X-Men: The (fan fic) Series

Finally we finish out the Dead Presidents arc and while Washington goes down with a little less effort than I would expect… the pop culture references in this particular issue are quite something. Almost every single page had one and they actually worked with the story rather than being forced in.

There was also reference again to Dr Strange and Wade’s ‘problem’ which I want to hear more of… and who was the girl who saw him in the afterlife? Death herself? Someone he knows? Jean Grey being silly? I like that the author shows that there is more to this than some gross jokes and hopefully we’ll really get down to business with Deadpool as a character in later issues.

As for what happened to Preston… I did predict that the Necromancer would do something… but have to admit, didn’t expect him to store Preston’s conscious in Wade. Wade, of course, got a little sentimental during the fight with Washington about losing Preston which was good to see. There wasn’t quite the perfect balance of ‘caring Deadpool’ and ‘whatevers Deadpool’ that we have come to know but it was played up quite nicely.

Overall this arc has been hit and miss of mostly just really gross Dead President and ye old Pop Culture clash jokes. While it’s been fun, again, I want to see the story get a bit more serious and delve into Deadpool more. Let’s see what the next issue brings…

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Deadpool just keeps getting grosser and messier. From the writing to the actual visuals… it’s just a bit disgusting really.

The story itself hasn’t really moved much beyond some balls-to-the-walls presidential butt-kicking… but even that is losing its charm. (Also, how in the world were those monkeys up there that whole time?)

Even the cliff-hanger ending of this issue is less than spectacular. Deadpool will heal and there is a Necromancer handy to take care of the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. We can see the next issue a mile away, the only surprise would be the agent not being brought back to life (or not beind turned into a zombie-like-fiend). Though even if she does die, maybe ol’ Ben can get a friend now?

There seems to be a trend of a lack of complexity with Deadpool in the last couple of issues… nothing has been touched on Dr Strange’s comments as well. While I do like a plethora of fun jokes at Deadpool’s expense, he’s a real character with real depth… let’s hope we’re getting to that…

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Deadpool #4

Review: Deadpool #4

Quick! How many US Presidents can you name!

That’s pretty much the gist of this issue of Deadpool. We’ve had 44 Presidents and 39 of them are currently undead and tearing things up. It’s still one of the most off the wall plot lines I’ve ever seen, even for Deadpool, but in a way it kinda works. You have the underlying political satire (which may or may not be on purpose) and the fact that this is Deadpool, this is like a Thursday for him.

But back to the Dead Presidents, there have been several Presidents that either had a lackluster run or were simply forgotten to time by the average Joe. This issue sees Deadpool quickly dispatching all the “D-List Presidents” and getting them out of the way for the “A-List Presidents” like Lincoln, Nixon, and J.F.K…. which, yeah, Deadpool should never, EVER, be allowed to dress up like Marilyn Monroe ever again. Just saying.

This leads up to a cage-match fight with Abe Lincoln, wherein Deadpool asks: “Did you ever go to Canada and put a short, hairy baby in a woman?” I can only guess he is referring to Logan but… why? That’s not something I want to envision!!!

Lastly, the art work on this issue still presents us with some of the grossest renderings of Wade’s skin and/or mutilated body. It really is gross.

The most remarkable thing about this title so far is that while it seems to be ‘all over the place’, it’s really not. There is a distinct train of thought, as crazy as it is, and each point is leading to the next. It’s definitely making for one of the strangest reads…

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