We made a lot of fun of “Deadpool” over on the pull list because it was #49.1, and we think decimals belong on cash registers, not on issue numbers.

But it was still a lot of fun, as “Deadpool” tends to be, because it was basically a huge pile of song parodies accompanied by ridiculous imagery, like that run of “Captain America” back in the ’80s that nobody talks about.

It was a different time.

Anyway, Jordan White, the editor, sacrificed his dignity and self-respect for our amusement and recorded the whole thing with bongos, a ukelele, and his quite pleasant singing voice, while Daniel Way contributed guitars and bass in a few moments on the track. You’ll find the whole thing under the jump and before you ask? Yes, you can download it.
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It was only last weekend that Rob Liefeld told the crowd at the Amazing Arizona Comic-Con that he “may or may not” have seen eight minutes of Deadpool test footage based on the R-rated script:

I may or may have not seen some sort of test of footage that would blow your mind if you saw it and go holy crap and that’s Deadpool in costume. Katana swords, guns, shooting people’s faces off and making me laugh. And I may or may not have seen something that looks just like that. And you’ve got what would amount to the first R Rated X-Men movie. Because that script is R Rated. They may or may not have wanted to shoot eight minutes to see how it would play. And all I can tell you, it’s close. It’s closer that it’s even been to going, or going Naaah, that’s too scary a proposition to make a R Rated Deadpool movie. [transcribed by BleedingCool]

We didn’t post about it at the time because we put rumors from Liefeld in the same place we put rumors from Mark Millar and movie ideas Quentin Tarantino says he’s working on: in a file marked, “That’ll be cool if it ever actually goes into production.” It’s between the files marked “Kittens in a brandy snifter” and “drawings of Deadpool riding various unicorns”. As you can see, we are dedicated to bringing you the resources you need to thrive in today’s fast-paced economy.

Now we can move Liefeld’s statement into the “Holy crap, this probably did happen” file, because Coventry Telegraph is reporting the film is likely to go into production this year with Ryan Reynolds still signed to play the awesome, fourth-wall-breaking Deadpool. They also report 20th Century Fox wants to film another Wolverine movie with Hugh Jackman this year, but I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear that.

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Welcome to Gamma Squad’s regular Friday comic book cosplay feature, spotlighting the best superhero (and villain) related costuming from the cosplay community.  We’re casting the spotlight onto those cosplayers who we think deserve special recognition for coming up with the best costumes, whatever the budget, and the photographers who capture them for posterity.

Gamma Squad is committed to giving a voice to the cosplay community that thrives in groups like TheSuperheroCostumingForum.com. Each week we spotlight our favorite costumes and each month we host a cosplay contest. We’ll be picking a theme for each month and inviting cosplayers, costumers and photographers to submit related pictures of their work to our Flickr group to be considered. We’ll then pick our top choices and post them on Gamma Squad for the adoration of all.

The theme for the upcoming month is:

• Spider-man and Friends
  

But in the meantime, let’s continue with this week’s selection.

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Welcome to Gamma Squad’s regular Friday comic book cosplay feature, spotlighting the best superhero (and villain) related costuming from the cosplay community.  We’re casting the spotlight onto those cosplayers who we think deserve special recognition for coming up with the best costumes, whatever the budget, and the photographers who capture them for posterity.

Gamma Squad is committed to giving a voice to the cosplay community that thrives in groups like TheSuperheroCostumingForum.com. Each week we spotlight our favorite costumes and each month we host a cosplay contest. We’ll be picking a theme for each month and inviting cosplayers, costumers and photographers to submit related pictures of their work to our Flickr group to be considered. We’ll then pick our top choices and post them on Gamma Squad for the adoration of all.

The theme for the upcoming month is:

But in the meantime, let’s continue with this week’s selection.

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After our X-men theme week, we return to Gamma Squad’s regular Friday comic book cosplay feature, spotlighting the best superhero (and villain) related costuming from the cosplay community. The last few weeks have seen lots of activity in the cosplay community at cons , with events organized by groups like TheSuperheroCostumingForum.com, so we look forward to spotlighting some of these activities over the coming weeks.

Gamma Squad is committed to giving a voice to the cosplay community. Each week we spotlight our favorite costumes and each month we host a cosplay contest. We’ll be picking a theme for each month and inviting cosplayers, costumers and photographers to submit related pictures of their work to our Flickr group to be considered. We’ll then pick our top choices and post them on Gamma Squad for the adoration of all.

The theme for this month is:

But in the meantime, let’s continue with this week’s selection!

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10. New Avengers #13

Writer: Brian Michael Bendis    Artists: Mike Deodato Jr. & Howard Chaykin

Whatever you say chief.

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