I have to review another issue of the mini-series that killed me... Or... Did it? Of course it didn't, that would just be silly, you can't be killed by a comic... Unless you die from papercuts. Though i can't do that cause I'm reading from a digital comic.
Let me give you a recap.
Gwenpool Strikes Back begins its first issue with dabbing, staring at pregnant ladies, robbing a bank and unmasking Spider-Man all for the SALES. This was probably the first ever comic that blatantly admits it was made just for the sales. It was psychologically painful.
Issue 2 has sex jokes, the Fantastic Four, VORE, more sex jokes, unfunny 4th wall breaks and worst of all, DEADPOOL. This issue was physically painful.
Issue 2 ended like shit, which means that issue 3 started like shit. But then the story took a 180° degree turn and actually became kind of readable. This issue was only slightly painful. Also, Deadpool just leaves the story midway through the issue. Thank fucking god.
And now, issue 4. once again, it's written by Leah Williams and drawn by David Baldeon. with a cover by Terry Dodson.
Surprisingly, the focus of the comic has shifted from obtaining a cover picture to preventing The Incredible Hulk from killing a bunch of people. In this cover, Gwenpool is shown holding Thor's hammer Mjolnir, which does occur in the comic, although not exactly as portrayed here.
The comic begins with Gwen communicating with the readers through morse code, which was a really bad idea because comic fans are too stupid to understand morse code. The morse code is scrapped on the first page and she just talks normally. Apparently, The Hulk is too stupid to see the glowing pink Sims Plumbob in the bushes... Y'know, the Hulk may have the intelligence of a 1-year-old but he's not that stupid.
Gwen tells us to turn to the next page... Go fuck yourself, bitch, you can't tell me what to do. So, after turning to the next page, we see comic writer Christopher Hastings in the form of a big cloud in the sky, why is he here? Chris was brought in to write not 3, not 4, not 2, but ONE WHOLE PAGE of this comic.
Christopher is talking to Gwen and explaining lore that she should know, while the Hulk is chasing her, and Gwen listens, which is super unrealistic because if someone was talking to me while a giant green killing machine was chasing me, i wouldn't really be able to pay attention. That page was really necessary, thanks Chris.
After one unfunny joke, Gwen is thrown into the gutter space, and i don't mean that one show that GodzillaMendoza made so he could complain about shit he's gonna buy anyways, the gutter space is that one white space between the comic panels, a space that doesn't appear as much anymore.
She gets the bright idea of going into other comic books and reuniting different Gwens from the following comics: Superior Spider-Man #7 (2018), West Coast Avengers #1 (2018), Champions #5 (2018), The Unbelievable Gwenpool #12 (2016), Rocket Raccoon & Groot #9 (2016)... Some of these are better than others. This is actually a really cool scene!
This would cause a lot of plot holes, but i have to continue the review so i'm not gonna address how confusing this is.
Not sure how they're gonna defeat The Hulk if they're all the same character and they all have the same fucking power level, it's like multiplying by 0. However, the comic would be pretty shitty if they all just died trying and the story ended, so they do some comic book magic/bending of reality.
At least 1 Gwen dies but not even the story cares, so it just moves on. The Hulk gets hit in the nuts, gets transported to that one place above the beach, so it's now a problem for the Avengers to solve.
So now there's only 1 opponent left, Ms. Marvel, but wait a sec... Ms. Marvel and Gwen are besties! They can't fight... I gotta know what happens next, i better purchase the next issue to find out! Wait, i'm reading from a digital TPB... I'll just turn the page to see what happens next!
This comic is not as good as i remembered, but it's not bad. I mean, it's stupid but it's actually entertaining and actually a little bit funny and smart. 7.5/10. Can't say i've used a .5 in a review before.
Well, that's it.
Upcoming posts: Probably another Spider-Man review and CHRISTMAS!!!! (+ The End of Gwenpool Strikes Back, i gotta end this shit before 2025.)
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