It's these small-time petty jobs I'm getting. I'm hazy from the memory wipe, but I know I'm better than mercing out lame extras from Sons of Anarchy. I'm Dead-#@%$-pool! I need to let these &#@!$ know I'm back in the merc game, and these pissy little jobs aren't cutting it. I need something... I don't know... bigger. 
Appearing in "Back in Business"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Rocko (First appearance; dies)
- Groffon the Regurger (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- LL Cool J (Voice only) (Topical Reference)
- Kyle Lacon (First appearance)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Mentioned)
- Pender (First appearance)
- Kenny (First appearance)
- Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (Mentioned)
- Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur) (Mentioned)
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Avengers
- Roxxon (Mentioned)
- Thomas Wilson (Photo)
- Man-Thing (Dr. Ted Sallis) (Toy)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Mutants
- Cats (Poster)
- Inhumans (Mentioned)
- Gods (Mentioned)
- Human-Spartax Hybrids
- Zen-Whoberis
- Halfworlders
- Cosmic Beings
- Flora colossi
- Celestials
- Asgardians
- Demons (Behind the scenes)
- Human-Kree Hybrids
- Gurgers (Mentioned)
- Man-Things (Toy)
Locations:
- Earth
- United States of America
- New York
- New York City
- Unnamed cinema (First appearance)
- Liefeld Avenue (First appearance)
- Broadway, Manhattan (Mentioned)
- Westchester County
- Cortlandt
- Croton-on-Hudson
- Fairwoods Mall (First appearance)
- Sweet Stuffs (First appearance)
- Deadpool, Gun/Swords for Hire (First appearance) (Unnamed)
- Sweet Stuffs (First appearance)
- Fairwoods Mall (First appearance)
- Croton-on-Hudson
- Cortlandt
- New York City
- Baltic Avenue (Atlantic City, New Jersey) (Mentioned)
- New York
- United States of America
- Hell (Mentioned)
Items:
- Deadpool's Suit and Katanas
- Oscars
- Rock the Bells (Topical Reference)
- Tabula Rasa (Mentioned)
- Sons of Anarchy (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Rolodex (Topical Reference)
- Monopolize (First appearance)
- Iron Man Armor Model 29 (Extremis Armor)
- Unidentified metal arm prosthesis
- Panther Habit
- Doctor Strange's Cloak
- Captain America's Uniform
- Captain Marvel's Suit
- Shark Tank (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Captain America's Shield (Toy)
Vehicles:
- Motorpool (First appearance)
- Guardians of the Galaxy's ship
- Groffon the Regurger's cycle (First appearance)
Synopsis for "Back in Business"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "Good Night"
Featured Characters:
- Deadpool (Wade Wilson) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
Other Characters:
- Fin Fang Foom (Mentioned)
- Bo (Mentioned)
- Kavan (Mentioned)
- Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr) (Named only)
- Deadpool (Wade Wilson) (Mentioned)
- Negasonic Teenager Warhead (Ellie Phimister) (Mentioned)
- Scottie Young (Mentioned)
- Deadpool (Dr. Wade Wilson) (First appearance; imagination) (Origin revealed)
- Dr. Betty Ross (First appearance; imagination)
- Deadpool (Wade "Wad" Wilson) (First appearance; imagination) (Origin revealed)
- Radioactive Spiders (Imagination)
- Wad's uncle (Mentioned) (Imagination)
- Deadpool (Wade Wilson) (First appearance; imagination) (Origin revealed)
- Pa Wilson (First appearance; imagination)
- Ma Wilson (First appearance; imagination)
- Tom Mueller (First appearance; dies) (Unnamed) (Only in flashback)
- Frankie Mueller (First appearance) (Unnamed) (Main story and flashback)
- Margret Mueller (First appearance; dies) (Unnamed) (Only in flashback)
- Batman (Bruce Wayne) (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Mutants
- Unidentified alien species (First appearance; imagination)
Locations:
- Prime Marvel Universe (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- Westchester County
- Cortlandt
- Croton-on-Hudson
- Fairwoods Mall
- Sweet Stuffs
- Deadpool, Gun/Swords for Hire (Unnamed)
- Sweet Stuffs
- Fairwoods Mall
- Croton-on-Hudson
- Cortlandt
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- Manhattan (Main story and flashback)
- Westchester County
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Unnamed reality (First appearance; imagination)
- Earth (First appearance; imagination)
- United States of America (First appearance; imagination)
- New Mexico (First appearance; imagination)
- Los Diablos Missile Base (First appearance; imagination)
- New Mexico (First appearance; imagination)
- United States of America (First appearance; imagination)
- Earth (First appearance; imagination)
- Unnamed reality (First appearance; imagination)
- Earth (First appearance; imagination)
- United States of America (First appearance; imagination)
- New York (First appearance; imagination)
- New York City (First appearance; imagination)
- Queens (First appearance; imagination)
- Forest Hills (First appearance; imagination)
- Midtown High School (First appearance; imagination)
- Forest Hills (First appearance; imagination)
- Queens (First appearance; imagination)
- New York City (First appearance; imagination)
- New York (First appearance; imagination)
- United States of America (First appearance; imagination)
- Earth (First appearance; imagination)
- Unnamed reality (First appearance; imagination)
- Earth (First appearance; imagination)
- United States of America (First appearance; imagination)
- Kansas (First appearance; imagination)
- United States of America (First appearance; imagination)
- Earth (First appearance; imagination)
Items:
- Magneto's Helmet (Drawing)
- Tabula Rasa (Mentioned)
- Deadpool (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Gamma Ray Projector (First appearance; imagination)
- Gamma Radiation (First appearance; imagination)
- Deadpools' Suits and Katanas (Only in flashback and imagination)
Vehicles:
- Deadpool's rocket (First appearance; imagination)
Synopsis for "Good Night"
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
MERCIN’ FOR A LIVING!
Skottie Young and Nic Klein bring you the craziest tales of the Regeneratin’ Degenerate yet! It’s been a while since Deadpool’s had to merc to make ends meet, but things are tough all over. While Deadpool tries to get his humble mercenary-for-hire business back off the ground, a catastrophic threat so unfathomably huge, so mind-breakingly cataclysmic it defies description, is heading toward Earth, and there’s only ONE PERSON WHO CAN STOP IT!!!
Oh no, wait… it’s not Wade, is it? Oh, %$@#. It’s Wade.Notes
- A behind the scenes video was released by Marvel on YouTube to promote the series:
Go Behind The Scenes of DEADPOOL 1!
Legacy Numbering[]
- Based on the legacy number box on the cover, this issue corresponds to Deadpool #301.