By Mark Rodriguez
It seems Deadpool is always looking to mess with someone new. Now we have the 'Merc with a Mouth going up against the King of Wakanda. Let's see what happens.
'A Small Understanding' opens with T'Challa changing out of his gear and dressing more casual as he ponders what he went through to become king. Shuri comes to get him and they both head out as Wakanda celebrates Ubusuku Bokufa, their version of Day of the Dead. Shuri says T'Challa should enjoy himself but he would rather be in the lab and work on 'star cells' that could save many lives. Shuri says the people need to see the king once in a while. T'Challa runs into a child dressing as the Black Panther, and he gives her an American candy bar. The girl cries because she has nothing to give in return but the king says she has already given him everything.
Deadpool cuts in wanting to get to his part of the story. He is reading a book while driving a school bus as The Wrecker chases them with a wrecking ball. The kids come from rich families and the villain wants to collect ransom from them. Deadpool insults Wrecker's attempt at a pun and says 'no wonder he's not in the movies'. Deadpool lets a kid drive the bus as he pulls out a Thermite Grenade.
Deadpool jumps off the bus, grenade in hand and says he's been waiting years to legally say 'Let's Get Dangerous' (Disney owns Marvel after all) but Wrecker swings the wrecking ball at him. Deadpool sticks the grenade in the chain link of the wrecking ball and flips off it as it explodes. Wrecker pulls out his Magic Crowbar and Deadpool snatches it away, wondering why no one's ever done just that. One of the kids tells Deadpool that not everyone is OK, as an innocent bystander was impaled by some of the shrapnel from the explosion.
The 'friendly neighborhood mailman' is in the hospital, but it's not looking good since every breathe he takes brings the shrapnel closer to his heart. Deadpool, posing as his son, asks if there's anything that can be done and the nurse says there's an experimental treatment that was used when Tony Stark cured himself of being Iron Man. It requires Vibranium and Deadpool says he knows a guy, and they're practically both Avengers.
Black Panther is testing a new form of laser with the star cells on a fruit, slicing it in half perfectly without a drop of juice spilled. He tells Shuri he can use this technology to transform field medicine and save thousands of soldiers injured by war or land mines. Okoye alerts him that Deadpool has arrived as he draws a smile on his mask.
Deadpool greets the king with 'Hakuna Matata'. Shuri says that's the worst thing he could have said, and T'Challa says to give him time. Deadpool is asked how he got past all their defenses. He says he snuck aboard a plane headed to Wakanda disguised as an elephant. T'Challa asks what Deadpool wants. Deadpool asks for some Vibranium.
T'Challa says he wants to make a bullet out of it and Deadpool says he knows how these kinds of things go. He says there'll be some misunderstanding, they'll fight, a real bad guy will show up, so they team up to stop up and become friends in the end.... so he asks to skip all that and just give him Vibranium. Panther says NO and says he only allowed him to speak out of the respect Captain America gives him, but he just sees Deadpool as a thief and a murderer.
Deadpool says he doesn't have to explain himself to anyone and says he let the fact that Black Panther got top billing in the book and he's ready to do things the hard way and do the 'small misunderstanding'. He leaps at Black Panther with his sword and Panther kicks him off the ground and throws him into a wall.
Black Panther tells the guards to leave so no Wakandan blood may spill. Shuri summons birds and sends them after Deadpool. Black Panther hits Deadpool with the Star Cell Laser, cleaving his arm off. This time however, Deadpool's arm does not grow back.
Shuri says the laser healed the cancer where Deadpool was hit, and this stopped it from regenerating and spreading the cancer. Shuri tells Deadpool that whenever he heals, his cancer is growing back, not his life. He doesn't have a healing factor, but a dying factor.
Deadpool says he'll just steal Vibranium elsewhere and draws his sword. Panther punches him and impales Deadpool with his own sword, pinning him against the wall. Deadpool says Panther was a lot nicer in the movie. Black Panther takes Deadpool's arm saying he could use the Star Cells to reattach his arm, but studying it can lead to more breakthroughs.
Black Panther detects that Deadpool has a teleporter in one of his pouches, and 'Merc says he hasn't used it since 2012. T'Challa hacks it and warps Deadpool out of Wakanda and in the middle of a desert. Deadpool is angry now as he pulls the sword out of his chest. He says he knows how to become king... by cutting off the head of a king.
My Opinions
This was a great issue, and an unexpected reason for these two to meet up. I kinda see this one as kinda easy for newcomers to get into. Despite the stylized art, T'Challa and Shuri pretty much look like cartoon versions of the people who played them in the movies. And T'Challa and Wade act pretty much like the movies.
I loved Deadpool's material, taking advantage that both had movies a few months apart this year. I also loved the callback to the pouches. The 90s loved their pouches on their heroes man.
Wrecker was an unexpected cameo. How does he get his magical crowbar back anyway? I assume it gets confiscated every time he gets defeated.
Pretty good comic. Good action. The art took a bit to get used to. Deadpool gets away with it cause he's wearing a mask, but everyone else looks odd in that style. The fact that the star cells healed up Deadpool so he can't regrow his arm is interesting, as is the idea of how his healing factor actually works. I wonder if future stories will get into that concept.
It seems Deadpool is always looking to mess with someone new. Now we have the 'Merc with a Mouth going up against the King of Wakanda. Let's see what happens.
'A Small Understanding' opens with T'Challa changing out of his gear and dressing more casual as he ponders what he went through to become king. Shuri comes to get him and they both head out as Wakanda celebrates Ubusuku Bokufa, their version of Day of the Dead. Shuri says T'Challa should enjoy himself but he would rather be in the lab and work on 'star cells' that could save many lives. Shuri says the people need to see the king once in a while. T'Challa runs into a child dressing as the Black Panther, and he gives her an American candy bar. The girl cries because she has nothing to give in return but the king says she has already given him everything.
Deadpool cuts in wanting to get to his part of the story. He is reading a book while driving a school bus as The Wrecker chases them with a wrecking ball. The kids come from rich families and the villain wants to collect ransom from them. Deadpool insults Wrecker's attempt at a pun and says 'no wonder he's not in the movies'. Deadpool lets a kid drive the bus as he pulls out a Thermite Grenade.
Deadpool jumps off the bus, grenade in hand and says he's been waiting years to legally say 'Let's Get Dangerous' (Disney owns Marvel after all) but Wrecker swings the wrecking ball at him. Deadpool sticks the grenade in the chain link of the wrecking ball and flips off it as it explodes. Wrecker pulls out his Magic Crowbar and Deadpool snatches it away, wondering why no one's ever done just that. One of the kids tells Deadpool that not everyone is OK, as an innocent bystander was impaled by some of the shrapnel from the explosion.
The 'friendly neighborhood mailman' is in the hospital, but it's not looking good since every breathe he takes brings the shrapnel closer to his heart. Deadpool, posing as his son, asks if there's anything that can be done and the nurse says there's an experimental treatment that was used when Tony Stark cured himself of being Iron Man. It requires Vibranium and Deadpool says he knows a guy, and they're practically both Avengers.
Black Panther is testing a new form of laser with the star cells on a fruit, slicing it in half perfectly without a drop of juice spilled. He tells Shuri he can use this technology to transform field medicine and save thousands of soldiers injured by war or land mines. Okoye alerts him that Deadpool has arrived as he draws a smile on his mask.
Deadpool greets the king with 'Hakuna Matata'. Shuri says that's the worst thing he could have said, and T'Challa says to give him time. Deadpool is asked how he got past all their defenses. He says he snuck aboard a plane headed to Wakanda disguised as an elephant. T'Challa asks what Deadpool wants. Deadpool asks for some Vibranium.
T'Challa says he wants to make a bullet out of it and Deadpool says he knows how these kinds of things go. He says there'll be some misunderstanding, they'll fight, a real bad guy will show up, so they team up to stop up and become friends in the end.... so he asks to skip all that and just give him Vibranium. Panther says NO and says he only allowed him to speak out of the respect Captain America gives him, but he just sees Deadpool as a thief and a murderer.
Deadpool says he doesn't have to explain himself to anyone and says he let the fact that Black Panther got top billing in the book and he's ready to do things the hard way and do the 'small misunderstanding'. He leaps at Black Panther with his sword and Panther kicks him off the ground and throws him into a wall.
Black Panther tells the guards to leave so no Wakandan blood may spill. Shuri summons birds and sends them after Deadpool. Black Panther hits Deadpool with the Star Cell Laser, cleaving his arm off. This time however, Deadpool's arm does not grow back.
Shuri says the laser healed the cancer where Deadpool was hit, and this stopped it from regenerating and spreading the cancer. Shuri tells Deadpool that whenever he heals, his cancer is growing back, not his life. He doesn't have a healing factor, but a dying factor.
Deadpool says he'll just steal Vibranium elsewhere and draws his sword. Panther punches him and impales Deadpool with his own sword, pinning him against the wall. Deadpool says Panther was a lot nicer in the movie. Black Panther takes Deadpool's arm saying he could use the Star Cells to reattach his arm, but studying it can lead to more breakthroughs.
Black Panther detects that Deadpool has a teleporter in one of his pouches, and 'Merc says he hasn't used it since 2012. T'Challa hacks it and warps Deadpool out of Wakanda and in the middle of a desert. Deadpool is angry now as he pulls the sword out of his chest. He says he knows how to become king... by cutting off the head of a king.
My Opinions
This was a great issue, and an unexpected reason for these two to meet up. I kinda see this one as kinda easy for newcomers to get into. Despite the stylized art, T'Challa and Shuri pretty much look like cartoon versions of the people who played them in the movies. And T'Challa and Wade act pretty much like the movies.
I loved Deadpool's material, taking advantage that both had movies a few months apart this year. I also loved the callback to the pouches. The 90s loved their pouches on their heroes man.
Wrecker was an unexpected cameo. How does he get his magical crowbar back anyway? I assume it gets confiscated every time he gets defeated.
Pretty good comic. Good action. The art took a bit to get used to. Deadpool gets away with it cause he's wearing a mask, but everyone else looks odd in that style. The fact that the star cells healed up Deadpool so he can't regrow his arm is interesting, as is the idea of how his healing factor actually works. I wonder if future stories will get into that concept.
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