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Deadpool Team-Up (Collected Editions)
Deadpool Team-Up
Edición argentina con los crossovers del Mercenario Bocón.
150 pages, Paperback
First published July 21, 2010
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Fred Van Lente
1,352 books320 followersFred Van Lente is the New York Times-bestselling author of comics as varied as Archer & Armstrong (Harvey Award nominee, Best Series), Taskmaster, MODOK's 11, Amazing Spider-Man, Conan the Avenger, Weird Detective, and Cowboys & Aliens (upon which the 2011 movie was based), as well as the novels Ten Dead Comedians and The Con Artist.
Van Lente also specializes in entertaining readers with offbeat histories with the help of his incredibly talented artists. He has written the multiple-award winning Action Philosophers!, The Comic Book History of Comics, Action Presidents! (all drawn by Ryan Dunlavey), and The Comic Book Story of Basketball with Joe Cooper (Ten Speed September 2020).
He lives in Brooklyn with his wife Crystal Skillman, and some mostly ungrateful cats.
Van Lente also specializes in entertaining readers with offbeat histories with the help of his incredibly talented artists. He has written the multiple-award winning Action Philosophers!, The Comic Book History of Comics, Action Presidents! (all drawn by Ryan Dunlavey), and The Comic Book Story of Basketball with Joe Cooper (Ten Speed September 2020).
He lives in Brooklyn with his wife Crystal Skillman, and some mostly ungrateful cats.
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September 6, 2024
2.5 stars
"So Minos' queen Pasiphae ventured onto the pasture inside the cow costume. The Cretan bull was completely fooled! The beast got on top of her, then -- " -- Hercules
"BLURG!!! THAT'S where minotaurs come from? Geez, you ancient Greeks really knew how to party! That story makes '2 Girls / 1 Cup' look like an episode of 'Veggie Tales'!" -- Deadpool
"Aye. Good times, good times." -- Hercules
Aye, good times . . . but not GREAT times. This inaugural volume of Deadpool Team-Up - which is quasi-reminiscent of those Marvel titles of the 70's and 80's where Spider-Man or Thing would team up with a different superhero every month - has a sort of 'law of diminishing returns' quality. It starts out strong - no pun intended . . . or was it? 😉 - with Deadpool tagging along with Hercules (yes, the Greco-Roman god who was also an Avengers mainstay for many years) to battle supervillain Arcade in one of his 'Murderworld' traps. While that opener was a fun romp the book soon spirals into dull and forgettable territory with its increasingly grade-Z line-up of counterparts - anyone else readily familiar with the Zapata Brothers? - for the title character. Even the adventure featuring Johnny Blaze's Ghost Rider seemed like an oddly wasted opportunity, although it did offer a humorous verbal and visual nod to CHiPs (my favorite TV series from childhood) via a hallucinating Deadpool.
"So Minos' queen Pasiphae ventured onto the pasture inside the cow costume. The Cretan bull was completely fooled! The beast got on top of her, then -- " -- Hercules
"BLURG!!! THAT'S where minotaurs come from? Geez, you ancient Greeks really knew how to party! That story makes '2 Girls / 1 Cup' look like an episode of 'Veggie Tales'!" -- Deadpool
"Aye. Good times, good times." -- Hercules
Aye, good times . . . but not GREAT times. This inaugural volume of Deadpool Team-Up - which is quasi-reminiscent of those Marvel titles of the 70's and 80's where Spider-Man or Thing would team up with a different superhero every month - has a sort of 'law of diminishing returns' quality. It starts out strong - no pun intended . . . or was it? 😉 - with Deadpool tagging along with Hercules (yes, the Greco-Roman god who was also an Avengers mainstay for many years) to battle supervillain Arcade in one of his 'Murderworld' traps. While that opener was a fun romp the book soon spirals into dull and forgettable territory with its increasingly grade-Z line-up of counterparts - anyone else readily familiar with the Zapata Brothers? - for the title character. Even the adventure featuring Johnny Blaze's Ghost Rider seemed like an oddly wasted opportunity, although it did offer a humorous verbal and visual nod to CHiPs (my favorite TV series from childhood) via a hallucinating Deadpool.
June 15, 2021
The first issue (and the best of the bunch) is #899 and then the series continues on in descending issue number...why? I guess just to annoy me.
The first issue guest stars Hercules trapped in a maze created by Arcade (yay) and Nightmare (okay). This was a fun story and the team-up was entertaining, but it was downhill from there.
The Zapata Brothers...who?
The Ghost Riders...forgettable
US Ace & Rocket Racoon knock-offs...but not in space? Why? Because that would actually be fun.
It! The Living Colossus...yawn
FrankenCastle...first time I've ever seen this character, it made no sense to me.
Overall, there were six issues but only the first was worth reading. The end also has a Deadpool Spotlight with interviews from writers...which I only skimmed because I had reached my boredom threshold.
The first issue guest stars Hercules trapped in a maze created by Arcade (yay) and Nightmare (okay). This was a fun story and the team-up was entertaining, but it was downhill from there.
The Zapata Brothers...who?
The Ghost Riders...forgettable
US Ace & Rocket Racoon knock-offs...but not in space? Why? Because that would actually be fun.
It! The Living Colossus...yawn
FrankenCastle...first time I've ever seen this character, it made no sense to me.
Overall, there were six issues but only the first was worth reading. The end also has a Deadpool Spotlight with interviews from writers...which I only skimmed because I had reached my boredom threshold.
June 14, 2012
File this series under "for hardcore Deadpool fans only". It would probably help to be well-versed in the Marvel U at large. And I'm not, at least not anymore. The only story that sticks out to me is one with the Zapata brothers. I had no idea who these two were before the issue, but I think I like them. They worked well with Deadpool.
October 2, 2017
I have to say I didn't actually know who the first guy was. I'm obviously not into Marvel to the point where I recognize everyone on sight.
That said, it was okay, but we all know we read Deadpool (he's hilarious and inappropriate mostly) and this book, unfortunately, fell a bit flat for me. Could just be me though.
That said, it was okay, but we all know we read Deadpool (he's hilarious and inappropriate mostly) and this book, unfortunately, fell a bit flat for me. Could just be me though.
June 11, 2021
Deadpool at his peak is a good thing. Here it's a bit of fun where the writers and artists get to use some Marvel characters that are barely used. Excluding Hercules and the Ghost Riders etc but you will know the C-Listers.
Each comic is a contained story so nothing is too confusing or heavy. Best just to enjoy the ride.
Each comic is a contained story so nothing is too confusing or heavy. Best just to enjoy the ride.
January 22, 2019
This was a fun collection. I think my favorite issue was the last one with the Frankenstein Punisher hybrid.
January 5, 2019
Although the quality of stories and art varies here, they're actually all pretty solid, and a few are quite good.
May 7, 2018
> just deadpool and his buds
Great Deadpool collection! My obsession with Deadpool has been furthered....
Great Deadpool collection! My obsession with Deadpool has been furthered....
February 18, 2015
I love how two separate authors in this collection of one-off Deadpool stories made meta jokes about Deadpool being extremely overused. They're not wrong! This series, which began following the success of the terrible short story collection Deadpool #900, is just further proof that basically nobody knows how to write a decent Deadpool story. I feel like Marvel must exclusively hire non-comedy writers to take a quick stab at writing what is meant to be a funny character, just to give them a little practice. The jokes in the vast majority of these stories are SO. LAME. It's like reading a book written by a Parliament of Dads. Also, this book came out in 2010. Weren't we past gay jokes by then? I guess we weren't!
Of all the stories in here, only one manages to skirt the desire to make constant streams of pop-culture references and terrible one-liners: the team-up with U.S. Ace. While I applaud Stuart Moore for attempting to write a real story with his own sense of humor instead of one picked out of the garbage in the Family Guy writers room, it's still only mediocre at best. There's some decent enough idea generation and action, but it's still a little boring. So, the best story in this book is "not terrible." That's not a ringing endorsement.
Also, I think I have fully come to hate the stupid "voices in Deadpool's head" dynamic that Daniel Way created. I get so tired of having to read the extra dialogue boxes that represent the dueling voices Deadpool hears constantly. This a decent idea for a character, but nobody really uses it to do anything but have Deadpool argue with himself or make shitty "jokes" about having eaten a burrito earlier or something. It doesn't allow for any sort of glimpse into his head or reasoning, it's just another outlet for having him never shut up.
So, if you're looking for a decent superhero or comedy comic, skip this. Skip this hard. I have 2 more volumes of this that I guess I'll read in hopes that it gets better, but I am not hopeful.
Of all the stories in here, only one manages to skirt the desire to make constant streams of pop-culture references and terrible one-liners: the team-up with U.S. Ace. While I applaud Stuart Moore for attempting to write a real story with his own sense of humor instead of one picked out of the garbage in the Family Guy writers room, it's still only mediocre at best. There's some decent enough idea generation and action, but it's still a little boring. So, the best story in this book is "not terrible." That's not a ringing endorsement.
Also, I think I have fully come to hate the stupid "voices in Deadpool's head" dynamic that Daniel Way created. I get so tired of having to read the extra dialogue boxes that represent the dueling voices Deadpool hears constantly. This a decent idea for a character, but nobody really uses it to do anything but have Deadpool argue with himself or make shitty "jokes" about having eaten a burrito earlier or something. It doesn't allow for any sort of glimpse into his head or reasoning, it's just another outlet for having him never shut up.
So, if you're looking for a decent superhero or comedy comic, skip this. Skip this hard. I have 2 more volumes of this that I guess I'll read in hopes that it gets better, but I am not hopeful.
October 29, 2013
The Merc with a mouth is back and he is bringing his friends(cohorts)for the fun. One of the first things I noticed with this book was the fat it started collecting a comic that started at issue 899 and counts backwards(good luck making it to number one Marvel.) The second thing I noticed was Deadpool teams up with Hercules from the word go and the possible drunken mayhem blossomed from my imagination making me want to see the real story. I was not disappointed.
There is something to be said about books collecting single shot stories in that the stories might not be epic and some might even feel rushed but it is nice to be able to knock out a whole story without going through a whole book.
It is hard to choose a favorite part of a Deadpool book though. Especially with so many stories but I would have to say the way he stopped Nightmare from influencing him was high on the list. You should read it. :)
There is something to be said about books collecting single shot stories in that the stories might not be epic and some might even feel rushed but it is nice to be able to knock out a whole story without going through a whole book.
It is hard to choose a favorite part of a Deadpool book though. Especially with so many stories but I would have to say the way he stopped Nightmare from influencing him was high on the list. You should read it. :)
May 29, 2017
Trying to cash in on the Deadpool hype (which was thanks to the Wolverine Origins movie and not the Deadpool title of 2008, no matter how Marvel tries to spin it and say that Daniel Way is a great writer), Marvel launched several Deadpool ongoings. Most of them were hackneyed and not very good. Deadpool Team-Up is not an exception.
The issues are very uneven. There's a different creative team for each issue, so there's no cohesion. Reading this trade is much like watching Robot Chicken, except Robot Chicken is actually funny. This is not.
Deadpool teams up with various Marvel characters, many of them on the z-list (The Living Colossus, for example). The results are not amusing.
The issues are very uneven. There's a different creative team for each issue, so there's no cohesion. Reading this trade is much like watching Robot Chicken, except Robot Chicken is actually funny. This is not.
Deadpool teams up with various Marvel characters, many of them on the z-list (The Living Colossus, for example). The results are not amusing.
February 29, 2016
A fun romp through the popular consciousness's idea of Deadpool that both makes me appreciate what we had and appreciate the way the character has evolved. Deadpool teams up each issue with a progressively more bizarre character from the annals of Marvel, from Hercules to It! The Living Colossus to FrankenCastle and a few in-between, breaking the fourth wall all the way and murdering some people while being an entertaining sort of sleazy. That said, it is definitely the diet soda of Marvel Comics -- it's a comedy book, and it has zero continuity, and if you want more from Deadpool you won't get it here. Recommended for Deadpool fans and people who want a superhero-flavored laugh.
March 10, 2011
Wonky team ups with Deadpool engaged in conflict with the good guys before he is set on the right track and they fight the real criminals. My favorite story involves crazy ass roadkill and twin Mexican wrestlers.
I rather enjoyed delving into the minds of the assorted major scribes in the Deadpool Universe; the last few pages show case interviews with Gischler, Way, Benson, Liefeld, and Kelly. They don't provide any real insight, but you are surprised at how they downplay their comedic talent. It takes a lot to be consistently crazy funny, especially when it comes to Deadpool.
I rather enjoyed delving into the minds of the assorted major scribes in the Deadpool Universe; the last few pages show case interviews with Gischler, Way, Benson, Liefeld, and Kelly. They don't provide any real insight, but you are surprised at how they downplay their comedic talent. It takes a lot to be consistently crazy funny, especially when it comes to Deadpool.
October 11, 2015
The idea behind this series is really good. You grab a couple of creators and let them run wild with a one and done Deadpool story with literally any other Marvel character. You get a crazy collection here of team-ups with big stars and......D-listers, and both are equally funny. The art is all over the place but never bad. My favorite team-up was with Hercules and I'd love to see it again. Overall, a fun but meaningless book.
October 3, 2012
This one was fun! Maybe not quite as many snicker-out-loud moments as volume 3 but definitely a good time! I think I like my Wade Wilson best in these smaller doses. And the mutant raccoons? Hilarious!
Now, who can I pay to team DP up with the Chew or the Atomic Robo team? Because that just might kill me with laughter...
Now, who can I pay to team DP up with the Chew or the Atomic Robo team? Because that just might kill me with laughter...
July 14, 2017
The Merc with the Mouth teams up with other marvel characters. These stories can be quite adventurous and at the same time hilarious! (DeadPool is notorious for breaking the fourth wall.) It's very cool to be introduced to other marvel characters in this graphic novel series. You can pick this book up at the Colona Public Library! ~Ashley
November 21, 2023
Not even what I would consider a b-list lineup of team-ups.
Granted, I did not have high hopes but this one was underwhelming even for an impulsive pickup. From Hercules to re-animated Punisher, this was an amalgamation of disappointing misadventures. I may give this another volume but even Deadpool's abandoned severed behind deserves better than this sad bunch.
Granted, I did not have high hopes but this one was underwhelming even for an impulsive pickup. From Hercules to re-animated Punisher, this was an amalgamation of disappointing misadventures. I may give this another volume but even Deadpool's abandoned severed behind deserves better than this sad bunch.
April 25, 2011
I hadn't ever read any Deadpool, even after all the attention the character got after the Wolverine movie, but a couple volumes showed up at our library so I decided to check a couple out. Funny, but I'm only getting bits and snippets of the origin story and explanation of who exactly Deadpool is.
April 14, 2016
A fun mindless read.
WARNING! If your looking for plot or a glance into the Deadpool Universe, well this isn't the comic to read. Think of this a fun side plot.
Overall, I really did enjoy this.
WARNING! If your looking for plot or a glance into the Deadpool Universe, well this isn't the comic to read. Think of this a fun side plot.
Overall, I really did enjoy this.
July 29, 2016
So much fun! Deadpool was the perfect choice to revive the team-up title with, as his format leaves excessive continuity behind. And seeing classics like US Ace, The Zapata Brothers, and It again was beyond a treat. Great, fun storytelling.
April 6, 2011
Most. Annoying. "Superhero". Ever.
August 25, 2011
team up is the best
May 30, 2012
Had some minor laughs but ultimately Deadpool teaming up with c-list characters for random stories. Hardcore Deadpool fans might enjoy this more.
September 8, 2012
I thought I would like these Deadpool Team Ups better than I did. Some were hilarious, some were just confusing. But it was entertaining nonetheless.
November 25, 2012
Des histoires complètement barrées et bonus: un supplément Marvel Spotlight à la fin avec des interview de dessinateurs et scénaristes de Deadpool !
January 20, 2014
Nothing wrong with this team up edition of deadpool. My favorite is when he loses limbs and still can't stop yukking it up! I love this guys constant playful silly banter.
March 26, 2015
I loved it! I love Deadpool and his insanity, this volume didn't ddisappoint me. If I'm able to find continuation, I'll be reading the series further.
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May 15, 20155/5 Would read again
September 9, 2015
Pas mal mais moins drôle que ce à quoi je m'attendais
October 2, 2015
I'm giving this a three because there were some good stories and there were some stinkers.
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