All the Costumes Ever Worn by Deadpool
The wisecracking mercenary is everywhere in comics and movies these days, thanks to his fourth-wall-breaking sense of humor. Deadpool emerged from the pages of X-Force to become one of the most successful characters in all of Marvel Comics.
Part of this has to do with his humor, and part of it has to do with his costume, which is instantly recognizable to fans everywhere.
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As iconic as Deadpool is, he really has had some variations of the old red and black suit over the years. Like any classic character, there have been many phases he has gone through.
Check Out the Costumes Worn by Deadpool
Pirate Deadpool
This crazy version of the character appears in exactly one issue, Deadpool Vol 2 #14, but Deadpool as a pirate proved to be so successful that Hasbro recently made an action figure of him.
It's basically just Deadpool in a pirate hat and cape, with some belts, guns, and swords. The elasticity of Deadpool as a character was really tested here, proving that the character is basically a chameleon as much as a jester - he can be anyone.
Fantastic Four Welcome Party Costume
The Fantastic Four had basically been absent from the Marvel Universe for a few years after the crossover event Secret Wars (for complicated Hollywood reasons), but they finally returned. Deadpool welcomed them back in Spider-Man/Deadpool #49.
He did this with a variation of his classic costume. The basic red and black color scheme remained in place, but he added brown leather shoulder pads connected by a strap across his chest. This was a very Liefeld look, although Deadpool never wore such pads in the '90s.
X-Men Costume
During the third volume of his ongoing solo series, Deadpool made an honest effort to fit in with the X-Men, but it kind of went how things usually do with him (i.e., hilariously).
Deadpool wore the classic black and yellow training suit very similar to the New Mutants, with some significant differences. The biggest and funniest was the X-Men lettering he stitched on his chest with red thread. He also kept his iconic red and black mask for obvious reasons.
Bluepool
Deadpool's desire to become a member of the X-Men began when Beast put him in a team costume as a gag.
Deadpool always takes the jokes seriously, and this led him to try out new costumes based on the colors of the X-Men. The most notable was this blue and yellow suit from the Cable and Deadpool series.
The suit featured a yellow harness strap that formed a Y shape from the belt to the shoulders, joined by a red X badge in the middle.
X-Force
Deadpool started out as an enemy of the X-Force, but like most great anti-heroes, he ended up becoming part of the good guys. Whether X-Force can truly be considered the good guys is hard to say. This suit took his basic red and black look and changed it to gray and black.
Some design elements, like the gray pattern on his tunic, changed but tend to vary subtly from suit to suit. A dark red X belt buckle tied it all together. A version of this appeared in Deadpool 2 after the character was destroyed in the final battle.
Original Deadpool
Deadpool became an instant hit when he debuted in New Mutants #98, just before the team's transition to X-Force. The original design by Rob Liefeld established the basics of the suit - which is in no way derivative of any other masked hero from another company - particularly the red and black scheme.
The pattern of the black part of the suit was a bit more angular in this version, extending down the thighs to the torso. All of this ended up becoming a bit less busy.
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Weapon X
Eventually, Deadpool participated in the revamped Weapon X program in the early 2000s. This suit brought him even closer to his (non) inspiration, Deathstroke.
The entire suit is basically inverted, with the black elements turning orange and the red elements black. The orange spots covering his eyes on the mask were also much larger than in any other suit up to that point. He continued to gear up, this time with light gray belts and harness straps to carry all his incredible weapons.
Supreme Deadpool
Another inverted variation of Deadpool's classic suit appeared in the Ultimate Comics universe. The angular pattern of the original suit returned, although it was much more exaggerated. The red and black scheme on his face mask was inverted, taking on a more sinister look.
This version of Deadpool led the Reavers and basically made the life of the X-Men less cool, hunting them like a wild game on the living island of Krakoa.
Cable and Deadpool
Deadpool adopted a new variant of his suit in the Cable and Deadpool series. This version simplified the original, with the main addition being a red circular clasp for the harness straps.
This clasp gave him a bit of an Iron Man look and didn't seem to serve any practical function - a small clasp would have worked just fine - but it was big and bold like Deadpool. He also wore his own Deadpool insignia as a belt buckle, which ended up becoming a staple of the character.
Movie Version
The cinematic version of the classic Deadpool suit faithfully adapts the look from the comics. Some practical concessions are made in terms of making it more padded and armored (especially along the ribs and thighs), but on the other hand, it’s the comic suit that comes to life.
And it's the best version of his look so far. Many comic suits end up looking bulky - or extraordinarily thin, due to being just pure spandex - but not this one. It’s a long way to show how strong the original suit design was.
