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A review by fishmeal
Deadpool: World's Greatest, Volume 5: Civil War II by Gerry Duggan
1.0
I’m not a Deadpool fan. Before I read a Deadpool comic or saw the Deadpool movie, I was subjected to lots and lots of Deadpool cosplayers, and that’s a real quick way to hate a character. I went into Deadpool: Civil War II really hoping to change my mind about the man. Unfortunately, this is yet another crappy entry in the Civil War II.
First of all, a surprising amount of this book is written in Spanish. I can appreciate Duggan's commitment to the joke, I guess, but...I don't read Spanish. I missed part of the story because I don't read Spanish. That feels bad.
Second, I get that the overarching story is supposed to be a Civil War inside of the Mercs for Money, but it's not a civil war - this is just guys who have been actually screwed over (by, surprise surprise, Deadpool himself) beating up a guy who can't really be injured. There's no war, there's no moral ambiguity, there's no schism within a population. This is just a group of guys rebelling against a leader who's been stealing from them. It's just...not interesting.
To me that's what this book comes down to - it's boring. I can't read quite a bit of the dialogue, Deadpool's antics are not funny, and the story is tedious.
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First of all, a surprising amount of this book is written in Spanish. I can appreciate Duggan's commitment to the joke, I guess, but...I don't read Spanish. I missed part of the story because I don't read Spanish. That feels bad.
Second, I get that the overarching story is supposed to be a Civil War inside of the Mercs for Money, but it's not a civil war - this is just guys who have been actually screwed over (by, surprise surprise, Deadpool himself) beating up a guy who can't really be injured. There's no war, there's no moral ambiguity, there's no schism within a population. This is just a group of guys rebelling against a leader who's been stealing from them. It's just...not interesting.
To me that's what this book comes down to - it's boring. I can't read quite a bit of the dialogue, Deadpool's antics are not funny, and the story is tedious.
Read more of my reviews (plus cat pics!) on Her Little Book Review.