Deathstroke #6

Part of DC's New 52 line in 2012, this issue of Deathstroke wastes no time signaling brutal intensity — the cover by Simon Bisley depicts a battered, helmetless Slade Wilson locked in a ferocious, blood-streaked grapple with an armored opponent amid a ruined backdrop. The tagline "Family Bloodbath" makes the personal stakes unmistakably clear, and Bisley's raw, kinetic linework gives the whole thing a visceral weight that fits the world's deadliest mercenary perfectly. With Kyle Higgins writing and Eduardo Pansica and Vicente Cifuentes handling interior art, this sixth chapter looks to deliver on every ounce of that promise.