War is hell — but Hell is worse! First, Deadpool is enlisted to fight in the War of the Realms — and sent to Australia to take care of a pesky troll problem! No, not those obnoxious internet nerds — real trolls! Will Wade Wilson be big down under? Find out in a tale filled with the sort of carnage only a nation begun as a penal colony can deliver! If the Earth — and Deadpool — somehow make it through Malekith's war, it'll be time to pay the devil his due. Mephisto and Weasel have their diabolical sights on Wade. Will Good Night finally get his vengeance? And if Deadpool survives, what will be left of him? Plus, unspeakable Acts of Evil will haunt your dreams when the Merc with a Mouth battles Nightmare himself! Collects Deadpool (2018) #13-15, Deadpool Annual (2019) #1.
Skottie Young has been an illustrator and cartoonist for over ten years working for entertainment and publishing companies such Marvel, Warner Bros., Image, Upper Deck, Mattel, and many more.
He is currently illustrating the New York Times Best Selling and Eisner Award Nominated adaptions of L. Frank Baum's OZ novels with writer Eric Shanower. The series has gained acclaim from both fans and critics.
Skottie currently lives in Illinois with his family, Casey, Baxter and their Saint Bernard, Emma.
This actual volume was fair to middlin' but as it actually included some issues from the previous volume (WTF Marvel?), I also included Deadpool's Acts of Evil annual Deadpool (2018-2019) Annual #1, which is funnier than anything in the main Deadpool series in the last 20 years. Dana Schwartz provides a lesson in how Deadpool works well with dark humour, angst and suffering. 6 out of 12 overall. It's actally embarrassing how superior Dana Schwartz work is to the mainstream male writers.
Well, that run disappeared up its own backside pretty damned quickly! The last three issues (collected here) consist of a two-part, largely pointless War of the Realms tie-in (which I imagine might even be mildly offensive if you’re Australian) and an oversized finale that is incredibly rushed, half-arsed and doesn’t even contain any decent jokes.
All-in-all, a bit of a wet fart. I’ve only rated it as high as I have because the artwork is consistently pretty darned good; it’s a shame the artists didn’t have something more worthy of their talents to illustrate.
The end of Skottie Young’s reign of this series and he goes out with the bang. Just when I was finally enjoying reading more or less conventional superhero comics. Well, some might argue the notorious Merc isn’t all that conventional, but there you go. That’s the main appeal. With blatant disregard for conventional morality and things like the fourth wall, this installment offers a bran-new slew of adventures. Firs, an all-out Troll war down under. Then Weasel and Memphisto decide this guy will be their next great assassin. Are you sure about that, guys? If anyone can talk himself out a job, it’s that guy. And if he survives that, his next job will be for an eight-year-old confronting Nightmare himself over some…well, nightmares. Snappy snarky fun all around and fun art to boot. Bonus adventure stays well much true to the original tone of the series, so Young leaves it in able mitts. Very entertaining. Recommended.
First, I read this book in the wrong order, which is a bit confusing. So I stopped mid-way, went back to volume 1 of Skottie Young's run on Deadpool, then eventually finished this volume properly. So I missed some of the setup initially.
But this book is a lot of fun and really has Skottie Young pouring his whole 80's essence into the character and weave in incidental 4th wall breaking criticism of comic books in general. The book is yet another Marvel comic in this period that brought in the supernatural players into the mix of things, in this case, Mephisto, just to see what will happen. But we already had a Hell-empowered Weasel, so I guess this was inevitable.
The book finally tries to address Deadpool's memory wipe, which was done to erase the memory of his daughter. But Mephisto's plan for his daughter as a lure for him to agree his personal assassin is a little silly, but then you remember that this book was never meant to be taken all that serious despite the whole discussion of religion-based morality.
In Skottie Young’s final volume of Deadpool, things get weird. Considering this only collects three issues of the main series, and an unrelated annual, you’d think this would all be devoted to the resolution of the plotline that Young has been building to, but instead it’s almost a waste of time.
The first two issues are a War Of The Realms tie-in, which is fine. It’s Deadpool being Deadpool, kicking butts and taking names. It’s fine. Nothing extraordinary, or even worth recommending if you’re a fan of War Of The Reams. It’s just fine.
What disappoints me more is the fact that we then only have one issue in which to tie up loose ends and resolve the rest of the plot, so the final issue of the series comes across as massively rushed, and relies on a two page montage instead of what could have been a really interesting status quo for Wade. There’s barely a conclusion for Weasel, absolutely nothing for Good Night who was built up to be this big bad villain of the piece, and a final page reset that just made me want to sigh.
I’ll freely admit to not even bothering to read the annual, because the preceding issue left such a bad taste in my mouth, and because it’s a random Acts Of Evil issue that’s only really included here as padding.
The art’s also fine – it’s still Nic Klein and Scott Hepburn double-teaming, although it gets a bit fast and loose during the War Of The Realms tie-in because there’s so many characters in panels at once.
Fine seems to be the word of the day. Most of this volume is just that. But considering this is the end of a run, it really should feel far more satisfying than this. I’m not sure if it was editorial mandate, Young wanting to leave, or what, but I think we should just put this entire Deadpool run behind us and instead look forward to whatever’s next.
The War of the Reams tie ins were a much needed comic relief from WotR arc. Well-written and funny, with a wonderful goofy Australian superhero team. Then there was Mr Young’s last issue. It felt like a solid farewell, with Mephisto learning a lesson. I really enjoyed the Annual, but I always like Nightmare as a villain. Also, the jokes about anti-vaccination people were very needed.
El tercer y último tomo de Skottie Young para Deadpool. Tiene varias bromas divertidas, hubo un par de momentos en los que me reí en voz alta, pero en general me decepcionó bastante. El tomo anterior me había gustado mucho, aunque la mayoría de los números eran historias sueltas, al final se conectaban muy bien entre ellas y prometía un enfrentamiento interesante contra Weasel en el siguiente tomo. Bueno, este volumen sólo tiene 3 números, los primeros dos son tie ins de la guerra de los reinos más o menos, pero vemos a Deadpool y a héroes inventados enfrentarse a trolles en australia. El tercer número es el "enfrentamiento" contra weasel pero no realmente. Y de ahí concluye con un anual que ni siquiera recuerdo realmente qué sucede en él y lo leí ayer. Creo que se debe a que entre el último número y el anual hay una carta donde Young se despide del título, cuando lees algo así se vuelve automáticamente irrelevante leer el anual. Me hubiera gustado una conclusión mucho más en forma a lo que Young estaba haciendo en el personaje.
During the War of the Realms, Deadpool is sent to save Australia from trolls. The local heroes aren't impressed by him. Deadpool is convinced his new team can handle the trolls. He has yet to find out how numerous they are. Later on Wade gets back to closing the chapter with Weasel too. All in all, not a bad run, though it had its flaws like being made up of too many one-shots. Is it that difficult to give the guy a proper 4-to-6-issue story?
Skotte Young's run on Deadpool comes to an end here. The first half deals with his tie into War of the Realms, then most of the rest ties up the loose ends with Weasel and Mephisto, including the restoration of Wade's memory, and a brief stint working for Mephisto where he gets kicked out for his level of casual conversation and annoyance. LOL Finish it up with an author's note, and an annual issue with him being hired by a kid to take out Nightmare. Overall, Deadpool is always a funny comic, and Young's run has been great. Recommend.
Skottie Young's run on Deadpool ends somewhat abruptly and the momentum is mostly killed. Readers get a mostly uneventful War Of The Realms tie-in and then the conclusion of the actual interesting storyline. It ended much too quickly and wasted most of its potential. Still a funny read but not enough for what it could have and should have been. The annual also took a dark turn that this title is unaccustomed to. It was ill-fitting. The art was very good throughout. Overall, ended on a down note for sure but there is enough laughs to entertain.
This whole thing was kind of a mess. I feel bad for Skottie Young who had to write a "I'm not not mad. I'm actually laughing" farewell message.
This tried to kind of split the diference between a longer Duggan-style story and a series of goofy messages. But itwasn't funny enough as a one-off and author kind of laughed off the story after trying to do it seroiusly first.
A very good ending to Skottie Young's run of Dealpool in which his former pal Weasel has made a deal with Mephisto to gain the powers of Hell to punish DP. Naturally there's a final battle against one of the many baddies that Deadpool has recently gone up against - complete with DP's famous fourth-wall breaking and witty banter!
The beginning of the run was meh, the middle was spectacular & the ending was rushed. It's not the worst Deadpool run I've read, but it's not the best either. As far as simple enjoyment that doesn't look for too much of a solid plot then this is your book.
I'm generally a big fan of Young's work. This was not my favorite run of Deadpool but, at the end of the day, I had some fun reading it. Even feeling slightly rushed at the end, this one brings it all home and I have no doubt that Young enjoyed himself putting this together.