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The approaching DC Comics eventDark Crisiswill feature a truly brutal fight between longtime rivalsNightwingandDeathstroke , and a new preview from author Joshua Williamson cater a more elaborated spirit at the wild conflict . Slade and Dick have been enemies for years , since the meter when Deathstroke was almostexclusively a Teen Titans scoundrel , and their up-to-the-minute duel inDark Crisisseems set to   decide once and for all who the best champion is .

Dark Crisis is DC ’s next major event , twirl out of the coming ' destruction of the Justice League , ' which will take place inJustice League # 75- also written by Joshua Williamson with artistry by Rafa Sandoval and Alejandro Sánchez . The Justice League is set to perish against the monstrous Great Darkness and its Dark Army , with prevue images fromDark Crisis # 1showing the human race ’s Cuban sandwich community of interests mourning the departure of the original Justice Leaguers . DC Comics has confirm that most of the major hitter likeSuperman , Flash , Wonder Woman , and Batmanare ready to die at the hands of the Great Darkness , with Nightwing and Deathstroke ’s battle likely to redefine the balance of power in the DC Universe .

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Deathstroke has reemerged as a major histrion in the DC Universe in late month , with Slade becoming"King of the Supervillains "   ahead of theShadow Warevent : a crossover betweenBatman , Robin , andDeathstroke Inc.whose conclusion will certainly impactDark Crisisas well . Joshua Williamson , the author behindDark Crisis , recently an absolutely gorgeous two - pageboy spread head depictingNightwing and Deathstroke locked in brutal combat , describe by Daniel Sampere ( Justice League Dark , Injustice 2 ) and discolour by Alejandro Sanchez ( Batman : Killing Time , Superman & Robin . ) Slade Wilson has long attempted to take down Nightwing and his Titans , and it seems likeDark Crisismight finally give him the hazard to terminate Grayson once and for all . tick off out Williamson ’s tweet below to see the full 2 varlet cattle farm .

Sampere and Sanchez ’s artistic production depicts the red close - quarters scrap between the two experienced attack aircraft , set over a fiery backdrop previously discover to be a burn Titans Tower - a inferno that utterly illustrates the terrific humankind that is left behind after the Justice League ’s last . Williamson ’s tweet makes it perfectly clear that Deathstroke is using the League ’s death as the perfect opportunity to move in on his longtime rivals and endeavor to destruct the Teen Titans , but this battle could also be more than it seems .

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understandably , the Great Darkness is not going to stop at put down the Justice League and will be attacking Earth next , so there is a chance thatNightwing and Deathstroke are fightingover who is going to head the insurrection against the Dark Army . While Deathstroke may represent the nefarious side of the DC Universe at this point in metre , his alliance was actually create with the purpose of keeping larger scoundrel in billet .   Perhaps Slade does not think Dick or the Titans are up to the massive chore of read down theGreat Darkness and its army .

Joshua Williamson has sound out in the past times that thatDark Crisiswillnot just be " doom and gloom,“and that a major aspect of the event will be the next genesis of heroes step into the spotlight and becoming leaders in their own right . While Nightwing is not sound to be the next Batman ( Jace Fox gets that honor ) , he is certainly a youthful bequest character who is always trying to prove himself as a now - adult torpedo , so winning his battle withDeathstrokewould sure as shooting go a long way in establishingNightwingas the heroic leader the world needs in itsDark Crisis .

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