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Cable & Deadpool, Volume 1: If Looks Could Kill by Patrick Zircher, Mark Brooks, Fabian Nicieza
crookedtreehouse's review
3.0
This is very nearly a four star collection. It's an easy-to-follow plot, the dialog, while never Laugh Out Loud funny, is well-written and plays to the Deadpool Says Inappropriate Shit trope without being insufferable or seeming like an excuse for the writer to be "edgy".
Unfortunately, there's a sequence in the fifth issue that's pivotal to the plot that is impossible to follow. It progresses the story to the sixth issue, but I've reread those pages for times now, and I still have no idea where most of it takes place and how it's supposed to happen.
The overall story, though, that Deadpool is hired to help a cult steal a virus that Cable is trying, for the good of humanity, to destroy works as a fine intro for the characters. You should have no problem following the story (apart from that four page sequence in issue five) even if you've never read a book with either of these characters before. There's no "As seen in Issue #4 of OldAssComic!" or "Cable and Deadpool learned to do the Watusi in OldAddComic Issue #342, On Sale Now!"
I would recommendit for people wanting to know more about these characters before seeing the Deadpool 2 movie, people who love the X-books but haven't really loved any Cable and/or Deadpool titles, X-fans who don't think Beast, Nightcrawler, Mystique, Domino,and Apocalypse should be the only blue people in the Marvel Universe, and people who wanted to read this series when it came out but couldn't get past those awful Liefeld covers.
Unfortunately, there's a sequence in the fifth issue that's pivotal to the plot that is impossible to follow. It progresses the story to the sixth issue, but I've reread those pages for times now, and I still have no idea where most of it takes place and how it's supposed to happen.
The overall story, though, that Deadpool is hired to help a cult steal a virus that Cable is trying, for the good of humanity, to destroy works as a fine intro for the characters. You should have no problem following the story (apart from that four page sequence in issue five) even if you've never read a book with either of these characters before. There's no "As seen in Issue #4 of OldAssComic!" or "Cable and Deadpool learned to do the Watusi in OldAddComic Issue #342, On Sale Now!"
I would recommendit for people wanting to know more about these characters before seeing the Deadpool 2 movie, people who love the X-books but haven't really loved any Cable and/or Deadpool titles, X-fans who don't think Beast, Nightcrawler, Mystique, Domino,and Apocalypse should be the only blue people in the Marvel Universe, and people who wanted to read this series when it came out but couldn't get past those awful Liefeld covers.
tmpowers's review
2.0
It was ok. Not as funny as I was lead to believe it would be and the story was a smidgen... lame. I'm not really a big comic reader, especially capes and cowls. Normally, I read comics and graphic novels because I have heard the story is great. I read this one because I was told Deadpool is hilarious and off the wall nuts. I snickered out loud once, maybe twice, and when I compare the story to the other comics/graphic novels I have read like Y: The Last Man, Preacher, Scott Pilgrim, and Hellboy... well lets just say it doesn't quite measure up. Anyways, I'm gonna give the next volume a try before I move on.
nerdinthelibrary's review
3.0
2018 pride reads #4
lgbt+ rep: pansexual mc
The plot of this volume was pretty meh, something I've come to expect with the first volume of most comics. The real saving grace is the two leads, who are great apart and even better together.
lgbt+ rep: pansexual mc
The plot of this volume was pretty meh, something I've come to expect with the first volume of most comics. The real saving grace is the two leads, who are great apart and even better together.
amandapearl2's review
2.0
my first deadpool and I think my first marvel comic as well. it was OK but I'm not sure comic book heroes are for me.
thiefofcamorr's review
4.0
I'm glad I didn't let the cover put me off. The wit and dialogue in this made it a joy to read, the art was fantastic and it introduced me to a totally different angle to X-Men that I didn't know of before.
captwinghead's review
2.0
2.5 stars
I just can't get into this version of Deadpool. The dialogue is like a watered down version of better Deadpool books. With a writer like Way or Dugan, this could be great but instead, this feels like I'm reading the jokes they rejected. I didn't laugh once reading this book. I was also uncomfortable with the joke about underage girls being "babes in waiting". Gross.
As for the plot, it wasn't enough to draw me in either. A blue religious guy wants to make everyone blue and unified. Okay, what's stopping anyone from taking him down? He has no powers so the conflict is that he's already taken steps to make everyone else like him. It's not super interesting.
I like Cable as a character. He's interesting and I want to know more about him. The scene where he and Deadpool save each other is the only part that grabbed me.
Anyway, I want to know more about how they work together but I don't care for Nicieza's writing style at all.
I just can't get into this version of Deadpool. The dialogue is like a watered down version of better Deadpool books. With a writer like Way or Dugan, this could be great but instead, this feels like I'm reading the jokes they rejected. I didn't laugh once reading this book. I was also uncomfortable with the joke about underage girls being "babes in waiting". Gross.
As for the plot, it wasn't enough to draw me in either. A blue religious guy wants to make everyone blue and unified. Okay, what's stopping anyone from taking him down? He has no powers so the conflict is that he's already taken steps to make everyone else like him. It's not super interesting.
I like Cable as a character. He's interesting and I want to know more about him. The scene where he and Deadpool save each other is the only part that grabbed me.
Anyway, I want to know more about how they work together but I don't care for Nicieza's writing style at all.
billykaplan's review
2.0
all the deadpool stuff i’ve read in the past has been so fun and crazy and i always enjoy deadpool stuff but i just didn’t like this one. i didn’t understand the plot half the time and it didn’t have the usual hilarious insanity that i’m used to in deadpool stuff. maybe i’m missing something because it seems like a lot of people like this but i just didn’t enjoy it