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Appearing in "A Space Oddity"
Featured Characters:
- Deadpool (Wade Wilson) (Impersonates Santa Claus and Satan)
Supporting Characters:
- Nova Corps
- Nova (Commander Scott Adsit) (Joins)
- Nova (O'Brien) (First appearance)
- Numerous unnamed others
- Deadpal (First appearance)
- The Collector (Taneleer Tivan)
- Unnamed prostitute (First appearance)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers)
Antagonists:
- Unnamed aliens infected with the Ultron Virus (First appearance; dies)
- Various Asgardians
- The Nomadic Warlords of the Lost Quadrant (First appearance)
- The Brood
- United Federation of Planets
- Monark Starstalker
- Ulysses
Other Characters:
- S.H.I.E.L.D. (Referenced)
- Space-Axe (First appearance)
- Hellfire Club (Mentioned)
- NASA
- Madcap (Only in recap)
- Thor Odinson (Only in recap)
- Unnamed coroner (Only in recap)
- Ellie Camacho (Main story and comatose in recap)
- Terry Preston, Jr. (Main story and comatose in recap)
- Uatu (Statue)
- Richard Nixon (Carving)
- Elvis Presley (Carving)
- Michael Jackson (Carving)
- Blanket Jackson (First appearance; carving)
- Stephen Hawking (Referenced)
- Lobo (Cameo) (Shadow only)
- Unnamed aliens (First appearance; dies)
- Ultron / Hank Pym (Mentioned)
- Cochise (Mentioned)
- Popeye (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Van Morrison (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Nicholas Fury (Mentioned)
- Samuel L. Jackson (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Heimdall
- All-Father Odin Borson (Invoked)
- Elders of the Universe (Mentioned)
- Devo (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Loki Laufeyson (Mentioned)
- Hela (Invoked)
- Thunderstrike (Kevin Masterson) (Mentioned)
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Chestburster (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Deathstroke (Slade Wilson) (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Shiklah (Referenced)
- Avengers Unity Division (Referenced)
- John Wick (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Logan (Referenced)
- Rocket Raccoon
- Santa Claus (Mentioned)
- Satan (Mentioned)
- The Collectors' Warp Elves (First appearance)
- Ego the Living Planet
- Alice Kramden (Referenced) (Topical Reference)
- Captain Planet (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Emily Preston (Photo)
- Terry Preston, Sr. (Photo)
- Sabretooth (Victor Creed) (Referenced)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and recap)
- Asgardians (Main story and recap)
- Vanir
- Mutants (Main story and recap)
- Watchers (Statue)
- Czarnians (Cameo) (Shadow only)
- Unidentified alien species
- Skrulls
- Orions (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Celestials (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
- Brood
- Xenomorphs (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Istar (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Halfworlders
- Flarks (Invoked)
- Cyborgs
- Warp Elves (First appearance)
- Cosmic Beings
- Angels (Cameo)
- Demons (Cameo)
- Unicorns (Cameo)
- Neanderthals (Cameo)
- Genius Loci
- LMDs (Photo)
Locations:
- Sol System (Main story and recap)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
- New York (Main story and recap)
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- Manhattan (Main story and recap)
- Hell's Kitchen (Only in recap)
- Midtown (Main story and recap)
- Kips Bay (Only in recap)
- Office of Chief Medical Examiner (Only in recap)
- Rockefeller Center (Carving)
- 30 Rockefeller Plaza (Carving)
- Schaefer Theater
- Kips Bay (Only in recap)
- Manhattan Bridge
- East River
- Queens
- Preston Residence
- Manhattan (Main story and recap)
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- Florida
- New Jersey (Main story and recap)
- Essex County (Main story and recap)
- Newark (Only in recap)
- Secret S.H.I.E.L.D. Facility (Only in recap)
- West Orange
- Turtle Back Zoo (First appearance)
- Newark (Only in recap)
- Paramus (Mentioned)
- Essex County (Main story and recap)
- Washington, D.C. (Carving)
- White House (Carving)
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Mentioned)
- Castro District, San Francisco, California (Mentioned)
- New York (Main story and recap)
- Earth Orbit
- International Space Station
- Moon
- Blue Area of the Moon
- Watcher's Citadel (Wreckage, ruins, debris, fragments)
- Blue Area of the Moon
- Germany (Carving)
- Berlin (Carving)
- Hotel Adlon (First appearance; carving)
- Berlin (Carving)
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
- Saturn
- Asgardia
- Bifrost
- Odin's Vault (Mentioned)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- Hell (Invoked)
- Unidentified planet (First appearance)
- Emerald Station (First appearance)
- Tarnax IV (Mentioned) (Destroyed)
- Knowhere
- Asgard
- Collector's Museum
Items:
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) in Spider-Man's Suit (Statue)
- Deadpool's Suit (Main story and recap)
- Deadpool's Katanas (Main story and recap)
- Mjolnir (Only in recap)
- Madcap's Super-Virus (Behind the scenes in recap)
- Ultron Virus (Name revealed)
- Green Lantern Ring (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Ultimate Nullifier (Mentioned)
- Ersatz Ultimate Nullifier (First appearance; destruction)
- Hofund
- Starfleet Uniforms (Topical Reference)
- Fremulon Disruptor (First appearance)
- "Unbeatable body spray" (First appearance)
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield
Vehicles:
- Space-Axe rocket (First appearance; destruction)
- Lobo's Spacehog (Cameo) (Shadow only)
- Solar Sail Surfboard (First appearance; destruction)
- Nova Corps spaceships
- Skidbladnir
Events:
- Age of Ultron (Mentioned)
- Secret Invasion (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "A Space Oddity"
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
DEADPOOL GOES TO SPACE!
• Things aren’t great in Deadpool’s life recently, but he thinks he might know a solution… one found in the inky blackness of deepest, darkest outer space!
• Man, when Deadpool gets away from it all, he doesn’t fool around!
• This issue features ONE MASSIVE 80-PAGE STORY by Gerry Duggan and Mike Hawthorne taking Deadpool to the edge of the Marvel Cosmos and back! It’s practically an OGN! WE MUST BE OUT OF OUR MINDS!Notes
Legacy Numbering[]
- Based on the Marvel Legacy renumbering infographic, this issue corresponds to Deadpool #280.
Trivia
- "Grammar Viking" is a reference to the "Grammar Nazi" Internet meme.
- The birth of Deadpal is similar to that of the Chestbursters from the Alien film series.
- Deadpool sang (I've Had) The Time of My Life during the bar's full frontal assault against him.
- The "thievin' greasy wizards" were a reference to Gandalf.
- Moments before cutting Deadpal from his body, Deadpool shouts "Game over, man!," a line from the film Aliens.
- An angel, the Slender Man, a Pikachu, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, a unicorn, and a crystalline pyramid depicting Gerry Duggan, Jordie Bellaire, Mike Hawthorne, Joe Sabino, Heather Antos, Jordan D. White, and Terry Pallot are among the entities visible within the Collector's collection.