Deathstroke #48

Part of DC's 2019 "Year of the Villain: Doom Rising" event, this penultimate chapter of the "Deathstroke: R.I.P." arc arrives with one of the run's most striking covers — a massive sword thrust skyward from rocky rubble amid a lightning-split storm, Deathstroke's torn and tattered orange-and-blue mask dramatically shredded around its blade. Ed Benes and Richard Friend's cover art is pure atmosphere, raising urgent questions about what fate awaits Slade Wilson as the "R.I.P." storyline nears its conclusion. With Priest writing and Carlo Pagulayan and Fernando Pasarin on interior art, this issue promises the sharp, character-driven storytelling that has defined this volume throughout.