DC's Rebirth initiative is attempting to keep the things about the New 52 that worked, while at the same time returning certain bits of traditional continuity to the DCU that fans had vehemently voiced displeasure with their alteration or outright elimination following Flashpoint. Having returned Wintergreen to the fold in an earlier issue, this week's release of Deathstroke (2016) #3, writer Christopher Priest returned three more classic elements of the pre-Flashpoint continuity to Deathstroke's post Rebirth title by way of a simple, yet powerful two page flashback which is pictured at the end of this post. The three returns to previous continuity are as follows.
1. Joseph Wilson's throat was once again slashed in retaliation for Slade's assassination of a Quraci army colonel. This retcon seems to eliminate the New 52 version of Jericho, who could speak because his throat was never cut.
2. As eluded to in issue #2, issue #3 confirmed that Rose Wilson is once again Slade's daughter with Lilli Worth, not his wife Adeline as had been depicted in numerous issues within the New 52 continuity.
3. Adeline Wilson was again the one that took Slade's eye in a failed attempt to kill him for allowing his secret life as an assassin being responsible for the abduction and attempted murder of Joseph. This effectively negates the North Korea explanation for his missing eye as detailed in Teen Titans (2011) #23.2.
