Deathstroke vs. Deadshot: The War of Jokes and Riddles

In 2017, Tom King brought the world a previously unknown early tale of Batman and the bloody conflict that pushed both him and Gotham City to their limits as the Joker and the Riddler squared off in the twisted "War of Jokes and Riddles." The two villains declared war on one another for both control of Gotham and the bragging rights of destroying the other criminal mastermind. In one particularly savage battle of the war, the two master assassins, Deathstroke (Team Riddler) and Deadshot (Team Joker), battled one another for the honor of eliminating Batman. Even though the two elite mercenaries fought one another to a virtual standstill, they still managed to kill 108 innocent Gothamites as collateral damage after five solid days of carnage. It took Batman to put their savage combat to an end. Posted below are images of the brutal battle between Deathstroke and Deadshot from Batman (2016) #28 featuring art by Mikel Janín. Keep an eye out for a bit of an "oopsie" in the pages below.

Does anyone else notice that Deathstroke is "looking" through the scope
with the side of his head that has no eye? Oops.

Oops, again.

Gunfire...RIP!

Deathstroke ally, Gunfire (Andrew Van Horn), is confirmed to be one of the victims of the Sanctuary Massacre in issue #3 of Tom King's Heroes in Crisis. Sanctuary is a therapeutic retreat built somewhere in the U.S. Mid-West to be a therapeutic retreat for heroes, and some villains, who suffer from PTSD and other forms of emotional trauma as a result of their participation in the "never-ending battle" of super-heroics. It's unknown at this time why Gunfire was a patient at Sanctuary, but we do know he had only been there for six days. Updates will follow as new information becomes available.

Gunfire's confessional
Art by Clay Mann

Gunfire's body
Art by Clay Mann