Deadpool Killustrated 3
Bunn (w) and Lolli and Parsons (a) and Gandini (c)
I continue to like this story more than I've liked many other weird, dystopic Marvel worlds (ie Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe, Marvel Universe vs. the Avengers, etc.). In this issue, Deadpool kills Ebenezer Scrooge, Igor and Doctor Frankenstein, Mowgli and Bagheera, the little mermaid, and Captains Nemo and Ahab. Off-panel, he's also attacked the island of Dr. Moreau, the inhabitants of Lilliput, and Caesar and his government. On top of all that, he's added some backup in the form of Frankenstein's monster (now powered by part of Deadpool's brain, seemingly giving his alternate personality a new and very strong body to inhabit). It's another solid issue where we see a couple more hero-inspirations (Mowgli and Bagheera are Ka-Zar and Zabu, Captain Nemo is Magneto, Dr. Frankenstein is the Jackal and, to Deadpool's delight, the little mermaid is Namor) and we hear a little more about Deadpool's quest. However, it doesn't do a whole lot more than that. It was another fun look into the roots of Marvel characters, something we've seen for the last couple issues. With one issue left, I would have expected more to happen, particularly more with Sherlock Holmes' newly developed anti-Deadpool team. They appear once, investigating the off-panel Deadpool killings and deducing that he has the monster's assistance now (they don't know it's the monster, but Sherlock decides that Deadpool's second personality now has a body). Still, not a ton more to say about this issue that I haven't said in my previous reviews. Still a pretty good idea, if just to show again that fiction is important. The last issue will really define this series. Where does it go from here? Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe ended with Deadpool sneaking up on the creative team responsible for the book. Will this series end in a similarly tongue-in-cheek manner? Will Deadpool get some resolution? Will Deadpool himself be killed, ending this series of books? We have one more issue to find out.
Morbius the Living Vampire 3
Keatinge (w) and Elson (a) and Fabela (c)
Noah lays dying after Morbius ripped out his throat. His gang attacks Morbius as Henry and Becky rush out of there and eventually Noah's girlfriend shoots Morbius in the neck. When Morbius awakens, still having trouble pushing his blood craving down, he's tied up with chains and hanging upside down, being questioned by Noah's girlfriend. He claims he can save Noah but he needs to set to work on it immediately. She allows him to go assist their "field medic," a one-armed, hardly trained guy named Vasquez. Vasquez seems like a decent guy but it soon doesn't matter as Noah snaps to attention and instinctively kills Vasquez before Morbius restrains him again, saying that he needs to lay down or else he won't survive. It's possible that, while throwing Noah back down on the operating table, Morbius killed Noah again. Whoops. Meanwhile, Becky and Henry hide out in her abandoned theater and in a diner while one of Noah's men watches them, ready to strike if Noah's girlfriend gives the order.
The driving force in this issue is Morbius' growing bloodlust, which he constantly remarks on and also tries to stifle. I'll be honest, I wasn't totally sold on this book when it was announced. I've never looked at Morbius before and thought "geez, that's a guy whose story we need told." Is that just me? I don't know. Maybe Marvel is (late) trying to cash in on the vampire craze. Or maybe Morbius is going to make an appearance in the next Spider-Man movie and they're trying to lay bricks early. Or maybe there really is a demand for Morbius stories that I've been set apart from. Maybe this story is set to improve (in case I didn't let on enough here, I am not blown away by anything that's happened so far) and it was the description of the story that encouraged Marvel to take a chance on the book (though that's usually more likely to happen in the case of a limited series, not an ongoing). I don't know. I'm not in Marvel's head or their offices (inexplicably). So your guess is as good as mine and my guess is that this series could end up short-lived if it doesn't start to make significant moves on this character. The move from New York City into Brownsville is an interesting move and puts another anti-hero in a suspect place, which is always kind of a winning idea. Hopefully the book can get the audience to invest a little deeper soon.
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