Deadpool Kills Deadpool #2

Deadpool Kills Deadpool #2 and this is where it gets weird!  The story is actually sort of interesting here if somewhat confusing.   It is impossible to tell which Deadpool is trying to help out the “real”Deadpool and which Deadpool is trying to kill him.  But what can I say it is all very entertaining and someone has way way way way way to much free time on their hands if they can go about creating all these different Deadpools.  We visit a world that seems to be populated only by Deadpool variants of other Marvel characters.  Some of the Deadpools from the might Marvel Multi-verse are really crazy and could probably support at least an entire issue on their own.  But I have to give bonus points to Pandapool “the Species that endangers you!” and of course the Deadpool that shows up for the cliffhanger ending of this comic Galactuspool.

Deadpool #13!!

Deadpool #13 was another “classic unpublished” Deadpool story from the 70s.  The most interesting part of this 1970s concept story is the inside pages are colored as if this was actually a comic book from the 1970s or 1980s.  Meaning the pages were yellowed and some of the art looks like it is made from a bunch of ink dots.  The story itself is kind of bad.  The story is a parody of a Blaxploitation Movie with the story featuring the Heroes for Hire Luck Cage Power Man and Iron Fist vs. the White Man – featuring Deadpool.  The dialog was bad even for Deadpool he was written as if he was someone from the present  trying to fit into some old Blaxploitation flick than his normal snappy self.  Anyway while this comic had a couple of good and entertaining points the Iron Man story was better.

Deadpool #12

Deadpool #12 seems to bring to an end the whole demon Vetis storyline.  Deadpool and Vetis fight, Vetis has all kinds of new powers thanks to all the souls Deadpool acquired.  But with great timing the Necromancer arrived with Mephisto to save the day.  As usual the story was full of good dialog but the fights are getting a little old.  I am glad this story is over for now and I am hoping for something a little more interesting going forward.

Deadpool Kills Deadpool #1

Deadpool Kills Deadpool #1 could be the start of something interesting.  This is another limited series based around Deadpool.  It appears that someone is going around the Marvel multi-verse killing as many different Deadpools as possible.  The killer looks a lot like another Deadpool and apparently there is more than one which makes sense when you are able to pick from an entire multi-verse of worlds.  We will have to wait and see if future comics in this series are good or not.

Deadpool #11

Deadpool #11 – another excellent issue of Deadpool, where Deadpool  goes and cook dinner for Agent Preston’s family and gets some help from an S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.  Deadpool then goes hunting another soul for Vetis.  This new victim is a shape shifter.  This lets him meet Luke Cage’s girlfriend, chase Black Widow and fight Daredevil.  The Daredevil fight was cool.  Deadpool gets his man (err man disguised as a cheerleader) and Vetis shows up. Deadpool brags how he tricked Vetis by killing the Necromancer.  Vetis is not amused and fire erupts and everything.

A + X #8

A + X #8 stars in story one is Spider-Woman and Shadowcat (Kitty Pride) and Lockheed the dragon.  Story two has Deadpool and Hawkeye and I kind of cringe considering both these guys are wisecracking heroes.  So when Spider-Woman texts the Lockheed Dragon to go on a mission with Kitty Pride the are searching for a meteorite of an unknown metal that has been stolen and about to be sold to bad guys.  Apparently Lockheed can smell the metal and they know this because he helped Spider-Woman in outer space once.  Somehow Kitty Pride does not know this story.   There is some amusing running commentary from a civilian in the subway car with the three heroes and Spider-Woman and Shadowcat talk about all this secret S.W.O.R.D / S.H.I.E.L.D stuff knowing that no one would believe the crazy homeless guy – even though he sounds perfectly sane at the moment.  The dragon catches the meteorites sent and the next thing you see is a huge splash page of the Absorbing man fighting a mob of AIM and Hydra agents.  At this point I went from so far so good to oh wow cool.  During this fight they use their real names in front of the bad guys!  Through some very clever dialog Kitty fights and defeats the Absorbing Man singlehandedly.  The AIM and Hydra guys surrender, the meteorite is recovered.  I have to say once again that the dialog in the A + X comics can be really clever and entertaining.  It is fun to have super heroes be smart once in a while.  The Deadpool / Hawkeye story will need to be amazing to beat that story.  The second story is Deadpool and Hawkeye, Hawkeye is driving a car through Grand Central station and down some subway tracks.  Deadpool appears to be more worried than the Hawkguy about them making it to the bad guys alive.  They of course make it to the bad guys in one piece and the fight against pirates begins.  Deadpool decides to also fight with a bow and arrow with of course hilarious results.  They win after even more cleverer arrow shooting.  While entertaining this story just cannot compare to the first.

Deadpool #10!

Deadpool #10 was rather amusing; but first the sad part with the Necromancer and Ben Franklin leaving the group because they could.  The next guy Deadpool is to kill turns out to be some guy also being chased by Spider-Man.  So of course we get a bunch of Spider-Man’s second rate villains to fight.  There is a big fight with the Taskmaster, Lady Stilt Man (is that really her name?), Paste Pot Pete and the Leaper.  With a team like that you know they are going down quick.  There were some good jokes in this issue and I was amused when Deadpool manages to steal a web shooter.   This comic reminded me how much I dislike the “New Superior Spider-Man” just such a terrible character and insult to Spider-Man fans everywhere.  But despite that problem this was a good comic none the less.

Thunderbolts #9

Thunderbolts #9 was the aftermath of the bomb going boom in last issue.  We had a little retelling of the bomb from the other group of players.  The team ends up fighting a squad of Crimson Dynamos which is an interesting fight.  There is for some reason a flash to a C.I.A. outpost in Afghanistan where the agents worry for their lives because they ID people above their pay grade AKA the Thunderbolts team.  The plot continues to move along and at least this issue was less whiny.

Deadpool #9

Deadpool #9 was another cleverly written comic.  But the hunt down the next soul to kill thing got old fast especially since Deadpool is not into the killing and joke slinging like normal.  I guess having a good lady sharing brain space makes Deadpool more concerned about others.  The travel to the First One’s library was actually entertaining and at least they found some information to move the plot along.  Not much else to say about this comic.

Deadpool #8

Deadpool #8 was very interesting.  The story starts out with a recap and showing that the previous “flashback” and “unpublished” issue ties into the new story line.  Deadpool makes plans with Agent Preston whose soul lives now that she is dead.  Turns out the demon from the previous issue is calling in the debt owned since Deadpool did not fulfill their contract correctly – Deadpool is required to hunt down and kill people who had made deals with the Devil.  The team regroups with Benjamin Franklin and the Necromancer and then head off to try and fix things.  Deadpool manages to capture the first target and while walking away he is waylaid by a pretty woman and friends.  Once Deadpool was taken down they harvested his blood and organs.  Apparently this has been going on for a while now and they are good at the harvesting.  This is weird even for Deadpool and another plot that the writers might follow up on at a later time.

Deadpool Killustrated #4

Deadpool Killustrated #4 was somewhat interesting.  Deadpool kills a few more interesting characters but no epic battles or long story telling as happened in the first two issues.  Reading this comic right after reading Deadpool number eight from the regular Deadpool series made me realize this mini-series was weak in comparison.  It seems as if they creative team is just interested in making another mini-series after another doing as little work as possible after the first issue. 

Thunderbolts #8

Thunderbolts #8 continues the story of the search for special weapons or armor that might be very dangerous.  The team heads to stake out and capture the arms dealer of interest and for some reason that makes no sense to me they kill Deadpool (for what that is worth he will be back).  The Thunderbolts then attack and kill everyone at the meeting but the arms dealer.  They question the guy and he answers a phone given to him by the seller of special items and then a big boom happens to end this issue on a cliff hanger.  Considering the team is the Red Hulk, Venom, Elektra and Punisher I am not truly concerned that they would not survive the explosion.  In fact I will be highly disappointed if the next issue does not begin with a Deadpool quip.  But I suspect that any normal that had survived to this point including the arms deal would not survive the bomb blast.

Deadpool #7!!!

Deadpool #7 was entertaining.  This issue was supposedly a comic that had been finished but not been published in the past for whatever reason.  In this issue Deadpool is hired to make Tony Stark aka Iron Man drink.  The story starts out simply enough in the Daily Bugle with Peter Parker admitting to everyone he was Spider-Man during a pitch meeting.  Everyone ignores Peter and sends him off to get more pictures of Spider-Man.  He meets Flash Thompson who has parked in a Handicap spot and then Deadpool steal the car. Deadpool almost runs down the Power Pack but only promises them that their comic book was already doomed.  Deadpool is then met by an agent of the devil who wants Tony Stark to take a drink; they debate contract conditions until Deadpool agrees in exchange for ownership of a Laser Disc factory.  There then were some entertaining events and Deadpool knocks out Tony Stark, takes the Iron Man armor and saves the day.  Things end badly for the demon working for Mephisto and Cable arrives asking for Deadpool’s help.  This issue was good and from some of the quips not some long lost issue but a clever and entertaining story.

Deadpool Killustrated #3

Deadpool Killustrated #3 was entertainingly good.  We the readers finally get to see a few more famous characters of literature finished off by Deadpool.   I liked the idea of stealing the Frankenstein Monster by transplanting a little of Deadpool’s brain.  Once activated the Frankenstein Deadpool and Deadpool continue their rampage followed closely by Sherlock Holms and company.  The writers are showing a bit more imagination and hopefully this story will improve.

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Thunderbolts #7 !!!

Thunderbolts #7 was interesting with a lot of plot advancement.  There was very little action this issue was almost all dialog with most of the fighting happening off page.  Somehow Deadpool has a crush on Elektra who for some reason appears to be sleeping with the Punisher.  There is some plotting against the Red Hulk that is foiled.  But Ross still tells the team what he knows about the secret stuff they are chasing by using the submarine.  After some of the weirdness of the first story arc I should be happier with what is happening now.  But there was something lacking in the story telling.

Deadpool #6

Deadpool #6 was entertaining but a bit wordy and lacking in killing of more than a couple of zombie presidents.  I fear the writers had mostly run out of ideas at this point and lucky for them this was the final issue of this story arc.  I’m hoping the next story arc is as well written.  The bit at the end was amusing when we learn where the Necromancer placed Agent Preston’s soul after she died.

Thunderbolts #6!

Thunderbolts #6 started out slow but became more and more interesting as the pages passed.  It turns out that the Leaders brother is trying to learn all the Leaders secrets.  At some point the Leader had uploaded his knowledge to the internet and the brother was trying to find and download that data.  There is a lot of talking things over in this comic and very few people die visibly in this issue.  It looks as if the team is heading off on a chase in a submarine. At some point I am going to have to read up on when Red Hulk became the new trend over green.  We have in the Marvel Universe Red Hulks, Red She-Hulks and now the Red Leader.  It leaves me a bit confused.  Otherwise I found this comic very interesting.

Deadpool Killustrated #2 !!!

Deadpool Killustrated #2 was rather entertaining.  Though not finishing off Captain Ahab was rather disappointing considering how much time he spent in the comic.  I was also a little disappointed with how little time was spent doing in the main character displayed on the front cover of the comic.  At least Count Dracula was given more than a page for his death.  But giving the Little Women characters that many pages was disappointing.  With luck the cliffhanger characters will give Deadpool a better fight.

Thunderbolts #5 !!!!

Thunderbolts #5 was interesting but just filled a gap in the story.  It is weird to see or should I say hear Deadpool sound so sane and thoughtful.  I do not really believe the Punisher should still be going at this point considering his wounds.  It is strange not hearing the Leader rant and rave about how smart he is, the Leader is even helping Thunderbolt Ross who has come down a step and is not the Red Hulk at the moment.   I have no idea what is up with Venom (is that Flash Thompson?).  One of my big complaints about this comic is there are too many characters to follow and some did not have their story told as well as some.  I fear this is a sign there will be a “surprise” in the story that should shock the reader unless we knew what was going on.

Deadpool! #5

Deadpool #5 we see the end of Reagan and there were lots of old movie jokes while fighting on an old Russian missile platform.  Then when Preston gives Deadpool a long motivational speech the dead George Washington appears with LBJ and almost everyone dies.  Not sure how they will get out of this but the Necromancer will think of something and well Deadpool can’t die.  I was amused by the Reagan jokes and old movie references.  This was a decent issue.