10 Times Comic Book Villains Became Heroes (In A Big Way)

He might be known as a fun-loving sometimes member of the X-Men nowadays, but back when he first began? Deadpool was a stone cold killer.

In his early appearances, which took place in the New Mutants, the Merc' with a Mouth was a supervillain full-stop. His jokey personality was there, certainly, but the character had no qualms with doing villain stuff, even as he began to take the path from 'straight-up villain' to 'fourth wall-breaking antihero' in the late nineties.

What's important to remember though is that Deadpool was still an !*$% throughout all of this. He wasn't a particularly nice character and continued to get up to all sorts of morally decrepit activities; even when he was doing good, he was still, ironically, doing bad.

That principle has largely remained the same even as the character encountered mainstream success in the late 2000s, but he has been depicted in unquestionably heroic terms in a few occasions since - most notably in Rick Remender and Jerome Opeña's brilliant Uncanny X-Force.

After deciding the mercenary game was no longer fun, Wade Wilson decided to join the X-Men. That didn't work out too well, owing to Deadpool's lethal methods and... not so agreeable personality, so he ended up joining the X-Men's black ops equivalent under the watchful eye of Wolverine and Psylocke: X-Force.

And, surprise surprise, Deadpool steps up to the plate. He ends up becoming the moral conscience of the team, and goes above and beyond to ensure they make it out of their mission alive. Possibly the character's finest moment in an X-Men uniform.