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Doop ([info]xdoop) wrote in [info]scans_daily,
@ 2009-07-27 19:13:00

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Entry tags:char: adeline wilson, char: beast boy/changeling/gar logan, char: cyborg/vic stone, char: deathstroke/slade wilson, char: jericho/joseph wilson, char: raven/rachel roth, char: robin/nightwing/dick grayson, char: starfire/koriand'r, char: terra/tara markov, char: william randolph wintergreen, char: wonder girl/troia/donna troy, creator: george perez, creator: marv wolfman, creator: ron randall, group: teen titans, publisher: dc comics, title: teen titans

Slade Wilson and Tara Markov: A Love Story

In this post I will be showing the classic romance of Slade Wilson and Tara Markov, by Marv Wolfman and George Perez.

First off is The New Teen Titans #34.

Terra is upset that even though she's been with the Titans for several months, they've refused to tell her their secrets or treat her as a true equal.





Deathstroke is with his hostage when...







The other Teen Titans arrive.

Deathstroke battles them until...








Their story continues in The New Teen Titans #39. The Titans are battling Brother Blood's cult.


















Later, Terra is with the Titans. Wally is leaving the team, and Dick is staying but retiring his Robin identity.


In Tales of the Teen Titans #42, Terra and Beast Boy are training.
















In Tales of the Teen Titans #43 Dick is attacked by Deathstroke, who now knows his civilian identity. Dick manages to escape, and Deathstroke goes after him.


Dick tries finding the other Titans, but they've all been captured.








In Tales of the Teen Titans Annual #3 the rest of the Titans find themselves being held hostage by H.I.V.E.




Meanwhile, Jericho and Dick (now in his new Nightwing identity) are starting to invade H.I.V.E's fortress.




Deathstroke doesn't know Wintergreen is being held at gunpoint by Adeline.

Jericho and Nightwing are inside the fortress when...











The Jericho-possessed Deathstroke frees the rest of the Titans.

























This is from Tales of the Teen Titans #55. It's written by Marv Wolfman and illustrated by Ron Randall.

Slade is on trial for kidnapping the senator back in #34, but he is able to get off by hiring a Deathstroke impersonator, causing doubt as to if he was the Deathstroke behind the kidnapping. In the end, the judge (Adrian Chase) is only able to sentence him to one year for the illegal possession of the firearms found in his penthouse apartment.

While in prison Slade is attacked by a vengeful Beast Boy, but he manages to escape. The next day he is released after some of the senators he did undercover work for cleared him of the gun charge.




Slade meets Beast Boy in the arranged spot, but not as Deathstroke. Slade refuses to fight back, and Beast Boy is unable to kill him.














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[info]ladytimedramon
2009-07-28 02:03 am UTC (link)
Gar and Slade having coffee = WIN

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[info]newnumber6
2009-07-28 02:24 am UTC (link)
Yeah, I liked that too. I'm kinda a sucker for enemies just talking instead of fighting.

I suppose it's a good thing I'm not a comic writer, cause I'd be fighting off the impulses for enemies decide to resolve things like adults instead of fighting every other issue.

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[info]freddylloyd
2009-07-28 02:37 am UTC (link)
That moment between Wilson and Logan was so powerful precisely because it was rare and unexpected in superhero comics. Not just talking things out, but talking things out over coffee in a diner, like ordinary adults. Wolfman and Pérez at their height came up with a lot of departures like that.

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[info]rdfox
2009-07-28 04:46 pm UTC (link)
The truly awesome part is that it wasn't planned as such. Wolfman's said in interviews since then that he originally was going to have a huge Deathstroke vs. Changeling throwdown, trying for the most epic single-issue fight ever, yadda yadda yadda, pretty standard stuff... but when he sat down at the typewriter to try and write it, it just *wouldn't come*. He just couldn't get Slade and Gar to beat the hell out of each other for twenty pages.

Specifically, he couldn't get his mental image of Slade Wilson to participate in the fight, because of the way he'd been developing in recent issues. Finally, Wolfman realized he wasn't going to be able to find a way to have them settle their differences with their fists, and when he realized that Slade was going to find a way to end it nonviolently this time, the story flowed like turning on a faucet.

Moral of the story: Writers, don't try to force your characters to do things just because it's expected of the genre. Sometimes, letting them do exactly the opposite, when in-character, results in a MUCH better story!

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