“The objective was to embarrass me”: the creator of Deadpool cuts the bridges with Marvel

One of the co-creators of the disfigured mercenary, Rob Liefeld, withdrew after a bad experience in the world first of Deadpool & Wolverine.

The designer Rob Liefeldco-creator with the writer Fabian Nicieza character from Dead Poolannounced on his podcast “Robservations” put an end to his collaboration with Marvel. The world’s world premiere Deadpool & Wolverine In New York, last July, was the drop too.

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Here is the story: he and his family were not invited to the post-projection evening Organized by Disney, when they used to participate. Deadpool’s dad also claims that Disney members and Kevin Feige (President of Marvel Studio), ignored him on the red carpet. In addition, photos taken from him with the team of Deadpool & Wolverine have been deleted, and those in which Liefeld appears with his family were the only ones published on the press portal of the event.

“The objective was to embarrass me, to decrease me, to defeat me”he said. For him, “Disney is the decisive factor in this case (…) at that time, I knew deep down that I could not go ahead”. The designer underlines that he never felt injured during the first two films of Dead Pool made with the 20th Century Foxbefore the studio was bought by Disney.

Where would come from This snobbery From Marvel and Disney? Rob Liefeld returns to a request he had made last year, about‘A special credit In Deadpool & Wolverine. The creator asked for more recognition, not a simple mention at the time of the credits. The email was unanswered and was badly taken within Marvel:

“The treatment of creators has never been Marvel’s strength. Without the words, the worlds and the characters we create – and in this specific case, the world of Deadpool -, there are no films to shoot .

Words that echo how comic book creators are largely underpaid. We think in particular of Ed Brubakercreator of Winter Soldierwho only received a cachet of $ 5,000. Liefel affirms at the microphone of his podcast: “Kevin Feige does not treat comics creators well. This is what I retain as experience.”

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However, this is not the first time that the sulphurous designer has made an announcement in this way. In 2024, he had announced on his Instagram:

“I retire from Deadpool. It’s official. Yup, after 33 years not only presentation of Deadpool but also of chronicle of many of his most popular adventures, it is time for Deadpool’s dad to say goodbye. ”

This time, it still seems quite serious, since the information was relayed by The Hollywood Reporterthen by Variety. Rob Liefeld claims that his last contribution will be Marvel comics “Deadpool Team Up”. After more than 30 years of collaboration, is it really finished between the creator of Deadpool and the studio?