Q 01/05

Deadpool first appeared in which comic, cover-dated February 1991?

A) X-Force #1 (1991)

B) The New Mutants #98

C) Uncanny X-Men #201

D) Cable #1 (1993)

Answer · why

B) The New Mutants #98

He debuted as a villain, and the same issue introduced Domino, or rather the shapeshifter Copycat impersonating her.

Q 02/05

Which artist and writer team created Deadpool?

A) Todd McFarlane and Peter David

B) Jim Lee and Chris Claremont

C) Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza

D) Marc Silvestri and Louise Simonson

Answer · why

C) Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza

Liefeld took the name from 'the dead pool', a phrase he heard from his parents, and Nicieza wrote the dialogue.

Q 03/05

Deadpool was originally conceived as a parody of which DC Comics villain?

A) Bane of Santa Prisca

B) Deadshot of Gotham

C) Black Manta

D) Deathstroke

Answer · why

D) Deathstroke

DC's mercenary is Slade Wilson, so Nicieza named Marvel's Wade Wilson as an in-joke.

Q 04/05

What is Deadpool's full civilian name?

A) Wade William Wilson

B) Wade Winston Wilson

C) Wade Wesley Wilson

D) Wade Walter Wilson

Answer · why

B) Wade Winston Wilson

He is a disfigured Canadian mercenary, and the surname is a nod to a DC villain's alter ego, Slade Wilson.

Q 05/05

The DC mercenary Slade Wilson, whom Deadpool parodies, was created in 1980 by which writer-artist team?

A) Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams

B) Frank Miller and Klaus Janson

C) Marv Wolfman and George Pérez

D) Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson

Answer · why

C) Marv Wolfman and George Pérez

He debuted in The New Teen Titans #2 wearing the black-and-orange mask that hides his missing right eye.