Basil Elks

Basil Elks made his entrance in the Marvel Universe via Deadpool #0 in 1998, born from the creative minds of Joe Kelly and Yancey Labat right at the dawn of the Modern Age — and what a wild corner of the Marvel universe to call home. With a catalog presence stretching all the way to 2023, this character has quietly persisted across a quarter century, keeping some genuinely eclectic company along the way: figures like Bucky, Ben Parker, Blind Al, and the gloriously named Vakume and Porcupine share his pages. Collected across the beloved Joe Kelly Deadpool omnibus editions that fans treasure, Basil Elks is one of those deep-cut discoveries that rewards the dedicated reader willing to dig into the chaotic, irreverent world that made Deadpool a legend.