On Sale Date: January 2010
Writer: Adam Glass
Artist: Chris Staggs
Inker: Robert Campanella
Letterer: Jeff Eckleberry
Colorist: Dan Brown
Assistant Editor: Sebastian Girner
Editor: Axel Alonso
Editor-In-Chief: Joe Quesada
Cover Artist: Humberto Ramos
Hours later, John Blaze and Daniel Ketch ride into Gibsonton, a place Blaze shares sentiment for due to his time with the Quentin Carnival. They quickly come across Deadpool, who is there on his job. McGrady begins to address the crowd of circus performers, and Blaze realizes that the "Lobster Boy" is possessed by the demon Xaphan. Deadpool shoots McGrady in the face, but Xaphan's presence heals the wound. Xaphan sends a group of possessed freaks after Deadpool, who then also comes across the Ghost Riders. The three decide to team up to keep Xaphan from moving town to town to build his demon army. The possessed circus folk keep them from locating McGrady, so the heroes are forced to retreat.
Later, Deadpool and the Ghost Riders find McGrady at a revival tent filled with people being turned into hosts for Xaphan's fellow demons. The Ghost Riders can banish Xaphan, but if they kill the demon then the host will die as well. Deadpool decides to go into the tent by hacking his legs off to fit in as a freak. When he gets inside, Xaphan grabs him and takes his body as his next host. However, Deadpool's insanity proves too much for Xaphan to control - Deadpool slashes open the tent's canopy, which allows the Riders to impale the mercenary with their chains, killing Xaphan. Deadpool's healing factor keeps him dying, and Blaze, Ketch, and the circus people all thank him for freeing them. McGrady, however, proves to be just as bad with or without Xaphan's influence, so Deadpool shoots him to fulfill his contract. Deadpool then leaves with the bearded lady in his arms.
Johnny Blaze again encounters Deadpool in Deadpool (2008) # 26. Later still, the two of them find themselves on a team together starting in Thunderbolts (2012) # 20.
For a character who's really nothing more than Bugs Bunny with a sword, he sure has become popular, hasn't he? I've not read many Deadpool stories, save for this one and the other recent issue that guest-starred Ghost Riders, but what I HAVE read certainly hasn't made me want to read any more. This issue, well, it was just awful, wasn't it?
Outdated humor (Punk'd jokes, really?), gross-out gags (Deadpool cutting his limbs off to look like a freak without removing his rather distinctive costume?), and a terrible approach to the Ghost Riders all proved to me that Adam Glass really needs to stop writing immediately. I don't think I've actively disliked a comic this much since Chuck Austen's Avengers run. It really is that bad.
Of course, a lot of what I dislike about it are seemingly staples of most Deadpool stories, such as the constant terrible one-liners and the breaking of the fourth wall. I don't mind humor in my comics, I don't even mind humor in my super-hero comics, but Deadpool is just so juvenile that it irks me. The worst part, though, came at the end with Johnny Blaze drooling over how "cool" Deadpool was. Seriously?
Not even the artwork was up to par here. To be fair, Chris Staggs might be an artist who's still working the amateur aspects out of his work (I certainly haven't seen his work anywhere else), but when you can't make Ghost Rider look cool then you need to reevaluate the type of stories you're drawing. The one panel I DID like was the one with Deadpool seeing Blaze and Ketch as the actors from CHiPS, that was kinda clever.
So, yeah, this comic is garbage. Avoid at all costs.
Deadpool is hired by a dwarf and a bearded lady to assassinate Ed "Lobster Boy" McGrady, the mayor of Gibsonton, Florida (otherwise known as "Freaksville" due to the amount of sideshow performers who live there), due to the way he treats the town's residents.
Hours later, John Blaze and Daniel Ketch ride into Gibsonton, a place Blaze shares sentiment for due to his time with the Quentin Carnival. They quickly come across Deadpool, who is there on his job. McGrady begins to address the crowd of circus performers, and Blaze realizes that the "Lobster Boy" is possessed by the demon Xaphan. Deadpool shoots McGrady in the face, but Xaphan's presence heals the wound. Xaphan sends a group of possessed freaks after Deadpool, who then also comes across the Ghost Riders. The three decide to team up to keep Xaphan from moving town to town to build his demon army. The possessed circus folk keep them from locating McGrady, so the heroes are forced to retreat.
Later, Deadpool and the Ghost Riders find McGrady at a revival tent filled with people being turned into hosts for Xaphan's fellow demons. The Ghost Riders can banish Xaphan, but if they kill the demon then the host will die as well. Deadpool decides to go into the tent by hacking his legs off to fit in as a freak. When he gets inside, Xaphan grabs him and takes his body as his next host. However, Deadpool's insanity proves too much for Xaphan to control - Deadpool slashes open the tent's canopy, which allows the Riders to impale the mercenary with their chains, killing Xaphan. Deadpool's healing factor keeps him dying, and Blaze, Ketch, and the circus people all thank him for freeing them. McGrady, however, proves to be just as bad with or without Xaphan's influence, so Deadpool shoots him to fulfill his contract. Deadpool then leaves with the bearded lady in his arms.
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THE ROADMAP
Both Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch last appeared in Ghost Riders: Heaven's On Fire (2009) # 6 and they both make their next appearance in Doctor Voodoo: Avenger of the Supernatural # 3-5.
Johnny Blaze again encounters Deadpool in Deadpool (2008) # 26. Later still, the two of them find themselves on a team together starting in Thunderbolts (2012) # 20.
CHAIN REACTION
I don't understand the appeal of Deadpool, really I don't.
For a character who's really nothing more than Bugs Bunny with a sword, he sure has become popular, hasn't he? I've not read many Deadpool stories, save for this one and the other recent issue that guest-starred Ghost Riders, but what I HAVE read certainly hasn't made me want to read any more. This issue, well, it was just awful, wasn't it?
Outdated humor (Punk'd jokes, really?), gross-out gags (Deadpool cutting his limbs off to look like a freak without removing his rather distinctive costume?), and a terrible approach to the Ghost Riders all proved to me that Adam Glass really needs to stop writing immediately. I don't think I've actively disliked a comic this much since Chuck Austen's Avengers run. It really is that bad.
Of course, a lot of what I dislike about it are seemingly staples of most Deadpool stories, such as the constant terrible one-liners and the breaking of the fourth wall. I don't mind humor in my comics, I don't even mind humor in my super-hero comics, but Deadpool is just so juvenile that it irks me. The worst part, though, came at the end with Johnny Blaze drooling over how "cool" Deadpool was. Seriously?
Not even the artwork was up to par here. To be fair, Chris Staggs might be an artist who's still working the amateur aspects out of his work (I certainly haven't seen his work anywhere else), but when you can't make Ghost Rider look cool then you need to reevaluate the type of stories you're drawing. The one panel I DID like was the one with Deadpool seeing Blaze and Ketch as the actors from CHiPS, that was kinda clever.
So, yeah, this comic is garbage. Avoid at all costs.
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| The only good joke in the whole issue. |
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