DEADPOOL #19
Main characters: Deadpool, Spider-Man
Written by: Daniel Way
Penciller: Carlo Barberi
I wish that I’d enjoyed this comic better, but I read it second, out of the two comics being reviewed today. That might not have been an issue, but you never know.
The story in this issue, to me, feels like filler. After helping out the X-Men in the last issue or two, Deadpool is now having a cameo from the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. The comic sets you up to believe that Deadpool killed a local grocery store owner who was a former merc, and then reveals that he didn’t, in a kind-of boring way.
Then, in what I can only assume is for Marvel to have a storyline in this issue and also promote Daniel Way’s new “Hit-Monkey” one-shot, the comic has Deadpool and Spider-Man teaming up to check out the murder scene, and then to track down Hit-Monkey, the culprit: a monkey who is an assassin and only kills current/former assassins. It will carry over into Deadpool #20 as well, and I’m hoping that it is a much better story than this mild and boring issue.
DEADPOOL: MERC WITH A MOUTH #8
Main characters: Deadpool, Zombie Headpool, Dr. Betty Swanson, Bill (Agent of A.I.M.)
Writer: Victor Gischler
Penciller: Bong Dazo
This issue is muuuuch better, and might’ve spoiled Deadpool #19 for me. Gischler’s been crafting a fun storyline for Deadpool at least this far into the series, and a trip to the zombie universe is always a fun idea for me.
At the start of the issue, Doctor Voodoo (the new Sorcerer Supreme for anyone not keeping up with that) shows up in the swamp with the dimensional portal that originally brought some of the Marvel Zombies to the main universe. Deadpool and Zombie Headpool figured something was off when, instead of the portal taking them to Marvel’s own little Zombieland, it took them to multiple alternate dimensions, with multiple alternate Deadpools.
Being the Sorcerer Supreme, and knowing that two Deadpools being around will likely fuck with someone’s mojo, Doc Voodoo fixes the portal to let them pass to the zombie universe. Deadpool and Headpool go through and within a short few minutes are followed by Dr. Swanson and Bill, who are both fearing for the lives from a swamp creature.
There’s cameos from all sorts of different zombie versions of obscure superheroes, and the issue ends with Deadpool and company being taken in by a group of would-be freedom fighters – zombie killers that were professors at Empire State University.
Unlike Deadpool #19, I’m actually looking forward to the next issue of this series. I won’t say that Way’s a worse writer than Gischler, but at least in this pair of issues, Gischler’s story is MUCH better.
Release dates (both issues): 2/17/10
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