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Ultimate Spider-Man, Vol. 16: Deadpool
- A Deadly Pool of CameosThis volume right here revitalized the whole series. Much of the original suspense and fun faded throughout the last few books, but this one really brought back the original....zest of Ultimate Spider-man. The story is unique and the dialogue is flawless. The best part is that we get a all you can read buffet out of tons of superheroes, without the bloated full feeling. The way that this works is that we really have three separate stories that stand alone well. In these three stories we get all-star appearances that only compliment and never spoil. X-men? Deadpool? Marvel Knights? Morbius? It's like Christmas in here!
Bendis earns his hefty paycheck by strong characterization. The fact that he can throw a bunch of characters into a stew and stir without diluting is fascinating. I feel every essense of the characters that I want to feel. This is why the series keeps going. Bendis wants us to connect and move with the characters. And he does a dang fine job of it. And by the way, don't be confused by the strange sidekick on the front cover. I was confused about the book being titled Deadpool with that character on the front too. Keep Reading!
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- Ultimately Awesome!!!!!In Ultimate Spider-Man 16 Deadpool. Peter Parker has broken up with girlfriend Mary Jane Watson. His fear that she would end up a casualty of his superheroic extracurricular activities drove him to that painful decision. A chance meeting with the X-Men (in an earlier issue) sets the stage for a new love interest in Kitty Pride. Unlike MJ, Kitty cannot be harmed due to her mutant ability to phase through solid matter. Kitty dons a new costume when she hangs around fighting crime with Spider-Man because "People see Kitty Pride with Spider-Man, and then see her dating Peter Parker. It doesn't take a genius to figure it out."
In an arc of Ultimate X-Men the team travel to the island of Genosha. There they go agianst orders of Professor X and intervene in the events taking place. A TV show in which mutants are hunted and killed on air. That event precipitates to what happens here (Deadpool). After a night of Super activities Kitty returns home to find the school empty say for one person, team member Wolverine. Logan attacks Kitty but she manages to escape via phasing. She makes it to the X-Jet and programs it to return to previous destination (Peters Place). Before Kitty can board she is tased by Storm. Peter sees the X-Jet from his room and boards in costume (lucky considering that the X-Men know that he is Spider-Man). Once at the school he sees Kitty, he is then warned by his Spider sence which he ignores and the result is shocking. Peter wakes up aboard a helicopter surrounded by Kitty and her fellow X-Men, all in chains. They are dropped from the chopper to an island below. They realise that they are back on Genosia and that the show is back on the air, and they are it's contestants. Expect thrills, excitement, and panel splashing visuial action in Ultimate Spider-Man 16: Deadpool.
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- Oh Man. Dude. This sucks. (Not my words, direct quotes.)In all truth, I am luke-warm in my enthusiam for most Marvel titles. I like the characters, I grew up with the cartoons, and I've watched all the movies, but with the exception of one character (Deadpool), I've never read the comics. When I saw this book, I had the library send it to me so I could see if I truly wanted to purchase it.
I don't. I understand that this is the "Ultimates" universe and while I was shocked and annoyed that this DP was not my DP, it was the writing that was killing me long before the Merc (no longer with a Mouth) showed up. If this is what writing in other Marvel comics is like, I'm going to have to start sending candy and flowers and my first born to Fabian and Joe Kelly.
I think another reviewer said "overwrought". That's the understatement of the year. There was a lot of screaming and pubescent whining and a grating repetetiveness to everyone's dialogue. Also, every single character has dropped 30 IQ points as they seem incapable of figuring out how they got anywhere or what is going on. Perhaps this is a stab at realism, but you know what? Real people aren't glib or particularly entertaining. Do you often sit next to two teenagers and become engrossed in their conversations?
"What?"
"What?"
"No really, I mean it."
"Yeah, totally."
"I'm just saying..."
"Dude, that sucks."
The plots for all three stories were rather 'blah' and if you're into fight scenes you might like the first, into vampires you might like the second, and into random shootings you might like the third, but I can't think of anyone I know who is that scattered in their interests, especially as none of the stories delves into anything particularly new or interesting in any of these categories.
Screw this, I'm going back to the real Deadpool, Transformers and Hellboy.
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- Not the Best StoryDeadpool and his gang captures the X-Men and Spidey and they are now in a reality tv show where the good guys are being hunted and killed. Not really the most original story if you've seen Death Race or The Condemned (which came out after this book). The sci-fi aspect is somewhat cool if not freaky where humans who hate mutants so much, are willing to undergo genetic mutations to change their bodies so they can gain superpowers to crush the mutants. The fight is somewhat too long and not the most interesting battle. However, it is pretty entertaining and I doubt you would be bored. I do not like the lettering in this book because it's done in a totally weird format to indicate the reality tv show aspect of it.
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- More from Bendis and BagleyThis sixteenth trade paperback of the long running Bendis/Bagley series collects Ultimate Spiderman issues 91-96 as well as the second Annual. Issues 91-94 explore Peter Parker's budding romance with Kitty Pryde. Spiderman and the X-Men are kidnapped by Deadpool and his band of half-human, half-cyborg mutant hating mercenaries, the Reavers. Transported to Krakoa Island off the coast of Genosha, our heroes are hunted in a violent reality show resembling Richard Connell's classic short story 'The Most Dangerous Game.' Issues 95 and 96 feature Moribus, who is not a villian in Marvel's Ultimate Universe. Daredevil, The Punisher and Moon Knight guest in the Mark Brooks penciled Annual that closes this volume.
Ultimate Spider-Man, Vol. 16: Deadpool
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