

In 2011 he joined the superhero team X-Force.ĭeadpool stories have strong satiric elements, and Deadpool, like John Byrne’s version of the She-Hulk, frequently “breaks the fourth wall”: he knows he is in a comic book, and will directly talk to the reader.ĭeadpool’s real name is (or possibly is not) Wade Wilson.
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Sometimes he still operates as a criminal, but other times he teams up with superheroes, as in the Cable & Deadpool series (2004–2008), which paired him with a man he had once been hired to kill. Ever since then, Deadpool has appeared in numerous series of his own and made guest appearances in other Marvel series.Īs Deadpool became a star in his own right, he became more of an antihero than a true villain. Deadpool starred in his first comics miniseries in 1993, and graduated to his first ongoing series in 1997. Probably this was because Deadpool became known as the “Merc with a Mouth,” since he keeps up a constant stream of wisecracks and banter, as if he were a crazed criminal version of Spider-Man. Deadpool went on to appearances in X-Force and other Marvel titles and became surprisingly popular with the readers. Created by artist Rob Liefeld and writer Fabian Nicieza, Deadpool debuted in Marvel’s New Mutants #98 (February 1991), as a costumed mercenary hired to kill the New Mutants and their leader Cable. (Cover art by Steve McNiven, Mark Morales, and Marte Gracia.) Deadpool (pop culture)ĭeadpool is a prime example of a supervillain who not only evolved into an antihero but also became a star of his own comic books.
