David Week 5: Why Deadpool is One of the Greatest Comic Book Characters of All Time

    Whether you realize it or not, everyone knows about superheroes. From knowing that someone once said something about responsibility, to knowing the street address of Mary Jane-Watson's great-grandfather, everyone has some sort of knowledge in relation to superheroes and such. There are very common comic characters that everyone knows the name of; like Batman, Superman, or Spiderman. A character that many may not have heard of is Deadpool. I'm here to state why, though he may not be the most well-known, Deadpool is in fact one of the greatest comic book characters of all time because of his individuality and unique abilities.

    When I say that Deadpool is unlike any comic character, I mean it more literally than you would think. He breaks the 4th wall, he makes life just one big joke, one time he even stopped a girl from commiting suicide by making fun of her. Because he talks to the audience, everyone in the universe thinks he's insane (but realistically he's the only sane one). He has done some really crazy things that no one else would even think of doing, including; killing every single character in the Marvel Universe, every single multiversal variant of himself, and even the writers of his own comics (this one on multiple occasions). He has eaten Spiderman, had intercourse with Death itself, and even killed the hero "Beast" and used him as a fur coat. The reason he does many of these things is because he knows that because it is all fiction, it doesn't matter what he does. It's all fake anyways. He cracks jokes while ripping someones liver out of their corpse because he knows it has no effect on the real world. Deadpool's quirky attitude and extremely graphic activities really sets him apart from everyone else. 

    The reason he is able to perform the horrible acts that he does is because of his amazing power set. In addition to being one of the most skilled assasins in the world, Deadpool has a healing factor where unless every single atom of his being gets disintegrated, he can regenerate fully (it takes a relatively long period of time of course) as if he was never injured in the first place. Of course he still feels pain, but nonetheless it is a very overpowered ability that few others possess.

    What are your thoughts on Deadpool as a character?