There are filler issues, then there are filler issues… and then there is whatever the hell this is!
The latest issue of Deadpool coins a new term for me: retro-meta. If you bother to read the front page, it tries to claim that this was a previously written but unpublished Deadpool issue which is finally seeing the light of day after thirty/forty years. It becomes pretty obvious that that’s a load of bull and this filler issue is one wild (possibly alcohol induced) trip down the rabbit hole.
The concept for the story is that it’s the late 70s or early 80s and Deadpool gets asked by a demon to make Tony Stark fall off the wagon. Yup, that’s pretty much it.
In reality, the story really reminds me of when Deadpool went back in time and pretended to be Spider-Man/Peter Parker. It has that feel, that ‘poking fun at the Marvel back-log’ vibe that makes you giggle, but ultimately, it doesn’t quite have the full kick that classic Deadpool story had.
Still, it’s a right laugh and one of the more interesting fillers I’ve ever read… taking the idea that if you’re gonna have a filler, you might as well have fun with it.
X-Men: The (fan fic) Series 
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