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X-Force #1 - Deadpool Trading Card by Rob Liefeld (Aug. 1991) ~ 2nd Appearance

Artist: Rob Liefeld (All)

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X-Force #1 - Deadpool Trading Card by Rob Liefeld (Aug. 1991) ~ 2nd Appearance Comic Art

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Title:	X-Force #1 - Deadpool Trading Card by Rob Liefeld (Aug. 1991) ~ 2nd Appearance
Artist:	Rob Liefeld (All)
Media Type:	Mixed Media
Art Type:	Trading Card Art
For Sale Status:	Priceless/A thousand blonde virgins/Infinite chimichangas/An all CGI Golden Girls Reunion
Views:	9,797
Likes on CAF:	6 7
Favorited on CAF:	2
Comments:	9
Added to Site:	4/10/2010
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Description

Deadpool first appeared in New Mutants #98 with an amazing cover and 7 interior pages. The response was overwhelming and Marvel shoved him into the first thing they could find - X-Force #1.

When X-Force #1 was released in 1991 it became the #1 selling comic of all time, selling 5 million copies and coming bagged with 1 of 5 trading cards. This is the Deadpool card, one of the most widely printed Deadpool images ever.

Here's a quote from Liefeld about that time:
"Marvel had actually forwarded that mail on to me. I had thought they had sent me a washer or a dryer. I thought, "I'm getting some awesome gift from Marvel!" But it was all the mail from "New Mutants" #98. My editors said, "Rob, can we fast-track Deadpool? This is the most mail we've seen on a character in 15 years. People love him." It's why Deadpool is a trading card with "X-Force" #1, and a Fact File, and why he is the first 12 pages of "X-Force" #2. "X-Force" #1 is the second best-selling comic of all time; it sold five million copies. You have to ask yourself, "Why does the second issue begin with Deadpool for 12 pages?" Because the fans demanded it. "

I once owned the complete OA from X-Force #1. This Deadpool trading card and page 6 were the two must-own pieces that made me pull the trigger. The top two dream pieces of the book for me. More than the cover, more than the opening DPS, and more than the rest of the pages combined.

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George H
Member Since 2009

Posted on 4/18/2010

These cards are awesome! Congrats on collecting the original art for them!

Cory Fuka
Member Since 2005

Posted on 6/11/2010

That is on of my fav cards I like the cable and shatter star ones i like too.

Keith Veronese
Member Since 2005

Posted on 3/24/2011

Amazing piece!

D Sugar
Member Since 2011

Posted on 8/30/2012

Really awesome, nobody beats liefeld's Deadpool. Congrats!!!

John Espinoza
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 1/10/2018

What an awesome piece! And in color too! This is *my* iconic image of Deadpool as I had never seen NM98 before. This is the card I picked when I bought my pollybagged copy of XF1.

Some Collector
Member Since 2017

Posted on 9/19/2018

Great card art!

Nash of the Titans
Member Since 2020

Posted on 8/17/2020

Not just a Deadpool but a Deadpool in living color! Cant get mad at that. Beautiful find!

Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 7/31/2021

Priced at a thousand blond virgins? Sounds pretty cheap to me.

James Dornoff
Member Since 2019

1 - Posted on 3/29/2023

A really fun piece Deadpool history, another really great find.

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