A Carcophony of Carmaggedeon Carnage
The Good: The interior art is great. The fight scenes are chaotic and badass, and the scenes in between have some good setup that's well paced.
The various threats thrown at Deathstroke are all pretty unimportant in and of themselves, but they still have a superb level of variety and uniqueness to them. It makes the scene more interesting.
The easy summary of this issue is thus, Deathstroke is a badass. He goes all out, and slices through anything that crossed his path. As he chases down the man who tarnished his reputation. He is an unstoppable juggernaut, barely breaking a sweat as he slices his way through blades, guns, and explosions alike. Everything starts out 'Roadhouse' and ends as 'Transformers,' and honestly I can't say the transition wasn't anything but smooth. The theme of this series seems to be 'awesome.' And dammit, it IS awesome.
Deathstroke's long term plan to regain his status as top dog takes some surprising advances.
The Bad: The cover is still a little too over-the-top for Deathstroke. It could be argued that that doesn't exist for Deathstroke, but it's just a different kind of over-the-top that doesn't really seem to work right for Deathstroke.
The issue title's a little off. Carpocalypse sounds silly, and doesn't really capture the full issue, just one of the many threats he faces.
As great as Deathstroke's secret plan was, the way its revealed, and parts of the nature of it seem a little more like something Deadpool would do.
In Conclusion: 4/5
It's hard to say too much about this series other than 'badass' and 'awesome.' If you're a fan of Deathstroke, you'd be almost committing a sin by not picking this up. If you like awesome action, you'll definitely dig this. And at the same time there is a nice deeper mystery here who's not overly teased but not ignored.
