Deadpool Team-Up #899 (New Monthly Series)

Everyone's insane Merc-With-the-Mouth's third ongoing series with Deadpool teaming up with a new guest star every month kicks off with this inaugural issue (never mind the mad numbering) and boy does writer Fred Van Lente deliver. Deadpool's off-the-wall brand of humor works because his tongue-in-cheek fourth-wall-breaking nature never takes itself seriously and this is where Fred Van Lente's forte shows (Boy! I never saw so many hyphens). The chemistry between Deadpool and Hercules is a perfect compound also because of this. Dalibor Talajic, who had his Marvel debut in Deadpool #900, has defnitely proven Deadpool has a good home in Europe. His rendering is not the usual sort you'll find in a Marvel comic (think Dark Horse), but he manages to portray Wade Wilson as the thoroughly expressive (in caption thoughts and in bubble words) and slapstick character that he is. IGN gave this debut issue an "Impressive" 8.3 out of 10 rating. I thought it deserved at least an 8.6.

MERC WITH A MYTH! Stop rubbing your eyes, fanboy, they don't deceive you! Everyone's favorite Merc with a Mouth stars in a third on-going series, hacking and wisecracking his way across the Marvel Universe with a new guest-star every month! First up: when master assassin ARCADE and NIGHTMARE, Lord of the Dream Dimension, join forces to destroy Wade Wilson and THE INCREDIBLE HERCULES, they get more than they bargain for, taking on two of the MU's most irresponsible heroes! Drunken mayhem, bad jokes, and billions of dollars of property damage ensue! Parental Advisory. By: Fred Van Lente, Dalibor Talajic, Humberto Ramos --

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