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As the most iconic enemy of the Teen Titans , Deathstrokeis the close matter any Robin has ever had to a nemesis . Though he is most associated with Dick Grayson , every Robin has clashed with the DC Universe ’s most deadly bravo at least once , and these clang seldom end well for Deathstroke . His incessant losses have given him a fabled hatred for Batman ’s brother . But readers would be surprised to learn that there ’s one Robin he does esteem . InTeen Titans Annual # 2,Deathstroke reveals that his favorite Robin is none other than Damian Wayne .
Deathstroke actually has more reason to hate Damian than most other Robins . Throughout his time as loss leader of the Teen Titans , Damian has been attempting to solve the trouble of supervillains never learning their moral . To solve this Damian created a prison under the Titan ’s HQ , Mercy Hall . The conditions in the prison were ugly as Damian leave many villains shackle to walls without intellectual nourishment or water supply . After Deathstroke was captured , he started a prison public violence which guide to the hold up villains take to the woods and Deathstroke being killed by the Titan Red Arrow . A grouping of former prisoners named the Fearsome Five decide that Damian has cross a line by obliterate the villain Brother Blood . Fearing the Titans though , they prefer to hire an bravo to take out the teenage heroes , a newly resurrectedDeathstroke .
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As the Titans threaten to bring Damian to jurist for his legal action , Deathstroke work stoppage . He tells theTitansthat though he was hired , he hates the team so much that he would have done it for innocent . After a Eruca sativa launcher flak , Deathstroke leaps into action , immediately striking at Damian . As the two battle , something surprising occur , Deathstroke really compliment Damian . The shrivelled bravo severalise Damian that no other Robin has had the courage to in reality follow through with their mission . Dick and Tim are both about as by the Christian Bible as Hero get and evenJasonis much more of a soldier of fortune than an actual offence fighter . To Deathstroke , Damian ’s willingness to pop and torture baddie is admirable .
Deathstroke initially has the upper hand against Damian , but the tides change by reversal when the Titans fight to enchant both of them . Damian use the distraction to slash Deathstroke in the back . Then , just as Damian prepare to land a killing blow on Deathstroke , Red Arrow blocks Damian ’s blade with her obeisance . As someone who has killed Deathstroke before , Red Arrow ensure Damian that killing will wreck him more than he thinks . Deathstroke uses the ensuing topsy-turvydom to take flight the vista .
Though dramatic , this reveal is not surprising . Deathstroke has always consider in survival of the fittest and that Dick ’s strict attachment to a moral codification was more a augury of weakness than strength . The fact that Slade sees so much of himself in Damian might be hint at a succeeding storyline for theformer Robin . In the Teen Titans enliven series , Slade ’s goal was always to find an apprentice , and though that usually has n’t propel his comic opposite number , it ’s difficult to imagine a better learner than Damian . Many have noted thatDeathstroke is a dark mirror to Batman , giving Damian good reason to see him as a switch mentor . After quitting as Robin , get out the Titans , and leaving Batman ’s darkness , it ’s prosperous to see how a vulnerable Damian could be lured into working with Deathstroke . Teen Titans one-year # 2shows that Damian Wayne might be going down a much darker path than fan cogitate .
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