Sadly the title of my blog post wasn't catchy enough to become the actual title of the comic book I'm obsessing over this time. Instead, they simply called it 'Deadpool vs Thanos'. Simple, yet effective. The plot isn't that simple though. Neither is the art. But let me start at the beginning. I'm going to try and explain you the plot. It's not as easy as it sounds.

The nice thing about Deadpool vs Thanos is that it's a stand-alone story with a start and an end. You don't need to know every little detail about the characters and that's a good thing, because you'll need every bit of brain capacity to keep up with the plot. You see, the physical manifestation of Death has been kidnapped, so nothing in any universe can die. Sounds great if you've ever lost someone, but it has its downsides too. That pepperoni pizza you love so much? Not an option anymore, because you can't produce pepperoni if the meat won't stay dead. For those of you who prefer a more serious example: if your planet explodes you'll be in total agony flying through space, not being able to die and escape that ish.
Back to the plot: this physical manifestation of Death is in a relationship with Deadpool, but Thanos loves her too and so it's love triangle all the way. Easy, right? Now comes to more complicated part: after Thanos blaming Deadpool for Death's disappearance and discovering he's not to blame, they decide to go searching for her together by Thanos repeatedly beating Deadpool nearly to death, a state in which he can communicate with Death. Then they go on a search all throughout the galaxy, meet Ajax, the Guardians of the Galaxy, weirdos from a death cult and I think this already counts as a spoiler... Let me just say it's their goal to free Death and they beat up everyone and everything along the way.


I have to admit that the first two times I read this comic book I was too distracted by the art to pay attention to all the ins and outs of the plot. I have very mixed feelings about the art though. I'm not extremely impressed, but it speaks to me. I like it. Quite a lot. It's very graphic though and something it's even difficult to discern different panels due to the graphicness of certain scenes. Hats off for those details though.


Once I'd started rereading Deadpool vs Thanos I also started appreciating it more and more. The story that is. Like I said, you don't need a whole lot of background. Just take things as they come. Enjoy the ride. And believe me when I say you will enjoy the ride. The writing on this one is great. Dialogue on point, but most important of all: perfect jokes. As always, Deadpool is pretty much aware of being a comic book hero and that gives awesome opportunities to make fun of some comic book tropes and other characters.

After all I'm pretty proud of myself for picking this one as my introduction to the Marvel Universe. You see, Deadpool vs Thanos will always have a special place inside my heart. It was the first comic book I bought at my local comic book store without being ashamed of my geekiness. I read it at college, surrounded by classmates who threw me weird looks whenever I giggled over the chicken man, excuse me, Black Talon. And when I reached the extra pages, with all the variant covers and extra art work, I knew I'd taken the right decision by buying this comic book.


So in case you want to get into the Marvel Universe, this is a good place to start. The art is solid, you'll get the Marvel humor you probably already know from the movies and Deadpool is just one of the best characters ever. Don't worry about cliffhangers or backgrounds, this story has a clear start and end. Do pick it up. I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did.