The Merc with the Mouth faces off against the X-Men’s gentleman thief in the summer miniseries.
It’s Ryan Reynolds vs. Channing Tatum — or, at least, their comic book counterparts. Marvel Entertainment announced a “Deadpool vs. Gambit” comic book miniseries to launch this summer.
The series, written by “Thrilling Adventure Hour” creators Ben Acker and Ben Blacker with art by Danilo Beyruth, according to ComicBook.com, will reveal the previously unknown pre-X-Men relationship of the two characters. Apparently this centers around the two working together as con artists who repeatedly double-cross each other.
It’s unlikely to be coincidence that the series showcases the stars of Fox’s current X-Men-related hit movie, and the currently in-development superhero movie featuring Tatum as the fan-favorite X-Men comic book cast member. This summer will also see Marvel launch a branding titled “Apocalypse Wars” to run across its three core X-Men series coinciding with the release in theaters of Fox’s X-Men: Apocalypse.
The five-issue Deadpool vs. Gambit series will debut in stores and digitally in June.