Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Deadpool #11!Deadpool’s ‘Merc with a Mouth’ moniker isn’t just a cheeky codename that highlights his insistent chattering, as Wade Wilson is first and foremost a mercenary - or, a gun for hire.Deadpool’s superhuman abilitiesare why he’s so good at his job, and his job is quite literally killing people. Despite that, fans have argued that Deadpool is a good person deep-down, who only kills ‘bad people’, and has firm rules against killing ‘innocent people’, especially children. However, in his latest adventure, Deadpool ends that debate by making his morals crystal clear.
In a preview forDeadpool#11 by Cody Ziglar and Andrea Di Vito, Deadpool and his daughterEllie (aka the New Deadpool)are on a job that promises to pay a lot of money, which is something they desperately need right now. Deadpool recently started his own mercenary company - Deadpool & Daughters, LLC - and the business is flat broke. Usually, Deadpool & Daughters, LLC only takes jobs that are morally acceptable, but the company is desperate for some cash, so Deadpool happily bends his moral compass when he and his daughter are hired to kill Miles Morales aka Spider-Man.
Deadpool is well aware that Miles Morales’ Spider-Man is a teenager, and he knows that killing him is wrong. But, Deadpool needs the money, so he’s going to ignore his personal moral compass for the sake of a nice paycheck. Even after Deadpool momentarily agrees with Ellie and decides not to pull the trigger, he quickly changes his tune yet again when the person who hired him for the job gave him a little more incentive to see it through. The preview ends with Deadpool ready to kill Miles, thus proving that Deadpool isn’t as moral as fans assume.
Deadpool Is Willing to Sacrifice His Morals for Money
Deadpool Isn’t as Good of a Person as Fans Think He Is
Throughout his Marvel Comics history - and even in his live-action film franchise - Deadpool makes it clear that there are certain targets who are off limits. Deadpool doesn’t kill innocent people, as he instead only takes hit-jobs when they involve crime syndicates or super-villains, and he never kills kids, even one who was literally the reincarnation of Apocalypse. That’s why fans believed that Deadpool is a good person deep-down. But now, however, he’s upsetting that belief.
At his core,Deadpool is someone who kills people for money. When he has money, Wade has the luxury of choosing his targets more selectively. But, when he doesn’t, then Deadpool is more than willing to forgo the luxury of his own morals for the sake of cold-hard cash, which means he never really had morals to start with. If the price is right, and he’s desperate enough, Deadpool is willing to kill innocent people and children - something he’s about to do with a single shot if he successfully assassinates Miles.
This Isn’t the First Time Deadpool Proved He’s Willing to Kill Children
Deadpool’s Mission to Kill Miles Morales is Reminiscent of His First Appearance
Deadpool’s character may have evolved into an antihero with a heart of gold, but that is far from how he was introduced. Upon his debut inNew Mutants#98,Deadpool is hired to kill Cable- the leader of the New Mutants - and he tries to do so by breaking into the X-Mansion. Not only did he literally blow a hole through the wall of a school to get at his target, but he actively fought the children defending their leader, and he did not care if they lived or died so long as Cable was taken care of.
It’s a Long Story, But Yes - Deadpool and Spider-Man Really Had a Daughter
Spider-Man and Deadpool have a weird relationship in Marvel, and the more fans look into it, the weirder it gets, as the two actually have a daughter!
Of course, there’s always a chance that Deadpool is only pretending to want to kill Spider-Man to pull one over on his obviously villainous clients, but there’s also a good chance that he means what he says, and is actually going to kill the young hero. That would mean Deadpool is on his way to becoming the villain he was introduced as, yet again, and it would also mean thatDeadpoolis not as moral as many fans assume.
