This became one of the defining traits of the character and his comics with writer Christopher Priest. Deadpool began communicating with caption boxes for his inner monologue, making aside comments to his readers, and commenting on living in a comic book, much to the chagrin of non-medium aware characters. After repeated mental breakdowns, Deadpool became aware of, started acknowledging, or developed delusions about being a comic book character.
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sometimes, but mostly taking them.ĭeadpool's fourth wall breaks began in his first ongoing series with writer Joe Kelly. As Deadpool, he resumed his mercenary life, initially as a Punch-Clock Villain before finding satisfaction in saving lives. The test subjects ran a betting pool for how quickly each patient would be dead - the "deadpool" - leading to Wade's Meaningful Rename when he broke out of the program. Wade fell in love with the personified Death as he longed for his pain to end. Killebrew and his assistant Francis Fanny a.k.a. This ongoing process ruined his outward appearance and his mental stability, which wasn't helped by torturous "experiments" under Dr. Wade gained enhanced physical abilities along with Wolverine's healing factor, but with a twist - Wade's healing factor rapidly repairs and replicates cells, so it cures his cancer, then quickly brings the cancer cells back, and eradicates them again and again. Hoping to get cured and become a hero, Wade received an experimental treatment derived from Wolverine, a mutant with a Healing Factor who has a history with Weapon X. Wade Wilson has a Multiple-Choice Past, but his most consistent comic book origin story is being a former special forces soldier who worked as a mercenary assassin until he was diagnosed with terminal cancer, then entered the Canadian Department K's Weapon X program after all conventional treatments failed.
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Deadpool is nicknamed "The Merc with the Mouth" and is known for dual wielding with katanas, guns, or katanas plus guns his red and black mask and costume speaking with yellow speech bubbles loving violence and murder referencing pop culture his dark and surreal sense of humor and Breaking the Fourth Wall.
Sometimes he's a superhero, sometimes he's a supervillain, but most times he's running through the Heel≯ace Revolving Door. Slade Wilson) and a villain with a sense of humor, further appearances developed him into a distinct character who graduated from '90s Anti-Hero to Heroic Comedic Sociopath.
Initially a Captain Ersatz of DC Comics' Deathstroke the Terminator (a.k.a. He was created by artist/writer Rob Liefeld and writer Fabian Nicieza for New Mutants #98 (February 1991) as a mercenary pursuing a bounty on Cable. Wade Wilson) originated in Marvel Comics and has since appeared across various Marvel Universe media properties and multiple ongoing Deadpool series.