So you loved the Deadpool movies and want to know more about the character?
We have a complete guide to Deadpool comics for you.
As time moves forward, more and more people start getting into Marvels Merc with a Mouth, Deadpool.
A character who has existed for nearly three decades, Deadpool has been featured in a lot of stories.
Some are incredibly good.
Some are incredibly bad.
Its hard to keep track of whats worth checking out.
A whole team of Deadpools!
This has to be great!
The poor, damned souls.
Ive read an excessive amount of Deadpool books over the years.
Ive experienced his highs and lows.
The mainstream books that fell flat and the obscure appearances that are underrated.
Were going to skip the first couple years of his existence because its really not worth looking at.
His first appearance inNew Mutants #98is forgettable and he doesnt do anything memorable in the pages ofX-Force.
you’re free to skip it.
Marvel asked him to do a Deadpool mini and he was like, Yeah, sure, whatever.
Then he read up on who Deadpool was and regretted his decision.
Regardless, he was able to work out a pretty rad four issues.
Joe Kellys run gets all the praise, butSins of the Pastis like the prototype.
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Hed be an obscure piece of 90s trivia who would have been killed off years ago.
Deadpool then has to prove that he can in fact be a hero.
This opens Pandoras box for him because it isnt so simple.
While he has his positives, he cant just suddenly be a good person.
Despite all the serious stuff and character building, its still hilarious.
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One of the better ones comes in a two-issue tale where Deadpool reluctantly finds himself with a sidekick.
While he lacks the healing factor, Poolboy/Kid Deadpool is quick in understanding sniper gunplay and explosives.
Its a shame he only made a few appearances after and then was completely forgotten about.
Another good story comes a few issues later, where Deadpool meets with the Punisher for the first time.
Maybe you had to be there, or maybe you just need to read the issue.
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The payoff is really one of the more selfless moments in Deadpools history.
I miss that look.
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This leads several to believe that hes really Wade Wilson and doesnt know it.
At the very least, the comic has the same spirit.
Its a very satisfactory conclusion.
Just fifty straight issues of strong quality from the guy who co-created one of the two main characters.
Nicieza hits all the right character moments and the quality rarely dips.
There are two main flaws with it, though.
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Meanwhile, Deathstroke the Terminator is hired to assassinate Bruce Wayne.
Yes, Earth-3 Deathstroke is very obviously Deadpool.
In fact, his best writing came from his first big take on the merc.
InWolverine Origins, Way and Steve Dillon had Deadpool target Wolverine.
It introduces Ways short-lived Pool-o-Vision, where Wade hallucinates and cant tell reality from daydreams.
Its a terrible gimmick most of the time, but works here because Steve Dillon is doing it.
This is too bad as it wasnt all that good.
I mean, it started out pretty good.
Its awesome, funny, off-the-wall, and action-packed.
Theres no reason to actually care about him.
Then towards the end, Way starts bringing back old Deadpool antagonists without actually understanding any of them.
Theyre in black and white with various creative teams doing short stories.
Shang-Chi got one and its every bit worth reading.
Now with Beer and Hot Dogs and its a trip.
The non-Deadpool stories are worth it as well.
Its slightly difficult for me to even explain why I have it on the list.
Theres nothing high concept and even unique about it.
Its just a Deadpool vs. Tombstone story.
I guess its just fun.
Deadpool gets framed for a terrorist act and has to find who set him up.
Doing so gets him into fights and team-ups with Daredevil, Spider-Man, and the Punisher.
I guess its just a good go-to Deadpool story that has no real baggage to it.
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While it was a time of quantity over quality,Deadpool Team-Uphad a lot of gems in there.
Its just as well as theres no continuity to speak of inTeam-Up.
Every single issue is a different creative team writing a story about Deadpool working alongside a different character.
That means its a crapshoot and you dont know what youre going to get.
The two absolute highlights are easily the Captain Britain and Thing issues.
Just like thatDexters Labcartoon thats based on that Thing comic!
It all comes full circle.
Spider-Man, Luke Cage, Wolverine, etc.
Towards the end of that, they gave Deadpool one, only titled Pulp.
Pulp takes place in the 1950s in a world without superheroes or superpowers.
Wade Wilson is a Canadian operative, certifiably insane due to his experiences in the Korean War.
Its worth checking out.
This incarnation of Deadpool may have more heart to him than any other writers version.
This incarnation of X-Force is about going after threats to mutantkind proactively in a squad led by Wolverine.
Hes probably the least important member of the team, but he has a lot of prime moments.
Oh, and Chuck Bronson called he wantseverything he everdidback.
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Though he isnt going to fight theactualfear gods.
Hes not that stupid.
The mini is written by Christopher Hastings, the man behindDr.
McNinja, and to no surprise, hes a perfect fit with writing Deadpool.
Im hoping to see more of that writer/character pairing in the future.
The five-issue miniseries takes place in feudal Japan, during the dying days of the samurai.
You have Wolverine, Hulk, Punisher, Psylocke, and finally Deadpool.
He even gets the sweetest fourth-wall-breaking moment during the climax.
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Then Remender would go on to writeAxis, which would feature Deadpool prominently.
The difference a few years makes.
Man…I miss Franken-Castle so much, guys.
Truth be told, theyre not that great.
Then again, maybe it reads better in trade.
If you dont dig it, just remember that it gets immediately excellent afterwards.
The quality is off the chain here.
Duggan and Posehn start with that.
Deadpools already proven to have a good enough heart.
Now he has to build relationships.
Over the course of the series he doesnt just gain friends, but family as well.
Which reminds me, after#25, you have to read theGauntletseries with art by Reilly Brown.
Youre better off getting the digital stuff because they use the Marvel Infinite gimmick extremely well.
The series has a perfect balance of humor, nonsense, tragedy, and heart.
Its goddamn heartbreaking and ends up being maybe the best Deadpool story ever.
Plus Im quoted on the cover of the hardcover version!
Some of this arc is available in Gerry Duggans Deadpool Volume 1.
A+X #8
Writer:Christopher HastingsArtist:Reilly Brown2013
Hey, Hastings is back!
You know, Deadpool issort ofan X-Men guy.
This beats the pants off of most ofDeadpool Team-Updue to the banter between the two snarky superhero man-children.
Their pirate-fighting adventure is a great prelude to theHawkeye vs. Deadpoolminiseries, though they certainly get along better here.
Hastings would also go on to do the one-shotDeadpool Annual #2, where Deadpool switches costumes with Spider-Man.
If you dig theFear Itselftie-in and this story fromA+X, by all means track it down.
Deadpool outright wants to make Carnage suffer, both physically and psychologically.
He can understand where Carnage is and what hes going to do next.
This understandably drives Carnage to frustration because he lives by the mantra of chaos.
Hes supposed to be unpredictable, yet this idiot claims to know his every move.
Deadpool and the Howling Commandos, but its nothing necessary.
Plus Deadpool just exists as a ghost narrator throughout.
Duggan appears without Posehn to write some more Deadpool with a brand new status quo.
One is the Avengers, as shown in the pages ofUncanny Avengers(also by Duggan).
Yes, Deadpool is an Avenger.
The other venture is Deadpools Mercs for Money.
Plus one of his employees is out to get him.
I wont spoil who it is, but at least now Deadpool has a fitting archnemesis.
Theres also an interesting side-story told piece-by-piece through the series.
We peer into the year 2099 to see what kind of legacy Wades carved for himself.
It ties into the present day stuff, though we wont know how much for a while.
As forUncanny Avengers, while its okay, its not required reading.
Spider-Man/Deadpool #1-14
Writer:Joe Kelly and variousArtist:Ed McGuinness and various2016-2017
Yep.
Kelly and McGuinness are back.
Now Deadpool wants help in being a better hero and intends to hire Spider-Man to help him.
The main story has been about a mysterious villain obsessed with killing them and a strange hybrid creature.
It wasnt bad, but felt very by-the-numbers by tossing in the likes of Taskmaster and Evil Deadpool.
Despite doing well enough to get an ongoing, its entirely skippable.
Negasonics name is Ellie.
Kind of weird that Deadpool has both a daughter and a daughter figure named Ellie.
Too bad, since shes a load of fun.
In this story, where shes captured by Arcade, she finally gets to meet and fight Deadpool.
Shockingly, this isnt a fangirl-meeting-hero moment like Ms. Marvel and Captain Marvel.
Turns out Gwen doesnt actually read Deadpool comics and think his sense of humor is whack.
About time we got one of these.
Told across three books, Shiklah finally decides to start an uprising and take over New York City.
…this plan isnt going to end well, is it?
Deadpools been involved in a lot of perilous situations but nothing is worse than the dreadedSecret Empiretie-in!
Good God, no!
Yes, Deadpools status quo is rocked forever because of his alliance with Retcon Sci-Fi-Nazi Steve Rogers.
Maddies power is that she can teleport matter, but only objects and not people.
Shes very reluctant to take help from either quick-healing mass murderer, but is stuck with them anyway.
As the story unfolds, we begin to wonder if maybe its better that they take her advice.
Either way, a whole lot of goons are going to get stabbed, including our heroes.
Because, again, they dont like each other.
As it turns out, Deadpool is good friends with Banksy and is especially close with his son Hudson.
The Banks wife Mariana tries to escape their life of crime and brings Hudson with her.
Deadpool wants them safe but Frank wants them for information and continually lies to Deadpool to use him.
He also shoots him in the head a few times.
His redemption has folded.
Not only is he catching flak for hisSecret Empireactions, but Stryfe has him blackmailed to do his bidding.
Now hes tasked with killing certain people including Cable himself or Stryfe is going to kill Ellie.
Unable to simply turn himself in, Deadpool instead struggles as everyone is out to get him.
Still a good comic.
Note: This article originally ran in April of 2015.
It has been updated with new information since then.
