Title: Spider-Man/Deadpool Volume 0: Don't Call it a Team-Up
Author: Joe Kelly, Fabian Nicieza, Daniel Way, Kevin Shinick, Brian Posehn, Gerry Duggan, and Christopher Hastings
Artist: Pete Woods, Patrick Zircher, Eric Canete, Carlo Barberi, Aaron Kuder, Mike Hawthorne and Jacopo Camagni
Genre: Action / Superheroes / Humor
Year Published: 2016
Year Read: 2018
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Source: Purchased
Content Rating: Ages 13+ (Some Language and Violence)
Buy on: Amazon // Book Depository
Introduction:
Now, I personally had never
picked up a “Deadpool” comic book
before since at the time, I was not that interested in reading anything about “Deadpool” despite his huge
popularity. It wasn’t until I watched
the “Deadpool” movie starring Ryan
Reynolds that I started getting (a bit) interested in the character and I have
been trying to figure out where I needed to start reading about “Deadpool” in the comics. So, yeah
thanks “Deadpool” movie for getting
me into the comics (a bit)! I had gotten
several different recommendations from fellow readers and some have said that I
should read either Joe Kelly’s run
or Daniel Way’s run. Since neither run was really available to me
at the moment, I had decided to read this collection of stories where Deadpool
teams up with Spider-Man called “Spider-Man/Deadpool
Volume 0: Don’t Call it a Team-Up” since I had been reading lots of “Spider-Man” comics before this and I
must say that this collection was quite good!
What is this story
about?
This is basically a collection of issues collected where
Spider-Man and Deadpool teamed up with each other. So, here are the issues featured in this
collection and my ratings for each one:
Deadpool (1997):
Issue #11: ★★★★★
Written
by: Joe Kelly
Artwork
by: Pete Woods
When
Deadpool and his prisoner Blind Al ended up going through time, they ended up
in a timeline that takes place in the 47th issue of the 1960s “Amazing Spider-Man” series. In order
to not to change the timeline, Deadpool and Blind Al have to masquerade as
Peter Parker and Aunt May respectively. They
also found out that the only way to get out of this timeline is to find a
younger Weasel and convince him to build a time machine for them to go back
into.
Cable and
Deadpool: Issue #24: ★★1/2
Written
by: Fabian Nicieza
Artwork
by: Patrick Zircher
Cable and
Deadpool are working together to obtain a secret project called “Cone of
Silence” and Deadpool is sent out to provide a distraction towards Spider-Man
so that the plan can go by smoothly.
Amazing
Spider-Man: Issue #611: ★★ 1/2
Written
by: Joe Kelly
Artwork
by: Eric Canete
Deadpool
and Spider-Man ended up getting into an insult match when they meet up with
each other again, while a more sinister plan involving Madame Web is brewing in
the background.
Deadpool (2008):
Issues #19-21: ★★★★★
Written
by: Daniel Way
Artwork
by: Carlo Barberi
When a
mysterious hit man (I am sorry, hit monkey) ends up killing various people in
the city who have committed crimes, Spider-Man and Deadpool are forced to work
together in order to take down this hit monkey once and for all!
Avenging
Spider-Man: Issues #12-13: ★★★ 1/2
Written
by: Kevin Shinick
Artwork
by: Aaron Kuder
When
Spider-Man ended up being trapped in his own dreams, it turns out that Deadpool
had set him up by making him free his client the Hypno-Hustler from jail. The Hypno-Hustler then ends up making
Spider-Man hallucinate in fighting his foes and it is not long before the
Hypno-Hustler hypnotizes Deadpool too!
Deadpool (2012): Issue #10: ★★★
Written
by: Brian Posehn and Gerry Duggan
Artwork
by: Mike Hawthorne
Deadpool
ends up working with Spider-Man in order to take down Daniel Gump. But little does Deadpool know, Spider-Man’s
body is currently being taken over by Doc Ock, after Peter Parker had “died” in
the previous issues.
Deadpool Annual: Issue #2: ★★★★ 1/2
Written
by: Christopher Hastings
Artwork
by: Jacopo Camagni
When the Chameleon caused Spider-Man to hallucinate various
innocent people into being the Chameleon, Deadpool ends up taking over
Spider-man’s mantle in order to locate the Chameleon and save Peter from these
hallucinations.
What I loved about
this story:
The writing: I hit the jackpot in actually getting a
collection of stories that features both Deadpool and Spider-Man. I have been trying to find a way to get into
the “Deadpool” comics, whether it
would be through one run or through a collection of issues that would help me
determine which run I should spend my time reading. Well, I must say that I
found some of the issues in this collection to be pretty entertaining! Some of my favorite issues in this volume
(judging by the ratings that I gave for each issue) are “Deadpool (1997) Issue #11,” “Deadpool (2008) Issues #19-21,” and
“Deadpool Annual Issue #2.” In “Deadpool
(1997),” I loved the way that Joe Kelly wrote the time traveling story arc
with Deadpool going back in time to the original 1960s “Amazing Spider-Man” run as I was laughing my head off with
Deadpool acting like his crude self while dressing up as Peter Parker while
insulting Peter’s friends (especially with him making fun of the Osborns’
hairstyles)! In “Deadpool (2008),” I loved the way that Daniel Way wrote both Deadpool and Spider-Man as it was
entertaining seeing them work together to take down a hitman who happens to be
a monkey! In “Deadpool Annual,” I loved the way that Christopher Hastings wrote this story as it was quite entertaining
seeing Deadpool act like Spider-Man and seeing his enthusiasm at taking over
the mantle while Spider-Man is knocked out.
I was happy to see Deadpool and Spider-Man interact with each other
since I always wanted to see how Spider-Man and Deadpool would act around each
other. It was interesting seeing
Spider-Man be the sane, straight man to Deadpool’s wacky wise guy as it made
their relationship with each other much more entertaining!
The artwork: The
artwork in this volume was quite creative and gorgeous to look at, especially
the artwork done by Pete Woods, Carlo
Barberi and Jacopo Camagni. I
especially love the artwork in “Deadpool (1997)” as I loved the mixture
of the modern artwork with the 1960’s artwork and it just made the story even
funnier whenever we hear Deadpool’s crude comments clash with the family
friendly 1960s artwork.
What made me feel
uncomfortable about this story:
The reason why I gave this volume a four-star rating was
because even though there were a couple of issues that I did enjoy in this
collection, there were other issues that I did not enjoy as much and that brings
the rating down a bit. I did not enjoy
the “Cable and Deadpool” and the “Amazing Spider-Man” issues that much
since they were pretty bland to me and there were some issues like “Deadpool (2012)” that were just okay.
Final Thoughts:
Overall, “Spider-Man / Deadpool Volume 0: Don’t Call It a Team-Up” is a great volume for
anyone who is a huge fan of both Spider-Man and Deadpool and I would definitely
give this volume a try!
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