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Deadpool (1997-2002) #19 by Sean Parsons, Livesay, Joe Kelly, Walter McDaniel

ericarobyn's review

4.0

In this issue, we pick up right where we left of- Deadpool and Ajax are about to fight and the ghosts are excited. They need Deadpool to kill Ajax so they can be free. They also state that Deadpool owes them, because after all, Ajax killed all of them to get to Deadpool. The fight isn't going well...Killebrew steps in and Ajax kills him. Because Killebrew gave them a diversion, Deadpool and Ilaney run away, which doesn't make the ghosts too happy. The end up diving off a cliff into water. Ilaney drowns and deadpan gives her CPR to bring her back. The ghosts tell him to leave her, but he refuses because she still needs his help. Ilaney is clearly out of it, and she mentions that she wants to fly again, even after the accident, which sounds like a crash. Then, she dies. Deadpool and Ajax fight again, and using all of what Deadpool knows about Ajax, he finally figures out a way to kill him- to slow him down enough to pull a few cables loose and then submerge him in water so he shorts out. Deadpool holds up his end of the deal with the ghosts, but the ghosts are still there. They realize that Killebrew isn't stuck like they are because he made peace with everything before he died. Then Killebrews ghost reaches out and touches Ilaney's head and she opens her eyes. The issue ends with Deadpool carrying Ilaney away and the ghosts realizing that they also need to come to peace with themselves in order to move on.

Meanwhile, Al is thrilled that she is free, but she hasn't left because she is worried about who will take care of Deadpool. And at LL & L, Monty is teasing Culloden, suggesting that he may or may not have seen her death as a result of her watching over Deadpool.

Favorite line:
"Chumps. I hope in the afterlife, your harps only play New Kids On The Block songs."