Deadpool
Killustrated comes right on the heels of Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe.
Unleashed into the multiverse, he finds and kills several Marvel universes to
no avail. He is still undoing the work of his puppet masters everywhere he goes
so he finds the sources of those stories. After entering the classics, Deadpool
makes quick work of several classics but his actions cause that world to change
in ways no one expected.
There is
a great deal of truth in the idea that all of our modern hero stories stem from
classic heroes like Beowulf or Captain Ahab. The art did a great job of showing
the modern heroes inspired by the classics like Black Widow and Elektra coming
from Little Women or Namor the Sub-Mariner coming from a mermaid.
The hardest classic for me to watch go was The Jungle Book. I love anthropomorphic animals. Blame Disney. But the
classics did not lay down and die. Sherlock Holmes was warned of Deadpool’s
mission and proved a worthy adversary.
Without
delving too deep into spoilers, I liked the note this ended on. It wasn’t clear
if everything could be fixed but it wasn’t without hope. There were some
excellent twists and turns in this story and it gave Deadpool a lot of depth. I’m
curious to see what happens when his greatest foe is himself.
