Deadpool #3

Written by Scottie Young

Penciled by Nic Klein
Cover by Nic Klein
Published Aug 1, 2018

   High above the city, Deadpool laments that his fancy spacegun apparently doesn’t work - right before the planet threatening giant vomits all over him. As he pulls himself to his very injured feet, he’s met by Teenage Negasonic Warhead, who blows the monster’s defenders away and allows the Merc with a Mouth to pick up one of their severed arms.

What a new and refreshing reference. It's too bad that nearly every single X-writer thinks they're on the cutting edge with a "Fastball Special" remark.

   Colossus throws a fastball special at Griffon - which I have to say, has really... really been overblown lately. Does Chris Claremont know you guys are doing this? Will it take an email from him to get you to stop - because any Marvel writer who is putting this in their books without knowing every single other X-book writer is doing it... well maybe you guys just aren’t paying attention.

Here comes guts.

   Either way, DP blows the guy up and the Avengers end up thanking him - kinda. Over the next undetermined amount of time, several naredowells seek Deadpool’s services. The only problem is that he isn’t there. Instead, he’s in space paying an interstellar gangster off for sending the troubled threat to Earth to essentially make him look good. In return, the goon opens a portal and sends him falling back into his office. With his designer underwear back in place, he walks out with guns drawn - ready to take on the next customer. What’s going to happen next? We’re left to find out as this story arc comes to an uneventful conclusion.

meh.

   So really at this point, I’m sure Skottie and Nic are coming into the doldrums of what is sure to strike anyone in charge of this series. Deadpool has this attitude that on the surface, probably makes the writer think they’re getting a sure fire, easy to write machine. Sadly though, it’s anything but. When I first read Duggan’s Deadpool, I wasn’t very impressed. It took tons of arcs to win me over before I finally understood what he was doing. Clearly this edition seeks to marry in the movie franchise, which is probably even more limiting than anything the series’ previous writers had to deal with. I don’t know - maybe not. Either way, I’m still sticking around to see where they take things. I give this one a 7/10.

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