Deathstroke #45 (2019) - "Deathstroke R.I.P. Book One: Children of a Lesser God"

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My main frustration with Deathstroke has been reader reluctance to engage the series because so many of them assume the book is about slashing and killing. Now, to be fair, until uh, last month, I assumed the HBO series Six Feet Under was about zombies and didn’t watch it. Deathstroke is no more about hacking and slashing than Six Feet Under is about zombies. Both series are about dysfunctional families and the lengths to which they go in order to support and love one another.

DC Comics could not maintain nor would I wish to write a book singularly focused on a two-dimensional mustache-twirling baddie who tries and fails to kill the Super Friends every month, yet I’ve met a lot of fans who have arrived late in the game expressing surprise that our series has so much substance to it.

-- Christopher J. Priest

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Mod Post: Off-Topic Tuesday

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In the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like. Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.

Hurricane Dorian has caused widespread devastation in the Bahamas, where it has presently stalled, though it might still hit the East Coast of the US this week. So if there's the slightest chance of it affecting you, stay safe and look after each other!

Boston's "Straight Pride" event took place and went just about as well as you might expect it to have done, with a couple of hundred guys, a handful of women and a hell of a lot more LGBTQA protestors.

Elsewhere this week we have seen a parade of corrupt, power-hungry, would-be despots striding around, ordering those they view as lesser beings to do as they are told or face dire consequences, whilst rebellion foments.

So, am I talking about the political scene in, well any number of countries (though the UK is a particular focus for me for obvious reasons), or am I talking about "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance"? You decide...

Actually, I'd much rather talk about "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance" because everything else is depressing, and dear Lord above was that a freaking awesome series!? I don't really binge watch things, I'm from an era where that wasn't the norm and it feels weird, but I had to consciously control myself to stop myself watching all ten hours of this magnificent production in one go!

The scale of it all; the puppets, the voices, the incredible world-building, honouring the classic movie, but adding new depths to it. It went dark, it went werird, but there were also elements of just sublime silliness that you know Jim Henson would have loved (A scene about the morning routine of an individual Podling or the true history of Thra being expounded to our heroes in the form of... well, I'm not spoiling that revelation, or even this promo video). Apparenly season 2 has been approved and I, for one, can't wait!

Young Justice has now finished Season 3, with some impressive twists and turns in it's finale. With a daring, admirable, decision to NOT follow a classic storyline and instead have someone ELSE go rogue, and not someone I'd have expected. There's a hint at the end of a probably even MORE populated cast for Season 4 and given how many characters have had to be sidelined for the sake of a coherently focussed narrative, that might be someone to wonder about the wisdom of, but we'll see.

Apparently new Miraculous Ladybug episodes drop this week (and or next) and we have a trailer for the long awaited kwami swap story"> (which will also apparently see the proper in order debut of Mayura as a regular villain).

Also a new Duck Tales episode is due today; "Whatever Happened to Donald Duck?", so there's that to look forward to too.

Hulk #30.1 (General Reginald Fortean first appearance)

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Batman Adventures #3

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Venom #14 concluded Circle of Fire.

[thanekos]

Red Hulk, combined with the Venom symbiote and the Spirit of Vengeance, was battling Mephisto's son Blackheart.

It was the most even fight going - " Flash " Thompson and Alejandra, without what they hosted, were just humans struggling against demons in Las-Vegas-turned-Hell.

X-23, who'd gone to help Johnny Blaze keep everything from going to Hell, was the underdog in her flight with Blackheart's gargoyle girlfriend.

( Rulk had Blackheart doubled over. )