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Deadpool by Daniel Way: The Complete Collection Volume 4
Deadpool is desperate to end it all, but his healing factor makes dying a near-impossibility. When Wade finds the one thing in the world that can kill him - a serum that permanently disables his regenerative abilities - he just might get his wish. But when his newfound ability to die makes Deadpool feel more alive than ever, his sudden lust for life gets him in hot water with everyone he crosses - including crime bosses, super villains, his fellow mercenaries and even a dual Beretta-wielding monkey! Can the Merc with a Mouth escape his pursuers and his pattern of insanity-fueled self-destruction, and finally live life to the fullest? Guest-Starring the Uncanny X-Force, Daken, Kingpin, the Intelligencia and more - all of whom want to ensure that Deadpool finally meets his maker.
230 pages, Paperback
Published August 10, 2014
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April 20, 2015
Forgot to review this right after I finished...
I've now read Vol. 3, Vol. 1 and Vol. 4, in that order...in any other book this might have been problematic...with Deadpool? Not really.
That's a strength and a downside.
It's good because you can pick it up at any point, bad because it's so haphazard some storylines just jump all over so there's not much flow sometimes, and you forget what that story was all about to start with...
I did think that the first chunk of this volume was almost the strongest of Daniel Way's run. Here we get Wade and X-Force, which is where Deadpool has really shone in my mind. The use of Wolverine, Fantomex and the rest of the gang serves as great counters and verbal,sparring partners for Wade. Considering Deadpool of this run was reintroduced trying to kill Logan in Wolverine Origins (also by Daniel Way coincidentally) this is quite a bit of progress.
Wade has learned after the death of a copycat or Evil Deadpool in the end of the last volume, that if that Deadpool can die, then maybe he can too!
Wade wants to die to be with Death, his girlfriend...or closest thing to. So he goes about setting up a huge scheme with X-Force, Daken, Kingpin, Tombstone, the Hand, and Hydra Bob. It's nice to see Wade set his mind to something, and formulate a plan that more or less made sense...
There's some good stuff between Logan and Wade about recapturing humanity, mortality, and such, since they're both Weapon X survivors, and it was good to see this bond.
Then there's the bad stuff...Wade taking on a whole bunch of XYZ-list villains for too much of the second half, and then a major reveal about Wade living or dying, which sets up the future of Deadpool. It's a decent ending, but it seems Way's run was up and down and all over, fittingly, much like Wade himself.
I would suggest reading in order, just to keep a bit more on top of the storylines...Wade actually had a lot of moments of lucidity, including realization of how he has treated Hydra Bob...poor guy.
I'd say this one eases closer to 3.5 stars, but the silliness keeps it from 4 stars.
I've now read Vol. 3, Vol. 1 and Vol. 4, in that order...in any other book this might have been problematic...with Deadpool? Not really.
That's a strength and a downside.
It's good because you can pick it up at any point, bad because it's so haphazard some storylines just jump all over so there's not much flow sometimes, and you forget what that story was all about to start with...
I did think that the first chunk of this volume was almost the strongest of Daniel Way's run. Here we get Wade and X-Force, which is where Deadpool has really shone in my mind. The use of Wolverine, Fantomex and the rest of the gang serves as great counters and verbal,sparring partners for Wade. Considering Deadpool of this run was reintroduced trying to kill Logan in Wolverine Origins (also by Daniel Way coincidentally) this is quite a bit of progress.
Wade has learned after the death of a copycat or Evil Deadpool in the end of the last volume, that if that Deadpool can die, then maybe he can too!
Wade wants to die to be with Death, his girlfriend...or closest thing to. So he goes about setting up a huge scheme with X-Force, Daken, Kingpin, Tombstone, the Hand, and Hydra Bob. It's nice to see Wade set his mind to something, and formulate a plan that more or less made sense...
There's some good stuff between Logan and Wade about recapturing humanity, mortality, and such, since they're both Weapon X survivors, and it was good to see this bond.
Then there's the bad stuff...Wade taking on a whole bunch of XYZ-list villains for too much of the second half, and then a major reveal about Wade living or dying, which sets up the future of Deadpool. It's a decent ending, but it seems Way's run was up and down and all over, fittingly, much like Wade himself.
I would suggest reading in order, just to keep a bit more on top of the storylines...Wade actually had a lot of moments of lucidity, including realization of how he has treated Hydra Bob...poor guy.
I'd say this one eases closer to 3.5 stars, but the silliness keeps it from 4 stars.
June 14, 2024
Daniel Way ends his run on Deadpool by tying more heavily into both the Utopia story going on with the X-Men at the time and drawing together on various plot-lines from throughout the larger run. Satisfaction can be found here for anyone who greatly enjoyed the earlier volumes and finds joy in Way’s brand of humor.
August 29, 2016
I didn't like in this one where Deadpool lost his healing factor. That's my favorite part. But I think it ended ok.
January 2, 2024
When his evil double is killed, Wade Wilson AKA Deadpool discovers that someone has developed a cure for his healing factor, which means he may finally be able to fulfil his death-wish. He then tricks X-Force into helping him track down the serum. However, when he finally has his hands on sweet mortality, Wade soon discovers that he has something to live for.
Where Deadpool comics often go wrong for me is when they lean too heavily on Wade chaotic nature and just have a random series of things happen whilst he kills people. Unfortunately, there is a bit of that feel here in places, particularly with Wade's plans, his double-crosses and triple-crosses. I don't mind a bit of anarchy, but it should be in service of moving the actual plot forward and here that's not always the case.
That said, there are a couple of elements here I really liked.
The first is Wade's relationship with X-Force, particularly Wolverine. In fact the best moment of the book is when X-Force are determined to kill Wade for betraying them but Wolverine lets him off when he sees that Deadpool is genuinely concerned for Hydra Bob, in a nice echo of how Logan changed from irredeemable killer to superhero through connection to his friends.
The other element I liked was seeing Deadpool come to terms with his mortality and have to totally change his M. O. to cope with the fact that all his appendages won't just grow back anymore.
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Where Deadpool comics often go wrong for me is when they lean too heavily on Wade chaotic nature and just have a random series of things happen whilst he kills people. Unfortunately, there is a bit of that feel here in places, particularly with Wade's plans, his double-crosses and triple-crosses. I don't mind a bit of anarchy, but it should be in service of moving the actual plot forward and here that's not always the case.
That said, there are a couple of elements here I really liked.
The first is Wade's relationship with X-Force, particularly Wolverine. In fact the best moment of the book is when X-Force are determined to kill Wade for betraying them but Wolverine lets him off when he sees that Deadpool is genuinely concerned for Hydra Bob, in a nice echo of how Logan changed from irredeemable killer to superhero through connection to his friends.
The other element I liked was seeing Deadpool come to terms with his mortality and have to totally change his M. O. to cope with the fact that all his appendages won't just grow back anymore.
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February 2, 2019
Well... that was unexpected!
Deadpool has always been unpredictable, and this collection of stories were no exception. While there were fantastic jokes that made me chuckle and smile, the majority of the story was focused on grimmer topics. Deadpool's "friends" were constantly torn between helping him and taking him out of the equation, and it caused a great deal of heartache and misery. Deadpool's moments with Bob were among my favourites, as well as his banter with Taskmaster. I'm a little conflicted about the ending, because it seemed to come out of the blue, and makes me want to read even more.
Daniel Way and his team put together an excellent collection of Deadpool stories that made me fall in love with the character even more, and now all I want to do is keep reading about everyone's favourite merc!
Deadpool has always been unpredictable, and this collection of stories were no exception. While there were fantastic jokes that made me chuckle and smile, the majority of the story was focused on grimmer topics. Deadpool's "friends" were constantly torn between helping him and taking him out of the equation, and it caused a great deal of heartache and misery. Deadpool's moments with Bob were among my favourites, as well as his banter with Taskmaster. I'm a little conflicted about the ending, because it seemed to come out of the blue, and makes me want to read even more.
Daniel Way and his team put together an excellent collection of Deadpool stories that made me fall in love with the character even more, and now all I want to do is keep reading about everyone's favourite merc!
April 21, 2024
Solid ending to this goofball series. The note at the end from writer Daniel Way talks about where Deadpool was at the start of this series and how he had been shuffled to the periphery through saturation, giving way a free hand to do whatever he wanted here. I think he has made the most of it especially in the context of whatever else was happing in the Marvelverse at the time. The regenerating degenerate goes out with an absolute bang as he finds meaning in a life that has no stakes. Entertaining stuff and I'm happy that I have a couple of volumes of the next run lined up to compare with this one.
June 5, 2017
Deadpool books sometimes struggle with bad jokes over substance. Here Daniel Way and a very good group of artists do a great job of delivering both. The opening arc, Dead, was fantastic. The plotting by Way was marvelous. The following storylines were good but sometimes a little more exposition can help out when it involves Wade's somewhat obscure Rogue's Gallery. The art that I mentioned was by quite a few artists but the styles were very similar and didn't take away from the book much. Overall, much better than I was expecting.
January 6, 2019
Outstanding conclusion to this series of Deadpool. This volume doesn't quite have as much action but the jokes and constant mind games with every character are always present. I gave this volume four stars because I felt the ending could have been written a little better. The art work is great though and I would highly recommend reading the whole series if you were a fan of either Deadpool movie.
May 18, 2021
Probably the most heart breaking out of the collections; I'm none to impressed with the other Marvel hero's and the way they treat Deadpool. It's more obvious than ever the desperation and psychological distress he's in and they can't see past their first/only impressions of him.
September 22, 2021
Good story, fun to see Deadpool deal with losing his healing factor, have a bunch of enemies, and then still win against them.
January 13, 2023
Having read all 4 collected editions, I found the last two a bit wearisome and not as high quality as the first two. I’d say more miss than hit. 2.5/5
August 20, 2024
I'll get back to you once I read more deadpool comics.
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January 23, 2025Silly fun. I enjoyed this collection a lot - it had a bunch of laugh out loud moments and the art was great. Tons of fun.
September 23, 2016
Loved it!
January 25, 2016
Well, that was pretty okay. I'm glad I finally got around to reading all of the Daniel Way Deadpool comics, but at the same time I don't think I love them as much as the die-hard Deadpool fans. Deadpool, as a novelty character, is certainly one of my more favorite superheroes. But he just isn't as deep or interesting as other superheroes. However, it's in this comic we finally get to see him at the brink of death, and the comics that center around that major plot and his arc in the middle of it were pretty great. But it was the last three issues that took a dump on the previous ones, with dull characters, meandering story threads, a dumb plot twist with the lazy writing trick of, "Oh! Actually, he's NOT dead! He's still alive!". I'd still say Volume 3 is my personal favorite, but the first 2/3 of this comic were real Marvel silver quality.
September 4, 2014
Possibly the best of the series yet with a tight focus, lots of action and lots of laughs. The art is pretty consistent throughout, with a short blip in the middle where it falls down a bit. Fortunately, the story and strong writing carries us through it and it is just a minor quibble.
Sadly this is Daniel Way's last installment with Deadpool, but he does a great job of bringing this story arc to a pause point and definitely got a feeling that these four volumes form a complete tale - if a somewhat bizarre one.
January 23, 2016
Deadpool is a great character, and Way's run seems to be where the character gelled and settled, but this is pretty bad read as a volume. As the epilogue note says, there were no expectations or significant fan base at this point so he could do whatever. Public brain storming, I guess.
Very inconsistent, and by far the worst of these 4 volumes. I'm going to read the first in Posehn's run shortly. If that doesn't entertain me more I'm giving up on trying to enjoy Marvel.
On the positive side, the first part is amusing and cleverly presented. The complexity of Deadpool's character is surprising and compelling.
Very inconsistent, and by far the worst of these 4 volumes. I'm going to read the first in Posehn's run shortly. If that doesn't entertain me more I'm giving up on trying to enjoy Marvel.
On the positive side, the first part is amusing and cleverly presented. The complexity of Deadpool's character is surprising and compelling.
February 28, 2015
What a brilliant ending to my favorite Deadpool run. I think Daniel Way really captured Wade's sense of humor in a way no other writer has. He also created the voices in Wade's head that make him so endearingly crazy. I like how the ending was left ambiguous to allow for other writers to take up the mantle, a mantle that exists solely because Way was willing to take up the narrative of an unpopular comic character and make him great again. Can't wait to see what happens with the Merc next.
March 29, 2016
Deadpool is sorta sick of himself, sick of life, so decides he's going to find a way to die. He plays a bunch of sides against one another and hopes for the best! Is death really something he wants? Is there something that can suppress his mutant healing factor? Is so, who else would interested in such a formula? A bit more serious than the previous books, but still great! Watch as people (more and more) get pissed off at Deadpool!
September 17, 2014
This is just about as far as the Daniel Way Deadpool could go. The hallmark is not the double-voice thought panels, but rather the sense in which the stories revolve around unbelievable Deadpool plans that everyone falls for but are not made clear to the reader until the end.
It feels both pretty consistent and pretty meandering. But relatively satisfying, if nothing special.
It feels both pretty consistent and pretty meandering. But relatively satisfying, if nothing special.
February 6, 2016
The last of this Deadpool series. I didn't expect the end tbh. But then I guess it was the only way it could really end. I loved it though and I'm glad I got more insight into the Deadpool character, not just the mask that you see a few puns of on the internet, but the guy behind the mask. It's really an incredible character.
May 9, 2016
This one took me forever to read because I got super busy, but once I settled down and got to it, I really enjoyed this volume! It was super focused on Deadpool's quest to get rid of his healing factor and subsequently get himself killed, which was really interesting.
May 23, 2016
That ending left me feeling hallow. After all that, that's what Deadpool is left with.
And can anyone tell me which volume to read next. I know that was the end of Way's story, but should I go back and read older stuff or onward?
And can anyone tell me which volume to read next. I know that was the end of Way's story, but should I go back and read older stuff or onward?
January 19, 2015
Deadpool is always entertaining and this is no exception. It was interesting to watch his evolution through the collection. And aww, poor Bob.
June 16, 2015
Stupid.
September 27, 2015
If you don't laugh uncontrolably at the human flamethrower gag, you do not have a soul.
October 10, 2015
A fitting end to Way's run.
February 15, 2016
Well, Deadpool was "cured" of his super-healing abilities but is still doing his crazy thing...
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