The Unbelievable Gwenpool #2

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[beyondthefringe]

That panel of Thor saying "SPEAK WORDS" would make a good icon.

[freezer]

How's this?

[beyondthefringe]

Perfect! Thanks. :)

[tugrul]

Love it!

[mrstatham]

This book is still weirdly a Hell of a lot better and more fun than it has any right to be, given the characters the lead is clearly a derivative of. Definitely good stuff.

[cainofdreaming]

Eh, Deadpool's last couple of runs have been some of the best books Marvel's been putting out in a while. So being derivative on that side isn't really an indication of poor quality.

[janegray]

Batroc is in it! GOOD!

One again Batroc is treated like crap! BAD!

(Unless he is treated better in the other pages?)

[malitia]

He kicks Gwen and then tells her off for being a fraud, who can't fight or shoot or has any powers and only succeeding through sheer "luck".

[janegray]

I meam... technically he is not wrong. I like Gwen, but he is pretty much right. But are we supposed to think that, or is he supposed to come across as a stupid bully?

Or worse, like "oh noes, out heroine is in such bad shape even oathetic Batroc is lecturing her!"?

[malitia]

Well, to me at least, he did come off a bit like a bully but not stupid at all.

He is literally the only person, who noticed Gwen's lack of abilities (demonstrated them too), and arrived just the right time to prove her fears right: As in it's slowly sinking in Gwen's head that the world is real enough and she misses the relevant survival skills (and this gets people she cares for killed).

With this setup I'm currently rooting for Batroc becoming her mentor. (Could happen... depends entirely on what will Gwen do to solve the issue ending cliffhanger)

[janegray]

Thank you :)

[thehood]

I'd disagree, Batroc was the only one with a good showing against Thor. He still lost, but he was fighting Thor.

[donnblake]

Batroc, why are you trying to fight a Thor?

[icon_uk]

Unfailing Gallic optimism?

[captainbellman]

See, unlike Jeph Loeb, I trust Chris Hastings enough to know that he'd know Thor doesn't talk that way any more - or someone else would inform him.

So it's probably that he just considers it more fun that way, rather than (as in my case), grating. Fair play.

[freezer]

I got the impression that it's Jane trying to talk like the "real" Thor, so it's not supposed to sound natural from her.

[glprime]

I like how even Mjolnir is like, "whaaaaa did she just say???"

[captainbellman]

Also, is it weird for anyone else how Thor is wearing heels? Shouldn't she be in, like, wrapped calfskin boots or something?

[tugrul]

Those heels really are dumb. I'll have to look whether that's in every book.

[silverzeo]

.... still waiting for something for MJ... or does she have to die nearly 20 years before someone thinks to do something interesting?

... or is Gwenpool anything to do with Gwen Stacy... or is she like those DC Million "civilians" with icon badges?

[malitia]

Out-of-universe Gwenpool is the result of a "Gwen Stacy as ALL the superheroes!" variant cover gimmick.

In-universe Gwenpool has nothing to do with Gwen Stacy. - Gwen Poole fell from an AU where Marvel comics are fiction, so the first thing she did was getting a superhero identity and costume (to not be an "extra") but the tailor misread her name (Deadpool is franchising (see Mercs for Money) so it was a honest mistake) she ended up becoming Gwenpool.

[thehood]

Gwenpool isn't Gwen Stacy, her real name is Gwen Poole. Her tailor thought she was an associate of Deadpool because of the name, thus the costume.

And she's from an Alternate Universe that's similar to ours.