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Deadpool Back in Black #5
Published December 14, 2016 by
Marvel Comics. Written by Cullen Bunn and drawn by Salvador Espin.
Issue #5 of Deadpool Back in
Black is the exciting conclusion of the untold story of the Merc with the Mouth
and Spider-man’s symbiote suit all taking place in the spectacularly excessive
eighties!*
As the story begins we find
Killer Thrill has her man, Spider-man that is and after a valiant fight by our
friendly neighborhood Spider-Man she begins to use him to draw the Klyntar to
her.
Has she bargained for more than
she’s ready for? As the symbiote reacts to the anguish she puts Petey through
it eventually finds her but her assistant, Guzz, delivers a sonic blast that
separates Wade from the Klyntar and allow DP time to clear his head to deliver
a KO to Guzz and rejoin the symbiote. Once reunited the symbiote sets its
sights and tongue on Killer Thrill. And taking a piece of the bounty hunter
with it.
After a devastating blow Killer
Thrill calls off her quest to capture the Klyntar yet again but not before
delivering a parting shot to Deadpool and the symbiote.
Now the symbiote sets its sights
on the wounded Spidey and its desire for revenge. However, Deadpool can’t let
that happen and forces the symbiote to separate from him once again. Free from
the symbiote Deadpool is able to save webhead from the vengeful alien.
All bounty hunters have an
employer and finally we learn who has hired Killer Thrill but they aren’t too
happy about the failure of the mission. Killer Thrill however attempts to
appease the situation by a Guzz offering.
Back on Earth we finally see the
prior events of Eddie Brock’s fateful meeting with the symbiote and the birth
of Venom…
This Deadpool blast from the past
has been pretty fun. The artwork is great and all the eighties, Spider-man –
symbiote spoofing has been a real joyride. Killer Thrill’s hijinks have been
very entertaining and her love-hate relationship for Spider-Man really pulls at
the heartstrings.
*For those readers born during or
after the eighties it was time of high adrenaline living to excess. – Joltn’
Jer
Deadpool Back in Black #4
Published December 7, 2016 by
Marvel Comics. Written by Cullen Bunn and drawn by Salvador Espin.
Who likes a hearty helping of
berries and nuts? Wade keeps masquerading around New York as the black suited
Spiderman and yet again attracts another of the webslinger’s foes. A violent
and repulsive encounter with Kraven the Hunter starts the action off in this
issue but the Klyntar saves the Merc and his foul mouth yet again. More
fighting and some poison darts get the better of the two and begin a strange hallucinogenic
trip through a mix of Wilson’s memories and the symbiote’s when it was with
Spiderman.
Trippin’ on whatever Kraven puts
in those darts Deadpool finds himself in the lion’s den at the zoo. And he isn’t
greeted too warmly by his feline hosts. Ironically it’s the hunter who saves
their hide this time. But the symbiote begins to show a darker and more twisted
side of itself and fends off Kraven.
While sleeping off the last of
the drugs in the poison darts and collecting bird droppings all over himself
and his friendly suit the merc is once again being hunted by Killer Thrill but someone
else has caught the assassin’s attention. And it all concludes in the next
exciting issue!
Kraven the Hunter has always been
a prideful character and while these Deadpool issues are a great parody of some
of Marvel’s best villain the fun doesn’t stop just because the hunter shows up.
The best part is probably the lion wrestling Kraven does and the fact that he
gets the idea to change his M.O. to hunt Spiderman from the torqued alien suit
that Spiderman bailed on is pretty comical. But the cliffhanger in this issue
is great too as the final issue should be a McFarlanesque epic meeting and
Parker must be a magnet for *redheads? We’ll see how this all plays out next
issue.
*Mary Jane Watson is probably
every 12 year old boy’s first choice for an ice cream social… – Joltn’ Jer
DEADPOOL BACK IN BLACK #1
Published October 5, 2016 by
Marvel Comics. Written by Cullen Bunn and drawn by Salva Espin.
Before Peter Parker bonded with
the symbiote alien during Secret Wars the symbiote was briefly joined with Wade
Wilson. How was this missed? While being hunted down the symbiote finds
Deadpool in a typical 80’s comic jam. His eyes gouged out and being strangled
by his A.I. partner, Machine Man. And if
that wasn’t enough he was trying to avoid looking at the dance of Dansen Macabre.
However, to his luck the symbiote alien senses he’s in trouble and quickly
joins with the Merc with a Mouth at which point he’s able to overpower Machine
Man and waste the monks of the Cult of Kali. But here’s another big reveal.
Deadpool was at Secret Wars in that epic battle against the Beyonder! He must’ve
been overlooked and pushed to the side by Jim Shooter. During a flashback he
remembers his first encounter with the symbiote but it left him for Parker
instead. Now flash forward the symbiote is back with Wilson and strangely gives
him web-slinging abilities that rival Larsen or McFarlane-like poses.
I had to jump on this series. I
love a good comic parody. I think it’s healthy to poke fun at the serious, high
drama stories everyone once and awhile. I’m still working some for my own comic
creation. But this is great fun to relive comics in the eighties. And I
remember 1980. Two Easter eggs that stick out are the editor’s side notes
scattered through the book and the MS-DOS reference. Some of the lingo in the
beginning narrative by Deadpool ring of eighties but white high-tops, jeans and
a mullet would’ve really nailed it*! I’m
hoping for some breakdancing in the remainder issues…
*Metal-heads fashion trends from
the eighties -Joltn’ Jer…
