Plus, with the animated prequel Nightmare of the Wolf exploring the origins of the mentor to the White Wolf himself, Vessemir at Caer Morhen, there's plenty to catch up on. With tricky timeline very much NOT in chronological order, season 1 can use some unpacking. Netflix is dropping season 2 of The Witcher this month so now's the time to brush up on Geralt of Rivia and his adventures across the Northern Kingdoms. And that's to say nothing of his two big-screen adventures in 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine and 2016's Deadpool, where he was played both times, of course, by Ryan Reynolds. Wolverine (voiced by Nolan North) and guest-starred in several episodes of the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon (voiced by Will Freidele). Deadpool also played a prominent role in the animated film Hulk vs. And, of course, he got a game all to himself thanks to 2013's Deadpool. Capcom 3, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, Marvel Heroes, Marvel Puzzle Quest and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. He appears as a boss enemy in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, and is a playable character in games like Marvel vs. In fact, the first time X-Force was specifically mentioned by name outside of Marvel's comics came in 2011's Marvel Anime: X-Men, and even that only involved a fleeting reference to the characters.Ĭable as he appeared in the '90s X-Men cartoonDeadpool himself has enjoyed plenty of attention in Marvel's video game and animated projects lately.
For instance, while Cable himself played a starring role in several episodes of the '90s X-Men animated series (voiced by Lawrence Bayne), the other members of X-Force only received quick, silent cameos during the course of the series. That's probably because the darker, more violent nature of these characters makes them a tougher sell for the X-Men cartoons and video games. Beyond the ComicsDespite X-Force's long history in the comics, the team hasn't had a great deal of cross-media attention over the years.
That's one area where the X-Force movie will make a drastic departure from the source material, as Deadpool looks to be a founding member and co-leader of the cinematic X-Force alongside his buddy Cable. It's worth noting that while Deadpool has been connected to X-Force from the very beginning (having made his debut in 1991's New Mutants #98), he wasn't actually officially inducted into the team until the the debut of Uncanny X-Force in 2010. Later, X-Force was again given a major overhaul, with writers Craig Kyle and Chris Yost introducing a new team of black-clad assassins sponsored by Cyclops and charged with carrying out missions too dirty for the X-Men to involve themselves with.
In the early 2000s, writer Peter Milligan and artist Mike Allred dramatically revamped the series for the reality TV era, re-imaging X-Force as a group of fame-hungry mutant celebrities. X-Force went through a phase where the team became leaderless nomads. That departure started a process of continued reinvention for the X-Force franchise, one which continues even now. However, X-Force's popularity quickly waned after Liefeld joined fellow Marvel artists like Lee and Todd McFarlane in leaving the company to form Image Comics in 1992.
The darker, more violent tone of the series and Liefeld's bombastic art style struck a chord with fans. X-Force #1 quickly became the second best-selling American comic book of all time, eclipsed only by Chris Claremont and Jim Lee's X-Men #1 earlier the same year (both records still stand today). That evolution culminated with the finale of New Mutants and the debut of X-Force #1 in fall 1991. The two creators took over Marvel's popular New Mutants comic in 1989, morphing the series from one focused on a younger generation of X-Men to one where Cable began training these mutants to form a new paramilitary task force. Origin and BackgroundThe concept of X-Force was created by Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza. Those include Wolverine, his clone, X-23, psychic ninja Psylocke and thief/master of misdirection Fantomex. Some of the more recent incarnations of X-Force have featured X-Men pulling double-duty as mutant assassins. Other frequent X-Force members include Cannonball, who can fly at great speeds and generate a protective force field around his body, Boom-Boom, who can generate explosive time bombs, and Warpath, a super-strong hunter and tracker who carries twin vibranium daggers. She'll be played by Zazie Beetz in Deadpool 2. Click here to learn more about Domino's role in the X-Men franchise. Cable is often joined by Domino, a mutant assassin who can manipulate probability to cause herself unnaturally good luck.