10 Most Inappropriate Deadpool Storylines Ever
2. He Stole The Wade Wilson Identity…Maybe
“Wade Wilson” is a name with two meanings. One is the not very secret identity of the anti-hero assassin named Deadpool. The other is a “wink and nod” to readers who know the connection to Deathstroke’s real name of Slade Wilson. But in Deadpool #33, the story claimed that the name belonged to someone else. Someone that the Merc with a Mouth tried to kill.
As the story goes, the real Wade Wilson was a teacher with a wife named Mercedes who take in a mysterious injured man named Jack who was hiding out from his employer. Seeing Wilson’s identity as a way to make a fresh start, the man tried to kill the couple but only succeeded in killing Mercedes. Guilt drove Jack insane and he believed he WAS Wade Wilson and became Deadpool. The teacher returned as the villain T-Ray and attacked Deadpool.
Inconsistencies of this story made it fall apart quickly, so it is questionable whether this Joe Kelly-penned story counts as canon. One is that Wade's military service has him using the name “Wade Wilson” years before this story happened. Also, He was wearing his costume in T-Ray’s story before Wilson had even created the costume. It may have been an attempt to absolve Wade of some of his past but it ultimately failed.