Mercs for Money
| Mercs for Money | |
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The Mercs for Money on the cover Deadpool & the Mercs for Money Vol. 2, #1 (July 2016)
Art by Iban Coello |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Deadpool #1 (December 2015) |
| Created by |
Gerry Duggan (writer) Mike Hawthorne (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Member(s) | Members |
Mercs for Money is a fictional superhero mercenary team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Mercs for Money first appeared in Deadpool #1 (December 2015) and were created by Gerry Dugan and Mike Hawthorne. Eight months after the events of the Secret Wars storyline as seen during the All-New, All-Different Marvel event, Deadpool establishes a new team of Heroes for Hire. The roster consists of Solo, Madcap, Masacre, Slapstick, Foolkiller, Terror and Stingray. Matt Murdock and Luke Cage are shown planning legal action against Deadpool. After the lawsuit goes through, Deadpool renames his Heroes for Hire group into Deadpool's "Mercs for Money."
This group of mercenaries gathered together by Deadpool was originally named Heroes for Hire. Deadpool was inspired to create a franchise around his identity after Solo impersonated him and piggybacked on the merc's success to take jobs at Deadpool's pay rate. Solo's impersonation helped Deadpool become more popular, thus benefiting both mercs.
After turning Solo into his first employee, Deadpool began to recruit other vigilantes who would initially wear costumes identical to his like Foolkiller, Madcap, Masacre, Slapstick, Stingray and Terror. Deadpool's team was legally forced to change their name after receiving a cease an desist letter from Luke Cage and Matt Murdock. They chose "Mercs for Money" as the replacement name. What the other members don't know is that Stingray is secretly working for Captain America to keep him updated on the more deranged members of the Mercs for Money. Around this time, the Mercs for Money began to use color-coded costumes to distinguish each other from an independent Deadpool impersonator who was ruining the real one's reputation. It turned out that the evil Deadpool impersonator was Mercs for Money member Madcap. Once they got rid of Madcap, the Mercs for Money began using their own personal uniforms.
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