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Cable
& Deadpool #36
Writer: Fabien Nicieza
Artist: Reilly Brown
Inker: Jeremy Freeman
Plot: Deadpool’s “mercenary street cred” is severely
hurting after being defeated in public by Cable. Desperate
to get his reputation back, Deadpool comes up with a
ludicrous stunt to prove to the mercenary world that he’s
still the best there is.
Review: Cable & Deadpool is a book that I’ve never
been too interested in. Honestly, I’m pretty surprised that
it hasn’t been cancelled yet. I was pretty skeptical when I
picked up this issue, but was pleasantly surprised. The book
wasn’t awful at all and, in fact, I quite enjoyed it.
This issue of Cable & Deadpool doesn’t have Cable in it at
all. It opens with something of a gag page that shows
Deadpool at the Marvel Comics offices, threatening a woman
employee there. He’s desperately trying to find editor Ralph
Macchio, so Ralph can tell him where the villain Taskmaster
is. While funny and odd, I did find this opening page to be
a bit off putting and out of place.
As the book gets going, you’re instantly hit with the
extreme quirkiness of it all. When I say extreme, I mean it.
This book is quite possibly the weirdest comic I have ever
read. It’s very much the “Napoleon Dynamite” of comic books.
While it certainly won’t appeal to everyone, I found it to
be quite hilarious. Deadpool is insane in the most hilarious
of ways and his constant banter is brilliantly written.
The art in this book is very vibrant and smooth and fits
perfectly with the style of writing. While this comic isn’t
one that will win many awards, that doesn’t mean it’s not
worth a look. Especially if you’re a bit tired of all the
ultra major super mega events that are constantly going on
in mainstream comics today.
Cable & Deadpool is a fun read
and a nice break from all the high drama and angst other
mainstream comics are full of these days.
Special thanks go out to Jeremy Shorr, owner of Titan Comics for allowing us to use his advance preview books for review purposes.
