After Dinah Soar's death,[9] Mr. Immortal suffers a nervous breakdown, leading Flatman and Doorman to search for new members.

During the battle, Flatman offers to recruit him and Grasshopper quickly accepts, only to be instantly killed by Zaran, one of Batroc's minions.

Shortly afterwards, the cosmic entity Oblivion summoned him declaring that he could prove useful to him because of his connection to the Darkforce Dimension, akin to Deathurge, who had been recently captured by Mr. Immortal.

Taking Deathurge's place, Doorman took Maelstrom to the afterlife, after he was tricked into killing himself by Mr. Immortal, and was able to return to the GLA.

After receiving a subpoena from the real Avengers and discovering that they were all mutants, the team decided to change their name to the Great Lakes X-Men, complete with new costumes.

[2] During the GLX-Mas Special, the team confronted Dr. Tannenbaum, who had released an army of living Christmas trees on the citizens of Wisconsin.

He had not come back to visit his father but rather to collect his soul, as he had fallen off the roof while setting up Christmas lights and died.

The revelation of DeMarr's new role in the universe greatly pleased his father, who couldn't wait to brag to all his friends in heaven about how his son was the new angel of death.

[14][15] The Great Lakes Initiative attempt to rescue Dionysus from A.I.M., during which Squirrel Girl kicks Deadpool out of the group.

As an Angel of Death, he possesses the additional abilities of flying at high speeds, creating Darkforce constructs, and perceiving supernatural beings.