Night of the Living Deadpool #1 Review

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Verdict 4/5: It is a solid, standard Deadpool story. If you like Deadpool or enjoy zombie references you will dig it. If not, consider looking elsewhere.

Maybe it is because I am relatively new to comicbooks, but I don't get all the hate on Deadpool and the complaints that he is is overexposed. Overexposure only happens when the majority of consumers grows tired of it, the writers are out of good ideas and it becomes a parody of itself ( see Wolverine). Cullen Bunn shows that the Deadpool spin-offs can still clearly work and there is still a lot of fun to be had.

The premise of this Mini-series is pretty straight forward. Deadpool awakes from a (food)coma only to find out the zombie apocalypse happened in his absence. A very simple premise that has been done multiple times, in multiple mediums, before but it works mostly do to the humor that Deadpool brings to the table. A good deal of the comic is spent in a flashback as Deadpool goes about his day to day oblivious to the signs of the impending zombie outbreak. This was to me the highlight of the issue and got me to laugh out loud more than once.

The action in this comic is brief but well executed, which is to be expected out of an issue with the burden of setting up the foundation of the narrative. I really like how Deadpool can be portrayed and goofy and fun in one but when the situation gets ugly the artist can make subtle changes and Deadpool transforms into a intimidating badass.

The spot coloring is incredibly cool

Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the story is the unique twist on the zombies themselves. These zombies seem to retain a bit of humanity with them and the poor transformed soul is able to narrate their personal hell. Seeing the mindless zombies describe the horror of eating human flesh or begging Deadpool to end their torment gives a refreshing, and creepy, face-lift to the tired idea of zombies.

The artwork is very sharp but gets most of its flavor from mocking The Walking

Dead. Everything is done in the style of the Image behemoth except for Deadpool, and everything he is holding. Not only does this create a fun joke for the reader but it really makes Deadpool pop out of the panels in a cool way. It worked really well in this issue, but a part of me wonders if this will eventually grow tiresome over the course of the mini-series.

I have a lot of positive things to say about this title, but it is nothing groundbreaking. If you are already a Deadpool fan then you will love it. But there is nothing here to draw in someone without a prior interest in the character.