Purple Haze
It´s been a while since I´v read old comics from the early 90ies and I know lots of people prefer these days comics (I´m one of them too) and despise the 90ies, but this is a piece of work that resembles much more the 80ies style: too much captions, a slow narrative but interesting and captive lines. The problem with this issue is the colors, that are too much dark. Marv Wolfman and David Code Weiss cooked up a nice story, that´s pretty much self contained, demanding only a few details from Teen Titans and Deathstroke´s last issues, but nothing that compromise the reading. It was good to see Deathstroke as a strong vigilante, not caring for anything just for his paycheck and at the same time showing some feelings for Pat (Vigilante), Addie and his late son. Nightwing´s appearence wasn´t bad, but nothing extraordinary too. The best thing about this annual is that are a lot of action going on in Slade´s plate: he has to finish a contract, rescue Vigilante and kick a lot of ass. Most of Deathstroke´s fans think that Wilson can predict almost everything and that´s not quite right, since even his creator (Wolfman) sucker punched him a lot (including this issue). I got a feeling that Deathstroke is very similar to Punisher, not in the motives, but their modus operandi: they both act alone, aided by a nerd (Squirrel and Microchip) and only get out after dark. Also I liked to see Councilwoman who reminded me a lot of J.J. Jameson, making me realize that Marvel and DC were dealing with the super hero dillema at the same time: do they do more good to the city of New York or bad? Phil Jimenes´art is very good, Gabriel Morrissette not so much, but it was ok. This book is interesting, despite getting boring some times, but it was a good read.
3.5 out 5