Every once in a while, a superhero needs a new costume , and in Deadpool & Wolverine, the Merc with a Mouth gets just that. Alongside his new threads, he gets a new pair of swords to slice people up with. Of course, because it's Deadpool , even the swords have jokes.
Marvel Artist Andy Park was the one tasked with creating Deadpool’s new blades, and he said on Instagram he wanted to upgrade them for the character’s first appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This involved adding a lot of gold to both the hilts and the blades. He also added a little nod to Deadpool’s favorite sitcom .
Officially, the character’s previous swords were named Bea and Arthur, after one of the actresses from The Golden Girls . The new swords upgrade the joke by including a shout-out to all four characters from the show. Check it out.
A post shared by Andy Park (@andyparkart) A photo posted by on It’s unlikely many people noticed the initials on the bottom of the swords since they're never pointed out, and even if you saw them during the film, they were likely difficult to read. There were so many easter eggs in Deadpool & Wolverine , it would be easy to miss this. Still, Andy Park made sure to add the detail anyway, and it’s exactly the sort of thing you’d expect from Deadpool.
One can imagine him getting fitted for his new suit at the TVA and asking somebody to please engrave the swords for him. Honestly, that’s a deleted scene that I wish existed because it would be fantasti.