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Princess Deadpool: Marvel's New Symbiote Hero is Here!
Get ready for some symbiote madness, Marvel fans! Deadpool and Carnage, those two insanely chaotic characters, have created something totally unexpected: a new symbiote hero, Princess Deadpool, and it is both unexpected and also totally amazing. This completely new creation was unveiled in Venom War: Deadpool #2 (by Cullen Bunn and Rob Di Salvo). This article explains exactly why this mashup works so well and just what happened in that new installment of Venom War. If you're ready for spoilers, dive on in! But if you want this experience unspoiled, turn away now!
Remember Princess, that symbiote dog from earlier? Deadpool considers her his daughter (Carnage remains a little more ambiguous). She's a symbiote herself–and they really do thrive when they find the right host; creating one amazing and also strangely unexpected team-up; merging both symbiote and Deadpool together in that fateful issue–making a completely new superhero with a killer costume!
In Venom War: Deadpool #2, Deadpool and Princess team up with a horde of monsters; this army from Monster Metropolis fights zombiotes (undead symbiotes) threatening New York (and the entire world!). Those zombiotes are far from the only immediate threat, as this storyline reveals even greater dangers.
Poison (Jimmy Hudson, Wolverine's son from Earth-1610), a character changed through an alien symbiote-like infection, snaps, targeting other monsters! To save herself, Princess bonds with Deadpool —becoming the all-new Princess Deadpool!
Princess Deadpool has a “Venomized” style; but is enhanced in surprising and intensely creative ways. Since Princess is a dog without a host, she retains dog-like features, making her design much more unique. This also conveys the kind of ferocious nature implied by this very symbiote which shows its effectiveness in this kind of merging. It showcases that incredible merging perfectly and the immense, almost brutal effectiveness of that merging. Those amazing details show off why the costume design truly deserves all the accolades!
That whole “symbiote daughter” thing is pretty wild! Harrower, that totally crazy villain from the Absolute Carnage storyline, planted a Carnage symbiote piece in Deadpool! It grew and emerged! Yet there's more–it bonded to Deadpool; becoming totally fiercely loyal to him; almost eerily loyal – not only because it leveraged his insane healing factor, but also through absorbing parts of Deadpool’s personality. This bond happened far quicker than initially expected; further highlighting how well Deadpool's influence truly affects that very symbiote!
And this makes Princess Deadpool's second daughter (there's Ellie too – showing off more about that incredibly strong familial nature which is not seen everywhere! It is really something very special and memorable). Princess fought alongside Deadpool (and that incredible Deadpool Corps) as seen in Deadpool Vol 10 (this installment happens AFTER those events in Venom War) and shows off the amazing strength of this particular bonding.
This isn’t Deadpool’s first symbiote adventure! There's Venompool (from a What If…? comic initially), yet it eventually becomes its own character and separate universe entity! This version’s been everywhere, including many multiversal Deadpool Corps stories.
A crazy notion presents itself! This shows off the great potential for the future: A Venompool/Princess Deadpool team-up! An improbable idea but definitely a possibility that has incredible crossover potential which has enormous value for audience engagement, expanding the entire appeal of this unexpected new character and demonstrating its appeal!
Princess Deadpool might just be a very brief appearance but it quickly captures attention, this is amazing: it takes that standard "Venomized" hero trope and adds something totally unique— making an insanely powerful new character through a truly clever approach to established symbiote characters and a totally chaotic protagonist which resulted in the unexpected yet insanely cool design! The immense possibility from creating entirely new symbiote heroes presents amazing new and unpredictable storyline potential. That killer name, that awesome costume—they’re going to capture the imagination of audiences everywhere! Let's see what the future holds!