10 Comics Changed Due To Fan Backlash
4. Saving Deadpool... Twice
See Deadpool in that header image? Imagine that pooch is really the comic book fanbase running to his rescue to make their affection known. Not once, mind, but twice.
Even though these days the Merc with a Mouth has become a pop culture phenomenon, that wasn't always the case. If anything, Wade Wilson was a C-list (at best!) character who was sometimes a villain, sometimes an anti-hero, and sometimes had a mild sprinkling of humour thrown in for good measure.
Having debuted in 1991 as an X-Men villain, it took until 1997 for Wade to get his own comic book title.
That Deadpool Vol. 1 run saw writer Joe Kelly and artist Ed McGuinness do wonders with Chiyonosake and give the character so many of the traits fans now know and love about Deadpool. The thing is, Marvel Comics wasn't all that fussed on Wade Wilson and cancelled that title after just 25 issues.
An outraged response from readers saw Marvel backed into bringing that Deadpool title back, although the book would again be cancelled with Deadpool #33. Undeterred, those same fans went to bat for Wade - with Marvel having to once again un-cancel the book.
In total, that first solo Deadpool title would end up running for 69 issues before coming to an end in 2002. It would then take a further six years for Wilson to be given his own solo book again, and nowadays it seems completely unfeasible for Deadpool to be without his own title.