Only found one of last week's four books at the store in town. I was hoping for two, thought they'd have Immortal Sergeant since it's from Image, but that's how it goes. Today, will Deadpool survive (on my pull list?)
Valentine has actually tried to help Deadpool with his symbiote problem, but to see if the sedative is working, they need a "field test." So it's off to the zoo! Wait, what? Supposedly, the variety of circumstances will let Valentine establish a baseline for the symbiote, so they can develop a better drug. Also, Valentine thinks Wade is cute, which befuddles him, so Coccolo draws the montage of their zoo adventure with the word "cute" in various fonts hovering around Wade, when it isn't a giant stone block crushing him (metaphorically).
Wade keeps calling the symbiote Renesmee, which I had to look up. It's a Twilight reference, boooooooo. I was quite content knowing almost nothing about those books, and now I know a little less nothing than before! Boooooooooooooo!
Deadpool and the symbiote may be coming to an understanding, although the fact it's encouraging him to kiss Valentine concerns me. Fortunately, Doc Ock and Harrower show up with a bunch of mutated zoo animals, so there's no smooching while the symbiote looks on like a creepy voyeur. Also, Lady Deathstrike got a second chance to join the Atelier, but she has to kill Octavius and Deadpool by herself. Yeah, good luck with that. I wouldn't give Deathstrike a 10% shot one-on-one against Ock.
I liked this issue more than the previous two. Something about the more mundane aspect of Deadpool going to a zoo with someone was appealing. Wong tried to throw a lot at us in the first two issues, but she slowed down a bit here to dig into it. Let Wade actually interact with Valentine, so we can get some sense of this character he's so immediately infatuated with. That way, if this turns out horribly, their inevitable betrayal has some kick. If it somehow doesn't turn out horribly, then great! We like Valentine and are happy they and Wade are together.
So, I guess, the answer to the question at the start of the post is, yes, Deadpool survives for another month.
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