CHIMICHANGA

Cable & Deadpool, the last Marvel comic I actually enjoyed reading, has come to a close at issue #50. For three years it was a brilliantly written run, thanks to the dry wit and sarcasm supplied by Fabian Nicieza. Reilly Brown provided the pencils for this final issue, and helped out with the script; it was a super-sized send-off that had me laughing and crying. It's hard to summarize... Deadpool is a character that works on several different levels, and the series has seen him go through a great deal of character development. It's primarily a humor and action comic that never seems to take itself too seriously (indeed, how can it with Deadpool being acutely aware of the fourth-wall... or merely believing himself to be aware of the fourth wall, what with his healing-factor aided psychosis that results in a brain that's constantly in fluctuation), however there have been real tear-jerking moments as well, because Mr. Nicieza is able to make you actually CARE about these super-powered loons running around in colorful spandex. The fact that two characters that initially started out as embodying some of the worst of the 90s comics GRIM/DARK characteristics have managed to evolve into characters with a very real amount of depth is a credit to series. It's really too bad the Wolverine: Origins group can't seem to get a grasp on the complex humor Nicieza gave Deadpool in particular, as they seem do default to "LOL RANDUM".

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