Deadpool finally gets his wish: he can join the Avengers! But he’s gotta go to Japan to be a member. Also, he’s going to be in an Avengers spin-off group called Samurai Squad. And none of the Avengers are part of it. Yup, Wade’s finally made it! To celebrate, he’s gonna do Avengers stuff like fight Loki.
I think it’s my lingering Dragon Ball fandom that makes me expect better of Shonen Jump books even though they’re as hit-and-mostly-miss as Marvel and DCs books are - which is exactly the case with this Jump/Marvel collab, Deadpool: Samurai, Volume 1.
The only questionably-appealing aspect of this one is the novelty of reading a Deadpool comic as a manga, because otherwise this couldn’t be a more generic outing for the character. Deadpool fights a series of enemies with no consequences or point besides being that’s what he does; Marvel superheroes are embarrassed to be around him; he breaks the fourth wall constantly (mostly riffs on Shonen/manga readers); and the never-ending bad jokes.
They wanted Spider-Man and Venom to be in this but couldn’t get the real characters for some reason so exact replicas are introduced, albeit instead of muscled-dudes they’re teen girls because Japan. “Sakura Spider” even has an identical backstory to Peter Parker’s! It’s so uncreative. Loki’s the bad guy just cos. Like all the characters, he’s behaving generically. He’s the baddie so he’s doing baddie things for no other reason. It really is the most boring story.
Unless you’ve never read a Deadpool or Marvel comic before, I can’t imagine anyone will be remotely entertained by any of this unimaginative dross - Deadpool: Samurai needs to go away and commit seppuku!
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