He deserves to be loved on his own merits.” Of course, Rob’s last line hits back at those readers who confuse Deathstroke and Deadpool. The characters share many things in common, prompting ...

But is he Marvel Comics' Deadpool or DC Comics' Deathstroke? What to Read Next Debuting in The New Teen Titans #2 in 1980, Deathstroke the Terminator – aka Slade Wilson – definitely came first.

They decided to lean into it. Deathstroke’s real name is Slade Wilson. So they named Deadpool “Wade Wilson.” And, in an industry with a history peppered with predatory copyright lawsuits ...

It's not called out directly, because that'd be copyright infringement, but it's pretty obvious that Deathstroke's mouthy doppelganger is Deadpool. That's two times that DC has called Marvel out ...

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General audiences may not be familiar with Deathstroke, but they’re definitely familiar with Deadpool. It’s no secret that Deathstroke and Deadpool have a lot in common. Deadpool was created ...

Deadpool made his first appearance in The New Mutants comics in 1991, co-created by Fabian Nicieza and Rob Liefeld, who was made in the vein of the DC Comics villain Deathstroke, having an ...

For much of his comic book history, the Marvel comic book character Deadpool has been connected to DC's Deathstroke the Terminator character, but Deadpool has obviously long transcended the realm ...