https://www.cbr.com/dc-comics-solici...december-2019/
DEATHSTROKE #50
written by CHRISTOPHER PRIEST
art and cover by CARLO PAGULAYAN and JASON PAZ
variant cover by SKAN
It all comes down to this. With the fate of his family hanging in the balance, the real Slade Wilson must take on his most dangerous foe yet—himself!
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FINAL ISSUE
Sniff sniff. Final.
Good news, though - Pagulayan is listed as the full art. Probably will end up needing some fill in, since it's double sized, but possibly he can do it! He did both Terminus Agenda issues, after all!
Slade vs. Slade! Perhaps the most literal thing Priest has done yet!
"We're the same thing, you and I. We're both lies that eventually became the truth." Lara Notsil, Star Wars: X-Wing: Solo Command, Aaron Allston
"All that is not eternal is eternally out of date." C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"There's room in our line of work for hope, too." Stephanie Brown
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Having seen the new solicits, I have had an intriguing thought. And obviously without knowing what is going on with the two (or maybe 3) Slade's this could all be completely nonsense.
What if Joey and/or Rose have to destroy the Nurse Slade to bring back their father, since he's the only one who can stop Terminator Slade? Imagine the tragedy of finally getting the father you always wanted, only to have to turn him back into Slade Wilson because nobody else can do the job.
"We're the same thing, you and I. We're both lies that eventually became the truth." Lara Notsil, Star Wars: X-Wing: Solo Command, Aaron Allston
"All that is not eternal is eternally out of date." C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"There's room in our line of work for hope, too." Stephanie Brown
Stephanie Brown Wiki, My Batman Universe Reviews, Stephanie Brown Discord
We're so close to December and I always knew this was gonna happen but I don't want it to end.
I don't want it to end, either. Deathstroke has been my most consistently favorite and beloved title since #20, and I've managed to collect the whole thing in singles. However, I think it's phenomenal that we're getting 50 issues. How many titles can boast that? I'm just so happy that we're going out on Priest's terms, and with such a great story to cherish.
"We're the same thing, you and I. We're both lies that eventually became the truth." Lara Notsil, Star Wars: X-Wing: Solo Command, Aaron Allston
"All that is not eternal is eternally out of date." C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"There's room in our line of work for hope, too." Stephanie Brown
Stephanie Brown Wiki, My Batman Universe Reviews, Stephanie Brown Discord
Yeah, better to end this way. Are there any new or rumours what Priest might be doing next?
"We're the same thing, you and I. We're both lies that eventually became the truth." Lara Notsil, Star Wars: X-Wing: Solo Command, Aaron Allston
"All that is not eternal is eternally out of date." C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"There's room in our line of work for hope, too." Stephanie Brown
Stephanie Brown Wiki, My Batman Universe Reviews, Stephanie Brown Discord
"We're the same thing, you and I. We're both lies that eventually became the truth." Lara Notsil, Star Wars: X-Wing: Solo Command, Aaron Allston
"All that is not eternal is eternally out of date." C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"There's room in our line of work for hope, too." Stephanie Brown
Stephanie Brown Wiki, My Batman Universe Reviews, Stephanie Brown Discord
Nightwing WOULD be cool. A great way to pull Grayson out of the post-Seeley doldrums it's been trapped in.
But if they don't put Priest on Batman I'm going to be genuinely salty. It's what I've been hoping for since they announced King was off the book. And it's one of the two characters I've most wanted to see Priest do a meaningful run on. (The other being Captain America. I know he did Falcon and Captain America for a bit, but a run on the main book would be a dream come true.)
But I'll pick up just about anything if they put Priest on it. Unless it's Harley Quinn, that's a hard pass. But otherwise, I'm game.
Well the problem with Batman is the rumor is, DC wants the Batman title to start being more involved in the larger events of the DCU. That to me screams the title is going to become event tie in fodder, so whoever gets the title post-King won’t really get any freedom and will probably be booted off for a “more important” team come issue 100. So I’m not sure I’d want Priest to be on immediately following King.
It's the Dynamic Duo! Batman and Robin!... and Red Robin and Red Hood and Nightwing and Batwoman and Batgirl and Orphan and Spoiler and Bluebird and Lark and Gotham Girl and Talon and Batwing and Huntress and Azreal and Flamebird and Batcow?
Since when could just anybody do what we trained to do? It makes it all dumb instead of special. Like it doesn't matter anymore.
-Dick Grayson (Batman Inc.)