Deadpool is not always Marvel's most reliable team player, and he rubs a lot of people the wrong way -- this is why he's often one of the names in a title that includes the word "versus." In this case, BLACK PANTHER VS. DEADPOOL #1. Daniel Kibblesmith, writer of LOCKJAW as well as a staff writer at "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," has come up with a scenario that involves the Merc with a Mouth and Wakandan royalty, so Marvel.com spoke with him to see how in the world this could have happened.

Marvel.com: So -- Black Panther and Deadpool. Seems like a match made in only the most terrible version of Heaven, but surely a great source for a story. Can you tell us about the birth of this crazy (delightful) idea?

Daniel Kibblesmith: I was finishing up the LOCKJAW miniseries (on sale in paperback now, if you want a book about a hippo-sized teleporting dog who lives on the moon, finding his lost puppy siblings with the help of his bearded, gay, recently dumped, ex-wrestler sidekick). LOCKJAW editor Wil Moss and I bumped into each other at a screening of "Marvel Studios' Avengers: Infinity War." It was our first IRL meeting, despite me working a few blocks away at the Colbert show, and he mentioned wanting to find our next project. The next day he emailed me the best idea for a 2018 Marvel miniseries that I ever heard.

Marvel.com: Deadpool is in search of vibranium in order to save someone who became collateral damage during a Deadpool tussle. Is he being driven by guilt or the opportunity to be a hero?

Daniel Kibblesmith: Right?! Because he's Deadpool! So who knows?! He could be doing it out of guilt, or for the money, or because it's the right thing to do, or for the money, or even for the money! It could be anything! Our opens with Deadpool on a civic responsibility kick trying to help out his community, and he blows it spectacularly on Day One. So his part of the story is all about trying to make things right, and in the end we might find out the person Deadpool was really mad at... was himself. But probably not, he's probably just mad at Black Panther.