The Right is fighting the Left. Blacks are battling Whites. The Country is being torn apart. So a necromancer decides to do something about it. He brings back the Undead Harry S. Truman and Captain America catches him at it and battles Harry while the necromancer gets away making the Captain look bad in the press hurting a beloved ex-President. The thing is, the necromancer didn't stop at one President he resurrected all of them.
S.H.I.E.L.D. knows that they need to deal with this but they want nothing to do with it so they fop it off on one of their least-liked agents who can take the fall when everything falls apart and leaves her, Agent Preston to figure out how to solve this without using agents, the Avengers, X-Men, or any other high profile superhero whose reputation might be damaged by this.
Her, Agent Preston's, prayers are answered when Deadpool is battling FDR in the subway and manages to kill him by using the third rail and electrocuting him. She offers him a job and he agrees for a fee of $2 million dollars. Deadpool goes to Liberty Hall where he runs into a bunch of undead Presidents and one helpful ghost, Ben Franklin. The necromancer has gone to the cemetery to try to undo what he has done but George Washington and JFK find him and make him bring to life an army of undead soldiers.
Deadpool goes on a killing spree of Presidents like for example when he found Teddy Roosevelt in the zoo hunting the animals he knew he had to electrocute him to kill him so he got the elephant to strangle him while he got a hold of some electric cables and he told the elephant repeatedly to drop Teddy but he wouldn't so all three of them got electrocuted and sent to Hell.
Finally, Preston realizes they need backup so she grabs Deadpool, who takes Ben and yes! we get a cameo from one of my favorite Marvel characters: Dr. Strange. A comic is always made just a little bit better with a visit from the Doctor. And eventually, the Doctor decides to help them by creating a sword that can kill any undead. He also tells them where the necromancer is. However, the necromancer no longer has his book. Washington has it. But Deadpool has plans for the necromancer. Complicated plans for him.
Deadpool really is a favorite character of mine and I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I love history and a look back at all the dead Presidents was a real hoot. My only complaint would be that Andrew Jackson was taken too easily. In life, there were many attempts on his life, and one such attempt when the gun jammed he took his walking stick and nearly beat the man to death. They had to pull him off of the guy. He had a real temper. He was a redhead. Though I must admit I did enjoy Ronald Reagan's death a great deal. And having Ben Franklin around was a nice touch. Agent Preston was a real badass, who cared for her family greatly and managed to keep Deadpool in line and was the real brains of the operation. And honestly, you do know that there is more to it than this? Someone is behind all of this. But who? This was a fantastic book and I give it five out of five stars.
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