Fear Itself Deadpool #1

Fear Itself: Deadpool #1

by Christopher Hastings, Bong Dazo (Illustrator)

Written by CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS Penciled by BONG DAZO Cover by RYAN STEGMAN FEAR ITSELF TIE-IN As the Marvel Universe is wracked with FEAR ITSELF, only Deadpool sees it for what it truly is...a way to make money. Has Deadpool really been chosen as one of the worthy, granted one of The Serpent's Hammers? Or did he just take any old hammer and go to town with some rhinestones? Either way, when Deadpool hits the street with his shiny new mallet it's-STOP! Hammer time. Don't miss Deadpool playing whack-a-mole with the comic event of the season!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel, Fiction, Comic Book, Graphic Novels Comics, Superheroes

Comic

First published June 8, 2011

Reviews

[Mike · Rating 2 out of 5]

Deadpool: amusing, not really belly-laugh material. Good art (I happen to like the thick outlines stuff), but story was mostly throwaway - both as a Fear Itself tie-in and as a Deadpool tale.

Fearsome Four: WTF? All this repetitive talk of "nexus of all realities" and the endless, impossible-to-follow fist-smashing, makes my head hurt and my patience thin out like an aging cop's hairline. The constant tonal shifts from jarring artist changes doesn't help either.

Worst of all though is to throw She-Hulk in with this lot of D-list throwbacks. I have a lot more respect for Jennifer as a serious character than as a punchline or straight man for lame attempts at Howard the Duck "humour".

When the climax threatens to break, the cliches, lumbering dialogue and arrested-time-while-the-hero-monologues-like-a-moron-instead-of-acting all mount up on a posse of crap. What could have been a mildly interesting conclusion just falls apart into terrible fragments of better storytellers.

2 for Deadpool, 1 for 'fearsome four'.

[harlequin {Stephanie} · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not awful. Just missing some of the usual charm. As in story could have been a lot better.

[Suge · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the Deadpool part of this story but wasn't too fond of the Howard the Duck part. It was boring and a bit slow moving, plus I've never been a Howard the Duck fan. However, the Deadpool part of the story was hilarious and well done.

[Vignesh · Rating 2 out of 5]

It is a total waste of time. Went for this as it was a short series with only 3. It was a total disappointment. Doesn't has a good story or an engaging script. the art works are charm that is the only plus.

Avoid it

[Shane · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is my first experience reading Deadpool and it was a little too silly for me. I did like how they linked the hammers idea in though and I'm not giving up on Deadpool yet. I did like the art a LOT - Bong Dazo rocks!

[Dan Still · Rating 4 out of 5]

So far, it's doing to the Fear Itself storyline what Army of Darkness did for the Evil Dead series, and that ain't not bad. ;)

[Joe Young · Rating 3 out of 5]

Christopher Hastings - writer
Bong Dazo - artist

3/5

Crazy Deadpool shenanigans with werewolves and hilarious c-listers.

[Drew Perron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Note that the rating is just for the Deadpool storyline! Haven't read the other.

[Frankie C · Rating 1 out of 5]

No.

[Wondra Vanian · Rating 3 out of 5]

The whole Fear Itself storyline is kind of sketchy but Deadpool is always a win.

Someone seriously needs to cosplay this Deadpool.

[Bill · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. The Merc with a Mouth is about too clever by half. And Howard the Duck? Really?

[Zack · Rating 3 out of 5]

An amusing little time waster.