Deadpool has to be the biggest evidence against the theory that Marvel is intentionally screwing over its own characters just to spite Fox. I’ve been hearing this more-and-more in regards to the Fantastic Four, despite how weakly their example holds up, considering that the Thing is in a Guardians of the Galaxy book (for some reason) - which, last I checked, has its film rights owned by Disney, whilst the Thing, whether there’s a Four or not, has his owned by Fox.
You’d think if this were true, they’d stop producing Deadpool comics after the Deadpool film was released - much less during promotion, but what have we seen during and since? That’s right: MORE Deadpool comics! Seriously, even after Deadpool in X-Force, guest appearances of Deadpool in the Hulk, Deadpool Corps, Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe, Deadpool Kills Deadpool; There has been Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars, Deadpool vs Thanos, The Wedding of Deadpool, Spider-Man/Deadpool, and probably new and exciting installments on the way such as: Deadpool and the X-Men, Deadpool Comes to America, Deadpool’s The Meaning of Life, Deadpool: Redemption, Mr. Deadpool’s Neighborhood and many more. Of course, featuring Deadpool and all your favorite cast such as Lady Deadpool, Headpool, Kidpool, Dogpool, and rumors of (pzzt! it’s really secret!) Gwenpool making a guest appearance.
My point is, Deadpool is really overexposed lately, has been for years, to the point of rivalling Wolverine in the 90s, and Marvel and even you, yes you: the reader, seem to have every intention of keeping it that way. The movie was just the logical extension of this, and no company, no matter how greedy or petty if is, as Marvel is been accused of being, is gonna shaft a product that brings in the moolah even if another company profits out of it through other ventures. If you want to see shelves of Fantastic Four, Wolverine (just Logan, not X-23 or Old Man, just Logan), and Namor the Sub-Mariner at your stores, fucking buy their books. And I don’t mean crisis crossovers that they so happened to appear in, I mean actual books with their titles on them. And once you’re done doing that, recommend them to any friend who might be interested to buy them too. That’s how you keep your favorite characters.
