Ryan Reynolds, in character as Deadpool, crashed Marvel Studios’ presentation at San Diego Comedian-Con 2026. It stays to be seen if this was an indication that Marvel followers can anticipate Deadpool to point out up in “Avengers: Doomsday” and/or “Secret Wars.”
What stood out because the weirdest half is Reynolds wasn’t sporting Deadpool’s common red-and-black go well with, however a recolored variant created from denim. Each Deadpool and Reynolds himself are Canadian, and Reynolds confirmed in a Threads put up the costume was meant as Deadpool’s tackle a Canadian tuxedo (a denim jacket + denim pants outfit).
Quickly after, Reynolds made a Marvel pun on Twitter/X by writing the go well with was coloured “Jean Gray” and sharing a video of himself on the SDCC flooring interacting with followers.
The followers bought Deadpool off the bottom so a few years in the past. Yesterday, 10 years after the primary movie and precisely 2 years after Deadpool & Wolverine, I felt so fortunate to be on the #SDCC flooring with everybody whose unapologetic devotion brings a lot pleasure to this world. pic.twitter.com/IM7DSIjNfs
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) July 26, 2026
However earlier than the denim texture was revealed, low high quality photographs taken at SDCC had many Marvel followers believing Reynolds was sporting a Deadpool go well with straight from the comics. Particularly, Wade’s white-grey and black costume from “Uncanny X-Power,” created by author Rick Remender and by artist Jerome Opeña. (See under.)
That risk had Marvel followers, together with this one, fairly excited. Twitter/X consumer @Kebbiking2 posted some hypothesis about what an X-Power-styled Deadpool may imply if he does present up in “Doomsday” or “Secret Wars.” Reddit consumer Superb-Insect442 likewise reacted to the go well with, writing, “If we get ‘Uncanny X-Power’ with a great story for the staff (not primarily a Deadpool film, however actually X-Power), then let’s roll.”
“Uncanny X-Power” additionally comprises one of many best renditions of Deadpool ever, one which exhibits a extra honest aspect from the Merc with a Mouth. It is a comedian that followers are proper to wish to see as a film affect, particularly because the X-Males take heart stage within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (and Reynolds’ Deadpool wants a brand new area of interest in it).
Uncanny X-Power places Deadpool in an uncommon function
As you would possibly know from X-Power’s latest look in “X-Males ’97” Season 2 (the place the title sequence even modified to point out off X-Power as an alternative of the X-Males), X-Power is a deadly black ops staff. Members thus are typically the extra bloodthirsty mutants. The core “Uncanny X-Power” staff is Wolverine, Psylocke, Fantomex, Archangel, and Deadpool. Wade takes on an uncommon function on this staff: the conscience.Â
The opening arc of the comedian, “Apocalypse Answer,” is X-Power assembling to assassinate a newly reborn Apocalypse. However this time, Apocalypse is barely a baby with none reminiscences of being the worst super-villain on this planet. Deadpool, who loves children, would not wish to hurt him.Â
With out moving into too particular spoilers, a central query hanging over “Uncanny X-Power” is that if the kid Apocalypse — dubbed Evan Sabahnur — can avert his nature; will the scorpion nonetheless sting the frog this time? The ending of the comedian affirms that sure, he can: Evan is given each motive to show evil however would not. Deadpool turns into a little bit of a cool uncle determine to him; they share a heartwarming dialog within the last challenge, #35, the place Evan calls Deadpool a hero. Wade, uncharacteristically, is sort of speechless.
“The Apocalypse Answer” could be very a lot a riff on the “Would you kill child Hitler?” ethical query, to not point out the religious inspiration for “Deadpool 2” the place Wade has to guard younger mutant Russell Collins (Julian Dennison). Cable (Josh Brolin) desires to kill Russell as a result of he’ll develop as much as be a tyrant, however Deadpool desires to show the child to be higher as an alternative. (Word how Cable’s common aim within the comics is to kill Apocalypse.)
Marvel followers ought to learn Rick Remender and Jerome Opeña’s Uncanny X-Power
“Deadpool 2” additionally featured Wade placing collectively an X-Power staff, however as a gag; all of them, barring Domino (Zazie Beetz), died parachuting into their mission. The ending of the movie urged a extra correct X-Power led by Deadpool, Cable, and Domino could be coming, however clearly “Deadpool 3” went in a a lot totally different course to staff up Wade and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman). That leaves starvation for a correct “X-Power” film unsated. Such a film ought to completely look to the superlative “Uncanny X-Power,” which has loads extra to supply past only a nice Deadpool, too.
The comedian bounces throughout alternate dimensions and, as per common with Apocalypse tales, there’s frequent cybernetic physique horror. Jerome Opeña’s expertise at character design come by clearest with a brand new, extra terrifying tackle Apocalypse’s Horsemen, like a Minotaur-shaped mutant as battle or an immortal Accomplice soldier as famine. (These “Remaining Horsemen” additionally not too long ago made the leap to animation in “X-Males ’97.”)
Opeña makes the unusual worlds of “Uncanny X-Power” all look actually alien, complemented by his colorist Dean White’s nearly neon greens and purples palette. Combined with bloody motion, “Uncanny X-Power” would not look fairly like your typical superhero comedian. As Marvel followers anticipate X-Power’s second shot on the large display screen, studying “Uncanny X-Power” is pretty much as good a tide me over as doable.
