Deadpool #-1

This issue was part of Marvel's 'Flashback' month. In this issue Deadpool’s selection as a candidate in the Weapon X project is decided with help from Montgomery and Zoe Culloden. Zoe goes undercover as a prostitute shadowing Deadpools girlfriend Vanessa Carlysle, they come under attack from a man seeking revenge on Deadpool, through his girlfriend. Zoe steps in and saves Vanessa. Deadpool reveals to his girlfriend that he has incurable cancer and breaks up with her, the reason being, that he won’t let her suffer along with him. His place in the Weapon X project is now certain.