Deathstroke #30 Review

Writer: (Christopher) Priest / Artist: Carlo Pagulayan / DC Comics Facts Prince is Prince. Sade is Sade. And Priest is Priest. A Great Starting Point Deathstroke #30 signals a great starting point for any new readers looking for a series with mercenaries, family, and moral duplicity at its core. For those familiar with the work of Christopher Priest, the series is constantly escalated by his signature meta-leaning, non-linear narrative scripts as it mirrors the psychology of Deathstroke. Meticulous, circular, and yet logical because they advance the action and stories with a great tension, the location and time jumping nature of the stories are brilliantly executed. While the artist has rotated several times throughout the series, the quality has never wavered as every artist has created dynamic and clear action with nuanced character designs and backgrounds. The story begins as a Hong Kong crime boss is murdered in Gotham. In one of the boss’ boxes, Commissioner Gordon recovers a file addressed to Batman. The files within are DNA results containing separate files for Bruce, Damian, and Slade Wilson (Deathstroke) himself. One of the files is faked to show Slade as the actual father of Damian Wayne. Like a true asshole, though, he assures Bruce that he slept with Talia al-Ghul long before Bruce was involved and that the documents were created for a canceled assignment. Bats wants answers to who is baiting them to fight, but Deathstroke wants to walk away. Someone clearly wants…