Deadpool is getting hitched!

Marvel, ever the tease, closed 2013 by releasing this image to the media - that’s right we are going to have Marvel wedding in April and if this invitation is to go by, it’s going to be bloody one:

Today they have put us out of our misery and announced that the groom will be our very own Merc with a Mouth, Deadpool - which kinda explains the blood splatter.

Nerdist got the exclusive reveal and to chatted with writer Gerry Duggan, who confirmed that it all started as a gag and they just went with it..

The honest answer is that it was written into a Deadpool story, but more or less as a gag, and Jordan D. White, the editor, was like a dog with a bone. He was like, “No, no, no – this is going to be a big deal.” You know, we wrote it, so it’s not like we weren’t behind it. The fun thing has been – after his misadventures, I guess you’d call them, in North Korea, in the story arc “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” he learned a lot about himself and why he is the way he is. He doesn’t really have too much of a life. Yes, this is a knee-jerk reaction from a wounded guy to go out there and sort of do something crazy to sort of jump start a life, but there is a real emotional reason for doing it, so I think that will be the part that will resonate. Then the actual gags of the wedding will be fun too, but there is a real grounding to it, and that’s what will make it fun to explore.

The reveal was accompanied with this rather amazing illustration filled with every character you probably think of and more; including the creative team behind the comic:

No word yet on who the (un?)lucky girl may be or whether it will stick, but at a Deadpool wedding there is sure to be some blood, fun and mayhem.

Deadpool #27 coming to a comicbook shop near you, this April.

Read the full interview with Gerry Duggan at the Nerdist