Deadpool and his whole mythos are put into the cold war mix of the 50, with Wade Wilson becoming a loose cannon for the CIA who was driven mad by his imprisonment and torture by the Japanese in World War II.
The Good
I've read a lot of these types of stories and I have to say that the way Glass and Benson put Wade into the past is actually pretty inspired - - not simply clever. In fact, tying DP's origins to imperial Japan draws attention to how many elements of his history and design we take for granted. If you think about it, he's basically been a ninja running around with katanas this whole time. Campbell's art perfectly suits the mean terseness of the story, given an imposing credbility to situations that could've easily come off as ridiculous. And I'm glad to that DP's dueling captions made it here - - and with pop culture banter that's period appropriate! Heckel and Jeckel indeed!
The Bad
If you're already suffering from Deadpool fatigue, this DP title's probably going to knock you over the cliff. There was also a storytelling jump in Outlaw's elevator run-in with the g-men that confused me enough that I had to go back over it a few times to get what exactly happened. Sure, it got explained eventually, but it really broke the flow.
The Verdict
I don't know if this supposed to be part of a new "Pulp" line or a continuation of the Noir line, or both, but it's a solid entry in the recasting tradition of What If? and Elseworlds. It pleasantly reminded me a lot of that recent unofficial Mortal Kombat Rebirth pitch video that transposed the MK mythos to a gritty real crime setting. As a child of the 90s, it's just plain fun to see concepts and characters (Stryfe and Cable!) from that decade placed in a mileau that always seemed untouchable. I'm curious to see what happens next.
It seems like Marvel has been doing this well since they came up with the ultimate line. As long as they stick to a good story instead of just showing redo's of character it will always work.
Has anyone been keeping up with this line? Is it worthwhile to pick up? I've been thinking of checking it out, but it's always difficult to know whether you'll like the way Deadpool is written or not.
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