Who is Dogpool? Deadpool 3’s dog sidekick’s comic origins explained

Deadpool’s goodest boy, Dogpool, is preparing to make his MCU debut in Deadpool 3. Here’s how he got started in Marvel Comics. 

Deadpool & Wolverine jumps on the trend of variants, but Deadpool variants have been a thing in comics for years now. There have been dozens of notable Deadpool variants, like Gwenpool (a Gwen Stacy who became Deadpool), Lady Deadpool (exactly what it sounds like), and Headpool (the decapitated head of a zombie Deadpool). But perhaps the most adorable of all these variants is Dogpool.

Dogpool comic book origins explained

Dogpool makes his debut in 2010’s Prelude to Deadpool Corps #3. The mini-series followed a host of Deadpool variants being recruited to form a multiversal superteam. 

On Earth-103173, a dog named Wilson is experimented on as part of the Mascara-X project. The process fails, but the deformed Wilson, now sporting patchy fur and a seemingly perpetually rotting tail, is unable to either find a place he belongs or kill himself. 

He eventually joins a circus where he’s accepted as a stunt dog called Deadpool. However, Mascara-X learns he survived and sends a new creation, a Wolverine who is a genetically advanced, literal wolverine, to stop him. 

The first nearly destroys the circus, but Dogpool successfully tricks the Wolverine into falling into a vat of acid. Before Mascara-X can retaliate further, he’s saved by the 616 Deadpool, who plucks him out of the universe and takes him to join the Deadpool Corps. 

Who is Dogpool in Deadpool 3? 

Dogpool is one of many Deadpool variants appearing in Deadpool & Wolverine. Early leaks indicate he’ll be joined by Headpool, Kidpool, and Babypool. Dogpool will be played by Peggy, a pug-Chinese crested from East Yorkshire who was previously named Britain’s Ugliest Dog.

Dogpool has been seen in early Deadpool & Wolverine promo photos shared by Ryan Reynolds. One photo has him with Reynolds in his Wade Wilson makeup. A more recent one depicts Dogpool frolicking through a field.

In Deapdool & Wolverine, the Merc With a Mouth traverses multiple realities to save the world from imploding, which brings him face-to-face with Deadpool variants, Cassandra Nova, and, of course, Wolverine.

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