Jim Lee's Deathstroke Sketch for the Book Industry Charitable Foundation

DC Comics' Publisher, and comic book megastar, Jim Lee is doing his part to raise money for the Book Industry Charitable Foundation by creating and then auctioning sixty sketches of DC characters in sixty days. Lee's 17th sketch was of none other than the dastardly Deathstroke.

Originally formed as the Borders Group Foundation in 1996, the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (aka Binc) describes themselves as "a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to assisting booksellers in need," which includes owners and employees of local comic book stores. This joint venture between Lee and Binc was created to help those comic book retailers adversely affected by the industry-wide shutdowns triggered by the current COVID-19 pandemic. For any book of comic book retailer or employee that is facing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 closures, click this link for information about Binc and what assistance may be available.

For sketch number 17, Lee decided to try something a bit different by making it the second half of a diptych when juxtaposed with the previous day's sketch of the Huntress. Posted below are Lee's Deathstroke and Huntress sketches as well as an in-progress image of the diptych as well as the completed piece.

Deathstroke by Jim Lee for the Book Industry Charitable
Foundation

The Huntress by Jim Lee for the Book Industry Charitable
Foundation

Lee bringing it together.

Lee's completed diptych

Blog Update: Deathstroke on TV Database UPDATED!!!

Hey all! I just wanted to let everyone know that I just updated the Deathstroke on TV Database! I included new episodes of Arrow, Teen Titans Go!, Titans, as well as the new CW Seed offering Deathstroke: Knights and Dragons. So, as far as I know, the TV database should be up-to-date as of this writing.

Deathstroke in Batman: The Adventures Continue (2020)?

Beginning with Batman: The Animated Series (1992), the DC Animated Universe (the DCAU for short) has brought tales of DC Comics' greatest heroes to literally generations of television viewers. The DCAU is also responsible for creating numerous iconic characters that eventually made their way to the main DC Universe like Harley Quinn, Renee Montoya, Mercy Graves, Livewire, and Batman Beyond himself, Terry McGuiness. Though the television series have since ended (you can still catch then on the DC Universe streaming service and home video) the DCAU lives on through direct-to-video animated films, most recently last year's Justice League vs. the Fatal Five (2019), as well as numerous comic book adaptations.

The newest comic book foray into the DCAU is Batman: The Adventures Continue (2020) brought to life by the writing team of original Batman: TAS producers Paul Dini and Alan Burnette and artist Ty Templeton, who also penciled the very first comic book series based on Batman: TAS, The Batman Adventures (1992). This new comic book begins just after the television series The New Batman/Superman Adventures (1997) ends. The cover of the new series is posted below and features a rather interesting addition never before seen in the proper DCAU: Deathstroke the Terminator.

Deathstroke never appeared in an episode of the original DCAU, but there he is,
above Harley Quinn, the Riddler, and Killer Croc. Art by Dave Johnson.

As of this writing, Batman: The Adventures Continue has only released two issues with no real sign of Deathstroke just yet. But as the cover above suggests it is only a matter of time before the world's greatest detective and the world's deadliest assassin officially lock horns for the first time in the DCAU.

Super-Team Family #2919: Kingpin vs. Deathstroke!

It's been a while since I've visited this space on the old blog-o-nets, but I ran across this and could not resist putting it on here. It's Wilson vs. Wilson in this edition of Super-Team Family Presents as Marvel's very own Kingpin of Crime goes to war with DC's world's deadliest assassin.

Be sure to check out my original post on the Super-Team Family: The Lost Issues blog by clicking here.