55 Facts About Deadpool

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Deadpool is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Deadpool, whose real name is Wade Winston Wilson, is a disfigured mercenary with the superhuman ability of regeneration and physical prowess.

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Deadpool will continue playing the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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That's what Cable and Deadpool were meant to be, my own Spider-Man and my own Wolverine.

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5.

In 1997, Deadpool was given his own ongoing title, initially written by Joe Kelly, with then-newcomer Ed McGuinness as an artist.

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Deadpool became an action comedy parody of the cosmic drama, antihero-heavy comics of the time.

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Deadpool then appeared briefly in the Wolverine: Origins title by writer Daniel Way before Way and Paco Medina launched another Deadpool title in September 2008.

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Norman Osborn steals the information that Deadpool had stolen from the Skrulls, and subsequent stories deal with the fallout from that.

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Deadpool infiltrated their base and managed to get T-Ray and Slayback killed when Kemp was about to kill herself in an explosion which would kill Wade in the process, he convinced her not to attack him.

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10.

At that moment, he was surprised by the returned Evil Deadpool, who informed Wade that the serum they took was not permanent, the reason why Wade's face did not heal or a finger he lost grew back, so Wade would return after Evil Deadpool shot him.

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11.

Deadpool discovers that he has a daughter by the name of Eleanor from a former flame of Deadpool named Carmelita.

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12.

Deadpool, after defeating Carnage, gives the four symbiotes to a war dog who helped Deadpool fight Carnage to deliver them to the government.

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13.

Deadpool additionally joined the Avengers Unity Division and used his popularity as a means of funding the team, with the profit from the merchandise.

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Deadpool is aware that he is a fictional comic book character.

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15.

In stories by writer Daniel Way between 2008 and 2012, Deadpool was, without explanation, shown to have developed a second "voice in his head, " represented by a second set of captions with a different font; Deadpool vol.

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Frequently, revelations are later retconned or ignored altogether, and in one issue, Deadpool himself joked that whether or not he is actually Wade Wilson depends on which writer the reader prefers.

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Deadpool is depicted as having a regenerative healing factor, which not only prevents him from being permanently injured through enhanced cell regeneration throughout his body, but causes psychosis and mental instability, as his neurons are affected by the accelerated regeneration.

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18.

Taskmaster has stated that Deadpool is an expert at distracting his opponents.

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19.

Deadpool has sometimes been portrayed to have a strong sense of core morality.

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20.

In December 2013, Deadpool was confirmed as being pansexual by Deadpool writer Gerry Duggan via Twitter.

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21.

Deadpool's primary power is an accelerated healing factor, depicted by various writers at differing levels of efficiency.

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22.

Deadpool's accelerated healing factor is strong enough that he has survived complete incineration and decapitation more than once.

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23.

Deadpool's body is highly resistant to most drugs and toxins, due to his accelerated healing factor.

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24.

Deadpool can be affected by certain drugs, such as tranquilizers if he is exposed to a large enough dosage.

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Deadpool is effectively immortal, although he has died several times.

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26.

Deadpool is still alive 800 years in the future when the new X-Force encounters him.

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27.

Later, Deadpool was informed that Thanos had placed a curse on him, and tracked Thanos down.

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28.

Deadpool revealed that the only thing keeping Wade alive was his "spell of darkest necromancy".

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29.

Deadpool is adept in multiple forms of martial arts, including Savate.

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30.

Deadpool is an extraordinary athlete, and an expert swordsman and marksman.

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31.

Deadpool is skilled in the use of multiple weapons, including katanas, knives, grenades, and guns.

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32.

Deadpool is multilingual, with the ability to speak fluently in German, Spanish, ASL, and Japanese, in addition to his native English.

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Since Deadpool is aware that he is a fictional character, he uses this knowledge to his advantage to deal with opponents or gain knowledge to which he should not normally have access, such as reading past issues of his and others' comics.

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For example, Deadpool knows he has a Wikipedia article and hopes his fans keep his page updated.

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35.

World War II-era version of Deadpool is introduced in the one-shot parody issue Captain America: Who Won't Wield the Shield.

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Deadpool brought them together to stop the powerful cosmic being known as the Awareness.

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37.

Under "Evil Voice's" influence, Deadpool develops a more nihilistic world view and as a result, after killing Psycho-Man by repeatedly smashing him against a desk, he begins assassinating every superhero and supervillain on Earth, starting with the Fantastic Four and even killing the Watcher, in an apparent attempt to rebel against his comic book creators.

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38.

Deadpool installs his own brain into Frankenstein's monster, giving his dark inner voice a body to help him with.

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39.

Bunn stated that the Deadpool Corps appeared along with many other versions of Deadpool and new versions.

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40.

The first issue opens with Deadpool dealing with yet another attack by ULTIMATUM, after which the Deadpool Corps quickly ropes the titular character into the crisis.

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41.

Somehow, the mainstream Deadpool finds his way back, but not before the reader is aware that Dreadpool is still alive and scheming.

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42.

Deadpool Pulp is a four-issue limited series from writers Mike Benson and Adam Glass and artist Laurence Campbell, with Deadpool set in the 1950s drawing on pulp fiction .

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43.

Deadpool started impersonating Death Mask until he and the other Heroes went back to their universe.

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44.

Deadpool was given a weapon called the Recton Expungifier, the only weapon that could kill the Beyonder.

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45.

When Deadpool tracked down his target to a nightclub, he was enticed into the Beyonder's partying lifestyle, getting Jheri curls in the process.

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46.

Deadpool's has taken an older Wade prisoner and forces him to watch political debates while chained up, angered that he has ruined her life and hopes she can use him to find her mother.

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47.

The new Deadpool is being pursued by a woman who wears a costume that looks like Wade's "Zenpool" identity from Axis.

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48.

Deadpool later tells Ellie that he now plans to travel the world and rid the planet of his old enemies and that Shiklah's resting place is in a shrunken glass coffin located on top of his heart.

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49.

Deadpool helps Cable to get Hope Summers back from Stryfe who is later revealed to be inside this version of Deadpool's head.

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50.

The zombie Deadpool eventually loses his body and appears as a disembodied head beginning in Marvel Zombies 3.

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51.

Beneath the mask, Deadpool appears to be a skull with an exposed brain, his skin formed by a transparent shell.

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52.

Deadpool has the ability to mimic an individual's appearance and voice, though not their powers.

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53.

Deadpool bonded to the Venom symbiote to expel the worms inside him.

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54.

Deadpool joins, claiming Wolverine only wants him as the "token human".

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55.

Deadpool was ranked 182nd on Wizard magazine's list of the Top 200 Comic Book Characters of All Time, ranked 45th on Empire magazine's list of The 50 Greatest Comic Book Characters, and placed 31st on IGN's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Heroes.

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