Deathstroke #6 - "The Professional, Part 6: Love and War"

[laughing_tree]

'I am very much going my own way espec with Joseph who will be less of “the other” than has been traditionally portrayed. My take on Joseph is he’s a normal, happy, well-adjusted postgrad-age young adult not unlike Peter Parker. The only difference being Joseph cannot speak. Doesn’t–should not–make him a freak. I respectfully disagreed with the Joe As Psychopath direction and even, with all due respect, Marv [Wolfman]’s Joe As enigmatic Flower Child." -- Christopher J. Priest

Comments

I Like Christopher Priest but....

[blue_bolt]

Given that Priest is one of the writers here I want to have faith...
but DC has handled homosexuality poor in the past.

Making a gay character EVIL! is just annoying.

This is why I rarely buy comics anymore...
Well, this and cheesecake - I can't stand looking at a woman casually breaking her spine.

Re: I Like Christopher Priest but....

[thanekos]

There's the nuance of both parties in the relationship being flawed, at least- Joseph does what he does on the last page, and Doctor Ikon is irritatingly insistent on identity and sarcastically says things like " I love my cat. "

Re: I Like Christopher Priest but....

[icon_uk]

In this, since both Dr Ikon and Etienne are his lovers, I'd say bisexual Evil

But even then, not sure of the extent of the evil yet, not without knowing more about Dr Ikon

Re: I Like Christopher Priest but....

[shadowpsykie]

Ikon does seem a bit... assholey here... whether or not that deserves this is another question. But I am very against forced outing. And while cold, I don't see this as evil.