Deadpool appeared in 3 comics this December. In March, he's set to appear in nine different comics.

The first issue in December was Deadpool Team-Up #898, which is actually number 3 in the series. Team-Up is flawed in premise to begin with. Most recently in the main Deadpool title, Deadpool had joined the X-Men which includes "Team-Ups" of a sort with Wolverine, Domino, Cyclops and other characters (and in January with Spider-Man). So why a secondary book just for Deadpool to team up with other characters? You can always argue that it's a parody of crossover books in general, but deciding to create an entire series that includes actual crossovers, the point of which is to bring different characters to interact with Deadpool in order to parody books that do the exact same thing isn't parody. It just looks like Marvel couldn't figure out how they could make a third Deadpool book. This is a likely problem for the upcoming Deadpool Corps as well.

The issue itself starts with the always overused "Now" "this many hours ago, that many hours ago" trope. We get some mysterious conversation that doesn't make sense right away, then cut to Deadpool singing and being all wacky, having his typical multiple personality conversation. There's a "late Bea Arthur" reference (topical!), the Zapata Bros. discuss the iPhone and AT&T, the Blackberry and Facebook (topical x3!)

The book isn't funny. It's an excuse to have some Mexican guys say "bro" a lot and tell a comic book story Tarantino-style. If Team-Up is intended to be an out and out parody, someone should let the writer know.

A week after Team-Up #898, Deadpool #18 came out. Deadpool is the best Deadpool book out right now. #18 involves an altercation with the X-Men, Domino's fear of roosters and a couple of H.A.M.M.E.R. "agents" who use the word "dude" as liberally as the Zapata Bros. use the word "bro." This is another problem with three semi-comedic comic books featuring the same renegade "doesn't fit in" character. You're marketing to the same, geeky, "doesn't fit in" audience. So jokes on the type of guys who say "bro" "dude" and "pound it" are obvious choices.

The issue itself is very well done, the hero saves the day and gives the X-Men some good publicity while taking the fall and looking like the bad guy to the public. Cyclops admits that Deadpool's "got some moves" in the end. The book is funny and it's well done across the board. There's a strong argument for it to be the only Deadpool title right now, as it is the only quality Deadpool book.

The third week of December saw the release of Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth #6. This series has the most continuity of the three Deadpool books. There are redneck jokes for 3 pages, then Deadpool and his crew arrive in a spaceship. This is the dialogue for page 6.

Redneck kid: AAAAAAARGH!

Redneck adult #1: Haunted dead alien head! Run!

Deadpool: You're a real people person, shorty.

Dismembered zombie head of Deadpool: It's a gift, my man. A gift.

Dr. Betty: Nice parking job. I don't think we're taking off anytime soon.

Bill: Give me a break, will ya? I haven't logged a lot of hours landing in swamp muck.

Deadpool: So you can find this portal, right?

Dismembered zombie head of Deadpool: Nope.

After that, I was wondering where the six audience laugh track reactions were. This stuff is terrible. 

The rest of the issue is devoted to bringing some guy that I don't really remember or care about to the swamp to fight Deadpool. There's a joke about the guy giving a long, boring speech and Deadpool not paying attention. It's kind of ironic due to all the long, boring dialogue that accompanied pages 9, 10 and 12 prior to the speech.

Three books a month featuring one character. One is good, two aren't. When it gets right down to it, the only problem with Deadpool being in three books a month is a lack of quality.