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Deathstroke (2014)
Deathstroke, Volume 3: Suicide Run
TAKEN
Nobody defeats Deathstroke. Slade Wilson has killed a Titan, held his own against the God of War and gone punch for punch with Superman and lived to tell the tale.
But someone has found the one chink in Deathstroke's armor...
Now his daughter, Rose, has gone missing, taken by none other than Harley Quinn. Harley intends to force Slade to make good on an old promise, and her ultimatum is simple: to find his daughter, he'll have to kill Amanda Waller, head of the Suicide Squad and Harley's jailor.
But how far can anyone trust the unbalanced Harley? When Deathstroke's intel pits him against everyone from Lex Luthor's army of Bizarros to Red Hood, it's clear that there's more to this puzzle than meets the eye. Deathstroke wants answers, but more importantly, he wants his daughter back. And he's not about to let anyone stand in his way!
Writers James Bonny (THE SAVAGE HAWKMAN) and Tony S. Daniel (DETECTIVE COMICS) and artists Tyler Kirkham (TEEN TITANS) and Paolo Pantalena (RED HOOD/ARSENAL) set Deathstroke on his most important mission yet in DEATHSTROKE VOL. 3: SUICIDE RUN!
Collects: Deathstroke #11-16.
Nobody defeats Deathstroke. Slade Wilson has killed a Titan, held his own against the God of War and gone punch for punch with Superman and lived to tell the tale.
But someone has found the one chink in Deathstroke's armor...
Now his daughter, Rose, has gone missing, taken by none other than Harley Quinn. Harley intends to force Slade to make good on an old promise, and her ultimatum is simple: to find his daughter, he'll have to kill Amanda Waller, head of the Suicide Squad and Harley's jailor.
But how far can anyone trust the unbalanced Harley? When Deathstroke's intel pits him against everyone from Lex Luthor's army of Bizarros to Red Hood, it's clear that there's more to this puzzle than meets the eye. Deathstroke wants answers, but more importantly, he wants his daughter back. And he's not about to let anyone stand in his way!
Writers James Bonny (THE SAVAGE HAWKMAN) and Tony S. Daniel (DETECTIVE COMICS) and artists Tyler Kirkham (TEEN TITANS) and Paolo Pantalena (RED HOOD/ARSENAL) set Deathstroke on his most important mission yet in DEATHSTROKE VOL. 3: SUICIDE RUN!
Collects: Deathstroke #11-16.
144 pages, Paperback
First published August 16, 2016
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About the author
Tony S. Daniel
684 books89 followersTony Salvador Daniel is a comic book author and illustrator. He is sometimes credited with is full name as Antonio Salvador Daniel.
For the science fiction writer, see Tony Daniel.
Tony S. Daniel decided to become a comic book artist in the 4th grade and has never looked back. He made his professional comics debut in 1993 on Comico's The Elementals and went on to illustrate X-Force for Marvel Comics and Spawn: Bloodfeud for Image Comics as well as writing and illustrating several creator-owned titles of his own: Silke, The Tenth, Adrenalynn and F5 — the last two of which led him, for a time, into the alternate reality known as Hollywood.
After being lured back into comics in 2005 to work with writer Geoff Johns on TEEN TITANS for DC Comics, Daniel landed his dream job in 2007 penciling the adventures of DC's Dark Knight Detective in BATMAN where he first collaborated with writer Grant Morrison and then went on to write and draw the book himself. In 2011 he re-launched DETECTIVE COMICS for DC’s New 52, writing and drawing most of the first year of the historic series. In 2012 Daniel moved from one icon to another when he began illustrating the adventures of Superman in ACTION COMICS.
For the science fiction writer, see Tony Daniel.
Tony S. Daniel decided to become a comic book artist in the 4th grade and has never looked back. He made his professional comics debut in 1993 on Comico's The Elementals and went on to illustrate X-Force for Marvel Comics and Spawn: Bloodfeud for Image Comics as well as writing and illustrating several creator-owned titles of his own: Silke, The Tenth, Adrenalynn and F5 — the last two of which led him, for a time, into the alternate reality known as Hollywood.
After being lured back into comics in 2005 to work with writer Geoff Johns on TEEN TITANS for DC Comics, Daniel landed his dream job in 2007 penciling the adventures of DC's Dark Knight Detective in BATMAN where he first collaborated with writer Grant Morrison and then went on to write and draw the book himself. In 2011 he re-launched DETECTIVE COMICS for DC’s New 52, writing and drawing most of the first year of the historic series. In 2012 Daniel moved from one icon to another when he began illustrating the adventures of Superman in ACTION COMICS.
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November 22, 2020
(B) 73% | More than Satisfactory
Notes: Very video game, it's like Mario Bros., fruitless levels and hassles: fight to free the princess but she’s not in the castles.
Notes: Very video game, it's like Mario Bros., fruitless levels and hassles: fight to free the princess but she’s not in the castles.
November 10, 2020
Rose gets kidnapped and Deathstroke goes on a bunch of wild goose chases to find her. Fights the Suicide Squad, Lexcorp, and the Red Hood.
The Good: This series is over and been replaced by one with a better writer.
The Bad: Snakebite maybe the dumbest villain DC's created in a while. He's a dude with a snakehead and snaketails that randomly snake out of his body and sting you with the rattler tail, even though that's not how rattlesnakes strike their prey.
The Ugly: Filled with such fantastic dialogue as "Long time, no bleed Deathstroke".
The Good: This series is over and been replaced by one with a better writer.
The Bad: Snakebite maybe the dumbest villain DC's created in a while. He's a dude with a snakehead and snaketails that randomly snake out of his body and sting you with the rattler tail, even though that's not how rattlesnakes strike their prey.
The Ugly: Filled with such fantastic dialogue as "Long time, no bleed Deathstroke".
July 7, 2019
This volume is a complete waste of time. Deathstroke is known for his strategic mind (someone even says so in this volume), but he acts like a complete moron here. He goes off on a rampage because someone kidnapped his daughter, but the first three issues, an action sequence in Belle Reve, is all due to bad intel and the assumption that Waller is behind the kidnapping. With no evidence. So does he learn his lesson? No, instead he attacks a LexCorp building with only a scant piece of evidence to guide him. This entire volume is him getting into action scenes (poorly rendered and showing no strategy, and featuring random cameos - Catwoman? Really? Utterly pointless) for no good reason. The whole time, he's repeating how important his children are to him, which is kind of stupid considering his history.
There's a little bit of decent action, and it introduces new villains, but otherwise, I felt it was a complete waste of time. You could literally skip these six issues and miss nothing of importance. Or you know, skip the entire series. It's some of the worst of the DC New 52.
There's a little bit of decent action, and it introduces new villains, but otherwise, I felt it was a complete waste of time. You could literally skip these six issues and miss nothing of importance. Or you know, skip the entire series. It's some of the worst of the DC New 52.
September 13, 2023
Why is Harley always so hot? I'm not complaining, but she is a psycho you don't want to bring home to meet your parents. Still... so hot. This volume is perhaps the weakest so far. It's just an excuse to create large panels with too many details and pinups which are good, but not enough to offset the mediocre story. Also the artist is changed half-way through, cause we all love consistency so much.
February 17, 2021
Jak wiadomo niektórym dojrzałym osobnikom potocznie nazywanym ojcem lub matką, rola rodzica jest jedną z trudniejszych w ludzkim życiu (i zgodnym głosem najfajniejszą). Jeszcze trudniej, gdy ma się przydomek The Terminator, a pociechy udowadniają, że niedaleko pada jabłko od jabłoni. Najlepszy płatny morderca świata musiał się w końcu liczyć z tym, że nastąpi taki moment, kiedy ktoś zrobi coś bliskiej mu osobie. Padło na Rose.
Dziewczynę ktoś uprowadza, podrzucając jakąś martwą kobietę, ustylizowaną na córkę Slade’a. Ewidentnie ktoś się z nim pogrywa, odsyłając go od miejsca do miejsca. Początkowo ślady poprowadzą Deathstroke’a do Belle Reve, czyli więzienia dla super-przestępców, którym zarządza nie kto inny jak Amanda Waller. A jak ona się pojawia to i mamy pewność, że zahaczymy o Suicide Squad. I tak w gruncie rzeczy jest. Deadshot, Harley Quinn czy Black Manta. Ci się tu przewiną. Tyle, że Slade wybrał sobie słaby moment na wizytę, bowiem pewien ‘ulepszony’ przestępca postanawia uciec i bierze Waller jako zakładnika. Mamy całą masę pojedynków i tonę akcji. Szkoda, że historia jest przewidywalna do bólu.
Potem trafimy jeszcze do siedziby LexCorp, gdzie dostaniemy jeszcze więcej akcji, jakby było nam mało, w tle z niezłym robotem i masą klonów Supermana. A na dokładkę wpadnie Red Hood. Bo tak, kasa bohaterowi musi się zgadzać. W trzecim tomie Deathstroke mamy wybuchy, fajerwerki, zdrady i akcję w stanie naprawdę mocno skondensowanym. Zbyt duży nadmiar akcji. Niestety brakuje dobrej fabuły i rozwoju postaci. Bo Slade tylko zabija/ogłusza, prowadząc przy tym słabe dialogi. Przemieszcza się z punktu do punktu, gdzie strzela/siecze/dźga i tak w koło Macieju. Wprawdzie ma motywację, a każdy zeszyt jest zapełniony walkami, tyle że po co. I chyba zgłupiał od zamartwiania się o los córki, bo z inteligentnego zabójcy, który ceni sobie taktykę i strategię, zrobił się tu nieco popychadłem, podążającym z tym co mu podsuną pod nos.
Strukturą bardzo przypominało mi to pulpowe komiksy z lat 90. czy wręcz Deadpoola, z tym że Najemnik z Nawijką w tych swoich absurdalnych przygodach raczył nas jakimś humorem i na przełomie lat się jakoś rozwijał. Tu wszystko jest na serio, a kolejne kroki zabijaki są tylko pretekstem do wprowadzenia na scenę coraz to nowszych postaci, które mają zapoczątkować nową, efektowną bójkę. Ktoś kto szukał tu głębi się srogo zawiedzie. Ale podniesieniu sprzedaży nakładu jak najbardziej to służy.
Nie można odebrać omawianej serii tej zalety, iż całość wygląda obłędnie. Jest kolorowo, a krecha świetnie oddaje dynamikę, z jaką walczy Slade. Tyler Kirkham prezentuje świetny kunszt ołówkiem, z masą detali, a postacie wyglądają naprawdę dobrze. Szkoda, tylko, że Slade jest rozpisany tragicznie i to jeden z tych tytułów, gdzie największą zaletą jest właśnie to jak całość wygląda.
Zatem pora na werdykt. Choć D. wygląda świetnie, to prezentuje przewidywalną i prostą fabułę, w której absolutnie nikt nie sili się na oryginalność i jest możliwość, że coś podobnego w tej formie już kiedyś widzieliście, bo Daniel odpala tu schemat za schematem. Jednak nie można odjąć temu tytułowi, że w kategorii akcyjniak ala Bay spisuje się świetnie. I głównie tak go polecam. Jako lekturę na odmóżdżenie, gdzie akcja płynie wartko, ale też o której szybko niestety zapomnicie.
Dziewczynę ktoś uprowadza, podrzucając jakąś martwą kobietę, ustylizowaną na córkę Slade’a. Ewidentnie ktoś się z nim pogrywa, odsyłając go od miejsca do miejsca. Początkowo ślady poprowadzą Deathstroke’a do Belle Reve, czyli więzienia dla super-przestępców, którym zarządza nie kto inny jak Amanda Waller. A jak ona się pojawia to i mamy pewność, że zahaczymy o Suicide Squad. I tak w gruncie rzeczy jest. Deadshot, Harley Quinn czy Black Manta. Ci się tu przewiną. Tyle, że Slade wybrał sobie słaby moment na wizytę, bowiem pewien ‘ulepszony’ przestępca postanawia uciec i bierze Waller jako zakładnika. Mamy całą masę pojedynków i tonę akcji. Szkoda, że historia jest przewidywalna do bólu.
Potem trafimy jeszcze do siedziby LexCorp, gdzie dostaniemy jeszcze więcej akcji, jakby było nam mało, w tle z niezłym robotem i masą klonów Supermana. A na dokładkę wpadnie Red Hood. Bo tak, kasa bohaterowi musi się zgadzać. W trzecim tomie Deathstroke mamy wybuchy, fajerwerki, zdrady i akcję w stanie naprawdę mocno skondensowanym. Zbyt duży nadmiar akcji. Niestety brakuje dobrej fabuły i rozwoju postaci. Bo Slade tylko zabija/ogłusza, prowadząc przy tym słabe dialogi. Przemieszcza się z punktu do punktu, gdzie strzela/siecze/dźga i tak w koło Macieju. Wprawdzie ma motywację, a każdy zeszyt jest zapełniony walkami, tyle że po co. I chyba zgłupiał od zamartwiania się o los córki, bo z inteligentnego zabójcy, który ceni sobie taktykę i strategię, zrobił się tu nieco popychadłem, podążającym z tym co mu podsuną pod nos.
Strukturą bardzo przypominało mi to pulpowe komiksy z lat 90. czy wręcz Deadpoola, z tym że Najemnik z Nawijką w tych swoich absurdalnych przygodach raczył nas jakimś humorem i na przełomie lat się jakoś rozwijał. Tu wszystko jest na serio, a kolejne kroki zabijaki są tylko pretekstem do wprowadzenia na scenę coraz to nowszych postaci, które mają zapoczątkować nową, efektowną bójkę. Ktoś kto szukał tu głębi się srogo zawiedzie. Ale podniesieniu sprzedaży nakładu jak najbardziej to służy.
Nie można odebrać omawianej serii tej zalety, iż całość wygląda obłędnie. Jest kolorowo, a krecha świetnie oddaje dynamikę, z jaką walczy Slade. Tyler Kirkham prezentuje świetny kunszt ołówkiem, z masą detali, a postacie wyglądają naprawdę dobrze. Szkoda, tylko, że Slade jest rozpisany tragicznie i to jeden z tych tytułów, gdzie największą zaletą jest właśnie to jak całość wygląda.
Zatem pora na werdykt. Choć D. wygląda świetnie, to prezentuje przewidywalną i prostą fabułę, w której absolutnie nikt nie sili się na oryginalność i jest możliwość, że coś podobnego w tej formie już kiedyś widzieliście, bo Daniel odpala tu schemat za schematem. Jednak nie można odjąć temu tytułowi, że w kategorii akcyjniak ala Bay spisuje się świetnie. I głównie tak go polecam. Jako lekturę na odmóżdżenie, gdzie akcja płynie wartko, ale też o której szybko niestety zapomnicie.
June 15, 2024
Deathstroke's daughter is kidnapped and he sets out to hunt down those responsible. His hunt sees him go toe-to-toe with the inmates of Belle Reve prison, an AI programmed with the mind of Lex Luthor and the Red Hood.
First off, Deathstroke is clearly a total rip-off of Deadpool!
(Haha! DC fans will be typing incensed hatemail before I've even finished this sentence!).
But, more seriously, this is a very bland book. It consists of Deathstroke going somewhere, shouting that he wants to find his daughter, fighting a bunch of people and then discovering that no-one there knows who took his daughter, before he's off to do it all over again elsewhere.
For a book which is very-nearly non-stop action, this is an incredibly boring book. Perhaps no-one told the writers that readers need some reason to be invested in the action?
The final nail in the coffin for me in reading this book is where (at what would've been the break between two comics originally) the Red Hood goes from having a mask with only eyes to a weird version that has a nose and a mouth. Quite aside from the fact that the second design looks awful, the lack of even basic continuity in the art design speaks volumes as to the care and attention put into this book.
The worst part is that I can almost hear some editor saying that Red Hood has to have a face so we don't get the two masked characters mixed up. Because readers are way too dumb to be able to tell the difference otherwise...
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First off, Deathstroke is clearly a total rip-off of Deadpool!
(Haha! DC fans will be typing incensed hatemail before I've even finished this sentence!).
But, more seriously, this is a very bland book. It consists of Deathstroke going somewhere, shouting that he wants to find his daughter, fighting a bunch of people and then discovering that no-one there knows who took his daughter, before he's off to do it all over again elsewhere.
For a book which is very-nearly non-stop action, this is an incredibly boring book. Perhaps no-one told the writers that readers need some reason to be invested in the action?
The final nail in the coffin for me in reading this book is where (at what would've been the break between two comics originally) the Red Hood goes from having a mask with only eyes to a weird version that has a nose and a mouth. Quite aside from the fact that the second design looks awful, the lack of even basic continuity in the art design speaks volumes as to the care and attention put into this book.
The worst part is that I can almost hear some editor saying that Red Hood has to have a face so we don't get the two masked characters mixed up. Because readers are way too dumb to be able to tell the difference otherwise...
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May 27, 2017
Some time ago I read a post from someone stating how they were a little disappointed that comics seemed to have moved away from just featuring the title character towards featuring lots of labelmates as well. I get where they were coming from and that post really came to mind with this particular volume. Over the course of SUICIDE RUN we have appearances (in no particular order) of Lex Luthor (of a kind), Black Manta, Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Bizarros and Amanda Waller.
It all works, but it does make me wonder what type of story could/would be told featuring just Deathstroke. Suffice it to say, this is a very action packed story and I'm always a little surprised at just how verbose Deathstroke is. The great thing is Daniel does a fantastic job getting across the menace and danger Deathstroke possesses. You sense the threat and that this is a man you want nothing to do with.
It all works, but it does make me wonder what type of story could/would be told featuring just Deathstroke. Suffice it to say, this is a very action packed story and I'm always a little surprised at just how verbose Deathstroke is. The great thing is Daniel does a fantastic job getting across the menace and danger Deathstroke possesses. You sense the threat and that this is a man you want nothing to do with.
November 9, 2025
Good context. Slade/Deathstroke thinks his daughter has been taken; that Harley or some Suicide Squad is behind it because he tortured Deadshot and didn’t kill Waller after double crossing Russians. I don’t think it’s far fetched at all for him to believe that but some dialogue clues are obvious who not to trust. Don’t care about snake boy. Helicopter twilight scenes are beautiful.
Cliche storyline and stock thought processes. Nice to see Catwoman though she aesthetically doesn’t mix well with the rest. His daughter looks cute but I hate how lame her captor and explanation of backstory is. Visions. How convenient. I hate when Superman people get crossover in the comics.
Cliche storyline and stock thought processes. Nice to see Catwoman though she aesthetically doesn’t mix well with the rest. His daughter looks cute but I hate how lame her captor and explanation of backstory is. Visions. How convenient. I hate when Superman people get crossover in the comics.
March 11, 2019
The dialogue is pretty bad, y'all! And the story is very linear:
Go here to find Rose. She's not there!
Go elsewhere, but I'm mad now!
Fight random DC character! Because!
Also, the main villain is introduced (after being a shadow for several issues, which is simply to not reveal it to the reader, since Rose can see the villain the whole time) and I've never seen him before! Maybe he's an old Deathstroke villain? I don't know!
Gonna finish the last 4 issues, but not having high hopes for this run which is an omnibus. Eye roll emoji.
Go here to find Rose. She's not there!
Go elsewhere, but I'm mad now!
Fight random DC character! Because!
Also, the main villain is introduced (after being a shadow for several issues, which is simply to not reveal it to the reader, since Rose can see the villain the whole time) and I've never seen him before! Maybe he's an old Deathstroke villain? I don't know!
Gonna finish the last 4 issues, but not having high hopes for this run which is an omnibus. Eye roll emoji.
November 23, 2025
The story and art was fun but as someone pointed out it feels like Mario Bros. levels where at the end you get to now: your princess is in another castle 🏰
There a lot of open plot points and only TPB to go in The New 52 for Deathstroke ⚔️
Moved it from 3 stars to 2 stars mainly because Deathstroke was really reactive rather than being strategic (as his character generally is) which can be attribute to the fact that this was personal mission.
Onto Vol. 4 now!
There a lot of open plot points and only TPB to go in The New 52 for Deathstroke ⚔️
Moved it from 3 stars to 2 stars mainly because Deathstroke was really reactive rather than being strategic (as his character generally is) which can be attribute to the fact that this was personal mission.
Onto Vol. 4 now!
January 10, 2021
I started feeling like I was watching Charlie Brown Kick a Football, At some point you expect him to beat the hell out of lucy, or at least kick her. Deathstroke is suppose to be brilliant? The art was still good as was the characters, I guess I was just expecting a bit more, by the third time he falls for the old, look for your daughter here trick. Still, this was a good read.
November 26, 2016
This volume features appearances by the Suicide Squad, Catwoman, Harley Quinn and some new faces as well.
Slade is on the hunt for his daughter, who has been abducted. Or has she?
Good art again, and a good story although it doesn't conclude in this volume.
Slade is on the hunt for his daughter, who has been abducted. Or has she?
Good art again, and a good story although it doesn't conclude in this volume.
September 11, 2021
3.5
I’d forgotten how off the New 52 models were. I mean Amanda Waller is as we know not close. But Deathstroke without white hair and even Harley isn’t Harley.
Overall I enjoyed the adventure but I really wish it would have concluded here as the next volume is a new writer.
I’d forgotten how off the New 52 models were. I mean Amanda Waller is as we know not close. But Deathstroke without white hair and even Harley isn’t Harley.
Overall I enjoyed the adventure but I really wish it would have concluded here as the next volume is a new writer.
June 11, 2017
A bit of a mess Read the full review here
November 9, 2017
Not bad, but not the best, even with Harley Quinn involved. She didn't seem right to me, then there were all the other cameos throughout that felt a little desperate.
April 3, 2018
The last book was entertaining enough if entirely forgettable, this one just felt pointless.
December 30, 2018
if u read vol#1,#2 u should read #3
its the art/graphics that keeps me reading this series.
And harley quinn is just crazy and awesome.
its the art/graphics that keeps me reading this series.
And harley quinn is just crazy and awesome.
August 19, 2024
4.5/5
Whoever wrote this, I applaud you. This is so good that I legit can't put it down. Someone take my tablet away from me.
Whoever wrote this, I applaud you. This is so good that I legit can't put it down. Someone take my tablet away from me.
May 25, 2025
I really liked the book. It was my first introduction to Deathstroke. The story was engaging and funny at times. The art was solid.
February 5, 2018
Vários personagens aleatórios sem importância ou carisma
história fraca
simplesmente fraco
o pior é que nem tão tentando mais contar uma história, só jogam personagens aleatórios e fazem coisas sem importância
patético
história fraca
simplesmente fraco
o pior é que nem tão tentando mais contar uma história, só jogam personagens aleatórios e fazem coisas sem importância
patético
April 16, 2017
This makes it even more clear that Tony Daniel did not want to write a Deathstroke book. Last time he wrote a Wonder Woman book and had Dethstroke stand in for a WW character, now he is writing a Suicide Squad book and having Deathstroke stand in for Deadshot (after they fight each other). Daniel checks out on both script and art after two issues and the new writer turns this into more of a Deathstroke book. It still features a new guest star every issue because deathstroke cannot sell a book on his own I guess, but at least it plays to Deathstroke's actual strengths and character traits in the second half. This is half a Deathstroke book, but it is all kinds of fun.
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