Family Business Of Death — Reviewing ‘Deadpool’ #10

Nothing like some father/daughter bonding over death, mobster killing training montages, and taking morally shady crossover inducing assassination contracts. Obviously there are better ways to find some family time, but this is the Deadpools we’re talking about here. If there aren’t bullets, blood, and fourth-wall breaking moments they aren’t even getting up for the day. Bet some targets wish they hadn’t.

Anyway, things take a heartwarming and then heart chilling turn with Deadpool #10. As Cody Ziglar, Rogê Antônio, Guru-eFX, and Joe Sabino kick off the next chapter for our band of merry mercs with mouths.

Across this series (and the one it’s about to crossover with) I can’t stop singing Ziglar’s praises. There writers that get it and then there are writers who get it, and the second type is most assuredly Ziglar. Seamlessly weaving together the humor and more serious beats that make for the best Deadpool stories. Making sure that there isn’t too much wackiness or fourth wall breaking is very important. Going too far into the Deadpool well of character makes the character so cartoony that he’s beyond boring.

 

Give me that Deadpool that has all that tasty breadth of character developing traits and emotions. No wall breaking clowns over here.

There is just something that feels right about having Antônio handling the artwork here, having set the tone at beginning of the series and all that. He builds in rougher textures that befit a mercenary focused book, but with enough soft edges to work with the character beats, giving each character a lot of vivid life as they move through the pages. His characters are bouncing around with a belly full of kinetic energy and a can do attitude.

 

Emotional work is key to stories like this. We have to see and feel it on the page in order for us to buy it better. Visually we see that in their faces and body language. The love, the struggles, the pain, the excitement, and all the other words that could fit into this space to describe feelings. Simultaneously we hear those emotions thanks to the work that Sabino always does with the lettering.

While Wade’s trademark colors and style set him apart, the rest also have their own little specific energy. As their voices are really firm and apparent on the page. Letting the right tones, emotions, and volumes be clear on the page at any given point.

 

Just as deliberate are the color palette choices. A palette which employs a lot of heavier color tones but isn’t afraid to dive into the vibrant side of things. Guru-eFX keeps the whole thing flowing from issue to issue, really letting the world breathe. Allowing the weightier more street tones lead the way for the fantastical this is a hero adjacent book colors to play.

Deadpool #10 is now available from Marvel Comics.