Spider-Man vs Deadpool #23

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RustonLF @comicbookroundup
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Nov 9, 2017

Between this and the latest issue of Despicable Deadpool, I would pick this as the more interesting direction. Deadpool has been labeled a villain again after being the hit-man of an evil Steve Rodgers. Where Despicable Deadpool does not deal with the impact of Wade's fall, this series is diving in head first. There is also the interesting parallel in Peter losing Parker Industries recently. Since Wade is a criminal the team up is again reluctant. Peter is basically forced into helping Wade find someone who is impersonating Deadpool to sell black market goods. All this is done while showing how Wade has set himself up since the fall of Hydra on a stolen Hellicarrier. While there is more weird insanity in Deadpool's solo title, Thompson does a good job of introducing some of his own. There are also far more questions raised so that we can look forward to answers later on. Deadpool's new home, new crew, and motivations are all set up but not fully explored yet. While Bachalo and Townsend are not my favorite Deadpool interpretation artist, I do always enjoy their work and detail so it works. While both deadpool series have their merit I would say Spider-man/Deadpool comes out on top as a Legacy start for Deadpool. 8.5/10

This suggests there are (righteous) SHIELD (Prison) Black Sites still operating even though SHIELD 'is gone'. Does this give The Gray Blade any legitamacy or are they still clearly rogue/bonkers?

The art was typical Bachalo fun (with confusing fight choreography) but WOW that is a terrible rendition of Peter's face.

This interaction with Bobbi was void of any chemistry that was starting to happen between them.

Sickening reset suggesting AIM is back to evil the second Citizen V *koff* leaves.

It's so easy to track down a fugitive superhuman (Deadpool) when... a plot device calls for it. Hmmph. What about all the bad things Odinson and Wanda did on HYDRAvengers - do they get a pass? And this suggests Wade is Most Wanted but in Jessica Jones, this week, only Doom (huh?) and Magneto (huh?) and Purple Man make the Top 3.

Kate Waynesboro has gone bad?!

Hellcow is walking and talking?!

What happened to Screwball in Elektra's defunct run?

Manphibian is an interesting member (and Monsteropolis alumni) of Wade's crew.

So, is Spidey announcing a citizen's arrest or Avengers arrest to DP?

WEHT Clay Quartermain? His LMD slave labor here is a whole storyseed in itself.

The mutated sentient sharks couple were fun/ny.

Regardless of the nefarious DP impersonator, this Deadpool is truly turning despicable and it's even harder to appreciate anything about him. He does for an crazy and exciting [s]cliff[/s]Helicarrier hanger in that last panel!

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This was a really fun read. Cool to see Bachalo take his crack at Deadpool, too. Haven't read any of the issues since Kelly's story ended, but I think I'll stick around with this creative team.