVA ESPIN
Variant Covers by ROB LIEFELD (AUG160932) & RON LIM (AUG160934)
Contest of Champions Game Variant Also Available (AUG160935)
Rob Liefeld Sketch Variant Also Available (AUG160933)
FOC – 09/12/16, On-Sale – 10/05/16

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DEADPOOL BACK IN BLACK #1