BIOGRAPHY - page 11
During a mission against A.I.M., Deadpool teamed up with his former adversaries from the Great Lakes Initiative to stop the science-terrorists from weaponizing the Olympian God of Revelry, Dionysus, to make super-heroes everywhere too drunk to oppose them. After beating A.I.M., the GLI offered Deadpool membership in their hallowed organization. Deadpool accepted reserve membership in the Milwaukee team, and proceeded to make a nuisance of himself by annoying the GLI and messing up their headquarters. Finally, Squirrel Girl forcibly evicted him from the area. [Deadpool / GLI: Summer Fun Spectacular #1]
Deadpool eventually separated from Agency X and began taking disreputable jobs again. He was hired to assassinate the blind lawyer named Matt Murdock, but kept running into distractions due to the proliferation of super-heroes and crises of blockbuster proportions in New York. His rooftop perch was interrupted by Madcap, a highly-unstable regenerative prankster. Madcap's psionic ability to induce madness in others had the opposite effect on Deadpool. It actually quieted the noise in his head, making him saner and helping Wade find his happy place.
Their antics caused enough commotion that Murdock (secretly the Scarlet Swashbuckler called Daredevil!) came out to stop his own assassination. When he realized Deadpool and Madcap were both "healing factor guys," Daredevil asked a passing Thor to zap them both with a lightning bolt and be done with it. Literally reduced to ash, Deadpool's body regenerated back into human 
shape after a few hours, but Madcap was nowhere to be found. Instead, Wade had a new voice in his head providing a running commentary on his life, criticizing his decisions, and pushing him towards new behavior. Wade being Wade, he rolled with it with a shrug. [Deadpool (4th series) Annual #1]
Whether he realized it or not, Deadpool's behavior became even more unstable thanks to his new mental "partner." He accepted morally and practically unsound commissions like an assassination on Wolverine. In fact, the entire scenario was a set up by Wolverine and the Winter Soldier for Logan to get a hold of his son, Daken. Wade was left behind and forgotten as the scenario played out. [Wolverine: Origins #21-25]
Cable eventually returned, as Deadpool always knew he would. Wade made a rendezvous with Cable in Cooperstown, Alaska during the birth of the first new mutant after M-Day. Deadpool helped Cable take possession of the baby while fighting off the Purifiers who wished to kill her, the Marauders who wished to exploit her and Predator X who wanted to eat her. Thanks to Wade, mutantkind would someday have a future. [Deadpool & Cable #25]
As the Skrull invasion of Earth began, Nick Fury hired Deadpool to infiltrate the Skrull command center in occupied NORAD, stealing intelligence that was key for executing a highborn Skrull Queen like Veranke, leader of the invasion. Wade seemingly completed his mission and transferred the data to Fury, but it was somehow lost in transmission and Fury never received it. As a result, Deadpool didn't get paid. [Deadpool (3rd series) #1-3]
Scraping for work, Deadpool was overseas when the Skrull invasion played out in Manhattan. On his way back to New York, he was attacked by Tiger Shark. The aquatic killer underestimated Deadpool's healing factor and left him for dead. Wade recovered and went after Tiger Shark, but was surprised when Bob, Agent of Hydra of all people, arrived to help him. Wade soon recognized Bob was also hired to help assassinate him. A terrified Bob apologized and stammered out that their boss was a very scary man who made him an offer he couldn't refuse. At first, Wade couldn't 
understand why Norman Osborn would hire people to kill him, until he finally caught the news. Osborn was hero of the world for killing the Skrull Queen Veranke and ending the invasion, meaning Osborn intercepted the data Deadpool sent to Nick Fury. More importantly, Osborn was the reason Wade didn't get paid. Deadpool sent a note to Norman, warning him he was coming for him. He also claimed he killed Bob, just to get his buddy out of Osborn's crosshairs. [Deadpool (3rd series) #4-7]
While prepping for an assault on Osborn, Deadpool took some extra work to make money. Unfortunately, his new client was a gambling addict, trust fund kid in debt to Tombstone. They set Wade up as a bomber and arsonist as part of an elaborate scheme to settle their scores. As a result, Deadpool was hunted by the Punisher, Daredevil and Spider-Man. After hiding out with Outlaw, Wade managed to convince the heroes of his innocence and they tracked down Tombstone. The gangster was arrested while the rich kid's father was willing to compensate Deadpool for the hassle his son caused. Wade did a good deed by helping restore and refurbish Outlaw's apartment after his problems tore up her place, and she rewarded him with a friendly romp in the sack. [Deadpool: Suicide Kings #1-5]
Ready to face Norman Osborn, Deadpool stormed Avengers Tower, only to find that Osborn wasn't even there. He had to fight his way through the new black ops Thunderbolts team instead, stealing an experimental teleporter to make his escape. However, Osborn actually intended to let Deadpool escape, hoping to track him to Nick Fury, who was on the run from Osborn's new regime. Wade recruited Taskmaster to pose as him and throw off the Thunderbolts, but Wade got distracted himself by a sudden crush on their field leader, the second Black Widow (Yelena Belova). I'd say Deadpool barely escaped with his head, but... he didn't. The Headsman decapitated him and left his body to rot. Fortunately for Deadpool, Belova was actually the original Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) in disguise. A spy for Nick Fury on the Thunderbolts, she apparently saw fit to reattach Wade's head once Osborn was out of sight. [Deadpool (3rd series) #8-9 / Thunderbolts (1st series) #130-131]
When he realized Deadpool was still alive, Norman sent Bullseye, the Hawkeye of his dark Avengers, after Wade. Although they were mostly friends, Bullseye thrilled at the chance to test himself against Deadpool. The fighting was fierce, but Bullseye succeeded in catching Wade with a ricochet shot and an arrow through the brain. Bullseye decided to toy with his target rather than find a way to permanently kill him, however, letting Wade get the upper hand. Eventually, a beaten Bullseye was forced to cut his losses. He claimed Osborn wanted to pay off Deadpool and make things square between them. Once he got the money, though, Wilson would have to lay low for a time. That way Bullseye could claim he completed the mission for Osborn. Bullseye's offer was for a stupid amount of money, and so Deadpool accepted. [Deadpool (3rd series) #10-12]
Being rich was a wish on a monkey's paw for Wade, however. The boredom of having whatever he wanted to buy while keeping a low profile made him twitchy. "Twitchy" as in "shot himself in the brain due to depression." On a whim, Deadpool decided to become a pirate, and wrangled Bob into working for him in a parrot costume. Of course, when real pirates decided to attack a small island Deadpool planned to plunder, he got suckered into defending the island instead. It was only a temporary distraction for his boredom. He got a thrill out of helping people for once, though, and began considering a change in direction. [Deadpool (3rd series) #13-14]
Searching for meaning in his life, Deadpool found his way to San Francisco, coincidentally as Cyclops of the X-Men broadcast a televised speech directed at the outcasts and misfits of society. This reawakened Deadpool's mostly forgotten dream of becoming an X-Man. He made his own costume and presented himself at Utopia for membership, only for Cyclops to deliver a "Hell, no." 
After that, Deadpool seemingly tried to assassinate the father of one of the X-Men's students. This man was being paid off by Norman Osborn to raise public criticism of the X-Men by claiming his daughter had been "abducted" by a "mutant militia." Deadpool's plan was actually more cunning than Cyclops and Wolverine gave him credit for -- he deliberately set himself up to be foiled and beaten by the X-Men as they saved the man's life, while also spooking him into confessing on camera that Osborn was behind the entire thing. Cyclops begrudgingly admitted that Deadpool had some moves before Wade left the city. [Deadpool (3rd series) #15-18]
When the Red Hulk's identity was seemingly compromised by Domino, he hired Deadpool and a team of mercenaries to secure her before she could spread that information. Wade joined the likes of Punisher, Elektra, Thundra and the Crimson Dynamo as "Code Red" against Domino's teammates in X-Force. These associations would be revisited by Deadpool in the future. [Hulk (2nd series) #14-17]
Deadpool took a job from Sasha Kravinoff to distract Spider-Man for a day. He annoyed Spidey into a prolonged battle that ended with a hilarious Dissing Yo Mamma contest. [Amazing Spider-Man (1st series) #611] Deadpool had so much fun with the web-slinger that he looked him up a few weeks later to teach him the ways of heroism. Spider-Man initially blamed Deadpool for an assassination in his neighborhood, only to discover Wade was the next target of the real assassin: Hit-Monkey! Spidey helped Deadpool fake his own death in order to get Hit-Monkey out of the city. He warned Wade, however, that he would never become a real hero until he learned to do the right thing because it was right, not because it would get people to love him. [Deadpool (3rd series) #19-21]
But the team ups didn't end with Spider-Man. Based on the idle whims of popularity and publication beyond the fourth wall, Deadpool found himself teaming up with other heroes (well, protagonists) on a regular basis. He joined forces with all the heavy-hitters of the era. Hercules! Ghost Rider! The Zapata Brothers! U.S. Ace! It the Living Coloss-- no, wait! Come back! We've got the Punisher! As a steam-punk Frankenstein! [Deadpool Team-Up #899-894] Oh, good, you're still here. So yeah we've got Captain Britain! Satana, the Devil's Daughter! Mister X! Machine Man from Delmar Insurance! Ummm... Gorilla Man! [Deadpool Team-Up #893-889] No no no wait hear me out! How about the Thing? People love Benjamin J. Grimm! The 1970's told me so. And Thor! Iron Fist! The Hellcow! Wait, what? [Deadpool Team-Up #888-885] Okay, Deadpool and the Watcher! Deadpool as a Herald of Galactus! Yeah! Now if only my popularity bubble doesn't burst before I get a crossover team up with Superm-- [Deadpool Team-Up #884-883]
Not all the team ups were bad, though. Deadpool finally got to "team up" with Siryn like he always wanted. Theresa had struggled with losses recently after the death of her father and the revelation that her son with Jamie Madrox was a duplicate, who ceased to exist. She turned to Wade for comfort and they spent time together at her family home Cassidy Keep where she tried to recover mentally. [X-Factor (1st series) #200]
Deadpool's quest to be more heroic led him to a situation in Las Vegas. A local man got on television and cheered the fall of Norman Osborn and the return of Steve Rogers as signs of a new Heroic Age, lumping in Deadpool with the old regime getting replaced by "real" heroes. Wade came out west to teach the man a lesson and ran across the new hero of Las Vegas casino security, the armored House. It turned out "the House" was actually Wade's old buddy Weasel who, despite their past few encounters, decided he bore Wade a grudge for putting him in The Box years earlier. He had his own Box constructed to contain and torment Deadpool, but Wade got out quickly and decided he wanted in on Weasel's scam.
Wade learned Weasel had intended to start a protection racket for the casinos, only to discover they were quite willing to pay him to run their security and protect their property. Deadpool pressured Weasel into letting him get involved, taking on a second armor so they could work 
together as "The House and Wildcard!" Deadpool outshone Weasel as Wildcard, though, while defending the casino from robbery by Grizzly. So, Wade offered to switch armors with Weasel next time, letting Weasel act as the adored Wildcard in public. This trick allowed Wade to completely tarnish Weasel's image as the House, leaving the casinos believing Weasel / House had gone rogue and teamed up with Grizzly. Deadpool then doubled back, stole the Wildcard armor and beat Grizzly, cheating Weasel out of his own job. Of course, after he won, Deadpool almost immediately realized now he had a job, and quit to remain a freelancer rather than report to the casino bosses every day. [Deadpool (3rd series) #23-26]
As "The Heroic Age" continued, Deadpool was surprised to find himself fighting alongside Steve Rogers and his Secret Avengers, Black Widow and Moon Knight. Apparently hunting the same terrorist underground stockpiling weapons, Rogers recruited Deadpool to assist his team in confiscating the weaponry. However, "Rogers" and his team were actually genetic constructs forged by Deadpool's old psychiatrist Doctor Bong and stealing the weaponry for their own purposes. Bong used "Rogers" to manipulate Deadpool's deeply rooted need for acceptance, until the real Secret Avengers came along. Although he found him incredibly annoying, the genuine Steve Rogers recognized Deadpool's abilities and worked with him to disable Bong's plot. The approval was a heady experience for Wade. [Deadpool (3rd series) #27-29]
Cable eventually returned from the future with the new mutant baby, now his adopted daughter Hope, but he apparently died again while protecting her and the X-Men from a dark future. Nathan's loss seriously affected Wade, and he was recruited by Archangel and Wolverine to 
operate as part of the clandestine X-Force, carrying on Cable's mission and ensuring the future of the mutant race. Technically a paid mercenary in the group, Archangel was well aware that Deadpool also never cashed any of the checks he gave him. Wade was involved only out of respect for his fallen friend. [Deadpool & Cable #26, X-Men: Second Coming #2, Wolverine: Road to Hell #1]
Unfortunately, this was not the unit that would allow Wade to prove his heroism. Dedicated to the preemptive elimination of targets before they threatened the X-Men's Utopia, X-Force made hard choices for the greater good of mutantkind. Deadpool hunted down Clan Akkaba for Archangel, prepping the team for a battle with the newly resurrected Apocalypse. Once they fought through his Final Horsemen and infiltrated the Celestial Ship, however, X-Force discovered En Sabah Nur was only a child in this incarnation, slowly being indoctrinated in his own dogma by his followers. 
Psylocke was the first to refuse to kill an innocent child. As she struggled to convince Wolverine and Archangel that following through on the kill order was wrong, Deadpool was not only paralyzed by indecision but speechless. Speechless. In the end, Fantomex coldly shot the child between the eyes as the others struggled over what to do. X-Force flew back to their base in absolute silence. [Uncanny X-Force (1st series) #1-4]
Out of all of X-Force, Wade had the most trouble processing the death of the child. He tried to speak to the other members about it, but a guilty Wolverine didn't want to discuss it and lashed out at Deadpool for being "only" a mercenary. They nearly didn't respond to a call for help from Fantomex, who was trying to defend against Weapon Infinity, a trans-temporal legion of Deathlok super-cyborgs after the World, the miniaturized time-warping laboratory the Weapon Plus Program moved on into after Wolverine and Deadpool's creation. Inside the World, Deadpool confronted Father, the Weapon Plus figure behind Weapon Infinity. Father's unique influence powers almost swayed Wade, but Deadpool weird brain chemistry and psychological issues guided him free. He killed Father, sending the Deathloks back to their proper temporal zones. This victory did little to alleviate the tensions that existed among the X-Force team. [Uncanny X-Force (1st series) #5-7]
Perhaps it was this unsettling business which helped lead Deadpool to reconsider his path of heroism and return to mercenary work. He was spurred into action when a former client, Reginald Harris, used video footage of Deadpool entering his house to fake his own death and frame Wade for the supposed murder. Deadpool was pissed and tracked down Harris, but relented when he learned Harris, his wife and son were being targeted by an apparently infamous alien mercenary named Macho Gomez. Defeating Gomez fueled Deadpool's desire to become active as a mercenary again, and he stole Macho Gomez's ship to take to the stars and build a reputation as the merc who beat Macho Gomez. [Deadpool (3rd series) #32]
The quest took an unexpected turn when he met up with Macho's wife Orksa and his brother-in-law's repo business. A quick exchange left Deadpool's head spinning and he found himself married to Orksa now and working for her brother. Wade's chance for glory came when he helped the survivors of an alien race take revenge on Id, the Selfish Moon, who destroyed their planet years earlier. Deadpool's success was hollow, though, as he realized he only cared what people on Earth thought, and no one back home knew of his successes out in space. He arranged a quicky divorce from Orksa and made his way back to his home planet. [Deadpool (3rd series) #33-35]
As he returned home, the voices in Deadpool's head were louder than usual, pushing him to see that he really wanted to be a great hero or a great mercenary because he wanted to be loved. Obstinately declaring that he was already loved, Wade decided to look up his friends and prove it. Instead, he discovered Macho Gomez had assembled many of the people Deadpool thought of as friends (Weasel, Bob, Blind Al, Sluggo, Taskmaster and Big Bertha of the GLI) in an attempt to kill him. Living through his friends trying their best to murder him awakened Wade to what was at the core of his behavior: he wanted to die.
His death wish had been suppressed after the Weapon X Program, and his mercenary career had kept him too busy to reconsider it over the years. However, the boredom that had crept into his life since 
Bullseye made him too rich to need work had reawakened his old yearning for death. His poor treatment of his "friends" over the years also stemmed from his death wish because, in Deadpool's conflicted mind, if somebody really loved him, they would find a way to kill him. This personal revelation rose to the center of Wade's consciousness, and began to influence his behavior more and more. [Deadpool (3rd series) #36]