Deadpool by Skottie Young Vol. 1: Mercin' Hard for the Money

by Skottie Young

Nic Klein (Illustrator), Scott Hepburn (Illustrator), and Skottie Young (Script Writer)

Collects Deadpool (2018) #1-6. Deadpool is back to mercin' for a living! It's been a while since Wade Wilson has struggled to make ends meet, but things are tough all over. While Deadpool tries to get his humble business back off the ground, a catastrophic threat so unfathomably huge - so mind-breakingly cataclysmic that it defies description - is heading toward Earth, and only one person can stop it! Oh no, wait - it's not Deadpool, is it? Oh %$@#. It's Deadpool. Good thing he has a plan. But what happens when things take a turn for the weird - Weirdworld, that is! Find out as Wade ventures into a realm of monsters, sorceresses, Man-Things…and romance? Plus: Halloween hijinks - and a very, very bad day! Hop back on board the Deadpool train as Skottie Young, Nic Klein and Scott Hepburn reinvent the Merc With a Mouth!

• ISBN10: 1302911724
• ISBN13: 9781302911720
• Publish Date: 1 January 2019
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Out of Print: 20 February 2024
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Marvel Comics
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 144
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781302911720

Reviews

I didn't really care for this one. I was okay with the mind wipe they did, even though I hate when characters regress, but I could understand why they went that route. I didn't like this one because it didn't feel like Deadpool was moving his story line along or have any progression, it felt like a few silly stories being told. They weren't even that good, maybe a few funny lines.

I liked that Deadpool in the past was trying to be a hero and wasn't good at it, but I don't need the new mind wiped wade to work towards being a hero again. But I do need Deadpool to try and be something more than this silly, not funny one liner character that they tried to pull off in this new run. They tried to go back to writing how Wade was before, but I didn't like the dialogue or the scenarios Wade was in but I could maybe be okay with the story, if it was written great.

As I said, this had a few good moments, even some funny panels, but overall this book was not good for me and felt like a step backwards for Deadpool. There are better Deadpool stories out there.