Deathstroke #13 solicitation, and a look at sales figures.

Revealed earlier today:

DEATHSTROKE #13
Written by TONY S. DANIEL and JAMES BONNY
Art and cover by TYLER KIRKHAM
On sale DECEMBER 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+ 

The showdown between Slade Wilson, the Suicide Squad and Amanda Waller looms in what’s left of Belle Reve Penitentiary...but first he’ll have to face off against a deadly new super-villain who could bring an end to Deathstroke’s “Suicide Mission”!

Some of the solicitations for books being released in December make mention of a variant cover, but Deathstroke's does not, unfortunately. I didn't see any guest appearances by 'stroke in other books, either.

And yesterday, DC Comics announced the cancellation of a handful of their books. The last volume of Deathstroke did not last very long, so I was pleased to see that this one is continuing. Still, I wanted to take a look at sales figures to see if my confidence was warranted and, for the moment at least, it appears to be.

65 Batman Beyond 2..............35,000
66 Inhumans Attilan Rising 3....34,919
67 Grayson 10...................33,990
68 Starfire 2...................33,659
69 Deathstroke 8................33,648
70 Red Skull 1..................33,246
71 Batgirl 42...................33,168

The info above is lifted from comichron.com. I don't know if digital sales are included (I don't believe so) and are considered estimates regardless, so they shouldn't be considered pinpoint accurate no matter how specific the number.

Still, it gives a good idea of how well a book may be performing (or not). Grayson and Starfire are pretty good company, I think, and absolutely appropriate considering the history those characters have. We should continue to have a Deathstroke book for the forseeable then, it would appear.

Deathstroke #12 solicitation

Written by TONY S. DANIEL and JAMES BONNY
Art and cover by TYLER KIRKHAM 

On sale NOVEMBER 25 

32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+ 

Slade continues his “Suicide Mission”! To get at Amanda Waller, he’ll go through any super-villain that gets in his way—including Catwoman! Good thing he’s getting a little help from Harley Quinn!

A meeting with Catwoman is interesting. I don't recall too many meetings between those two in the past which is mildly odd since Slade has had dealings with many members of Batman's entourage, good and bad.

And in a brief update to a prior (August 10th) post, DC is indeed releasing a second trade paperback from the volume one material in December. It will include issues 10-13 and the first annual, as expected, but also issue #68 of the Superman series of the time.

The above book has been added to the guest-appearances page. 

Deathstroke 11 solicitation

Written by TONY S. DANIEL and JAMES BONNY
Art by TYLER KIRKHAM
Cover by TONY S. DANIEL
Monsters Variant cover by E.M. GIST 

On sale OCTOBER 28 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+ 

It’s the Suicide Squad vs. Deathstroke! He’s battled gods, slain his enemies, and even sacrificed parts of himself he never thought he could live without! But Deathstroke’s biggest challenge still lays ahead, and if he wants to succeed he’ll need to defeat the assembled might of the Suicide Squad! Will this be his chance to get back at Harley Quinn after their previous battle?

Right on. I don't want to crap on a story I have yet to read, but the notion of Deathstroke assassinating gods was not particularly appealing. Another meet up against the Suicide Squad though? All over that.