Mortal Kombat 11 Spawn Skin Looks A Lot Like Deadpool

To be clear, Spawn’s alternate skin is not a Deadpool skin – it’s a simple recolor of Spawn’s normal skin. The model itself doesn’t change in any significant way and there are no big details pointing toward it being Deadpool related. Other than the coloring, it’s very much just Spawn. The coloring does hint at Deadpool, however. It features blood-red coloring with black accents across the entire skin, very much like Deadpool’s costume. Spawn’s glowing eyes also add to the Deadpool look.

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The Spawn skin’s coloring looks so much like Deadpool that one of the antihero’s original creators even noticed. Rob Liefeld, the iconic and controversial comic book writer and artist, posted a photo of Spawn’s red skin to Twitter. “So Spawn in Mortal Kombat has a DEADPOOL skin??? Nice.” is all Liefeld has to say. NetherRealm may see this as a warning, though, as Liefeld is notoriously prone to filing lawsuits.

If even one of the creators of Deadpool can see what NetherRealm was going for, then the connection must be clear– it’s not just anyone’s imagination. And given NetherRealm’s propensity for adding in references as it’s able, it’s safe to say this was very intentional.

That said, it’s still just a recolored skin. There are no Deadpool audio lines and no unique animations that would be more appropriate for Deadpool, just Spawn with a blood-red suit.

Spawn is the final DLC character in Mortal Kombat 11’s Kombat Pack. There are rumors that a second Kombat Pack is in the works, though. If any of Mortal Kombat 11’s potential future DLC characters haven’t been decided on yet, now NetherRealm knows who should be at the top of the list. How great would it be to have a dual katana-wielding Deadpool fighting alongside Spawn, the Joker, and the Mortal Kombat 11 roster? Expect news about future DLC plans in the months to come.

Mortal Kombat 11 is available now on Google Stadia, Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

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