Deadpool Team-Up, Volume 2: Special Relationship by Rob Williams

Deadpool Team-Up, Volume 2: Special Relationship Reviews

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  Nicolo

  The Humberto Ramos covers are probably the best part of this hardcover. The individual issues collected are basically standalone stories of Deadpool teaming up with various C-List heroes. Te rotating creative teams attached give it the feel of a tryout Marvel work, which is due to the fact that some of the artist here are making their Marvel debuts. This is an oversized hardcover that doesn’t need to exist. It doesn’t even have enough material to collect and the page count is padded by updated Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe entries of characters who have interacted with Deadpool.
  
  The stories are easy to read, especially for fans of the regenerating degenerate’s twisted world view as seen through Deadpool-O-Vision. The standard page trim would have been more than sufficient to collect these stories, and it would also coordinate with the reprint policy of the main Deadpool book.
  
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  Just a Girl Fighting Censorship

  Worse that the first volume. These stories are boring plots with the same old uninspired jokes. The team-ups are truly d-list.
  
  Captain Britain
  Satana
  Mr. X
  Machine Man
  Gorilla Man
  
  I love Deadpool...but this was crap. The large encyclopedia of character profiles at the end was the best part.
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  Aaron

  Another largely mediocre collection of one-off Deadpool tales written mostly by writers who don't seem to know their way around comedy. The ideas expressed here were probably pitched as "wouldn't it be funny if Deadpool did this," without any real plan for how to make them genuinely funny or sustainable.
  
  For instance, in the first story in this collection, Deadpool teams up with Captain Britain. After a thousand or so years of exposition, we finally get to a battle, with the main "joke" of the battle being that, due to a wacky gadget, Deadpool and CB switch "cultures." So, Deadpool acts "British" and Captain Britain acts "American." From there it's a string of the most obvious cliches you can imagine without a laugh in sight.
  
  The other stories in the book range from the utterly nonsensical (David Lapham's) to the completely anticlimactic (Frank Tieri's), all just doing a good enough job to keep these from feeling like complete wastes of energy.
  
  The one exception is the team-up between Deadpool and Machine Man, written by James Asmus. This is the only story in this book I truly enjoyed. Asmus does a fantastic job writing for each character, keeping all the jokes on point and in character without relying on dumb pop culture references or idiotic quips. I laughed out loud a bunch reading this one, and almost wish Machine Man & Deadpool was an ongoing series written by Asmus. He manages to keep a cartoony, outlandish tone without selling his plot out, which is a real feat when it comes to Deadpool apparently.
  
  So, my recommendation is just to pick up Deadpool #890 on its own and read that, rather than trudging through the rest of this book. It ain't worth it.
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  zxvasdf

  Deadpool goes through several team-ups in which he combats his potential teammates before partnering up after resolving any misunderstandings involved. He then goes through the climax of each story eviscerated, mutilated, or being extremely banged up. Funny and novel approaches are involved, with obscure characters of the Marvel Universe. Even the Borgias make an appearance!
  
  Nice bonus for the hardcore Deadpool fan here: there is an encyclopedic collection of dossiers of Deadpool related characters complete with statistics along with origin stories.
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  Lori

  Deadpool is back with plenty of wackiness for all, along with guns, knives, and explosives. See him through a variety of adventures, including a brief marriage of convenience, playtime with the insurance adjuster, adventures with a giant talking gorilla, and more! Be warned: the backmatter consists of a large number of biographies for minor Marvel characters loosely associated with Deadpool's history.
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  Colona Public Library

  The Merc with the Mouth teams up with other marvel characters. These stories can be quite adventurous and at the same time hilarious! (DeadPool is notorious for breaking the fourth wall.) It's very cool to be introduced to other marvel characters in this graphic novel series. You can pick this book up at the Colona Public Library! ~Ashley
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  Sean

  Another funny yet not-so important collection of Deadpool stories. High points were Satana, Maachine Man, and Gorilla Man tales. Some how watching Wade patheically hit on women who despise him never gets old. The low light is the Frank Tieri written Mr. X story. Overall, its exactly what you would expect with this type of book which isn't a bad thing.
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  Amanda [Novel Addiction]

  A bit of an information overload at the end, considering the massive amounts of character profile pages.. but even that was an interesting read.
  
  Another good taste of Deadpool and his crazy, messed up head.. and sense of humor.
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  Sesana

  Pete Wisdom! For a few pages. And yeah, that was pretty much the best thing I got out this collection. Best for hardcore Deadpool fans and those who really know their Marvel.
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  Nick

  Two things make this a must read: "rabid hamster gun" and rabid hamster dance.
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  Rachel

  I enjoyed it! Some of the team-ups were more up my alley than others... The Satana one wasn't my bag, for example.
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  A. Nixon

  This collection was fun. It seemed to go by without any particular highlights or low moments so, I suppose, take it as an enjoyable but not mind-blowing reading.
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  taeli

  read 5/12/16