I suppose it's all about the timing, in more ways than one.
After two weeks of working overnight shift, and temperatures that were consistently / depressingly well below freezing (breaking records in the northeast U.S.), it was a pleasant diversion - i.e. I NEEDED THE LAUGHS - to read Deadpool: Flashbacks. Our titular hero of sorts stars in a collection of stories set in the 50's through the 90's, with artwork that was amusingly representative of each decade.
For example, in the 70's-set 'Deadpool, Power Man and Iron Fist,' an Afro-sporting, .44-packing and bell-bottomed DP amusingly forces himself into a partnership with the Heroes For Hire to protect a corner bodega being pinched for protection money by local goons. Luke Cage, suffice to say, does not exactly warm to his new co-worker. Even better was a one-page homage to an infamous 'Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD' Jim Steranko-penned love scene (which featured Fury and his then-squeeze Valentina) that was censored at the time for being too hot for the '68-era Comics Code.
Speaking of Fury, he teams with DP in the initial story 'Death Comes to Tinsel Town (or The Last Hitler),' featuring a time-traveling der Furhrer jumping to mid-50's Hollywood to gun down his WWII nemesis.
Others include 'Wakandan Vacation' (no appearance by Black Panther, unfortunately, but still funny, especially with the off-color humor near the finale), 'Drinking Game' (featuring an actual deal with the devil, and saving an alcoholic Tony Stark), 'The One With the Super-Rare 3-D Cover' (DP heads to the Great White North; Alpha Flight makes an appearance . . . and are mocked), and a superhero-celebrity roast M.C.-ed by Howard the Duck.