Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus

So, this took a lot longer than I thought it would.  I think part of me just doesn't want this series to ever end.   I know it will soon, and I know there will be massive amounts of ugly crying at the end.   It doesn't matter that I know things that make it so that I should be like, oh, well, it doesn't matter.   It does.   And it will. 

 

There will be ugly crying.    Massive amounts.  I will not look right for weeks.   I will have to try to figure out some explanation that doesn't include 'Deadpool finale' so I don't kill anyone due to eyestrain from rolling their eyes.   

 

So, yeah, just be prepared for massive amounts of GIFs with many, many tears for the next volume, k?

 

I've reread the first annual a couple times now, and it doesn't quite hold up to the rest of the series in my opinion.   It's not bad, it's just not as amusing as the main series.  I also liked the question it answered better before I got the answer, more so each time I read this for a different collection. 

 

That being said, this volume is amazing: it gets lighthearted again, but also keeps up some of the emotional aspect started in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly storyline.   It's nice to see the series reach that balance, and I'm enjoying this series more and more. 

 

Let's get the social satire/random goodness out of the way so I can get to why I really loved this volume. 

 

 

I can't even.   This volume includes a time traveling Hitler in an unbreakable robot that breaks, because Cable has a more awesome robot from the further future.   It's pretty much as crazy as it sounds.   I also hate Hitler stories for the most part, and I love this one, partly because the ending.   Three machine guns vs. Hitler.   I'm okay with that ending. 

 

Especially when Deadpool does this, dumps Hitler's body, and when his guards run in, one points out that this couldn't have possibly been a suicide seeing as so.   Many.   Holes.  

 

The other one runs out and says, 'looks like a suicide to me.'   It's hilarious, and while there are mentions of Hitler being evil and bad, this stays away from the genocides or camps.   It's a good move.   It allows the writers to openly mock Hitler, without making me feel as if they were mocking the victims.   I thought it had some clever moments, and as much as I hate to say it: it's a funny story about Hitler.   It just is.   It's the comics version of the Producers, just with more violence and time travel.   And robots.   And way less singing. 

 

 

Sabertooth breaks the fourth wall!   As funny as moments in this issue were, the history of how Deadpool kills his family is just awful to read.   It's a test, to see how much Butler can screw with his memory, how far he can push him to make him the perfect weapon.   It's got these tiny little moments that broke my heart.   

 

And Evan!   Because Evan!

 

 

Also, this is a tie-in to Uncanny X-Force and Wolverine and the X-Men.   Also, does this mean that Deadpool and Fantomex are raising Evan together?   I could ship that!

 

 

 

Siri.   This comic nailed it. 

 

 

Deadpool has a wife!   And a kid!   And it's just too cute. 

 

Issue 27 is an oversized issue, as it tells the tale of all of Deadpool's previous marriages.   And attempts to get married to unconscious women, which... sighs.   Disappointed, Wade.  I really am disappointed in you.   Although once she woke up, well, he let her go.   So there was no actual assault, but sketchy at best there. 

 

 

One of his ex-wives.   Also, WTF, that doesn't look like him under there.   So confusing?

 

Also, yeah, I know, I'm not into meat, but if I were...

 

 

NOOOO!   Go back, I want to read more about the murderous robot man!

 

Although Outlaw's story has to be the best.   He was warned about her super human strength, but insisted it would be awesome in every way imaginable.   He did not imagine hard enough.  Or with enough shattered pelvises. 

 

 

 

 

Although it is adorable that she gets him completely and accepts him for everything he is. 

 

 

She is a good wife. 

 

But his actual wife, Shiklah, queen of the monster metropolis, is pretty awesome, too. 

 

 

She survives.   Because awesome. 

 

And I love that they have these conversations: 

 

 

Also, when he tells Prescott why he's marrying Shiklah, he mentions that she thinks he's handsome.   Which ends with this:

 

 

I love his 'I don't buy your bullshit' face.   The mask, it is so expressive. 

 

But Deadpool and Ellie?   That is the best thing about this volume.   He's not the greatest father in the world, but he tries: 

 

 

Well, he will once he can tell her he's her father.   But let's let that slide right now. 

 

 

Or not. 

 

 

He does try to spend time with her, though. 

 

 

Maybe a little too much time. 

 

 

Yeah, Prescott ends up taking care of Ellie.  And Deadpool moves into the house across the street, abandoning two women - one whom happens to be his wife - in order to save his daughter and stalk her a little. 

 

Shiklah won't mind, will she?  

 

I'm guessing we'll find out in the final volume of this run.