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Deadpool: Where to Start?
Dekabal
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I want to start reading the Deadpool graphic novels and was wondering where I should start. Which one's should I start with, which are the best, and is there a chronilogical to them or are they mostly non-canon?
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But your most likely best off starting with the first volume of Daniel Way's deadpool
Vol 1 - Secret Invasion
http://www.amazon.com/Deadpool-Vol-1-Secret-Invasion/dp/0785132732/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306115884&sr=8-1
Vol 2 - Dark Reign
http://www.amazon.com/Deadpool-Vol-2-Dark-Reign/dp/0785132740/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b
Vol 3 - X Marks the Spot
http://www.amazon.com/Deadpool-Vol-Marks-Daniel-Way/dp/0785140409/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_c
But the current best place to get deadpool IMO, is Remender's Uncanny X-Force
http://www.amazon.com/Uncanny-X-Force-Apocalypse-Rick-Remender/dp/078514854X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1306115996&sr=1-1
but I'd start with all the deadppol classic trades then move on to cable and deadpool
And I'm fine with that.
Seriously though, he's right, the first arc will have you hooked.
But, I'm also a proponent of Deadpool: Dark Reign, Deadpool: Monkey Business, Deadpool: Team-Up, and Deadpool: Classic.
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So, yeah, my vote is for Deadpool: Classic and Cable & Deadpool.
There's nothing Way has done that's as good as those series
Which Volume of classic did you read or start with?
I made the mistake of grabbing the first one, it's the exposition of the character, but it comes before all the stuff that really made him what he is. I hear the other volumes starting with number two, which are only by Joe Kelly, are where all the awesome stuff and the sharper sense of humor come in.
Yeah, same here.
Like I said, I guess all the good stuff starts with Volume 2. I feel so burnt, though, because those things are so damn expensive. I just flipped through Marvel's digital comics subscription service, and they're all there for the flat fee, but I looked at some of the previews and the old-style 90s coloring seems to be way, way too dark for digital. It's really difficult to read at some points.
So, that is also shitty...
For me, the definite Deadpool is Gail Simone's run on the title, as well as Agent X. It's probably also because that was my first introduction to the character. So many great moments. Always makes me sad it's not collected though.
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I want a poster of the cover.
On the other hand, Cable and Deadpool tells a really epic kind of story (which unfortunately goes off the rails near the end), as does Joe Kelly run on the book.
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cable and deadpool is excellent from beginning to end and never goes off the rails or ever stops being enjoyable
just ignore them two blood of apocalypse issues
I think Deadpool: Team-Up had the right idea. In it, Deadpool's personality is pretty static. He's a crazy mercenary that basically has a good heart, and feels undervalued and unappreciated by pretty much everyone. The fun of the series, was watching that character bounce off the other larger-than-life personalities of the Marvel U.
Honestly, I think Marvel needs to put a pin in the whole Heroic Deadpool thing. It was fun, but the character's finished that story, what? Like four times now?
If I'd had my druthers, Deadpool would have become a legitimately beloved superhero during Dark Reign, under the Norman Osborn administration. Then, once Norman's taken down and all of his villains-turned-heroes are driven underground or imprisoned, Wade's mistakenly imprisoned alongside them, because everyone naturally assumes that he's no better or different from any of the other trash Osborn had on his payroll.
That gives you a nice jailbreak story arc, which I tend to enjoy, followed up by Deadpool becoming a legitimate supervillain again, albeit a morally complex one. There have been very, very few comics starring villains, doing real supervillain stuff, and I think that could make for a cool ongoing. Then, after a year or so of that, he could get arrested and put on the Thunderbolts. Or the Thunderbolts C-Team, the Blunderbolts.
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I started buying it before I fell way behind on everything. I remember being torn on the first couple issues; they were hilarious at times, but they really did go overboard with the sex and gore. I like the cartoony-comedy of Deadpool, and that was there, but there was also a lot of stereotypical shit & gore humor that turned me off.
Still, I grabbed up to 6 in singles. I'll read them soon, and if I like it enough, I'll grab 7-12 when they hit trade.
really there only needed to be two deadpool titles: Way's title with a more character orientation bent, and team-up which was a bunch of unrelated silly escapades
He can write a story and have the characters speak the way they should
But he has no idea how to develop this
He has no idea how to use character to tell a story, but instead tells a bunch of similar stories with a character that acts the way you'd expect and never delves into why this is, nor makes any attempt to try and do something different.
Just bought Classics vol. 4 today and it explains Wade's origin and how he got the name Deadpool. Plus it starts the love affair of Wade and Death. Only thing that sucks about the classics is how slow they come out.
I thought he was onto something for the first...10 issues? right around when the Dark Reign arc ended it sorta fell to pieces
The Gorilla Man issue was probably the best in the series
Parker dropped the "multiple voices in wade's head" thing that has been in vogue since Way started on the ongoing and was better for it
Now now, the Iron Fist issue is definitely a contender for "Best in Series". But it was so good to have an issue free of Deadpool's other voices.
Usually, the formula in Team-Up was Deadpool + Straight-Man. The Machine Man issue reversed that formula, teaming him up with another funny character.
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It just seemed like the writer turned the Nextwave personality up to 11 and then called it a day
Also I was shocked at how good the Iron Fist issue was given McCarthy's track record with All Hail Megatron