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* AwwTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Despite marrying Hosun ''entirely'' to piss off Slade (and maybe protect him), Rose actually did love him and [[spoiler: is heartbroken when he is killed]].
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* AwwTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: AwTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Despite marrying Hosun ''entirely'' to piss off Slade (and maybe protect him), Rose actually did love him and [[spoiler: is heartbroken when he is killed]].
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* AwwTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Despite marrying Hosun ''entirely'' to piss off Slade (and maybe protect him), Rose actually did love him and [[spoiler: is heartbroken when he is killed]].
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* DownerEnding: The run as a whole cops one, as after everything goes down, the Wilsons [[spoiler: come together as a family, at least for a little bit, and live a peaceful suburban life. However, Slade's restlessness kicks in and he abandons his family and returns to acting as Deathstroke, something that has been repeatedly made clear throughout the run to be what ruined his life and the lives of everyone he loves]].
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* EvilCounterpart: The final arc features a a Deathstroke from the Dark Multiverse, who is essentially Slade with what little humanity he has stripped away -- he killed Rose when he found her, slit Joey's throat himself and has killed some of the Teen Titans. Slade doesn't like what he sees and this guy is essentially used to show Slade what kind of person he could become if he abandoned his family and friends.
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* {{Expy}}: Matthew Bland, aka Red Lion, is an evil expy of Comicbook/BlackPanther, whom Priest has also written for.
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* {{Expy}}: {{Expy}}:
** Matthew Bland, aka Red Lion, is an evil expy of Comicbook/BlackPanther, whom Priest has also writtenfor.for.
** Death Masque,[[note]]Originally a completely different character created as a villain by Priest in his run of ''ComicBook/TheRay''[[/note]] as introduced in the ''Deathstroke: Arkham'' story arc, is a wisecracking, [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth wall-breaking]], sword-wielding, costumed fighter with a design based on Deathstroke's. [[ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} Sound familiar?]].
** Matthew Bland, aka Red Lion, is an evil expy of Comicbook/BlackPanther, whom Priest has also written
** Death Masque,[[note]]Originally a completely different character created as a villain by Priest in his run of ''ComicBook/TheRay''[[/note]] as introduced in the ''Deathstroke: Arkham'' story arc, is a wisecracking, [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth wall-breaking]], sword-wielding, costumed fighter with a design based on Deathstroke's. [[ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} Sound familiar?]].
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* AbusiveParents: Slade Wilson is a ''terrible'' father. Adeline Kane is marginally better.
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* AbusiveParents: Slade Wilson is a ''terrible'' father. Adeline Kane is marginally better.better, taking care of Grant and Joey as children and encouraging Joey's choice to be a superhero in a healthy way, as opposed to Slade who manipulates his children into doing what he wants.
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** After ''ComicBook/TheTerminusAgenda'', the question of who will be the next Deathstroke is raised.
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** The first issue of ''Deathstroke'': A dictator hires Deathstroke to get a Congressman re-elected to get the US to stay out of his genocide campaign, but asks a favor by getting him to kill the Clock King, who was under his (the dictator's) protection. The plan was that Deathstroke would kill the Clock King and the dictator would kill Deathstroke. However, Deathstroke outwitted him back doubling the pay then blackmailing the senator into killing himself, thus putting the dictator in trouble with the Clock King. [[spoiler:Then, it's ultimately revealed that the dictator did all that just to get Deathstroke to ''change costumes'', leading to him taking his old costume.]]
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** The first issue of ''Deathstroke'': A dictator hires Deathstroke to get a Congressman re-elected to get the US to stay out of his genocide campaign, but asks a favor by getting him to kill the Clock King, who was under his (the dictator's) protection. The plan was that Deathstroke would kill the Clock King and the dictator would kill Deathstroke. However, Deathstroke outwitted him back doubling the pay then blackmailing the senator into killing himself, thus putting the dictator in trouble with the Clock King. [[spoiler:Then, it's ultimately revealed that the dictator did all that just to get Deathstroke to ''change costumes'', leading to him taking his old costume.]]]] This, in turn, was much later revealed to be orchestrated by [[spoiler: Adeline]].
* ParentalAbuse: Slade, in spades. He's at the very least always emotionally abusive and neglectful, constantly insulting his children in almost all scenes we see him with them -- Grant and Rose get the worst of it, with Joey not getting as berated as them, although Wintergreen states Slade does this to try and steer them on a better course, and he's probably okay with Joey's life choices. He also manipulates his children and stalks them. In terms of physical abuse, Slade was at the very least physically abusive in the past, as revealed in an interaction between him, Grant and Joey.
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* SuckSessor: In "Deathstroke RIP", Jericho says this about Damian Wayne as Robin. He says that while his psychopathic side comes from Slade and his manipulative side comes from Adeline, the good parts of him come from Dick Grayson, who is superior to Damian as Robin.
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** In "Deathstroke RIP", Jericho says this about Damian Wayne as Robin. He says that while his psychopathic side comes from Slade and his manipulative side comes from Adeline, the good parts of him come from Dick Grayson, who is superior to Damian asRobin.Robin.
** In the same arc, Slade's replacement as Deathstroke, [[spoiler: Rose Wilson]] is notably worse than him because [[spoiler: she won't actually kill people who aren't targets]], which Shado points out.
** In "Deathstroke RIP", Jericho says this about Damian Wayne as Robin. He says that while his psychopathic side comes from Slade and his manipulative side comes from Adeline, the good parts of him come from Dick Grayson, who is superior to Damian as
** In the same arc, Slade's replacement as Deathstroke, [[spoiler: Rose Wilson]] is notably worse than him because [[spoiler: she won't actually kill people who aren't targets]], which Shado points out.
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* VillainousLegacy: The opening issue of "Deathstroke RIP" asks [[spoiler:"who will become the new Deathstroke?"]], and the issue itself presents an angry and unhinged Jericho being offered membership within the Legion of Doom and Rose Wilson replying to one of Deathstroke's contracts.
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* VillainousLegacy: The opening issue of "Deathstroke RIP" asks [[spoiler:"who will become the new Deathstroke?"]], and the issue itself presents an angry and unhinged Jericho being offered membership within the Legion of Doom and Rose Wilson replying to one of Deathstroke's contracts. It's [[spoiler: actually Rose]].
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* SuckSessor: In "Deathstroke RIP", Jericho says this about Damian Wayne as Robin. He says that while his psychopathic side comes from Slade and his manipulative side comes from Adeline, the good parts of him come from Dick Grayson, who is superior to Damian as Robin.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Adeline in the end does love Slade, despite her protests to the contrary.
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* CurbStompBattle: The Legion of Doom manage to effortlessly defeat an assembly of supervillains at Slade's funeral, almost entirely through Sinestro, who clearly wasn't trying very hard.
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* HonorAmongThieves: At [[spoiler: Slade's funeral]], the assembled villains are there on the condition that nobody try anything. The presence of Superman (except not really) helps. Of course, the Legion of Doom do not care and just do whatever they want.
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* LegacyCharacter:
** The Ravager identity is re-established as having belonged to Grant Wilson, with Rose picking it up long after his death.
** After ''ComicBook/TheTerminusAgenda'', the question of who will be the next Deathstroke is raised.
** The Ravager identity is re-established as having belonged to Grant Wilson, with Rose picking it up long after his death.
** After ''ComicBook/TheTerminusAgenda'', the question of who will be the next Deathstroke is raised.
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The series was later central to another crossover with ''Teen Titans'', this time called ''The Terminus Agenda'', taking place from March to May of 2019. This crossover focused on a newer incarnation of the Teen Titans as they went on the hunt for Slade Wilson.
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The series was later central to another crossover with ''Teen Titans'', this time called ''The Terminus Agenda'', ''ComicBook/TheTerminusAgenda'', taking place from March to May of 2019. This crossover focused on a newer incarnation of the Teen Titans as they went on the hunt for Slade Wilson.
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The series was later central to another crossover with ''Teen Titans'', this time called ''The Terminus Agenda'', taking place from March to May of 2019. This crossover focused on a newer incarnation of the Teen Titans as they went on the hunt for Slade Wilson.
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* OffModel: The suit that Batman wears in the final fight of "Deathstroke vs. Batman" is clearly meant to be the "Year One" outfit, with its large pouches, short ears, lack of detail and Slade describing it as "vintage". However, it noticeably lacks the black briefs, which were also retained when it appeared in ''ComicBook/Batman2016'', where it was described as the original.
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* OffModel: The suit that Batman wears in the final fight of "Deathstroke vs. Batman" is clearly meant to be the "Year One" outfit, with its large pouches, short ears, lack of detail and Slade describing it as "vintage". However, it noticeably lacks the black briefs, which were also retained when it appeared in ''ComicBook/Batman2016'', where it was described as the original.
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* BeingEvilSucks: Slade ''knows full well'' how being a supervillain impacts his family, and admits as much. After ''ComicBook/TheLazarusContract'' he's decided to go straight and outright invokes this trope in conversation with Dr. Light.
-->'''Deathstroke:''' And what have I got, Arthur? A dead son. My other boy got his throat cut and can't speak. My ex-wife hates me. My daughter's half a nutjob. This is the treasure my lifestyle has earned me -- millions in the bank but an empty soul.
-->'''Deathstroke:''' And what have I got, Arthur? A dead son. My other boy got his throat cut and can't speak. My ex-wife hates me. My daughter's half a nutjob. This is the treasure my lifestyle has earned me -- millions in the bank but an empty soul.
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* DiscriminateAndSwitch: David accuses Slade of disapproving of his and Joey's relationship because they're both men. Slade denies this outright, stating instead that his issue is that since David was an HonoraryUncle to his kids, as far as Slade's concerned their relationship is [[NotBloodSiblings basically incest]].
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* UnexplainedRecovery: Eobard Thawne was killed by Iris West in the future, and the ramifications of that are a big part of "Flash War"... and yet Eobard shows up alive and well right after he died in this series, with no explanation as to how he's back, though his appearances in the past have employed time-travel, so that's a possibility.
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* UnexplainedRecovery: Eobard Thawne was killed by Iris West in the future, and the ramifications of that are a big part of "Flash War"...''ComicBook/FlashWar''... and yet Eobard shows up alive and well right after he died in this series, with no explanation as to how he's back, though his appearances in the past have employed time-travel, so that's a possibility.
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* AsYouKnow: Characters rather often describe events, abilities, and technological capabilities to others who should already know that info.
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''Deathstroke'' is a 2016 comic book series from Comicbook/DCComics launched as part of its Comicbook/DCRebirth branding initiative. The series, initially shipping semi-monthly, is written by Creator/ChristopherPriestComics, and stars the titular character along with his family.
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''Deathstroke'' is a 2016 comic book series from Comicbook/DCComics Creator/DCComics launched as part of its Comicbook/DCRebirth branding initiative. The series, initially shipping semi-monthly, is written by Creator/ChristopherPriestComics, and stars the titular character along with his family.
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* AbusiveParents: Slade Wilson is a ''terrible'' father. Adeline Kane is marginally better.
* FunetikAksent: Matthew Bland sometimes uses this, notably frequently using the term "wheelon" for "villain".
-->'''Christopher Priest:''' But he realizes his screw up, and the noble thing for Slade to do (since “I’m sorry” is not in his vocabulary) is [[ZeroApprovalGambit to make Tanya hate him]], which he accomplishes with ruthless efficiency.
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* BaldWomen: A dark and downplayed example. Joseph suckerpunched Rose in issue #18, and issue #20 reveals he hit her hard enough that her head had to be stitched closed. Since her hair needed to be shaved for that, Rose now wears a wig to cover her scars.
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* BaldWomen: A dark and downplayed example. Joseph suckerpunched Rose in issue #18, and issue #20 reveals he hit her hard enough that her head had to be stitched closed. Since her hair needed to be shaved for that, Rose now wears a wig to cover her scars.stitches. Later issues reveal that her hair is growing back.
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* TheUnapologetic: Priest even mentions this in regards to Slade's revealed manipulation of [[MoralityPet Tanya Spears]].
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** Terra, but given [[ComicBook/TheJudasContract what she is most known for]], this isn't a surprise.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Terra and Rose are ''high'' on the vitriolic side, but have each other's backs when it counts. Rose even calls Terra "her friend" at one point, and Terra shows concern for Rose when things get rough between her and her father.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Terra and Rose are ''high'' on the vitriolic side, but have each other's backs when it counts. Rose even calls Terra "her friend" at one point, and Terra shows concern for Rose when things get rough between her and her father. for her.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Terra and Rose are ''high'' on the vitriolic side, but have each other's backs when it counts.
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* UsedToBeASweetKid: Terra started out as an innocent child, but she had a rough time growing up that caused her to lose that innocence and become jaded. It only got worse when Slade came along and groomed her to be an assassin.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Slade and Terra are both thoroughly despicable people.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Slade and Terra are both thoroughly despicable people.people, although Slade proves to be [[EvilerThanThou the worse of the two by far.]]
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* MySuitIsAlsoSuper: Slade's armor is outfitted with a "gravity sheath", which rebounds a great deal of force or energy he would have taken back at his opponents. This is tough enough to take blows from ''ComicBook/Superman'' on multiple occasions and even withstand the incredible power of the Speed Force.
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* MySuitIsAlsoSuper: Slade's armor is outfitted with a "gravity sheath", which rebounds a great deal of force or energy he would have taken back at his opponents. This is tough enough to take blows from ''ComicBook/Superman'' ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' on multiple occasions and even withstand the incredible power of the Speed Force.
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* HeroAntagonist: Batman and later Superman clash with Slade on separate occasions, both conducting themselves much the same as in their own comics.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Underneath all the abuse and manipulations, Slade does love his children. He just has a very odd way of showing it. For instance, he posted a contract on his own daughter that he was unable to take down. When someone actually ''took it up'', he used the experience as an excuse to spend time with Rose.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Underneath all the abuse and manipulations, Slade does love his children. He just has a very odd an extremely warped way of showing it. For instance, he posted a contract on his own daughter that he was unable to take down. When someone actually ''took it up'', he used the experience as an excuse to spend time with Rose.
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* ClueFromEd: Editor's notes are used extensively, sometimes to the point that a single page will have three or more. Sometimes these will even reference events that happened in the ''previous issue.''
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* UnexpectedCharacter: Tanya Spears, given she was created for a much maligned run of the New 52 Teen Titans. No one really expected to see her ever again.
