Deadpool: Sins of the Past

Mark Waid and Ian Churchill teamed up for this 1997 Marvel one-shot, which takes Deadpool back to his earliest days as a mercenary by revisiting a mission from his past. The story digs into the moral cost of the character's violent life, offering a darker, more introspective take on the wisecracking antihero. While brief, this issue stands as an early example of Waid's knack for blending humor with genuine pathos.