All I ever wanted was to travel to far off exotic places, meet new and exciting people, and then kill them; so I became a mercenary. My name is Wade Wilson. And I love what I do. 
- —Wade Wilson
History
Wade Wilson, the Merc With a Mouth
Wade Wilson was a mutant with enhanced reflexes and agility. During the Vietnam War, Wade was a member a Black Ops group called Team X under the command of William Stryker. The team also included James "Logan" Howlett, Victor Creed, Christopher Bradley, Agent Zero, John Wraith, and Fred Dukes. Stryker felt that Wade would have been the "perfect soldier" if he could keep his mouth shut.
Wilson as Weapon XI
Later, Wade was captured and taken to Stryker's base at Three Mile Island where he was experimented on for the Weapon XI project. Stryker collected DNA from mutants whose powers could be used collectively within one body without destroying it. With Creed's help, Stryker gathered the DNA of several mutants, including Wraith, Bradley, Scott Summers, and Logan, with Wade being the host body. Stryker dubbed him a "mutant killer" known as "The Deadpool".
After a battle atop a cooling tower at Stryker's plant, Weapon XI was beheaded and seemingly defeated by Logan. However, he survived decapitation.Attributes
Powers
- Superhuman Reflexes: Wilson's reflexes are enhanced to levels unobtainable by normal human beings. He has demonstrated this by dodging, and reflecting, bullets. He has even cut one in half with a katana.
- Superhuman Agility: Wilson's agility, balance, and body coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of even the finest human athlete.
Powers as Weapon XI
Weapon XI vs. Weapon X
- Optic Blasts: Wilson's eyes were engineered to allow him to emit similar optic blasts that Scott Summers produces. He has limited control of this however and when he unleashes these blasts the surrounding skin is burned creating his signature eye markings.
- Implanted Blades: Two adamantium blades were implanted in his forearms, and can retract at will much like Wolverine's claws.
- Healing Factor During his transformation, Weapon XI, was given a regenerative healing factor although slightly slow at first it allows him to heal most wounds, also maybe able to survive decapitation.
- Phase-Jumping: Wilson was given the power to teleport from place to place almost instantaneously.
- Technopathy: The power which Chris Bradley demonstrated, the ability to control electrical/wireless devices and receive electrical/wireless signals, was given to Wilson. This is the way William Stryker was able to activate, command, and control Weapon XI.
Abilities
Wilson is an expert martial arist and sword fighter.
Weaknesses
His mouth has been surgically shut, making speech impossible, however it somehow became opened at the end when he 'shh-ed' the viewer.
Paraphernalia
Weapons
Twin katanas, After becoming Deadpool two adamantium katana-style blades were surgically implanted into his arms.
Notes
- In some theaters' Easter egg endings, Weapon XI's hand is seen reaching for his severed head, and he opens his eyes and breaks the fourth wall(much like most other version of him do) as by making a noise (a shushing noise to be exact, indicating that his survival is to remain a secret for now).
- Deadpool is set to star in his own movie in 2014.
Photoshopped image of Deadpool
- Along with his extra mutant powers, one of the things Stryker did to Wilson was have his mouth surgically shut, making him the perfect soldier in Stryker's eyes, which is why Weapon XI is shown without a mouth.
Trivia
- In Cable & Deadpool #2, page 13, when asked by Cable why a virus that can alter the way people looks, Deadpool answered "Hey, if you looked like Ryan Reynolds crossed with a Shar-Pei, you'd understand". By some twist of fate, Wade was played by Ryan Reynolds in the film.
- The character Deadpool (Wade Wilson) was created by artist Rob Liefeld and writer Fabian Nicieza, his first appearance was in New Mutants #98.
- In X-Men: The Official Game, his name appears above a cell door in one of Wolverine's levels, though he doesn't make an appearance.
- Wade Wilson/Weapon XI appears in the X-Men Origins: Wolverine video game voiced by Steven Blum (who also voices Wolverine on X-Men Legends games and Wolverine and the X-Men).
- In Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, Deadpool makes a joke after beating Wolverine by saying "You see that? That's how you beat Wolverine, people. AND YOU DON'T EVEN NEED OPTIC BLASTS!!!" This is obviously referencing this particular incarnation of Wade, who had obtained the powers of Scott Summers through the Weapon XI program.
See Also
- 1 appearance(s) of Wade Wilson (Earth-10005)
- 3 minor appearance(s) of Wade Wilson (Earth-10005)
- 4 mention(s) of Wade Wilson (Earth-10005)
- 17 image(s) of Wade Wilson (Earth-10005)
- 1 quotation(s) by or about Wade Wilson (Earth-10005)