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Deadpool: Samurai, Vol. 3
It’s been a while since Deadpool has checked in with the Avengers Samurai Squad. Lives change, habits shift, and sometimes you just fall out of touch. Can you blame him? Deadpool has a lot going on. He’s a globetrotting super hero!
184 pages, Paperback
Published September 9, 2025
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September 15, 2025
Since Deadpool tends to be very pop culture and reference heavy, an initial primer before the review.
Do you need to read the first two volumes of "Deadpool: Samurai"?: It definitely helps as it re-introduces some of the recurring characters and which iteration of Deadpool this is. But I would assume people would read them anyway since it's part of a series.
Do you need to read Marvel titles?: No, but this is definitely Ryan Reynolds Deadpool of the movies. There is even a comment where this Deadpool says he doesn't know about the lesser known characters some bad guys are gaining their powers from. That said, a cursory understanding of the MCU is necessary for some jokes to land. Like how Hawkeye is not cool and what the Loki television series is up to.
Do you need to read other manga titles?: No, but once again, it does help with a few jokes, as Sakura Spider features prominently but you should know her from volumes 1 and 2.There is a Spider-Man: Red 4th wall reference, but it's not really a joke. There's also a manga parody at the start that might be funnier if you're into the tropes of the genre it's parodying.
"Deadpool: Samurai" is a continuation of the manga series, where Wade is primarily hanging out in Japan. A call about some yakuza killing his friend, Sakura Spider, sends him overseas to exact revenge. The story is definitely a vehicle for jokes and not a strongly plotted and detail oriented tale, the bad guys don't have much to do beside getting slaughtered or teased for later conflicts. Wade is firmly in the anti-hero camp who still has affection for heroes like Spidey and his friend, but his angst about being virtually immortal is not very engaging and you're happy for him to move back into the wisecracking mode.
With a great many jokes, a few really good, many okay, and a couple of clunkers, the voice feels authentic, which is the major point of enjoying Deadpool. The violence is not creatively slapstick but functional and gory enough that it would be R-rated if Ryan Reynold's recreated it. Overall, it's another solid entry in the series. But it does end on a cliffhanger.
Do you need to read the first two volumes of "Deadpool: Samurai"?: It definitely helps as it re-introduces some of the recurring characters and which iteration of Deadpool this is. But I would assume people would read them anyway since it's part of a series.
Do you need to read Marvel titles?: No, but this is definitely Ryan Reynolds Deadpool of the movies. There is even a comment where this Deadpool says he doesn't know about the lesser known characters some bad guys are gaining their powers from. That said, a cursory understanding of the MCU is necessary for some jokes to land. Like how Hawkeye is not cool and what the Loki television series is up to.
Do you need to read other manga titles?: No, but once again, it does help with a few jokes, as Sakura Spider features prominently but you should know her from volumes 1 and 2.There is a Spider-Man: Red 4th wall reference, but it's not really a joke. There's also a manga parody at the start that might be funnier if you're into the tropes of the genre it's parodying.
"Deadpool: Samurai" is a continuation of the manga series, where Wade is primarily hanging out in Japan. A call about some yakuza killing his friend, Sakura Spider, sends him overseas to exact revenge. The story is definitely a vehicle for jokes and not a strongly plotted and detail oriented tale, the bad guys don't have much to do beside getting slaughtered or teased for later conflicts. Wade is firmly in the anti-hero camp who still has affection for heroes like Spidey and his friend, but his angst about being virtually immortal is not very engaging and you're happy for him to move back into the wisecracking mode.
With a great many jokes, a few really good, many okay, and a couple of clunkers, the voice feels authentic, which is the major point of enjoying Deadpool. The violence is not creatively slapstick but functional and gory enough that it would be R-rated if Ryan Reynold's recreated it. Overall, it's another solid entry in the series. But it does end on a cliffhanger.
August 25, 2025
More battles, more villians, more cameos! If you enjoyed the previous volumes of Deadpool: Samurai you'll like this one. Deadpool teams up with friends old and new to punch, shoot, and slice his way through the bad guys. Lots of fun for Deadpool fans
July 31, 2025
The artwork was good but the storyline felt flat. I know breaking the fourth wall is common in Deadpool movies but it felt a little off in this manga.
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