The ‘in’ joke with Deadpool is the over saturation of the character across the Marvel Universe and this week a poll was posted to cancel a title.
Deadpool has finally done it! The Merc With a Mouth is now in more monthly comics than the human mind can handle! To rectify that, we went straight to Mr. Wade Wilson himself and told him he has to choose one of his ongoing series for cancelation, either DEADPOOL CORPS or DEADPOOL TEAM-UP.
Alas, Deadpool can’t make this decision alone: He needs your help!
Using the most advanced science Deadpool understands–online fan polls–we’re going to decide which comic to keep and which to kill.
More than a few comic writers spoke out about this on twitter during the week including artist and Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld. Everyone seemed a bit upset that a title was being canceled in a crass way because of the creative team’s behind the books are actual people with families to support.
This issue starts with an hilarious spoof of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy and after that? No real surprises. If you’re a Deadpool fan you already know if you want this, and you’ll get exactly what you always get. Matteo Scalera does a competent job on the art and I got a few chuckles from the story by Rob Williams. If you can wait it out Marvel adds Deadpool titles to Marvel DCU frequently. If not this book is on par with what you’ve been enjoying already.
Did Marvel disrespect the creative teams involved by posting a poll to cancel a book? Judging from the reactions I’d have to say yes, but this is DEADPOOL and we all know he don’t give two f@#$S!