“Spider-Man/Deadpool, Vol. 1: Isn’t it Bromantic”

“I’m not a Deadpool fan. Let’s start with that.

The first movie was pretty fun, the second movie was bullshit, and the comics are almost all fine, but nothing that I get all that excited about.

*Whew* feels good to get that out there.

I think the idea of Deadpool is super great, but for some reason the execution never works. Maybe that’s the keyword, “execution.” They’re always trying to make Deadpool a not-bad-guy-bad-guy. Rubber bullets and the like. Which is dumb. They’ve done this with the Punisher on and off, and it just feels silly. Why do we need a neutered Deadpool when we could just have a regular Spider-Man? There’s not much use for him or difference, really.

This book does a pretty good job of making a storyline that brings the two characters together for a reason that makes just enough sense. Not an easy thing to do. As we find out in volume 2…”