Deathstroke #44 (2019) - "Deathstroke R.I.P.: Elegy"

[laughing_tree]

The main disadvantage is nobody will believe he’s dead. Or, if he actually is dead, that he’ll stay dead. Slade is a very popular character even with small children (Teen Titans Go!), and even my “civilian” friends (i.e. non-comics fans) have heard of him. Deathstroke’s dramatic entrance was one of the highlights of Justice League (the movie), and there’s an animated series in development for the character. So who are we really kidding, here? -- Christopher J. Priest

Comments

[thanekos]

Priest may not be particularly into the cranked-up " COMICS! "-type stuff, but he can certainly work them in like they're matter-of-fact things when he needs to.

[cainofdreaming]

... Why is Grodd carrying a baby?

[long_silence]

It's the Turtle. Grodd's been carrying him around since he joined the latest iteration of the Legion of Doom

Somehow wearing him in that baby harness allows Grodd to tap into the Still Force, canceling out the Flash's Speed Force

[crinos]

Yeah, someone was having fun on Tumblr comparing the pair to Tony Harrison and Sabu from the Mighty Boosh.

Turtle: I come fully equipped with a papoose. If you need to move me I slot in the back like a peanut.

Grodd: What are you a kit? Am I to assemble this Kinder egg and take it with me?

[thezmage]

Wait, what animated series?

[leahandillyana]

I find everything in the chapter hysterical. The furry villains. The overblown hysteria over a death we all know will be retconned in months. The dialogue. Jericho's suit. That damn baby. Wouldn't be out of place in Pre-Crisis DC.

[kd_the_movie]

is sinestro using a purple ring?

[aperturedreams]

It's Ultraviolet, he got it in Snyder's Justice League.

[locuatico]

Priest being honest and saying "yeah, everyone knows Deathstroke death won't stick" is pretty refreshing.

[matrix_dragon]

I could dream...