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Deathstroke by Christopher Priest Omnibus
A thousand enemies, a thousand kills—Deathstroke is the world's greatest assassin.
When Slade Wilson is confronted by his own troubled past, he'll be challengedc to reinvent himself before he loses everything and everyone in his life. Can Deathstroke be redeemed? ...And if he can, how long will he be able to keep up his hero status?
Find out in Deathstroke by Christopher Priest Omnibus collecting Deathstroke: Rebirth #1; Titans #11; Teen Titans #8-29; Deathstroke #1-50; Titans: The Lazarus Contract Special #1; DC Holiday Special 2017 #1; Deathstroke Annual (Rebirth) #1
When Slade Wilson is confronted by his own troubled past, he'll be challengedc to reinvent himself before he loses everything and everyone in his life. Can Deathstroke be redeemed? ...And if he can, how long will he be able to keep up his hero status?
Find out in Deathstroke by Christopher Priest Omnibus collecting Deathstroke: Rebirth #1; Titans #11; Teen Titans #8-29; Deathstroke #1-50; Titans: The Lazarus Contract Special #1; DC Holiday Special 2017 #1; Deathstroke Annual (Rebirth) #1
1392 pages, Hardcover
First published September 14, 2021
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About the author
Christopher J. Priest
1,063 books185 followersFormerly (before 1993) known as James or Jim Owsley.
Christopher James Priest is a critically acclaimed novelist and comic book writer. Priest is the first African-American writer and editor for Marvel and DC Comics. His groundbreaking Black Panther series was lauded by Entertainment Weekly and The Village Voice and will serve as the basis for the 2018 Marvel Cinematic Universe adaption.
Besides Black Panther, Priest has written comics for Conan, Steel, Green Lantern, The Crew and edited The Amazing Spider-Man. He also co-created Quantum & Woody along with Mark Bright and co-founded Milestone Media.
After a decade long hiatus he is currently writing comic books again and recently concluded a stint writing the comic book Deathstroke (2016-2019).
In addition to being a writer, Christopher J. Priest is also a baptist minister.
Christopher James Priest is a critically acclaimed novelist and comic book writer. Priest is the first African-American writer and editor for Marvel and DC Comics. His groundbreaking Black Panther series was lauded by Entertainment Weekly and The Village Voice and will serve as the basis for the 2018 Marvel Cinematic Universe adaption.
Besides Black Panther, Priest has written comics for Conan, Steel, Green Lantern, The Crew and edited The Amazing Spider-Man. He also co-created Quantum & Woody along with Mark Bright and co-founded Milestone Media.
After a decade long hiatus he is currently writing comic books again and recently concluded a stint writing the comic book Deathstroke (2016-2019).
In addition to being a writer, Christopher J. Priest is also a baptist minister.
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November 24, 2022
(Zero spoiler review) 3.25/5
I can think of few other stories that have swayed my opinion so rapidly and repeatedly throughout it's run as Deathstroke by Priest. To flit between awe and appreciation and apathy and anger so readily was quite a thing to behold. Endlessly fruitful and frustrating all at once. Greatness and gripes in equal measure, for this is a modern DC run. One of the few worth your time. And whilst the professionalism and polish of Priest's writing carries this through some some modern comics cringe, I couldn't help but put it behind me, despite something deep inside urging me not to. If you lined up a dozen modern comic book writers, Priest would destroy 11, if not the full dozen. Yet despite his undoubted chops, we get derivative characters, multiple gay characters, and more than a liberal dollop of diversity. I mean, I'm not sure when Power Girl was replaced by a sixteen year old black girl, but if that wasn't enough to have me toss this weighty tome across the room and never look at it again, then I don't know what would. How much of this modern DC-ness was Priest or editorial interference, I can't say. But at the end of the day, the man's name is on the cover, so he has to take his share of the flack for it. That said, despite the strength and surprising consistency of the art, it was Priest and Priest alone that kept me reading this. On the few occasions when writing duties were shared on a crossover, the dip in quality was unbearable. So much so that I skipped a few of these issues, fearing the weight of such poor writing would prevent me from turning the pages towards another Priest issue. That, and the art often fell off a cliff at these times too. Taking what was some spectacular art from a small number of consistently talented and similar artists (see, it's not that hard to do) to one offs from people whose styles were gallingly different and nowhere near as accomplished. These moments were minimal (ish) but they still pissed me off every single time.
The story was confusing at first, although I eventually found my feet, and ended up rather enjoying the narrative for the most part. There were a few meandering plot lines and points throughout that weren't necessary, or weren't executed quite as well (Arkham Asylum arc, I'm looking at you here), but otherwise, Priest created and controlled a narrative that would have had past authors of excellence tipping their hat in appreciation. That said, I went into this completely blind, expecting a Mike Grell, Longbow Hunters type narrative. Small unconnected arcs, dealing with darker, more realistic themes. There was one story like that in here, and it was undoubtedly the standout issue of the entire book. Shame we didn't get more of it.
It did descend into superhero histrionics too much more my liking, but again, Priest's talent kept it from becoming the undoubted drivel it could have.
This is a recommendation, but one that comes with a number of caveats. Cool art and consistently strong storytelling just managed to drag it above the muck its modern sensibilities attempted to mire it in. Yet a decent modern run managed to emerge all the same. I can't wait to read some Priest without the editorial oversight and modern messaging. Oh, and what the fuck is up with the cover art??? Unacceptably bad, given the large collection of awesome covers they had to chose from. 3.25/5
OmniBen.
I can think of few other stories that have swayed my opinion so rapidly and repeatedly throughout it's run as Deathstroke by Priest. To flit between awe and appreciation and apathy and anger so readily was quite a thing to behold. Endlessly fruitful and frustrating all at once. Greatness and gripes in equal measure, for this is a modern DC run. One of the few worth your time. And whilst the professionalism and polish of Priest's writing carries this through some some modern comics cringe, I couldn't help but put it behind me, despite something deep inside urging me not to. If you lined up a dozen modern comic book writers, Priest would destroy 11, if not the full dozen. Yet despite his undoubted chops, we get derivative characters, multiple gay characters, and more than a liberal dollop of diversity. I mean, I'm not sure when Power Girl was replaced by a sixteen year old black girl, but if that wasn't enough to have me toss this weighty tome across the room and never look at it again, then I don't know what would. How much of this modern DC-ness was Priest or editorial interference, I can't say. But at the end of the day, the man's name is on the cover, so he has to take his share of the flack for it. That said, despite the strength and surprising consistency of the art, it was Priest and Priest alone that kept me reading this. On the few occasions when writing duties were shared on a crossover, the dip in quality was unbearable. So much so that I skipped a few of these issues, fearing the weight of such poor writing would prevent me from turning the pages towards another Priest issue. That, and the art often fell off a cliff at these times too. Taking what was some spectacular art from a small number of consistently talented and similar artists (see, it's not that hard to do) to one offs from people whose styles were gallingly different and nowhere near as accomplished. These moments were minimal (ish) but they still pissed me off every single time.
The story was confusing at first, although I eventually found my feet, and ended up rather enjoying the narrative for the most part. There were a few meandering plot lines and points throughout that weren't necessary, or weren't executed quite as well (Arkham Asylum arc, I'm looking at you here), but otherwise, Priest created and controlled a narrative that would have had past authors of excellence tipping their hat in appreciation. That said, I went into this completely blind, expecting a Mike Grell, Longbow Hunters type narrative. Small unconnected arcs, dealing with darker, more realistic themes. There was one story like that in here, and it was undoubtedly the standout issue of the entire book. Shame we didn't get more of it.
It did descend into superhero histrionics too much more my liking, but again, Priest's talent kept it from becoming the undoubted drivel it could have.
This is a recommendation, but one that comes with a number of caveats. Cool art and consistently strong storytelling just managed to drag it above the muck its modern sensibilities attempted to mire it in. Yet a decent modern run managed to emerge all the same. I can't wait to read some Priest without the editorial oversight and modern messaging. Oh, and what the fuck is up with the cover art??? Unacceptably bad, given the large collection of awesome covers they had to chose from. 3.25/5
OmniBen.
April 30, 2022
One of my favorite runs of all time ! Christopher Priest did exactly what he did with his Black Panther run, which was creating yet another character defining run. This was unbelievably AMAZINGGGG ! The twists, the turns, the mystery, so much ! Most of all, in his writing in the book, he wants you to remember that Slade Wilson aka Deathstroke is a VILLAIN ! Murderer, assassin, etc. He's not a good guy at all and I LOVE THAT ! He captured that so well. When I reading this, I couldn't help but think of "The Sopranos" where I'm cheering for the villain lowkey and then Priest reminds you bruh he's a piece of garbage ! Forever one of the greatest runs of all time !
April 24, 2022
Mercenary.
Killer.
Father.
Slade Wilson aka Deathstroke the Terminator.
This omnibus contains the entire DC Rebirth run by Christopher Priest. This is my very first book by priest, and it does not dissapoint. This is the second omnibus i read about the character Deathstroke, but i already like this way better then the Tony S. Daniel run. Priest has a way of writing this character as a complete asshole, and a killer ofcourse, but still a likable one. It contains many shorter stories, that all connect in a bigger way. It goes back and fort in time alot, but it works great. Its very action packed and fast, and to see him fight against Batman, The Teen Titans, and my very favorite so far against Superman in a badass Ikon suit, just wow. It contains grounded stories but also a wild story where he steals the speedforce and tries to change the past. It has many different artists on artwork, but somehow thats not a problem. Carlo Pagulayan's art is really decent and so is Larry Hama's, Fernando Pasarin, and Bill Sienkiewicz with a totally different style but it fits perfectly. This very big omnibus is a blast and a very cool read from Priest, of which i really need to try more work soon.
3.5 stars
Killer.
Father.
Slade Wilson aka Deathstroke the Terminator.
This omnibus contains the entire DC Rebirth run by Christopher Priest. This is my very first book by priest, and it does not dissapoint. This is the second omnibus i read about the character Deathstroke, but i already like this way better then the Tony S. Daniel run. Priest has a way of writing this character as a complete asshole, and a killer ofcourse, but still a likable one. It contains many shorter stories, that all connect in a bigger way. It goes back and fort in time alot, but it works great. Its very action packed and fast, and to see him fight against Batman, The Teen Titans, and my very favorite so far against Superman in a badass Ikon suit, just wow. It contains grounded stories but also a wild story where he steals the speedforce and tries to change the past. It has many different artists on artwork, but somehow thats not a problem. Carlo Pagulayan's art is really decent and so is Larry Hama's, Fernando Pasarin, and Bill Sienkiewicz with a totally different style but it fits perfectly. This very big omnibus is a blast and a very cool read from Priest, of which i really need to try more work soon.
3.5 stars
May 13, 2022
Pročitao sam konačno celog Pristovog Deathstrokea, spakovanog u ovo fenomenalno omnibus izdanje.
I ranije sam voleo ovog scenaristu, ali ovo što je uradio u ovih 50ak brojeva Deathstrokovog rebirtha je pravo čudo. Porodična drama/sapunica, punokalorični špijunsko/akcioni spektakl i fenomenalna superherojska akcija (uz gostovanje Betmena, Supermena, i njegovih velikih neprijatelja, Titansa), pisana sa dosta kratkih flešbekova, rascepkane naracije, kao neka pazla koju sklapate u glavi od prvog do, bukvalno, poslednjeg, broja. Remek-delo.
I ranije sam voleo ovog scenaristu, ali ovo što je uradio u ovih 50ak brojeva Deathstrokovog rebirtha je pravo čudo. Porodična drama/sapunica, punokalorični špijunsko/akcioni spektakl i fenomenalna superherojska akcija (uz gostovanje Betmena, Supermena, i njegovih velikih neprijatelja, Titansa), pisana sa dosta kratkih flešbekova, rascepkane naracije, kao neka pazla koju sklapate u glavi od prvog do, bukvalno, poslednjeg, broja. Remek-delo.
January 9, 2022
Great from beginning to end. Read it without any prior knowledge of Deathstroke
April 4, 2023
As one reviewer put it, there are plenty of good comics out there to have to waste your time on this atrocity.
This was the perfect example of editorial oversight gone too far. Taking a decent writer and caging him to fit a politically driven narrative.
I wanted to put it down and simply use this brick sized omnibus as a step for my cat but, because I have respect for the art in this massive pile of trash…I stored it in the corner of my bookshelf never to be touched again. Damn shame as I was genuinely interested in the Deathstroke character.
This was the perfect example of editorial oversight gone too far. Taking a decent writer and caging him to fit a politically driven narrative.
I wanted to put it down and simply use this brick sized omnibus as a step for my cat but, because I have respect for the art in this massive pile of trash…I stored it in the corner of my bookshelf never to be touched again. Damn shame as I was genuinely interested in the Deathstroke character.
July 24, 2022
has its highs and lows, its ups and downs, but i think what really holds this book back is just how long it was, it ends up feeling padded and bloated
its still good though, and it ends on a high note
the teen titans crossovers suck tho
its still good though, and it ends on a high note
the teen titans crossovers suck tho
November 24, 2022
This is a thick omnibus. The binding held up great though, a well made book. I like the character of Deathstroke. He's fighting a lot of kids and teens in this book. I like the story lines where he's fighting Batman and Superman.
August 25, 2022
I got about 300 pages into this and just could not continue. There are too many great comics out there to waste time with a poor one like this.
October 16, 2022
I enjoyed it, but it was hard to follow sometimes. I had to reread some pages because I wasn't sure if my copy had pages in the wrong order or not.
December 9, 2022
Reads a bit like an anthology of the character but with connections between to create one long story. Some parts work better than others.
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