durakken's Deathstroke #1 - Back to Basics review

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    Deathstroke always delivers

    This is a solidly done story which introduces the character, the secondary characters, and perhaps a longer on going story. The art is slightly above average overall and the dialogue writing was done well save for the repetition of bad ass which i just found annoying, especially at he beginning when i thought the speaker was Slade.

    In my opinion the one major flaw this title has is the set up and then removal of characters that I think would have been interesting to read about with them working with Slade. They give him a nice mirror to who he is and how he's perceived. I think had they let those characters develop and grow in the series they would have been able to eventually cross over into other titles, media, and perhaps even get their own title.

    This isn't a can't miss title, but it is worth the money and is, if you want to pick up another title to take a chance on, a good pick up. Even if you don't intend on pick up more of this title it works as a one-shot story too.

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