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New DEATHSTROKE Ongoing Series Announced

Of course we all knew there'd have to be a new series coming.

Deathstroke is hot right now. Besides being the "character of the month" here, voted by the community, he's been racking up the hits and points all over the place. With major recent appearances in Arrow and appearances in video games such as Batman: Arkham Origins and Injustice: Gods Among Us, it seems like everyone can't get enough of the merc.

In October, we'll all be able to get even more.

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It's been announced that a new series will debut in October, written and drawn by Tony Daniel.

What I find interesting and why I wanted to write (and draw) Deathstroke, is the opportunity I have to make people give a damn about his missions and motivations. Giving readers a reason to invest emotionally in this guy’s missions and stories is what I think will make a difference for this new title and is key for me and one of my main goals.

You can see more of what Tony has to say over at MTV.

DEATHSTROKE #1

Written by TONY S. DANIEL

Art by TONY S. DANIEL and SANDU FLOREA

Cover by TONY S. DANIEL

1:25 Variant cover by ANDREA SORRENTINO

On sale OCTOBER 22 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+

The DCU’s deadliest assassin stars in his own ongoing series by writer/artist Tony S. Daniel! See him as never before in this explosive new series, with one surprise after another as we see Slade Wilson in the fight of his life!

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@bezza: exactly also doom patrol and a better writer for legion of superheroes.

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can't wait.

I wonder if he'll keep his nth metal armor.

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Tony Daniel on art duties!?!?!? YES!

Tony Daniel on writing duties!?!?!? NO!

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So excited for this!

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I'll give this one another try, wasn't impressed with the first book.

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Great news! Just need a Shazam Monthly now and my DC world will be complete..oh and the return of Cap Atom would be nice.

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@billy_batson: I agree with the frustration of really good series getting cancelled by DC. But if those series simply are not putting pumping out the sales despite their quality...I don't know how much I can blame DC, they are a business after all and need to turn a profit.

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Awesome! Hopefully its as good as it was before it got cancelled....

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@monsterduc1000 said:

Deathstroke is one of my faves so I'll be checking this out, but when the heck are they going to RELEASE A LOBO BOOK!!!!!!!

When they figure out which one is the real one. :)

And that would be a great series! I'd love to see the old biker Lobo kick the crap out of the idiotic twilight Lobo :-D

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Is it dope? Never read Deathstroke ongoing, I wanna change that real soon thou.

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great, this is what his third series? and vixen cant even be in a team book?

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I don't get all those people praising on his artwork. It's subpar, really (although it fits DC's house style).

Jim Lee lowered their standards.

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With all the great properties DC has that haven't gotten series since the dawn of the New 52, I'm somewhat disappointed DC is revisiting ones that had recent twenty issue runs rather than using a character who has been in or near limbo for a lot longer.

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I'm guessing Deathstroke won't be on Suicide Squad for long then?

Also I really like the new armor design, it looks like a mix of the Pre-52 Promethium armor and the New 52 Nth metal, also I'm glad that the giant shoulder pads seem to be gone.

Anyways here's hoping Daniel's writing will be as good as his art.

It'll probably be just like Harley Quinn. Part of the Squad and his own on-going.

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I don't get all those people praising on his artwork. It's subpar, really (although it fits DC's house style).

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@jayc1324: Eye of the beholder is all I need to read for me to know he's a terrible writer.

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@dagmar_merrill: Its fine. It really is fine. His detective comics run wasn't horrible. It just wasn't all that exciting, but he's never written Slade before so maybe Slade suits him better.

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WHY?!?! He already had a series and blew it. Why risk another one???

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I'm guessing Deathstroke won't be on Suicide Squad for long then?

Also I really like the new armor design, it looks like a mix of the Pre-52 Promethium armor and the New 52 Nth metal, also I'm glad that the giant shoulder pads seem to be gone.

Anyways here's hoping Daniel's writing will be as good as his art.

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I really enjoy Daniel's art, but his writing is pretty lackluster. I'll give this a shot, though. I hope it picks up some of the threads that Higgins left in his run.

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motherfucking YES

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That pic is bitchin.

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So excited for this book! Definitely adding this to my pull.

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@billy_batson said:

DC's or Marvel's lesser known characters' series haven't lasted long for over a decade now for the most part..

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The difference between Marvel & DC is I ONLY like the books that star less known characters. If I started reading Morbius or Gambit or something obscure with Marvel NOW and it gets cancelled..that's cool because there's always Hulk,Daredevil,Avengers,Captain America,Iron Man etc.

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new superman wonder woman artist?

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Daniels has worked with a really good writer recently, I am sure he picked up a few things.

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Everybody stop hating on Tony Daniels writing, its not horrible or even bad and we are lucky DC is giving Slade a second chance at all

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@dondave said:

K4tzm4n's article worked

Exactly my thought… they do listen to us!! :D

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Ask and you shall receive! Now give us a Booster Gold solo book! We've waited long enough DC!

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HOLY CRAP! It's like a genie read that last article and granted your wish!

Okay, my turn! I wish Tim Drake and Stephanie Brown would get back together!

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Well done DC..well done!

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Daniels detective comics wasn't bad and his art is awesome. Stop complaining, at least were getting another Slade series. It will probably be canceled but its not s huge deal because everything gets canceled in DC. As long as its good and sells well and lasts longer than the first series I'll be fine with this getting canceled. Its definitely going on the pull list right now though.

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nice

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I wonder if he'll be tanking submarine explosions again.

He did tank punches from Lobo. It's possible LOL

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@dagmar_merrill: Amen!!! His run on Detective Comics New 52 series was terrible. He writes like that D-Bag Rob Liefeld, like a 12 year old little boy.

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Daniel writing? Pass. Why can't DC get some good writing talent on lesser known books? That's what Marvel did with Moon Knight and look at the craze that resulted

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DC listened to us! YESTERDAYS ARTICLE WORKED!!!

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Tony Daniel as an artist? Awesome.

Tony Daniel as a writer? Not awesome.

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I wonder if he'll be tanking submarine explosions again.

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@dondave said:

K4tzm4n's article worked

I know right lol.

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YES!!!!!!!! It couldn't have come at a more appropriate time!!!

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Awesome! !!!!!!!

Just wish it'd start off at the issue number the last one left off on instead o f going back to 1

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I'm beginning to think k4tzm4n is psychic. Maybe he could do the same for Bane or Joker.