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Especially when those friends talk as much as Deadpool.
Note: The dates listed are the cover dates rather than the date that the comics were actually published.
This makes them a little easier to find when youre searching through Marvels massive backlog.
88 (December 1994)
The first official meeting between Wolverine and Deadpool goes how youd expect violently.
At this point, Wolverine (a.k.a.
Logan) was a comfortable fixture of the Marvel universe.
It doesnt really reek of an upcoming blockbuster-movie adaptation with them as co-headliners.
However, the 90s were a weird time for Wolverine.
You gotta make back that $250 million budget somehow.
But it means that well likely never get a scene like the one inDeadpoolVol.
27 where he beats up Kitty Pryde just to get a rise out of Wolverine.
But even Deadpool has a bit of pathos, as those hallucinations feature a long lost lover of his.
Its not exactly heartwarming, but it does affirm them as Marvels finest star-crossed haters.
Theyve truly come a long way.
The 90s are often lambasted for their continuous, cross-title story arcs and ceaseless big event promotional tactics.
He draws them out of their impossibly convoluted comic logic and lets them be naturally reactive.
had on the new pages.
Even the lean Deadpool becomes a meaty titan of flesh in Liefelds hand.
Hes a wrecking ball with biceps.
When Wolverine asks him why theyre fighting again after everything seemed cool, Deadpool just shrugs it off.
Cable & DeadpoolVol.
Marvel friends duking it out has been a staple since the Stan Lee/Jack Kirby/Steve Ditko days.
(Millions of comics have been bought on the back of promises like SPIDER-MAN FIGHTING THOR TO THE DEATH?
Still, their reunions dont necessarily make sense at times.
So Cyclops asks for Deadpools help in reining him in?
Wont that just make him angrier?
(Unless that is Cyclopss point.
Wolverine OriginsNo.
It puts Wolverine in, for lack of a better phrase,an emotionally heightened state.
What can these two throw at each other that they wont be able to come back from?
Uncanny X-ForceVol 1., No.
Hes simultaneously gross and childlike, a character that will never really grow up.
It also explains why Deadpool is so appealing to comic fans.
But instead of Deadpool tracking down Wolverine, its Wolverine who goes to Deadpool for help.
Do they like one another?
No, not really.
But they do need one another.
And the answer is Yeah!
(In this case, its finding a very powerful mutant before she falls into the wrong hands.)
But thats become the status quo in comics, animation, video games, and live action.
If there is a Wolverine, somewhere there is a Deadpool just waiting to irritate him.
