Deathstroke #2
In "The Professional Part 6: Love and War," Christopher Priest and Denys Cowan deliver a tense, character-driven chapter where a grieving community turns to Deathstroke for justice after a young life is lost. When Jack Ryder uncovers a dangerous deception, he must confront a false Deathstroke—revealed to be the Reverend Ed Thompson—while the real mercenary arrives to settle the score. The cover by Shane Davis and Michelle Delecki captures the story’s grim intensity.
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After a 12 year old bystander is killed when a woman is seemingly fending off would-be rapists, a collection of African-American parents hire Deathstroke to kill the gangs who have been causing their children's deaths. Jack Ryder investigates and realizes the Deathstroke performing the killings is an imposter. Ryder fights the fake Deathstroke as the Creeper but ultimately the real Deathstroke appears and kills the pretender who proves to be the Reverend Ed Thompson.
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