Nonetheless, The Circle Chase gets four stars purely because of the simple scene at the very end, which casually came into my home and murdered my family after 4 so-so issues: Wade pulls Vanessa into his lap and begs her to touch him so she can heal faster, confesses that he still loves her, and she tearfully tells him that, while she once loved him deeply as well, he needs to move on. Deadpool has some decent lines, but I often found myself begging the story to just get on to the next scene so I could get it over with already.
It’s pretty rough around the edges and suffers from a lot of the same problems with character design and a lack of compelling characterization and motivation outside of “shoot things, get the macguffin” typical to 90s comics.
Nonetheless, The Circle Chase gets four stars purely becaus Honestly, Deadpool’s first mini-series is nothing to write home about. Honestly, Deadpool’s first mini-series is nothing to write home about. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. But his humor is limited to mostly dated pop culture jokes and doesn’t have any of the self-aware meta commentary that the character would develop later.more There are also a few revelations about Deadpool’s past tossed in as well as an old girlfriend which is what passed for character development back in the day.ĭeadpool himself fares fairly well in this since his shtick is essentially to murder people while making a string of funny comments, and that's well suited this kind of story and the era overall.
The plot is essentially just Deadpool being confronted with one adversary after another including one guy called Commcast which made me laugh and wonder if his evil plans include overcharging people for their cable plan and making them wait for hours on end for technicians to show up at their house. The story, such as it is, revolves around the mouthy merc and assorted other bad guys all trying to find an ultimate weapon left around after the death of Deadpool’s old boss. Unfortunately, that was a low water mark for the major comic companies from a creative standpoint, and this is no exception. The plot is essentially just Deadpool being c This mini-series marking Deadpool’s first time as the main character in a title was written a few years after he was initially created in the early 1990s. This mini-series marking Deadpool’s first time as the main character in a title was written a few years after he was initially created in the early 1990s.