10 Mind-Blowing Facts You Didn't Know About Deadpool
6. His Personality Came About As Rob Liefield Thought Spider-Man Had Become Depressing
Outside of the bromance between Deadpool and Spider-Man, there are more than fair few similarities between the two. First off there's the mask.
According to the Vulture's excellent in-depth look into Wade Wilson, this came about when Erik Larsen and Todd McFarlane told Liefeld that they loved drawing Spidey's mask - "you just do an oval and two big eyes. You’re in, you’re out.’”
Also, in the same article, he reveals that the reason that Deadpool is so Deadpool is that “Spider-Man in 1990 was a depressed married guy"
"The Spider-Man I grew up with would make fun of you or punch you in the face and make small cracks. That was the entire intent with Deadpool... I specifically told Marvel, ‘He’s Spider-Man, except with guns and swords.’ The idea was, he’s a jackass.”
So, there you have it. If Peter Parker was still the fun-loving friendly neighborhood Spider-Man of Rob Liefield's childhood, then Deadpool very well may have turned out completely different.