When he discovered this new development, an incensed Deadpool obsessively chased after them, eventually leading to his first run in with Wolverine. Deeming Deadpool a conundrum, Zero teleported away, Kane took Vanessa (who had fallen in love with Cable during her time with X-Force and rejected Wade in spite of her gratitude) away for medical attention and Deadpool, musing on whether he was more multifaceted than he realized, looted the temple.ĭuring or after her convalescence Vanessa and Kane became lovers as she accepted that Cable - who had felt manipulated by her as she had posed as Domino during their relationship, with whom he never physically intimate with beforehand - would never forgive her or return her affection. Having been activated by the use of weaponry by the 3 main combatants, Zero discorporated Slayback (while deeming Weasel as harmless and Kane as primarily benevolent) and would have done the same to Deadpool until the mercenary chose to save Copycat's life by causing her to duplicate his regenerative powers at speed to partially restore herself from her wound. In a climactic battle at a Far East temple where Tolliver had hidden a cache of ordnance and the true prize - Zero, an ADAM-Unit from Cable and Tolliver's future time period designed to nullify weapons of war - all parties were thrown together and Copycat attempted to sacrifice herself to save Deadpool from the vengeful Slayback. For his part, Slayback merely desired to use her against Deadpool. Kane sought to protect her (or possibly use her as leverage) since the will made her a prime target for other mercenaries and opportunists looking to gain information on the mysterious prize. At the same time, Deadpool sought to protect his former girlfriend Copycat - who had also joined the hunt and had arranged for Sluggo's arrest after he killed her best friend - from his Weapon X enemies. Also involved in the chase were former Weapon X experiments/teammates Garrison Kane, Sluggo, and Slayback, who, being totally cybernetic in nature by then, had reconstituted himself from Deadpool's attack. Tolliver at Cable's hand, Deadpool and Weasel traveled through Sarajevo and the Middle East to claim the (hitherto-unrevealed) spoils of Tolliver's will, "the most powerful weapon in the world." This quest lead Deadpool to fight Siryn's uncle Black Tom Cassidy and Juggernaut, and in one of his more creative victories, he dangled Black Tom out of a plane in order to gain an information disk from their possession and when Juggernaut surrendered the disk, he let Black Tom fall as Juggernaut leaped out after him, hijacking the plane to Sarajevo. His experiences with X-Force would cause him to meet and develop a crush on Siryn, the daughter of Banshee (although on their first meeting when he infiltrated X-Force's Adirondacks base to intimidate Copycat/Domino, he easily knocked her unconscious.)Īfter the apparent "death" of Mr. He briefly joined the Secret Defenders alongside Luke Cage.ĭeadpool's original appearance drawn by Rob Liefeld. He battled Cable, but then was shot by the real Domino, and revived later. This led Cable to discover her treachery and the two tracked Tolliver, Deadpool, and the real Domino down only for Deadpool to stab and nearly kill Vanessa. He overcame Siryn and Shatterstar, then battled and defeated Vanessa. He was then assigned by Tolliver to intimidate Vanessa when he considered her allegiance in question. Not long after leaving Canada, Deadpool met Weasel, whom he employed as an information broker and technology specialist and developed an abusive best friendship (on Deadpool's side) with him. Deadpool's restored memories revealed this to be a lie in T-Ray's account Wade was wearing his Deadpool costume, which he did not have until he joined Weapon X. Unable to deal with the grief of killing an innocent woman, he lost his mind and adopted the identity of "Wade Wilson". The man eventually betrayed the couple and attempted to kill Wade Wilson and accidentally killed Mercedes. Eventually a man known as 'Jack' was found in a river near their secluded home. In this version, the man met Mercedes in college and eventually married and lived off the land.
Nicknamed the " Merc with a Mouth", Wade is a high-tech mercenary known for his wisecracks, black comedy, and conflicts with T-Ray and Mercedes Wilson's story of a man believed to be 'Wade Wilson'.