Spider-Man/Deadpool #13
Writer: Joe
Kelly
Art Team: Ed
McGuinness
Marvel
Comics
Release
Date: January 11, 2017
Cover Price:
$3.99
Paging Nurse Deadpool
Spider-Man/Deadpool has turned into a strange title for me,
not because it’s written or drawn poorly, quite the contrary, it’s a very coherent
story and some of Marvel’s best art, but the titles release schedule, for the “main
story”, is so scattered and infrequent it’s coming off disjointed. The many guest writers and artists helping
publish this book monthly (4 different teams in total) have done an admirable
job but its affecting my enjoyment level personally. With that being said I’m
jumping back on reviewing the title here, because we’re back into the “main
event”, and I’m hoping for an “over the plate home-run”. Let step into the “batters
circle” shall we. (Disclaimer: Yes, I know all these baseball references are
off what am I Eric Shea?)
Things start off with quite the WTF moment as we see an amalgam
Spidey Deadpool character with some of Patient Zero’s bugs hanging off of him. It
all turns out however to be a big goof, as we discover that Spider-Man and
Deadpool were able to escape their plight from issue #10, with Deadpool
teleporting them to what is literally “pocket universe” (WeirdWorld) to lick
their wounds in preparation to encounter Itsy Bitsy again in the not too
distant future.
As Spider-Man and Deadpool try to deduce how to take care of
their new enemy, they are confronted by a WeirdWorld regular, who doesn’t much
appreciate the duo hiding out here. As
our heroes deal with their latest problem they’ve stumbled into we treated to
Spider-Man/Peter dealing with a crisis of his own, as he really questions his
life decisions and direction, since dying and being resurrected at the hands of
his “pal” Deadpool.
The book ultimately takes a few unexpected and extremely
strange turns, which I’m normally 100% on board with in my comic books, but
even for WeirdWorld feels oddly out of place in this book and this is the point
the issue lost me. I feel like Peter
makes a bunch of completely out of character decisions, even considered what he’s
been through and where he is, and the book ends with a thud in my opinion as a
result.
The story picks back up for me with our cliffhanger ending,
as Spidey and Deadpool finally end up returning home, only to find shit
continues to hit the fan around them as Itsy Bitsy’s reign of terror continues.
This is the aspect of the story I’m interested in and wish we got more off here
throughout this issue but I guess I’ll have to wait until next month.
As far as story beats go this issue was mostly a miss for
me. However despite the concept of the
story not being the issues strong point there was still plenty of comedy bits
and plenty of humor to enjoy throughout the book that hits the mark. The art by Ed McGuiness, when he’s on the
title, is always a show stealer and something that never disappoints me
personally. Basically this issue has
some great aspects I thoroughly enjoyed but when looked at as a whole feels
like another throw away story when I’ve waited for three months to find out how
our heroes will handle their latest dilemma.
Bits and Pieces
Overall this was an entertaining issue of
Spider-Man/Deadpool that provides plenty of jokes and gags that hit the mark, while
the art on the title continues to be something to follow, and a worthy selling
point. However we have a Peter
Parker/Spider-Man in this series making decisions that feels very out of place,
and although I understand it’s only part of his story, and crisis he’s going
through, I don’t buy they’re decisions he’d ever consider making from years of
reading the character.
7.0/10
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