This comic is filled with one page origin stories, which were actually used in some trades in 2010. The following characters get origins –
Captain America, Steve Rogers
Fantastic Four
Doctor Doom
Amazing Spider-Man
Green Goblin
Thor
Loki
Invincible Iron Man
Incredible Hulk
Avengers
X-Men
Writer Fred Van Lente
Art Leinil Francis Yu
Colors Dave McCaig
Letters VC’s Clayton Cowles
So great that Kitty makes it to the cast of characters.
Daredevil
Doctor Strange Writer Fred Van Lente
Artist Butch Guice
Color Artist Val Staples
Letterer Blambot’s Nate Piekos
Black Panther
Nick Fury
Wolverine
Hawkeye
Mockingbird, sometimes the two facing pages relate to each other and sometimes they do.
Black Widow
Punisher
Black Cat
Ms. Marvel, Carol
Hercules
Luke Cage
Immortal Iron Fist
Moon Knight
Ares
Spider-Woman, Jessica Drew
Ghost Rider
Skaar, Son of Hulk (whatever happened to this guy?)
Iron Man 2 is clearly coming out as there are ads for it and various merchandise.
Pet Avengers Writer Chris Eliopoulos
Artist Ig Guara
Color Chris Sotomayor
Letter Blambot’s Nate Piekos
Lockheed! I miss that purple dragon,, he needs to show up in a comic again!
Deadpool
Power Pack gets a very generous two pages
The Hood
Sentry
Captain America, Bucky Barnes – I like how they start and end with Captain America. It at least gives a reason for not starting with the Fantastic Four – though Cap (both of them) predate the first family by twenty years.
This seems like a very brief recap page. Doctor Strange apparently broke his hands, or something. He took on a new student, Casey. A wish-granting demon, Laroximous Boneflayer, has Casey’s soul. Also, and this is key for this issue, magic is having a stroke. Which seems like what is happening in the current comics, that the world is magic is breaking apart. I suppose that it is an easy story to come back to.
Outside of Strange’s home, magic is flaring up everywhere. Strange and Casey are safe, as long as they stay at home. Outside – Brother Voodoo, Ghost Rider and Damian Hellstrom – are trying to fight back magical forces. Strange realizes what magic needs is a surgeon.
Strange needs to stop the hemorrhaging, so he sends out a signal to his fellow heroic magic users. One of those users, is Magik! Which is pretty cool! Strange wants everyone to stop using magic for an hour. I’m just now noticing that Doctor Doom got the message as well, I’m sure he took the suggestion well.
While talking back, like a dman fool, Damian Hellstrom gets taken out by some tree limbs.
Strange explains to Casey that Eternity, who contains the entire universe, his magic gland is leaking. While Strange is dealing with that, he gives Casey a gem so she can find Larry, so she can get her soul back.
While Casey is looking for Larry, she sees Magik and Brother Voodoo. Strange’s body is vulnerable during this operation. Without her soul, Casey is internally aging.
Some old guy, who I’m pretty sure isn’t name checked in this issue, is approaching Strange’s home, he has a dagger so he’s up to no good.
Larry finally appears in the gem and tempts her to release him from his prison by offering to return her soul to her. While she’s across the room, the old guy (who has an eye patch) steps closer to Strange’s limp body.
oh, he does name himself, as he mutters his name to Strange. He’s Isaiah Curwin, The Silver Dagger. Casey finally recognizes she’s not alone in the room and actually debates taking the few seconds to grab her soul sphere but in those seconds, Strange’s throat would be slashed. She tackles Silver Dagger.
Silver Dagger flings Casey across the room. Magik and Doom look like they are trying to be proactive, but without using her magic.
Silver Dagger is choking Casey but a giant pink foot squashes him. Strange’s astral form returns to his body. Silver Dagger is super dead, and Strange isn’t happy that Casey used magic in such a big way. This was her final act though, as she fades away. Once she is gone, Larry comes out of the portal. Larry gives Strange’s Casey’s soul sphere and this encourages Strange that Casey is still out there as she can’t be dead when her soul is in a globe.
The previous issues, Deadpool has helped Loki lead a battle to Asgard. After conquering that realm, they came to Earth, which upsets Thor and all of the combined heroes.
I tried reading, Sun Tzu’s Art of War, but I just couldn’t get into it. Deadpool’s writing of the book, reveals to me that I’m still not ready to read it. Deadpool is having to rewrite the book, as he apparently killed Sun Tzu, in the past.
Onto the issue. Loki has brought some Orges to New York City and Loki, himself, is standing on a walking giant Whale. All the whale needs is a pair of overalls and it could have been Blow-Hole from The Tick.
Deadpool’s Art of War – Chapter 10 : There are six problems that can arise for an army that extend from poor leadership. Flight, Insubordination, Collapse, Ruin, Disorganization, Rout.
The gathered heroes, including Magik (making her sole appearance, this issue), Cyclops, and Tempus, of the New Xavier School. From the Jean Grey Schook, Warren and Storm are representing. Invisible Woman, back when the Fantastic Four were wearing red and black costumes. It isn’t a bad look, but I didn’t recognize her until I saw Reed Richards in the same color scheme.
Deadpool’s Art of War : There are six kinds of grounds to worry about : accessible, entangling,, narrow passes, temporizing, precipitous heights and great distance from the battle.
Deadpool is fighting Captain America, who is trying to calm Deadpool down. Deadpool is having to deal with making Loki all powerful and coming to Earth. Spider-Man successfully knocks Deadpool out.
Thor is leading the heroes of Asgard against Loki’s army.
Deadpool’s Art of War, Chapter Eleven : There are nine varieties of ground : Dispersive, Facile, Contentious, Open, Intersecting Highways, Serious, Difficult, Hemmed-in, and Desperate.
Deadpool is back in the fight but isn’t doing so well.
There is an ad for Black Vortex, I can’t recommend it enough.
Deadpool’s Art of War, Chapter Twelve : There are five ways to attack with fire – Burn soldiers in their camp / burn their stores / burn their baggage / burn their weaponry / drop fire among them
Deadpool writers this as Human Torch is fighting off some ogres but is taken out. Namor saves him before he can hit the ground.
Deadpool’s Art of War, Chapter Thirteen : Raising a hundred thousand men for battle can be a drain.
Reed, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, Thing, Hulk, Iron Man, Storm, Beast, Jean Grey, Scott Summers and Wolverine are fighting a horde.
Thor and Loki are fighting, Thor goes down a moment. Deadpool, with swords, comes at Loki. Thor gets back up, grabs Mjolnir and strikes down lightning onto Loki – taking him out of the fight, for good.
Later, Deadpool is trying to sell his book. The first publisher laughs him out of her office. He takes it to Marvel and editor, Jordan D. White (who likes to put himself into comics, as he is in Deadpool Volume Three Issue 45 / 250). White recommends they get Peter David to write it, which he will later do.
Or issue 250 of Volume One, pending on who you ask. Since the Indicia states, 45, that’s the one I’m going with. I own this for
Deadpool Roasts the Marvel Universe
An Infinity Gauntlet Tie-In
Words Gerry Duggan & Brian Posehn
Lines Scott Koblish
Hues Val Staples
Balloons VC’s Joe Sabino
Special Thanks to David Mandell
How great is it that 24 years later, we are getting an Infinity Gauntlet tie-in!?! So great!
You can tell that we are about to begin a twenty page awesome story with just that title page above! I’m surprised the entire thing isn’t on the Internet yet (as oppose to other stories being fully available, maybe it is the length of it?)
“The writers chose to write bizarre versions of current characters and to include characters that had never been seen before. . . . wait 24 years” so great.
Then. Deadpool has just successfully stolen something. Inferno is coming, Spider-Man is a clone, Phoenix is dead – pretty much tells us where we are in the world of Marvel. Gosh, from 1991 to 2015, so much has happened!
Deadpool’s client is . . . Thanos, in his legendary Thanos-copter (of course). Thanos had Deadpool steal him a cosmic cube. Turns out, Deadpool didn’t give Thanos the real cube, he used it to snatch the Infinity Gauntlet from Thanos.
What does Deadpool do with the most powerful item in the universe? One Night One : Deadpool Roasts the Marvel Universe. This will be my second most favorite Marvel Roast. Deadpool does this so that he can get back at everybody that has kept him down. A lady mistakes him for Spider-Man, so he erases her from continuity. Before he can start, Howard the Duck arrives. Howard changes the marquee, as it is in his rider to – Deadpool Roasts the Marvel Universe Special, Guest MC : Howard the Duck.
Deadpool’s dais consists of – Hulk, Spider-Man, Thor and Nick Fury.
I own this entire $9.99 comic due to the one panel that Magik appears in above! Emma gets a line later in the comic and Illyana isn’t even in that panel!
Like any good roast, there is a common easy joke that everyone can make, in Deadpool’s case, it is his face. His face is pretty tore back, due to his cancer, which is pretty messed up to make fun of him for it.
Howard makes a great joke about how everyone only likes Deadpool when he graces their comic cover, as that is a boost to their sales.
There is a great panel of how the blind characters got horrible seats. There is Stick, Shroud, Daredevil, Blindfold, her mother, Destiny, Madame Web, Echo and Blind Al. I thought Echo was deaf and not blind.
The first roaster is Wolverine, wearing a Goblin Queen outfit, but he doesn’t know it. Elektra is enjoying herself. Sabretooth is not happy that he is trying to be the new Wolverine.
Storm is up next, she is surprised to see that Hitler is in attendance. Magneto isn’t happy to discovery that Hitler is sitting at the table behind his. Hitler gleefully says that he was the star of issue 26, the issue prior to Deadpool and Shiklah’s wedding.
Deadpool starts to grow tired of Howard’s antics and makes a reference to Howard’s after credits scene in Guardians of the Galaxy.
Thanks to YouTuber Eczavier Chaff for hosting this video.
Emma is tired of this silly business. I wish Magik got to be appear in that panel! Poor Phoebe, she still can’t get colorist to color her hair red, outside of Uncanny and All New.
Cable is up next and he is extremely tired of being paired with Deadpool. There is a second theme of the roast, that people are just plain tired of Deadpool.
Thor states that no one likes Deadpool, god or mortal. Deadpool’s face looks like Heidrun the Goat’s backside, which looks like Mangog’s backside. Magog does not appreciate that and makes fun of Thor via a Thunderstrike reference.
Spider-Man gets on the mic and bombs. He references seeing Gwen’s dead and her father, George Stacey’s death. He discusses the Venom symbiote, Agent Venom states that Spider-Man likes it. Spider-Man tries to fake that Doctor Octopus has controlled again. Doctor Octopus chimes in, that he is the superior joke teller.
Daredevil jokes that he has heard back things. Howard the Duck makes fun of the lame joke and Blind Al swears at him, again.
Kim, who has had forced surgery to look like a purple Nightcrawler (I reviewed an issue he was appeared in issue 38 of Volume Three). He compliments Deadpool, so Howard pushes him off the stage. Kurt, the real Nightcrawler, takes the stage and claims that being dead is funnier than listening to Deadpool.
Agent Adsit takes the stage. He chooses to not make any jokes about Deadpool’s face – instead, going after Little Deadpool. He describes it as being a hot dog that has been microwaved too long. Shiklah laughs so hard, as it is so true.
Michael the Necromancer states that he is no hero but neither is Deadpool, which isn’t the most untruthful thing to say.
Hulk is next. He starts strong, with stating that he is the strongest there is. Except in stink, Deadpool wins that. When the jokes don’t go over well, he smashes his way out of the room.
Nick Fury Jr. is next but he doesn’t know what to say, so his father steps in. Proper Nick (not the old guy from Original Sin, so this must be a LMD) states that Deadpool is the worst guy in the universe. Which, funny enough, insults Hitler.
Captain America (but also not old) states that he doesn’t get a lot of Deadpool’s jokes but ends with a cheesy joke about how Deadpool and Red Skull must share a dermatologist.
Doctor Strange says that Deadpool covers his pain with jokes and wishes that no one had to be present for this.
A giant lizard dude shows up but isn’t name checked, I was hoping he would be. Deadpool and Thor tore him a new one and now he shits in a bag, which he offers to show people. I wish we got the name and the issue number that happened in.
The Ghost of Benjamin Franklin gets a turn. He comments on how horrible Deadpool’s face is that people are ignoring the fact that he is a horrible friend and pretty shallow.
Shiklah (I can’t seem to remember how to spell her name) takes the microphone. She agrees that his face isn’t great, vampires even feel bad for him but he is the hottest man she has ever met. They have a rule, no matter how much they battle, their love making is that much more intense.
Agent Preston gets her turn, her son – Jeff – wrote the jokes. The jokes are all poop jokes but funny poop jokes. “Your face looks like a doody took a doody on it. Your face looks like a sewer farted on it. Your face caught on fire and someone tried to put it out with poop. You face looks like a wizard made a poop sword and a young knight pulled it out of a poop stone and stabbed your face with it.” Deadpool is very proud.
Deadpool finally gets to defend himself. He gets a swipe at Alpha Flight. Because he is wearing the Infinity Gauntlet, his jokes are super funny to those who hear them and everyone starts laughing. He starts taking shots at the guests. Man Thing’s table is giant size. Deadpool has never killed anyone in a wheelchair, unlike Cyclops. Though Xavier wasn’t in a wheelchair at that time. Deadpool says that once Domino is done with her guest panel, she will go back to obscurity. Nightcrawler isn’t able to teleport away, as people start noticing something is wrong.
Deadpool was making people laugh as nothing matter, as he thinks about his origins retold in five panels (the lights of the Infinity Gems). Due to him wearing the Infinity Gauntlet, he can see us, the reader. Deadpool is depress as he knows he isn’t real and his torments are due to us needing to be entertain. Howard the Duck knows who Deadpool is talking too, as Howard the Duck was breaking the fourth wall decades before Deadpool came out of Rob Liefeld’s pen.
Issue ends with Thanos, still in the Thanos-copter. Deadpool gives Thanos the Infinity Gauntlet and is kicked out of the copter.
The other stories in the issue are –
The main story, which is pretty fun.
Thanks to the Recap page, we learn that Deadpool has a daughter, Ellie, and Agent Preston has been raising her.
U.L.T.I.M.A.T.I.U.M. is going after Deadpool’s friends and family but they are being killed as they make their attempts. Agent Adsit is shot though. Flag Smasher suspects Deadpool is going to go the traditional route of over reacting and barge at them with the full fury of an animated wounded animal. Instead. Deadpool has a plan that pretty much goes as he planned it. Deadpool has everything finalized, including buying a farm in Kansas and he invites U.L.T.I.M.A.T.I.U.M. to attack him. Deadpool starts killing everyone of these foolish fools. He makes a AXIS reference by referring to his Zenpool identity. Deadpool saves Flag Smasher for last. Wade Wilson kills Deadpool, so that he can keep his friends safe and that he can spend time with his wife and child.
Six Days Later. Everyone is on a stolen yacht. Agent Adsit is in a wheelchair, so he lives.
The final Incursion between the Proper Marvel Earth and the Ultimate Earth. Wade thought all of this Incursion silliness was Avengers nonsense, which I thought so as well. Wade hugs his daughter one last time.
The main story ends with the Death of Deadpool but also, of everyone else as the Incursion of the Proper Marvel Earth and the Ultimate Earth begins.
There is a section of stories regarding Deadpool’s Pals ‘N’ Gals
Shiklah in Shiklah’s Catching Up (this credit page is what I kept referring back to so that I spelled her name right)
Agent Preston in The Family S.H.I.E.L.D.
Evan Sabahnur in What Do We Want? Apocalypse! When Do We Want It? Now!
Agent Scott Adsit in The Thwipster and the Quipster Battel the Hipsters!
Benjamin Franklin in All About the Benjamins
Michael the Necromancer in Parents : The Meeting
Then came the Roast
There is a three pages of #RIPdeadpool reprints that I wish I had known about so that I could have gotten involved.
Finally, a fun page of Clark Gregg yelling at editor Jordan D. White for killing off Deadpool.
Let’s take a closer look at Scott Koblish & Val Staples’ Guinness World Record holding, most characters on a single issue cover, 236 known characters.
The very first thing I notice is Kitty and Lockheed are standing apart from the X-Men. Next, that Human Torch is setting Lockheed up for a prank on Thing.
Odd how Rachel and Magik are nowhere near Kitty, but then Colossus is next to his sister – explaining that.
Next to Rachel, are four of the Original X-Men as Angel is flying high.
I like that Cable is the best man.
Black Panther is staring at Storm.
Beast and Wonder Man are next to each other. Probably due to no one else wanting to stand next to them.
Leech and Artie are the ring bearers.
Kurt is marrying them.
Superior Spider-Man’s backpack is holding his spider-legs.
Reed and Sue are hugging. Captain Britain and Meggan are also hugging.
The Pet Avengers have assembled!
Hulk and Impossible Man are mean eyeing each other.
I like how the Asgardians get their own row.
As part of Deadpool’s wedding party – Luke Cage, Wolverine and Captain America.
The Bride’s bridesmaids are – She-Hulk, Wasp, Domino, Siryn, Lady Deadpool and Squirrel Girl.
Hopefully Marvel gets it together to make a shirt out of this.
Also, the cover implies that this is the most important issue number 27 in the history of comics! With a quick scan of my collection, I own these other issue 27s :
Excalibur, Exiles, Generation X, Ultimate Comics X-Men, Ultimate Fantastic Four, Uncanny X-Force Volume One, Wolverine and the X-Men, X-Treme X-Men and Deadpool Volume One – that has Kitty, Wolverine and Doctor Bong.
Onto the issue. There are multiple stories but Kitty only appears in one of them.
The Wedding of Deadpool
Writers Brian Posehn & Gerry Duggan
Artist Mike Hawthorne
Colorist Jordie Bellaire
Letterer VC’s Joe Sabino
This is a run I’ve been wanting to try for a while as I am a big Brian Posehn fan. I met him once at the San Diego Comic Con. He was just minding his own business and I recognized him (how could you not?) and just walked over, told him how much I really like his comedy performances. He said thanks and I left him alone after that. I met him right before I saw Lou Ferringo, Lou wasn’t happy that all I wanted to do was shake his hand.
I have been reading great reviews for this comic for a while now and I’m glad this wedding issue happened so I can see what was going on.
Issue opens with Deadpool, SHIELD Agents Emily Preston (now in a new robot body) and Scott Adsit as they are fighting agents of ULTIMATUM. I really like the character of Preston, seems like a lot of fun.
Deadpoool is explaining to them, while they are all in a middle of a shoot out, that he is having a ceremony later. He and his wife, Shiklah, are already technically married, the ceremony is just for friends and family.
All of a sudden, we hear a voice from a distance, one of the ULTIMATUM agents were not killed. Deadpool and Preston look at each other, as they know they killed their opponents. Adsit has to admit that he may have only winged the guy.
The three head outside, another ULTIMATUM agent comes running out of a van, Death to Deadpool, then we (or at least I) finally see who Shiklah is. She is a giant demon lady! Don’t worry, she has a weaker form, that of a lovely lady.
Shiklah and Preston get along like old friends.
Shiklah shows the agents where she lives, Monster Metropolis.
Deadpool reveals that Shiklah has a fued with vampires.
Adsit asks who will be actually marrying them. Deadpool slaps his own forehead. He hadn’t thought of that yet. Doctor Stange turns down the offer. Captain America also says no, and is insulted that he wasn’t asked first. Wolverine turns him down, but Nightcrawler states that he will marry them. Good thing he is alive again.
I like how comfortable Deadpool is to be seen without his mask on.
Blind Al gets sent to the wrong address.
At the outdoor wedding. Bob the Agent is there. So is Cyclops and Squirrel Girl.
It starts to rain, good thing Thor is there to stop it.
They kiss as they are married, and I like that Shiklah dips Deadpool. Also, that Kitty Pryde was in attendance. At least, if I see a brunette with a ponytail, I figure that gal is Kitty.
Kitty is also at the reception, which is a real party – she is sitting at a table with Iceman. Hulk and Colossus are staring each other down. Northstar and Kyle are dancing. As is Kurt and Storm.
The newlyweds come in to cheers. They dance and this story ends with another kiss.
Actually it ends with ULTIMATUM planning their next move against Deadpool.
Shadow and Flame with Magik 