Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI Pencils & Cover by JASON PEARSON "THIS TIME, IT'S PERSONAL" They say the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist...Wait. That wasn't "they." It was Kevin Spacey, in The Usual Suspects. Anyway, Wade Wilson -- a.k.a. Deadpool -- seems to have the opposite problem. He's having a damned hard time convincing the world that he does exist, that he's been a brave soldier on the front lines of America's secret wars for more than two decades. Now his former partner Domino is pointing a gun at Wilson's head on live TV, telling a panel of Senators that he's full of [REDACTED]. But when the truth finally does emerge, the walls will come tumbling down and everybody will be caught in the crossfire just the way Deadpool likes it. Don't miss the conclusion of Duane (Cable) Swierczynski's and artist Jason (Body Bags) Pearson's full-tilt double-barrel assault on reality.
Reviewing here the full 4 number arc, not this particular volume.
This has to be one of the best stories I've read about Deadpool. An alternative origin story of sorts, it meshes the usual insanity in Deadpool's stories with a sort of "alternative viewpoint" or "what really happened", which is of course as trustworthy as anything Deadpool says, sees or thinks. In the end, the story takes an unexpected turn, and leaves the reader wondering whether how much of what he's read is real. Not only a brilliant "origin story", but also a brilliant story, period.
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