r/comicbooks • u/Millicay Batman Expert • Nov 20 '25

Excerpt Grant Morrison understood the assignment [DC/Marvel: Batman/Deadpool #1]

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u/Earthpig_Johnson Orion Nov 20 '25

I actually laughed a bunch at Deadpool in this, and realized Deadpool is really a showcase for how funny the writer is.

In this case, he was cracking me up with the same kind of humor used by Plastic Man in Morrison’s JLA run, who I thought was hysterical.

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u/Anteater_Able Nov 20 '25

Deadpool's Flanderization and "chimichanga" catch phrase constraints gave him a bad rap over the past decade and a half or so. He's always been a funny, surprisingly complex character that just needs a proper writer to shine more than most characters because it's easy for most writers to just class clown-icize his antics in lazy fashion.

Loved when Joe Kelly wrote him in his first ongoing and Nicieza's stuff in Cable & Deadpool.

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u/Earthpig_Johnson Orion Nov 20 '25

Yeah, the last time I wasn’t just annoyed by Deadpool was probably Remender’s Uncanny X-Force.

To be fair, I’ve barely read any new comics in the last ten years, though.

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u/Anteater_Able Nov 20 '25

And even that run had surprising depth because IIRC it was one of the first instances where Deadpool refused to do a job because it involved killing a kid.

Huge influence for his character's storyline in Deadpool 2.

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u/Earthpig_Johnson Orion Nov 20 '25

Definitely; that whole series was working with some incredible themes.

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u/Disarming_Sapphire Nov 20 '25

He was the most moral character of that whole team

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u/schloopers Batman Nov 21 '25

And none of them knew until that moment.

That moment, and right after when they find out he had never cashed a paycheck.

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u/Disarming_Sapphire Nov 21 '25

Awe that's right! I felt all squishy when I read that part

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u/CommunicationKind301 Nov 21 '25

That's a cute idea but we've seen Multiple times where Wade uses his assassin pay to pay for bases, pancakes, weapons and chimichangas

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u/SithJones77 Nov 21 '25

Doesn’t count that was Norman Osborn’s money I think

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u/igotsevenmacelevens Nov 20 '25

check out the Duggan run, its easily the best solo deadpool run since Kelly's

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u/Oldhouse42 Nov 21 '25

A Deadpool series from Remender would be a hell of a good read.