Well, we do.
Its still pretty crazy to realize that theres a Deadpool movie coming out.
Whether it succeeds or fails, its good to know that theyve finally given Wade a fair shake.
Less, Did you know Deadpool is based on Deathstroke the Terminator?
Then they punched a waitress.
Somehow the guy who wrote that went on to writeSecret Wars.
Wait, no its not.
Anyway, lets begin.
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1.
The early 90sX-Menanimated series featured three appearances of Deadpool.
At no point did he have any lines, or even show up in person.
They were all illusions.
In the first season, Xavier was searching around Sabretooths mind and saw a visage of Deadpool.
In the second season, Morph decided to mess with Wolverine by briefly turning into Deadpool.
Then in the third season, Xaviers inner darkness took form and attacked Wolverine in Deadpools form.
May I remind you that Kitty Pryde never showed up inanyof the five seasons.
Meanwhile, the previous X-Men cartoon wasliterally named after her.
AFTER ONE COMIC APPEARANCE, ONE FAN PREDICTED DEADPOOLS FUTURE
Deadpools first appearance wasNew Mutants #98.
See, Deadpools debut wasnt THAT special.
He had some personality in his voice, but its not like we got to know him or anything.
He fought the New Mutants for several pages and got taken down.
But that Bettes guy…dude lost his mind.
New Mutants #98was, well, a whole lot of fun.
This is mainly because of Deadpool.
He looks cool, is obviously the best at what he does, and he has a great attitude.
He reminds me of Spidey, both visually and with his wise-cracks.
In fact, Deadpool is basically Spidey wielding instruments of death rather than webs.
The letter is closed out with, Until Deadpools own comic hits #100, Make Mine Marvel!
Due to Marvels habit of renumbering every other month, I guess Mr. Bettes is still making his Marvel.
Too bad for Deadpool as he never got to be in any of those DC crossovers.
While not official, the two have battled it out.
First came in 2006 withSuperman/Batman Annual #1by Joe Kelly and Ed McGuinness.
The comic is about Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne on a cruise while Wayne is being hunted by Deathstroke.
They end up in the Bermuda Triangle, which opens up a portal to Earth-3…or Earth-2…
Whichever one has it where the good guys are bad guys and the bad guys are good guys.
While this brings out the likes of Owlman and Ultraman, this also brings forth Deadpool.
More specifically, its Deadpool in Deathstrokes color scheme.
Then we get Cullen Bunn and Salva EspinsDeadpool Kills Deadpoolfrom 2013.
Its about a big war between the good Deadpools and evil Deadpools from throughout the multiverse.
It mainly acts as a way to kill off the Deadpool Corps.
Man, I would have wanted to see more of that throwdown.
Oh, and speaking of Deathstroke…
4.
DC COMICS CREATED THEIR OWN DEADPOOL KNOCKOFF
Yeah, so this happened.
In #41, they introduced another gun-toting merc with a hate-on for Deathstroke.
Its Ravager III, otherwise known as Slades half-brother Wade.
To keep things from beingtooblatant, hes Wade LaFarge (sometimes DeFarge) because they share the same mother.
Its more Wolfman and Cariello making jerkoff motions while rolling their eyes on Nicieza and Liefelds award-winning character design.
Despite being kind of boring all-in-all, Ravager is at least somewhat important to Deathstrokes history.
He not only kills their mother, but he also fridges both of Slades baby mommas.
Tommy is arguably a better counterpart to Deadpool than Deathstroke is.
Tim Seely and Elmo Bondocs recentDeadpool vs. Thanosminiseries features a section where the two protagonists end up in Hell.
Soon we see legions of tortured souls screaming the names of Deadpool and Thanos.
Probably the one Deadpool shot for enjoying theStar Warsprequels more than the original trilogy.
It had, believe it or not, absolutely nothing to do with the firstContest of Champions.
Well, outside of the basic idea of having superheroes fight each other without there being any hard feelings.
In this setup, aliens coerce a bunch of heroes into taking part in a fighting tournament for reasons.
Its not as cool as it sounds.
Going back to the oldMarvel vs. DCwell, some of the fights are decided via fan vote.
Fantastic vs. the Hulk, Hawkeye vs. Gambit, and Deadpool vs.
Otherwise, its a cool fight scene that Deadpool wins by using Daredevils selflessness against him.
Remember, this comic happens LONG before Deadpool is a huge name.
Tumblr wouldnt exist for another eight years.
This would be coming out at the tail end of Kellys amazing run onDeadpool.
Deadpool would then be advanced into a fight with fellow vote-based winner the Hulk.
Its over in a page.
Oh, talk about Daredevil reminds me of something.
Sounds par for the course, except Matt Murdock was stuck in prison during the time.
Not only was this a big part of Ed BrubakerDaredevilrun, but it was also going on duringCivil War.
TheCable/Deadpooltie-in forCivil Warhad the two chums disagree over the Superhero Registration Act.
Cable was against it and Deadpool was for it.
This led to Deadpool fighting a handful of anti-reg heroes.
One of which was Daredevil, who proceeded to land a jumping knee right into Deadpools face.
Normally, that wouldnt be worth remembering, but Deadpool had a moment of deja vu.
If you really paid attention to the series, you might have been able to figure out Deadpools revelation.
Nine issues earlier, Deadpool took on Luke Cage and Iron Fist.
During the fight, Deadpool took a hard knee to the face from Iron Fist.
A jumping knee that was framedexactlylike the one Daredevil delivered.
A well-meaning cult intended to use it on the world and make everyone blue, thereby making racism moot.
It was a flawed idea, but Deadpool figured it would give humanity one less reason to suck.
This comic was from 2004.X-Men Origins: Wolverinewas 2009.
DEADPOOL HAS BEEN AN AVENGER SINCE THE MID-90S
ADeadpool, at least.
The Avengers of that world had a lot of the usual guys, including a reimagined Swordsman.
At the end ofHeroes Reborn, all the Avengers returned to the rightful world except Swordsman.
That left him with the title of the Last Avenger.
In 2000, Joe Kelly and Ethan Van Sciver revisited the failed comic line forHeroes Reborn: The Remnants.
Eventually, he returned and changed his moniker to Deadpool while donning the red and black spandex.
In other words, Deadpool becomes aware that hes fictional and it drives him insane.
He also gets really, really fat for some reason.
Slim Pickens would be proud.
In one adventure, the team ended up several decades into the future.
After the events of a terrible war that killed many, X-Force essentially policed the world in aMinority Reportsense.
It was a utopia, but at a cost.
How important is Wade to history?
Frank asked a nearby Hank Pym.
Remember that thing with Zombie Nixon?
That was no big deal because it was a different publisher.
Im talking about a Marvel comic that featured Deadpool andcouldnt say that it was Deadpool.
More specifically, it wasMarvel Adventures: Marvel Super Heroes #4by Paul Tobin and Ronan Cliquet.
Therefore, even though Deadpool was the big antagonist of the comic, nobody could outright identify him.
Before she could speak a full sentence, Deadpool Shoryukend Kitty into the distance.
Coincidentally, this was my first Deadpool comic.
Apparently watching him punch a young woman in the face endeared me to the character.
Oh, Jesus, maybe Im the one who should be looking into therapy… Back in the day, Thing had a long-lasting team-up comic calledMarvel Two-in-One.
In this version, the invader was Rasslor, an unbeatable wrestler from the stars voiced by Randy Savage.
This time it was Monkeys tenacity that inspired him to spare Earth.
And he talked exactly like Randy Savage.
Of course he did.
Deadpool even called it out by mentioning theDexters Labconnection.
Deadpool and Thing faced Max Intensity in a tag match after Max was able to split himself in two.
Thing pinned one while Deadpool exploded the other, which sounds about apt.
Deadpool then cut a promo that would make Ric Flair proud to close out the book.
A couple years later, in Deadpools main book, he took on a demon named Vetis.
At first you might think that this is a rap made for the movie, but not completely.
Teamkickheadis a group that makes songs in regards to video games.
The version on the soundtrack is very much revised.
Mainly because the original references a lot of game-based stuff that has absolutely nothing to do with the movie.
Instead, theres now a brief mention of Colossus and…thats about it.
A DEADPOOL MOVIE EXISTS IN THE MARVEL UNIVERSE
In 2010, Marvel released a series of one-shots calledX-Men Origins.
One of these issues centered on Deadpool, as written by Duane Swierczynski and drawn by Leandro Fernandez.
It involved Deadpool interviewing for screenwriters to adapt his life to film.
He settled on one guy who wanted to hear all about Wades life from childhood.
When it came time for its release, Deadpool was aghast at what his life had been turned into.
Moments of torture and trauma were turned into comedic scenes filled with explosions and lame Hollywood tropes.
It would be easy to explain it away as Swierczynski making fun of Wades depiction inX-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Hell, the in-comic movie is even calledDeadpool Origins.
Yet I find myself wondering if it has more to do with the upcoming movie.
Maybe Swierczynski was riffing on what he was afraid Hollywood would do with the leaked screenplay.
Hey, at least Deadpool will be fully aware that Fox did a better job in real life.
