This book does not pick up where the last book left off. Instead, it contains a bunch of random comics that don't connect to each other but seem to be the artists trying to get rid of a backlog; In one of the comics, Penn Teller guest writes and Penn and Teller guest show for the comic. Penn plays poker with Deadpool and makes a wager that if he wins Deadpool has to be Teller in his show. He of course loses and plays the dummy to Penn's straight man. Meanwhile, Teller is dressed up as Deadpool and is in New York City with Spider-Man hanging out looking for bad guys when they come across a psychic who turns out to be Marie-Ange Colbert the Tarot card Queen who has let loose a tarot card alive. Spider-Man goes to fight it expecting Deadpool to help but he oddly doesn't. Instead, he becomes fascinated with her deck of cards and goes down to see if he can play with them. Colbert picks them up and deals them for Spider-Man and draws the Death Card. Can anything save Spider-Man from his fate? And what will happen to the real Deadpool? This was written rather well for someone who doesn't write comic books. It was also interesting to bring back a villain who hasn't been used in a long while.
In the last comic, a wave of giant monsters called Leviathans has been raining from the sky and wreaking havoc all over the world. It's up to all the superheroes to deal with this menace. In an all-girls school in Toronto, a coven of witches summons forth Deadpool in the hopes that his blood will lead them to his wife Shiklah who would make the perfect vessel for their dying headmistress. Only when they call forth Deadpool's heartmate Spider-Man shows up and starts to absorb the headmistress. Suddenly, a Leviathan appears outside and Spider-Man and Deadpool must fight it. Deadpool gets eaten by it and can't get out. Spider-Man has trouble fighting the monster when his body is fighting him. The witches help him as much as they can but they can't reverse the spell. Pretty soon Deadpool has company in the belly of the beast--a human company that he has to save and Spider-Man is quickly losing control of his body to an evil witch who wants to take the power of the monster for herself. I really loved this comic. It contained some of the best wordplays between Spider-man and Deadpool and it was an interesting story of possession and a giant monster falling from the sky.
Overall these stories were alright, but some were not up to snuff. There was one about them making a Deadpool movie only there's a villain on site trying to kill Deadpool. But luckily Spider-Man is there to help save the day. It's a little cheesy, but that seems to suit the pair sometimes when they get together. Another one takes you back to the comics of 1968 and Mysterio is in this one along with some crooked humans trying to fix an election. It's okay but I miss the saucy banter between Spider-Man and Deadpool that is absent because they are staying true to the time period. But it is a neat look back at a forgotten time. Another one has Saturn come down to rein down thunder because people are worshiping Santa and not celebrating his Christmas. It's up to Spider-Man and Deadpool to show him the meaning of Christmas. That one was pretty good with lots of good gab between Spider-Man and Deadpool that is really funny. Overall this was a great book and I give it a four out of five stars.
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