Concept Art Reveals Cut Deadpool & Wolverine Scene in Marvel Universe

“Deadpool & Wolverine” isn’t shy about taking shots at the shortcomings of Marvel Studios in recent years. Wade Wilson, welcoming Logan to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, mentions that he’s joining at a low point. Alongside a spot-on observation about “The Wizard of Oz,” Wade tries to stop the recently arrived Deadpool Corps from causing issues on Earth-10005 by pointing out the disappointing chapters of The Multiverse Saga. Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool describes the ongoing franchise as having “miss after miss after miss,” and he’s not entirely wrong, as box office numbers and reviews have shown several times.

However, “Deadpool & Wolverine” almost included an amazing parallel universe that could have introduced a new division of Marvel movies, potentially shaking up the creative side of the studio.

In a new piece of concept art shared by Andy Park, the leader of visual development at Marvel Studios, he reveals that one of the alternate universes Wade would have traveled through would have been vastly different — a Marvel Comics Universe where all the Avengers appeared as different illustrated versions from various legendary comic book artists. Deadpool himself would have appeared as an animated comic version. Check out Andy Park’s concept below!

As you can see, Deadpool would have encountered an assembly of The Avengers. Many of them are classic versions of the characters from decades ago, with at least one contemporary version among them. Andy Park challenged fans to pinpoint which artists inspired the versions of the characters seen above, and we think we’ve figured them all out.

Deadpool is depicted in the style of Rob Liefeld, the character’s creator, and it’s no coincidence that his feet aren’t visible in this shot. He even has his profanity censored by the Comics Code Authority. Then, John Romita’s version of The Incredible Hulk, Walt Simonson’s Thor, Mark Bright’s Silver Centurion Iron Man, and Hawkeye appear to be from Jack Kirby. The most modern hero here, other than Deadpool, is Jim Lee’s ’90s version of Black Widow.

For Captain America, it looks like Jack Kirby’s classic design, but the unique version of Captain America’s shield left us puzzled. This specific reference must have caught Andy Park’s eye, but we couldn’t identify its origin in Marvel Comics history. Perhaps a more avid comic book fan out there can pinpoint the definitive answer.

Honestly, it would’ve been thrilling to see this universe in action, making one wonder why Marvel Studios hasn’t ventured into animated movies yet, especially with the success of “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.” An animated universe offers myriad exciting possibilities and creative opportunities, both visually and narratively. It would enable the exploration of more unusual stories from Marvel Comics, along with a variety of stunning adaptations of heroes and villains. Rather than only expanding the MCU in live-action and keeping animation for television, Marvel should consider bringing something animated like this to the big screen.