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Deadpool (1997-2002) #25 by Walden Wong, Joe Kelly, Walter McDaniel, Whitney McFarland
3.0

In this issue, we pick up with Captain America preparing to battle. Meanwhile, under a park bench, in Gerry's little home, Al and Culloden are asking him what, exactly, is going on. Gerry tells them that he was the one that swooped in and saved them from the explosion at Deadpools house. However, when Deadpool came to, he realized what had been going on, freaked out, and teleported away. Then, Gerry uses his magic to send Culloden to save Monty before it's too late.

Then Gerry and Al time hop to a battle between Deadpool and Sasquatch (which happened back in issue #1). Gerry tells Al that they can only see these events, they can't interact with them, but that their mission is to find present Deadpool, who had also time hopped back there. In the past, the three witness past Culloden and Noah calling him a hero. Back in the present, Gerry is having trouble convincing Deadpool to join the battle so Al has a go trying to give him a pep talk.

Meanwhile, the Tiamat is approaching Egypt getting ready to battle who he and his people call the Destroyer, but Dixon has been calling the Messiah. Once the Tiamat reaches Egypt, Captain America is there to start the fight. Captain notices that the Tiamat seems to be holding himself in a way that proves to Captain that the Tiamat truly believes he is fighting on the right side of things. Things are not going very well for Captain America, and luckily Deapool jumps in. However, the Messiah/Destroyer has landed and has put many people all across the world in a trance, called the "bliss effect." They are all happy, but they no longer have free will. Deadpool attacks the Messiah and for a short time their souls merge. Deadpool shows the Messiah that he truly believes he is doing the right thing, and Deadpool wins the battle. The bliss effect is dropped.

In the aftermath, there is still some confusion. No one knows what happened to the Tiamat. No one (except for Deadpool) knows why he suddenly turned on the Messiah. The government is confused by the entire situation and dismisses it as a incident of space weapon research. Monty is released from his job, and Dixon loses his mind and gets locked up.