Weekly Comic Book Review

By Mike Benson & Adam Glass (Writers), Carlo Barberi (Pencils), Sandu Florea (Inks), and Marte Gracia (Colors)

Some Thoughts Before The Review: So far, Suicide Kings has been generic, dumb, immature, and gratuitous (in terms of both violence and sexuality). That said, it’s also been funny, enjoyably crazy, and sure of its target audience.

The Story: Thanks to some mad videogame skills, Deadpool is able to find out information regarding who exactly placed the ad in Black Ops Magazine. Daredevil and Deadpool plan to investigate, but first they must deal with the misinformed Punisher…

What’s Good: My guess is that, by now you’ve already formed some sort of opinion about the Suicide Kings mini-series. Chapter three isn’t going to change any minds. The nonstop humor hits more than it misses, the colorful, lively (surprisingly violent) artwork is a nice fit, and the storyline proves a decent enough excuse to throw a number of Marvel characters into Deadpool’s twisted world.

What’s Not So Good: Interestingly enough, each negative I need to mention is directly related to a positive. Very noticeably so. While the humor often hits, Deadpool is so chatty throughout the book that it borders on annoying (I feel for the characters of the Marvel U. now). The solid artwork occasionally looks either completely awkward or oddly static (though Daredevil’s one fight offers the best (worst?!) of both worlds).  And the storyline?  Though completely acceptable, it is utterly forgettable.

Conclusion: In ways both good and bad, Deadpool: Suicide Kings #3 pretty much maintains the status quo for the mini-series. As a result, there isn’t a whole lot I need to say about it. The series isn’t getting any better, but, thankfully, it also isn’t getting significantly worse…

Grade: C

-Kyle Posluszny