Something is taking the children, but Wolverine and Wolverine are on the case. But they might need some help from Deadpool and Deadpool. Your Major Spoilers review of Wolverines and Deadpool #1 awaits!

WOLVERINES AND DEADPOOLS #1

Writer: Cody Ziglar
Artist: Roge Antonio
Colorist: Guru-eFX
Letterer: VC’s Travis Lanham
Editor: Mark Basso
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: July 2nd, 2025

Previously in Wolverines and Deadpools: Something is hunting down and stealing children from a small Symkarian village, often times leaving the rest of the family dead in its wake. Logan and Laura have arrived to investigate, having been tipped off by the company Wade Wilson runs with his daughter Ellie.

OLD RIVALS AND NEW FRIENDS

Wolverines and Deadpools #1 opens up in Symkaria as a family prepare to fend off shadow monsters that have been plaguing the village. The father and mother are cut down though and the young boy is taken. The next day Logan and Laura investigate the scene and realize that they’re going to need some help. Elsewhere Ellie is caught up in a nightmare of her mother until she manages to snap awake. She then goes and meets her dad, Wade Wilson, at his investigation company. He reveals that he gave the Wolverines the tip on the Symkarian village. The two then go to meet them. After an initial introduction, filled with snark and barbs, the quartet split into two teams to continue the investigation. While looking in the woods, Wade and Logan are attacked by Agent X. In the village Ellie and Laura are confronted by Lady Bullseye.

MOSTLY DECENT HUMOR WITH A SURPRISING AMOUNT OF SINCERITY

Wolverines and Deadpools #1 features just about everything you would expect when you see a comic book with those names at the top. There are fourth wall breaks, there’s claws and blades, there’s some banter, and some reluctant teamwork. But another thing that this comic has, that might be surprising, is a decent amount of heart and sincerity. There’s a scene where Wade and Logan are walking through the woods, and Deadpool, without a hint of humor, asks Logan how to be a good dad. The exchange is touching, albeit a little cliche. The interactions between Laura and Ellie are cute, but fairly light so far. The approach taken towards Wade’s humor and fourth wall breaks starts off strongly. Having the supporting cast acknowledge them but treat them like odd metaphors that they don’t get is fun and a time-tested approach in Deadpool books. But a little goes a long way and unfortunately in this issue they go back to this joke many times. Other than that, the tone is appropriately light and humorous without being obnoxious. Also, for longtime readers there’s some nice pulls from the past, but they aren’t important enough to be a hinderance to someone who isn’t as well-versed in Wolverine’s or Deadpool’s history.

LIKING THE ACTION, FACES NOT SO MUCH

It’s understandable that when it comes to characters with masks on, there needs to be some bending of reality to show emotion through the coverings. But this is done inconsistently in this issue. Sometimes you can see Deadpool’s mouth through the mask, sometimes you can’t, sometimes he looks like a frog. Also, there’s a weird thing with the jaws in this issue, as they periodically are shown as jutting out, like the characters are trying to imitate cavemen. Thankfully, this being a Wolverine and Deadpool comic, there’s plenty of action to distract from this, and in that department this issue does exceptionally well. Fight scenes are smooth with a lot of nice usage of background and foreground movement. Also, there’s a good amount of attention given to making it look like these different characters all move differently than each other, which is a nice touch.

SOME BAD, A LOT OF GOOD

Wolverines and Deadpools #1 is a case where it does mostly everything well, except that there’s just a little bit of bad in all of those things. The humor is enjoyable, except for a repeating joke that got stale, the emotional elements are sincere but a little cliche. The visuals are great for an action-centric comic book, but stumbles when the punching stops. It’s a decent read, but it’s not going to blow anyone away. 3 out of 5 stars.

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