Did Rose not get Slades Powers(Call it the Captain America package for short) too? I don't know from Birth or after she got the serum from him in the Teen Titans Series from 2003?
And I really like the new series.
Did Rose not get Slades Powers(Call it the Captain America package for short) too? I don't know from Birth or after she got the serum from him in the Teen Titans Series from 2003?
And I really like the new series.
Yes, exactly! Very well put. I especially love your phrase "Slade kind of treats Addie and the kids as an addiction he has to feed" because that's really accurate. His normal life is going around the globe killing people and hanging with Wintergreen, but every once in a while he has to go home to get a family fix. He's horrible at being a father, but still needs to do it now and then. Rose is the one kid that actually seems to be a reflection of him, so he's invested in her becoming the best at what they do, but he still can't act like a normal human father to her. Those feelings might be there deep under the surface, but he can't express them except in creepy ways like breaking into her apartment and staring at her while she sleeps.
This was another good issue. It was much more straightforward than the others, with only a single flashback. But that flashback was very powerful. I should have seen it coming, but it still surprised me when Addie shot him! The story is well told.
I also like the way everyone has their moment to shine - even Hosun, who's totally unaware he was talking to Ravager's father when he was going on about how hot she is - and Richard the boyfriend, who seems to make promises he can't keep. (Never promise fish and only deliver jam on toast, Richard.) It's interesting how well drawn the supporting characters are when you compare them to the mystery of Slade. He's like a dark star with lots of bright characters orbiting around him.
Not my favorite issue of the series, but that just speaks to the quality of it, because it's all been great thus far. I do think the narrative can get a bit confusing, but that just makes it more worthwhile when you pay attention to the details and go back to re-read the story. Once it's finished I'm sure a lot of the elements will blend together very well on second read. It's hard to write a character who is ultimately bad and amoral but still has enough humanizing qualities that make you root for them. The success of most modern television dramas shows us that it's an appealing dynamic.
Reading this book is like having a full meal. I don't know if it's selling, but i'm in it til it ends.
That is one of the biggest selling points of Priest's Deathstroke: the sequences retelling classic continuity from the days of New Teen Titans. And that's important for multiple reasons.
One--all that continuity is being restored in DC Rebirth.
Two--it works like many of the other Rebirth books does by working in tandem with multiple titles to weave together continuity across the DC Universe giving readers a bigger story that plays across the widest possible canvas.
Deathstroke, Titans and Teen Titans are all telling separate but equal chapters of Titans lore that work together to tell one far larger story for Titans fans. I'm lovin' it!
Yet another great issue. I love the relationship between Deathstroke and Rose. The Wilson family is one of the more dysfunctional clans in comics. The fact that Rose refers to him as "Slade" shows that she barely acknowledges the fact that he's her father. He clearly cares about his family but he tries to keep everything professional. Like Batman, the alter ego is dominant even in his normal life. Even around his family he tries to remain Deathstroke: The Terminator. He can't just pay her a visit. He has to break into her apartment and stare at her like a creeper.
Rose says she was trained by Nightwing. So I guess she was a Titan in this continuity. That makes me incredibly happy! I wonder what her role will be in the retelling of the Judas Contract.
I really hope this book is selling well because Priest is knocking it out of the park every issue.
A really good break down of the story and characterization so far!