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Deadpool (2008 series)

Deadpool
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Textless variant cover of Deadpool #33 (July 2017).
Art by Jim Lee.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance The New Mutants #98 (February 1991)
Created by Fabian Nicieza
Rob Liefeld
In-story information
Alter ego Wade Winston Wilson
Species Human Mutate
Team affiliations Agency X
Astonishing Avengers
Avengers Unity Division
Code Red
Deadpool Corps
Frightful Four
Great Lakes Initiative
Heroes for Hire
Landau, Luckman, and Lake
Maggia
Mercs for Money
Secret Defenders
S.H.I.E.L.D.
Six Pack
Thunderbolts
Weapon X
X-Force
X-Men
Partnerships Spider-Man
Agent X
Blind Al
Bob, Agent of HYDRA
Cable
Copycat
Domino
Mr. Tolliver
Hellcow
Taskmaster
Weasel
Notable aliases Merc with a Mouth, Regenerating Degenerate, Jack, Wade T. Wilson, Mithras, Johnny Silvini, Thom Cruz, Hulkpool, Wildcard, Zenpool, Weapon XI
Abilities
Deadpool
Cover to Deadpool: The Circle Chase #1.
Artwork by Joe Madureira.
Series publication information
Schedule Monthly
Format (The Circle Chase, vol. 1) Limited series
(vol. 2-5) Ongoing
Publication date (The Circle Chase)
August – November 1993
(Vol. 1)
August – November 1994
(Vol. 2)
January 1997 – October 2002
(Vol. 3)
November 2008 – December 2012
(Vol. 4)
January 2013 – April 2015
(Vol. 5)
January 2016 – ongoing

Deadpool (Wade Winston Wilson) is a fictional antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Fabian Nicieza and artist/writer Rob Liefeld, the character first appeared in The New Mutants #98 (cover-dated February 1991). Initially Deadpool was depicted as a supervillain when he made his first appearance in The New Mutants and later in issues of X-Force, but later evolved into his more recognizable antiheroic persona. Deadpool, whose real name is Wade Wilson, is a disfigured and mentally unstable mercenary and assassin with the superhuman ability of an accelerated healing factor and physical prowess. The character is known as the "Merc with a Mouth" because of his talkative nature and tendency to break the fourth wall, which is used by writers for humorous effect and running gags.

The character's popularity has seen him feature in numerous other media. In the 2004 series Cable & Deadpool, he refers to his own scarred appearance as "Ryan Reynolds crossed with a Shar Pei". Reynolds himself would eventually portray the character in the 2009 film X-Men Origins: Wolverine and reprised the role in the 2016 film Deadpool.

Created by artist/writer Rob Liefeld and writer Fabian Nicieza, Deadpool made his first appearance in the pages of The New Mutants #98 cover dated February 1991. According to Nicieza, Liefeld came up with the character's visual design and name, and Nicieza himself came up with the character's speech mannerisms. Liefeld, a fan of the Teen Titans comics, showed his new character to then-writer Fabian Nicieza. Upon seeing the costume and noting his characteristics (killer with super agility), Nicieza contacted Liefeld, saying "this is Deathstroke from Teen Titans". Nicieza gave Deadpool the real name of "Wade Wilson" as an inside-joke to being "related" to "Slade Wilson", Deathstroke.


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