Sunday, May 19, 2019

DEATHSTROKE COVERED: Villains United (2005) #1 by J.G. Jones

If you want to know what those within the DC Comics villain community, look no further the cover to Villains United (2005) #1 posted below. In a group portrait composed of Talia al Ghul, Black Adam, Doctor Psycho, the Calculator, and Lex Luthor, it was Deathstroke the Terminator and his blood-drenched sword that commanded center stage. Cover artist J.G. Jones arranged the villains so that they were all looking down, denoting a position of superior power, and all had their eye/s trained squarely on the reader as if to say, "We're coming for you next!" I for one am glad I live on Earth-33 so the bad people from Earth-0 can't hurt me.

Art by J.G. Jones