10 Best Fakeout Endings In Comics
2. The Death Of Deadpool Is Far More Than We Thought
The 250th of Deadpool's collective solo titles - also known as Deadpool Vol. 5 #45 - was heavily billed as the death of the famed Merc with a Mouth.
From Brian Posehn, Gerry Duggan and Mike Hawthorne, this issue involved an all-out war that pitted Wade Wilson against Flag Smasher and the U.L.T.I.M.A.T.U.M. group. Promoted as Deadpool's final stand, reading through this issue really did have you leaning towards Marvel being serious about killing off the Regenerating Degenerate. And while Wilson's death would eventually happen, the fakeout element was that this demise was a whole lot more than we were led to believe.
Wade actually overcame the odds to topple Flag Smasher and U.L.T.I.M.A.T.U.M., and readers got somewhat of a fakeout when Wade Wilson discarded his Deadpool costume and weapons before declaring Deadpool was dead. This was part of Wilson leaving behind his superhero/antihero/supervillain alter-ego, as he and his nearest and dearest stole a yacht to start a new life.
Was this really what was meant by the 'death' of Chiyonosake? It seemed so... well, until not only was Wade killed off, but the entire population of Earth died as the incursion between the main 616 Marvel Universe and the Ultimate Marvel Universe happened in order to setup the Secret Wars crossover event.