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Vacation Is Over For ‘Deadpool’ In This 7 Page ‘Merc With A Mouth’ Preview!
It’s all fun and games until the locals are trying to eat you alive. This month’s issue of “MERC WITH A MOUTH” finds the aptly named hero knee deep in super-powered zombies…quite the wake up call from flirting it up with Veronica in the stronghold. If you click on past the break you can read the first 7 pages of the issue that is due out on news stands Wednesday thanks to
WRITTEN BY: Victor Gischler
ILLUSTRATIONS BY: Bong Dazo
COVERS BY: Arthur Suydam
“Playtime is over, and the zombie universe is no place for a vacation, even though Deadpool has been having a fine time in the last human stronghold in existence and playing patty cake with the lovely Professor Veronica. No, no, no. So Deadpool, Headpool and Bill agent of A.I.M. have set off to find their way back to the non-zombie Universe. Just one problem: They’ve run head on into a zombie-fied Absorbing Man, Armadillo and Aquilar. And these guys are hungry. Time for a full-blown all out battle, complete with a troop of A.I.M agents who stumble into the fray. Even if they manage to get past these guys, will Deadpool’s crazy plan to get them home actually work?”
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The supernatural world of Korean folk horror movie Exhuma grows larger with the arrival of prequel spinoff webtoon Maengjong this weekend, Variety reports today.
Naver Webtoon debuts Maengjong on May 30.
The series hails from Haemuri (Olgami) and will trace the high school origins of how shaman duo Hwarim and Bonggil, played by Kim Go-eun and Lee Do-hyun in the 2024 film, came together to face occultish threats.
The story is set to begin when “Hwarim, who has been concealing her identity following a childhood encounter with a snake spirit called Jin, crosses paths with Bonggil at their school.”
Variety notes that Exhuma director Jang Jae-hyun participated in the project’s early concept stage.
“We are presenting ‘Maengjong,’ a new series capturing the appeal of the horror-occult genre, ahead of the full summer season,” said Lee Jeong-geun, Naver Webtoon’s Korea webtoon content leader. “With the high school story of Hwarim and Bonggil, who left a strong impression in the film ‘Exhuma,’ enhanced by Haemuri’s characteristic tense direction, we expect it will be a welcome work for genre fans.”
“It is meaningful that the spin-off story of ‘Exhuma,’ loved by many audiences, expands by meeting the new grammar of webtoon,” said Lee Hyeon-jeong, managing director of the film business division at Showbox, which distributed the film. “We hope it will be a fresh experience for both film fans and webtoon readers.”
Exhuma was a breakout hit in 2024, becoming the first Korean occult film to surpass 10 million ticket buyers and the country’s highest-grossing film of the year. I wrote in my review that “the intricately woven Exhuma delivers one of the year’s biggest surprises in horror so far.”
The bond between Hwarim and Bonggil was one of the film’s highlights, making this prequel webtoon a must for fans.
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