Deadpool, Vol. 1: Dead Presidents Author: Visit Amazon's Brian Posehn Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0785166807 | Format: EPUB
Deadpool, Vol. 1: Dead Presidents Description
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Face sores and severed ears ago, Deadpool was unleashed on the Marvel universe to rid the world of U.S. presidents raised from the dead and wreaking havoc on earth. In an over-the-top punch-up written by Duggan (Attack of the Show!) and comedian-actor Posehn, cult-favorite Deadpool gets the Marvel NOW! treatment, and this first collection does not disappoint. The premise is as simple as it is humorous: Deadpool is reluctantly commissioned by the global police force, S.H.I.E.L.D., to locate and rekill zombie presidents magically reborn, thanks to a misguided patriotic necromancer. A classic Deadpool comic comes preloaded with quips, banter, and revelry, but what makes this book truly shine is the intricate artwork by Moore (The Walking Dead, v.1, 2006). Moore’s elaborate spreads are often full of multiple moving parts with detail to spare, but he manages it all without the art feeling cramped. Duggan and Posehn provide an undead playground for Moore to sketch, from a bare-knuckle boxing match with Abe Lincoln to a zero-gravity romp with Nixon in space. This book should come with a ripcord. --Ben Spanner
About the Author
Brian Edmund Posehn is an American actor, voice actor, musician, writer, and comedian, known for his roles as Jim Kuback on The WB's
Mission Hill and Brian Spukowski on Comedy Central's
The Sarah Silverman ProgramTony Moore is an American comic book artist, whose work consists mainly of genre pieces, most notably in horror and science fiction, with titles such as
Fear Agent,
The Exterminators, and
The Walking Dead. - Series: Deadpool: Marvel Now (Book 1)
- Paperback: 136 pages
- Publisher: Marvel (June 11, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0785166807
- ISBN-13: 978-0785166801
- Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 6.7 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Basic Plot (Without giving too much away besides the basic preface): Feeling that America is suffering from a major decline, an overly patriotic ex-Shield Agent, who is also a necromancer, resurrects all our nation's Dead Presidents in order to fix it. But the problem is the Dead Presidents' solution is to wipe the slate clean with the blood of the American people who they feel have forsaken its dream. S.H.I.E.L.D. dispatches Captain America to confront the issue and, once on scene, Cap confronts and defeats the late President Truman decapitating him via his vibranium shield. This becomes a public relations nightmare for both S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers. So the question then becomes how do we deal with this pesky issue of these Dead Presidents without making either of ourselves look bad? And that's where the wild card that is Deadpool, a.ka. 'The Merc with the Mouth', comes into play. S.H.I.E.L.D. hires Deadpool to deal with taking out the Dead Presidents discretely (But if you know Deadpool, discrete is just not a thing Deadpool does). Deadpool teams up with S.H.I.E.L.D., the ghost of Benjamin Franklin and a couple of other Marvel Supes and of course it's a wacky, action packed ride of quips, kills and fourth-wall-breaking thrills.
Review: This story's good. It's pretty first-time reader friendly and not boggled down by 20-30 years of continuity plagued by most Marvel titles. My favorite Deadpool run was Daniel Way's
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