Nerdiest Kid You Know: October 2019

Friday, October 11, 2019

Champions #4

BEAT THE DEVIL pt IV

Written by Jim Zub
Penciled by Steven Cummings
Published Apr 3, 2019

Ms Marvel catches up with Spider-Man in Dubai, who explains that he and Brawn made a deal with Mephisto to bring her and Viv back from the dead. It triggers her to nearly quit the team but not to be outdone, Myles quits first.

NO! I QUIT FIRST!

Meanwhile Kaldera continues her vengeance mission on the now powerless Sam Alexander. Possessed with rage, she lashes out at all of the Champions until they're eventually able to capture her. After learning that he's just a regular guy without his helmet, the assassin agrees to take Sam back to the Nova Corps to get it back. So she can kill him at full strength.... Right?

Scoot over, little meat.

The issue ends with Mephisto relishing Miles' torment and laughing with his forever tortured son, Blackheart.. But what does this mean for our heroes? We'll have to wait to find out as this issue is left to be continued.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHA! I'M IN ALLLL THE MARVEL COMICS NOW!"

So this is the last Champions before the War Of The Realms kicks off, and hopefully that will be thr shot in the arm this series needs. I love Jim Zub, and to be honest, I don't know if he ever let me down.. but to say he's mailing it in here would be an understatement. Let's hope he manages to put it together soon... because for this issue, I give it a disappointing 6/10.

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Saturday, October 5, 2019

Deadpool #10-12: Good Night

GOOD NIGHT

Written by Skottie Young
Penciled by Scott Hepburn
Published Mar - May 2019

Deadpool has been having some bad luck lately. Someone seems to be fleecing every job he picks up, leaving a calling card reading "Good Night" at the scene of every hit. Using Hydra Bob as a decoy, he finally meets his adversary. The massive figure appears and subsequently tears every single bone out of Deadpool's body.

Deadpool hanging out like a Chicken McNugget

It turns out that years back, Wade assassinated the man's parents. Later, a hooded figure appeared and promised the boy revenge... but at a cost. He took the rap for the murder, and at several times in his life, is cast through various time portals which eventually harden him into a super powerful warrior. To complete his training, he's cast into hell and forced to battle his demons one final time. But as he monologues, Wade heals. And suddenly their fight proceeds to spill throughout town with a vengeance.

Pah-YOW!

Although he manages to put up a fight, Deadpool finally finds himself at his complete and total end. He begs for death, but the hooded figure appears and shuts his demonic minion down. It's revealed that the once-dead weapons dealer Weasel has somehow been resurrected, and with Mephisto's help, he seeks to show Wade a pain that would rival anything he as able to put others through. The issue ends with a sad Ellie looking at images of a news story of her father while Mephisto and Weasel look on, but it, this story arc comes to a sad close.

That's messed up, bruh.

Back when Gerry Duggan was at the helm of this book, it took a while to hook me but when he finally did, I doubted anyone would come close again. When it was relaunched under Skottie Young, it was about as surface and banal as anything I'd ever seen Deadpool get, but I agreed to give it time and boy, am I glad I did. With only a dozen issues under his belt, Young is building some depth to his version of such an iconic character. I'm finally firmly onboard and can't wait to see where the future takes him. I give this story a 9/10.

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