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Deadpool, Vol. 5: The Wedding of Deadpool
The day you never dreamed would come has finally arrived: Deadpool is getting married! But to whom?! Tune in to find out as Deadpool and his mysterious bride tie the knot! And to celebrate this magical occasion, we’ve rounded up every single writer who ever penned Wade’s series to contribute new stories! But when Deadpool and his bride honeymoon in Japan, will married life agree with our mouthy merc? Or will he start doing the “take my wife, please” joke all the time? Plus: another Deadpool flashback tale, as Wade travels to the 1950s to save Nick Fury from the menace of — time-traveling Hitler! And Madcap teams up (sort of) with Deadpool to answer the burning question. “Whatever happened to the white caption boxes?” Featuring Thor, Daredevil, Luke Cage and more!
Collecting: Deadpool 26-28, Annual 1
Collecting: Deadpool 26-28, Annual 1
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First published January 1, 2014
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Brian Posehn
199 books122 followersBrian Edmund Posehn[1] (born July 6, 1966) is an American actor, voice actor, musician, writer, and comedian, known for his roles as Jim Kuback on The WB's Mission Hill and Brian Spukowski on Comedy Central's The Sarah Silverman Program.
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November 3, 2014
Jeff wept.
I love Deadpool. In another Deadpool review, I stated un-categorically that if I had another son (or daughter), I would have named them Deadpool over the strong objections of my closed-minded wife.
Writers of Deadpool: I don’t ask for much: humor that ranges from the clever to the sophomoric, violence, panels strewn with bodies (and body parts), cameos of other Marvel characters looking absurd, violence. How hard could it be to write a reasonably funny Deadpool collection? Apparently, very hard. Just ask Gerry Duggan. Mr. Duggan should return to penning The LEGO Adventures of Antman and Galactus or whatever else he was doing at the time.
In this volume, Deadpool inexplicably chooses to marry some demon lady. To celebrate, Marvel enlists most of the past writers of Deadpool to contribute a marriage themed short piece. This hit-or-miss strategy produces a few mildly funny pieces (Gail Simone and Fabian Nicieza penned stories are the standouts).
You also have one of those throw back comics that seem to be included in all of these volumes. Here it’s a back handed salute to the 1950’s comic books. Although this one yielded some major laughs from me, others reviewers are growing weary of these issues. Question: Why am I the only one who still enjoys them? Answer: Because you’re a freak, Jeff.
Recommended to Deadpool fans who have a strong need to read everything that’s ever been published about Deadpool, regardless of how good it is. I assume they haven’t read the stuff that Rob Liefield wrote either.
I love Deadpool. In another Deadpool review, I stated un-categorically that if I had another son (or daughter), I would have named them Deadpool over the strong objections of my closed-minded wife.
Writers of Deadpool: I don’t ask for much: humor that ranges from the clever to the sophomoric, violence, panels strewn with bodies (and body parts), cameos of other Marvel characters looking absurd, violence. How hard could it be to write a reasonably funny Deadpool collection? Apparently, very hard. Just ask Gerry Duggan. Mr. Duggan should return to penning The LEGO Adventures of Antman and Galactus or whatever else he was doing at the time.
In this volume, Deadpool inexplicably chooses to marry some demon lady. To celebrate, Marvel enlists most of the past writers of Deadpool to contribute a marriage themed short piece. This hit-or-miss strategy produces a few mildly funny pieces (Gail Simone and Fabian Nicieza penned stories are the standouts).
You also have one of those throw back comics that seem to be included in all of these volumes. Here it’s a back handed salute to the 1950’s comic books. Although this one yielded some major laughs from me, others reviewers are growing weary of these issues. Question: Why am I the only one who still enjoys them? Answer: Because you’re a freak, Jeff.
Recommended to Deadpool fans who have a strong need to read everything that’s ever been published about Deadpool, regardless of how good it is. I assume they haven’t read the stuff that Rob Liefield wrote either.
February 25, 2015
2.5 stars
The title is pretty darn accurate, so I don't think I'll be spoiling anything if I let it slip that Deadpool gets hitched in this one.
The actual wedding is only a tiny part of the volume, and the rest is filled up with Wade's previous marriages.
According to his memories *cough* he's been married quite a few times.
In other words, you have an unreliable narrator telling silly stories about how he met and married various women. It's up to the reader to pick through and decide if he's even met some of these women, much less married them. And I guess that's half the fun of reading this title.
I will say that I didn't have as hard a time reading this as I originally thought I would. Sure, it's really repetitive and full of chimichangas and dick jokes, but I guess most Deadpool fans already know what they're getting into, right?
So is this something you should read?
How the hell should I know?!
One interesting thing about this volume is that the cover (issue #27) made it into the Guinness Book of World Records for the most comic book characters on a single issue.
Yep. Seriously.
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The title is pretty darn accurate, so I don't think I'll be spoiling anything if I let it slip that Deadpool gets hitched in this one.
The actual wedding is only a tiny part of the volume, and the rest is filled up with Wade's previous marriages.
According to his memories *cough* he's been married quite a few times.
In other words, you have an unreliable narrator telling silly stories about how he met and married various women. It's up to the reader to pick through and decide if he's even met some of these women, much less married them. And I guess that's half the fun of reading this title.
I will say that I didn't have as hard a time reading this as I originally thought I would. Sure, it's really repetitive and full of chimichangas and dick jokes, but I guess most Deadpool fans already know what they're getting into, right?
So is this something you should read?
How the hell should I know?!
One interesting thing about this volume is that the cover (issue #27) made it into the Guinness Book of World Records for the most comic book characters on a single issue.
Yep. Seriously.
Get this review and more at:
August 25, 2015
This was entertaining to say the least!
I've always wanted to read Deadpool comics and after hearing so much about him, watching the trailer for the movie and reading comics which he featured in I finally decided to buy one! I didn't really know where to start and the reviews for this marvel now series were pretty good so I decided to start with them. When I went into the book shop and saw this cover I just hAD TO BUY IT!!
LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO APPRECIATE THIS COVER!!! LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE ON IT!!!! IT WON AN AWARD FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!
So yeah I picked this one up because of the cover mainly and because I liked how it was a mix of different art styles.
I was entertained and laughing out loud throughout and honestly did not want to put it down! The only negative I have is that I wish it could've been longer!!
With all the gore, humour and language I feel like I got a pretty great idea of what deadpool is truly like and all I can say is that I lOVE HIM and will be reading more deadpool comics as soon as possible!
I've always wanted to read Deadpool comics and after hearing so much about him, watching the trailer for the movie and reading comics which he featured in I finally decided to buy one! I didn't really know where to start and the reviews for this marvel now series were pretty good so I decided to start with them. When I went into the book shop and saw this cover I just hAD TO BUY IT!!
LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO APPRECIATE THIS COVER!!! LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE ON IT!!!! IT WON AN AWARD FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!
So yeah I picked this one up because of the cover mainly and because I liked how it was a mix of different art styles.
I was entertained and laughing out loud throughout and honestly did not want to put it down! The only negative I have is that I wish it could've been longer!!
With all the gore, humour and language I feel like I got a pretty great idea of what deadpool is truly like and all I can say is that I lOVE HIM and will be reading more deadpool comics as soon as possible!
February 4, 2018
A little whiplash from all the back and forth and trying to figure out which parts were accurate. Poor dude
September 23, 2014
(If you’ve just been reading the Marvel NOW! Deadpool, you might well be wondering where the hell Deadpool’s wedding came from - after all, there wasn’t any indication of this in the previous four volumes! The missing link lies in Deadpool: The Gauntlet, which, helpfully, at the time of writing has yet to be published in trade, and should’ve really been Volume 5 seeing as it was written by Duggan/Posehn as well.
Anyway, if you want the whole story, check that out before reading this - let’s say it’s Volume 4.5. If you don’t want to bother, the Cliffnotes version is that the bride’s name is Shiklah and she’s the queen of the Monster Metropolis under NYC. Dracula wanted her, Deadpool fought and beat him, she fell for Wade, now they’re getting hitched. Done and done!)
Here’s what I thought when I first heard Deadpool was getting married: a Hangover-type story with Marvel characters, say, Wade, Logan and Steve Rogers on a lads’ night out in Vegas, encountering various Marvel characters, good and bad, along the way and getting into drunken superhero escapades. To me, that sounds like fun. Sadly, that’s not the direction the forces that be decided to go in.
Instead, a TON of writers are brought in to write about the many, many times Deadpool got married before because for some reason this issue needed to be not only jam-packed with characters on the cover, but also crammed with writers! Besides series writers Gerry Duggan and Brian Posehn, there’s Joe Kelly, Jimmy Palmiotti, Gail Simone, Victor Gischler, Daniel Way, Frank Tieri, Christopher Priest, Mark Waid, and Deadpool’s co-creator Fabian Nicieza (apparently Rob Liefeld and Marvel still aren’t talking).
The Deadpool previous marriages stories range from dull to crap to forgettable to I’ve-literally-forgotten-what’s-happening-in-this-5-page-story-and-I’m-only-on-page-3 to snoreworthy. These stories take up about half the book and are nothing but a chore to get through. There is a crazy bachelor party but it’s a framing device that takes up a few pages only.
Then there are the other issues. An extra-long story where Deadpool becomes one with Madcap (yawn), another “lost issue” where Deadpool, Cable and Fury fight Hitler (not nearly as fun as it sounds), and finally the honeymoon issue which sees Deadpool and Shiklah fighting Pokemon-esque characters in Tokyo, that turns out to be a nod to the story arc from Volume 3 (dreary).
So what was good? Unfortunately not much. The wedding itself is much more lo-fi than the cover suggests, with Wade and Shiklah tying the knot in the park with Nightcrawler presiding. It starts to rain but Thor helpfully nudges the clouds away. The ceremony is… kinda sweet.
There’s a nice dig at DC on the cover of the wedding issue (“the most important #27 issue ever!” - Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27) and a fun variant cover parodying Batman’s famous first appearance.
And then there’s the big-ass cover itself, which is more like a spot-the-superhero puzzle! It actually holds the Guinness World Record for Most Comic Book Characters on a Single Issue Cover! Looking at the detail and discovering who was in attendance was easily the most entertaining part of the book for me, and I loved that real world people got drawn in too, like the creative team for this book and some Marvel execs.
This book should’ve been way more fun and entertaining than it turned out to be. The last word you should think of when you hear the words “Deadpool” and “wedding” is “boring”, and yet that’s what this volume is: a boring mess.
Anyway, if you want the whole story, check that out before reading this - let’s say it’s Volume 4.5. If you don’t want to bother, the Cliffnotes version is that the bride’s name is Shiklah and she’s the queen of the Monster Metropolis under NYC. Dracula wanted her, Deadpool fought and beat him, she fell for Wade, now they’re getting hitched. Done and done!)
Here’s what I thought when I first heard Deadpool was getting married: a Hangover-type story with Marvel characters, say, Wade, Logan and Steve Rogers on a lads’ night out in Vegas, encountering various Marvel characters, good and bad, along the way and getting into drunken superhero escapades. To me, that sounds like fun. Sadly, that’s not the direction the forces that be decided to go in.
Instead, a TON of writers are brought in to write about the many, many times Deadpool got married before because for some reason this issue needed to be not only jam-packed with characters on the cover, but also crammed with writers! Besides series writers Gerry Duggan and Brian Posehn, there’s Joe Kelly, Jimmy Palmiotti, Gail Simone, Victor Gischler, Daniel Way, Frank Tieri, Christopher Priest, Mark Waid, and Deadpool’s co-creator Fabian Nicieza (apparently Rob Liefeld and Marvel still aren’t talking).
The Deadpool previous marriages stories range from dull to crap to forgettable to I’ve-literally-forgotten-what’s-happening-in-this-5-page-story-and-I’m-only-on-page-3 to snoreworthy. These stories take up about half the book and are nothing but a chore to get through. There is a crazy bachelor party but it’s a framing device that takes up a few pages only.
Then there are the other issues. An extra-long story where Deadpool becomes one with Madcap (yawn), another “lost issue” where Deadpool, Cable and Fury fight Hitler (not nearly as fun as it sounds), and finally the honeymoon issue which sees Deadpool and Shiklah fighting Pokemon-esque characters in Tokyo, that turns out to be a nod to the story arc from Volume 3 (dreary).
So what was good? Unfortunately not much. The wedding itself is much more lo-fi than the cover suggests, with Wade and Shiklah tying the knot in the park with Nightcrawler presiding. It starts to rain but Thor helpfully nudges the clouds away. The ceremony is… kinda sweet.
There’s a nice dig at DC on the cover of the wedding issue (“the most important #27 issue ever!” - Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27) and a fun variant cover parodying Batman’s famous first appearance.
And then there’s the big-ass cover itself, which is more like a spot-the-superhero puzzle! It actually holds the Guinness World Record for Most Comic Book Characters on a Single Issue Cover! Looking at the detail and discovering who was in attendance was easily the most entertaining part of the book for me, and I loved that real world people got drawn in too, like the creative team for this book and some Marvel execs.
This book should’ve been way more fun and entertaining than it turned out to be. The last word you should think of when you hear the words “Deadpool” and “wedding” is “boring”, and yet that’s what this volume is: a boring mess.
October 27, 2014
Ugh. I haven't really liked the current iteration of Deadpool, and this sure wasn't going to change my mind. So, Deadpool is going to get married, to a character who as far as I can tell, never appeared anywhere before the issue where she marries Deadpool. And then there's the longest single issue of any comic I have ever read, with a bunch of bad, terrible, really bad, really terrible, and outright awful stories about Deadpool and women and ugh. And of course we need another retro Deadpool story, because that gimmick hasn't possibly worn thin by now! It took me two days to read this book, because it's just so mind-numbingly blah, page after page. The only thing that was remotely entertaining was the annual, which explains what was up with the white text boxes that used to be in Deadpool's head, and what happened to them. But even that was only entertaining when compared to the dreck that was the rest of the book.
But hey, Nightcrawler shows up, so it wasn't a total loss!
But hey, Nightcrawler shows up, so it wasn't a total loss!
April 17, 2018
So, this was a pretty big letdown.
That cover is iconic and I even have a poster of it because it’s that cool (and my trivia team won it in a comic book trivia event in college). I expected a lot of this book and I didn’t get anything I was too crazy about.
This series shines when Duggan is writing it. That’s it. I put up with some of the fillers because Duggan added some of his own stuff to it but the amount of filler issues in this series is just ridiculous. I mean if you look at what Duggan wrote in this book, its 40 pages? If I’m being generous. All this to say, this was a bummer because Duggan’s work was barely featured.
We start with a filler issue I wasn’t too crazy about. Deadpool v Hitler should’ve been a more fun time but it wasn’t.
Next up is the issue where Wade is suddenly getting married because reasons. The start of this issue is a blast! I loved seeing Wade gathering his wedding party, especially Cap and Logan. The relationship between Agent Preston and Wade has always been a highlight for this series and I loved her wishing Wade the best for his nuptials. This lasts like 15 pages. The last part of the issue is all short stories from previous Deadpool writers.
I enjoyed Gail Simone’s story and I loved Joe Kelly’s story. Those were wonderful. The rest weren’t super memorable except I hated Palmiotti’s story. Wade hits on several women (and some men) but I never thought of him as a douchey womanizer and the way he treated women in that story (+the sexualized art) was unnecessary. Then Victor SomethingorOther wrote a story I totally skipped because there was a woman bent over getting her ass eaten. *sighs forever*
These short stories were more meh than good and it was such a waste of something that could have been super cool. Deadpool got married! That’s huge. Why wouldn’t more of the focus be on the build up?Sure, its been a little over done but the Hangover movies by why wouldn’t you do a road trip esque thing with Deadpool’s wedding party? A short little 85 page arc of the guys and Preston trying to get Wade to his wedding on time while bad guys try to kill him. That would’ve been fun and exciting but instead, 15 pages if Duggan and filler. *sighs*
The last issue isn’t worth noting except that one of the Korean Deadpool clones appears. I sort of forgot about that arc but it was certainly better than this one.
So, in conclusion, I know you should judge the book you received instead of thinking about the book you wanted. For that reason, this is definitely not a recommend from me. I can rec the cute panels from Duggan and that’s about it.
That cover is iconic and I even have a poster of it because it’s that cool (and my trivia team won it in a comic book trivia event in college). I expected a lot of this book and I didn’t get anything I was too crazy about.
This series shines when Duggan is writing it. That’s it. I put up with some of the fillers because Duggan added some of his own stuff to it but the amount of filler issues in this series is just ridiculous. I mean if you look at what Duggan wrote in this book, its 40 pages? If I’m being generous. All this to say, this was a bummer because Duggan’s work was barely featured.
We start with a filler issue I wasn’t too crazy about. Deadpool v Hitler should’ve been a more fun time but it wasn’t.
Next up is the issue where Wade is suddenly getting married because reasons. The start of this issue is a blast! I loved seeing Wade gathering his wedding party, especially Cap and Logan. The relationship between Agent Preston and Wade has always been a highlight for this series and I loved her wishing Wade the best for his nuptials. This lasts like 15 pages. The last part of the issue is all short stories from previous Deadpool writers.
I enjoyed Gail Simone’s story and I loved Joe Kelly’s story. Those were wonderful. The rest weren’t super memorable except I hated Palmiotti’s story. Wade hits on several women (and some men) but I never thought of him as a douchey womanizer and the way he treated women in that story (+the sexualized art) was unnecessary. Then Victor SomethingorOther wrote a story I totally skipped because there was a woman bent over getting her ass eaten. *sighs forever*
These short stories were more meh than good and it was such a waste of something that could have been super cool. Deadpool got married! That’s huge. Why wouldn’t more of the focus be on the build up?Sure, its been a little over done but the Hangover movies by why wouldn’t you do a road trip esque thing with Deadpool’s wedding party? A short little 85 page arc of the guys and Preston trying to get Wade to his wedding on time while bad guys try to kill him. That would’ve been fun and exciting but instead, 15 pages if Duggan and filler. *sighs*
The last issue isn’t worth noting except that one of the Korean Deadpool clones appears. I sort of forgot about that arc but it was certainly better than this one.
So, in conclusion, I know you should judge the book you received instead of thinking about the book you wanted. For that reason, this is definitely not a recommend from me. I can rec the cute panels from Duggan and that’s about it.
August 11, 2021
The main story was cute, the resT? Blah.
The main story of Deadpool and his lady friend getting hitched is really fun. Especially when Deadpool goes to all his "friends" and asks them to marry him off and join him in a celebration. There's a lot of cute/funny moments to be had and even some cool fight scenes if you believe it. I also enjoy Deadpool married, it's different.
The side stories, or the stories written by past writers of Deadpool vary from decent to shit. The worst being one about Deadpool being a womanizer and banging a bunch of girls...how stupid was this? A total setback for the character.
But yeah this was one of the weaker volumes due to that but the main wedding was cute.
The main story of Deadpool and his lady friend getting hitched is really fun. Especially when Deadpool goes to all his "friends" and asks them to marry him off and join him in a celebration. There's a lot of cute/funny moments to be had and even some cool fight scenes if you believe it. I also enjoy Deadpool married, it's different.
The side stories, or the stories written by past writers of Deadpool vary from decent to shit. The worst being one about Deadpool being a womanizer and banging a bunch of girls...how stupid was this? A total setback for the character.
But yeah this was one of the weaker volumes due to that but the main wedding was cute.
June 3, 2020
"I don't get too many happy endings."
I really liked that Wade was surrounded by friends on his wedding day and that Shiklah was a solid character with a personality who could hold her own in a fight, instead of being a one-dimensional oversexualised damsel in distress like Carmelita. I also liked that we got an explanation about how Wade's boxes came to be, and why they disappeared.
However, even though some of the mini stories about Wade's previous weddings were really good, most were average, or just plain bad to the point where the beautiful artwork couldn't save the story. And, again, oversexualisation of women occurred in a couple of those stories which annoyed me to no end. Overall, the artwork was great (tiny outfits for a few women/love interests excluded), but some of the stories were very poorly written, with important issues being swept under the rug for the sake of comedy. And even that comedy failed. It just wasn't funny. It was honestly rather insulting and insensitive. The only redeeming quality was that most of those occurred in the boxes in the flashback issue and some of the mini stories, and not the main story, which took up most of this volume.
*Trigger Warnings* Depictions of PTSD, assisted suicide, implied alcoholism, transphobia, homophobia, implied depression, physical and sexual abuse.
I really liked that Wade was surrounded by friends on his wedding day and that Shiklah was a solid character with a personality who could hold her own in a fight, instead of being a one-dimensional oversexualised damsel in distress like Carmelita. I also liked that we got an explanation about how Wade's boxes came to be, and why they disappeared.
However, even though some of the mini stories about Wade's previous weddings were really good, most were average, or just plain bad to the point where the beautiful artwork couldn't save the story. And, again, oversexualisation of women occurred in a couple of those stories which annoyed me to no end. Overall, the artwork was great (tiny outfits for a few women/love interests excluded), but some of the stories were very poorly written, with important issues being swept under the rug for the sake of comedy. And even that comedy failed. It just wasn't funny. It was honestly rather insulting and insensitive. The only redeeming quality was that most of those occurred in the boxes in the flashback issue and some of the mini stories, and not the main story, which took up most of this volume.
*Trigger Warnings* Depictions of PTSD, assisted suicide, implied alcoholism, transphobia, homophobia, implied depression, physical and sexual abuse.
September 12, 2020
This one was NOT a hit. Especially after the 'Dracula's Gauntlet' episode, this one was a severe letdown. The short-shorts used to fill up most of the pages were not funny. And the really cool Mrs. Deadpool didn't get that much of space that would have done her justice.
It's the Gauntlet that I would remember, truly.
It's the Gauntlet that I would remember, truly.
October 17, 2019
Huh.
Smirky only a way that I know is funny stuff, and her I don’t find myself laughing.
Kinda like reading more than the first few North’s Unbeatable Squirrel Girl comics - I see there’s funny words, but I feel more and more the schtick was wearing on me.
Smirky only a way that I know is funny stuff, and her I don’t find myself laughing.
Kinda like reading more than the first few North’s Unbeatable Squirrel Girl comics - I see there’s funny words, but I feel more and more the schtick was wearing on me.
July 28, 2019
To je takový bullshit.... ale hezky nakreslený.
May 20, 2019
Well, that was awful.
First Deadpool gets married. No, you didn't miss anything, this comes out of nowhere. If we've ever met the bride character (in Marvel continuity, not just in Deadpool), I don't remember her. Then, because wedding issues are always oversized issues, we get a bunch of short stories about Deadpool's past romances written by Deadpool's past writers. None of these stories are good or worth reading.
By the time we get back to the main story, I've already forgotten what the main story is. Deadpool's on his honeymoon with monster lady. They go to Japan where they encounter everything Marvel Japan has to offer: Ninjas, Yakuza, Sunfire. There's no development in the marriage story at all.
Then we get another flashback issue. Deadpool and Cable time travel to the 1950's to stop Adolf Hitler, who is also time travelling and has a suit of robot armor from the future, from killing Nick Fury. This one was actually funny.
And then we get the Deadpool Annual, written by a different writing team, with the (long-awaited, I guess...) teamup of Deadpool and Madcap. Turns out Madcap was one of the voices inside Deadpool's head during the Daniel Way run.
Most of the stories were just okay, but the tedious, neverending backup stories were just too much. And the marriage coming out of nowhere and getting no development is just bad writing.
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Update: I found that Deadpool met Shiklah in Deadpool: Dracula's Gauntlet. WHICH IS NEVER MENTIONED ANYWHERE IN THIS VOLUME.
First Deadpool gets married. No, you didn't miss anything, this comes out of nowhere. If we've ever met the bride character (in Marvel continuity, not just in Deadpool), I don't remember her. Then, because wedding issues are always oversized issues, we get a bunch of short stories about Deadpool's past romances written by Deadpool's past writers. None of these stories are good or worth reading.
By the time we get back to the main story, I've already forgotten what the main story is. Deadpool's on his honeymoon with monster lady. They go to Japan where they encounter everything Marvel Japan has to offer: Ninjas, Yakuza, Sunfire. There's no development in the marriage story at all.
Then we get another flashback issue. Deadpool and Cable time travel to the 1950's to stop Adolf Hitler, who is also time travelling and has a suit of robot armor from the future, from killing Nick Fury. This one was actually funny.
And then we get the Deadpool Annual, written by a different writing team, with the (long-awaited, I guess...) teamup of Deadpool and Madcap. Turns out Madcap was one of the voices inside Deadpool's head during the Daniel Way run.
Most of the stories were just okay, but the tedious, neverending backup stories were just too much. And the marriage coming out of nowhere and getting no development is just bad writing.
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Update: I found that Deadpool met Shiklah in Deadpool: Dracula's Gauntlet. WHICH IS NEVER MENTIONED ANYWHERE IN THIS VOLUME.
January 6, 2015
Ok, that was awesome! The wedding issues had lots of mini stories by Deadpool creative teams of Christmas past! It was really cool to get to read stories by all my old favorite. The wedding issue was stellar and the flashback was an awesome prequel. The annual did a lot of explaining of the white voice boxes from the previous Deadpool series.
August 1, 2015
This was/is a mixed bag. At times it was hilarious, and at others it was tiresome, as many different writers and artists of varying qualities told/tell various absurd Deadpool marriage scenarios...
But it ended on a high note with a very well illustrated and quite humorous "Annual" story.
But it ended on a high note with a very well illustrated and quite humorous "Annual" story.
June 23, 2015
After the last volume of Posehn and Duggan's Deadpool, I felt lukewarm to the whole series. It was a decent stretch of comic, but geez, Deadpool can be a wearying character. And after what I consider something of a revolution for the current series in Volume 3 - a dark, distinctly uncomedic tale, that took the Deadpool character in directions that gave him a depth and likeability unlike I've seen of him before - Volume 4's Aliens parody killfist and jokier, gag-filled approach just seemed like, if not a step backwards, at least a shuffle towards taking that step.
Well golly gumdrops if my fears were unfounded, because Volume 5 - dubbed "The Wedding of Deadpool" - sure is actually really freakin' good! It's not reaching the somewhat dizzying heights of Volume 3, but it's hitting notes of its own accord and breathing some much-needed intrigue into the Deadpool formula. This volume asks more questions than it answers, and all in the name of disarming the reader into a bizarre new status quo in which... Deadpool gets married. Of course!
The chapter (or issue, whatever you prefer, I'm not your parents) which includes the wedding is a bumper-sized extravaganza which, after a fairly short and sweet traditional Posehn and Duggan outing (in which Deadpool gets married. Did I mention Deadpool gets married?), diverts to a series of 5-page short stories, each written by one of all the authors that have even written for a solo Deadpool series. Mark Waid! Gail Simone! Fabian Nicieza! That Way fellow! They're all here, and, honestly, this section of the book is arguably its pièce de résistance. After a short framing device (Deadpool is recounting his "past marriages" to Wolverine and Captain America), it kicks off and it's just... it's fun! And it really nails home just how dependent Deadpool is on quality writers.
Every single story has its own unique voice, storytelling approach, and some even divert into different genres. There's a story in which Deadpool is freezing to death. There's a tale about Deadpool helping a cancer victim find their (albeit remarkably twisted) peace. And there's a story about Deadpool marrying a superpowered woman and getting his crotch smashed to pieces over and over and over again. So, it's a bit of a grab bag of vignettes from this motley crew. I can't really fault any of them, to be honest; they all had some redeeming quality, even if, in some cases, that quality is "it's short, at least".
The book could have ended there, but there's two little treats after Deadpool's wedding (which, look, I could spoil for you, but the whole fun of it is that you don't know who or what or why it's happening at all). Issue 28 is a direct continuation, Deadpool's Japan honeymoon that, bizarrely (and nicely) acts as a bit of an epilogue to Volume 3's storyline with the North Korean Deadpool-clone X-Men. We then cut back to chapter 26 (wait, did I say issue before? I did. Hey. Whatever. I'm not beholden to consistency), which is another in the series of what I think are genuinely fantastic "lost issues". We've had a few of these now - the best arguably being the Deadpool "team-up" with Power Man and Iron Fist - and now there's this one, a "lost" issue of Sgt. Fury and the Howling Commandos, in which a time-travelling Deadpool helps Nick Fury pre-S.H.I.E.L.D. fight his most powerful nemesis yet - a time travelling Hitler! It is very, very silly. Hitler jokes are just so childishly immature (to say nothing of appropriative and more than likely insensitive), but they work here, somehow. I don't know. It's so outlandishly stupid that it really clicks for me, plus I've got Kung Fury on my mind so I guess I'm just grooving with the time-travelling Hitler guff right now.
To cap it all off is the Deadpool annual! That's right! Deadpool had an annual. It was written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker! And it explores the origins and... err... un-origins? ...of Deadpool's little dialog box he used to have. You know the one, the real learned one? It was like he had a second voice in his head. But it just appeared one day and left some other day. Where did it go? Haha! Turns out it was a separate character that fused with Deadpool - Madcap! Who is basically just Deadpool with a more refined sense of humour (if Looney Tunes quotes can be considered "refined," anyway). So we see them meet, we see them fuse, we see them have fun, we see them fight, we see them go their separate ways.
It's fluff. It has no storytelling weight at all - it's just a funny story about where that quippy little dialog box came from. Damn, if it isn't funny, though. It's really clever and it rides its gimmick with aplomb, but it also has some of the finer cameos I've seen in a Marvel book - Thor lends his presence to what could be the best single panel in comic book history, in which he notes that he ventured forth into New York to get himself "a latte most vanilla". I... honestly, it possibly justifies the entire annual's existence, but there's even more fun to be had! So that's just really cool.
This whole volume is just really cool, honestly. I feel more inclined to believe that Deadpool can keep fresh after reading this - like, I got to the end, and I wasn't tired of the character. Whether it's the out-of-left-field wedding, the rapid precision of different writers in issue 27, the time-travelling Hitler chapter (I did it again oh noooo), or just the fact that there seems to be more energy and purpose than in the last volume, I'm left with positive feelings on this one. Deadpool so often leaves a bitter aftertaste - it's nice to see you can literally cram a book full of him and come out the other ending still feeling like you can stomach more. Something of a triumph, this.
Well golly gumdrops if my fears were unfounded, because Volume 5 - dubbed "The Wedding of Deadpool" - sure is actually really freakin' good! It's not reaching the somewhat dizzying heights of Volume 3, but it's hitting notes of its own accord and breathing some much-needed intrigue into the Deadpool formula. This volume asks more questions than it answers, and all in the name of disarming the reader into a bizarre new status quo in which... Deadpool gets married. Of course!
The chapter (or issue, whatever you prefer, I'm not your parents) which includes the wedding is a bumper-sized extravaganza which, after a fairly short and sweet traditional Posehn and Duggan outing (in which Deadpool gets married. Did I mention Deadpool gets married?), diverts to a series of 5-page short stories, each written by one of all the authors that have even written for a solo Deadpool series. Mark Waid! Gail Simone! Fabian Nicieza! That Way fellow! They're all here, and, honestly, this section of the book is arguably its pièce de résistance. After a short framing device (Deadpool is recounting his "past marriages" to Wolverine and Captain America), it kicks off and it's just... it's fun! And it really nails home just how dependent Deadpool is on quality writers.
Every single story has its own unique voice, storytelling approach, and some even divert into different genres. There's a story in which Deadpool is freezing to death. There's a tale about Deadpool helping a cancer victim find their (albeit remarkably twisted) peace. And there's a story about Deadpool marrying a superpowered woman and getting his crotch smashed to pieces over and over and over again. So, it's a bit of a grab bag of vignettes from this motley crew. I can't really fault any of them, to be honest; they all had some redeeming quality, even if, in some cases, that quality is "it's short, at least".
The book could have ended there, but there's two little treats after Deadpool's wedding (which, look, I could spoil for you, but the whole fun of it is that you don't know who or what or why it's happening at all). Issue 28 is a direct continuation, Deadpool's Japan honeymoon that, bizarrely (and nicely) acts as a bit of an epilogue to Volume 3's storyline with the North Korean Deadpool-clone X-Men. We then cut back to chapter 26 (wait, did I say issue before? I did. Hey. Whatever. I'm not beholden to consistency), which is another in the series of what I think are genuinely fantastic "lost issues". We've had a few of these now - the best arguably being the Deadpool "team-up" with Power Man and Iron Fist - and now there's this one, a "lost" issue of Sgt. Fury and the Howling Commandos, in which a time-travelling Deadpool helps Nick Fury pre-S.H.I.E.L.D. fight his most powerful nemesis yet - a time travelling Hitler! It is very, very silly. Hitler jokes are just so childishly immature (to say nothing of appropriative and more than likely insensitive), but they work here, somehow. I don't know. It's so outlandishly stupid that it really clicks for me, plus I've got Kung Fury on my mind so I guess I'm just grooving with the time-travelling Hitler guff right now.
To cap it all off is the Deadpool annual! That's right! Deadpool had an annual. It was written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker! And it explores the origins and... err... un-origins? ...of Deadpool's little dialog box he used to have. You know the one, the real learned one? It was like he had a second voice in his head. But it just appeared one day and left some other day. Where did it go? Haha! Turns out it was a separate character that fused with Deadpool - Madcap! Who is basically just Deadpool with a more refined sense of humour (if Looney Tunes quotes can be considered "refined," anyway). So we see them meet, we see them fuse, we see them have fun, we see them fight, we see them go their separate ways.
It's fluff. It has no storytelling weight at all - it's just a funny story about where that quippy little dialog box came from. Damn, if it isn't funny, though. It's really clever and it rides its gimmick with aplomb, but it also has some of the finer cameos I've seen in a Marvel book - Thor lends his presence to what could be the best single panel in comic book history, in which he notes that he ventured forth into New York to get himself "a latte most vanilla". I... honestly, it possibly justifies the entire annual's existence, but there's even more fun to be had! So that's just really cool.
This whole volume is just really cool, honestly. I feel more inclined to believe that Deadpool can keep fresh after reading this - like, I got to the end, and I wasn't tired of the character. Whether it's the out-of-left-field wedding, the rapid precision of different writers in issue 27, the time-travelling Hitler chapter (I did it again oh noooo), or just the fact that there seems to be more energy and purpose than in the last volume, I'm left with positive feelings on this one. Deadpool so often leaves a bitter aftertaste - it's nice to see you can literally cram a book full of him and come out the other ending still feeling like you can stomach more. Something of a triumph, this.
February 21, 2019
this was fun!!!
September 13, 2025
4.5 stars rounded up
Lots of fun, and lots going on. There’s the wedding, of course, but there’s also everything going on around the wedding. Lots of flashbacks, guest stars, etc…
I do recommend reading Deadpool: Dracula’s Gauntlet BEFORE reading this volume, if at all possible.
Lots of fun, and lots going on. There’s the wedding, of course, but there’s also everything going on around the wedding. Lots of flashbacks, guest stars, etc…
I do recommend reading Deadpool: Dracula’s Gauntlet BEFORE reading this volume, if at all possible.
July 9, 2017
This thing is... very strange. I have absolutely no idea what Marvel was thinking here. First of all, if you haven't read Deadpool: Dracula's Gauntlet, stop now and go read it first. None of this will make an ounce of sense if you haven't read it, and it will only frustrate you. Also don't read the rest of this review, I guess.
Second, I don't understand at all who Marvel thinks this book is aimed at. On the cover, Deadpool's bride's face is obscured, making it seem like whoever he's marrying is a mystery. Several of the variant covers for the wedding issue keep this theme. Then, on page one, Deadpool exposits the entirety of Dracula's Gauntlet and is like "I'm getting married to this woman from that." So, in essence, Marvel didn't want anyone to know who the bride was, but then only people who have read The Gauntlet will give a shit about her. You're going into this thing already off balance.
Then, the rest of this book is just... nothing. The wedding itself is literally just a wedding. Nothing eventful, nothing too funny, just a nice wedding with Deadpool and what I guess passes for his friends. Then this book turns into pure torture.
Every Deadpool writer ever is brought back to write a 5-page story where they retcon in another time Deadpool got married for some reason. It is TERRRRRIBLE. Every single story is awful garbage, probably because they're all about exactly the same thing, and they're all too short to build any momentum. Some are worse than others (Joe Kelly's was so bad I skipped it after one page), but all of them are just utter slogs without a single interesting idea between them. I found myself speed reading and skimming towards the farther I got in, just hoping it would end, but they just KEEP GOING. There are so many of these things!
Once I finally fought my way through that nightmare of an issue, things didn't get much better. There's a muddled, sloppy action honeymoon issue in Tokyo where all of a sudden Shiklah (Deadpool's wife) is showing signs of being tired of him after having spent a wedding and all of Dracula's Gauntlet showing that she's one of the only people who truly can put up with him. This attitude shift instantly made me worried about the future of this whole "Deadpool is married now" storyline.
After this is a story from the Deadpool annual by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker, who people may know from the Thrilling Adventure Hour podcast. They tell the story of how Deadpool lost his secondary white word bubbles that were a staple of Daniel Way's run on the character. It's pointless, of course, but they do a good job keeping the jokes flying, so it's certainly better than a lot of the other stuff in this neverending tome of boredom.
I think it's safe to say you can completely skip this volume and not miss a beat. You'd only need to know that Deadpool's married now, which I think you can probably pick up on your own. It's a real shame that this is technically the finale to Dracula's Gauntlet, which was a truly fantastic Deadpool story. Oh well, can't win 'em all.
Second, I don't understand at all who Marvel thinks this book is aimed at. On the cover, Deadpool's bride's face is obscured, making it seem like whoever he's marrying is a mystery. Several of the variant covers for the wedding issue keep this theme. Then, on page one, Deadpool exposits the entirety of Dracula's Gauntlet and is like "I'm getting married to this woman from that." So, in essence, Marvel didn't want anyone to know who the bride was, but then only people who have read The Gauntlet will give a shit about her. You're going into this thing already off balance.
Then, the rest of this book is just... nothing. The wedding itself is literally just a wedding. Nothing eventful, nothing too funny, just a nice wedding with Deadpool and what I guess passes for his friends. Then this book turns into pure torture.
Every Deadpool writer ever is brought back to write a 5-page story where they retcon in another time Deadpool got married for some reason. It is TERRRRRIBLE. Every single story is awful garbage, probably because they're all about exactly the same thing, and they're all too short to build any momentum. Some are worse than others (Joe Kelly's was so bad I skipped it after one page), but all of them are just utter slogs without a single interesting idea between them. I found myself speed reading and skimming towards the farther I got in, just hoping it would end, but they just KEEP GOING. There are so many of these things!
Once I finally fought my way through that nightmare of an issue, things didn't get much better. There's a muddled, sloppy action honeymoon issue in Tokyo where all of a sudden Shiklah (Deadpool's wife) is showing signs of being tired of him after having spent a wedding and all of Dracula's Gauntlet showing that she's one of the only people who truly can put up with him. This attitude shift instantly made me worried about the future of this whole "Deadpool is married now" storyline.
After this is a story from the Deadpool annual by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker, who people may know from the Thrilling Adventure Hour podcast. They tell the story of how Deadpool lost his secondary white word bubbles that were a staple of Daniel Way's run on the character. It's pointless, of course, but they do a good job keeping the jokes flying, so it's certainly better than a lot of the other stuff in this neverending tome of boredom.
I think it's safe to say you can completely skip this volume and not miss a beat. You'd only need to know that Deadpool's married now, which I think you can probably pick up on your own. It's a real shame that this is technically the finale to Dracula's Gauntlet, which was a truly fantastic Deadpool story. Oh well, can't win 'em all.
August 8, 2015
Argh, what the hell?!
This is by far the worse arc so far, not because of the characters but because...just read on:
World: The world is fun as ever, and those who did not read the Infinite comic will feel a bit disoriented as things are suddenly so different. The art is superb this time simply because of the number and artists and writers who took part in issue 27. It's fun, the world had a lot of callback which was fun. So this is the best part of the book.
Story: My God, what a piece of crap. The pacing was crap, the story was needlessly long, and completely and utterly redundant. First the good stuff, the Hitler story was fun, it was ridiculous and made me laugh. Everything else in this arc is just...so slow. I know they were trying to call back DPs history, writers/artists but could they not have created a more cohesive plot and a story with a point. This comes right after me reading Fables: Fairest in All the Land and that had multiple writers/artists and it still had a cohesive and fun story, this book, this book is just a mess. I don't want to spend more time talking about this, I need to go clean my palate of this story.
Characters: No character development at all, well very little. It did move the story along in terms of planning for the next arc, but the rest of the story was call back to characters, which should have been fun, but the story made it pointless. I wanted more character development or at least some fun stuff with old characters but this, this is just crap.
I hated this arc, it was pointless and draggy and just plain boring. I would have thought a stroll down memory lane with DP would be fun and a nice call back for fans, it wasn't it was poorly executed and the only thing good about it was the cover of 27 and the Hitler story, everything else was so...needless.
Onward to the next book...please!
This is by far the worse arc so far, not because of the characters but because...just read on:
World: The world is fun as ever, and those who did not read the Infinite comic will feel a bit disoriented as things are suddenly so different. The art is superb this time simply because of the number and artists and writers who took part in issue 27. It's fun, the world had a lot of callback which was fun. So this is the best part of the book.
Story: My God, what a piece of crap. The pacing was crap, the story was needlessly long, and completely and utterly redundant. First the good stuff, the Hitler story was fun, it was ridiculous and made me laugh. Everything else in this arc is just...so slow. I know they were trying to call back DPs history, writers/artists but could they not have created a more cohesive plot and a story with a point. This comes right after me reading Fables: Fairest in All the Land and that had multiple writers/artists and it still had a cohesive and fun story, this book, this book is just a mess. I don't want to spend more time talking about this, I need to go clean my palate of this story.
Characters: No character development at all, well very little. It did move the story along in terms of planning for the next arc, but the rest of the story was call back to characters, which should have been fun, but the story made it pointless. I wanted more character development or at least some fun stuff with old characters but this, this is just crap.
I hated this arc, it was pointless and draggy and just plain boring. I would have thought a stroll down memory lane with DP would be fun and a nice call back for fans, it wasn't it was poorly executed and the only thing good about it was the cover of 27 and the Hitler story, everything else was so...needless.
Onward to the next book...please!
September 17, 2014
Abbey Road. "Up all night to get compound fracture-y." Racist dragon villain. Killing Hitler. Superhero bachelor party. DEADPOOL'S WEDDING!
Seriously, I was nervous to be excited for this volume, but it was such an amazing ride. Posehn and Duggan and really come into their own with writing this book. Deadpool is hilarious and wacky and amazing here. He talks to the reader. He talks to the editor. He has a backup story called "Continuity Spontinuity."
Despite all of that, the book has some really serious moments of heart. There are at least 3 stories that are incredibly touching. For as ludicrous and murderous as Wade is, when he cares about someone it's for real. His personality and status quo makes this even more meaningful and impactful than for other heroes.
What's really unique about this volume is I don't care about the art. It was good, don't get me wrong, but the writing from Posehn, Duggan, and the others was so good that it didn't matter what it looked like. There were actually a number of different artists and they all played to the strengths of their given narrative.
I love this book and it has firmly cemented Deadpool for me as a character that has incredible story telling potential.
Seriously, I was nervous to be excited for this volume, but it was such an amazing ride. Posehn and Duggan and really come into their own with writing this book. Deadpool is hilarious and wacky and amazing here. He talks to the reader. He talks to the editor. He has a backup story called "Continuity Spontinuity."
Despite all of that, the book has some really serious moments of heart. There are at least 3 stories that are incredibly touching. For as ludicrous and murderous as Wade is, when he cares about someone it's for real. His personality and status quo makes this even more meaningful and impactful than for other heroes.
What's really unique about this volume is I don't care about the art. It was good, don't get me wrong, but the writing from Posehn, Duggan, and the others was so good that it didn't matter what it looked like. There were actually a number of different artists and they all played to the strengths of their given narrative.
I love this book and it has firmly cemented Deadpool for me as a character that has incredible story telling potential.
February 8, 2016
This volume is about Deadpool's wedding to Shiklah, the queen of the monster metropolis. But instead of focusing on the actual wedding, most of the wedding issue is about Deadpool's past (probably imaginary) weddings, each written by a different team.
It was complete chaos with too many characters and too many writers jampacked in one issue. I couldn't bring myself to care about Deadpool's imaginary wives or his ridiculously unbelievable stories. The stories were barely 5 pages long and still couldn't hold my interest! And this disappointing volume came right after Dracula's Gauntlet, which got a 5 star rating from me. If only it had more of Shiklah...
Then there's a story about their honeymoon which was equally as crack-fic like for me. They were battling pokemon-like monsters? Idek.
The annual was slightly better but still seemed kind of random and all over the place. I'm really looking forward to reading some issues with a deadpool-daredevil teamup though.
Overall, it's somewhere between 1.5-2 stars. Definitely the worst deadpool volume I've read so far.
It was complete chaos with too many characters and too many writers jampacked in one issue. I couldn't bring myself to care about Deadpool's imaginary wives or his ridiculously unbelievable stories. The stories were barely 5 pages long and still couldn't hold my interest! And this disappointing volume came right after Dracula's Gauntlet, which got a 5 star rating from me. If only it had more of Shiklah...
Then there's a story about their honeymoon which was equally as crack-fic like for me. They were battling pokemon-like monsters? Idek.
The annual was slightly better but still seemed kind of random and all over the place. I'm really looking forward to reading some issues with a deadpool-daredevil teamup though.
Overall, it's somewhere between 1.5-2 stars. Definitely the worst deadpool volume I've read so far.
June 7, 2016
This was the weakest entry in this series so far, but not terribly so. As abrupt as it was, the actual wedding storyline was as good as ever. The problem came with the short guest stories in the middle. These were somewhat entertaining but generally not as good and with mixed art. Not a waste of a read, but not a standout either, but it does set up the next volume.
May 18, 2015
There were issues that I liked and some that I didn't like at all. Actually, it was about half and half. I did enjoy the one where Deadpool was in Japan. I was confused by the Madcap one because I had never heard of him, but I will remedy that shortly.
March 9, 2015
I hurts me to give a Deadpool book such a low review but I was kinda disappointed in this issue.
I felt like it has no continuity with the previous review and it bugs me that Wade is getting married to a character we've never heard of.
The arc was fun to read but I was not into it
I felt like it has no continuity with the previous review and it bugs me that Wade is getting married to a character we've never heard of.
The arc was fun to read but I was not into it
June 12, 2015
Cara: There were issues that I liked and some that I didn't like at all. Actually, it was about half and half. I did enjoy the one where Deadpool was in Japan. I was confused by the Madcap one because I had never heard of him, but I will remedy that shortly. 3 stars.
Emily: 4 stars.
Emily: 4 stars.
December 24, 2015
Oh, Deadpool, you weird wedding addict :D
August 29, 2016
This one got a little weird with all the other wedding stories in the middle, but I really like Shiklah, so I enjoyed it. And the cover was really cool.
February 17, 2020
Shiklah. Panna, której nie odstrasza żaden aspekt życia Deadpool. Tylko ona byłaby tak szalona, aby powiedzieć Wade'owi ceremonialne tak przy ślubnym kobiercu. Ale zanim do tego dojdzie przyjdzie nam zobaczyć przygotowania do całej uroczystości, wiele zabawnych jak i średnio trafionych żartów, a także zahaczyć o wieczór kawalerski Wilsona czy powspominać czasy kiedy był wolny i spotykał się z całym przekrojem kobiet o różnych charakterach...
Nie przeszkadzało by mi to, gdyby jednak tego weselich, jak i samego ślubu czy wreszcie pokręconego wieczoru kawalarskiego było tu więcej. Zwyczajnie. A tak mamy ilości naprawdę śladowe ilości tych dobroci, które do kroćset można było tak kreatywnie wykorzystać. Autorzy jednak tego nie robią. Wolą nam serwować powrót do przeszłości i zamieszanie z Hitlerem, który po zabiciu jednego z zamachowców, wyposaża się w jego urządzenie do podróży w czasie i wybiera się w przyszłość by upolować samego (białego jeszcze) Nicka Fury'ego. Nie była to zła opowieść, zwłaszcza jej końcówka mi się spodobała, bo była brutalna (choć przerysowana), ale mogli to zapodać w innym tomie...
Dużo miejsca znajdują tutaj kilku stronicowe spotkania Deadpool z różnymi kobietami, które od biedy możemy tytuować "obiektami westchnień". Mieliśmy tu Kapitan Marvel z przeszłości czy Mistique. Dziewczynę o takiej mocy, że radę w łóżku dał by jej Wolverine, bo ma taki power że łamie kości. Deadpool wysławiał Boga za swój czynnik gojący... Jest tu miejsce na smutne historie jak ta na jakimś biegunie, gdzie na saniach Najemnik z Nawijką taszczy jakieś ciało. Mamy ślub z dziewczyną, która ginie zaraz potem i ma to swoje drugie, jeszcze bardziej przygniebiające dno. Każdy powinien znaleźć dla siebie przynajmniej jedną czy dwie opowiastki, które podpasują humorem. Tak było w moim przypadku, bo kilka historyjek z tego albumu bym wywalił. (tą bodajże na innej planecie, gdzie Pool zmusza potwora do wymiotów seksem z kosmitką).
Mdła wydała mi się także podróż poślubna, a raczej wstęp do takowej, gdy Wade wybiera się ze swoją nową, "świeżą" żona na moment do Japonii i gdzie na miejscu pewna walizka, którą Pool chciał przekazać jakiemuś przyjacielowi, zostaje skradziona. I tak zaczyna się długi, nudny pościg, mający kilka przebłysków, bo pomysł z awatarami wyobraźni jest fajny, to cała reszta... Ssie.
Średnio podeszła mi też ostatnia historyjka, która dzieje się jeszcze przed marvel now, kiedy Pool przyjmuje zlecenia na Matta Murdocka i okazuje się ono niewypałem. Postać Madcapa. Pomyśl na fabułę jest niezły, ale wykonanie. Obaj "herosi" mają czynnik gojący i mogą się zregenerować praktycznie z popiołu, co jest nam tutaj zobrazowane po ataku Thora, który nieco "przesadził" z piorunami. Popioły obu postaci się łącza i Madcap staje się częścią Poola, przez co stanowi to wyjaśnienie dlaczego czasem heros gadał do siebie. Rozwiązanie problemu jest niesmaczne jak i bardzo błyskotliwe. Nie wiedziałem, że jest to w takim stopniu możliwe, a jednak...
Taki jest nowy Deadpool. Nie ma już tej miodności co poprzednie części, a i żarty, choć miejscami niewątpliwie błyskotliwe, to już tak nie bawią jak wcześniej. A biorąc pod uwagę jak świetny był trzeci tom przygód Deadpool w aspekcie dramatycznym... No nie. Wizualnie nie odstaje to od wysokiego poziomu wcześniejszych prac Koblisha przy całej serii. Lubię to, ale już bez tej taryfy ulgowej, jaką stosowałem przy wcześniejszych seriach.
PS. Takim smaczkiem jest fakt, iż każdą z tych małych opowiastek tworzył ktoś, kto tworzył już kiedyś w swoim portfolio przygody Wade'a. Mamy tu więc Kelly'iego, Palmiotti'ego, Panią Simone, Waida i resztę. Niezwykły ukłon. Brawa.
Nie przeszkadzało by mi to, gdyby jednak tego weselich, jak i samego ślubu czy wreszcie pokręconego wieczoru kawalarskiego było tu więcej. Zwyczajnie. A tak mamy ilości naprawdę śladowe ilości tych dobroci, które do kroćset można było tak kreatywnie wykorzystać. Autorzy jednak tego nie robią. Wolą nam serwować powrót do przeszłości i zamieszanie z Hitlerem, który po zabiciu jednego z zamachowców, wyposaża się w jego urządzenie do podróży w czasie i wybiera się w przyszłość by upolować samego (białego jeszcze) Nicka Fury'ego. Nie była to zła opowieść, zwłaszcza jej końcówka mi się spodobała, bo była brutalna (choć przerysowana), ale mogli to zapodać w innym tomie...
Dużo miejsca znajdują tutaj kilku stronicowe spotkania Deadpool z różnymi kobietami, które od biedy możemy tytuować "obiektami westchnień". Mieliśmy tu Kapitan Marvel z przeszłości czy Mistique. Dziewczynę o takiej mocy, że radę w łóżku dał by jej Wolverine, bo ma taki power że łamie kości. Deadpool wysławiał Boga za swój czynnik gojący... Jest tu miejsce na smutne historie jak ta na jakimś biegunie, gdzie na saniach Najemnik z Nawijką taszczy jakieś ciało. Mamy ślub z dziewczyną, która ginie zaraz potem i ma to swoje drugie, jeszcze bardziej przygniebiające dno. Każdy powinien znaleźć dla siebie przynajmniej jedną czy dwie opowiastki, które podpasują humorem. Tak było w moim przypadku, bo kilka historyjek z tego albumu bym wywalił. (tą bodajże na innej planecie, gdzie Pool zmusza potwora do wymiotów seksem z kosmitką).
Mdła wydała mi się także podróż poślubna, a raczej wstęp do takowej, gdy Wade wybiera się ze swoją nową, "świeżą" żona na moment do Japonii i gdzie na miejscu pewna walizka, którą Pool chciał przekazać jakiemuś przyjacielowi, zostaje skradziona. I tak zaczyna się długi, nudny pościg, mający kilka przebłysków, bo pomysł z awatarami wyobraźni jest fajny, to cała reszta... Ssie.
Średnio podeszła mi też ostatnia historyjka, która dzieje się jeszcze przed marvel now, kiedy Pool przyjmuje zlecenia na Matta Murdocka i okazuje się ono niewypałem. Postać Madcapa. Pomyśl na fabułę jest niezły, ale wykonanie. Obaj "herosi" mają czynnik gojący i mogą się zregenerować praktycznie z popiołu, co jest nam tutaj zobrazowane po ataku Thora, który nieco "przesadził" z piorunami. Popioły obu postaci się łącza i Madcap staje się częścią Poola, przez co stanowi to wyjaśnienie dlaczego czasem heros gadał do siebie. Rozwiązanie problemu jest niesmaczne jak i bardzo błyskotliwe. Nie wiedziałem, że jest to w takim stopniu możliwe, a jednak...
Taki jest nowy Deadpool. Nie ma już tej miodności co poprzednie części, a i żarty, choć miejscami niewątpliwie błyskotliwe, to już tak nie bawią jak wcześniej. A biorąc pod uwagę jak świetny był trzeci tom przygód Deadpool w aspekcie dramatycznym... No nie. Wizualnie nie odstaje to od wysokiego poziomu wcześniejszych prac Koblisha przy całej serii. Lubię to, ale już bez tej taryfy ulgowej, jaką stosowałem przy wcześniejszych seriach.
PS. Takim smaczkiem jest fakt, iż każdą z tych małych opowiastek tworzył ktoś, kto tworzył już kiedyś w swoim portfolio przygody Wade'a. Mamy tu więc Kelly'iego, Palmiotti'ego, Panią Simone, Waida i resztę. Niezwykły ukłon. Brawa.
January 26, 2024
I was familiar with Shiklah from the Infinite Comic where she was introduced, but had never gotten around to reading this wedding issue before now (though I knew it happened). This volume consists of a giant-sized wedding issue, with some lead up and follow up stories (think bachelor party, honeymoon, and that sort of thing), as well as several small stories of when Wade was married before. Like many such stories in the past, they retcon things, but in this case, the changes were fairly small, and several emphasize how Wade is an awful person, generally, but has soft spots for people sometimes. Later issues sort of riff on retcon stories, and make bigger adjustments, like the story of why Deadpool no longer has two voices in his head, and a weird story where Deadpool, Cable, and Nick Fury battle a time-traveling Hitler. Since that one doesn't have a real surprise ending, the changes aren't enormous, and generally the stories are fairly good (with some weird characterization for Thor that I take to generally be viewed through the lens of Deadpool's perspective). Overall, this was a fairly fun Deadpool comic, and that is quite good, given how spotty Deadpool books were from my perspective for quite a while before this.
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