Marvel Comics - January 1997
Artist: Ed McGuinness

Well, this is it! This is the beginning of Deadpool #1 monthly and I cannot get enough of this guy or this book. It is just too hilarious! I love Deadpool as I hope you do too. The first book featuring the merc-with-a-mouth-has one of the greatest Marvel artists... Ed McGuiness! His anatomy and muscle tone of the characters is nothing but great! In this historic first issue we start off with Deadpool in the Bolivian jungle. He has been hired by one side of a fighting army to retrieve a weapon and turn the tides. The payment is two million dollars of revolution currency. Har! Har! Worthless! So Deadpool shows them how to use this weapon and teleports without a trace. Oh God, NO! FRZAPP!! FRKOWW!! All the while two figures are watching him...

Chicago: We are introduced to Hell House, the place where Deadpool gets all of his juicy assignments. Deadpool comes back in a foul mood and puts fear into everyone in the place on account of not gettin' paid.

Antarctica: The bottom of the world. This is the site for a project called Michelangelo. (Remember this. It comes in further into the story.) Here we meet Dr. Langkowski. If you do not know who he is I'll tell you later.

Four hours later in San Francisco: Here we are introduced to Blind Al. No...not Blind Melon! Blind Al is an old lady who shares a house with Deadpool. Well they don't really share it...she is a prisoner. Why she is a being held prisoner at the house we don't know.

Antarctica: The testing of project Michelangelo is proceeding and successfull. Here we find out Dr. Langkowski is really Sasquatch, from the Canadian superhero team, Alpha Flight.

Later at the Hell House: Deadpool gets an assignment for a demolition of a unmanned scientific edifice. Special request, Merc should be familiar with Canadian military ordinances and Weapon X experience. "Can you say like a glove? Thank you suckers for playing!" Later we see Deadpool trudging through snow up to his knees and freezing his balls off. He applies the plasticine to level the place when suddenly 3 people come strolling along out of nowhere. That takes the un out of unmanned station! Then in comes Sasquatch to really put a snafoo into Deadpool's plans. A big fight ensues. During the fight Deadpool ruptures the tank of radioactive material and he is told that a meltdown of this magnitude could be the cause of an international cancer spread. Deadpool, not unfamiliar with that, does something that no one would expect. He sacrifices himself to save the day and stop the meltdown.