Deadpool Max: A History of Violence

In this satirical one-shot from Marvel, writer Dave Lapham and artist Kyle Baker reimagine Deadpool's origin through a hyper-violent, blackly comic lens that gleefully skewers both superhero tropes and the character's own fourth-wall-breaking history. Released in 2011, the issue mashes up the classic "Wade Wilson becomes Deadpool" story with the gritty, faux-documentary style of a certain famous comic film, delivering a dense, absurdist parody that stands as a cult-favorite oddity in the Merc with a Mouth's bibliography.