Deadpool Names the 1 X-Men Hero He Genuinely Doesn’t Like

Warning: SPOILERS ahead for X-Force #1Deadpool isn’t exactly known to be the easiest Marvel character to work with. Called the Merc with a Mouth for a reason, Wade Wilson never really shuts up, and he loves to pester anyone unfortunate enough to team up with him. But there’s one X-Men hero that even Deadpool can’t stand, and she’s someone he’s worked with before.

X-Force #1 by Geoffrey Thorne, Marcus To, Erick Arciniega, and VC’s Joe Caramagna assembles Forge’s new X-Force squad as the team hires Deadpool for a specific mission. Also included in the squad is Wade’s fellow X-Force alum, Sage – a human computer with little patience for Deadpool’s shenanigans.

As the team splits to cover more ground, Deadpool makes it clear that he finds Sage exhausting, saying, “Gotta say, man, a little Sage goes a lonnnng…” before Forge cuts him off. Never one to shut up for long, Wade adds insult to injury with “I mean, always yak-yak-yak with that one, amirite?”

Deadpool Can’t Stand The X-Men’s Living Computer

The X-Force Alums Don’t Mix Well

The two X-Force allies have worked together before, serving alongside one another on Krakoa’s X-Force, so there’s clearly a history there. But their reactions to one another make it clear that, as far as Deadpool and Sage are concerned, history can stay in the past. After all, Deadpool is infamous for running his mouth, so the idea that he thinks any other character talks too much is the definition of hypocrisy, but it’s also perfectly on brand for Wade Wilson.

After all, Deadpool’s run-on sentences are usually of a ridiculous or nonsensical variety, making Sage’s more analytical and borderline mechanical parlance his exact opposite. Meanwhile, Sage, also known as Tessa, is all about precision problem-solving – and what is Deadpool if not one major, chaotic problem that refuses to ever be solved? These two X-Men allies go together like oil and vinegar, and while they’ve clearly worked as a well-functioning team in the past, it wasn’t without some frustration on both sides.

Deadpool and Sage Are Natural Opposites

These X-Men Allies Always Clash

Deadpool and Sage are total opposites, so it’s no wonder that she would be Wade’s least favorite X-Man. The Merc with a Mouth is many things, a hypocrite being one of them, but the one thing he can never be is silent. The idea that anybody talks too much for Wade Wilson may blow some fans’ minds, but it’s just the sort of ridiculous nitpick that fits perfectly within Deadpool’s character. And if Deadpool does end up joining this new X-Force squad full-time, he and Sage are probably going to have a long conversation.

Deadpool

The merc with the mouth first appeared in an issue of New Mutants in 1990, and since then has gone on to get his own series and a massive cult following. With his incredible powers of healing and regeneration, Deadpool was initially depicted as an X-Men villain but went on to become an anti-hero. After getting his own movie series starting in 2016, the third Deadpool movie finally brings the wisecracking, fourth-wall-breaking character into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

First Appearance

The New Mutants

Alias

Wade Wilson

Alliance

X-Men, Avengers, Astonishing Avengers, Deadpool Corps, Frightful Four, Great Lakes Initiative, Heroes for Hire, Mercs for Money, Secret Defenders, Six Pack, Thunderbolts, Weapon X, X-Force

Race

Mutant

Video Games

Deadpool

Birthday

November 22

Comic Books

Deadpool #1

Summary

The Merc with the Mouth first appeared in an issue of New Mutants in 1990, and since then has gone on to get his own series and a massive cult following. With his incredible powers of healing and regeneration, Deadpool was initially depicted as an X-Men villain, but went on to become an anti-hero. After getting his own movie series starting in 2016, the third Deadpool movie finally brings the wisecracking, fourth-wall-breaking character into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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