GOOD NIGHT
Written by Skottie Young
Penciled by Scott Hepburn
Published Mar - May 2019
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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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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