… Uncle Rambler’s going to show you the (current) worst perpetrator:
Yes, Marvel Comics. The guys who have Iron Man, Wolverine, the X-Men, the Avengers, and some of the most recognizable names in comic book characters (other than Supes and Bats, but all my little nerdling buddies knew that).
Don’t get me wrong. I don’t hate Marvel, I really don’t. Like I said, they have some freaking wicked awesome characters going for them, and Siege #2 would probably be tied for “best comic [I read] over the last month” with Green Lantern #50. But recent news, while exciting for me as a geek, is kind of making me say “Seriously? Come on, dudes.”
What recent news? The Deadpool Corps.
No, that’s not (entirely) a Green Lantern Corps rip-off, it’s actually a legitimate series they are starting in April. And that is my problem. It’s another Deadpool series. Which brings the total now to four Deadpool series: the main Deadpool series, the not-so-highly-reviewed Deadpool: Merc With A Mouth, the least-popular Deadpool Team-Up (which is counting down from #899), and now Deadpool Corps. Oh yeah, and on top of that? Each week in March is going to have an issue of Prelude to Deadpool Corps.
Deadpool Corps members: Deadpool, Lady Deadpool,
Kidpool/Kid Deadpool, Dogpool, and Zombie Headpool
As was discussed in a three-part video from the self-titled “Deadpool Corps of YouTube” (mgalusic, TallestSilver [typically does cosplay videos as Lady Deadpool*], and DeadpoolAndFriends**), and in a video on Nate (DeadpoolAndFriends)’s main channel, this feels like little more than milking a cash cow for all that it’s worth, and as a Deadpool fan, it kind of sucks. Hard.
Sure, I’m excited at the prospect of a Deadpool Corps. Like I said, I’m a fan. I read Deadpool, and Deadpool: Merc With A Mouth, and I’ve thought about checking out an issue of Deadpool Team-Up to see what I think. So yes, I’m doing exactly what Marvel wants me to do. But it sucks because a few years ago, nobody would have heard of Deadpool. Then the news came out about him being played by Ryan Reynolds in X-Men Origins: Wolverine***, and people started looking into it more.
Thus Marvel decides “Hey… they really dig this guy!”, which most Deadpool fans had been trying to tell them for about a decade, and does what businesses do best: finds a way to make it profitable. And by profitable, I mean draining the pockets of nerds everywhere. Yay?
Mike, Nate, and Silver do a much better job then me, and a hell of a lot more entertaining with their off-topic-ness and pretty much general awesomeness. They’re the ones who helped me figure out this topic, so go check out their three-part group rant! And subscribe to them!
DEADPOOL CORPS RANTS ABOUT ITSELF
Part 1 (MGalusic’s channel): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoZ7lc9pyJI
Part 2 (TallestSilver’s channel): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgKKqqx03xo
Part 3 (DeadpoolAndFriends’ personal vlog): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVdh6V9LOrw
*Silver was actually being Lady Deadpool before there was a Lady Deadpool
**DeadpoolAndFriends’ part isn’t on his main channel, but his personal vlog channel, uskafighter.
***And he didn’t even really play Deadpool. He played a BRILLIANT Wade, and then the movie fucked Deadpool.
1 comments:
Marvel proved how heartless they can be by giving Deadpool his best writer, in my opinion, and then completely changing the character. I adore Deadpool and, subsequently, Gail Simone's Agent X, but four whole Deadpool books? I can barely afford one!
If Stan Lee were dead, he'd be rolling in his space-casket orbiting the Earth.
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