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DC’sShadow Warcontinues in the latest outlet ofRobin , prove thatDeathstrokeis doing a better line of work at being a father thanBatmanhas in late years . While Slade Wilson might have lost his son Grant , a Modern Word with a complex origin has surprisingly come into his biography at the dawn ofShadow War . However , even though Slade has been framed for the murder of a major DC baddie , he ’s still being a better dad to Respawn when compared to Batman and his strained family relationship with his own boy Damian , the current Robin .
In previous issues ofShadow Warwhich ties togetherBatman , Robin , andDeathstroke Inc. , Ra ’s al Ghul was stamp out by someone habilitate as Deathstroke , on the face of it with the intent to frame the new King of the Supervillains . The ploy certainly worked seeing as how it kickstarted a war between al Ghul ’s vindictive daughter Talia leading the League of Assassins against Slade ’s army of supercriminals . While Deathstroke and his son Respawn have gone into hiding , Robin # 13from Joshua Williamson and Roger Cruz have Damian trail the duo down with help from Slade ’s girl Ravager .
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Prior to Batman ’s intervention between Deathstroke and Damian who specify to kill the soldier of fortune , Slade revealed the accuracy about Respawn to Robin , corroborate thathe ’s the undercover son of Deathstrokeand Damian ’s female parent Talia ( make him Robin ’s half - pal ) . Knowing that Damian has been absent from Gotham for quite some prison term following the death of Alfred , Slade confirms that he ’s conduct Respawn under his wing as his son , something that Batman has go wrong to adequately do for Damian in recent comics from DC . Caught up in his own grief , Batman neglected to care for and support Robin who was grappling with a lot of trauma and iniquity ( leading to their monolithic feud and falling out a few years ago ) .
Seen in this progeny as well as in the previous chapter ofShadow War(Deathstoke Inc.#8),Slade seems to have a literal sake in supporting and check his new son , cause up for the one he lost . In his own twisted way , Deathstroke take the time to adhere with Respawn by showing him his skills with various weapon as well as play cards while they elude Talia ’s league in a hush-hush safe home . In demarcation , Batman has been a terrible father , having only just begun the way of life of repairing the damage done to his relationship with Damian .
While it ’s only been a few daytime , Deathstrokehas displayed the kind of fathering to Respawn that Robin has need to see fromBatmanfor years . Even though Bruce Wayne is an obviously complex individual , he should be able-bodied to display more emotion and reenforcement as a dad than someone like Slade Wilson . Here ’s trust his attempt to harmonise withRobinare a success as DC’sShadow Warcontinues .
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