Best Deadpool Storylines, Ranked

Story Found In: Deadpool Vol. 3 #15-19

Deadpool's greatest team-up. The story shows Deadpool repeatedly waking up after being drugged and having his organs removed. He regenerates them, so he doesn't worry at first. Then, he learns his organs fuel a new weapon. Deadpool then asks Wolverine and Captain America to find the missing organs.

This isn't just about getting three popular Marvel characters on one cover. It draws a link between the three main characters. All endured Weapon Plus experimentation and physical changes. Captain America chose patriotism and valor. Wolverine chose murder and darkness. Deadpool fell into madness.

Story Found In: Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe #1-4

Deadpool gets lots of losses because he is the Marvel Universe's comic relief. Seeing him succeed is good for him.Deadpool Kills the Marvel UniverseHe kills the Marvel Universe (an alternate one, at least) in this issue (spoiler alert).

When a brainwashing experiment fails, he kills the Fantastic Four and...Uatu the WatcherThis is unsettling. Uatu always acted like a stand-in for the reader. Uatu directly threatens the reader before he starts his rampage.

Deadpool uses trickery and brutality against heroes and villains. His healing powers peak when his body reassembles after the Hulk tears him apart. Deadpool then decapitates Bruce Banner while he sleeps.

Story Found In: Deadpool Vol. 1 #0, 4, 20, 28-30

Deadpool's original powers included a Wolverine-like healing factor, telepathic immunity, and super-athleticism. These skills were solid but dull. When writer Joe Kelly started Deadpool's first solo title, he feared cancellation. Instead of playing it safe, he got weird.

Deadpool develops "comic awareness." He breaks the fourth wall. He speaks to the reader directly, mentions real-world events, or talks about the Marvel Universe like fiction in the real world. Simply put, he knows he is a comic book character.comic book characterHe reads his own books. In issue #4, he references the theme song from The Hulk TV show. In issue #20, he discusses Marvel's money situation. In issue #28, when Bullseye asks how they last met, Deadpool answers, "Issue sixteen," and his power is at full strength.The HulkThe TV show mentions Marvel's finances in issue #20. In issue #28, when Bullseye asks about their last meeting, Deadpool says, "Issue sixteen," and the power is at full force.

Story Found In: Uncanny X-Force Vol. 1 #25-35

Uncanny X-ForceThe story centers on X-Men spun off to be a proactive hit squad. Deadpool fits perfectly as a mercenary. He starts feeling a family and friendship he never had with the X-Men.

He tears up when he must turn against the team for their final mission: killing a child version of the mutant super villain, Apocalypse, known as Kid Apocalypse (later called Genesis). Deadpool leaves Wolverine and the others to save Kid Apocalypse; the team accepts the young mutant as a student after X-Force splits.

Story Found In: Deadpool: Suicide Kings #1-5

When Deadpool faces accusations of killing innocents, popular street-level Marvel characters must decide his fate. The Punisher tries to kill him, succeeding in decapitating and dismembering Deadpool, but it doesn't kill him. Daredevil steps in to secure a fair trial, which is Daredevil's move. Spider-Man defends him too, even though he and Deadpool clash.

Once Tombstone and the Wrecking Crew become the real villains, the four team up for victory.

What makes "Suicide Kings" interesting is how it makes readers choose a side for Deadpool. His wild attitude and disregard for story rules have always made him divisive. Here, the reader, like the Marvel heroes, must pick a side.the Marvel heroesReaders must decide whether to back or oppose Deadpool. Most readers still side with him.

Story Found In: Deadpool Vol. 1 #11

Joe Kelly wrote Deadpool, making him a weird character. "With Great Power Comes Great Coincidence" might be his greatest weirdness work.

Deadpool and his sidekick/roommate/prisoner, Blind Al, move from modern times into an old issue ofThe Amazing Spider-Man, specifically issue #47 from 1966. Deadpool uses a hologram to look like Peter Parker and Blind Al as Aunt May. This let artist Pete Woods put new art inside John Romita's original panels, and altered dialogue twisted the original story into something absurd.

Story Found In: Cable & Deadpool 1-6

The odd couple storyline that is Cable and Deadpool The unlikely pair gets handcuffed together. Both get mixed up with the same virus, which merges their DNA. This makes Cable's teleportation device send them to the same spot every time either one moves, so they end up handcuffed.

Story Found In: Deadpool: Sins of the Past #1-4

"Sins of the Past" is a standard romp where a confusingly wood-based mutant, Black Tom, tries to steal Deadpool's healing power. It gives Deadpool a reason to team up with Siryn from X-Force, the first Marvel hero to see Deadpool as more than just a villain. This is where his shift from villain to anti-hero starts.

Story Found In: Deadpool and Death Annual 1998

Story Found In: 5 Ronin #1-4

Wolverine, Psylocke, Hulk, and The Punisher become 17th-century Japanese samurai. They break with their masters to seek revenge against a shared foe.

A mysterious fool offers guidance and wisdom. This advice comes from knowledge outside the comic book. He carries swords and hides his face. Does he sound familiar?

Story Found In: Cable & Deadpool #43-50

Deadpool serves as the comic relief for the Marvel Universe. Bob, Agent of Hydra, needs a sidekick. Bob's wife pushed him to find a job. He joined the Nazi-style terrorist group, Hydra, despite lacking dental benefits.

Bob first appears a few issues earlier when he is captured and forced to betray Hydra in "Unfinished Business." His highlight occurs in "Alone Again, Naturally." There, Bob keeps betraying Hydra out of confusion, loyalty to Deadpool, or perhaps still worrying about the missing dental plan. After Wolverine decapitates Deadpool, Bob gets Wade's head and puts it back on himself to regenerate. This action might cause all of Bob's former coworkers to die.

Story Found In: Deadpool Vol. 1 #65-69

"Healing Factor" is a loose collection of goofy Deadpool stories. A plotline connects them: Black Swan infects Deadpool's mind with a mental virus. This virus makes him struggle to speak and aim guns. Simultaneously, he starts Deadpool, Inc., his own mercenary service. Gail Simone created this setup if she wanted an allegory showing that those who reach management levels are the craziest.

Taskmaster, Outlaw, and Agent X join the new company. They help untangle Deadpool's mind. Even after Deadpool regains his sanity, is he truly sane?

Story Found In: New Mutants Vol. 1 #98-100

Deadpool was a star in his first issue. He stood proudly center frame in his tight bodysuit and head sock. "The Beginning of the End" shows him breaking into the X-Men's mansion to kill Cable. He gets stabbed and mailed back to his employer. Deadpool acts as a simple villain, but strangeness starts showing; he might be the first mutant to ever be mailed.

Fabian Nicieza created Deadpool when he caught artist Rob Liefeld copying a DC character named Deathstroke. Deathstroke was also a masked, agile assassin. Nicieza chose to use the idea instead of killing it. Deadpool's real name is Wade Wilson; Deathstroke's real name is Slade Wilson.

Story Found In: Superman/Batman Annual #1

Deadpool does not belong in a DC book. He is not in this one. You might ask how this book appears among his best moments.

Joe Kelly wrote this annual. Kelly helmed Deadpool's first long solo series for 33 issues. Batman and Superman fight alternate versions of themselves from other dimensions. Mr. M's mischievous actions cause this.An alternate version of Deathstroke appears. This version is Deadpool. This is undeniable, even if he is not named.

Story found in: Best Deadpool Storylines, Ranked. X-Force #11-15.

Deadpool needs a romance. His first one in Marvel canon is a messy situation.

Deadpool attacks Domino at the X-Mansion. He calls her "Vanessa" repeatedly. This shows Deadpool acting weird or crazy. Domino is being impersonated by his lover, Vanessa Carlysle, the mutant shape-shifter Copycat. They loved, but he left her after finding his cancer.

Tolliver, Domino's former boss and Deadpool's boss, sends someone to kill her. This complex plotting is a sign of early X-Force books.X-Force.Rob Liefeld's obsession covers every character with pouches in X-Force books.

Deadpool enters and exits the story. He returns near the end to stab his ex-lover. She lives. He returns to ensure she escapes while the real Domino joins Cable to take down Tolliver.

This arc features wildly colored, non-PC cover art. The art shows Deadpool socking a woman in the face.X-Force #11..