Deathstroke was also a frequent visitor to Nightwing's book but while locating all my books, I found far less celebrated, though nonetheless enjoyable, appearances in a couple of Wonder Woman books.I don't know what happened in 1992, but while the cover at right trumpets the fact that the story is continued in Wonder Woman #63, the Special has a cover date of February of that year and the second part of the story displays June as its publishing month.
The cover to 63 also makes a big deal of her return. "She's Back! The stunning return of comics' greatest heroine!" All right then.
So the story is this: Long-time Wonder Woman nemesis, The Cheetah, is apprehended by magic-assisted soldiers and held in a country named Pan Balgravia. WW feels compelled to rescue her, citing a feeling of sisterhood with her frequent opponent, but acknowledges that she could use some assistance with navigating her way through hostile territory.
She needs "someone with knowledge of the region, someone who she won't have to protect...There is only one person she can think of..."
Now inevitably, when heroes meet, they have to scrap. In his own book, Deathstroke got past Batman, but in Wonder Woman's, well...He manages to be irritating for a while, but...
That aside, this is a solid guest-starring role for Deathstroke. He gets into his share of the action and even narrates a portion of WW63. While his motivation is not completely clear, he's written pretty well consistently in-character with his past appearances and he contributes to the resolution of the story. Good part of the collection.
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