It is a week after Deathstroke Inc. 1 has been released and I am still pondering it. I figured other folks might want to talk about it as well.
What we know so far:
Deathstroke, Black Canary, and Toyman are all working together for an organization named T.R.U.S.T.
Black Canary does not like Deathstroke in the least
Toyman is Hiro Okamura
The organization that they are all working for has alterior motives
This story started in the Black Canary story Solo found in Batman Urban Legends 6. Dinah is working with Oracle on a mission. In fact, Juliette Ballantine uses this as an āinterviewā for Black Canary and asks her to join T.R.U.S.T.
Now that the groundwork has been laid we find Black Canary and Deathstroke to be working together. We also find out Deathstroke is sick. His motives are somewhat blurry, are they for redemption or something else? Meanwhile, Black Canary is working with T.R.U.S.T. to do good in the world. On their first mission, we find our team in a small town that has no one in it. Of course, this leads to them finding H.I.V.E. has a new queen and it felt like a weird b-movie, but was also excellent.
If this were a Birds of Prey comic, Toyman would be in the Oracle role while Juliette Ballantine is pulling the strings.
This does have a Birds of Prey vibe to it and I am here for it. Granted, we donāt get Oracle or Huntress but we do get Black Canary in a role that feels natural to see her in. Deathstroke is the wild card of the group, I mean he is Deathstroke. The most questions fall on Juliette Ballantine and her motives. What are the plans for T.R.U.S.T.?
What are your thoughts on Deathstroke Inc.? Are you excited for issue 2?
Issue one picked my intrest. Ready for issue 2. It is weird seeing slade and canary working together. i got a laugh out of Slade telling Canary he was dying and then told her he was kidding.
I also suggest reading Solo found in Batman Urban Legends 6 for more of a backstory to Deathstroke Inc. You could probably wait for it to drop on DCUI but it does help give background to T.R.U.S.T.
Great first issue (and a groovy idea for a thread)!
Howard Porterās art was on-point. Loved every panel.
One of my favorite things in this issue was how Deathstroke and Black Canary were introduced, especially when their names came up in their respective intro scenes. That was quite rad.
SN: Iām biased, but I was pleased to see my name in the issue.
The art is definitely on point. Beyond the amazing covers for issue 1, which are all excellent, I donāt believe I noticed a weird face in the background.
Another thing that I liked is that it had an X-Files feel to it. Earlier I mentioned that this reminded me of a b-movie. I had the time to look up the name of the specific movie, Invasion of the Bee Girls. This is a weird 70s exploitation and dated horror flick made with psychedelia and b-movie sleaze at its forefront. Still, it can be a fun viewing. Right when I saw the H.I.V.E. Queen that movie was the first thing I thought of.
When I first heard of deathstroke inc, I envisioned something like this
Basically a deathstroke book where heās the leader of an assassin team consisting of characters like bronze tiger, Merlin aka dark archer, Cheshire or lady shiva, etc. eventually it all leads to deathstroke forming his own mercenary island to tackle mercenary work across the globe. Lol
I donāt really care much for the current book and I hate deathstrokeās reasons for joining trust in the first place.
Outside of those books, the bulk of his appearances are in New 52 Action Comics and New 52 Batman/Superman. House of Horror actually read the New 52 story he is in so I was somewhat familiar with him but I couldnāt place where I saw him.
Issue 2 was released this week and it did not let me down! The intrigue grows into T.R.U.S.T., meaning our heroes are gradually losing their trust in this organization.
When the team heads to space for a āsimple missionā it proves to be anything but easy as they are fighting Cyborg Supermanā¦in space!!! First, I must gush with the use of Black Canary here. While in space, she proclaims āI hate I canāt use my scream!ā Of course, this reminds me of the classic Alien movie trailer and tagline.
Slade was mainly preoccupied with Cyborg Superman, causing damage to a space station that can only be seen in a comic book. Meanwhile, Hiro is rocking a Batman suit and doing his hacking thing.
I really enjoyed this issue and am happy to see this series going in a direction that I think I will continue to enjoy. Next month is sure to be a knock-down brawl with Cheetah!
I have read issue 7 and it was amazeballs! I am worried that Canary is out of the story for good but I might be wrong. This series has gone beyond all expectations. It has quickly moved itself to read day of release, which is rare for me nowadays. Between this, Batgirls, Worldās Finest, and Trial of the Amazons, DC is knocking it out of the park.
Speaking of issue 7, I am interested in what happens with Respawn and more importantly, Ravager! Sheesh, that was a rough fall.
How did everyone else dig issue 7? For those of you just finding this series when it appears on DCUI, I am envious of you because I would love to read that first issue again with fresh eyes.
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