Deadpool: Samurai, Vol. 1

by Sanshiro Kasama, Hikaru Uesugi (Illustrator)

Overview

Deadpool moves to Tokyo and makes a mess of everything!

Everyone’s favorite Merc with a Mouth has finally come to manga! As soon as Deadpool moves to Tokyo, he runs afoul of some familiar faces. Before he knows it, he’s teaming up with new heroes, battling gods, attending concerts, and being repeatedly dismembered. That’s good, right?

Anyway, Deadpool lands in Tokyo with a bang! What could possibly go wrong when Iron Man invites Deadpool join the Avengers' new Samurai Squad? After all, Deadpool is just in it for the money...and the trip to Japan. This is fine, right?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781974725311
Publisher:	VIZ Media LLC
Publication date:	02/08/2022
Series:	Deadpool: Samurai , #1
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	34,681
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.80(d)

Editorial Reviews

02/01/2022

Marvel's wisecracking mercenary makes his manga debut in this first collection of the popular ongoing series. With supervillain activity surging across the globe, Captain America and Iron Man recruit Deadpool to join a new, Tokyo-based team of Avengers called the Samurai Squad. At first, Deadpool's chaotic disposition and penchant for extreme violence find him at odds with fellow recruits Sakura Spider and Neiro, a popstar bonded to a ferocious extraterrestrial symbiote named Kage. However, when the team discovers that Loki, the Asgardian God of Mischief, is scouring Japan for a powerful artifact he plans to use toward sinister ends, they're forced to work together to save the world. It's a fairly formulaic and often downright ludicrous plot, deliberately crafted to take advantage of Deadpool's propensity for shattering the fourth wall with a running monologue that comments on the storytelling conventions, publishing trends, and diehard fandom of both manga and Western superhero epics. VERDICT A unique, thoroughly enjoyable blend of action-adventure and cutting satire.

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