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Batman vs. Deathstroke by Christopher J. Priest
3.0

I dunno why they are doing this as a "Batman vs Deathstroke" volume instead of just naming in Deathstroke volume 6. Ugh...

Anyhow, Damien's father. Who is he? Someone has sent Bruce some papers proving Damien is Slade's son. So the Batman decides to change down deathstroke and find out what the fuck is up. Deathstroke and Batman go to war, both filled with tons of resources, and both fully pissed at each other for fucking with each other's life. The ending results in a flawed but pretty fun little arc.

Good: The art stays consistent and really well done. I thought Damien and Slade teaming up was both fun and silly. I also enjoyed seeing Batman and Slade teaming up a bit at the end. The funny lines, especially, and surprisingly from Batman, had some great self reflecting moments of burns throughout the arc.

Bad: The story is a bit dumb and over the top. I mean, they could have talked this out and be done with it all quickly. I also thought the ending, very ending, was not very well done and kind of made the whole thing pointless.

Overall, it's fun for sure. It's not deep or as impactful as the last volume, but it's good none the less if like both characters. A 3 out of 5.