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Deadpool (2008) (Collected Editions)
Deadpool, Volume 3: X Marks the Spot
Deadpool has ceased to exist, he's said his good-byes, he's driven his car into the ocean. They'll think he's dead, but he'll sail away. Then, he'll become a pirate!
Collecting: Deadpool 13-18
Collecting: Deadpool 13-18
144 pages, Paperback
First published May 19, 2010
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April 1, 2016
”You smell like bullets and taco meat.”
That line gave me an idea for a new Deadpool inspired cologne. Call me, Ryan Reynolds, so we can make it happen!
Deadpool’s latest misadventure has made him crazy rich, but since he’s also just plain crazy he’s bored to the point of shooting himself in the head for funsies. That’s when he comes up with a new scheme to use some of his cash to outfit a ship with guns and buy a parrot costume for his sometime sidekick Bob with the idea that they’ll become pirates. However, his plan to loot an undefended private island is derailed when some other pirates beat him to the punch. After dealing with that mess and deciding that a pirate’s life isn't for him after all Wade then hits on the brilliant idea of joining the X-Men, and he decides that killing a guy who has been denouncing them in the media would be a great way to show off his moves to the team.
There’s been plenty of comics that use violence and profanity as a substitute for plot, but what’s great about this run of Deadpool is that all the more graphic elements take a backseat to him as a character. On the surface the shtick of insane Deadpool getting into bad situations and then killing his way out could become formulaic, but the humor they mine from this is actually very clever. They’re also able to make Wade sympathetic and tragic even as he’s hallucinating and murdering people along the way. I also appreciate that there is often a method to his seeming madness even when it seems pointless like whipping up thousands of pancakes.
That line gave me an idea for a new Deadpool inspired cologne. Call me, Ryan Reynolds, so we can make it happen!
Deadpool’s latest misadventure has made him crazy rich, but since he’s also just plain crazy he’s bored to the point of shooting himself in the head for funsies. That’s when he comes up with a new scheme to use some of his cash to outfit a ship with guns and buy a parrot costume for his sometime sidekick Bob with the idea that they’ll become pirates. However, his plan to loot an undefended private island is derailed when some other pirates beat him to the punch. After dealing with that mess and deciding that a pirate’s life isn't for him after all Wade then hits on the brilliant idea of joining the X-Men, and he decides that killing a guy who has been denouncing them in the media would be a great way to show off his moves to the team.
There’s been plenty of comics that use violence and profanity as a substitute for plot, but what’s great about this run of Deadpool is that all the more graphic elements take a backseat to him as a character. On the surface the shtick of insane Deadpool getting into bad situations and then killing his way out could become formulaic, but the humor they mine from this is actually very clever. They’re also able to make Wade sympathetic and tragic even as he’s hallucinating and murdering people along the way. I also appreciate that there is often a method to his seeming madness even when it seems pointless like whipping up thousands of pancakes.
November 6, 2016
After literally blowing his brains out from boredom, Deadpool decides to spend his vast wealth on living out his fantasies - it’s a pirate’s life for Wade! And what good is money without friends? To the West Coast, to visit his old buds the X-Men on Utopia!
Though Daniel Way’s Deadpool run has so far been great, X Marks the Spot is just a so-so Deadpool book. The two-issue pirate story is quite forgettable and throwaway and Shawn Crystal’s art is plain awful. Thankfully Paco Medina returns to draw the rest of the book and Way ups his game a bit too.
Norman Osborn, Director of HAMMER, tries to subtly make the X-Men look bad on the political stage and Deadpool, surprisingly cleverly, concocts a plan to checkmate Norman and restore the X-Men’s image, all behind the scenes, even without Cyclops realising what’s happening.
It’s an unusual story in that Deadpool proves he’s not the total dummy he tends to be so props to Way for showing that aspect of his character. And even if he claims to want to be one of them, Deadpool’s better than the X-Men any day of the week - they should be clamouring to have him on their side, not the other way around!
X Marks the Spot doesn’t quite hit the spot but it’s still got fun moments and the second story is worth a read.
Though Daniel Way’s Deadpool run has so far been great, X Marks the Spot is just a so-so Deadpool book. The two-issue pirate story is quite forgettable and throwaway and Shawn Crystal’s art is plain awful. Thankfully Paco Medina returns to draw the rest of the book and Way ups his game a bit too.
Norman Osborn, Director of HAMMER, tries to subtly make the X-Men look bad on the political stage and Deadpool, surprisingly cleverly, concocts a plan to checkmate Norman and restore the X-Men’s image, all behind the scenes, even without Cyclops realising what’s happening.
It’s an unusual story in that Deadpool proves he’s not the total dummy he tends to be so props to Way for showing that aspect of his character. And even if he claims to want to be one of them, Deadpool’s better than the X-Men any day of the week - they should be clamouring to have him on their side, not the other way around!
X Marks the Spot doesn’t quite hit the spot but it’s still got fun moments and the second story is worth a read.
February 23, 2018
This volume collects a two-part story where Deadpool decides to become a pirate for no reason and a four-parter where he (tries to) join the X-Men.
Pirate story: utter bilge with the occasional laugh thanks toSideshow Hydra Bob. 2 stars.
X-Men story: genuinely funny throughout and actually quite clever in places. I'm not sure I ever completely bought Wade's motives, though. 4 stars.
Average score: 3 stars.
Pirate story: utter bilge with the occasional laugh thanks to
X-Men story: genuinely funny throughout and actually quite clever in places. I'm not sure I ever completely bought Wade's motives, though. 4 stars.
Average score: 3 stars.
December 23, 2021
My conclusion of this volume is that Wade seriously needs to stop with the occasional unselfish and kind actions because my heart can't take it.
Apart from me tearing up whenever I'm not laughing like a maniac, this was rad. DP is suddenly obnoxiously rich, (although he does blow his brain out of boredom, but still) tries out the pirate life (here me out: hydra Bob as a parrot), ish-joins the X-Men (they don't even deserve him), has a therapy session with a dead shark... basically, completely awesome. I've honestly loved every issue in this series so far, and the illustrations are just ✨ on spot ✨
Trivial fact about Wade:
He suffers from bovinophobia (fear of cows), bc their stare are "chilling" and it's like they're "waiting". Couldn't agree more, dude
Apart from me tearing up whenever I'm not laughing like a maniac, this was rad. DP is suddenly obnoxiously rich, (although he does blow his brain out of boredom, but still) tries out the pirate life (here me out: hydra Bob as a parrot), ish-joins the X-Men (they don't even deserve him), has a therapy session with a dead shark... basically, completely awesome. I've honestly loved every issue in this series so far, and the illustrations are just ✨ on spot ✨
Trivial fact about Wade:
He suffers from bovinophobia (fear of cows), bc their stare are "chilling" and it's like they're "waiting". Couldn't agree more, dude
July 6, 2024
Meh. The pirate thing wasn’t that great, but the X-Men bit was awesome! Ignore the horrific cover art, the actual comic artwork for the X-Men stuff was great. Domino is beautiful.
3, I can’t believe that cover art got approved, stars.
3, I can’t believe that cover art got approved, stars.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 12, 2012
Don't let the cover scare you. It is far and away the worst art in the entire book, and was probably chosen just because it emphasizes the X-storyline that takes up the second half of the book. The first half is a wildly silly pirate story. Because Deadpool would have to play pirate at least once. The second half is Deadpool "teaming up" with the X-Men (yes, this does tie into a bigger X-Men story arc, Utopia, but you don't really need to be familiar with it to understand what's going on). This was the best Deadpool storyline to date in the new series, with actual character development and everything!
July 24, 2013
X Marks The Spot is divided into two stories.
The first one picks up after Deadpool comes into a butt load of money and for whatever reason, buys a nuclear submarine. Mistaking it for a boat, he abandons it believing it sank. Now, he’s decided he wants to be a pirate! So he purchases a small ship and outfits it with weapons. Bringing on his buddy Bob as his crew, Deadpool forces him to don a giant parrot costume and act as his trusty talking companion. Hi-jinks ensue!
The second one involves Deadpool feeling like he has no friends, companions or allies. After seeing Cyclops on television speaking about a new mutant-friendly Utopia off the coast of the United States, he sees a place where he may finally belong. However, after initially being rejected by the X-Men, Deadpool feels the need to prove to them that he belongs in their ranks.
Both of these stories were pretty damn entertaining. However it’s the second story that truly deserves praise. Deadpool wants to be a part of the X-Men so badly that he’ll do almost anything – including silencing anyone with an axe to grind against them. Unfortunately for Deadpool, no one wants this. But when was the last time Deadpool listened to anyone anyway?
I was relieved when I looked around online and noticed that most people also hated the cover art. It’s certainly not an accurate representation of the high quality stuff on the inside. I’m often confused by the concept of someone other than the book’s artist supplying a cover for a book. This was just an all around bad choice. It’s OK, I guess – it’s what’s on the inside that counts.
As much as Deadpool wants to feel like the star of this here book, I’d give it to the 372,844 pancakes that he cooks. Awesome.
Cross Posted @ Every Read Thing.
The first one picks up after Deadpool comes into a butt load of money and for whatever reason, buys a nuclear submarine. Mistaking it for a boat, he abandons it believing it sank. Now, he’s decided he wants to be a pirate! So he purchases a small ship and outfits it with weapons. Bringing on his buddy Bob as his crew, Deadpool forces him to don a giant parrot costume and act as his trusty talking companion. Hi-jinks ensue!
The second one involves Deadpool feeling like he has no friends, companions or allies. After seeing Cyclops on television speaking about a new mutant-friendly Utopia off the coast of the United States, he sees a place where he may finally belong. However, after initially being rejected by the X-Men, Deadpool feels the need to prove to them that he belongs in their ranks.
Both of these stories were pretty damn entertaining. However it’s the second story that truly deserves praise. Deadpool wants to be a part of the X-Men so badly that he’ll do almost anything – including silencing anyone with an axe to grind against them. Unfortunately for Deadpool, no one wants this. But when was the last time Deadpool listened to anyone anyway?
I was relieved when I looked around online and noticed that most people also hated the cover art. It’s certainly not an accurate representation of the high quality stuff on the inside. I’m often confused by the concept of someone other than the book’s artist supplying a cover for a book. This was just an all around bad choice. It’s OK, I guess – it’s what’s on the inside that counts.
As much as Deadpool wants to feel like the star of this here book, I’d give it to the 372,844 pancakes that he cooks. Awesome.
Cross Posted @ Every Read Thing.
May 1, 2011
Ridiculous, original and fun. The way every Deadpool comic should be. I'm suitably impressed that Daniel Way can carry this character off for this long - everyone's got *one* joke issue in them, but fun, insane *and* well thought through? Impressive. I can't begin to imagine just how backwards and demented you have to be to think like Deadpool.
I really enjoyed how Way both channels the X-Men and takes the piss out of them. This crossover with Utopia was a real treat - letting us see Deadpool in a "real" part of the current Marvel universe, and see Wade do things as only he could.
I really enjoyed how Way both channels the X-Men and takes the piss out of them. This crossover with Utopia was a real treat - letting us see Deadpool in a "real" part of the current Marvel universe, and see Wade do things as only he could.
March 11, 2016
I've never been crazy about superhero GN's, and this was my first Deadpool GN (the movie made me do it!) so I reserved my opinion for a few pages. Initially it felt like a silly forced plot - though it made me realize how scrambed Wade Wilson's brain is 24/7 - but the "I Want You To Want Me" arc with the X-Men was actually pretty great... character development, cross-world story that wasn't just for name-dropping and blatant $$-grabbing, decent plotting and twists. A perfect antidote to a crap-day!
January 18, 2015
This series was fantastic....what the hell happened? The first few pirate-y issues of this volume were entertaining and then I'm not sure what happened. I hated the whole becoming an X-Men thing. Aside from the boring predictable plot the funny just wasn't there. Deadpool was more of a supporting character and instead of being crazy awesome he was just stupid.
What happened to the clever witty humor and gratuitous violence?!
Here's hoping this is a fluke blip in what has been an otherwise amazing run.
January 4, 2018
Oh this was good! I mean, I rated each of the prior two volumes 4 stars, too, so it's not like I was REALLY expecting a drop off in quality or anything--but it can happen, except it didn't here. In fact, I might like this one more than its predecessors. We get two storylines here, two issues where Deadpool buys a boat and becomes a pirate, then Deadpool getting bored and deciding to join the X-Men (who are a bit less keen on this idea).
I mean, there's not much else to say; if you read the first two volumes, you know what you're getting. If you didn't (because you're an X-Men reader, not a Deadpool reader) then both of these storylines are self-contained enough to be satisfying.
I mean, there's not much else to say; if you read the first two volumes, you know what you're getting. If you didn't (because you're an X-Men reader, not a Deadpool reader) then both of these storylines are self-contained enough to be satisfying.
October 7, 2015
Deadpool is freaking awesome. Best character I've read A+ 10/10 would recommend.
June 19, 2017
I read this again because I forgot the whole thing after the first reading. It is genuinely funny and I am trying to read more funny things. Well done to this writer: It is okay to produce funny comics still.
September 6, 2019
I guess I just expected more.
August 9, 2016
I came across this book in the 50% discount bin at Comic Con, thought about buying it, decided on something else, and then I must have switched my stack or something because I came home and dumped out my bag and there this was on top of the pile.
Which is about the most Deadpool thing ever.
Anyway, despite buying this by mistake, it was still a good choice. It's very funny and the artists find a nice balance between supporting the humor and not shying away from action sequences. As a bonus, this takes place during the Utopia storyline, so I even have a place for it on my Nerdy Bookshelf O' X-Comics in Chronological Order, which is literally probably the most organized thing in my entire apartment. And I can vouch for the fact that it's a good standalone book in the Deadpool series -- I'd never read a Deadpool comic and didn't feel like I was missing anything from prior storylines.
So if you buy a lot of X-comics and for some reason don't also buy Deadpool comics even though he's way more popular than X-Men so statistically you read him already probably, this is a pretty solid way to get started. There's a lot -- a lot -- of gay jokes, which kind of made me feel like was written in the late 90's or something. But Deadpool is also depicted as a terrible person with a taboo sense of humor, so maybe it's okay?
I mean, it's probably not okay. I guess I still liked it, though.
Maybe I shouldn't. Probably not. There were a lot of gay jokes.
Which is about the most Deadpool thing ever.
Anyway, despite buying this by mistake, it was still a good choice. It's very funny and the artists find a nice balance between supporting the humor and not shying away from action sequences. As a bonus, this takes place during the Utopia storyline, so I even have a place for it on my Nerdy Bookshelf O' X-Comics in Chronological Order, which is literally probably the most organized thing in my entire apartment. And I can vouch for the fact that it's a good standalone book in the Deadpool series -- I'd never read a Deadpool comic and didn't feel like I was missing anything from prior storylines.
So if you buy a lot of X-comics and for some reason don't also buy Deadpool comics even though he's way more popular than X-Men so statistically you read him already probably, this is a pretty solid way to get started. There's a lot -- a lot -- of gay jokes, which kind of made me feel like was written in the late 90's or something. But Deadpool is also depicted as a terrible person with a taboo sense of humor, so maybe it's okay?
I mean, it's probably not okay. I guess I still liked it, though.
Maybe I shouldn't. Probably not. There were a lot of gay jokes.
March 17, 2013
Deadpool is one of those characters that can get on your nerves really fast if you're over-exposed to them and/or if they're badly written, so I take my Deadpool in controlled doses. From the overall positive reviews on Goodreads (and a special $4.99 price point for the hardcover edition!), I figured I couldn't go wrong with this one. I wasn't disappointed.
2 arcs are collected here:
(1) a 2-parter in which Deadpool becomes a pirate (use your imagination), and
(2) a 4-parter in which he decides to join the X-Men, who've just moved to Utopia (see Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia for more details). This arc also features Domino, a character I'm always pleased to see (and no, her skin-tight leather outfit has nothing to do with it; I just think she's a cool, fun character).
It's good to have books like this to read, to take a break from other, "heavier" books, and have a laugh or two at the same time.
2 arcs are collected here:
(1) a 2-parter in which Deadpool becomes a pirate (use your imagination), and
(2) a 4-parter in which he decides to join the X-Men, who've just moved to Utopia (see Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia for more details). This arc also features Domino, a character I'm always pleased to see (and no, her skin-tight leather outfit has nothing to do with it; I just think she's a cool, fun character).
It's good to have books like this to read, to take a break from other, "heavier" books, and have a laugh or two at the same time.
November 5, 2010
Giving Deadpool depth and character develop aside from his witty one liners and insane sense of humor? I love it. My only problem with Deadpool nowadays is that it's all about the jokes, which - don't get me wrong - are always pretty hilarious, but just once, I'd like to feel something after reading an arc, or some such, like he had something else other than violence. And this volume was almost just that. I'm not saying change the character, just give us a little more insight into Deadpool, just once.
March 1, 2013
Deadpool looks good in the X-Men uniform. He uh, does it justice? Medina is a great artist for Wade.
March 26, 2024
Deadpool can't just stand around doing nothing. He chooses the life of a pirate, as any (in)sane person would.
What few other Deadpool stories have done is show his tragic side. Sure, he still cracks jokes, but he hates his life, his immortality, his insanity, his downtimes, his being alone all the time. It's a side of this joker that is rarely explored, if ever.
The life of a pirate doesn't suit Deadpool. He intends to help people. Like, for free. He tries joining the X-Men. They have their Utopia island and all the headaches that come with it, including a man named Kincaid, the father of one of the mutants, accusing them of holding his daughter Mercury against her will.
What few other Deadpool stories have done is show his tragic side. Sure, he still cracks jokes, but he hates his life, his immortality, his insanity, his downtimes, his being alone all the time. It's a side of this joker that is rarely explored, if ever.
The life of a pirate doesn't suit Deadpool. He intends to help people. Like, for free. He tries joining the X-Men. They have their Utopia island and all the headaches that come with it, including a man named Kincaid, the father of one of the mutants, accusing them of holding his daughter Mercury against her will.
May 26, 2018
Deadpool is swimming in "don't tell everyone Norman Osborn is a liar" money and he has decided he wants to be a pirate. He even gets Bob to dress up as a parrot and act as his first mate. He arrives in his pirate shit to a resort island and meets a hott blind tour guide and asks her to join his crew. But his pirate dreams are dashed when another grip of pirates come to the unguarded island to loot and they also take his ship. In an attempt to get his own ship back he ends up saving the whole island.
Later on while floating aimlessly in the sea on his boat lying next to a dead shark, he realizes pirate life may not be for him. After making it back to the mainland he sees the X-men on tv and decides to join them.
Meanwhile, the X-men have their own problems. The father of one the X-men, 17 yr old Mercury, is accusing the X-men of holding his daughter hostage. The farther, Kincaid, is being pressured by Norman Osborn to spread lies about the X-men. Deadpool sees this and decides that he's going to help out by taking Kincaid out.
The X-men, Deadpool, and Norman Osborn are all scrambling to either save our kill Kincaid. In the end Deadpool executes one of his crazy but effective plans and saves Kincaid while simultaneously making the X-men look like good guys.
Later on while floating aimlessly in the sea on his boat lying next to a dead shark, he realizes pirate life may not be for him. After making it back to the mainland he sees the X-men on tv and decides to join them.
Meanwhile, the X-men have their own problems. The father of one the X-men, 17 yr old Mercury, is accusing the X-men of holding his daughter hostage. The farther, Kincaid, is being pressured by Norman Osborn to spread lies about the X-men. Deadpool sees this and decides that he's going to help out by taking Kincaid out.
The X-men, Deadpool, and Norman Osborn are all scrambling to either save our kill Kincaid. In the end Deadpool executes one of his crazy but effective plans and saves Kincaid while simultaneously making the X-men look like good guys.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 14, 2021
Deadpool is a versatile enough character that you could tell any number of stories with him, all in different genres. In this collection, he briefly becomes a pirate and then tries to join the X-Men.
The downside of Deadpool is that he can very easily come off as random, which makes it really hard to engage with his stories. The two-issue pirate adventure happens purely because, on a lark, Deadpool decides to be a pirate. That’s it, that’s just the whole story, not much more to it than that. He’s also maddeningly stupid in the story - oh, and weirdly homophobic considering how he is canonically bi.
The 4-issue X-Men-themed comic is much stronger, in part because the writer can actually handle the X-Men characters and their dialogue really well. The art also improves for these comics, and at the end of this run it’s revealed that all of Deadpool’s randomness had a point, and he was able to achieve his objective. Still weirdly homophonic, tho.
This comic also has an influence on Deadpool 2, where Deadpool teams up with the X-Men on a probationary basis - I remember thinking about that influence as I watched that film, and certainly that movie has a very different take on their dynamic. (Colossus is not a major part of these Deadpool comics.)
The downside of Deadpool is that he can very easily come off as random, which makes it really hard to engage with his stories. The two-issue pirate adventure happens purely because, on a lark, Deadpool decides to be a pirate. That’s it, that’s just the whole story, not much more to it than that. He’s also maddeningly stupid in the story - oh, and weirdly homophobic considering how he is canonically bi.
The 4-issue X-Men-themed comic is much stronger, in part because the writer can actually handle the X-Men characters and their dialogue really well. The art also improves for these comics, and at the end of this run it’s revealed that all of Deadpool’s randomness had a point, and he was able to achieve his objective. Still weirdly homophonic, tho.
This comic also has an influence on Deadpool 2, where Deadpool teams up with the X-Men on a probationary basis - I remember thinking about that influence as I watched that film, and certainly that movie has a very different take on their dynamic. (Colossus is not a major part of these Deadpool comics.)
November 15, 2022
It's been a while since I read Daniel Way's run on Deadpool, and I actually forgot how damn good it is. This volume gives us Deadpool by himself, and him "with" a team. That team, well you can probably tell from the cover, is the X-Men.
Way's way of writing Deadpool is great because of the additional third voice in his head. It really seems like a different personality, and it interacts with Deadpool and "thought" Deadpool really well. Reading this made me realize that they have done away with this third voice, and while I understand why - it can become a bit of a gimmick - it works really well in this volume.
So the first story has to do with Deadpool using his newly found fortune to become a pirate. And that goes.... as you would expect pretty much. But the second story regarding Deadpool trying to become an X man is great. Here we see him at his zaniest, but also at his most calculated as well. It's a weird balance that Way has to somehow pull off, but he does, and with some good laughs along the way.
If you like Deadpool or the X-Men, or Deadpool AND the X men, this one is a no brainer.
Way's way of writing Deadpool is great because of the additional third voice in his head. It really seems like a different personality, and it interacts with Deadpool and "thought" Deadpool really well. Reading this made me realize that they have done away with this third voice, and while I understand why - it can become a bit of a gimmick - it works really well in this volume.
So the first story has to do with Deadpool using his newly found fortune to become a pirate. And that goes.... as you would expect pretty much. But the second story regarding Deadpool trying to become an X man is great. Here we see him at his zaniest, but also at his most calculated as well. It's a weird balance that Way has to somehow pull off, but he does, and with some good laughs along the way.
If you like Deadpool or the X-Men, or Deadpool AND the X men, this one is a no brainer.
April 1, 2025
Come oooonnn, the X-Men don't even deserve him. Not even a thank you for restoring their reputation? Or for being complete hypocrites about him? Classic of them. So far in my limited comic reading history, this has been the only time I've really seen DP call himself out about what his deepest wound is:
"Kinda tragic that we're probably the only mercenary in the world who'd be happy to be paid in attention rather than cash, isn't it?"
"How can you expect anyone to accept you for what you really are when you never show them what you really are?"
But even when he does something good in his wacky, dangerous way, he still gets no credit - it honestly makes me dislike the X-Men a little bit more each time I see them treat him like trash for no apparent reason than their own prejudice - which is bitterly ironic. I'm sure some of the revulsion is warranted but as the story pointed out, there are many other mutants that have done equal to or far worse than what DP has done and they've been accepted.
"Kinda tragic that we're probably the only mercenary in the world who'd be happy to be paid in attention rather than cash, isn't it?"
"How can you expect anyone to accept you for what you really are when you never show them what you really are?"
But even when he does something good in his wacky, dangerous way, he still gets no credit - it honestly makes me dislike the X-Men a little bit more each time I see them treat him like trash for no apparent reason than their own prejudice - which is bitterly ironic. I'm sure some of the revulsion is warranted but as the story pointed out, there are many other mutants that have done equal to or far worse than what DP has done and they've been accepted.
September 16, 2025
Daniel Way continues to be the best Deadpool writer of all-time. After a delightfully silly, if not necessarily funny pirate story, the book follows Wade as he attempts to join the X-Men.
"Talking to Wade is like talking to someone being attacked by bees." is a great description of every Deadpool conversation in Way's run. But his story in this volume is actually complex and well-thought-out, unlike most of Deadpool's adventures.
While the cover of this collection isn't great, the interior art is bright and beautiful. A bunch of the X-books I've been reading have poorly conceived action scenes that aren't easy to follow and contain grunts and dialogue that one would never be able to say whilst fighting. The few action scenes in this book are clear and concise.
You don't need to be a Deadpool fan to enjoy this book. I think it works, even if you're just a casual X-Fan. But it's certainly better if you're a Deadpool fan because this is probably the best run the character ever had.
"Talking to Wade is like talking to someone being attacked by bees." is a great description of every Deadpool conversation in Way's run. But his story in this volume is actually complex and well-thought-out, unlike most of Deadpool's adventures.
While the cover of this collection isn't great, the interior art is bright and beautiful. A bunch of the X-books I've been reading have poorly conceived action scenes that aren't easy to follow and contain grunts and dialogue that one would never be able to say whilst fighting. The few action scenes in this book are clear and concise.
You don't need to be a Deadpool fan to enjoy this book. I think it works, even if you're just a casual X-Fan. But it's certainly better if you're a Deadpool fan because this is probably the best run the character ever had.
November 1, 2023
#1 deadpool, volume 1: secret invasion ★★★★☆
#2 deadpool, volume 2: dark reign★★★☆☆
#3 dark reign: deadpool/thunderbolts ★★★☆☆
#4 deadpool, volume 3: x marks the spot ★★★★☆
#5 deadpool, volume 4: monkey business ★★★★☆
#6 deadpool, volume 5: what happened in vegas ★★★☆☆
i just love deadpool
content/trigger warnings; ableism, murder, physical violence, blood, gore, animal death, drugging,
#2 deadpool, volume 2: dark reign★★★☆☆
#3 dark reign: deadpool/thunderbolts ★★★☆☆
#4 deadpool, volume 3: x marks the spot ★★★★☆
#5 deadpool, volume 4: monkey business ★★★★☆
#6 deadpool, volume 5: what happened in vegas ★★★☆☆
i just love deadpool
content/trigger warnings; ableism, murder, physical violence, blood, gore, animal death, drugging,
February 26, 2021
Poor Deadpool, we start with him in his element, he has way more money than he knows what to do with and decides to buy a boat not a ship really and become a pirate.
When he realises he needs something more, something bigger he goes off to try and be a hero-with his own suit he asks to join the X-Men who currently on the island utopia under rule of Cyclops.
Trying to fit Wade into continuity is always hard but they did it well and it twists and turns and pays off in the end.
When he realises he needs something more, something bigger he goes off to try and be a hero-with his own suit he asks to join the X-Men who currently on the island utopia under rule of Cyclops.
Trying to fit Wade into continuity is always hard but they did it well and it twists and turns and pays off in the end.
March 11, 2022
I genuinely enjoyed myself reading this particular arc. The pirate stuff was fun, but more importantly it gave DP motivation - something he actually wants, beyond money. To do good, at first, but more importantly - for this character, at least - attention. He wants to be loved, adored, needed. So he goes to the X-Men. It's pretty decently written and honestly a pretty good story. Shows hints of what made me like the character in the later (far superior) 2012 run.
July 3, 2022
A 2-issue, 2-star adventure kicks off the trade, with Deadpool becoming a pirate for no reason and just generally being an awful jerk to Hydra Bob, who he forces to dress up as a parrot. Then we dive into a 4-issue, 4-star story with far superior art, a better balance of character work and gonzo action, and some clever twists and turns as Deadpool tries to join the X-Men.
A fun, silly collection that's worth reading for the second arc alone.
A fun, silly collection that's worth reading for the second arc alone.
May 31, 2024
Is it me?
It must be.
I just don't cotton to Deadpool, especially when Way and Medina are paired on the title.
The pencils are fine, if not a little sloppy. And the plotting, which aims to be zany just feels...chaotic and rushed.
With that being written, that are some real smiles created from the silliness, and the story wears up satisfyingly.
Not much tie-in to the main storyline, but this should still hold appeal to the Deadpool fans.
It must be.
I just don't cotton to Deadpool, especially when Way and Medina are paired on the title.
The pencils are fine, if not a little sloppy. And the plotting, which aims to be zany just feels...chaotic and rushed.
With that being written, that are some real smiles created from the silliness, and the story wears up satisfyingly.
Not much tie-in to the main storyline, but this should still hold appeal to the Deadpool fans.
August 18, 2021
Genuinely funny, and with absolute faith in its characters and dynamics. The fact that the villain of the piece is a businessman trying to frame a group of outsiders and manipulate the media into following a white male narrative that eclipses those outsiders' struggles all for private, corporate gain makes it one of the most relevant and exciting superhero stories I've read in recent years.
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