﹫┄ 𝗪𝗔𝗗𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗦𝗢𝗡 (𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗟)﹒ ⿴

As a mentally unstable and disfigured mercenary, Deadpool originally appeared as a villain in the New Mutants comic book, and later in issues of X-Force. The character has since starred in several ongoing series, and has shared titles with other characters, such as Cable. Known as the "Merc with a Mouth", he is famous for his talkative nature and tendency to break the fourth wall, a device used by writers for humorous effect. Deadpool can be classified as a mercenary-type antihero: "He is the best example of a mercenary antihero out of the entire Marvel cast of characters. It is debatable whether Deadpool is the most popular of Marvel's antiheroes, but what no one disputes is that he is the most outlandish, loudmouthed, and politically incorrect."

Deadpool is aware that he is a fictional comic book character. He commonly breaks the fourth wall, which is done by few other characters in the Marvel Universe, and this is used for humorous effect. He often has conversations with his two internal monologues, which are shown as insets in his panels; in Deadpool Annual #1 (2014) it is revealed that Madcap, an enemy of Captain America, is the psychotic voice appearing in white captions with a typewriter serif; the other voice is unidentified and frequently misattributed to Dr. Bong, Deadpool's former psychiatrist. Deadpool is described as having a regenerative healing factor, which not only prevents him from sustaining permanent injuries through enhanced cellular regeneration throughout his body, but also causes psychosis and mental instability as his neurons are also affected by the accelerated regeneration. It is believed that while his psychoses are a handicap, they are also one of his assets, as they make him an extremely unpredictable opponent. Taskmaster, who has photoreflective memory that allows him to copy anyone's combat skills by observation, was unable to defeat Deadpool due to his chaotic and improvisational fighting style. Taskmaster has also stated that Deadpool is an expert at distracting his opponents.

Deadpool wears a red and black suit with large oval shapes around his eyes and a logo, which bears his image on his belt buckle. People unfamiliar with Deadpool often mistake him for a "ninja version of Spider-Man", which is a turn-off for his fans (and for Deadpool as well). Deadpool wears a utility belt around his waist that contains a variety of weapons such as guns, knives and grenades, he also has some items that can give him an advantage in battles, as well as a toy monkey. Your TV is built into the utility belt, represented as a small solid metal device that takes the shape of the brand logo. He wears a harness around his upper body that keeps his two katanas strapped to his back in an X shape. Underneath his suit, Deadpool is scarred and deformed (the reason he keeps his mask on). Its appearance varies from being rigid, with uneven scarring or exposed muscles and bones. However, this could be justified by the fact its healing factor has your body in a constant state of flux.