tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post7300273992906886955..comments2008-07-21T19:29:51.185-05:00collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-69377059669390805132008-07-21T19:29:00.000-05:002008-07-21T19:29:00.000-05:00Titans East does strike me as more of a flip-through trade than a must read. As for Deathstroke, I agree that this is a more multi-layered portrayal of him, but it seems like Deathstroke's motivation under Geoff Johns is always "pretend to be evil for my family," so much so that when Deathstroke's "secret motivation" is revealed, it's kind of a let-down.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment!collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-7913902501111556692008-07-21T11:33:00.000-05:002008-07-21T11:33:00.000-05:00<I>that he attacks the Titans with Titans East for the purpose--once again--of secretly benefitting his estranged family, is starting to feel old hat.</I><BR/><BR/>I actually found that to be the only interesting part of the arc (though I must admit, I only flipped through most of it). It was one of the few glimpses I've seen in years of Deathstroke as Marv Wolfman wrote him, rather than the one-note "I'm evil. I like killing people. I'd laugh maniacally, except that I'm too intense to do that."Kelson @ Speed Forcehttp://speedforce.org/noreply@blogger.com