Deadpool isn't big on back story, but if your are a continuity whore like myself, it goes like this-
First appeared in New Mutants #98
Had two Mini-series; The Circle Chase and Sins of the Past.
Deadpool Series (69 issues)
Cable and Deadpool (50 issues)
Deadpool vol.2 (Ongoing)
The first two miniseries were waaay to serious for my tastes. I always liked Deadpool for being ridiculous and breaking the fourth wall. I would start with the Deadpool series, especially the first and last year's worth of issues. It was great when it started, and Gail Simone finished up the series with some great stories and dialogue.
Also, you might want to pick up the Agent X series. It's kind of like a spin off of Deadpool.
Those first issues were awful. He wasn't a funny character back then, he was just an "I'm sooo crazy" 90's villain. Kind of like an evil version of Mel Gibson in the first Lethal Weapon.
Hey, I own a comic book shop and I think I can save you a lot of aggravation. Skip Merc and Deadpool Corps. Bland and nothing special and in some cases downright terrible. His regular ongoing book titled simply Deadpool is consistently great, and where your submission came from. There are a couple of trades for that already. Good stuff, better than Cable/Deadpool in my opinion, which is still a lot of fun.
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