The second Deadpool red band trailer gives us a closer look at the misadventures of Ryan Reynolds as the Merc with a Mouth. Morena Baccarin, Gina Carano, T.J. Miller, and Brianna Hildebrand also star. The film opens in theaters on February 12th.
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The wait is over. The first Deadpool trailer is here. Ryan Reynolds stars as the Merc with a Mouth in a film that hopes to wash away the bad taste of his appearance in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Morena Baccarin, Gina Carano, T.J. Miller, and Brianna Hildebrand also star. The film opens in theaters on February 12th.
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Jumping into the middle of a Deadpool arc after basically ignoring the title for months is always a risky business. Deadpool #11 features a story involving the Merc with a Mouth fighting Daredevil on the streets of New York, seeing Jessica Jones mostly naked, and talking to the ghost of Benjamin Franklin. Oh, and he also has the personality of a female agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. stuck in his head.
From what I can piece together the basic story involves Deadpool doublecrossing a demon who hired/blackmailed the mercenary to kill a list of people who sold their souls to him in exchange for super-powers. After killing the man the demon wanted kept alive (because, um, he’s Deadpool), the hero continues tracking down various targets including a shapeshifter who takes the form of Luke Cage and comes home to a randy Jessica Jones.
The logic of a good Daredevil story has never been as important and the humor and wackiness, and this issue has both in spades. I particularly like the instance where Daredevil calls out Matt Murdock on labeling anyone else crazy based on Daredevil’s own questionable decisions. Worth a look.
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The concept for A + X is pretty simple. It’s your basic team-up issue with one member of the Avengers working with one member of the X-Men. Broken into a main story and a back-up story (featuring a different team-up) I’ve found the series to be occasionally entertaining but also inconsistent as usually one story in each issue is far better than the other. A+X #8 marked an occasion where I liked the possibilities of both team-ups.
The first story gives us Spider-Woman and Kitty Pryde working together to take down the Absorbing Man and agents of A.I.M. in the New York underground. Although it was Spider-Woman’s inclusion that made me pick up the issue, the story is actually far more about Kitty Pryde and how scary powerful she has become. In truth Jessica Drew is little more than back-up here.
Although I’ve never been a big fan of Hawkeye, I really enjoyed Deadpool Team-Up and the idea of Deadpool driving any Avenger crazy for half an issue appealed to me. Despite having some nice moments as well, the story isn’t nearly as zany or outrageous as I was hoping. Hit-and-Miss.
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Sledgehammers, swords, guns, knives, and lots and lots of mayhem. I’m not gonna lie, this looks like a blast. Available on June 25 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Windows, Activision’s Deadpool features a story written by comic writer Daniel Way and the fourth-wall breaking leading man will be voiced by Nolan North.
