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Deadpool (1997-2002) #23 by Alp Altiner, Livesay, Joe Kelly, Walter McDaniel, Whitney McFarland
3.0

In this issue, we begin with Monty reminiscing over the past. He goes over his readings- 1) an alien life form will come to earth in the late 20th century and bring peace and prosperity, 2)a malevolent being will kill the alien messiah and destroy the peace unless the messiah is protected by the Mithras, 3) that the four of them (Culloden, Noah, Monty and Dixon) would witness the destruction of the tiamat, 4) that Deadpool is the Mithras, and 5) that the Tiamat is too strong and the Mithras will die.

Meanwhile, Deadpool is getting read for the fight. Culloden is there, but only in holographic form. They discuss Noahs death and ensure that there's nothing between them that will come up and distract them during the fight. And then it begins. They go to where Noah and the other three were killed. At this time, on another planet called Dr'azim, the people are very excited for the arrival of the messiah.

And in San Francisco, Al is making Deadpool a welcome home cake for when/if he returns. Gerry drops in and takes a swipe of it (running it) and says its too bad that Wade will miss the cake. Later, a troop of three come in to Deapools house for Al. Gerry says something that tells us that he was the one that trained Dixon.

Deadpool and Culloden walk into a room and discover that the thing the Tiamat was in has been there the whole time, buried under the floor of the building. They go into the ship which is covered in hieroglyphics, which tells them that the Tiamat must have some precognitive power like Monty. Then they get attacked by large alien bee-like creatures. As usual Deapool style, he rambles off a narration while he goes to town taking out all of the creatures. Afterwards, Culloden warns him not to get too cocky because they weren't the creature they were there for.

Back in the War Room at LL&L, Dixon is ordering a new employee around and Monty is panicking because he realized that he predicted something new about this day, but that Dixon had wiped his mind before he told anyone else. Dixon attacks Monty and then shuts down teleportation units.

Back in the alien ship, the Tiamat appears. While Deapool and the Tiamat are fighting, Culloden is reading the hieroglyphics on the walls which shows the fight step by step. Just as she's about to warn Deadpool that the Tiamat knows how this will end, and therefore knows what to do to win, Dixon pulls her out of the holographic machine so she can't warn him. Back at LL&L Dixon confesses that he's been using Deadpool and that he knows Deadpool will die and a "second string" will go in and finish the Tiamat off. When Zoe starts to fight back, Dixon hits her which is the last straw for Monty. Monty attacks Dixon and tells Zoe to go, to teleport to Deadpool. Meanwhile, Deapool has crawled back to Noah and taken his teleportation belt and teleported back to his home. When Culloden gets there, Deadpool is being comforted by Al and there is a bomb on the wall, and it explodes.

Back at LL&L, Dixon's "second string" has appeared (Captain America) and it's clear that Dixon has told him that he is the Mithras that will save the world.

Favorite line:
"Now, were you TRYING to hit every branch when you fell out of the ugly tree...or were you just plain lucky?"