In this review of Wade Wilson: Deadpool #7, the Merc with a Mouth finds himself rendered speechless (from an injury) while contending with the “Badpools”, cloned duplicates spawned from damaged body parts. Yes it’s that kind of story.
WADE WILSON: DEADPOOL #7
Writer: Benjamin Percy
Art: Alex Lins
Main Cover: Geoff Shaw
Variant Covers: Adam Polina, Anand Ramcheron, Todd Nauck, Will Robson
Page Count: 32 pages
Release Date: August 5, 2026
This review contains spoilers
Wade Wilson: Deadpool #7 begins in the aftermath of the Hammerhead incident as Blind Al and Wade live it up in a swanky hotel after Al’s mysterious future visions prove profitable. Unfortunately, their room service cart includes a tiny but deadly Badpool. Wade makes short work of the poor thing as its unstable body chemistry quickly breaks down. Before Waid can finish off a new Badpool, Blind Al gives him an idea.
Soon, Wade (in costume) returns to every street where he was injured enough to lose a body part and finds himself in constant danger just walking down the street. Wade catches a glimpse of himself in a restaurant window and quickly realizes that the distorted reflection is another imperfect (but complete) copy that has slaughtered the entire staff and patrons inside. The murderous doppelganger attacks Wade but quickly disintegrates.
Wade is confronted by an angry mob about what his duplicates have been doing in the neighborhood. Wade flees in a waiting taxicab and encounters another doppelganger. Demoralized, Wade decides to end this tragic tale by drawing all of the Badpools to a building scheduled for demolition where they can finally have it out once and for all.
Wade Wilson: Deadpool #7 ends as Wade wades through dozens of Badpools and detonates the building from a giant Deadpool balloon. Wade wistfully appreciates the few moments of silence before the next big thing blows up his life.
Analysis
Wade Wilson: Deadpool #7 wraps up the two-part Badpool story arc with a cathartic finale, but plenty of unanswered questions remain, primarily, why is Wade’s healing factor impacting his severed body parts this way? For the moment, Wade feels all too human and exposed as his dark, violent and twisted innermost thoughts are wreaking havoc across the city for all to see.
Writer Ben Percy pushes the envelope yet again (with an assist from guest artist Alex Lins) providing more imaginative clone designs and gross out humor, and probably more blood spatter per page than your average Marvel MAX title. Percy’s take on Deadpool finds a self-loathing Wade, still mourning his daughter and now keenly aware of his countless flaws, sins and failings.
Before, Wade would have some snappy banter to distract himself and cover up his insecurities, but now alone with his thoughts as well as terrifying manifestations of his inner demons, Wade can’t look away any longer. His remorse and regret are on full display, but ironically no one else is around. Wade Wilson: Deadpool #7 isn’t without a few lighter moments though, including Wade’s unexpected room service surprise and Blind Al’s bath time.
Alex Lins ably fills in for regular series artist Geoff Shaw, providing more of the “icky” Badpool designs (with loads of clever sight gags) and Wade’s brutal final battle against his distorted (and blood hungry) progeny. That giant hot air balloon is priceless, especially its hangdog expression. Lins’ sketchy style suits the edgy subject matter, especially the arrival of the Badpools, which evokes everything from Mad Max films to Lord of The Rings and B movie horror.
Lins’ compositions also enhance the mix of absurdity, tragedy and brutality in Wade Wilson: Deadpool #7.
Final Thoughts
Wade Wilson: Deadpool #7 paints a tragic but entertaining portrait of an aimless and self-loathing mercenary who is hard to kill and wants to keep on living despite not knowing why. Deadpool emotes for real here, but he’s still funny. The artwork captures the visceral subject matter in such vivid detail that it might as well be called the Carnage of Deadpool.
