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karnakjr's review
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I read this while it was still fairly new. It’s The Usual Suspects, but Marvel villains. I remember when I first read it, I spent a couple weeks drawing teams of supervillains that I thought were cool, trying to out do the fairly generic lineup of this book. I know I was drawing a lot of the Pangolin and Mysterio. It didn’t really capture my imagination this go around.
There’s nothing wrong with Identity Disk, other than being derivative. Maybe it will scratch an itch if you feel weird enjoying a movie in which the star and the director have been tied to sexual assault.
There’s nothing wrong with Identity Disk, other than being derivative. Maybe it will scratch an itch if you feel weird enjoying a movie in which the star and the director have been tied to sexual assault.
zzzrevel's review
3.0
A decent set-up but not quite a satisfying
conclusion. Could have used more Deadpool
too!
conclusion. Could have used more Deadpool
too!
ericarobyn's review
5.0
In the first issue in this book, we begin with a flashback where a mother is driving away with a young girl while the father gets arrested. Then, much later, the father is looking at a photo saying he knows its his little girl. This man is The Sandman (William Baker), and he is with The Vulture (Adrian To0mes). There is also a woman in the room that appears to be in charge because she has two things to hold over The Sandman. She tells them to meet her at a warehouse later. Then she approaches the Juggernaut, Sabretooth, Bullseye, and Deadpool, and does the same thing- she's got blackmail and she will use it if they don't meet her at the warehouse. Once they are all there, the woman introduces herself as Valeria Merrick who works for Tristram Silver (who the team thinks is a fictional crime-lord, but Vulture knows better because he is older than the rest of them). The job that Mr. Silver has brought them all together to do? Find the Identity Disc- a database that contains civilian identities, home addresses, medical histories, know relatives and other such information of every costumed operative in America. This disc is currently in the hands of Advanced Idea Mechanics (A.I.M.), the terrorist cartel. When the Sandman tries to attack Valeria, she shoots him with a bullet that messes with the silicon dioxide in his body, which turns him into just a pile of sand.
In the second issue, Valeria hands out assignments:
Sabertooth and Vulture will get a layout of the AIM base without alerting AIM- Sabertooth ends up being less than discrete, but causes people to evacuate which gives the Vulture an open shot at the computer.
Deadpool and Bullseye will get a computer chip from a lab that acts as a digital skeleton key- these two wait for sunset to act. In the meantime, Deadpool says the blackmail Valeria has on him is about his first wife, Gretchen. Bullseye says he double dipped on an assignment, thinking the two sides wouldn't compare notes, but they did. After sunset, they go in and steal the chip, only taking out one security guard. But Deadpool thought this was too boring, so he opened fire on the room before leaving.
The Juggernaut will check out the external security of the AIM base- on assignment he's bored, but he accomplishes it without any trouble.
Later, Bullseye goes off to try to get information on Mr. Silver to make sure this job is legit and that they aren't getting played. When he tries to bail on the mission, Valeria shows up and says they need to begin now.
In the third issue, the team discovers that the AIM headquarters looks like a building with lots of floors on the outside, but it's actually a shell that holds a missile site and launchpad. The team heads off to begin the mission. First, they take out the men in hazmat suits and change into their suits to get passed the guard at the front gate. It takes them awhile to get inside, and once they do, they are singled out by the over-seeer.
In the fourth issue, the AIM people start attacking, and there are a LOT of them. First, the Vulture gets taken down by the AIM people. Then Deadpool offers himself up as a diversion but appears to overpowered. Then Bullseye fights the herd, but also gets overpowered. Sabretooth jumps down an elevator shaft but gets crushed by the Juggernaut when he falls down the shoot. So the Juggernaut moves forward and finds the disc. Rather than grabbing it and leaving, he puts it in a computer and checks out the files. While he's looking, someone comes in and the Juggernaut says "You're the one behind this! How could you?" and then he is shot by something. When the building blows, the Vulture is the one that walks away, but there are plenty of emergency personnel waiting to stop him.
In the fifth issue, we pick up with The Vulture being questioned by Fury....but Fury tells the Vulture that Sabretooth was the mastermind behind the whole thing. However, it turns out that it was the Vulture that was behind it all and Valeria is his daughter. He did all of this to protect her, because she works for SHEILD and she had to tamper with a bunch of documents to hid her relation from him to get her job. The info that the team was after wasn't the Identity Disc (that's with SHIELD) but they did get the info that AIM had on Valeria. Later, we learn that the Sandman was also in on the plan, but that he is really working for Mr. Silver (who is real but had nothing to do with this whole bit).
Favorite lines:
(1st issue) "Well, well...if it ain't Puss in Boots."-Deadpool to Sabertooth
(2nd issue) "That's it? We just go now?"-Juggernaut
"This isn't the movies, Mr. Marko. You boys can synchronize your watches if that's the kind of thing you like to do."-Valeria
(3rd issue) "Please, Sir, may I have some more?"-Deadpool
"I agree. That was disappointingly easy."-Bullseye, after they took out 8 AIM people in hazmat suits.
In the second issue, Valeria hands out assignments:
Sabertooth and Vulture will get a layout of the AIM base without alerting AIM- Sabertooth ends up being less than discrete, but causes people to evacuate which gives the Vulture an open shot at the computer.
Deadpool and Bullseye will get a computer chip from a lab that acts as a digital skeleton key- these two wait for sunset to act. In the meantime, Deadpool says the blackmail Valeria has on him is about his first wife, Gretchen. Bullseye says he double dipped on an assignment, thinking the two sides wouldn't compare notes, but they did. After sunset, they go in and steal the chip, only taking out one security guard. But Deadpool thought this was too boring, so he opened fire on the room before leaving.
The Juggernaut will check out the external security of the AIM base- on assignment he's bored, but he accomplishes it without any trouble.
Later, Bullseye goes off to try to get information on Mr. Silver to make sure this job is legit and that they aren't getting played. When he tries to bail on the mission, Valeria shows up and says they need to begin now.
In the third issue, the team discovers that the AIM headquarters looks like a building with lots of floors on the outside, but it's actually a shell that holds a missile site and launchpad. The team heads off to begin the mission. First, they take out the men in hazmat suits and change into their suits to get passed the guard at the front gate. It takes them awhile to get inside, and once they do, they are singled out by the over-seeer.
In the fourth issue, the AIM people start attacking, and there are a LOT of them. First, the Vulture gets taken down by the AIM people. Then Deadpool offers himself up as a diversion but appears to overpowered. Then Bullseye fights the herd, but also gets overpowered. Sabretooth jumps down an elevator shaft but gets crushed by the Juggernaut when he falls down the shoot. So the Juggernaut moves forward and finds the disc. Rather than grabbing it and leaving, he puts it in a computer and checks out the files. While he's looking, someone comes in and the Juggernaut says "You're the one behind this! How could you?" and then he is shot by something. When the building blows, the Vulture is the one that walks away, but there are plenty of emergency personnel waiting to stop him.
In the fifth issue, we pick up with The Vulture being questioned by Fury....but Fury tells the Vulture that Sabretooth was the mastermind behind the whole thing. However, it turns out that it was the Vulture that was behind it all and Valeria is his daughter. He did all of this to protect her, because she works for SHEILD and she had to tamper with a bunch of documents to hid her relation from him to get her job. The info that the team was after wasn't the Identity Disc (that's with SHIELD) but they did get the info that AIM had on Valeria. Later, we learn that the Sandman was also in on the plan, but that he is really working for Mr. Silver (who is real but had nothing to do with this whole bit).
Favorite lines:
(1st issue) "Well, well...if it ain't Puss in Boots."-Deadpool to Sabertooth
(2nd issue) "That's it? We just go now?"-Juggernaut
"This isn't the movies, Mr. Marko. You boys can synchronize your watches if that's the kind of thing you like to do."-Valeria
(3rd issue) "Please, Sir, may I have some more?"-Deadpool
"I agree. That was disappointingly easy."-Bullseye, after they took out 8 AIM people in hazmat suits.
francomega's review
3.0
Fun stand alone story featuring some of Marvel's top villians blackmailed into doing a job. A good showcase for Deadpool in particular.
squidbag's review
3.0
This absolutely is the 1995 film 'The Usual Suspects' with Deadpool, Bullseye, Sandman, Juggernaut, Vulture & Sabretooth starring and done against the backdrop of the Marvel Universe. Due to the similarities, it's kind of predictable - but only kind of. If this idea appeals to you, give it a read. I've enjoyed this more than once; a re-read.
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