You Are Deadpool #1

Writer: Al Ewing Artist: Salva Espin Publisher: Marvel Comics Release Date: May 2, 2018 Cover Price: $3.99 Critic Reviews: 7 User Reviews: 13
8.4Critic Rating
8.5User Rating

DID YOU EVER WANT TO BE DEADPOOL??? Now's your chance! This weekly series is not JUST the most amazing comic book you've ever read...it's also a role-playing adventure! YOU decide what choices Deadpool makes! YOU keep track of your scores issue by issue! YOU roll dice to combat various foes! Travel through Marvel history as Deadpool to meet Hulk in the swinging '60s! To smell Man-Thing in the swampy '70s! To be "seen" by Daredevil in the hard-boiled '80s! And avoid the many BAD ENDINGS you could fall into...or suffer the consequences!
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  • 10
    Newsarama - Robert Reed May 7, 2018

    You Are Deadpool #1 is a comic book that will surprise the reader. Is the Choose Your Own Adventure angle a gimmick? Yes, but one that is extremely effective, particularly given the character's ongoing meta-commentary. Al Ewing and Salva Espin get a lot of mileage out of the concept, and the use of panels and page space is brilliant. With the added RPG elements, this really does work as a game in comic book form, adding to a certain sense of excitement that the reader’s decisions will influence which issue they move onto next. Read Full Review

  • 9.0
    Outright Geekery - Tony Dillard May 5, 2018

    A fresh idea that entertains as well as redefines everything you known about sequential art. This miniseries promises to be the most innovative and immersive comic book of the summer. Read Full Review

  • 8.5
    Multiversity Comics - Matt Lune May 4, 2018

    A clever, funny, and highly entertaining issue with plenty of reasons to read it over and over again. Read Full Review

  • 8.5
    AIPT - Eric Cline May 2, 2018

    Choose this adventure--you won't regret it. Read Full Review

  • 8.0
    Comics: The Gathering - Charles Martin May 2, 2018

    Play this book right and you get to see Kieron Gillen stab Deadpool with a sandwich. And that's just the tutorial for what we're still not legally allowed to call Choose Your Own Deadpool Adventure! Definitely not the deepest darkest Deadpool comic being published right now, but it's a remarkably strong contender for the funniest. Read Full Review

  • 8.0
    ComicBook.com - Chase Magnett May 2, 2018

    While not a perfect comic, its first issue executes perfectly on its core story device and make this a comic worth examining. Read Full Review

  • 7.0
    All-Comic - Jessica Petrecz May 5, 2018

    You Are Deadpool #1 is exactly what to expect from a create-your-own-Deadpool comic; fun, quirky, kinda violent, and confusing at times. Read Full Review

  • 9.5
    Ultimate Goblin Sep 27, 2022

    WOW! It's like the most entertaining and unusual thing I read in my life (maybe)! It's like these books of R. Stine where you can make choices and it tells you what page to read next and get your own version of the story...

    Of course this format has some disadvantages, just like in Telltale games - a real logic and solid character development is really hard to achieve. Basically, some of your choices don't change the story, only emotional impact on you.

    And sometimes the story can't be really deep and focused. That's the case here - this story is such a basic thing. It exists almost just to exist. However, the comic really works even without an intriguing story. It's simply fun to read (however "play" is a better word more

  • 9.0
    TheImageIsStrong May 6, 2018

    I barely grab any Deadpool books, but I had to check this out and glad I did. Ewing's writing is great, and Espin's art is on point as usual. Great team, fun book and look forward to the next issue. Make sure you take the right path or doom lol. Also for being a six page tutorial it was fun and went smoothly. 9 out of 10..

  • 9.0
    SloboSOY May 3, 2018

    A book whose you are the heroes with deadpool as heroes. I loved making him take the path he didn't want and been beaten, but I least I choose the right ending. I will wait for the other issue.

    Cover - I choose the variant but I mistaken with the one where he play roleplaying game. So a little disappointed about this one. Nice & related 2/2
    Writing - It wasn't easy but they doing it very nicely. 3/3
    Arts - The arts was really good and funny. 3/3
    Feeling - I enjoy it. 1/2

  • 8.0
    CrazyforRAMU Nov 25, 2018

    Choose Your Own Deadpool Adventure kicks off with a goofy bang. The gimmick is enhanced with some genuine role-playing details, and there's more than enough humor along the way to make flipping back and forth rewarding. The art masters the challenge of skipping around nicely. It's not all-time great or endlessly memorable, but it is a ton of fun. I read this on MU and appreciate that somebody took the time to tease the digital edition into the best possible format for a CYOA comic.

  • 8.0
    Keaton Malone May 8, 2018

    Really Fun, but comedy occasionally falls flat with reliance on "random equals funny" humor.

  • 7.5

    The coming weeks will prove if this is more than a neat gimmick, but I had fun with this one. I got a 3 badness score, always knew I was a bad boy.

  • 9.5
    Psycamorean Jul 21, 2019

  • 9.0
    Ventilator-x Jul 19, 2022

  • 9.0
    ÜberGinger May 17, 2018

  • 8.5
    tonpas1989 Oct 3, 2020

  • 8.5
    Kiper602 May 10, 2018

  • 8.0
    StanielK May 6, 2018

  • 7.0
    Tenebras Jul 27, 2022

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