Contents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Appearance
- 4Personality
- 5Abilities & Skills
- 5.1Immortality and Regeneration
- 5.2Mutant Ability Array
- 5.3Bee Star Physiology
- 5.4Psychic Warfare
- 5.5Datafication and World Authority
- 6Equipment
- 7Relationships
- 8Story Role / Major Arcs
- 8.1Men in Black Service
- 8.2Space War and Enhanced Serum
- 8.3Death and the Losers Alliance
- 8.4Game Worlds and Meta-Awareness
- 8.5Multiversal Deadpool Legion
- 9Notable Quotes
Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Wade Wilson (Wade; original: 韦德) |
| Alias(es) | Deadpool; Bee Star Wade; Black King Wade; Assassin Wade |
| Species/Race | Human mutant; later altered with Bee Star Gene and capable of Datafication |
| Gender | Male |
| Affiliation | Men in Black; Death and the Losers Alliance; intermittent operative of Andrew |
| Occupation/Role | Mercenary, combat operative, undercover agent, and recurring battlefield wildcard |
| Status | Alive; missing alongside his wife in the new Scripted World 3588 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 72: “Explosion” |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Innate regenerative mutant | 72 | Already possessed extreme healing; Colossus states that Wade cannot die no matter how he tries. |
| Bee Star Gene fusion | 688 | Survived Bee Star genetic conversion without mental control; gained tentacles, control of severed body parts, and greater regeneration. |
| Enhanced Deadpool Serum | 968 | Sacrificed accumulated World’s Favor for an upgraded serum and Adamantium, gaining teleportation, heat vision, bone claws, super speed, enhanced reflexes, soundwaves, shockwaves, and additional mutant abilities. |
| Energy-absorption combatant | 992 | Used Black King Sebastian-style absorption to take in the Bee Star flagship’s attacks and release them through his tentacles, destroying the ship. |
| Psychic combatant | 993 | Andrew unsealed Professor X’s genes and equipped Wade with a psychic helmet, allowing him to invade the Zerg collective consciousness. |
| Skyfather / World Authority user | 1854 | Recognized as a Skyfather possessing World Authority, enabling him to resist or break story-world rules that trapped others. |
| Datafied Skyfather form | 3048 | Became a Data Creature and recovered Skyfather-level strength in a world increasingly transformed by Datafication. |
| Reawakened Immortal Body | 3092 | In the Scripted World, awakened an Immortal Body Ability that restores wounds, stamina, and ability power. |
Appearance
Wade usually wears a black-and-red Deadpool-style combat suit, often restored or generated by Nano Particles after his body is damaged. Beneath the mask, he is repeatedly described as scarred and avocado-like, though a replicated body later appears unscarred and conventionally handsome 881 3574.
- Frequently carries twin blades or Light Blade Sabers.
- Can manifest tentacles after merging with Bee Star Gene.
- Has appeared with black flame wings when using Dark Phoenix-derived disintegration power 1610.
- His body can reform from flesh, blood, or detached pieces after destruction 1610.
- Nano Particles can form a protective black battle suit around him after regeneration 728.
Personality
Wade is loud, shameless, greedy, and intensely theatrical. He treats dangerous missions, mass destruction, and even his own deaths as chances to earn money, gain publicity, or maintain his “protagonist” status. He repeatedly demands salaries, compensation, reimbursement, or rewards before cooperating 664 1516 2866.
His apparent insanity is also a tactical advantage. Wade’s thoughts are too erratic for psychic enemies to predict, allowing him to contaminate the Zerg collective mind with chaotic imagined constructs 993. He is not wholly irrational, however: he understands that preserving his recognizable personality maintains audience popularity, and he deliberately seeks involvement in major events to keep that popularity alive 3574.
Despite his self-interest, Wade has personal lines he will not cross. He refuses to help harm Long-haired Superman, whom he considers a close friend, and he remains attached to Wolverine despite constantly tormenting him 1841 2823.
Abilities & Skills
Immortality and Regeneration
Wade’s defining power is an extreme Immortal Body. He can survive dismemberment, self-destruction, nuclear explosions, and the loss of his head before reforming.
- Reconstitutes himself from scattered flesh and blood after detonating himself against Odin 1610.
- Regenerates quickly enough that ordinary poison, physical trauma, and explosions are largely ineffective 2122 2364.
- His Immortality is described as narrative-based: as long as readers want to see him, he can revive 2364 3573.
- His healing also restores stamina and ability power, making prolonged exhaustion difficult to inflict 3093.
- Eternity Ore fragments can inhibit his regeneration, as seen after an Eternity Missile strike 728.
- Andrew’s power lodged in Wade’s wounds temporarily prevented him from regenerating until Death’s faction removed it 1296.
Mutant Ability Array
Andrew’s enhanced serum gave Wade a large collection of mutant-derived powers, which he uses unpredictably rather than with disciplined specialization.
- Teleportation and spatial movement — Uses a Teleportation Belt and later innate powers to reposition, escape, or enter combat suddenly; his belt can fail or place him in hazardous locations 657 742.
- Energy projection — Uses heat vision, laser eyes, shockwaves, soundwaves, and lightning-based attacks 968 1401.
- Magnetism — Stops missiles, redirects metal, and forms large metal constructs such as a Metal Dragon 969 1611.
- Intangibility — Can turn ethereal or into light particles to evade physical attacks 1346 1584.
- Cryokinesis — Releases freezing air capable of immobilizing powerful enemies 1606.
- Cloning — Can create a duplicate to continue physical combat while his original body performs psychic warfare 993.
- Time manipulation — Has shown enough mastery of time to hide within it and bypass barriers 1584.
Bee Star Physiology
Bee Star Gene conversion failed to overwrite Wade’s mind because of his abnormal mentality. Instead, it expanded his combat options.
- Can create and control tentacles, including detached tentacles 688.
- Uses tentacles as shields, restraints, weapons, and energy channels.
- Can assume a giant “Super Space Octopus” form during space combat 991.
- His Bee Star form substantially improved his combat strength against large groups and advanced technology 728.
Psychic Warfare
Professor X’s unsealed genes and a specialized psychic helmet allow Wade to attack minds directly.
- Entered the Zerg collective consciousness and challenged the Queen of Blades 993.
- Creates nonsensical mental constructs that become contaminants when destroyed, destabilizing enemy minds and forcing Zerg to attack one another 993.
- Can use telepathy against enemies, though he avoids it because his chaotic mind can also backlash against himself 2853.
- His mental instability makes him difficult to control, predict, or manipulate psychically.
Datafication and World Authority
Wade has unique experience with virtual worlds, game worlds, and Scripted Worlds.
- Possesses World Authority sufficient to resist the rules of story-worlds such as The Tortoise and the Hare and Little Red Riding Hood 1854.
- Can Datafy himself and recover high-level strength in datafied environments 3048.
- Uses this form to reach Skyfather-level power and immobilize threats, including a miniature nuclear bomb 3048.
Equipment
- Teleportation Belt — Allows rapid teleportation, though its reliability is inconsistent 657 742.
- Light Blade Sabers — Twin energy blades created by Andrew; used to sever Bio-ship tentacles and deflect energy beams 685.
- Nano Particle Battle Suit — Automatically covers Wade after regeneration and provides a fireproof Deadpool-style uniform 728 881.
- Psychic Helmet — Nano Particle-generated helmet used to amplify Professor X-derived telepathy 993.
- Twin long blades — Can transform into alternate forms, including whips and other weapons 1346.
Relationships
- Andrew — Employer, manipulator, and frequent target of Wade’s jokes. Andrew enhances, disciplines, surveils, and repeatedly exploits Wade as an unpredictable weapon 968 3582.
- Death — Wade’s goddess, supervisor, and recurring exasperated ally. She relies on his strength while regularly threatening him for his failures 1024 1346.
- Orm — Combative partner and mutual antagonist. Their cooperation against Bee Star forces and the International Gang is effective despite constant deception and mockery 688 728.
- K — Men in Black superior assigned to command Wade. K considers Wade useful but difficult to control 968 992.
- Wolverine — One of Wade’s closest friends and most frequent victims of his harassment. Wade helps him pursue Skyfather-level strength and save the X-Men 2823 2909.
- Long-haired Superman — A friend Wade refuses to betray despite cooperating with Chthon’s faction 1841 1851.
- The Intermediary — Fellow seeker of the world’s truth who becomes fascinated by Wade’s half-mad but functional personality; later transfers into Wade’s replicated body to preserve his own sanity 3574 3584.
- Wade’s Wife — His volatile but enduring partner. She stays with him because he saved her and makes life interesting, though she physically restrains him when necessary 3108.
Story Role / Major Arcs
Men in Black Service
Wade appears during the Queens crisis as an apparently unkillable nuisance whom other heroes leave behind because he can regenerate 72 73. He later joins the Men in Black, where his debts, scams, and hostility toward rules make him broadly unpopular; Orm even records Wade’s laboratory screams as a ringtone 677.
His Bee Star Gene transformation turns him into a substantially stronger field operative. Although he initially pretends to be under Bee Star control, he and Orm use the confusion to kill Bee Star soldiers and profit from the situation 688.
Space War and Enhanced Serum
Before the battle against the Alien Alliance, Wade trades his World’s Favor for Andrew’s enhanced Deadpool Serum, gaining a broad array of mutant powers 968. He becomes a major space-war asset, absorbing the Bee Star Empire’s attacks, destroying its flagship, then overloading himself with nuclear energy to cripple the Iron Blood Empire’s flagship 992 993.
Death and the Losers Alliance
Wade repeatedly shifts between Andrew’s side and Death’s faction, though neither side fully trusts him. Andrew deliberately allows him to escape to the Losers Alliance after secretly tampering with his body, ensuring that Wade remains a liability within Death’s forces 1296.
As Death’s operative, Wade undertakes missions in Hell, Mario World, Silent Hill, and other worlds. His power often makes him indispensable, but his refusal to follow plans repeatedly worsens otherwise manageable situations 1346 1590.
Game Worlds and Meta-Awareness
Wade becomes deeply involved with virtual and Scripted Worlds, openly claiming that he is a comic-book and movie character whose survival depends on popularity 2438 2558. His experiences with Game World authority lead to his Datafied Skyfather form, allowing him to recover strength in increasingly datafied realities 3048.
The Intermediary later uses Wade’s DNA, consciousness, and a newly created soul to produce a second body with Wade’s Immortality. Wade ultimately cooperates with the Intermediary after being offered a salary 3573 3574.
Multiversal Deadpool Legion
Wade gathers numerous Deadpool variants from across the multiverse—including Female Deadpool, Zombie Deadpool, Samurai Deadpool, Little Deadpool, and Flying Head Deadpool—to form the Deadpool Legion 2866. The group volunteers as test subjects for Andrew’s Skyfather-enhancement technique because repeated death means little to most of them 2866 2867.
Notable Quotes
“Talking is my dignity.” 1590
“I'm insane, not some world-ending maniac.” 833
“As long as I don't change it, the audience's affection for me won't disappear.” 3574