Editing Deadpool (section)

===1990s===
Created by artist/writer [[Rob Liefeld]] and writer [[Fabian Nicieza]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Johnston, Rich|author-link=Johnston, Rich|url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/02/08/rob-liefeld-on-getting-creator-credits-on-the-deadpool-movie-for-him-and-fabian-nicieza/|title=Rob Liefeld On Getting Creator Credits On The Deadpool Movie For Him And Fabian Nicieza|publisher=[[Bleeding Cool]]|date=February 8, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Ching, Albert|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/interview-sparks-deadpool-creator-credit-controversy-liefeld-nicieza-respond-2016|title=Interview spark "Deadpool" creator credit controversy; Liefeld, Nicieza respond|website=[[Comic Book Resources]]|date=February 8, 2016|access-date=February 14, 2016|archive-date=July 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160724173854/http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/interview-sparks-deadpool-creator-credit-controversy-liefeld-nicieza-respond-2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=MacDonald, Heidi|url=http://www.comicsbeat.com/deadpool-news-round-up-times-kicks-off-liefeldnicieza-tussle-todd-klein-studies-the-logo/|title=Deadpool news round-up: Times kicks off Liefeld/Nicieza tussle; Todd Klein studies the logo|newspaper=The Beat |publisher=[[Comics Beat]]|date=February 8, 2016}}</ref> Deadpool made his first appearance on the pages of ''[[The New Mutants (comic book)|The New Mutants]]'' #98 [[cover date|cover-date]]d Feb. 1991.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://marvel.com/comics/issue/10441/new_mutants_1983_98 |title=The New Mutants (1983) #98 – Comics |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |access-date=May 3, 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite journal |last=McElhatton |first=Greg |date=January 1993 |title=The Busiest Man in Comics |journal=[[Wizard (magazine)|Wizard]] |issue=#17 |page=45 |publisher=[[Wizard Entertainment]]|quote=Rob Liefeld created Deadpool's name and look, and I came up with his snappy patter.}}</ref>

Liefeld's favorite comic title before ''[[X-Men]]'' was ''[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]'', which featured weapons like [[Captain America's shield]], [[Mjolnir (comics)|Thor's hammer]] and [[Hawkeye (Clint Barton)|Hawkeye]]'s bow and arrow. Because of this, he also decided to give weapons to his new characters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ca.complex.com/pop-culture/2016/02/deadpool-creator-rob-liefeld|title=The Mouth Behind the Merc|website=Complex}}</ref> Liefeld, a fan of the ''[[Teen Titans]]'' comics, showed his new character to then-writer Fabian Nicieza. Upon seeing the costume and noting his characteristics (killer with super agility), Nicieza contacted Liefeld, saying, "This is [[Deathstroke]] from Teen Titans". Nicieza gave Deadpool the real name of "Wade Wilson" as an inside-joke to being "related" to "Slade Wilson", Deathstroke.<ref name="ReferenceA">"Classic Marvel Figurine Collection" #56.</ref>

Liefeld spoke on how the character was influenced by Spider-Man: "The simplicity of the mask was my absolute jealousy over Spider-Man and the fact that both of my buddies, [fellow Marvel artists] [[Erik Larsen]] and [[Todd McFarlane]], would tell me, 'I love drawing Spider-Man. You just do an oval and two big eyes. You’re in, you’re out.' ... The Spider-Man I grew up with would make fun of you or punch you in the face and make small cracks. That was the entire intent with Deadpool. ... I specifically told Marvel, 'He's [[Spider-Man]], except with guns and swords.' The idea was, he's a jackass."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/05/deadpool-secret-history.html | title=The Deadpool Moment: The Inside Story of Marvel's Boom Brand | date=May 17, 2018 }}</ref>
Other inspirations were [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]] and [[Snake Eyes (G.I. Joe)|Snake Eyes]]. Liefeld states: "Wolverine and Spider-Man were the two properties I was competing with at all times. I didn't have those, I didn't have access to those. I had to make my own Spider-Man and Wolverine. That's what [[Cable (comics)|Cable]] and Deadpool were meant to be, my own Spider-Man and my own Wolverine."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2016/02/12/interview-rob-liefeld-talks-deadpool-comics-cable-and-more/3/#18cf32d4c3ac|title=Interview: Rob Liefeld Talks 'Deadpool', Comics, Cable, and More|first=Mark|last=Hughes|website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref> "''G.I. Joe'' was my first obsession. Those were the toys in the sandbox with me, kung fu grip, eagle eye, I had them all. ''G.I. Joe'' is a world of characters that I have always aspired to participate in. Snake Eyes was a profound influence on my creating Deadpool."<ref>{{cite web|title=First Look at Rob Liefeld's 'Snake Eyes: Deadgame'|url=http://www.previewsworld.com/Article/240381-First-Look-at-Rob-Liefelds-Snake-Eyes-Deadgame|access-date=2020-06-23|website=[[Previews World]]}}</ref>

Both Deadpool and Cable were also meant to be tied into Wolverine's history already from the start, as Liefeld describes: "Wolverine was my guy. If I could tie anything into Wolverine, I was winning." Like Wolverine, Deadpool is (or is thought to be) Canadian.<ref>''Marvel NOW Deadpool'' #3.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marvel.com/characters/deadpool-wade-wilson|title=Deadpool (Wade Wilson) &#124; Characters &#124; Marvel|website=Marvel Entertainment|access-date=December 21, 2021}}</ref> The original story had him joining the [[Weapon X]] program after being kicked out of the U.S. Army Special Forces and given an artificial healing factor based on Wolverine's, thanks to Dr. [[Emrys Killebrew]], one of the head scientists.<ref>''Cable and Deadpool'' #39.</ref>

[[File:2.9.16RobLiefeldByLuigiNovi1.jpg|thumb|upright|left|The character's co-creator, [[Rob Liefeld]], holding up a copy of ''[[The New Mutants (comic book)|New Mutants]]'' #98, in which the character first appeared, during an appearance at JHU Comics in Manhattan held three days before the release of the film ''[[Deadpool (film)|Deadpool]]'']]
In his first appearance, Deadpool is hired by [[Genesis (Marvel Comics)|Tolliver]] to attack Cable and the [[New Mutants]]. After subsequently appearing in ''[[X-Force]]'' as a recurring character, Deadpool began making guest appearances in a number of different Marvel Comics titles, such as ''[[The Avengers (comic book)|The Avengers]]'', ''[[Daredevil (Marvel Comics series)|Daredevil]]'', and ''[[Heroes for Hire]]''. In 1993, the character received his own [[Limited series (comics)|miniseries]], titled ''The Circle Chase'', written by [[Fabian Nicieza]] and pencilled by [[Joe Madureira]]. It was a relative success and Deadpool starred in a second, self-titled miniseries written in 1994 by [[Mark Waid]], pencilled by [[Ian Churchill]], and inked by [[Jason Temujin Minor]] and Bud LaRosa. Waid later commented, "Frankly, if I'd known Deadpool was such a creep when I agreed to write the mini-series, I wouldn't have done it. Someone who hasn't paid for their crimes presents a problem for me."<ref>{{cite news | last = Shutt | first= Craig | date = August 1997 | title = Bad is Good | work = [[Wizard (magazine)|Wizard]] | issue = #72 | page = 39}}</ref>

In 1997, Deadpool was given his own ongoing title, the first volume of ''[[Deadpool (comic book)|Deadpool]]'', written by sequentially [[Joe Kelly (comics)|Joe Kelly]], [[Christopher Priest (comic book writer)|Christopher Priest]] and [[Gail Simone]]. ''Deadpool'' became an action comedy parody of the cosmic drama, antihero-heavy comics of the time. The series firmly established his supporting cast, including his prisoner/den mother [[Blind Al]] and his best friend [[Weasel (Marvel Comics)|Weasel]]. The ongoing series gained [[cult following|cult popularity]] for its unorthodox main character, its balance of angst and pop culture [[slapstick]] and the character became less of a villain, though the element of his moral ambiguity remained.