For this edition of DEATHSTROKE COVERED, we turn to the 1991 cover to Deathstroke the Terminator (1991) #6 by Mike Zeck. This issue was the first chapter of the "City of Assassins" story arc that saw Deathstroke make his way to Gotham City to ferret out another assassin who was taking out Gotham mob bosses. What was special about this story was that it marked the first-ever confrontation between Deathstroke and Gotham's own Dark Knight, Batman. This landmark moment was not lost on Zeck as he rendered Deathstroke on a rooftop gargoyle, a usual haunt of Batman, in the middle of a storm-filled night. Deathstroke's pose beneath the specter of the Bat Signal conveys that he knows a confrontation with Batman is inevitable, but that he is more than ready to take down the Caped Crusader in his own city. Given the result of their first physical altercation, he was absolutely right to think so.
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| Art by Mike Zeck |
