The following contains major spoilers for Titans #17, on sale now from DC Comics.
The Titans' deadliest nemesis is forming a whole new partnership, and it could be the end of some of DC's most important heroes.
Titans #17 picks up with the eponymous heroes caught in the clutches of the malevolent Clock King. Luckily, Donna Troy is more than capable of pushing back against his temporal manipulations, and soon enough the rest of the team are right back in the fight. While this leaves the Clock King battered and defeated, it isn't long before another opportunity to strike back at the Titans arrives, this time in the form of none other than Slade Wilson, better known as Deathstroke.
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Titans #17
- Written by JOHN LAYMAN
- Art by PETE WOODS
- Letters by WES ABBOTT
- Main cover art by PETE WOODS
- Variant covers by RAHZZAH and EDWIN GALMON
Slade Wilson made his comic book debut as Deathstroke the Terminator all the way back in 1980's The New Teen Titans #2 by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez. A former United States Army soldier turned experimental super-soldier, Deathstroke has long held a reputation as one of if not the deadliest assassin in the entire world. When the Teen Titans initially teamed up with the young Grant Wilson, who soon took the mantle of Ravager, they had no idea that it would bring such a lethal threat to their doorstep. Tragically, Grant lost his life in his first real mission with the Teen Titans, leaving Deathstroke with a lifelong hatred for the heroes over their inability to save their teammate.
In the years since his debut, Deathstroke has played a key role in numerous storylines, including those revolving around his two other children and future Teen Titans, Jericho and Rose, the latter of whom would inherit her late brother's mantle as Ravager. Deathstroke has worked tirelessly to destroy the Titans and their allies any way he can, even going so far as to implant numerous double-agents within the team. The most infamous of these is likely Tara Markov, aka Terra, with whom Deathstroke shared an unnverving relationship to say the least.
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The Clock King is an iconic DC villain, albeit one who has been reimagined and reinvented numerous times over the years. DC's original Clock King, William Tockman, made his comic book debut in Ed Herron and Lee Elias' "Green Arrow: The Crimes of the Clock King" from the pages of 1960's World's Finest #111. Originally an obsessive if underpowered costumed criminal, Tockman turned to bank heists to care for his dying sister after receiving a similar diagnosis of his own. Currently, there are three different iterations of the Clock King in DC Comics' Prime Earth continuity, each of whom have left their mark on heroes ranging from the Titans to even the Dark Knight himself.
Titans #17 is on sale now from DC Comics.
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