In this review of Wade Wilson: Deadpool #6, the series ramps up the ick factor as DP discovers a shocking new side effect from his enhanced healing factor.
WADE WILSON: DEADPOOL #6
Writer: Benjamin Percy
Art: Alex Lins
Main Cover: Geoff Shaw
Variant Covers: Inhyuk Lee, Luciano Vecchio, Justin Mason, Todd Nauck, Nicoletta Baldari, Nogi San
Page Count: 32 pages
Release Date: July 1, 2026
This review contains spoilers
Wade Wilson: Deadpool #6 begins en media res as Wade Wilson “wades” through the filthy New York sewers, pursued by person or persons unknown. Wade breaks the fourth wall and insults the readers for wanting this to happen to him. Wade is ambushed by a sewer gator, but the reptile is no match. Wade is barely finished dispatching the gator before he is shot multiple times.
The story flashes back several hours earlier as Wade and Blind Al talk and patch up Al’s home after the recent Hammerhead incident. Al admits using the mysterious future messages to cash in, but she wants to use the money to help others, while Wade wants to buy a really big gun. The pair are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a pizza delivery man who turns out to be a dangerously unstable duplicate of Wade complete with disfigurements and penchant for weaponry.
Wade gets hit point blank by a revolver shot, but recovers in time to skewer the clone before the killer can target Al. The body disintegrates but leaves behind clues that Wade follows to a local pizza shop. The owner directs Wade to the subway and Wade ventures deep into the tunnels, encountering various imperfect clones wearing Deadpool gear. Overwhelmed, Wade is chased through the sewers before getting caught (and shot).
Wade Wilson: Deadpool #6 ends as the story returns to the present after Wade slices his way through his doppelgangers. One of the surviving clones reveals the truth and Wade tests the theory as he watches his severed finger reform into a miniature Wade Wilson.
Analysis
Wade Wilson: Deadpool #6 immediately crafts a new path for Wade to follow (and to be chased) after spending the previous five issues punishing himself for his daughter’s tragic death. Pairing Wade back up with Blind Al (through a mysterious prophecy connection), strengthens their bond as writer Benjamin Percy illustrates the characters’ personalities during their conversation about Al’s ill-gotten gains: Al’s generosity and Wade cracking jokes again.
Percy crafts a suitably distinctly Deadpool-centric story arc for Wade after his recent dark turn that mixes fourth-wall breaking snark with gruesome body horror. Wade’s misplaced aggression towards the readers in the opening chapter of Wade Wilson: Deadpool #6, shows some progress in his stages of grief but it’s also like he blames fans/readers for his dangerous predicament.
The degenerative Deadpool clones mix body horror, action and gallows humor. Also props to artist Alex Lins (Namor) who goes all out in re-imagining pieces of Deadpool given their own bodily autonomy. Lins’ gritty style fits the gruesome subject matter, from filthy sewers littered with recognizable bits of floating trash (flotsam? jetsam?), the gritty subway tunnels, the horrific clone mutations (not to mention the unsettling decor in the clones’ lair).
The revelation about the origin of Wade’s clones is a clever twist on his regenerative abilities, the question remains: what caused it, who caused it and why?
The swarming flies at the pizza shop also adds to the theme of rot and decay. Lins’ sketchy art style also brings a sense of energy to the story beyond even the action sequences (that zooming train for example), while the artist goes wild with some macabre sight gags involving almost every character.
Meanwhile, that bloody sewer gator sequence is intense and graphic, ending with a gruesome close-up. The injuries Deadpool gives and receives are also quite unsettling.
Final Thoughts
Wade Wilson: Deadpool #6 provides a welcome new Deadpool-centric story, continues the enjoyable Blind Al team-up while simultaneously adding an unsettling new twist on Wade Wilson’s regenerative abilities. Not for the squeamish.
