tag:dreamwidth.org,2016-12-31:2667277 A Book Review Blog Belonging to Caroline Hooton quippe 2022-09-11T22:29:54Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2016-12-31:2667277:365587 2020-05-24T22:30:40Z 2022-09-11T22:29:54Z public 0 <b><u>The Blurb On The Back:</u></b><br /><br /><i><center>He’s the Marvel Universe’s Merc With A Mouth! As quick with a pistol as he is with a one-liner!</center><br /><br />Fan-favourite writer Daniel Way brings the crazy with his character-defining run on the Crimson Comedian, the Regeneratin’ Degenerate, the Asinine Assassin … Deadpool!<br /><br />The X-Men’s favourite frenemy, Deadpool straddles the line between hero and villain, sanity and insanity. So when a Skrull invasion force lands on Earth, it’s anyone’s guess which side the unpredictable Wade Wilson will join! The wisecracking, gun-toting, one-man army single-handedly saves a baseball stadium full of fans from a Skrull attack - and promptly surrenders to the invaders, leaving everyone scratching their heads.<br /><br />Deadpool infiltrates the Skrull ranks - and through all the allegiance swapping, back-stabbing and mental instability, he tries to make good on a contract and get PAID! But all hell breaks loose when the objective is compromised and his big, fat pay check gets cancelled. Wade sets out to settle the score - even if that means he has to fight his way through Norman Osborn’s new team of Dark Avengers, made up of the Marvel Universe’s greatest villains in disguise.<br /><br />And as Deadpool storms his way to the top of Avengers Tower, Osborn goes all in and deploys his bloodthirsty black-ops team of assassins, the Thunderbolts! Plug up your ears, kids - it’s gonna get loud!<br /><br />Plus: Two men who can’t die slice one another to ribbons and then blow those ribbons up with lots of explosives as Wolverine and Deadpool hash out their differences in a showdown for the ages! </i><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://quippe.dreamwidth.org/365587.html#cutid1">The Review (Cut For Spoilers):</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><b><u>The Verdict:</u></b><br /><br />This is a blackly hilarious, highly violent collection of 3 comics featuring Deadpool - Wolverine: Origins #21-25 by Daniel Way and Steve Dillon; Deadpool #1-12 by Daniel Way, Paco Medina and Carlo Barberi; and Thunderbolts #130-131 by Andy Diggle and Bong Dazo. The book contains a useful summary of Deadpool’s history that explains the interlocking storylines but I got lost at points due to backstory and confusion about which panels to follow.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=quippe&ditemid=365587" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments