How the Internet Made Deadpool 

*Correction* I said the Deadpool video game came out in 2003. It came out in 2013. I misread my own script and didn't catch it until after the video was uploaded.

As someone with a fair share of mental disorders, sarcastic escapism, and even an exceedingly grotesque skin condition, I found Deadpool incredibly relatable. I always loved when he let himself be serious. So the era when he was permanently goofy kinda hurt. I liked imagining it as a nihilistic escape from his world.

As much as I like your friend's interpretation of Deadpool at 4:02 it's hard to deny that it's his voice work what makes the character sound sarcastic, because the dialogue by itself doesn't manage it. It's like at the start of X-Men Origins, where we see Wade Wilson and despite the fact that no line of his dialogue is anywhere near funny, his delivery makes all he say sound like quips. Liefeld didn't "create" Deadpool's personality, other, later writers did. At the start, he was a generic mercenary that sort of looked like Spider-Man, but certainly didn't quip, and the excessive amounts of dialogue seen here are pretty normal for every character in those comics. While your point in the video is true and the internet helped "memefy" Deadpool, credit must be given to other writers like Fabian Nicieza for giving the character the wacky personality he's known for, since Liefeld loves to hog all the credit when all he did was obviously rip-off Deathstroke.

"When Superhero movies WERE oversaturating the market to the point of audience fatigue..." How far in the future are you from?

Drake: *Makes a simple typo on his title* Comment section: I'm about to end this man's whole career.

Those people who were like: She Thor, blah blah what’s next? Made me groan at how little knowledge they have of the comics.

In my opinion, the issue with Flanderization is that you remove depth and nuance from a character by exaggerating a specific set of traits or characteristics. Early 2010s Deadpool is a good example, but I think Batman has actually been a prominent victim of Flanderization over the decades.

it is nice to see Deadpool come back from the meme lord to actually well written and interesting character

Everybody: talking about the typo Me, the one making the unoriginal comment: 4:02 that's actually a really good Deadpool voice

9:17 Everyone keeps talking about the title change meanwhile I’m wondering if the Deadpool game really came out in 2003

"I'm 70% sure it wasn't me" lmao this man is a treasure

2:00 Wait. People seriously didn't know that She Hulk was already a thing...? Thats a whole new level of ignorance. Also love how these guys don't know that Spiderwoman is a thing, and the guy at the bottom left ranting about female versions of male superheroes Mentions SuperWoman, a female Superman. (Black Woman and Doctor Female are my favourites.)

2:00 Wonder Man does exist, as a Marvel character.

6:40 Deadpool before : The merc' with a mouth. Deadpool then : The merch' with a mouth.

I enjoyed Gerry Duggan's run on Deadpool, Gerry made Deadpool feel like a sad clown. Even his despicable Deadpool was great, even though he had to reset Deadpool.

Oh god, someone seriously commented "What is wrong with just a regular male superhero you have to make it a women." in response to she-hulk? Two things. 1. She-hulk has been around for decades and is not any kind of recent attempt at progressivism, not that it should matter if she were a recent character. 2. (and this is the bigger one) Usually when people have this kind of reaction to a female character there is a response from people who like the character or are just less reactionary that people respond by pointing out that "male"ness is treated as a default in most mediums while female characters seem to need some kind of reason to be female. This isn't even subtle with the male as default idea. What even is a "regular" male superhero? Do I really need to point out the "super" in the name? Why is it that the concept of a female is harder to accept than superpowers? On a tangentially related note, Drake, you should probably mark out the names in future videos. I certainly will not be the one to go out and find these people to respond to them and I hope the rest of your audience wouldn't either but this is the internet. Anyone else reading this, please don't harass people.

Deadpool was molded by the internet, BORN IN IT!

the story arc “good the bad and the ugly” is so good a lotta depth to wade as a character from it.

A lot of characters exist for decades yet people don't care about them until they actually get adaptations for better or for worse.

I want Deadpool 3 to open with Deadpool In Disneyland.

I’m dying 😂😂😂 the title is gold

Is it my imagination or did this saw “Hoe the internet made Deadpool”

I would have mentioned a bit more about that 97 book, Joe Kelly really gave deadpool his voice in that book and future writers ran with it

Looking at the after credits scene of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, it was clear that what they had planned was that he was actually going to start talking a hell of a lot more, it just should not have started out the way it did. But maybe not, I'm just looking on a more optimistic side.

1:58 Gotta love how all those neckbeards are acting all high and mighty for "preservation of the characters" and "SJW influence" yet they have no idea that She Hulk is a decades old character

For someone who's not crazy about Deadpool, you did a great job of presenting this! Kudos to Chris, too.

Please make a full history of comic Deadpool video I could listen to you talk about that for hours

They turned him into meme man instead of sad funny man

That Deadpool impression actually reminded me of the few scenes Black Spider got in Young Justice. Which makes sense, since they're both assassin Spider-Man.

Duggan's run is why I love Deadpool. I saw him in a Spiderman show, wanted more, and was greeted with one hell of good comic; that's why I dislike how so many people simplify him as memes memes memes, lol random humor. I managed to jump on the bandwagon at just the right time.

I’ve always loved Deadpool. I saw X-Men Origins. They messed him up so bad it didn’t even compute for me that that thing was the supposed to be the same guy

Loving these longer videos Drake. You make high quality content and it's nice to see it stretched out beyond 7 minutes.

This came out a day before my birthday!

I thought that the title was a terrible dutch translation from RU-vid's side

I wanna say that I greatly admire the fact that despite your big disinterest in him, you still go the effort of making videos about Deadpool be equal in quality and research as any other of your videos. 😁👍

@1:59 wow, those people have literally no self-awareness. Spider-Woman, Spider-Girl, Wonder Man and Thor Girl are literally all characters that exist and have existed for literal decades.

6:10 There are a few other exceptions like Ambush Bug, Jonni DC the Continuity Cop, Earth-C, home of Captain Carrot and the Zoo Crew before the Crisis rebooted them to Earth 26 (also the pre-crisis comic within a comic Earth C Minus, home of "Just'a Lotta Animals" and pre-crisis Earth C Plus, home of Hoppy the Marvel Bunny) and Larval Earth, home of Spider-Ham right?

Those DK books behind you were my sacred history texts as a kid. It wasn't easy in the 90/early00s to get entire runs of comics (other than those newsprint Essentials collections Marvel/DC did) but those books gave all the info you needed. Also their Star Wars books (esp the cross-sectional books).

I'm a simple man, I see Shulkie, I give a like.

Anyone who enjoyed this might like the deadpool videos for death battle, they kind of gave a interesting meta arc to their whole process

2:00 those comments are a great read : "whats next black woman"

He has a typo and it makes the video betterrrr 🤣🤣🤣🤣

1:56 These people clearly need to play more UMvC3

if nothing else this video taught me that She-Hulk was WAY ahead of her time

DO NOT CHANGE THE TITLE

Loved the video, Drake!!!

2:00 bro, seeing those comments piss me off. The 'She-Hulk' comics are some of the best and most unique MARVEL has made so to see it dismissed as just another act of unnecessary feminism sucks

It’s whack how Joe Kelly’s run wasn’t mentioned. He made the basis of the character and paved the way for amazing writers like Posehn & Duggan. The movies are heavily based on his work too.

Did anyone else receive a notification saying “Hoe the internet made Deadpool”

Is that a mistake in the title or am I missing the joke?

4:26 That's funny because the very first time I saw a picture of Deadpool, decades ago, talking about his debut comic, I thought for a second it was a new Symbiote Villain.

Nice voice acting

The title should be how the internet ruined Deadpool .

Love how you handled the add read👌🏼

Very interesting. I didn't know the specifics of Deadpool's history aside from the basics.

6:46 Well there weren't that many at the Power Morphicons I attended but there were a handful, complete with a Deadpool Ranger or two because of course there was.

Love your channel keep up the good work

I'd like to stop by and thank Deadpool for being the living meme/badass character with interesting character that he is. There's probably never gonna be another like him and I'm grateful for all the laughs and action and compelling plot. For jow different he can be and how much of a breath of fresh air he can be amongst the more grounded or serious superheroes! Also, I went to go and see his brilliant movie and ended up coming home with more money! Someone left a £20 on the bus I took to the cinema. Even after the fare, ticket price and subway I had prior to the movie, I still had a net profit! Best cinematic experience of my life! And the game was tons of fun! Thanks for everything, Deadpool!

It's good to hear the comics deflanderized him thanks to those amazing movies. Now if only they were on Disney Plus... Something tells me Disney is going to make him a Touchstone property...

Deadpool: Papa... Deathstroke: ... Nope.

Thanks for the great content comicdrake

You will never escape that mistake in the title.

The original title was amazing...

I Bought a Shirt From Hot Topic Once That I Didn’t Know Was a Reference to 9 Inch Nails(I Think),I Still Have it Somewhere,I Haven’t Ever Listened to 9 Inch Nails(I Think)

This explains by Jerry Dugan’s run Deadpool is my favorite

Idc, youre so enthusiastic. Likeee

1:57 the funny thing is... there IS a Wonder Man

I want to read marvel comics but it's overwhelming how much series there are any suggestions of jumping points??

Haven’t watched the video yet had to drop everything to try and understand what I just read

X-Men Evolution!

The other day I watched a video from a weapons specialist and curator at the Royal Armoury's Museum. And he was very seriously talking about an antique gun, when I suddenly realized he was wearing a Deadpool shirt. It was weird.

10:03 wait did his neck just get sliced backwards

Drake! I'm just discovering your channel, and I love it! It's like the comic book tv show I've always wanted. Also, great choice of cover art for this video. *wink* I approve whole-heartedly! XD

Who ever voice deadpool in this needs to be a voice actor for some cartoon of something even if you hate deadpiol

1:58 I HATE those instagram comments. They’re all so incredibly sexist

For someone that really loves Deadpool it's easy to see that Drake doesn't really read it

Great video thanks for sharing your work

Wait I'm confused, why were all those people mad about she hulk getting a show

Got screen shot of orginal title

Title checks out

There was a time when every 99 cents store sold three-pacs of overprinted from the 90's. Mostly, they contained something from Knightfall, Death of Superman, or Ultimate Carnage/a Valiant book or an Image book that wasn't Spawn in the middle/and a less popular Marvel or DC book. I used to buy them because I viewed them as fun scavenger hunt and as a result I own quite a few issues of KnightQuest, Cyberforce, Magnus: Robot Hunter, and John Byrne's She-Hulk. I know exactly why she failed; she constantly joked about how people didn't like her and negatively compared herself to the Hulk. It's sort of hard for a book to advertise itself with "None of you like me. The industry is stupid. Buy my book!" Animal Man got more respect because Grant Morrison's message revolved more around how he respected his audience, and how he was trying to advance the genre.

2:00 The reaction to She Hulk seems very sexist, on top of that, She Hulk isn't a out of nowhere new character

The Posehn and Duggan comic made me cry like two or three times. It's really phenomenal and THE defintive Deadpool run that shows his sad clown persona really well. Not to mention some pretty intelligent humor and beautiful artwork in the flashback issues. The Wakanda-Kirby issue is one of the best homages to Kirby ever made. The Original Sin tie-in was great as well, despite the art being a bit ugly. The dynamic between Wade and his daughter was a great move, and though after Secret Wars when Posehn left, it wasn't AS strong. And the last Skottie Young run stank. But I hope Thompson and Bachalo breathe some new life into the character. Only Cable & Deadpool or Joe Kelly's run can match the beauty of Posehn and Duggan's run. Not the most iconic run, but the best one at showing how nuanced of a character Deadpool CAN be. It even makes me think a bit of BoJack Horseman, but with a more likeable main character.

Hey Drake. What happened to your video on Conan the Barbarian?

I really like the despicable Deadpool version, or Sad Clown Deadpool. He still does absurd shit, but has serious emotional depth

I personaly like the sad deadpool stuff wiith his duaghter and how depresed he is due to knowing he's in a comic book.

"My name is Wade Wilson/ And i'd love to be/ Using my guns/ As a Mercenary! Meet old friends/ And new friends/ Even my daughter!/ Wolverine and Xmen/ Etc. Etc. And so i've settled down/ As an Anti- Hero/ With my happy tumored face/ This is the deadpool show!"

Honestly, I always saw rob liefields version of Deadpool as a Merc with Drama.

Wall breaking she hulk should be a Gwen pool villan

3:43 Is that Robbie Reyes in the left corner?

4:51 SUS

Lmao Rob

I love Deadpool on most accounts, i like when he's memey but can get serious, but the movie is dumb in one way: He doesnt look nearly ugly enough, in some comics he looks like both sides of his face went all Dark Knight Trilogy two face but in the movie he just looks like a slightly healthier Freddy Krueger

Great job as always. Would you do a video on she hulk ? Shes been one of my favorite supporting characters for years !

Gerry Duggans run on deadpool will be the best run of deadpool ever. Which man, also is a con since any other run after his will pale in comparison to his "Sad Clown" run

Ryan Reynolds: I’m 70% sure it wasn’t me

4:45 when will it end?

What if You Buy Some Other Comic Other Than X-Men?

Deadpools origin remind us all Rob Liefield is a hack

At first i thought my phone was just translating the title weirdly, because the word for how in my language is actually "hoe". And then i read the comments and i thought to myself "Oh thank God, my phone is fine."