
Emrys Killebrew, one of the head scientists. Army Special Forces and given an artificial healing factor based on Wolverine's thanks to Dr. The original story had him joining the Weapon X program after being kicked out of the U.S. If I could tie anything into Wolverine, I was winning." Like Wolverine, Deadpool is (or is thought to be) Canadian. Snake Eyes was a profound influence on my creating Deadpool." īoth Deadpool and Cable were also meant to be tied into Wolverine's history already from the start, as Liefeld describes: "Wolverine was my guy. Joe is a world of characters that I have always aspired to participate in. Those were the toys in the sandbox with me, kung fu grip, eagle eye, I had them all. That's what Cable and Deadpool were meant to be, my own Spider-Man and my own Wolverine." " G.I. I had to make my own Spider-Man and Wolverine. I didn't have those, I didn't have access to those. Liefeld states: "Wolverine and Spider-Man were the two properties I was competing with at all times. Other inspirations were Spider-Man, Wolverine and Snake Eyes. Nicieza gave Deadpool the real name of "Wade Wilson" as an inside-joke to being "related" to "Slade Wilson", Deathstroke. Upon seeing the costume and noting his characteristics (killer with super agility), Nicieza contacted Liefeld, saying "this is Deathstroke from Teen Titans". Liefeld, also a fan of the Teen Titans comics, showed his new character to then-writer Fabian Nicieza. Liefeld's favorite comic title before X-Men was Avengers, which featured weapons like Captain America's shield, Thor's hammer and Hawkeye's bow and arrow, he decided to give weapons to his new characters as well. 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.
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In the 2004 series Cable & Deadpool, he refers to his own scarred appearance as " Ryan Renolds crossed with a Shar-Pei" (Ryan Reynolds' name misspelled). The character's popularity has seen him featured in numerous forms of other media. The character is known as the "Merc with a Mouth" because of his tendency to talk and joke constantly, including breaking the fourth wall for humorous effect and running gags. Deadpool, whose real name is Wade Winston Wilson, is a disfigured mercenary with the superhuman ability of regeneration and physical prowess. 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. Created by writer Fabian Nicieza and artist/writer Rob Liefeld, the character first appeared in The New Mutants #98 ( cover-dated Feb.


Joe Kelly (-1, 0, 1-33, Annual #1997-1998), Christopher Priest (34-45)ĭeadpool is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

