Thanks to Deadpool,Marvelhas had its fair share of ridiculous yet entertaining stories. Sporting his iconic red and black outfit as well as his assortment of speech bubbles, comic sagas with Deadpool almost always have a way of getting a laugh out of a reader. However, while Deadpool mostly gets away with his antics with his combat skills and rather insane healing factor, being a product of the Weapon X program wasn’t the only thing that provided Deadpool with powers.
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Fans of comic books who want to get to know Deadpool better may be interested in the assortment of powers he’s possessed throughout the years. Various adventures have allowed Wade Wilson to access many abilities, some he’s put to good use, and others he’s used to fuel his antics even further.
10Hammerspace
While it makes sense for Deadpool to have access to various weapons given his trade as a mercenary, his uncanny ability to coincidentally have the right tool for the job might stem from a special ability. Although implied and never directly referenced, it seems Deadpool has access to what fiction calls a Hammerspace. This is an extradimensional space that explains why characters get objects out of thin air.
Granted, much of the hijinks Deadpool comes up with courtesy of randomly-popping tools seldom do anything that breaks the plot of his stories. However, Deadpool having access to Hammerspace makes sense given his Fourth Wall awareness. One might say his access to Hammerspace may explain why he manages to acquire things he shouldn’t normally have (e.g., the Continuity Stone) or manages to catch people by surprise.
9God Of Thunder
At some point during his career, Loki coerces Deadpool into siding with him in afight against Thor, who transforms back into Donald Blake when he loses control of his hammer. In “Deadpool” #37 (1997), Deadpool and Loki’s plan manage to separate Thor and Mjolnir, resulting in Deadpool eventually picking it up and becoming his version of the God of Thunder.
Hijinks ensue after Deadpool gets his version of a Thor-ified costume. Alongside flight, Deadpool can swing Mjolnir to the extent that he can manage a high strike in baseball or even hit a high score in a carnival’s hammer smash contest. Funnily enough, it’s shown soon after that the Mjolnir used by Deadpool was a dupe and Loki hid the original one through multiple spells. Thor observed that Deadpool’s Mjolnir is of Uru Metal and can bestow flight, but besides the Thor-ish costume, everything else about Deadpool’s pseudo-godhood is cosmetic.
8Uni-Power
Throughout the events of “Deadpool Versus Thanos” (2015), it’s revealed that Thanos holds a long-standing grudge against Deadpool as his prolonged lifespan was revealed to be a result of Lady Death having affection towards him. When Eternity kidnaps Lady Death, Thanos is forced to reluctantly revive Deadpool (who he had just killed) and rescue her from captivity. Unfortunately, this is all a plan concocted by Lady Death in an effort to make Thanos kill Eternity and cause the death of all living things.
When all things seem lost, Deadpool receives the Uni-Power andbecomes Captain Universeto defeat Thanos and convince Lady Death to reverse her plans. With the Uni-Power, Deadpool was able to manipulate energy and matter as well as see subatomic activity at great distances. Not only that, but the Uni-Power also boosts the existing powers of its host to finish the task at hand.
7Death Mask
When Reed Richards of Earth-11638 removes a lethal brain tumor in Wade Wilson, the procedure transforms him into a super-genius - a rather huge mistake given his equally-unhinged behavior. Using his newfound intelligence, this version of Wade Wilson establishes a criminal empire and, as shown in “Amazing Spider-Man Annual” #38 (2011), even manages tocombine magic and technology like the original Doctor Doom.
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Now going as Death Mask, this Wade Wilson wears a red version of Doctor Doom’s armor and manages to easily outsmart and outwit Deadpool’s moves. While Deadpool eventually defeats Death Mask after he kills Deathwish (Victor Von Doom of Earth-11638 in a green Deadpool costume), Death Mask dies putting up quite a fight. Such was the reputation of Death Mask as presented in the comics that he’s able to make a deal with Mephisto to bring hellish monsters to Earth.
6Madness Infection
After Spider-Man gets a black costume in 1984’s “Secret Wars,” it’s discovered to have a life of its own as the Venom Symbiote. Spider-Man eventually discards it for making him too aggressive, leading the Symbiote to its most prominent host, Eddie Brock. However, the Venom Symbiote’s backstory goes further than Spider-Man, in “Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars” #3 (2016).
Wade discovers and bonds with the Symbiote before discarding it almost immediately, realizing it is a sentient lifeform. When removing the Symbiote, Deadpool hopes his “damaged psyche” hasn’t affected the lifeform in any way,seeing as it “copies” traits of its hosts. This tidbit may explain why the Venom Symbiote transforms its hosts into aggressive fighters. Venomized Deadpool appears as Venompool in Earth-90211, a beefed-up Deadpool with all of the Symbiote’s powers such as enhanced physiology and shapeshifting.
5Bloodgem
During the events of “Deadpool” Vol. 8, Deadpool’s mission to kill the Monster King has him team up with famed monster hunter Elsa Bloodstone. After the “King of the Monsters” event transforms Deadpool into King of the Monsters, Elsa asks him to help defeat the Bone Beast Queen who had infected her Bloodgem with a fatal disease. When the resulting battle brings Elsa close to death, Deadpool gets the infected Bloodgem and infuses it with himself.
Deadpool’s Bloodgem-empowered self enjoys powers that Elsa had when using the stone: immunity to psychological and psychic manipulation, undead-deterrent blood, immunity to vampirism, and even some degree of protection against malignant possession.
4Optic Blasts
Seeing Ryan Reynolds dish out Optic Blasts as part of his Weapon XI toolkit became a point of contention among Deadpool fans of pre-First Classfilms. First appearing inX-Men Origins: Wolverine, Weapon XI resulted from William Stryker’s team experimenting on the rather chatty (but healthy-looking) Wade Wilson, improving his innate mutation of superhuman reflexes with other abilities.
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On top of superhuman physique, retractable Adamantium blades, teleportation, and technopathy, Wade as Weapon XI also received the ability to emit optic blasts in the same way as Cyclops of the X-Men. These blasts are demonstrated to be highly potent and dangerous, to the point of burning the skin around his eyes despite having a healing factor.
3Hybrid Symbiote
Although Venompool exists in an alternate universe, the “original” Deadpool of Earth-616 still gets entangled with Symbiote affairs in “Deadpool vs. Carnage.” The Symbiote amalgamation Hybrid takes Deadpool’s side during the fiasco that sets Deadpool against megalomaniacal Carnage. With Hybrid being split into itsfour original Symbiote parts, and with Carnage killing their new individual hosts, the Symbiotes decide to bond with Deadpool to end this rampage.
This act transforms Deadpool into Hybrid, with each Symbiote part prominent in each limb. Carnage was the more experienced Symbiote but was no match against Hybrid’s constituent forms. On top of bestowing Deadpool with usual Symbiote powers, he also gets Agony’s acid generation, Lasher’s remote symbiosis (via War Dog), and Phage’s and Riot’s preference for bladed and blunt weapons, respectively.
2Immaculate Handsomeness
The adventures of Deadpool in the Marvel universe would inevitably bring him to Asgard, and Thor-dressed Deadpool running into Loki resulted in quite the shenanigans. When Loki insists Wade accept him as his “father,” the God of Mischief curses the Merc with a Mouth that will “ruin his life.” Part of the curse included looking like the famous actor “Thom Cruz,” whose handsomeness caused quite a hassle throughout Deadpool’s next adventures.
This occurs throughout “Deadpool” Vol. 1, #37-45, where even Deadpool’s villains recognize him as “Thom Cruz” when getting his mask off. The curse ends when Deadpool follows the latter part of Loki’s declaration, wherein Deadpool “has to apologize to his father.” This happens when Deadpool talks to a random stranger in a bar and apologizes, returning his usual appearance soon after. Unfortunately, the comics never explored the identity of this random stranger.
1The Continuity Stone
It’s common knowledge that the Infinity Gems are some of the most powerful artifacts in the Marvel universe, with all six stones being sought after by Thanos in the “Infinity” storylines. However, Deadpool possessed the seventh and most powerful “Continuity Stone.” This artifact makes its appearance in “Deadpool” #27 (2013), where a short story depicts Deadpool eventually finding (stealing) it from a sleeping Thanos’s Infinity Gauntlet.
According to Deadpool, the Continuity Stone canretcon any Marvel Comics history event. He uses this power to get revenge on Siryn, who kept rejecting his advances by inviting her to Deadpool’s wedding, and a course of events that would lead to the death of a friend. However, these never occurred in official Marvel timelines, with Deadpool citing the latter as being based on aKnight Riderepisode. He throws the Continuity Stone soon after.
