Deadpool's Weapon X Rival Deserves the Same Fame as Wade Wilson
There are few, if any, comics fans who don’t know the name Wade Wilson, aka Deadpool, as he has quickly become one of the most popular characters within Marvel’s ever-growing catalog despite being a fairly new addition to the established universe. His Weapon X rival deserves that same level of fame and recognition.
While Deadpool is regarded as a humorous antihero with a heart of gold, he was originally a legitimate villain upon his debut in New Mutants #98 by Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza. In that issue, Deadpool is hired to kill Cable and anyone else who gets in his way, and he puts in the maximum effort to accomplish that villainous task without pausing for even a moment to consider the morality of the situation. Wade Wilson was originally a human mercenary who underwent extreme experimentation conducted by Weapon X to become a mutate after learning that he was dying of cancer. When he got his new powers, Deadpool initially used them strictly for profit as one of the greatest mercenaries in the world and didn’t care who he was hired to kill so long as he was well paid. Overtime, however, Deadpool’s character was adapted to match his growing popularity, making him more relatable and adjusting his missions and motivations to give fans a better reason to root for him–something that should also be done for another victim of Weapon X experimentation: Garrison Kane.
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In X-Force #2 by Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza, readers are introduced to Garrison Kane who makes his debut fighting Deadpool in a bout that cements them as bitter rivals. As Kane’s backstory becomes more fleshed out throughout the continuation of his storyline stemming from this issue,
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