I'm not a big fan of the cult of Deathstroke: The Terminator. I think he's a fine villain but a lot of comic book characters attempt to portray him as an invincible avatar of badassitude. However, he is a decent enough character when used sparingly. In this case, the THE LAZARUS CONTRACT, is a sequel to the first modern Titans story where Deathstroke attempts to undo the death of his eldest son with time-travel. It just requires him to beat both Kid Flashes and steal their power, which is alread...

Deathstroke resurrects a Lazarus Contract to seek vengeance for his dead son, Grant. This (re)union of Deathstroke, the Titans, and the Teen Titans is a the sort of crossover that benefits all the comics, because it brings the Teen Titans up to the next level, it grounds Deathstroke, and it reminds the Titans of their past. The plotline is also an interesting one, as the relation between Deathstroke and the Titans, and how they "caused" the death of his son is one of the pivotal events in Slade'...

This book was okay. I have been really enjoying the Titans series written by Dan Abnett. So of course I have to read the first Teen Titans crossover event. The story is actually quite good and filled with emotion. Basically longtime Titans foe Deathstroke aka Slade Wilson is plotting to use the Speed force, the secret to the speedsters in the DC comics universe to go back in time and save his eldest son from death. It is a truly tragic coincidence that Slade's son died in battle going up against...

When the world's deadliest assassin acquires access to the speed force, it's a bad time for everyone involved. Deathstroke might be the Titans deadliest foe. They have battled many times before, but never quite like this, never with Deathstroke able to run as fast as Wally. And how did he get as fast as Wally? He kidnaps both and steals the younger Wally's speed. As always, these types of stories highlight just how deadly Deathstroke is as a villain/fighter. He once again proves that his deadlie...

Definitely more enjoyable than I expected it to be. Although, it’s one of those arcs where I don’t understand everyone’s emotional responses. For instance: it seemed quite clear to me that Damian was right. About pretty much everything. Was Kid Flash ridiculously gullible regarding Deathstroke? Absolutely- he witnessed Slade kidnapping and harming (old) Wally, knows Slade lies to him for months previously to gain his trust and knows he admitted to murdering other people. (New) Wally should have

5 🌟The Titans and Teen Titans go up against Deathstroke after he wants to bring his son back.

[Read as single issues]I'm a fan of the Rebirth Titans, Teen Titans, and Deathstroke series. They're all very different, and the characters all share a lot of history, so a crossover between them makes a lot of sense. So the fact that it's a little lacklustre is a shame.The set-up's good enough - Deathstroke wants to use the Speed Force to go back in time and save his son, Grant, from becoming the Ravager and dying. Enter Kid Flash, and Wally West Flash, pursued by bears/Teen Titans & Titans. Wh...

Deathstroke decides out of the blue to go back in time to save his son Grant who died years ago. So he kidnaps both Wally Wests to steal their speed. There's something about a Lazarus Contract between Deathstroke and Nightwing that Nightwing hid from the rest of the Titans but it's never explained well. Robin, of course, goes off half cocked and fouls everything up. The story ends with Slade Wilson setting off in another direction.

Pretty bad. World: The art is fine, it's the same artists for the main book so you get what you get. The world building is a mess. This is an event so all these three books come crashing together and then the tone of the world gets fucked. There are so nice little touches here and there about the past but mostly it's just a mess. Story: The story is dull, cliché and against everything that Slade is which makes me scratch my head. Sure we've been moving towards this for a while with his series bu...

Very enjoyable and entertaining

Well...this was a something. So you know of Judas Contract right? I mean even if you haven't read of it you know of it. From Slade being a creepy villain who uses one of the teen titans who is sleeping with him (teen people. As in like 15 years old) and then Nightwing emerges from it all. So of course such a big event they had to re-create it. Slade wakes up one day and says no...I want to save my son. The crazy fuck who died from fighting the titans. How to do that? Try to do some Flashpoint sh...

Sooooo boring, absolute garbage.This book proves my dislike of Wallace west, like he literally almost destroys the world giving his powers to deathstroke, he is the cause of the madness.The writing is absolutely boring these is no good dialogue, no humour, no emotion, just dialogue. It felt like talking to a robot.The only issue I like is the last one with deathstroke it’s pretty cool and nice and I might give Christopher priest another chanceIn the end don’t buy this, get it from the library.

This wasn't bad but it came out of nowhere. Deathstroke steals the Flash's powers (2 of them actually) in order to travel back in time and his son Grant who died in a battle with the Titans. The Titans didn't kill him, however, he was killed by the superpowers he received from a group known as the Hive.So we see both group of Titans team up to stop Deathstroke, and we find out there was some shady dealings going on with Deathstroke and the leaders of the two groups. Overall this was a little too...

Sooo boring, I’d rather read Dc superhero girls than this. I honestly was sleeping when reading this. Wally giving his powers to Deathstroke is so dumb. Also most of the time its was just talking, nothing else happening. Only thing keeping me away from two stars was the art. Art by Brett Booth was not bad. (But Flash’s head is humongous). If you really want to buy it.............. don’t its not worth buying

Upon reread, I'm upping this to four stars. The artwork alone, merits it.

This was a weird one.So Slade decides to go back in time to save his son Grant right and we see the origins of how Grant became Ravager and his death and all that and Slade becoming sympathetic of his son's plight and so he has taken both the Wally's hostage and uses their speed to go back in time and meanwhile in the present both the Titans group up to go after Slade and stop him from comitting another flashpoint and well drama unfolds and something with edler Wally happens, the inclusion of Je...

This was an interesting experience. I get why this crossover is viewed controversially, but since I was coming-off Deathstroke the story featured here worked in my favor. I know that what had originally been wanted was a retelling of The New Teen Titans: The Judas Contract, one of the most famous stories in superhero comics (for those not familiar, that's season 2 of the 2000s animated adaption of Teen Titans, at least a more kid-friendly version). Priest was over-ruled by editors (a theme of hi...

This story had its moments, but when the mix of powers of those around is exactly what is needed to fix things, you just can't help but think of a poor plot.

Usually I'm not fond of what seems to be forced crossovers. What sells this tale are the Deathstroke, and his supporting cast bits, especially in the epilogue. Writer Christopher Priest has discussed, a little, on line some of the creative freedom he has been given, which really comes to frution, again in the last chapter.Publisher DC Comics delivers on that freedom in the epilogue. Priest permits Deathstroke to use the Bible and religion as weapons to obtain cooperation from those he is recruit...

To tell who’s the truth I didn’t have any interest in this. I have not read any of the current Titans or Teen Titans so an event centered around them was not something I was signed up for.However I have been reading Christopher Priests Deathstroke, which is fantastic. And a few issues of this event take place in Deathstroke’s title. So it looked like something I’d have to read before volume 4.I was surprised by how much I ended up enjoying the current Teen Titans line up. This piqued my interest...