There’s a good chance that when you finished watching Deadpool and Wolverine last year, you found yourself wanting to know more about Marvel’s favorite mutants. While the two comic book characters have decades of history on the printed page and in other forms of media, it can be daunting for newcomers to dive into that morass of crossovers, team-ups, and mini-series. Fortunately, the upcoming Marvel’s Deadpool and Wolverine: The Illustrated History Box Set will bring you up to speed on the mutant duo, as it’s available now to preorder for $50 ahead of its June 17 release.
$50 | Releases June 17
This boxset collects two hardcover encyclopedias, Wolverine: Creating Marvel’s Legendary Mutant and Deadpool: Drawing the Merc with a Mouth. Both books are packaged inside a new illustrated slipcase. One side references Wolverine’s infamous Enemy of the State storyline, while the back features Deadpool parodying it.
Originally published separately under the Insight Edition banner, these books cover each character’s origins, iconic storylines, and more. Each book is full of classic comic covers, panels, and other art from the Marvel Comics archives, as well as exclusive interviews with Marvel Comics artists and writers, including Fabian Nicieza, Mark Waid, Joe Kelly, Reilly Brown, John Byrne, Jim Lee, Chris Claremont, and Frank Miller.
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If you’re interested in reading the comics these encyclopedias cover, you can grab a collection of Deadpool and Wolverine crossover comic compilations featuring the heroes. Deadpool vs. Wolverine released last year and collects several of the pair’s comic appearances from 1988 to 1999 into a 336-page omnibus. There’s also Deadpool & Wolverine: WWIII, which collects the duo’s latest team-up storyline from 2024.
If you’re interested in going behind the scenes on the pair’s recent MCU appearance, there’s the Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine: The Art of the Movie, which features never-before-seen images and artwork from the blockbuster. There’s also the recently released Deadpool & Wolverine: Exposed – Photos From the Set for a photographic tour of the movie.
More Deadpool and Wolverine books
Of course, grabbing the Deadpool and Wolverine movie on Blu-ray is another great way to experience this unlikely friendship. The fanciest edition of the film, the steelbook, is currently in stock and has been discounted. There are two versions available, so you can grab either a Deadpool or Wolverine steelbook cover for your collection. Or both, if you’re a completionist. Walmart also has stock of its exclusive edition, which features a pop-up collage in the sleeve of the duo facing an army of Deadpools from the multiverse.
If you’d prefer to save a few bucks, the regular 4K edition is also available for $30, and all editions come with a standard Blu-ray version of the film and a digital streaming code for it.
