Deadpool: Black, White & Blood

Black, White & Blood

by Tom Taylor, Ed Brisson, Maria Lapham

What’s black, white and red all over? A collection packed with blood-drenched tales of violence and mayhem led by Marvel’s mirthful mercenary himself, Deadpool! Wade Wilson curses streaming platforms, laments the loss of video stores and invades a foreign country — all in the name of his favorite screen idol! Deadpool enjoys his long-awaited reunion with Gabby Kinney, A.K.A. Scout! The Merc with a Mouth battles the man who can’t miss: Bullseye! Plus: the age-old parable of how Deadpool got his swords — and more, filled with gore! You want to see today’s top talent take it to the edge to bring you the wildest Wade Wilson adventures yet?! Then this is the book for you! It’s like a classic black-and-white movie — but with way more blood! Collecting DEADPOOL: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD #1-4.

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

136 pages, Paperback

First published January 25, 2022

About the author

Once a professional juggler and fire eater, Tom Taylor is a #1 New York Times Bestselling, multi-award-winning comic book writer, playwright and screenwriter.

Well known for his work with DC Comics and Marvel, Taylor is the co-creator of NEVERLANDERS from Penguin Random House, SEVEN SECRETS from Boom Studios and the Aurealis-Award-winning graphic novel series THE DEEP. Taylor is also the Head Writer and Executive Producer of The Deep animated series, four seasons of which is broadcast in over 140 countries.

He is perhaps best known for the DC Comics series, DCEASED (Shadow Awards Winner), NIGHTWING (nominated for 5 Eisner Awards), SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL (GLAAD Award Nominee), INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US, SUICIDE SQUAD, EARTH 2 and BATMAN/SUPERMAN as well as Marvel's FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN, ALL NEW WOLVERINE, X-MEN: RED, DARK AGES and SUPERIOR IRON MAN. Taylor is also the writer of many Star Wars series, which include STAR WARS: INVASION and STAR WARS: BLOOD TIES (Stan Lee Excelsior Award winner). Taylor has written for Marvel, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, Boom Studios, Wildstorm, 2000 AD and Gestalt Comics.

He can be followed on twitter @TomTaylorMade.

Reviews

[Urbon Adamsson · Rating 3 out of 5]

PT Confesso que nunca fui grande fã do Deadpool nas páginas da banda desenhada. Gosto dos filmes com o Ryan Reynolds — acho que ele consegue sempre um humor inteligente e bem doseado — mas, na BD, o humor do Deadpool parece-me quase sempre forçado e algo tosco.

Talvez nunca tenha apanhado uma boa fase ou um bom argumento, mas senti aqui mais do mesmo: piadas algo parvas e exageradas, que simplesmente não me fazem rir. Isso acaba por afectar também a forma como aprecio a arte, porque as próprias histórias parecem-me demasiado disparatadas para o meu gosto.

Ainda assim, é uma leitura leve e simples, perfeita para um dia em que se procura algo fácil de digerir. Provavelmente os verdadeiros fãs de Deadpool vão apreciar bem mais do que eu.

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EN I must admit I've never been much of a fan of Deadpool in comic book form. I enjoy the films with Ryan Reynolds — I think he always delivers clever, well-balanced humour — but in the comics, Deadpool's humour often feels forced and a bit crude to me.

Maybe I’ve just never caught a good run or a strong writer, but this felt like more of the same: silly, over-the-top jokes that simply don’t make me laugh. That also affects how I appreciate the artwork, as the stories themselves come across as too nonsensical for my taste.

That said, it’s a light and easy read, perfect for a day when you want something more digestible. True Deadpool fans will likely enjoy it far more than I did.

Score: 42%

[Khurram · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book has all the right ingredients to make Deadpool. I don't know if it is me reading to much into it or if it wan intentional but I really like the format of the crazier/weirder stories at the begining to the more serious (still crazy) stories as the book progress. I also like the A4 size of the book.

The book has a lit of guest stars as well, which, to me, is a good thing with Deadpool it balances out his craziness in a good way. Though this series is four issues, each issue contains three to four mini stories. Though it is black, white, and red, the artwork is still awesome. Deadpool breaking the fourth wall and nurating or just talking to himself is also great. It is what I expect as a Deadpool fan.

Another good Deadpool book to add to the collection, lots of insanity and action. Deadpool is doing what he does best. My personal favourite is the "team up" with another assassin for hire breaking. Also, Deadpool breaking the fourth wall to plug his own product is just a Deadpool thing to do. All in all, it is a good collection of stories.

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

The gimmick here is that the entire collection is white, black, and red. That part really doesn't add or subtract from the overall quality for me.

The collection of stories is mostly awesome. There are a couple stinkers in there but overall I really enjoyed what I read. Obviously there's an acquired taste for Deadpool and the unending goofiness, but when done right I think it's fully entertaining.

[Nami · Rating 4 out of 5]

Exactement ce à quoi je m'attendais d’un comic avec Deadpool en mode freestyle : du sang partout, des blagues à gogo, et zéro respect. Le concept est simple mais efficace : des histoires courtes en noir, blanc, et rouge (aka le sang), racontées par différents auteurs et artistes, chacun avec leur propre style et vibe.

Le truc cool, c’est que chaque histoire est un one-shot, donc tu peux juste t’éclater avec des versions différentes de Deadpool sans te prendre la tête. Visuellement, le concept du noir, blanc, et rouge fonctionne trop bien avec Deadpool. Les auteurs s’en donnent à cœur joie pour jouer avec la violence graphique, et ça donne un look stylé, limite artistique, même si ça reste gore par moments. T'as des pages où tu te dis "c’est beau quand même, ce bain de sang". Et comme chaque histoire a un artiste différent, t’as des styles visuels très variés.

Par contre, faut pas s’attendre à un récit super profond. Donc ça y va fort sur les vannes et la violence, mais ça reste léger niveau contenu. Si tu cherches un truc avec un vrai message ou une intrigue qui te retourne le cerveau, passe ton chemin.

Un 4/5 pour moi, parce que même si j'ai bien ri et que c’est visuellement stylé, ça reste avant tout une série de mini-trips sanguinolents sans trop de profondeur.

[Alex Sarll]

These three-colour anthologies can be a tricky format with a character like Wolverine, where the equivalent book had lots of vignettes asking 'But who is the real monster? Aaaaah.' For Wade, though? Where you can open with an important educational message ("Remember, kids. If you can see intestines on the outside of a person, the content is not for you.") before unleashing a punchline you hadn't even realised was being set up? Or James Stokoe can do Omega Red versus a bear in a tank over a deliberately stupid difference of opinion? This is perfect. Yeah, there's the odd mis-step: why bother renaming what's obviously meant to be North Korea when it's not like you need to worry about pissing off the North Korean market? The Laphams, as usual, write something horrible in a not-fun way, and Daniel Warren Johnson does his best with cyborg ninjas and swing dancing, but has ultimately turned in yet another story about getting in a self-defeating funk. Still, for the most part it's enormously enjoyable, roping in creators from Stan Sakai to the Allreds and encouraging them to play the giddy goat.

[salomé · Rating 4 out of 5]

(Je trouve pas la bonne édition du livre donc on va dire que c’est celle la)

Une très bonne lecture, le livre est magnifique. C’est plein de petites histoires avec des auteurs et dessinateurs différents, j’ai beaucoup aimé le concept. C’est la première fois que je lis du Deadpool et c’était très fun ! En plus il y a des apparitions d’autres personnages de temps en temps et c’est appréciable
J’ai eu un coup de cœur pour « page blanche & sang » qui raconte l’histoire d’un auteur qui n’arrive pas à écrire son comic deadpool <3

[Václav · Rating 4 out of 5]

(3,8 of 5 for this simple but nice fun with various creators and various styles)
I don't like Marvel/DC superhero series but I always try to read something, from time to time, which is a close thing or one-shots about my favourite characters. So this was an obvious choice, and it has a lot of my favourite creators (DWJ, Geoff and Stan, for start) and it is quite fun. I love Deadpool also because it's the character, who is expected to break the fourth wall, unlike other characters. And it brings me simple but nice fun, which the comic was basically about.
Jaksemash. Good old time, yes, very nice.

[Nelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

most of the short stories in here were pretty mid, there were a couple good ones tho. this collection kinda emphasized how it’s hard to write deadpool cause most of the writing in here was pretty meh, when you have every author trying to write in the same overly-ironic and self criticizing style with a character that’s already kinda overplayed, you’re gonna end up with some problems. The humor was bad, and half the jokes were just, ‘wow, something violent happened’. At least the art was good. Deadpool has been done so much better than this many times, so I really just wouldn’t recommend this.

[Yaroslav Chernovol · Rating 3 out of 5]

Непогана збірка робіт про дедпула у чорному, білому та червоному кольорі. Тут близько 10 історії. Деякі прикольні деякі посередні. Також тут дедпул рекламує свою манґу.

Скажу чесно побачив там Стокоу і вирішив узяти здалеку збірку

[Nicole Westen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just about all of the 'black white and red/read all over' jokes you can think of are in here. I also loved Marvel-verse Kool-aid man. That was funny.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A perfectly fine Deadpool read. I liked that it was several different stories by various authors and artists, all with the overarching theme of "Black, White, and Blood." That meant that some stories were right up my alley, which balanced out the ones that were gorier and more gruesome. (That's the side of Deadpool lore I don't particularly enjoy.) Still, I got chuckles out of this book, and I enjoyed some of the team-ups (especially Gambit). In the one with the "not Kool-Aid" mascot, I couldn't help but wonder if the writer had seen MatPat's Theory on the Kool-Aid man being the next major Marvel villain. If not... stunning coincidence. Either way, I got a chuckle out of that story especially. Worth a read, as it's really quick, but if you're like me and you like "lite Deadpool," then know that not every story will be your thing.

[Andrei · Rating 2 out of 5]

Each issue contains 3 stories, all by different writers/artists. Some of them are ok, most of them are bad and filled with low-quality attempts at humour. The ones that stood out for me as the better stories are the Frank Tieri, and the David Lapham one. The art is the major redeemable quality of this book, and most of it is either good or great.

[Erik · Rating 2 out of 5]

Maybe 3 or 4 worthy stories out of 12. Most of these are exactly the same even down to Deadpool getting his arm ripped off and making the same jokes again and again. The art is pretty good throughout and keeps it from being completely unreadable. Kudos to Daniel Warren Johnson for at least trying something completely different than everyone else.

[Stefantheviking · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really fun anthology

[Alexis · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just have such a weakness for this sort of twisted.

[DaniPhantom · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love the color concept ofc, and I love anything Deadpool related.

[mariah mikaelson · Rating 4 out of 5]

was really good, was laughing from the first page, and the illustrations were perfect :)

[Mark Medland · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun anthology. It’s Deadpool so it doesn’t take itself too seriously.

[tony dillard jr · Rating 4 out of 5]

Over the years, several superheroes have explored their noir sides with black & white miniseries in the style of Frank Miller's Sin City. Not wanting to be outdone, Deadpool adds a bright shade of scarlet (and a few shades of gray) to this minimally colored 4-issue mini-series from 2021.

As each issue consists of 3 short stories, there are exactly a dozen segments to Deadpool: Black, White & Blood. Several are very bloody. A few feature the Merc with a Mouth teaming up with other characters in the Marvel Universe. All are extremely insane.

Roughly a team of a dozen talents from comics, Hollywood and Manga offer unique takes on Wade Wilson. All 12 stories were rather good. But some stood out among the rest as being of superior quality. Deadpool's cross-town team-up with Wolverine clone, X-23, was a laugh riot and yet unusual. I didn't know the pair were actually that good of friends as they appear to be in the opening story. In another story that utilizes a disgusting eggplant hue, Deadpool has fallen under the thrall of the Daredevil villain, the Purple Man. Fans who hate what the David Tenant portrayed Purple Man did to Netflix's Jessica Jones, will delight in how even under mind-control, Deadpool still manages to keep the villain on his toes!

The story in which Deadpool visits Omega Red's gentrified Soviet Era town in middle of the the Canadian Rockies, was the zaniest one of them all. Fellow Russian super-villain Ursa Major wants to become the ruler of the makeshift community, igniting an arms race with Omega Red. For once, it's up to Wade Wilson to play referee in between two aging Cold Warriors.

The story I was most disappointed with guest stars the X-Man, Doop. It was by Mike Allred, who is in my top 5 list of all-time favorite artists. The artwork was impressive as always. But story-wise, things were trippy at best. I read it twice and I still don't think I understand everything that was happening.

This was a near-perfect anthology of Deadpool stories. The only thing missing was a time travelling epic by one of the definitive Deadpool writers of the past 20 years- Gerry Duggan. Oh! And something by Deadpool creator, Rob Liefeld. As much as I am not a fan of the guy's work, a variant cover by Liefeld would have been nice at least.

This book comes in 2 formats- your basic trade paperback and a tabloid sized treasury edition. Honestly, I don't see a need for this book to be in the larger size even though that's the format I read it in. Save yourself the $8 and go small!

[Yoshiro · Rating 3 out of 5]

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Dwanaście różnorodnych historii wypełnionych po brzegi zwariowanym humorem, widowiskową akcją i masą lejącej się krwii – taka właśnie treść ma ukrywa się pod twardą oprawą komiksu. Jeśli dodatkowo połączymy to z nazwiskami twórców poszczególnych rozdziałów (Tom Taylor, Ed Brisson, James Stokoe, David Lapham, Maria Lapham, Karla Pacheco, Daniel Warren Johnson, Jay Baruchel, Frank Tieri, Stan Sakai, Christopher Yost, Sanshiro Kasama, Michael Allred), rysuje się przed nami obraz czegoś niesamowitego, co zdecydowanie warto przeczytać. Przynajmniej takie są oczekiwania czytelnika, mocno rozochoconego dobrym poziomem innych części cyklu. Tym razem jednak „czerń, biel i krew” jest połączeniem, które niekoniecznie jest nadmiernie satysfakcjonujące.

Jedną z większych zalet poprzednich albumów serii była ich widowiskowość. Pod tym względem Deadpoolowi nie można niczego zarzucić. Jeśli tylko ktoś oczekuje krwawej zwariowanej akcji z humorem (przekraczającym momentami aktualną poprawność), to powinien być z lektury bardzo zadowolony. W przypadku przygód Elektry, Carnage’a i Wolverina twórcy starali się jednak dołożyć do „widowiskowości” również jakąś bardziej złożoną historię (z różnym skutkiem). Tu takich starań w ogóle nie ma i prawie każdy ze scenarzystów nie starał się wyjść poza bańkę humoru i przemocy. Troszkę bardziej kreatywni w kreśleniu swoich historii byli Sakai czy Brisson, ale i tak rozdziałom ich autorstwa bardzo daleko do ich innych obszerniejszych dzieł.

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[47Time · Rating 5 out of 5]

Deadpool and Honey Badger stop an organization that is doing animal testing which ends up creating zombie creatures. Deadpool tracks down a physical copy of Stairway to Heaven, killing left and right. He visits Omega Red's own country inside Canada, right when another coup begins. So it's a collection of one-shots, but the upside is that they are all hilariously funny, with barely any cringe present.

Several high-profile characters make at least a cameo appearance, like Wolverine, Daredevil, Bullseye and Gambit. The thing to remember is that none of these stories add anything new to the character's history. This, along with the many writers and artists that have contributed to it, likely result in the series' low popularity. Also, it's called Red, White and Blood because that's the color pallete. Of course, the creators used red paint, not actual blood. I assume. I read these in digital format.

[Roberto Iori · Rating 4 out of 5]

Raccolta delle 4 edizioni di Deadpool black white and blood, formato del volume piuttosto grande (tipo A4) ed alcune tavole molto belle nella parte finale con le copertine variant dei vari numeri usciti in precedenza.
Storie brevi e in perfetto stile Deadpool, avrei preferito un po’ più di distacco nella impaginazione delle storie perché sono tutte assolutamente consecutive lasciando al cambio di stile dell’autore il distacco dalla storia precedente.
Le storie include sono tutte abbastanza leggere e stringate, ma Deadpool ci piace così.
Ho inizialmente dato 3 stelle ma pensandoci bene è un volume (in inglese) molto figo e che si presta anche all’esposizione.

[Ross · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is yet another black and white anthology book released around the same time that DC released their own anthologies of their primary characters.

Marvel tried Captain America, Carnage, Wolverine, and Deadpool as character focused anthologies. The collection of issues here, is one of the few that worked. As with most anthologies, the stories hit and miss.

Bonus: zombie zebras and Honeybadger cameo!

[Bekka · Rating 4 out of 5]

So much fun to read - especially loved Wade teaming up with Gabby, their friendship makes me so happy to read!
Again, the artwork is stunning to look at, sometimes hard to understand what's going on in fight scenes, but otherwise beautiful to see!
TW for violence, mind control, experimentation on a child, blood, swearing, animal death/animal abuse.

[Quill · Rating 4 out of 5]

Had never heard of this until encountering it in a store and I was blown away by the size of the book! It’s an anthology and probably entirely forgettable, but there’s some laughs to be had and the artwork is really incredible. A beautiful art book in its own strange way.

[Jack Jacobs · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is great!

This was hilarious. I love Deadpool since the films and this was goofy and jam packed with silly Deadpool shenanigans. Excellent job by everyone who worked on this. So silly and full of funny parts. Love to share this with other fans like me 👍

[Elisha · Rating 4 out of 5]

This would be a really good place to start if you want to learn more about Deadpool. Even though I’m already familiar with the character I still had a blast laughing at all the puns and superhero team ups. Totally recommend for newbies and die-hard fans alike.

[liti · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the comics from different authors, they are so cute! Sometimes it was hard to follow, especially if you don't know it's a bunch of mini comics jammed in one. Loved the references to other series, even as a beginner Marvel fan I understood them.

[Jay · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this collection. The theme of each issue being in black and white and red was neat. Classic Deadpool humor coupled with great art - each issue a slightly different style - was a great combination. Definitely a must-read.

[Gramm Hall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Red All Over - 4/5
Hotline to Heaven - 3/5
Born in Uszorsusr - 4/5
Purple Craze - 3/5
Deadpool Party - 2/5
Pool of Death??? - 2/5
The Worst Covenent in the World - 4/5
The Bet - 5/5
The Perfect Ones - 3/5
Cherry - 4/5
Samurai Version - 3/5
Operation Payback! - 3/5