What’s better than one Deadpool? How about a whole team of Deadpools! That’s the idea behind the Deadpool Corps, which has appeared in the latest trailers for Deadpool and Wolverine. Led by main character Wade Wilson and supported by variants like Lady Deadpool and Dogpool, the Deadpool Corps comes straight from the comics and its origins are quite similar to the apparent plot of the film.
In comics, the Deadpool Corps first appeared in 2010’s Prelude to Deadpool Corps, written by Victor Gischler and drawn by Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld. This limited series sets the stage for the subsequent 12-issue Deadpool Corps comic, in which Wade Wilson is chosen by a cosmic being called the Contemplator to defeat another cosmic being called the Awareness, who is bent on devouring the minds of everyone in the multiverse.
Deadpool, immune to the power of consciousness thanks to his uniquely broken mind, is chosen to assemble a team of his own variants to venture into the multiverse and save virtually all of reality from a massive cosmic threat.
Sounds pretty similar to what we’ve seen from Deadpool and Wolverine, right? Right down to the presence of the reality-devouring Alioth in some of the trailers. And with psychic villain Cassandra Nova serving as the film’s obvious main antagonist, the idea of Deadpool having a uniquely resilient mind may also be in play for the film.
Along with the original Wade Wilson, these are the Deadpool variants that make up the original Deadpool Corps in the comics, some of which are confirmed to appear in Deadpool and Wolverine:
Lady Deadpool
Wanda Wilson is the Deadpool of Earth-3010, where she is the archenemy of General America, an evil version of Steve Rogers who leads a fascist government.
Children’s pool
Kidpool is the Wade Wilson of Earth-10330, where he is a problem student at Xavier’s Home for Troubled Boys, which is also home to child versions of Cyclops and Wolverine.
Dog pool
Dogpool is also known as Wilson, the best boy on Earth-103173, where he receives his regenerative powers after being cruelly tested with experimental self-refreshing makeup.
Headpool
Headpool is the zombified head of Wade Wilson from Earth 2149, home of the Marvel zombies who will soon have their own animated streaming series on Disney Plus.
As their appearances progress, the team adds more Deadpool variants, such as Championpool, the cosmic being known as the Champion of the Universe who assumes Deadpool’s identity, and the hilarious, self-explanatory Squirrelpool, and more.
So far, trailers have definitely confirmed at least Lady Deadpool and Dogpool, so we have every reason to believe there will be at least a few more variants – and maybe even some Wolverine variants like Laura Kinney/X-23 to round it all out.
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