Deadpool Classic, Vol. 5

Deadpool Classic

by Joe Kelly, Scott Alan McDaniel (Illustrator), Joe Cooper (Illustrator)

Deadpool, against the greatest threats in the Marvel Universe. Thanos! Wolverine! Bullseye! T-Ray! Dr. Bong?! Deadpool, in some of the quirkiest adventures ever seen: Sumos! Arabian princesses! Saber-toothed bunnies! Zombies! Introducing Widdle Wade, the tiny Deadpool assassin! All this and Deadpool...married?!? Plus: In Baby's First Deadpool Book, witness the most bizarre Deadpool stories ever told! Collecting DEADPOOL (1997) #26-33, BABY?S FIRST DEADPOOL BOOK and DEADPOOL TEAM-UP #1.

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Comic Book, Fiction, Science Fiction, Superheroes

272 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2011

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Reviews

[B. P. Rinehart · Rating 2 out of 5]

This volume was...of it's time. I'm trying to be fair, but as this book slogged on I got really desperate for anything that would keep my interest. I came to Deadpool in the 2010s, so I get that the book has changed significantly, but the basic formula is 90% here in this volume. I was willing to give a lot of benefit-of-the-doubt to Deadpool Classic, Vol. 1 because it was the absolute origin of the character. By now though I would have thought things would be more well-honed. Kelly's comedy is dated-as-hell and I was never able to really get into the story as the "edgy-humor" felt forced and lazy. Pete Woods' art is not the worst, but nothing special. I give it a small pass since the story in this book was part of a much larger arc that started in volume 4. Some small highlights, but this volume is skippable.

[aPriL does feral sometimes · Rating 5 out of 5]

The ‘Deadpool Classic Vol. 5’ of comics, in order, #26-33 from 1997, is over the top, dripping in satire and blood and insanity. The comics from 30 to 33 are, perhaps, the origin story of Deadpool. Maybe. The man is looking for love and redemption. He doesn’t want to be a guy with a such a terrible reputation, with no one really knowing which side he is on, ever. Perhaps this collection will resolve all questions! Not. Maybe the answers will be in Deadpool Classic, Vol. 6. However. Deadpool is not a Hero? Antihero? whatever, with two feet on the ground. He has enemies, friends, lovers, and yes, readers, who never know where Deadpool is going to take them! So far, all I can say is he has never killed anyone who didn’t seemingly deserve it. Sort of.

I have copied the book blurb:

”Deadpool, against the greatest threats in the Marvel Universe. Thanos! Wolverine! Bullseye! T-Ray! Dr. Bong?! Deadpool, in some of the quirkiest adventures ever seen: Sumos! Arabian princesses! Saber-toothed bunnies! Zombies! Introducing Widdle Wade, the tiny Deadpool assassin! All this and Deadpool...married?!? Plus: In Baby's First Deadpool Book, witness the most bizarre Deadpool stories ever told! Collecting DEADPOOL (1997) #26-33, BABY?S FIRST DEADPOOL BOOK and DEADPOOL TEAM-UP #1.”

When, gentler reader, you have turned the last page, I can predict you will be feeling, “Wtf?!?” Yet, how can I not laugh at a guy who convinces a famous children’s purple dinosaur character to be dinner?

[Labyrinth Rossiter · Rating 4 out of 5]

The sheer insanity of this pleases me.

[Adam Stone · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a tough book to rate with the star system.

The last voume was a world-spanning conspiracy storyline where Deadpool was supposed to be a messiah. Here, we begin with a very fun, utterly ridiculous story about Deadpool encountering a miniature clone of himself. The story involves a brunette ex-love interest, a convoluted backstory about Deadpool revealing his pre-mercenary life, and revenge. It's fun and exactly what Deadpool comics seem to be about.

And yet.

The rest of the volume involves Deadpool running into a brunette ex-love interest, learning about his own convoluted, sompletely different, backstory about his pre-mercenary life, and getting revenge for it. Only this time, it pulls in a major villain from his past, as well as uses some established continuity characters. It's not as good but it's perfectly mediocre comic bookery. And then. And then. And then there is a twist. A mind-bogglingly stupid meta twist that ruins everything that came before it. And, again, what came before it was mediocre and silly but at least it wasn't insultingly stupid.

Joe Kelly Shyamalans the story so badly that I struggled to finish the last issue and a half. My eyes rolled so hard they cramped, and I regretted reading the entirety of his run. While it was clear throughout his time writing Deadpool that he had no specific destination in mind for his story, it's dissapointing to see how he decided to leave the book for future writers. Were I reading comics month-to-month while this was coming out, I would have aboslutely dropped it after the final issue and never picked up another book with Joe Kelly's name on it.

If you're not a completist but you enjoy Deadpool, by all means, get this volume and read it through issue #31, then put the book down and imagine how the story might end. It can't possibly be worse than the actual ending.

Also, this is a Deadpool book, and it wasn't funny. I don't mean it was offensive or that they haven't aged well. After the first issue (which, again, was quite ridiculous and fun), there just wasn't a solid joke in the whole book. Just a series of pop culture references that Kelly had already made earlier in the run. Callbacks are only funny if they reference something that already made someone laugh. Just typing "Golden Girls" doesn't create a punchline.

[PJ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Szaleństwo Deadpoola, genialna historia z jego żoną - Mercedes!

Zeszyty w kompilacji:
Deadpool (Vol. 3) #26
Deadpool (Vol. 3) #27
Deadpool (Vol. 3) #28
Deadpool (Vol. 3) #29
Deadpool (Vol. 3) #30
Deadpool (Vol. 3) #31
Deadpool (Vol. 3) #32
Deadpool (Vol. 3) #33
Baby's First Deadpool Book #1
Deadpool Team-Up #1

[Jaime Guzman · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've read 5 volumes so far and it's just an average read for me. In vol. 5 of Deadpool Classics we get a glimpse of Wade's past and learn about Mercedes. If you want the definitive version of Deadpool I would recommend the series by comedian Brian Posehn and co-writter Gerry Duggan.

[Shane · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like it, but just barely. The references are dated by now and sometimes it's just too silly. The plot is much more complicated than I thought it would be, but the juxtaposition of a serious plot with all the silliness added doesn't really do it for me.

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

[3.5]

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

Started weak with the Sumo story but T-Ray returning was worth the read in the end.

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well then. The origin story of "Wade Wilson" and how it ties into T-Ray was just a wee bit dark.

[Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Liked it a lot. Read it quickly.

[Ekenedilichukwu Ikegwuani · Rating 4 out of 5]

now this is deadpool as he's meant to be. no save the world, running away from responsibility type nonsense. just revenge focused, babbling deadpool

[Dave · Rating 3 out of 5]

Falls a bit short after the umph of the previous story arc.

[Koen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh my... Deadpool is always such a fast way to good laughs !!! ^^

"Chicken head says... peep".. Love it !

[som ꒰ᐢ. .ᐢ꒱₊˚⊹ · Rating 3 out of 5]

معرف اقيمهم ذول... دايماً ثلاث.... بكتب مراجعات الإشيوز بعدين تو مشغول !

[Mish · Rating 4 out of 5]

The hell going on w/ t ray....

[Leroqu · Rating 5 out of 5]

the comic boock is really great

[kory. · Rating 3 out of 5]

#1 deadpool classic, vol. 1 ★★★☆☆
#2 deadpool classic, vol. 2★★☆☆☆
#3 deadpool classic, vol. 3 ★★★☆☆
#4 deadpool classic, vol. 4 ★★☆☆☆
#5 deadpool classic, vol. 5 ★★★☆☆
#6 deadpool classic, vol. 6 ★★☆☆☆
#7 deadpool classic, vol. 7 ★☆☆☆☆
#8 deadpool classic, vol. 8 ★★☆☆☆
#9 deadpool classic, vol. 9 ★★☆☆☆
#11 deadpool classic, vol. 11: deadpool: merc with a mouth ★★★☆☆
#12 deadpool classic, vol. 12: deadpool corps ★★★☆☆
#13 deadpool classic, vol. 13: deadpool team-up ★★★★☆
#14 deadpool classic, vol. 14: suicide kings ★★★☆☆
#15 deadpool classic, vol. 15: all the rest ★★★☆☆
#17 deadpool classic, vol. 17: headcanon ★★★☆☆

was a little more invested in this one than the previous one

cw: violence, kidnapping, trauma, hallucinations, ableism (including r slur), anti-native language, misogyny, fatphobia,

[Alex Gherzo · Rating 4 out of 5]

For the most part I liked it better than 3 and 4, but it wasn't nearly as good as 1 and 2. Joe Kelly seems to be universally praised among Deadpool writers, but I don't care for him much. He goes too far in trying to humanize Wade (which sounds like a good thing, but it strips the character of what makes him fun). I liked the storyline with Deadpool's long lost wife, and the twist ending was interesting (although a bit unsatisfying, since they were building up to Deadpool taking down T-Ray in epic fashion and that didn't happen). The opening Japanese adventure was pretty cool, and I liked the ending of that one. I also liked the weird daydreams he had and his solution in getting Wolverine to brawl with him until he had a breakthrough (and his ingenious plan for getting Logan to fight him in the first place). Seeing Landau Luckman and Lake again could've been cool, but Kelly wimped out on the ending again as usual (I would've loved to see Deadpool take them down for good -- what a reversal that would've been considering how the story started! -- but, as usual, no violence or anything cool, just everybody going their separate ways). I enjoyed seeing Monty become Wade's new sidekick, and liked him a lot better than Weasel and Blind Al. I'm kinda glad I'm done with these, and I don't think I'll bother with the other Deadpool Classic collections. If anything I'll seek out the Max books; if ever a character was made for a more mature (aside from the humor) line, it's Deadpool.

[J. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, there's a lot here to love, and a lot to hate, so I'm going to end up at a 3/5, I think. In terms of the main storyline, we spend a few issues with Deadpool whining and/or going crazy which are fairly entertaining. My new favorite Deadpool villain, Black Talon, is introduced, and then things get weird. I don't want to give any spoilers, but an old flame of Deadpool's shows up and so does T-Ray, there are lots of reveals about how these two characters are related, and it all gets very emotional. I am extremely happy that Joe Kelly wraps everything up--he really explains what was up with T-Ray and everything. But I can't say it satisfied me very much. The twists were just a little too out-there, even for Deadpool. It seems like exactly the sort of thing that will be re-worked by the next three or four writers. But we'll see.

Also: Deadpool teams up with a mini version of himself, and we learn about Deadpool's time in a sumo academy. Yeah, this is better skipped. And "Baby's First Deadpool Book" which I mostly juts don't know what to do with. But it's entertaining enough.

[Aaron · Rating 3 out of 5]

Much better than the previous volume. A couple of hilarious stories mixed in with the wrap-up final issues of Joe Kelly's run, which were emotionally sound. However, the final twist of the story comes across pretty predictably if you've been paying even the slightest bit of attention to the story before this. It also doesn't really make any logical sense, despite an extensive attempt at justification from Kelly. It's sad that Kelly's run, which started so fantastically, fizzled out the way that it did. I'm interested to see what the following volumes bring.

Also, the bonus "Deadpool vs. Widdle Wade" and "Baby's First Deadpool Book" stories are pretty pointless and feel like wastes of time. I guess completists will be happy to have them, but I did not enjoy them.

[Sesana · Rating 3 out of 5]

I suppose this collection can best be described as "odd". It starts with Widdle Wade, a half-size Deadpool clone, and ends with the bizarre and pointless Baby's First Deadpool. In between is another long storyline, ending Kelly's run on the title. The end revelation that Deadpool is not Wade Wilson is not exactly unexpected by the time it comes, but it still doesn't really ring true. And what do you know, it seems to have been retconned. There are some good moments in here, but overall this is a mess.

[Sana · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5
This confused the HECK out of me. It started off well but I didn't really like where it ended and I felt like it was an almost disappointing end to Kelly's fantastic run with the character. Don't get me wrong it wasn't terrible, not at all - I just don't feel like it was anywhere near his best. Admittedly, though, it did still have me flicking through pages to find out more.

Thank you for all you've done for this character, Joe Kelly. I am so excited for the Spider-Man/Deadpool mini-series he's writing now!! I absolutely cannot wait.

[Todd · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm glad that Joe Kelly's run is over. I never fell in love with his take on Wade (or should I say Jack? I won't because no one else ever will.)

This was a strange collection. The art is good at times but pretty heavy in the 90's body styles.

That said at least Kelly had a vision for his story with Deadpool. I may not have been the biggest fan, but it was a clear story.

[Jimmy Corvan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bittersweet as this volume was fantastic with cameos from multiple Marvel characters (Wolverine and Thanos to name a couple)....however, Joe Kelly is now done with Deadpool so hopefully the next author will hit the ground running.

[Ruthie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Deadpool, but there were a couple of things that bothered me. Whiddle Deadpool died too easily for one. And there was something else, I can't remember what though it must not have been too bad lol It just wasn't my favorite ever, but it was still good :)

[Tommy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Still like the series but found the story lines lagging and becoming slightly more random and scatterbrained. The climax of the final issue was really good but the introduction of Mercedes and backstory just seemed odd. They need to work on transitioning characters in and out.

[Heather]

This was probably my least favorite volume and that's sad because I generally adore backstory.

[Nevena · Rating 4 out of 5]

This left me hella confused and I have no idea what's real anymore and the lesson to be learned here is not to trust anything this comic tells you.

[A.B. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great googly moogly. 0_0