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Deadpool:
The Merc with a Mouth (Debut:
New Mutants #98 (February,
1991) Deadpool-
(Wade Winston Wilson) --1st appearance:
New
Mutants #98 (February, 1991) Deadpool
is one of the more unusual characters in the
Marvel Universe. He is insane, a killer, a
mercenary, a hero, an anti-hero, and downright
funny! He is Wade Wilson, a human who was
mutated and given incredible regenerative powers
which, while allowing him to survive virtually
any wound, also drove him stark-raving
mad! Deadpool's
true background is somewhat confused, as his
backstory contains contradictory information,
but it is clear that as a young man he grew up
in a violent and unstable home, and he enrolled
in the U.S. military's Special Forces, where he
became a trained and experienced killer. After
leaving the army, Wade Wilson travelled the
world as a highly-effective mercenary and
assassin. After
contracting cancer (apparently a strain that is
part of his genetic destiny), Wilson volunteered
as a subject for the second Weapon X program
(the first Weapon X program produced Wolverine
and Sabretooth), where Wilson's physical body
and his mind were altered at the genetic level.
This genetic manipulation was intended to
provide Wilson superhuman regenerative healing
factor (based on the DNA of Wolverine), stop the
growth of his cancer and enhance his physical
abilities. Wilson's cancer interfered with the
genetic changes in unanticipated ways;
disfiguring him horribly (he has a really ugly,
scarred face and body) and making him mentally
unstable. His mental insanity takes the form of
hallucinations, dual conversations with himself,
and the belief that he is a character in a comic
book and he can talk to the reader. This last
psychological pathology is referred to by mental
health professionals as "Comic
Awareness." Deadpool's
codename comes from his time as a test subject
at Doctor Killebrew's "Workshop" at The Hospice,
where failed Weapon X experimental subjects went
for further testing. Inmates would place bets on
who would survive the horrible experiments the
longest, and due to his enhanced healing factor,
Wade Wilson carried the longest odds against
dying; hence the name Deadpool. Since
escaping from The Hospice, Deadpool has worked
as a mercenary and assassin (usually killing
only those who deserve killing), and
occasionally working with various heroes in the
Marvel Universe. He also often fights with
various heroes in the Marvel Universe. His
latest adventures have him employed by Nick
Fury, fugitive former director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Fury had Deadpool infiltrate a ship belonging to
the invading Skrulls in order to steal bio-data
on the Skrull race. Nicknames/Aliases:
The Merc With A Mouth, Jack, Wade T. Wilson,
Mithras, Johnny Silvini, Thom Cruz, The Crimson
Nutcase, Chiyonosake ("the Wolf of the Rice
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