Does Deadpool really deserve three ongoing monthly series? The first Deadpool series is fantastic, but the only thing of worth in Deadpool: Merc With A Mouth so far has been the inclusion of a big-breasted woman and Zombie Deadpool. Now we've got Deadpool Team-up, which will have a secondary guest every month as the issues count backwards towards zero. It's a premise that could work, but will fans enjoy seeing Deadpool team with random Marvel characters in stories that are finished in one issue?

After having nightmares where a mysterious warrior keeps constantly killing him, Deadpool decides to investigate what could be happening. He ends up at a building that suddenly turns into a giant, never-ending labyrinth, and where he finds himself just as stuck as this month's team-up partner – Hercules. Who could be behind this wicked game and will Deadpool and Hercules survive?

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One problem I have with this issue is I've never really been a fan of Hercules or seen the appeal of the character. He's like a mixture of Thor and Hulk, but goofy and not really that interesting. Hercules likes to reference Greek mythology and his history, while Deadpool likes to quip about pop culture references. It could've been a Lethal Weapon type of pairing, but instead it falls as flat as Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan in Rush Hour. In fact, I was more amused by the villain team-up than I was with the heroes. I'm not familiar with Nightmare, but it was nice seeing Arcade (he's rarely used anymore it seems).

Another problem I had is that the book just wasn't that funny. The only two moments I particularly enjoyed was how Deadpool solves the problem of Nightmare's influence and Deadpool breaking the wall and self-referencing the fact that he's now got three ongoing series going right now and he plans to milk his popularity for as long as he can.

After reading this book, unless something changes, I'm thinking that milking plan won't be going on for too much longer.

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