Underrated Superhero

Kids, raise your hands if you know who Deadpool is. What, none of you know who is is?

I'm not surprised.

Deadpool has to be one of my favourite superheroes (though its hard to define his that way, he's more of an anti-hero psychopath than anything...) and goddamn it, no one knows how awesome he is. But maybe, next month, they will.

That's right kids! Deadpool makes his live action appearance is 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine'. I can only hope it will live up to expectations and be as kick-ass as we're all hoping for.

Speaking of character, let me introduce you to Deadpool.

Don't worry, I'm not giving away much of his origin...you can leave that job to the movie.

Basicly, I'm going to tell you why he's one of my favourites.

1. He's a mercenary.

That means a shit load of guns and blowing people up. Fun! He's known as 'The Merc with the Mouth'. My kinda guy, if you ask me.

2. He's got Wolverine's healing powers, and doesn't mind dying.

He might even enjoy it. In one issue, he actually yells to be run through by Wolverine's adamantium claws. Psychopathic fun!

3. He knows he's a comic book character.

That's right, you heard me. He knows things he shouldn't about the Marvel universe, and assumingly would only know these things if he read the comics of his fellow heroes! He's also completely cognizant of the fact that he, too, is a character by breaking the third wall on a nearly regular basis. It makes for some amazing dialog.

He's a hard character to get down just right, but I have confidence.
Some spoilers on the web have told me that you don't get to see Deadpool in his recognizable (at least for us nerds) red-and-black outfit. I don't care to much about that as long as they do him right.

Here's hoping.