If you thought you’d seen the last of Deadpool, think again. There’s a whole new all-consuming ad campaign on the way for Deadpool 2, which opens on June 1, 2018. That campaign kicked of in earnest yesterday when Deadpool leading man Ryan Reynolds shared a new image that harkens back to the very first official image of the red and black clad mercenary. Reynolds gave the internet its very first look at Zazie Beetz’s Domino, one of the sequel’s major new characters.

If there’s one comic book character that could put ‘Pool in his place and look like a badass while striking a come hither pose, it’s Domino. As if that image wasn’t enough, Beetz herself shared another image of herself in full Domino gear on Instagram.

If you’re not deeply entrenched in Marvel Comics lore, specifically when it concerns the X-Men, then you’re maybe wondering “Who the hell is Domino?” and “Do we really need another Deadpool movie?” As a diehard Domino fan of 25 years, I can tell you that yes, yes we do need another Deadpool movie–especially since it’s giving us a live-action version of one of the X-Men’s toughest associates. Also, like, come on–Deadpool was a wild romp and totally original in an increasingly crowded genre. A sequel was earned and is welcome.

Back to Domino–she’s a wise-cracking, no-nonsense mercenary-turned-superhero gifted with luck powers and most often associated with the time-traveling cyborg messiah Cable and his X-Force squad. Her real name was later revealed to be Neena Thurman; her codename comes from her mutant power, which boils down to her being lucky. It’s a lot more complicated than that, but it’s easier to just say that things happen to “fall into place” for her. In the comics, her mutation also resulted in her having chalk white skin, which she augmented by getting a black circle tattoo over her left eye. Deadpool 2 updated this by casting Beetz and turning the black tattoo into what looks like vitiligo, which is clever and a major step for representation in the superhero movie world.

To talk about Domino’s personality, I can really only use ’90s slang; she’s bodacious and rad with a major ‘tude, and that’s because she was created during the hype-filled superhero craze of 1991. Superhero comics of that era valued bombast over substance, and hyper-detailed (yet rarely anatomically correct) art took precedence over coherence. Superhero comics had a vibe, and that vibe was MTV Gun-Toting Ninja Terminators. Domino, created by Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza, debuted right in the thick of all of that.

I could see where that description might turn you off. If you think the Marvel Cinematic Universe is confusing, then you’d probably find comics from the early ’90s downright impenetrable. Hell, Domino herself has three different first appearances (a Domino copycat debuted in New Mutants #98, the real Domino debuted in a flashback in X-Force #8, and the real Domino debuted in modern continuity in X-Force #11). If Domino was just a gun-toting babe treated as arm candy for ‘roided out soldier-types, then she probably would have stayed in 1991. Domino didn’t. Instead, she persisted, taking on new complexities as writers expanded her character. A carefree chaos agent, a begrudging mother figure, a soldier, a superhero, a one-woman army–Domino’s been all that and more over the last 26 years.

I’ve often described Domino as the X-Men’s Black Widow (above), and I now realize that the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Black Widow (captivatingly portrayed by Scarlett Johansson) has a lot in common with Domino. Both of them act like they work better alone, but secretly desire the camaraderie of a team. They’re both armed with as many quips as bullets, and they’re not afraid to fire. They’re both relentless, but hide it under layers of self-deprecation (Black Widow’s “I don’t see how that’s a party” and Domino’s “This place is coming apart faster than our battle plan”).

This is who Domino is in the comics, a straightforward straight-shooter that’s not afraid to love’em and leave’em and loves a good brawl. Domino is simultaneously the eyeroll emoji and the wink emoji (and also the gun emoji, because duh).

That’s who Zazie Beetz, a breakout performer form FX’s Atlanta, is playing. Every bit of Van’s tenacity and honesty will be put to use to bring Domino to life, that’s for sure. And Deadpool 2 is directed by David Leitch of Atomic Blonde fame, a director that knows plenty about staging shootouts and showing badass women dominate a fight scene. Ryan Reynolds was unquestionably the star of Deadpool with his mile-a-minute performance, but with Beetz and Leitch bringing Domino to life, this lucky lady is the character to keep your eye on.

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