Deadpool v. Gambit

• Title — Deadpool V Gambit • Schedule — Monthly • Format — Limited series • Publisher — Marvel Comics • Date — August – November 2016 • Issues — 5 • Main Char Team — Deadpool Gambit • Writers — Ben Acker Ben Blacker • Artists — Danilo Beyruth • Tpb — Deadpool V Gambit: The "V" is for "Vs." • Isbn — 978-1302901790

Deadpool V Gambit is part of a line of Deadpool-oriented limited series, which includes Deadpool vs. X-Force (2014), Deadpool vs. Carnage (2014), Hawkeye vs. Deadpool (2014-2015), Deadpool vs. Thanos (2015), and Deadpool vs. The Punisher (2017). Marvel announced the miniseries at the 2016 conference of the Comics Professional Retail Organization, the trade organization for comic book specialty shops. The series' creation was influenced by the release of the Deadpool film, which was then enjoying box office and critical success, a Gambit film that was in development, and of the then recently released Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, of which the title of the series is in reference to. The series made frequent use of some lesser known characters, especially from the Iron Fist franchise, and Acker noted that "It's just as fun to elevate lesser-known characters as it is to bring popular characters down to our level." Blacker mentioned that they had submitted a proposal to expand the miniseries into a full Deadpool v. Gambit ongoing series, which he hoped would be approved in early 2017, although it was ultimately rejected, leaving Deadpool V Gambit a simple miniseries.

The series remained in the Diamond Comic Distributors Top 100 Comics list for its entire publication run. The first issue peaked at 37th for overall sales in June 2016, with a dollar ranking of 28th, selling an estimated 65,773 issues. The series fell in rank during the publication's run, and its lowest point was 79th in August 2016 with 38,173 issues, though the final issue did move back up to 75th. Deadpool V Gambit: The "V" is for "Vs." -- Comichron and Diamond Comic Distributors • Issue — Rank — Units (est.) — Ref • 1 — 37 — 65,773 • 2 — 48 — 49,815 • 3 — 69 — 42,561 • 4 — 77 — 38,173 • 5 — 75 — 36,316