Deadpool vs. Thanos (Deadpool vs. Thanos (2015))

Seeley provides a surprisingly solid miniseries that follows the team up and throw down between Deadpool and Thanos: two characters who normally have little in common aside for their shared love of Lady Death. In this story, Lady Death herself has been kidnapped and ferreted away leading to an entire universe where no one can die (Seeley has great fun exploring why this would be a bad thing) and it is up to Thanos to find her and set things right... or it would be if Death didn't actually prefer Deadpool and will now only communicate with him. The two begrudgingly team up and travel across the universe and even into Hell itself to locate their mistress. The Deadpool elements of the book work for the most part with Seeley's guidance (how much you get out of that aspect of the book depends on how much you enjoy Deadpool as a character), but the main surprise is how much of a fitting tribute the Thanos elements of the book are to Jim Starlin's old Infinity series. Drawing on characters like Mephisto, Eternity, and the In-Betweener, Seeley is only one Adam Warlock away from having crafted a great modern era "Infinity" story line of his own (which makes the humor even stronger when wacky Deadpool interacts with these cosmic operatic characters). Deadpool isn't a personal favorite of mine since the shtick can wear thin, but teaming him up with such a serious minded character like Thanos makes for a fun and entertaining read. Who would have guessed Thanos makes such a good comedy straight man?

This is one of the best Deadpool story lines I have read. I do not know much about Thanos, but I know Deadpool intimately, having read Deadpool Classic, DP and Cable, the Joe Kelly run, and half a dozen of the individual team-up collections like DP vs Black Panther, DP vs Spider Man etc.Seeley gets Deadpool. It's that simple, yet so often writers just do not get him (Christopher Priest comes to mind). Bondoc is on point with illustration.The story was as hilarious as it was intense, dealing with all sorts of cosmic powers and existential issues while DP is a clown as much as he is a superhero. I highly recommend this collection, and wish Seeley wrote more DP.

Deadpool got so huge that Marvel decided to team him up with nearly everyone in short comic series. Hence Deadpool vs Thanos was born, the most odd mix you could think of. The title page sums things up well with Pool saying, “It was a joke Marvel! I was joking when I said I wanted to fight Thanos!”With such a ridiculous mix there had to be a story to live up to the billing, and it did. The series gets off to an irreverent start as Deadpool attempts to assassinate Dr. Doom while he’s on vacation. Then Wade Wilson hooks up with the Black Talon one of the more absurd characters Marvel not only created, but continued to use for years. At one point Wilson French kisses the boatman Charon who takes the dead across the River Styx, and then kills Thanos’ mother in hell. Top that!The actual comic is about Mistress Death being taken and Deadpool and Thanos teaming up, yes something you never thought you’d read, trying to rescue her. Of course, things end with a big battle, and a changing of sides, and another big fight.There are so many ways this comic series could have gone wrong. Luckily, writer Tim Seeley pulled it off with just the right mix of comedy and action.

Lots of fun. The Merc with the Mouth is back and on a question to save his lady love, Death, all the while dealing with the Mad Titan. There are some great jokes, and some amazing insight and pathos from Deadpool. Wade is crazier than a S*** house rat, but he has great observational skills about himself, the world, death, Death, Thanos and all points in between. Great little one off.

I would never have believed it, but this one is for the ages. It was like an early 60's Ditko philosophical comic with a super snarky Spider-Man like central character and a two ton chunk o' purple as a sidekick chasin' Ms Death. The only one missing was old school Doctor Strange. Well done team. W LLC done.

Great story involving the love triangle between Thanos, Deadpool and Mistress Death. They do an excellent job of contrasting the seriousness of Thanos and the hilarity of Deadpool, two characters I never expected to see in a buddy type book. Definitely worth a read

Great idea, but should have been about 10 pages longer. It seemed kind of skippy, like I bumped the skip 30 second button on a 15 minute video. So like, 4 and 15/16th stars.

I wanted the book to see thanos and Deadpool fight the only time they “fought” was in the beginning and some in the middle put most of it was them trying to get death back.

I'm a big fan of Deadpool (and in the right context, Thanos too) but this did not work for me. The concept is a sound one, combining the two great lovers of Death together, but the vast gulf between their abilities and power levels means that the whole book felt very contrived. By comparison, for example, Deadpool vs. Hawkeye felt like a very natural fit. However, despite the occasional moment, this felt like what it was; a blatant attempt to cash in on two currently very popular characters. Save yourself the money and the time.

Haven’t read it yet but out the box not very impressed. Comic is very out of shape and looks like it has already been owned instead of being brand new. First time a comic that I’ve ordered has been like this but still a shame

The Merc with the mouth and the big man with the Chin great Adventure shame Deadpool isnt in the avenger films would be awesome seeing him annoying the Avengers

Never actually realised how powerful Deadpool truly is. I had to read this twice, just to fully understand the storyline. A great read.

This graphic novel is printed on good quality paper and assembled neatly.Marvel mad teenage son very happy.