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Deathstroke (2011)
Deathstroke, Volume 2: Lobo Hunt
For anybody else, hunting Lobo would be suicide. For Deathstroke, it's just business. But can Slade Wilson handle the power of the intergalatic slaver and last Czarian? He'll need some help and he'll be getting it from Zealot! Plus, the origin of Deathstroke! Discover how Slade Wilson became the killing machine we know him as today and his ties to Team 7!
Collecting: Deathstroke 0, 9-20
Collecting: Deathstroke 0, 9-20
296 pages, Paperback
First published January 3, 2014
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Justin Jordan
535 books99 followersJustin Jordan is an American comic book writer. He is known for writing and co-creating The Strange Talent of Luther Strode, Spread, Dead Body Road, Deep State, Dark Gods and Savage Things. He has also written Green Lantern: New Guardians, Superboy, Deathstroke and Team 7 for DC Comics and the relaunch of Shadowman for Valiant Entertainment.
In 2012, he was nominated for the Harvey Award for Most Promising New Talent.
In 2012, he was nominated for the Harvey Award for Most Promising New Talent.
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August 22, 2022
(B-) 68% | Satisfactory
Notes: A 300 page sleep aid, it’s a book of very little brain, with just enough plot to fuel its fights: all mind-numbingly inane.
Notes: A 300 page sleep aid, it’s a book of very little brain, with just enough plot to fuel its fights: all mind-numbingly inane.
May 24, 2017
“Behold a winged man! Couldest it be an angel! A sign from the heavens! Verily, let us fall to our knees in worship and supplication!”
“Hark! For my name is Hawkman and I bring you tidings and salutations. Gather before me as I seek to smite continuity, continuing storylines, and characterization and banish any grand expectations you might have expected reading this comic. Hold still while I take my Nth metal mace and strike down all manner of fun, for I am Hawkman, ruiner of comics!”
One and a half stars.
Substitute Rob Liefield, the Tony Orlando and Dawn of comics, for Hawkman in the second paragraph and repeat.
The first volume of Deathstroke was actually entertaining, probably because DC (for once) was fairly consistent in its treatment of Slade Wilson as an unapologetic, unfettered killer-for-hire. No puppies or Barnaby Jones marathons here.
This volume is as the Temptations would say a “big ball of confusion”. It’s like a train derailment; leaving noxious ooze all over the place.
Liefield starts this volume off by setting the bar low with his take on a Lobo/Deathstroke meet and greet and just when you thought this mess couldn’t get any worse, they throw in two issues of a Deathstroke/Hawkman throw down just so Deathstroke can ask a question: “Mr. Hawkman, what the hell is the deal with my Nth metal suit.” Hawkman proceeds to give Wilson the history of Nth metal, then they’re surrounded by a bunch of angry Hawkmen and…next issue Deathstroke takes a trip to some Eastern European country that ends in –vania. What? At least Marvel reprints an issue a half dozen times in a half dozen volumes in order to keep a story semi-straight. Here, let’s just assume that Hawkman flies away, to bring down another comic, another day.
Then different writers take turns screwing around with the Deathstroke’s continuity. Examples:
- In a flashback issue, Deathstroke is training to be a commando. He has blond hair. On their first mission, the one where he gets shot and given some sort of super soldier serum, he now has his trademark, white hair. goatee and patch. Did we just skip twenty years of continuity? Did the colorist run out of yellow?
- According to the text box, five years have elapsed since the previous flashback issue and Deathstroke now has two full grown sons (there was only one son fifteen panels ago ). There's also a daughter. Stop the madness!
Did DC hold a contest for the worst Deathstroke story and did they all end up in this volume?
The art: Rob Liefield still can’t draw women or from what I'm told, feet.
Yep, no feet!
“Hark! For my name is Hawkman and I bring you tidings and salutations. Gather before me as I seek to smite continuity, continuing storylines, and characterization and banish any grand expectations you might have expected reading this comic. Hold still while I take my Nth metal mace and strike down all manner of fun, for I am Hawkman, ruiner of comics!”
One and a half stars.
Substitute Rob Liefield, the Tony Orlando and Dawn of comics, for Hawkman in the second paragraph and repeat.
The first volume of Deathstroke was actually entertaining, probably because DC (for once) was fairly consistent in its treatment of Slade Wilson as an unapologetic, unfettered killer-for-hire. No puppies or Barnaby Jones marathons here.
This volume is as the Temptations would say a “big ball of confusion”. It’s like a train derailment; leaving noxious ooze all over the place.
Liefield starts this volume off by setting the bar low with his take on a Lobo/Deathstroke meet and greet and just when you thought this mess couldn’t get any worse, they throw in two issues of a Deathstroke/Hawkman throw down just so Deathstroke can ask a question: “Mr. Hawkman, what the hell is the deal with my Nth metal suit.” Hawkman proceeds to give Wilson the history of Nth metal, then they’re surrounded by a bunch of angry Hawkmen and…next issue Deathstroke takes a trip to some Eastern European country that ends in –vania. What? At least Marvel reprints an issue a half dozen times in a half dozen volumes in order to keep a story semi-straight. Here, let’s just assume that Hawkman flies away, to bring down another comic, another day.
Then different writers take turns screwing around with the Deathstroke’s continuity. Examples:
- In a flashback issue, Deathstroke is training to be a commando. He has blond hair. On their first mission, the one where he gets shot and given some sort of super soldier serum, he now has his trademark, white hair. goatee and patch. Did we just skip twenty years of continuity? Did the colorist run out of yellow?
- According to the text box, five years have elapsed since the previous flashback issue and Deathstroke now has two full grown sons (there was only one son fifteen panels ago ). There's also a daughter. Stop the madness!
Did DC hold a contest for the worst Deathstroke story and did they all end up in this volume?
The art: Rob Liefield still can’t draw women or from what I'm told, feet.
Yep, no feet!
September 8, 2017
Well...there certainly is a lot of it.
So, you definitely get your money's worth out of the page count!
Oh, and if you enjoy it when the dialogue goes Clunk, Clunk, Clunk?
You'll want to snap this one right up!
Deathstroke is feeling down in the dumps. He's already been everywhere, and killed everyone (that he was paid to), so what's a guy at the top of his game gonna do to top that? He needs a Challenge!
Enter...Lobo.
Now, admittedly, I'm not an expert on this character. As far as I can tell, in most of his appearances he's an amoral mercenary on amagic cosmic motorcycle, whose catchphrase is...Bastich.
In this one, he's been held by some shadow wing of the government for the past 30 years or so, and the aliens he'd enslaved along the way are part of his containment term. The Omegas, they call themselves.
There's more to that storyline, but the main thing to remember is that Deathstroke bumps fuzzies with the tall blonde leader, Zealot.
That's right, Zealot.
How does he woo her, you ask? With ham-fisted dialogue, of course!
Basically, the part of the book where Deathstroke 'hunts Lobo'? Well, it's comprised of the two of them beating their chests to the sound of Wilson's pompous inner monologuing.
The End.
But is any shitty comic complete without a visit from my totes fav character? No. No it is not.
Helloooooo, Hawkman!
Corny dialogue...Nth metal...Lot of punching...Nth metal...mind-numbing thought bubbles...Nth metal.
The End
Ladies and gentlemen, the Savage Hawkman has struck again!
Deathstroke fights ninjas, other genetically enhanced humans, and then finally has a showdown with his family. The family thing was the best part of this, but it couldn't salvage the other ten billion pages of this behemoth turd.
However, I do have several friends who seemed to really enjoy this, so check out the other reviews before you make up your mind.
So, you definitely get your money's worth out of the page count!
Oh, and if you enjoy it when the dialogue goes Clunk, Clunk, Clunk?
You'll want to snap this one right up!
Deathstroke is feeling down in the dumps. He's already been everywhere, and killed everyone (that he was paid to), so what's a guy at the top of his game gonna do to top that? He needs a Challenge!
Enter...Lobo.
Now, admittedly, I'm not an expert on this character. As far as I can tell, in most of his appearances he's an amoral mercenary on a
In this one, he's been held by some shadow wing of the government for the past 30 years or so, and the aliens he'd enslaved along the way are part of his containment term. The Omegas, they call themselves.
There's more to that storyline, but the main thing to remember is that Deathstroke bumps fuzzies with the tall blonde leader, Zealot.
How does he woo her, you ask? With ham-fisted dialogue, of course!
Basically, the part of the book where Deathstroke 'hunts Lobo'? Well, it's comprised of the two of them beating their chests to the sound of Wilson's pompous inner monologuing.
The End.
But is any shitty comic complete without a visit from my totes fav character? No. No it is not.
Helloooooo, Hawkman!
Corny dialogue...Nth metal...Lot of punching...Nth metal...mind-numbing thought bubbles...Nth metal.
The End
Ladies and gentlemen, the Savage Hawkman has struck again!
Deathstroke fights ninjas, other genetically enhanced humans, and then finally has a showdown with his family. The family thing was the best part of this, but it couldn't salvage the other ten billion pages of this behemoth turd.
However, I do have several friends who seemed to really enjoy this, so check out the other reviews before you make up your mind.
December 12, 2019
20 years later and Rob Liefeld still hasn't learned how to draw a background (or correct proportions when drawing people for that matter). This is just the worst of the superhero era at Image Comics continued into the 21st century. Might as well be called Youngblood Vol. 2 because it's the same kind of garbage.
August 4, 2016
It’s been nearly 18 months since the first Deathstroke volume came out and I was wondering why it’d taken DC so long to release the second. As soon as you pick it up, you realize why: DC have crammed in issues #9-20 plus the #0 issue into this second and final Deathstroke volume. They waited until the series had ended before bundling them all up into one massive book because they don’t want to string this out into another volume, they just wanted it over and done with – and I can see why!
The main “story” arc is Deathstroke fighting Lobo, a space biker with the standard range of unimaginative superpowers: strength, speed, healing factor, etc. He fights him here, he fights him there, he fights him everywhere - the end! Next up is: Some Guy! Once Deathstroke defeats Lobo, they run out of name characters for him to fight so it becomes arbitrary villain of the week from there on out. The villains, or targets really, aren’t so much characters as superpowers with a face: there’s a guy who can’t be killed in some Eastern European country, there’s a Japanese mafia dude with cybernetic implants which makes him ultra-tough, and so on.
The problem with this series is that it has no direction. Initially Kyle Higgins set up a father/son storyline that was explored somewhat in the first volume and in the second is ignored until the final two issues where it’s rushed to an unsatisfying and overblown conclusion (Higgins left the title after the first volume). In the interim you just have Deathstroke fighting random dudes with the occasional half-hearted attempt at a storyline. There’s something about the Nth Metal armour Deathstroke wears, meaning of course a cameo from Mr Nth Metal himself, Hawkman (and if you know anything about New 52 Hawkman it’s that he’s the kiss of death for a series once he appears!) but that “story” fizzles out in no time and is promptly forgotten.
It doesn’t help that the title had a revolving door of writers and artists. After Higgins left, Liefeld stepped in and completed his Lobo arc then left DC quite bitterly (google Liefeld leaving DC for some interesting tweets from the Rob – he even went after DC golden child Scott Snyder! No one was safe!), then another writer stepped in and left, then Justin Jordan, writer of Luther Strode, stayed on for the remaining issues. I’d say Jordan’s writing is maybe the best this book has but it’s still of a remarkably poor standard and nothing like his work at Image. Plus Jordan ties his issues into his godawful Team 7 series so the book ends with a final calamitous crash straight into a brick wall.
I’d say you get value for money with this volume purely for the ton of comics included but it’s really a clear case of quantity over quality. Sure there’s a lot of pages but it’s basically the same boring nonsense repeated over and over until it’s done. It was nice to see some Liefeld art again purely for nostalgic and comedic value – the guy’s crazy but he’s the Rob, and kudos to him for not putting up with DC’s bullshit – but this whole book was a flatline for me. I couldn’t wait until it was over.
New 52 Deathstroke proves that while he’s a good supporting character and a decent villain for the likes of Batman, he’s far too limited and not interesting enough to sustain his own series.
The main “story” arc is Deathstroke fighting Lobo, a space biker with the standard range of unimaginative superpowers: strength, speed, healing factor, etc. He fights him here, he fights him there, he fights him everywhere - the end! Next up is: Some Guy! Once Deathstroke defeats Lobo, they run out of name characters for him to fight so it becomes arbitrary villain of the week from there on out. The villains, or targets really, aren’t so much characters as superpowers with a face: there’s a guy who can’t be killed in some Eastern European country, there’s a Japanese mafia dude with cybernetic implants which makes him ultra-tough, and so on.
The problem with this series is that it has no direction. Initially Kyle Higgins set up a father/son storyline that was explored somewhat in the first volume and in the second is ignored until the final two issues where it’s rushed to an unsatisfying and overblown conclusion (Higgins left the title after the first volume). In the interim you just have Deathstroke fighting random dudes with the occasional half-hearted attempt at a storyline. There’s something about the Nth Metal armour Deathstroke wears, meaning of course a cameo from Mr Nth Metal himself, Hawkman (and if you know anything about New 52 Hawkman it’s that he’s the kiss of death for a series once he appears!) but that “story” fizzles out in no time and is promptly forgotten.
It doesn’t help that the title had a revolving door of writers and artists. After Higgins left, Liefeld stepped in and completed his Lobo arc then left DC quite bitterly (google Liefeld leaving DC for some interesting tweets from the Rob – he even went after DC golden child Scott Snyder! No one was safe!), then another writer stepped in and left, then Justin Jordan, writer of Luther Strode, stayed on for the remaining issues. I’d say Jordan’s writing is maybe the best this book has but it’s still of a remarkably poor standard and nothing like his work at Image. Plus Jordan ties his issues into his godawful Team 7 series so the book ends with a final calamitous crash straight into a brick wall.
I’d say you get value for money with this volume purely for the ton of comics included but it’s really a clear case of quantity over quality. Sure there’s a lot of pages but it’s basically the same boring nonsense repeated over and over until it’s done. It was nice to see some Liefeld art again purely for nostalgic and comedic value – the guy’s crazy but he’s the Rob, and kudos to him for not putting up with DC’s bullshit – but this whole book was a flatline for me. I couldn’t wait until it was over.
New 52 Deathstroke proves that while he’s a good supporting character and a decent villain for the likes of Batman, he’s far too limited and not interesting enough to sustain his own series.
May 19, 2017
On the plus side, I sympathized much better with Slade Wilson/Deathstroke in this volume (up to a point). The man lives by A Code; he's murderous but not a murderous-scumbag-and-slash-or-psychopath.
On the minus side, readers will find several issues bother them. There were several changes in artists, each with enough stylist problems to hamper the story. Then the story wobbles severely between foreshadowing and outright confusion.
And there really needed to be some kind of Zero Month Conference, to decide the details that would go into Slade's origin story, because the details changed radically over the course of several issues -- badly.
DC, you're killing me.
UPDATE: Apparently, DC, you are killing comics, too. Sources* tell me that Deathstroke's series ended here, until the rebirth in "Rebirth". (*Anne, Jeff, Sam Q. - thanks!)
On the minus side, readers will find several issues bother them. There were several changes in artists, each with enough stylist problems to hamper the story. Then the story wobbles severely between foreshadowing and outright confusion.
And there really needed to be some kind of Zero Month Conference, to decide the details that would go into Slade's origin story, because the details changed radically over the course of several issues -- badly.
DC, you're killing me.
UPDATE: Apparently, DC, you are killing comics, too. Sources* tell me that Deathstroke's series ended here, until the rebirth in "Rebirth". (*Anne, Jeff, Sam Q. - thanks!)
October 18, 2018
This is definitely has to be one of the first graphic novels/comics I've ever read . The stories are haphazard and the art isn't exceptional . A heavy disappointment after the above average Volume 1 .
October 2, 2025
I don't like this volume. The quality of the art and writing really dropped. I don't like the issues written and drawn by Rob Liefield. The story is meaningless and how he draws Lobo is really awful. He should continue the storyline started by Kyle Higgins.
I somewhat like the issues written by Justin Jordan. There's an immortal man, a bunch of ninjas, and family drama. It abruptly ends because of low sales and readers are already disinterested.
I somewhat like the issues written by Justin Jordan. There's an immortal man, a bunch of ninjas, and family drama. It abruptly ends because of low sales and readers are already disinterested.
May 8, 2017
Czy wszystko czego dotknie się Rob Liefeld musi na ten moment zmienić się w gówno?
July 27, 2024
Boring and repetitive, very disappointing.
March 10, 2014
antihero[ an-tee-heer-oh, an-tahy- ]
noun [plural an·ti·he·roes.]
1. a protagonist who lacks the attributes that make a heroic figure, as nobility of mind and spirit, a life or attitude marked by action or purpose, and the like."
That is the definition of an antihero, something that Slade Wilson, AKA Deathstroke the Terminator, has been called in the past 30 years. I think he's more of an "antivillain", if I can use a fictional word. He's classified as a super villain (rightfully so), but we've seen him save the world so many times since Marv Wolfman and George Perez created him in the 1980s.
In Lobo Hunt, we see him again save the world multiple times. He might be getting paid for it, but he's not getting any glory!
He's a contract killer hired by Maxim, a director of a secret facility to work with a group of young aliens and their keeper, Zealot, to hunt down the biggest threat to Earth since Alex Luthor and Superboy Prime in Infinite Crisis, the crazed Czarnian Lobo.
But there's more to that than meets the eye!
He then goes on the hunt for Hawkman to find the origin of the "nth metal" his armor is made of.
He gets ambushed by another chemically-enhanced man named Deadborn, who was hired to gauge his strengths.
When we finally find out who hired him is when it gets weird and very interesting.
The New 52 revised the DCU quite a bit, and it is very obvious in this collection. Characters long dead are alive, people who were mute can speak and history has totally warped.
I'm a fan of the old days and read Deathstroke's original story in the Teen Titans collection Judas Contract, so this took a few reads for me to get used to.
This is a warning to older readers: enjoy with an open mind! The old ways might be comfortable and familiar, but the new ways are almost as good!
Deathstroke is by far the best villain in the Multiverse, in my opinion. This series not only reinforces that he's a ruthless killer and badass, but reminds us that he's still human and has a heart.
He mourns his wife, he saves the world (once even without getting paid!) and he shows honor, more than any other villain.
His relations with Zealot and hisregret over his children are just further proof that he's still human and not a killing machine.
Lobo Hunt is bloody, ruthless and action-packed, but it's also got am emotional story embedded into it. Whether you read comics for the action or the stories, this is the book for you!
noun [plural an·ti·he·roes.]
1. a protagonist who lacks the attributes that make a heroic figure, as nobility of mind and spirit, a life or attitude marked by action or purpose, and the like."
That is the definition of an antihero, something that Slade Wilson, AKA Deathstroke the Terminator, has been called in the past 30 years. I think he's more of an "antivillain", if I can use a fictional word. He's classified as a super villain (rightfully so), but we've seen him save the world so many times since Marv Wolfman and George Perez created him in the 1980s.
In Lobo Hunt, we see him again save the world multiple times. He might be getting paid for it, but he's not getting any glory!
He's a contract killer hired by Maxim, a director of a secret facility to work with a group of young aliens and their keeper, Zealot, to hunt down the biggest threat to Earth since Alex Luthor and Superboy Prime in Infinite Crisis, the crazed Czarnian Lobo.
But there's more to that than meets the eye!
He then goes on the hunt for Hawkman to find the origin of the "nth metal" his armor is made of.
He gets ambushed by another chemically-enhanced man named Deadborn, who was hired to gauge his strengths.
When we finally find out who hired him is when it gets weird and very interesting.
The New 52 revised the DCU quite a bit, and it is very obvious in this collection. Characters long dead are alive, people who were mute can speak and history has totally warped.
I'm a fan of the old days and read Deathstroke's original story in the Teen Titans collection Judas Contract, so this took a few reads for me to get used to.
This is a warning to older readers: enjoy with an open mind! The old ways might be comfortable and familiar, but the new ways are almost as good!
Deathstroke is by far the best villain in the Multiverse, in my opinion. This series not only reinforces that he's a ruthless killer and badass, but reminds us that he's still human and has a heart.
He mourns his wife, he saves the world (once even without getting paid!) and he shows honor, more than any other villain.
His relations with Zealot and hisregret over his children are just further proof that he's still human and not a killing machine.
Lobo Hunt is bloody, ruthless and action-packed, but it's also got am emotional story embedded into it. Whether you read comics for the action or the stories, this is the book for you!
June 29, 2014
I might be the only one that digs this, but stuff it I don't care. I thought this was awesome.
Volume 1 of this series happened to be one of my first experiences with the New 52. Upon reading it the first time I have to say, I didn't really like it that much. Enough to not buy the next volume for another 6 or so months. I thought I would give it another try and re-read the first instalment, and colour me stupid cause I enjoyed it immensely. Almost like I was reading the book through new eyes. So many things I missed the first time round were revealed to me, changing my whole outlook of the title. It was safe to say I was ready to get stuck into volume 2!
I'll mention straight off the bat that I thought it was strange how nothing was mentioned of Slade's encounter with his son Grant, at the end of the last book. Not that it hindered the story, but I just thought it was odd. We kick into this book with a contract to hunt the space brute Lobo. In my opinion this arc was pretty average, after the emotional ties that made the previous story so engaging. We also have some ho-hum fill in characters that help out Slade as he completes his contract, all of which are pretty forgettable. I think the thing that annoyed me the most about this story was Deathstroke's sudden change of personality. On the last book he was a ruthless killer, with what seemed to be without conscience. Then all of a sudden he's, well, just different. I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Then we get to see some of Slade's origins in Team 7, which I am actually waiting to arrive in the mail any day now. This story gave the reader a look into how he became the brutal killer he is today, as well as a look into his relationship with his family. The end of the book is where it starts to shine. Leading us into an awesome stand off with the whole Wilson clan, one I was very entertained by. All topped off with an ending that fit the cutthroat nature of the series.
There are a lot of bad reviews for this title, but I'm a simple man with simple pleasures. I love reading comics, whether they are exceptional, or rather average. For me this title was really entertaining, but it won't be for everyone. Regardless it still stands as a great look into another area of the N52 universe. Long live the mighty Deathstroke!
Volume 1 of this series happened to be one of my first experiences with the New 52. Upon reading it the first time I have to say, I didn't really like it that much. Enough to not buy the next volume for another 6 or so months. I thought I would give it another try and re-read the first instalment, and colour me stupid cause I enjoyed it immensely. Almost like I was reading the book through new eyes. So many things I missed the first time round were revealed to me, changing my whole outlook of the title. It was safe to say I was ready to get stuck into volume 2!
I'll mention straight off the bat that I thought it was strange how nothing was mentioned of Slade's encounter with his son Grant, at the end of the last book. Not that it hindered the story, but I just thought it was odd. We kick into this book with a contract to hunt the space brute Lobo. In my opinion this arc was pretty average, after the emotional ties that made the previous story so engaging. We also have some ho-hum fill in characters that help out Slade as he completes his contract, all of which are pretty forgettable. I think the thing that annoyed me the most about this story was Deathstroke's sudden change of personality. On the last book he was a ruthless killer, with what seemed to be without conscience. Then all of a sudden he's, well, just different. I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Then we get to see some of Slade's origins in Team 7, which I am actually waiting to arrive in the mail any day now. This story gave the reader a look into how he became the brutal killer he is today, as well as a look into his relationship with his family. The end of the book is where it starts to shine. Leading us into an awesome stand off with the whole Wilson clan, one I was very entertained by. All topped off with an ending that fit the cutthroat nature of the series.
There are a lot of bad reviews for this title, but I'm a simple man with simple pleasures. I love reading comics, whether they are exceptional, or rather average. For me this title was really entertaining, but it won't be for everyone. Regardless it still stands as a great look into another area of the N52 universe. Long live the mighty Deathstroke!
March 16, 2014
Well what a waste of paper. Warning, this review contains spoilers.
It took ages for this second volume to come out and it's huge, 12 issues in all and from what I understand the end of the dc52 attempt to revitalise Deathstroke. Thank god.
I really enjoyed the first volume that introduced Deathstroke as the ultimate cold hearted bastard that slaughters a group of kids hired to support his "killer for hire work". He's getting on, one of the superheros/villains to actually age it would seem, and yet he still wants to prove he is the best. This then develops into an intriguing plot about how his presumably deceased family are actually still alive, and his son has been hired by the parents of some of Deathstrokes victims to kill him. Similar to the story Jason Aaron wrote for wolverine. It really piqued my interest and I was excited for this second volume.
I waited and ultimately was disappointed. The family story line I liked wasn't addressed until the last two issues and was rushed with no real explanation as to what happened and why. I didn't even care for the "dramatic yet predictable" ending that saw Deathstrokes family actually get slaughtered this time, and by his hand. The rest of bindup was littered with poor storylines that only lasted for one issue. Hawkman was thrown in but only so Slade could find out a single sentence about his armour. Lobo was battled with but poorly and you never discover if he lives or what happens to Sheba. Very poor.
I didn't even like the artwork. The plot was sporadic and poorly laid out. It was quite frankly dull and I was glad when it finished. Don't bother. I wish I hadn't.
It took ages for this second volume to come out and it's huge, 12 issues in all and from what I understand the end of the dc52 attempt to revitalise Deathstroke. Thank god.
I really enjoyed the first volume that introduced Deathstroke as the ultimate cold hearted bastard that slaughters a group of kids hired to support his "killer for hire work". He's getting on, one of the superheros/villains to actually age it would seem, and yet he still wants to prove he is the best. This then develops into an intriguing plot about how his presumably deceased family are actually still alive, and his son has been hired by the parents of some of Deathstrokes victims to kill him. Similar to the story Jason Aaron wrote for wolverine. It really piqued my interest and I was excited for this second volume.
I waited and ultimately was disappointed. The family story line I liked wasn't addressed until the last two issues and was rushed with no real explanation as to what happened and why. I didn't even care for the "dramatic yet predictable" ending that saw Deathstrokes family actually get slaughtered this time, and by his hand. The rest of bindup was littered with poor storylines that only lasted for one issue. Hawkman was thrown in but only so Slade could find out a single sentence about his armour. Lobo was battled with but poorly and you never discover if he lives or what happens to Sheba. Very poor.
I didn't even like the artwork. The plot was sporadic and poorly laid out. It was quite frankly dull and I was glad when it finished. Don't bother. I wish I hadn't.
July 10, 2016
Issues #9-12. Story & Art: Liefeld.
vs Lobo. 1/5 stars.
(Plot 1/5, Dialogue 1/5. Breakdowns 3/5. Overall art 2/5)
#0. Liefeld. 1/5
#13-14. Liefeld-Plot,
Williamson & Pansica-Script & Art.
vs Deadborn and Hawkman. 2/5 stars.
#15-16. Jordan & Salazar- Story & Art.
Unkillable Man. 2.5/5
#17-18
10,000 Ninjas. 2.5/5
#19-20. Jordan, Bedard and Salazar- Story & Art.
Wilson Family and Majestic. 3/5 Stars
vs Lobo. 1/5 stars.
(Plot 1/5, Dialogue 1/5. Breakdowns 3/5. Overall art 2/5)
#0. Liefeld. 1/5
#13-14. Liefeld-Plot,
Williamson & Pansica-Script & Art.
vs Deadborn and Hawkman. 2/5 stars.
#15-16. Jordan & Salazar- Story & Art.
Unkillable Man. 2.5/5
#17-18
10,000 Ninjas. 2.5/5
#19-20. Jordan, Bedard and Salazar- Story & Art.
Wilson Family and Majestic. 3/5 Stars
May 6, 2014
I honestly was let down by this. They brought in a new writer, and I think that the story got worse. Deathstroke in these issues seems like a fusion of The Punisher, and an Old James Bond. and not in a good way. 3 stars for the art. The story was kind of bland to me.
March 28, 2015
This is my first issue where I read staring Deathstroke. I only read the second volume first because this was the only volume they had at the library. High octane action, great story, and a overall an enjoyable read, plus you can't go wrong with Lobo.
April 11, 2015
It has nice action scenes i give you that but there is nothing special with it. Art is ok in my opinion but story is complicated and its connected to another storyline i think(?)
April 19, 2015
Lobo is only about a third of the book, thankfully. The only thing worse than Lobo is the rest of the crap Liefeld stuffed in this collection.
August 7, 2019
This would have been a 5 star book if DC hadn't fired Liefeld halfway though. This is the same idiocy they pulled with the Batwoman title and low and behold both of them got new creatives teams and cancelled swiftly after.
I was a bit sceptical going into this after the train wreck of the first volume, I was blow away. Finally it gave me the calculating badass Deathstroke is, everything was on point. The art was great, the story was focused with little hints of something building in the background. Loved the lobo fight and the bits with Hawkman, that does lead to my problem though. So Deathstroke meets up with Hawkman they get into a scuffle then It's so jarring, completely deviating from what Liefeld was building up to. I'll give the person who took her his due, as the story about the unkillable man was awesome. Then it went a little down hill as he was trying to splice his own ending and Liefeld's together and it doesn't quite work. It came off more as a follow up to The Ravagers, Vol. 1: The Kids from N.O.W.H.E.R.E., as a lot of characters suddenly jumped into this title, for no reason at all. It's weird and as I already said out of place, this is still a bloody good time though.
I was a bit sceptical going into this after the train wreck of the first volume, I was blow away. Finally it gave me the calculating badass Deathstroke is, everything was on point. The art was great, the story was focused with little hints of something building in the background. Loved the lobo fight and the bits with Hawkman, that does lead to my problem though. So Deathstroke meets up with Hawkman they get into a scuffle then It's so jarring, completely deviating from what Liefeld was building up to. I'll give the person who took her his due, as the story about the unkillable man was awesome. Then it went a little down hill as he was trying to splice his own ending and Liefeld's together and it doesn't quite work. It came off more as a follow up to The Ravagers, Vol. 1: The Kids from N.O.W.H.E.R.E., as a lot of characters suddenly jumped into this title, for no reason at all. It's weird and as I already said out of place, this is still a bloody good time though.
October 11, 2021
O ile pierwszy tom Deathstroke'a był całkiem niezły, to drugi pikuje mocno w dół. Całą sytuację ratuje tylko Lobo, ale i Herkules dupa, kiedy wrogów kupa. W tym przypadku grupa "Omega", która albo pełni rolę mięsa armatniego, ale jest do wyświdrowania przez Slade'a, bo ma organy żeńskie...
Plus Hawkman i Nth metal w tle, a cała historia sprawia, że chciałem sobie oczy wykłóć. Jeżeli lubicie pulpowe opowiadania z lat 80. i 90. XX wieku to może coś dla siebie znajdziecie. Reszta? Radziłbym omijać łukiem. Taki akcyjniak po lekturze, którego nic się nie zapamięta. Nic dziwnego, że od razu rebootowali całą serię...
Plus Hawkman i Nth metal w tle, a cała historia sprawia, że chciałem sobie oczy wykłóć. Jeżeli lubicie pulpowe opowiadania z lat 80. i 90. XX wieku to może coś dla siebie znajdziecie. Reszta? Radziłbym omijać łukiem. Taki akcyjniak po lekturze, którego nic się nie zapamięta. Nic dziwnego, że od razu rebootowali całą serię...
August 25, 2021
I can't imagine what people like about this. First off, Rob Liefeld continues to be awful. That has always been a constant in comics. His plot, dialogue, layouts, and pencils are all terrible. The Lobo storyline was so bad. There were a handful of pointless standalone tales added to pieces of multiple crossovers (none complete) and a horrendous ending involving Slade's family. I get it, Deathstroke is cool. Here, he isn't. He's one dimensional and lame. The art, after Liefeld, was okay but the was a disastrous book. Overall, skip this.
June 26, 2017
A pretty good value for money collection at almost 300 pages and 13 issues, I'm surprised DC didn't split this down the middle to rip us readers off. Still, the stories aren't that amazing and I couldn't help noticing that halfway through the writing got lazy and each issue took less and less time to read. Worth reading for hard core Deathstroke fans, but it didn't really float my boat.
December 12, 2024
The Final Stand of Deathstroke
Slade Wilson really goes through the emotional battles of a hero.
You witness his backstory, how he evolved from being one of the best in the army to being THE CONTRACT KILLER. But at what cost?
It cost him everything.
Fighting for survival against Jericho was VERY interesting.
We NEED a Deathstroke series NOW.
And NOT under the DCU.
Slade Wilson really goes through the emotional battles of a hero.
You witness his backstory, how he evolved from being one of the best in the army to being THE CONTRACT KILLER. But at what cost?
It cost him everything.
Fighting for survival against Jericho was VERY interesting.
We NEED a Deathstroke series NOW.
And NOT under the DCU.
March 21, 2018
Characterisation is all over the place, as is the art. First book was fun, this one was pointless.
November 5, 2018
Storia molto anni 90'. Si legge molto velocemente e con piacere.
February 22, 2019
The first 9 issues as written by Kyle Higgens are excellent. The last 3 or 4 issues as written/drawn by Liefeld aren't great. It drops off a lot. But I love they brought in Lobo.
June 23, 2023
The best part was then Cable and Deadpool had a baby and it was named Deathstroke.
May 9, 2025
It was ok.
A lot of the lore was changed for the better or worse of it. I didn't like the changes. Overall, it was an ok series. Nothing spectacular.
A lot of the lore was changed for the better or worse of it. I didn't like the changes. Overall, it was an ok series. Nothing spectacular.
November 19, 2015
I just finished reading volume 1 of this series last night and since all of the single issues from #9-20 & #0 are on my friend's Comixology app, I decided to do right ahead and finish off this series before moving on to something else. After enjoying volume 1, this volume is a bit of a let down. This one volume should have been released as 2 volumes. I enjoyed the Rob Liefeld story arc better than I did the arc that ran for issue 15-20.
Normally, I break these collected comics volumes down into writing and art, but since this isn't your normal collected volume, I'm not going to do a normal review. I'll start with the Rob Liefeld run on the series. Liefeld served as both writer and artist on issues #9-12 and issue #0. I've never been the biggest fan of Rob's writing. I think his art is superior to his writing ability. His art has lots of detail, but is sometimes disproportionate. That is the big problem most people have with his art. Does it take away from the art? Yes. Is his art still better than 65% of the people employed by DC? Also, yes. He draws characters faces almost as good as the cream of the crop of all comic artists. I did think it was funny that Liefeld created the Marvel character Deadpool as a blatant rip off of Deathstroke back in the early 1990's and is now writing and drawing for Deathstroke. In a flashback story, Rob even draws the uniform that Deathstroke wears so that he resembles Deadpool.
The story that Liefeld wrote for issues #8-12 involves both Lobo and the Wildstorm character Zealot. I enjoyed seeing both, but Liefeld only seemed to have a grasp on how to write the Lobo. I found Zealot to be lacking in both the script and in art style. As a whole for these issues, both the writing and art was a little inferior to that of volume 1. It is still enjoyable, just not as good. In issue #0, as with all titles in the New 52 that got an issue #0, the story focuses on the main characters origin. In the New 52, Deathstroke, or rather Slade Wilson, was a member of the former Wildstorm Comics' Team 7. Only a couple of original members of Team 7 were kept. Those are Grifter and Fairchild's dad. Slade and Amanda Waller from DC were added to the cast with a few other characters. Again, this issue was a letdown even though it contained some characters I love. It just doesn't reach the bar set by volume 1 of the series. These issues get 3.5 as the art score and 3 for the writing.
Issues #13 and #14 are plotted out by Rob, but are scripted by Joshua Williams and drawn by Eduardo Pansica. One of these issues contains Hawkman and is part of a 6 part story. Unfortunately the other 5 issues take place in the Hawkman books. I already wanted to read those, but this left me really wanting more. The writing is nothing special. it gets 3 stars. The art is just a little bit off from Rob's. It gets 3 stars as well.
Issues #15-20 were written by Justin Jordan and drawn by Edgar Salazar. To start off their run, Salazar had a Slade that looked a lot different and younger than the versions by the 3 preceding artists since issue #1. I felt he got a better grasp of the character the more practice he got, but he still has the distinction of the worst looking unmasked Slade in the entire series. Slade doesn't look horrible. He just doesn't compare to the version drawn by the others. Salazar's version of Rose Wilson and Terra from the Ravagers both look really good though. The stories told in these 6 issues seem rushed and I felt like pieces left out. I guess the story did have to be rushed since I'm pretty sure they knew ahead of time that the book was being canceled. It was good seeing Lynch and Majestic from the Wildstorm Universe added to DC's New 52, but they deserved a better story. Writing for these issues gets 2.5 stars. Art gets 3 stars because the other characters look good enough to compensate for Slade.
If this had been released as two books as I stated earlier, The Liefeld run would have gotten 3.5 stars and the other would have gotten a 3. As is, the book gets a 3 star rating. I wish it would have been better. I think if they'd have left the original creative staff on the book it would not have been canceled after 20 issues. The only way I can recommend this book is if you love the Wildstorm characters as much as I do or if you've read the first volume and want to see it through to the end.
Normally, I break these collected comics volumes down into writing and art, but since this isn't your normal collected volume, I'm not going to do a normal review. I'll start with the Rob Liefeld run on the series. Liefeld served as both writer and artist on issues #9-12 and issue #0. I've never been the biggest fan of Rob's writing. I think his art is superior to his writing ability. His art has lots of detail, but is sometimes disproportionate. That is the big problem most people have with his art. Does it take away from the art? Yes. Is his art still better than 65% of the people employed by DC? Also, yes. He draws characters faces almost as good as the cream of the crop of all comic artists. I did think it was funny that Liefeld created the Marvel character Deadpool as a blatant rip off of Deathstroke back in the early 1990's and is now writing and drawing for Deathstroke. In a flashback story, Rob even draws the uniform that Deathstroke wears so that he resembles Deadpool.
The story that Liefeld wrote for issues #8-12 involves both Lobo and the Wildstorm character Zealot. I enjoyed seeing both, but Liefeld only seemed to have a grasp on how to write the Lobo. I found Zealot to be lacking in both the script and in art style. As a whole for these issues, both the writing and art was a little inferior to that of volume 1. It is still enjoyable, just not as good. In issue #0, as with all titles in the New 52 that got an issue #0, the story focuses on the main characters origin. In the New 52, Deathstroke, or rather Slade Wilson, was a member of the former Wildstorm Comics' Team 7. Only a couple of original members of Team 7 were kept. Those are Grifter and Fairchild's dad. Slade and Amanda Waller from DC were added to the cast with a few other characters. Again, this issue was a letdown even though it contained some characters I love. It just doesn't reach the bar set by volume 1 of the series. These issues get 3.5 as the art score and 3 for the writing.
Issues #13 and #14 are plotted out by Rob, but are scripted by Joshua Williams and drawn by Eduardo Pansica. One of these issues contains Hawkman and is part of a 6 part story. Unfortunately the other 5 issues take place in the Hawkman books. I already wanted to read those, but this left me really wanting more. The writing is nothing special. it gets 3 stars. The art is just a little bit off from Rob's. It gets 3 stars as well.
Issues #15-20 were written by Justin Jordan and drawn by Edgar Salazar. To start off their run, Salazar had a Slade that looked a lot different and younger than the versions by the 3 preceding artists since issue #1. I felt he got a better grasp of the character the more practice he got, but he still has the distinction of the worst looking unmasked Slade in the entire series. Slade doesn't look horrible. He just doesn't compare to the version drawn by the others. Salazar's version of Rose Wilson and Terra from the Ravagers both look really good though. The stories told in these 6 issues seem rushed and I felt like pieces left out. I guess the story did have to be rushed since I'm pretty sure they knew ahead of time that the book was being canceled. It was good seeing Lynch and Majestic from the Wildstorm Universe added to DC's New 52, but they deserved a better story. Writing for these issues gets 2.5 stars. Art gets 3 stars because the other characters look good enough to compensate for Slade.
If this had been released as two books as I stated earlier, The Liefeld run would have gotten 3.5 stars and the other would have gotten a 3. As is, the book gets a 3 star rating. I wish it would have been better. I think if they'd have left the original creative staff on the book it would not have been canceled after 20 issues. The only way I can recommend this book is if you love the Wildstorm characters as much as I do or if you've read the first volume and want to see it through to the end.
March 25, 2024
I have always loved Deathstroke. I have always hated Lobo.
This ought to be interesting. Unfortunately I only got volume 2, but if it’s good enough I might track down volume 1.
I hope this isn’t the case where they try to turn Deathstroke into a ‘hero’ because he is popular. He’s Batman as a villian and that makes him more interesting than anything else they could do.
I hate the redesign of his costume. Shoulder pads and pouches? I know Rob Leifeld is from the eighties but this is ridiculous.
Lots of large half-page drawings. This seems like empty filler.
It actually says that Lobo has “genius-level intellect”. Not in any story I’ve ever read.
Lots of this story doesn’t work for me. SPOILER ALERT. Deathstroke defeats Lobo by outwitting him but it only works because one of his team (who he didn’t want to work with in the first place) was a traitor and another teammate kept them distracted long enough to defeat Lobo (presumably).
Then he does the 80’s movie thing of punching the guy who hired him and threatening to keep an eye on him because he’s a bad man!
Deathstroke doesn’t care! Deathstroke is a mercenary! The ultimate mercenary!
And then out of nowhere he kisses a teammate and tells her he’ll check her out later?! WTF?! All 80’s all the time!
The middle story retells Deathstroke’s origin story. The second son ‘Grant’ differs from what I know. I’ve never heard of him. I think there is suppossed to be a daughter as well, ‘Rose Wilson-Ravager’ but she’s not mentioned here.
The next story is about a guy named “Deadborn” (really?) who is after Deathstroke. He claims he is another government attempt at a super soldier. But it turns out that it was only a test by the latest villian to see if Deathstroke is in top form. He is.
Finally, the next story, “Deathless” is about Deathstroke being hired to kill a petty dictator in a ‘balkan’ country that has Wolverine’s level regeneration powers. Quite good so far.
“The Trouble with Honor” starts to read like a comic book and like a Deathstroke comic book. Someone is out to kill him and he wants to know why. Which leads to a crapload of ninjas.
The last couple of stories bring in Slade’s sons and daughter, Grant, Joseph and Rose. I’ve never heard of Grant actually. Also a strangely retconned Terra as well.
Joseph uses his mind control to control Majestic who is apparently a Superman powered being. I think he’s another purchase from another comic company (Image?).
Also Adeline is there — Slade’s wife and the mother of his children.
So with the whole family united and against Joseph who is now retconned as a super-evil mind control guy the family reunion doesn’t go well.
In the end Deathstroke wins but just about everyone else loses.
I think a dedicated Deathstroke comic could be as cool as Archie Goodwin’s Manhunter (which I’m currently re-reading) but this book rarely cuts it. There are glimpses of the character Deathstroke could be but really he seems forced into these ‘do gooder’ acts that don’t fit him at all.
So this was mostly a Meh from me. I’ll give it 2 stars and donate it to a library.
This ought to be interesting. Unfortunately I only got volume 2, but if it’s good enough I might track down volume 1.
I hope this isn’t the case where they try to turn Deathstroke into a ‘hero’ because he is popular. He’s Batman as a villian and that makes him more interesting than anything else they could do.
I hate the redesign of his costume. Shoulder pads and pouches? I know Rob Leifeld is from the eighties but this is ridiculous.
Lots of large half-page drawings. This seems like empty filler.
It actually says that Lobo has “genius-level intellect”. Not in any story I’ve ever read.
Lots of this story doesn’t work for me. SPOILER ALERT. Deathstroke defeats Lobo by outwitting him but it only works because one of his team (who he didn’t want to work with in the first place) was a traitor and another teammate kept them distracted long enough to defeat Lobo (presumably).
Then he does the 80’s movie thing of punching the guy who hired him and threatening to keep an eye on him because he’s a bad man!
Deathstroke doesn’t care! Deathstroke is a mercenary! The ultimate mercenary!
And then out of nowhere he kisses a teammate and tells her he’ll check her out later?! WTF?! All 80’s all the time!
The middle story retells Deathstroke’s origin story. The second son ‘Grant’ differs from what I know. I’ve never heard of him. I think there is suppossed to be a daughter as well, ‘Rose Wilson-Ravager’ but she’s not mentioned here.
The next story is about a guy named “Deadborn” (really?) who is after Deathstroke. He claims he is another government attempt at a super soldier. But it turns out that it was only a test by the latest villian to see if Deathstroke is in top form. He is.
Finally, the next story, “Deathless” is about Deathstroke being hired to kill a petty dictator in a ‘balkan’ country that has Wolverine’s level regeneration powers. Quite good so far.
“The Trouble with Honor” starts to read like a comic book and like a Deathstroke comic book. Someone is out to kill him and he wants to know why. Which leads to a crapload of ninjas.
The last couple of stories bring in Slade’s sons and daughter, Grant, Joseph and Rose. I’ve never heard of Grant actually. Also a strangely retconned Terra as well.
Joseph uses his mind control to control Majestic who is apparently a Superman powered being. I think he’s another purchase from another comic company (Image?).
Also Adeline is there — Slade’s wife and the mother of his children.
So with the whole family united and against Joseph who is now retconned as a super-evil mind control guy the family reunion doesn’t go well.
In the end Deathstroke wins but just about everyone else loses.
I think a dedicated Deathstroke comic could be as cool as Archie Goodwin’s Manhunter (which I’m currently re-reading) but this book rarely cuts it. There are glimpses of the character Deathstroke could be but really he seems forced into these ‘do gooder’ acts that don’t fit him at all.
So this was mostly a Meh from me. I’ll give it 2 stars and donate it to a library.
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