Hello and welcome back to Saturday Morning Panels! You know the drill. Each week the Multiversity staff lovingly scours the new releases to find you, our dear reader, our favorite panels and moments. And we have a fantastic line up for you this week!
So kick-back, watch out for spoilers, talk about your favorites in comments section below, and enjoy!
And now, a celebration of “Deathstroke,” which wrapped up this week:
“Deathstroke” #5: Everything I learned about parenting, I learned from Slade Wilson. – Brian Salvatore
“Deathstroke” #11: n “Deathstroke” #11 there are no easy answers. The issue is an exploration of violence in Chicago through the eyes of a contract killer. Writer Christopher Priest leaves the audience with more questions via Slade Wilson’s answer to the solution for gun violence in the very last panel of the issue. The panel is a metaphor for Priest’s run that always kept readers on their toes. Instead of providing a solution, Priest makes sure readers are asking the right questions. The issue takes a stance on gun violence without being overt, challenging weighty topics that most titles (especially comics published by the Big Two) are afraid to talk about. Penciler Denys Cowan captures a beautifully stoic emotion from Slade in the panel with the color fading to black and white with Jeromy Cox. Exploring violence through a bloodstained comic book assassin can leave lesser comic book writers in a sea of clichés. “Deathstroke” #11’s final panel was the tipping point where I realized just how unique “Deathstroke” is. – Alexander Jones
“Deathstroke” #25: Looks like the villains are also reading all the things I’m currently reading in grad school. – Kevin Gregory
“Deathstroke” #31: Only Deathstroke and Wintergreen could find the time to argue like an old couple whilst plummeting to the ground via aircraft. – Devon Browning
“Deathstroke” #50: Priest takes one last opportunity to expertly sidestep Slade having a genuinely heartfelt moment…by dropping a hulking abomination in through the ceiling.