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I haven't read the comic books that they're based on for a long time, but as I recall, they also break the fourth wall. I don't think that that was introduced specifically for the movie.
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Apparently that wasn't always there:
https://screenrant.com/deadpool-fourth-wall-break-first-time-ever/
Looks like Deadpool #28 dates to 1997, so Deadpool breaking the fourth wall has been around for over a quarter of a century.
I don’t think it’s OPs point that the movie did it first, just that it was annoying in the movie. And they're right.
The whole point of Deadpool is the self awareness though. You can find it annoying, it's not for everyone, but it's true to what the character has become.
The way I had it explained to me by a friend who's into his comics (I'm not a comic reader) is that his regen abilities + cancer basically damaged his brain and made him insane which is why he "thinks" he's a comic book/movie hero. Not so much that he's breaking the 4th wall but that he's talking at it like a crazy person. He even has multiple personalities that I wish they'd introduced in DP2! It was hinted at when he's reunited with Vanessa in DP1 when he says "and now the moment I've all been waiting for"