It’s the most wonderful time of the year for Marvel Omnibus fans – time for the Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 13th Annual Secret Ballot! This post explains every Deadpool omnibus that does NOT exist – all of which will appear as options on the 2025 poll.
For the next two weeks, I’ll be covering Marvel’s entire publishing history by mapping missing omnibus volumes to fill in every gap in your Marvel oversize shelf! That’s all leading to the kickoff of the Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 13th Annual Secret Ballot on Near Mint Condition on April 28, 2025.
Despite his blockbuster 2025 film, Marvel hasn’t released a new Deadpool omnibus since 2019!!! Has Marvel determined with data that Deadpool just sells better in trade than oversize hardcover? Or, are they just feeling like it’s still too soon to push forward to collecting post-2015 material – since everything Deadpool from prior to that point has been collected.
Either way, that means we’ve got to get to mapping – and voting! – to hopefully remind Marvel that we need more big books featuring the Merc with a Mouth.
If you’re not sure of what to vote for, stick around for a list of books vetted by a gang of the biggest mapping nerds on the internet with explanations from yours truly – keeper of the most-definitive guides to Marvel’s collected editions on the planet.
Or, if you don’t care about omnibuses, just use this post to learn about Marvel’s history and find some great comics to read!
This post covers the following speculated omnibus volumes:
- Modern Deadpool
- Deadpool by Gerry Duggan (2015 – 2018) [AKA “World’s Greatest”]
- Deadpool & The Mercs For Money by Cullen Bunn (2016 – 2017) [includes Foolkiller, Slapstick, & Solo minis]
- Spider-Man / Deadpool by Joe Kelly & Robbie Thompson (2016 – 2019)
- Deadpool Minibus Vol. 4 (2016 & on) [all mini-series]
- Deadpool: Fresh Start Vol. 1 (2018 & on) [AKA by Young, Thompson, Wong, etc]
- Liefeld’s Deadpool & Kills The Marvel Universe
- Deadpool & X-Force: Baddest Blood by Rob Liefeld (2004 – 2025) [collects all Liefield limited series from 2004-2025]
- Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe by Cullen Bunn & Dalibor Talajic (2011 & on) [all “Deadpool Kills” series, including Killustrated]
Remember: These titles and mappings are a suggestion of how Marvel could assemble these books. They are meant to help you decide on your votes on the Tigereyes poll. Your vote on the poll is a vote in favor of Marvel creating a book with that title or covering that period, NOT an endorsement of a specific map. Maps are presented as a proof of concept and to help you build your personal reading list.
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Deadpool Omnibus Mapping: Modern Deadpool
Want Deadpool in omnibus from 1990 to 2015? You’re in luck – there’s plenty of them! See the Guide to Deadpool for omnis stretching from Deadpool: Beginnings starting in 1990 through Deadpool by Posehn & Duggan wrapping up in 2015.
Deadpool by Gerry Duggan (2015 – 2018) [AKA “World’s Greatest”]
It seems shocking that Marvel hasn’t moved forward with collecting the back half of Gerry Duggan’s run on Deadpool given the massive success and acclaim for the first half, as collected completely in Deadpool by Posehn & Duggan.
Perhaps one reason they’ve waited is because this entire run was released entirely in slim oversize hardcover volumes through 2019, which might have been slow to sell through.
However, another reason is that this run might be mathematically impossible to cover in a single omnibus! The six oversize hardcovers collecting the run had page counts of 264, 232, 272, 248, 248, & 384 pages, totaling 1648 pages! That’s just 32 pages shy of one of the largest books of all time, Avengers vs. X-Men!
Given Deadpool’s enduring popularity, if Marvel does get back in the omnibus game for the Merc with a Mouth, there’s a solid chance they’d split this into two smaller omnibuses. But, who knows – Deadpool by Posehn & Duggan used to be one of Marvel’s biggest omnibuses at 1360 pages!
A vote for this book is a vote for Marvel to continue covering Deadpool’s main titles in omnibus, and they can figure out if that can be done in one volume or two.
This would collect Deadpool (2015) #1-36, 3.1, & Annual 1, Deadpool: Last Days of Magic, “Til Death Do Us” crossover issues (Spider-Man/Deadpool #15-16 & Deadpool & The Mercs For Money #9-10), Despicable Deadpool (2017) #287-300, and the two comics compiled from secret comic variant covers of this run.
Deadpool & The Mercs For Money by Cullen Bunn (2016 – 2017) [includes Foolkiller, Slapstick, & Solo minis]
Running alongside the back half of Gerry Duggan’s series were a pair of series called Deadpool & The Mercs For Money. First, a five-issue limited series that was immediately extended into a less-limited 10-issue ongoing series – all written by Cullen Bunn save for the final two issues by Christopher Hastings.
However, collecting those series isn’t as simple as throwing 15 issues into an omnibus!
First, we need to account for the “Til Death Do Us” crossover, which will wind up appearing in three different omnibuses since it crossed all three of Deadpool’s ongoing titles in 2017.
Second, as part of Deadpool’s overwhelming popularity at this time, he not only had three ongoing series and a constant stream of mini-series… Marvel also released mini-series for three of the supporting Mercs from this book (sorry, Stingray). So, this would also collect 2016 mini-series from Foolkiller, Slapstick, and Solo. And, while we’re at it, we could include Foolkiller (1990) #1 and Slaptstick (1992) #1-4 – both in danger of being orphaned by the omnibus line.
A vote for this book is a vote for a surprisingly solid 35 issues of 2016-2017 Merc for Money content, plus a bonus five issues of 90s goodness.
This would collect Deadpool & The Mercs for Money (2016A) #1-5, Deadpool & The Mercs for Money (2016B) #1-10, Foolkiller (2016) #1-5, Slapstick (2016) #1-6, Solo (2016) #1-5, and the “Til Death Do Us” crossover issues (Deadpool (2015) #28-29 and Spider-Man/Deadpool (2016) #15-16), plus as a bonus Foolkiller (1990) #1 and Slaptstick (1992) #1-4
Spider-Man / Deadpool by Joe Kelly & Robbie Thompson (2016 – 2019)
This was Deadpool’s third ongoing series during All-New All-Different Marvel. Putting ‘Pool and Spidey together in one book seems as obvious as an Arnold Palmer, so it’s wild it hadn’t been done too often before now.
Even more wild is that most people don’t realize this series ran for 50 issues (plus a .1 issue!), making it one of the longest post-2015 Marvel runs! The first half was mostly written by Deadpool veteran Joe Kelly. The back half is a charming mega-arc by the always under-appreciated Robbie Thompson. Both sides of the series focused on the bromance between these two characters… though maybe Deadpool wanted to take things to the next level.
It’s all a surprisingly fun read and it would make a very easy sell to the wider comic-loving public with these two characters on the same cover!
A vote for this book is a vote for a one-and-done oversize collection of the team-up of two of the most popular characters of the modern age of comics!
This would collect Spider-Man/Deadpool (2016) #1-50 & 1.MU.
It could possibly omitting the “Til Death Do Us” crossover issues in #15-16, as some prior collections have done. Alternately, it could including those issues and their crossover with Deadpool (2015) #28-29 and Deadpool & the Mercs for Money (2016B) #9-10.
Deadpool Minibus Vol. 4 (2016 & on) [all mini-series]
Marvel has released a series of four Deadpool “Minibus” volumes – sub-600-page volumes that each collect five Deadpool mini-series a piece. Volume 3 caught us up to 2016, which means this omnibus series actually has the newest Deadpool material to be collected in omnibus!
(I know, I know… you’re counting on your fingers and asking “How are there four if this would be Volume 4?!” Because Marvel added a “Volume 0” in 2018 to pick up a few things they missed.)
Of course, Deadpool always has a bevy of mini-series to be collected, and that was especially true during All-New All-Different Marvel.
A vote for this book is a vote to collect the next five Deadpool mini-series in a Minibus!
This would likely collect Deadpool: Back in Black (2016) #1-5, then skip Deadpool & The Mercs for Money (2016A) #1-5 since it fits into its own omnibus to continue with Deadpool vs. The Punisher (2017) #1-5, Deadpool the Duck (2017) #1-5, Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe Again (2017) #1-5, and conclude with Deadpool vs. Old Man Logan (2017) #1-5.
The out-of-continuity “Kills” series have been included in prior Minibus volumes, so we’re continuing that convention here. The next volume would begin with You Are Deadpool (2018) #1-5.
Deadpool: Fresh Start Vol. 1 (2018 & on) [AKA by Young, Thompson, Wong, etc]
Starting in 2018, Deadpool blew three a trio of short-running series from Skottie Young & Nic Klein, Kelly Thompson, & Alyssa Wong. Of the three, only the Young series is long enough to maybe merit an omnibus of its own, but all three together are only 36 issues!
Is there any reason Marvel wouldn’t do this?
I can imagine a world where the Young run stands alone based on his name, the Thompson run gets lumped into a “Marvel Universe by Kelly Thompson” volume, and Wong’s series gets paired with Cody Ziglar’s currently-running Deadpool (2024) since it continues many of the same themes and characters.
But, that’s assuming three relatively unlikely choices all occurring. See Marvel at least collect Young and Thompson into this volume is much more likely. We won’t know for sure about if it makes sense to pair Wong with Ziglar until we see how long Ziglar’s current book runs.
A vote for this book is a vote to begin collecting Deadpool from 2018 and on, no matter how Marvel decides to map it!
This book would begin to collect Deadpool (2018) #1-15 & Annual #1 by Skottie Young, Deadpool (2020) #1-10 by Kelly Thompson, Deadpool (2023) #1-10 by Alyssa Wong, and material from New Mutants (2019) #30.
It would likely skip Deadpool: Black, White & Blood (2021) #1-4, as mini-series are generally held for inclusion in the Minibus line.
It’s too soon to map Cody Ziglar’s crackling Deadpool (2024), which is still running with no end in sight. Also, there were a string of Deadpool/Wolverine one-shots in 2024 to coincide with the film, but they’d likely be mapped alongside the new Deadpool/Wolverine (2025) ongoing. It’s too soon to try to make sense of mapping them while that book is only on ints first arc.
Deadpool Omnibus Mapping: Liefeld’s Deadpool & Kills The Marvel Universe
Deadpool & X-Force: Baddest Blood by Rob Liefeld (2004 – 2025) [collects all Liefield limited series from 2004-2025]
Rob Liefeld now has some bad blood with Marvel, claiming he’s all done with the company and with returning to his famous co-creation to write him with a complete lack of charm (since all of that charm came from his other co-creator, Fabian Nicieza).
That means it’s finally safe to collect all of Liefeld’s Deadpool into one place! Since 2013, he created a quintet of brief works all in loose continuity with each other – Deadpool: Bad Blood (2013) OGN (later re-issued as Deadpool: Bad Blood (2022) #1-4), Major X (2019) #1-6, Deadpool: Badder Blood (2023) #1-4, and Deadpool Team-Up (2024) #1-5.
That’s under 20 issues worth of content, which actually works in our favor! A brief book gives us a golden opportunity to also collect a pair of continuity-lite X-Force mini-series from an earlier Liefeld return to Marvel.
A vote for this book is a vote to wrangle all of Liefeld’s major post-2000 Marvel material into one book!
This would collect X-Force (2004) #1-6, X-Force: Shatterstar (2005) #1-4, Deadpool: Bad Blood (2013) OGN (later re-issued as Deadpool: Bad Blood (2022) #1-4), Major X (2019) #1-6, Deadpool: Badder Blood (2023) #1-4, and Deadpool Team-Up (2024) #1-5.
Since that is just 29 issues, you could argue for the inclusion of some of Liefeld’s earliest Deadpool and X-Force material to be repeated here from New Mutants (1983) #98-100 and X-Force (1991) #1-11 (and Spider-Man (1990) #16).
Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe by Cullen Bunn & Dalibor Talajic (2011 & on) [all “Deadpool Kills” series, including Killustrated]
This is a special voter-requested volume thanks to the brand new Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe One Last Time (2025) series!
While the “Deadpool Kills” minis have previously appeared in the Minibus line, having one last entry in the series of mini-series by originator Cullen Bun makes it tempting to create an all-in-one edition. Plus, this has evergreen sales possibilities since it’s not in continuity and features a ton of other Marvel characters.
A vote for this book is a vote to see all of “Deadpool Kills” in one place!
This would collect Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe (2011) #1-4, Deadpool Killustrated (2013) #1-4, Deadpool Kills Deadpool (2013) #1-4, Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe Again (2017) #1-5, Despicable Deadpool (2017) #297-300, and Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe One Last Time (2025) #1-(TBA).
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