Between Books - Deadpool: Blood Bond

It’s time to play everyone’s favorite game, or at least mine…is it good Deadpool?

This one had me worried! As I’ve read only a few Cody Ziglar comics and I was not a fan. Has my beloved Deadpool been handed over to someone who fails to follow my essential Deadpool rules?

Deadpool: Blood Bond by Cody Ziglar follows Deadpool as he takes his next steps as a businessman and parent. Deadpool is now a part-time father sharing his daughter/symbiote/dog with his ex-girlfriend. And being a dad is a lot! So why not add businessman as he attempts to start up a very small mercenary business? Despite working small, Wade catches the attention of Death Grip, part Dr. Strange part ninja (ninja’s make everything better) whose death cult looks to teach Wade his final lesson. Can Wade survive this threat as he manages his startup and not just one daughter but two when Ellie returns to his circle? Let’s all cheer all of Wade the Girl Dad!

• Community: You can’t help but cheer on Wade the small business owner because he hires good people. First and foremost, we have Anthony Masters, Taskmaster, who really is the best non-Deadpool merc out there. I love their interactions and it makes we want to go back reread Fred Van Lente’s classic run on this anti-hero. But don’t forget, Doug! Doug the IT guy is just, what we all needed in this team which has no Weasal or Hydra Bob. He may be my newest favorite to the Deadpool family, if we believe Princess having debuted one run earlier is old news.

• BetterUp: Wade is a girl dad! And he wants to be a better dad, not just for Princess but for Ellie too. He goes through a reflection with friends and Agent Preston debating is his presence good or bad for his girls and lands where we want him to be, Dadpool is the Deadpool fans want to see. I also love the fact that Ellie has no concerns about a symbiote dog sister and Princess is just excited to have a sister.

• Laugh Away the Pain: There is violence and there are quips. Quips hide the very real and emotional pain Wade carries.

• Your Pal Wade: Is he my pal. He makes several comments that I think are for me, about editors and pages and stories. But he typically makes them to very confused on set characters. I mean, I want him to look right at me and say, “Hey Between Disney, I see you!” But at least he is acknowledging my world.

Honestly, I liked Ziglar’s Deadpool: Blood Bond even if I didn’t expect to. Ziglar gives his readers what we hope for with Deadpool while both creating new in Doug and Death Grip while also taking some of the best of the old in Tasky and Ellie. I liked it and hope to see more soon!