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The quickest answer would be Rob Liefeld - Deadpool creator and 90s comics' scapegoat...
If knowledge is the key, then show me the lock, so I can ask someone to break it.
It might be U. S. Archer, of the US 1 comic.
http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/US_1_Vol_1_1
It was a licensed comic based on a slot-car semi truck toy. Marvel no longer holds the license, but they technically own the character. They just can't use the name US 1. It's weird licensing stuff.
That definitely looks like U.S. Archer.
By now, it should be clear to all except the most dense of us that sheep are secretly conspiring to kill us all and steal our pants.
I'm afraid there is very little information here, but in Spider-Man/Deadpool #28, there's a "Rashomon"-Style flashback by the two main characters, and Deadpool's version replaces the civilians with a random group of superheroes (with the "explanation" that they're the writer's "dream team", and these three panels are all he's ever going to get). Dazzler, Warlock, Magik and Crystar, Crystal Warrior, are all named. There's also another character, who is only referred to as "The artist formerly known as..." before Wade points out that they can't legally say what he was formerly known as. None of the usual places (Comic Book DB, Marvel Wiki) identify him. He doesn't even get any lines (only Dazzler and Crystar do); he's just there.
So. Can anyone think of a Marvel character with blond hair, who wears a white shirt, blue trousers and a red jacket, and who presumably fell victim to Writing Around Trademarks?
Edited by DaibhidC