Deadpool and Cable: Split-Second didn't have any splash pages, and honestly wasn't worth breaking format for, so we move on. One of Marvel's sporadic returns to the Annual format. I wonder if these sell better than if you just released them as a randomly titled Deadpool one-shot? This one came out during the Duggan/Posehn run, but as it references none of Deadpool's status quo, could probably have taken place any time since the Gail Simone run.
The gist of this one is the Chameleon is somehow tracking Spidey's every move, enacting a form of slow psychological torture on an increasingly exhausted and freaked out webslinger. He can't be sure anyone is who they say they are, and the threat never goes away entirely. On the plus side, no one can be like Deadpool but himself, so that's one bit of certainty.
When Chameleon manages to tag Spidey with a sedative, Deadpool hides him in a broom closet and switches costumes, putting himself in the open to try and lure out Chameleon. And kill him. He does intend to remove Spidey's mask first, so everyone will know it wasn't Spider-Man who did it.
So most of the issue is Wade trying to be Spider-Man. Stopping a mugger, dealing with rude New Yorkers (who are more sour on Spidey than usual because we're just past the whole Superior Spider-Man fiasco), and stopping an animal-themed villain with a stupid plan. This is the comic where Deadpool, dressed as Spidey, declares Spider-Man a 'champion against dumb!'
This comic is entirely inessential to either character, but it knows that and is just funny.
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