Deadpool Team-Up, Volume 3: BFFs

Deadpool Team-Up (Collected Editions)

by Cullen Bunn (Writer), Rob Williams, Tom Fowler (Illustrator)

Everywhere Deadpool goes, insanity follows! Deadpool's ridiculous team-ups continue as the maniacal Merc with a Mouth partners with some of the Marvel Universe's most respected characters - and a vampire cow. One thing's for sure: This isn't your grandpappy's Marvel Team-Up!
Wade takes the world of sports entertainment by storm as he forms a tag team with the Thing, gets caught red-handed raiding the ruins of Asgard by Thor, finds new uses for chopsticks in China with Iron Fist, escapes the clutches of the evil Dr. Kilgore with the help of a bloodsucking bovine, watches the Watcher watching him in the men's room, loses his job as a herald of Galactus and rocks a Phoenix costume while battling Shi'ar robots with Wolverine! All in all, it's pretty much everything you'd expect from Deadpool!

Collecting: Deadpool Team-Up 888-883, Wolverine/Deadpool: The Decoy

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel, Graphic Novels Comics, Superheroes, Fiction, Ebooks

144 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2011

About the author

Cullen grew up in rural North Carolina, but now lives in the St. Louis area with his wife Cindy and his son Jackson. His noir/horror comic (and first collaboration with Brian Hurtt), The Damned, was published in 2007 by Oni Press. The follow-up, The Damned: Prodigal Sons, was released in 2008. In addition to The Sixth Gun, his current projects include Crooked Hills, a middle reader horror prose series from Evileye Books; The Tooth, an original graphic novel from Oni Press; and various work for Marvel and DC. Somewhere along the way, Cullen founded Undaunted Press and edited the critically acclaimed small press horror magazine, Whispers from the Shattered Forum.

All writers must pay their dues, and Cullen has worked various odd jobs, including Alien Autopsy Specialist, Rodeo Clown, Professional Wrestler Manager, and Sasquatch Wrangler.

And, yes, he has fought for his life against mountain lions and he did perform on stage as the World's Youngest Hypnotist. Buy him a drink sometime, and he'll tell you all about it.

Visit his website at www.cullenbunn.com.

Reviews

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

"I'm talking about the rules! You know . . . the rules of team-ups! First, we fight. Then, we resolve our differences and join forces against a common foe. Then, you introduce me to that hot-cha-cha Aunt Petunia of yours." -- Deadpool, eager to collaborate (yes) and listen (doubtful)

"Don't talk to me about 'the rules.' I was doin' 'Two-In-Ones' before you were a regret in yer daddy's mind." -- The Thing, putting some mustard on his sly breaking of the fourth wall

Third time's a charm, right? Right?! Well . . . Volume 3: BFFs at least corrects a few of the mistakes hindering the lackluster preceding books by finally partnering that 'regenerating degenerate' with a succession of more worthy and above-the-title Marvel characters like Thor, Iron Fist, Silver Surfer, and Wolverine. The humor also seemed a little more on point, even if the ridiculous stories - one of which involves a vampire cow (yup, you read that correctly) - are still usually just excuses for gross-out humor plus requisite zany dialogue. But then, would you really expect anything more / less ? 😉

[Sesana · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really like that cover. Actually, this is the best of the three Deadpool Team-Up books that I've read. The Iron Fist issue is actually like a real story, and the Watcher one uses the format to come up with something that is so silly that it's actually fun.

[Aaron · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another one to toss as I make my way through the massive backlog of terrible Deadpool books I bought in a fit of insanity a few years back. There's a couple of half-decent stories in this collection of one-offs, but for the most part this is atrocious garbage. Nothing in here is particularly GOOD, though a few manage to cross the line into "okay" territory, and most stay firmly planted in the "can't wait for this to be over" camp.

The Iron Fist story is by far the best, playing with both characters in a fun and true-to-form way, though the plot is pretty empty. I absolutely loved the beginning of the Galactus story, based 100% on the art. Ramon Perez puts a TON of detail into the opening panels of that one, and I was really excited to see how it progressed, but then it kind of shits itself and does nothing interesting. The Hell Cow team-up seems to have solely been written to be like "Wouldn't it be so dumb if we wrote about Hell Cow?" and they're right, it would be so dumb. But not in a funny way.

The worst of the bunch is the opening team-up between Deadpool and The Thing. This one is written by Cullen Bunn, author of the Deadpool Minibus, which I had heard was good and was looking forward to. If his other Deadpool stuff is anywhere near as outright, unequivocally LAME as this story, though, I am dreading reading it. His jokes are dad jokes at best, and the scenario he lays out in this book is just 100% flawed. Apparently, in the Marvel Universe, professional wrestling USED to be real, but now is fake, and The Thing used to do it, and is now surprised that it's fake, because it used to be real (which can't be true), and then an alien shows up that thinks professional wrestling is real and has to fight Deadpool and The Thing because of [CONVOLUTED PLOT DEVICES]. The way it's written, I think Cullen Bunn himself thinks professional wrestling used to be real, but is fake now? In which case, wow. Welcome to 2015, where everyone has always known wrestling is fake and always has been.

Anyway, don't waste your time on this stupid thing. Spend those moments with your loved ones or something.

[Sean · Rating 3 out of 5]

Various writers take Deadpool around the Marvel Universe and have fun. Simple. To the point. Funny. Nothing ground breaking or even memorable. I like the Thor and Wolverine team ups the best but there are laughs in each but just not enough for a higher grade. The art was fun throughout. Overall, not much story but a handful of chuckles had me entertained.

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I must say this was one of the funniest books I've read. The team-up with the Watcher... So good.

[Mike McDevitt · Rating 2 out of 5]

Did they break up U.S. Archer & Mary McGrill for this? At least Hellcow is in it.

[J. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty hit-or-miss, with a couple of issues that are brilliant and a couple that are not entertaining in any way. Probably what should be expected from an anthology-type series.

[G Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not too shabby.

[Pirl · Rating 5 out of 5]

I want to clarify I only read issue #887 with Thor, but it was excellent and gave me a lot of material for my lecture.

[Frankie C · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ok. I love Deadpool. Probably my favorite Marvel character. Everything Deadpool book up to this point has pretty damn good. However, now that I've read all three volumes of this book I can say without question to not waste your time. These are completely pointless stories with, for the most part, c-level (at best) characters. Clearly the entire point of this book/series was to suck more revenues out of the Deadpool popularity that as been achieved from his excellent books (Deadpool, Cable and Deadpool, Uncanny X-Force). It's a real shame that nothing is sacred. This series marks the beginning of the over-exposure of Deadpool period. Don't hesitate to skip.

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love Deadpool because he is so genre defying. His character pushes boundaries. I find that comics featuring him are at their best when they're either outrageous or edgy. This is goofy. And it's fun, but just not anything special.

The Iron Fist, Hellcow, & Watcher episodes are best. The Iron Fist one because it comes close to being a satisfying story, the Hellcow & Watcher because of the irreverence.

Mainly, this stuff comes off as MAD Comics fodder. Especially the wolverine team up (which is awful both in writing and artwork).

[A. Nixon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this one. Far better than Dead Head Redemption. It was fun to see Deadpool paired with characters that I recognize and I think it gave more opportunities to show what makes Deadpool so... Deadpool. It's a fun read for fans of the man (or mutant, if you will) and anyone who's a fan of the other characters! Just generally a fun ride.

[B · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think Deadpool is pretty unlikeable in all of these stories. Also that the stories are a little, I don't know. They seem more like little jokes than little stories?

I can't tell exactly what is not exciting about this.

What is interesting is how openly it is interested in talking about comicbooks.

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Deadpool and the Watcher together are hilarious!

[Victoria · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this book gets seriously underated, as I couldn't find many flaws with it.
Personally, I think the Hellcow and The Watcher team-ups are the best.

[Martina R. · Rating 4 out of 5]

First comic book I've ever read. A nice introduction to the world of comic books. Deadpool might just be my new favorite superhero, er, anti-hero.

[Kirsten Reay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not by Daniel Way, but another decent DP volume.

[Beatrix Tung · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dat fourth wall. I love Deadpool.

[taeli · Rating 3 out of 5]

read 5/22/16

[Scott wachter · Rating 4 out of 5]

this has one of my favourite pages of deadpool ever.