Sunday, December 23, 2018

Deathstroke March 2019 Solicitations

Hooray!  We get another crossover with the Titans!

First, in Deathstroke #41...


Written by CHRISTOPHER PRIEST
Art by LARRY STROMAN and JASON PAZ
Cover by TYLER KIRKHAM
Variant cover by DAVE JOHNSON 
A prelude to “The Terminus Agenda”! The road to the highly anticipated Teen Titans/Deathstroke crossover event starts here! 
Deathstroke’s body count has grown even higher after murdering his therapist en route to escaping from Arkham Asylum, which prompts Commissioner Gordon to expose Slade’s identity as Deathstroke to the public! Now the world’s most wanted criminal, the walls are closing in on Slade Wilson, and a new threat, Damian Wayne’s newest Teen Titans, waits around the corner…Is there any hope of escape for the World’s Deadliest Assassin? 
ON SALE 03.06.19
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
FC | RATED T+


TEEN TITANS #28
Written by ADAM GLASS and CHRISTOPHER PRIEST
Art by BERNARD CHANG
Cover by CARLO PAGULAYAN
Variant cover by MICO SUAYAN 
“The Terminus Agenda” part one! The hunter becomes the hunted as Robin and the Teen Titans set out to end Deathstroke once and for all! But no man has ever gone toe-to-toe with the World’s Deadliest Assassin and walked away unscathed! Lines will be crossed, secrets will be revealed and blood will be shed! Don’t miss the crossover event of the spring, which kicks off a bold new era for Teen Titans and Deathstroke! 
ON SALE 03.20.19
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
FC | RATED T
Sounds like a blast!

It also sounds like Christopher Priest is hanging around for the foreseeable future. I have no reason to think otherwise but he has done such a marvelous job with this character that I dread the day he leaves him so I'm always on watch for some sign that he will.

Unlike the Lazarus Contract story from a couple of years ago, it doesn't appear that the other Titans team (the non-teen one) will be involved in this one. That's too bad because Deathstroke truly does not have much history with this Teen team. he's certainly built some with Damian Wayne at a rapid pace, as well, as kid Flash, but I don't believe he's had any interaction with the other members.

Also, I thought Slade Wilson's identity as Deathstroke was public anyway so I'm not sure what Gordon is actually revealing to anyone.  But then, maybe one of the great many universal reboots at DC has done away with all that. Who can keep track anymore?