Deathstroke Rebirth

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  1. BlueLanternKal Super-Lex

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    http://comicbook.com/2016/07/22/christopher-priest-on-coming-back-to-comics-and-taking-over-deat/

    Since Rebirth has started the anticipation for this ongoing has been ramping up and it's reaching it's tipping point for me. I really can't wait. Judging from this interview the wait seems to have been worth it. If this is written at all like Deathstroke Annual #2 (gritty, intelligent, and grounded, without being gratuitous) this book is headed to the top of my pull list. Sometimes characters seems like they're being written edgy for the sake of it. But Slade's a character that can live in that space without having to try. He can be that Man With No Name, grey hat type of western hero. And going back to Marv Wolfman's anti-hero/villain for hire roots got me hyped asf.

    Can't wait for Deathstroke vs Batman Pt IV!
     
  2. BlueLanternKal Super-Lex

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    http://comicvine.gamespot.com/articles/christopher-priest-talks-deathstroke-rebirth/1100-155898/

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  3. TheCorpulent1 SHAZAM!

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    Still boggles my mind that they got this amazing a team on Deathstroke, of all people. But I'll check it out just for Priest returning to comics, if nothing else.
     
  4. Victarion Iron Captain

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    I'm fine with this. I loved the Deathstroke/Trigon team-ups in the Teen Titans cartoon. This is one title I'll be looking into.
     
  5. BlueLanternKal Super-Lex

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    It's out. And it's dope. It presents Slade as an unapologetic villain with a moral code and buried regrets. And it has enough social commentary to give it gravitas and keeps it grounded without coming off as preachy.

    When Slade is hit the reveal he has no choice but to reneg on his contract, showing that the almighty dollar isn't his end all. But even as he does it he does so in a way that upholds his rep as the World's Greatest Assassin. He disguises his breach as taking on an another contract. Brilliant stuff.

    If the thought put into this keeps up "Slade the Deathstroke, super-wheelon" could end up being my favorite book coming out of Rebirth.

    10/10.
     
  6. Slade W Registered

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    I am looking forward to getting around to reading this.
     
  7. Broseph44 Witness Me

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    This was a great first issue. I was at the shop and my buddy behind the counter was like hey, want a copy of Deathstroke on the house no charge? Yes please. Awesome issue and adding it to my pull.
     
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    Great first issue. Along with Green Arrow, this is my most anticipated title ATM.
     
  9. BlueLanternKal Super-Lex

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    Aww man. So Judas Contract Rebirth!!! Yes, please. I'm telling y'all Slade is finally getting the push he deserves.

    Priest, Didio, and Johns are all involved in his trajectory. That's what's up.
     
  10. CaptainWagner I'm A Worrier, It's What I Do (P) (he/him)

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    Sounds pretty great! I've got to trim down the books I'm following after this month, and Rebirth has certainly made it difficult.

    And while Deathstroke gets a big push, this guys' TV show just ended, leaving him open for his next big role...

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    Slade was hired by refugees to take out Clock King who's hiding out in a war torn African nation. To get to the Clock King Slade has to deal with Matthew "Jazaki" Bland, the local dictator/warlord responsible for the genocide going down in Africa.

    Jazaki only agrees to reveal Tockman's location if Deathstroke can somehow get US Senator Hasgrove relected. Hasgrove's blocking US/NATO intervention so Jazaki can go about his ethnic cleansing and keep ruling his nation with an iron fist. Slade charges Jazaki 9 million USD for this favor.

    Slade's hacker, Hosun, funnels money from a super-pac to prop up an indie candidate splitting the Dem vote and guaranteeing Hasgrove keeps his seat. Jazaki reveals Tockman's location.

    When Slade's bout to kill the Clock King when he drops a Kenilworth sized bomb on him revealing that Wintergreen is alive and being held captive by Kurdish militants hiding from the Turkish government. Slade brokers a contract with the men who escorted him to Tockman. These soldiers are essentially dead because they witnessed Jazaki's betrayal of Tockman.

    Slade charges whatever money they have in exchange for protection (including their families) the condition being that they get him into the Kurdish Al Lajna camp where Wintergreen is held.

    Somewhere along the way Slade kills a dude and puts his armor on him so that Jazaki's men can infiltrate the camp with "Deathstroke's" head as the entrance fee. Slade busts in like a ninja and breaks Wintergreen out, but not before Billy hooks him up with some experimental kinetic absorbing armor from the good old days.

    While all this is going down in Africa, back in the US our boy Hosun the Hacker hands an envelope with some embarrassing info in it to Senator Hasgrove. Nothing quite destroys a career in politics like pictures of a BDSM orgy. Hasgrove offs himself guaranteeing a Dem win and US/NATO intervention.

    A bad day for Jazaki who's being held prisoner by Clock King. Slade sees through Tockman's bull**** illusions and takes his ass out fullfilling his original contract. Then he threatens Jazaki with returning if his escort or their families are hurt.

    The real reveal. This was all orchastrated by a US Admiral in conjunction with Jizaki to get possession of Deathstroke's armor. The refugees that hired Slade to take out Tockman were secretly funded by Jazaki under the Admiral's orders.

    Two things are evident here. One, whoever this Admiral is has to know Slade and his tactics intimately if he knew that at some point Slade would ditch his armor in a bait and switch. Two, someone has gone through a lot of trouble to possibly frame Slade for something really really bad.

    This all happened in two issues. This summary doesn't include the flashbacks and the very entertaining character interactions.

    Priest isn't writing a comic book. He's writing a Godamn Spy Novel and I love it.
     
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    The best thing about this comic is how dense and packed it is. I like that it told a full story in just 2 issues but at the same time those 2 issues are also part of a larger arc. These days I'm getting sick of decompression in comics, stories that dont even require 3 issues are stretched and dragged for over 10 months. This was definitely a breath of fresh air.
     
  14. Gee Rebirth

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    Loved the first two issues so far. I quite like the flashbacks too.

    Can't wait to see Rose appear for some father-daughter action. :sly:
     
  15. BlueLanternKal Super-Lex

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    Lawd almighty, can you imagine what it'd be like to have Deathstroke as a father-in-law? Thats some scary **** right there.
     
  16. Victarion Iron Captain

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    The only issues out are the prologue and issue one, right? I got those and enjoyed them. Great storyline that provides a welcome counterbalance to the more action-oriented new 52 books.
     
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    Another very good issue. A lot of detail is put in, which I really like. The dialogue is very good. I also like Slade's sense of humour in it, and the banter between him and Wintergreen. I especially liked his line to Matthew, regarding Hasgrove killing himself once he was re-elected "I said Hasgrove would be re-elected, never promised he wouldn't jump off a building". That is the type of humour he should have IMO, as I think it fits his character. I read that line in Perlman's voice. I hope that we get to see more villainy from Slade, as in the end it was revealed that he did good in that issue, with how things worked out in the end.
     
  18. BlueLanternKal Super-Lex

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    I think it's going for a then and now feel.

    20 years ago Slade was the villain that beat the **** out of the Teen Titans, beat his kids on a regular basis, took jobs based on their price tags, and didn't give a **** about collateral damage.

    Now he's more concerned with getting things right with his daughter, the jobs he takes aren't always about the paycheck, he doesn't have anything to gain by beating the **** out of the Titans or maintaining his vendetta with Nightwing, if he can avoid collateral damage he does.

    I dig the juxtaposition that Priest is going for with the character. People change over time. Why not for an old and grey, but still active Deathstroke?
     
  19. Boom I got nothin'

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    Loved the first two issues. Deathstroke's new costume is slick as ****. Reminds me of the Ninja from Metal Gear Solid.
     
  20. Mad Ones Bebe le Strange

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    I read the first two issues since I've been hearing good things. I don't know how much a very smart story can make up for how Slade embodies pretty much everything I hate.
     
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    Like? I've seen people take things out of context.

    For example, I've seen someone use "they're black people, the Marines aren't coming" to say that Slade was a racist when in literially the page prior he was chillaxing post-coitus with a black woman.

    What he meant in that line is that a majority of American politicans would rather turn a blind eye to conflicts in third world nations if it suits their agenda, which is true. Slade had to basically manipulate a US senator into killing himself to make intervention in a genocide a possiblity.
     
  23. Mad Ones Bebe le Strange

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    I got what what Priest was going for there, and I thought it was a smart commentary.

    I'm more reacting to the character being hyper-masculine, misogynistic, and homophobic. Calling his son a nancy and telling him to grow a pair, telling his wife "don't blame me for your damn uterus", things like that. I get he's a bad guy and reflects attitudes people have and they're making him a "complicated character". But DC is putting zero effort into queer male characters in rebirth.
     
  24. BlueLanternKal Super-Lex

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    Is Slade Wilson really the character to tackle that though? The "don't blame me for your uterus" line wasn't a misogynistic comment IMO. In his fight with his wife he basically said stop *****ing and do something about it. And as formidable as a character as Adeline Kane-Wilson is he has a point. Should she get mad that she's not doing black-ops with Slade? Or should she blow off domestic life and go with him anyway? He said that the ball was in her court and he was right.

    The nancy-boy comment was unlikable, I'll give you that one. But was it out of character? Slade Wilson is the type of guy that would raise his sons in a psuedo boot camp after all.
     

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