In a movie packed to the brim with one ridiculous set piece after the other, perhaps Deadpool 2's most memorable one was the assemblage - and swift dissamblage - of the title character's X-Force. High winds, helicopter blades, tree chippers, metropolitan busses and a surprise Brad Pitt cameo gave fans a hilarious scene that saw the team come apart (literally) almost as quickly as they had come together. The interview process to join Wade Wilson's team was, in DP's signature style, less than stringent and apparently his hiring strategies carry over into the comics, as seen in Deadpool: 10 from writer Kelly Thompson and artist Gerardo Sandoval.
The issue, a tie-in to the epic and ongoing King in Black saga, sees Deadpool still serving as the King of the Monsters and ruling over the Island Formerly Known as Staten (long story). As Knull and his symbiote army continues to lay siege to the planet, Deadpool reluctantly decides he's got to do something to help. But he's not going to be able to do so alone. He's going to need a fresh team, because, in his own words, "this is a tie-in event, man. It's go big or go home time." But in order to join the team, first comes the interview process.
Much like in the movie, the Merc with a Mouth treats his team's vetting about as seriously and nonchalantly as fans would expect of the character. DP immediately welcomes the monster Fishhead to the team, seemingly just for the novelty of having a weird human/fish hybrid around. Hurl tries out for the team, but Deadpool tells the gelatinous, multi-eyed, teleporting monster that he'll keep him on standby so that other team members won't be vomiting on themselves. On the other hand, he dismisses one of his candidates outright for being too handsome and normal looking. While Deadpool also accepts Mister Frosty - a sentient snowman who speaks exclusively in ice puns - he candidly admits to Elsa Bloodstone that he was really hoping various member of the Wu-Tang Clan would have tried out. "Recruiting them to the team or protecting them with our lives is obviously our number one priority," he says of the hip hop group that originally hailed from the Island Formerly Known as Staten.
With his motley crew assembled - which, among others, also includes the alien Quonian, the dinosaur-esque Sauron and Kohlabb the Pile, who DP describes as a "monster made up of tiny man-baby monsters" - Deadpool heads to action. Unfortunately, exactly six and a half minutes after heading into the conflict, the team is already on the losing end of a battle with one of Knull's symbiote dragons. Mister Frosty is devoured and Jeff the Landshark is infected by the symbiote. Wade himself is nearly overtaken as well, but he chops off his own arm before the symbiote can take control. Basically, things could have gone better.
Whether it's on the screen or on the page, it's clear that Deadpool, no matter how earnest or well-intentioned his reasons are, probably isn't the type of person who should be trusted with assembling super teams, though the recruitment process and nigh-inevitable destruction of the group always makes for some good fun. Maybe things would have turned out better if Wu-Tang actually had shown up. At the very least, Deadpool could have reached out to Dopinder for help.