A classic Batman villain is murdered in Shadow War Alpha #1 - but did Deathstroke do it?
Since its announcement in December, DC has been framing the Batman-Robin-Deathstroke Inc. crossover Shadow War written by Joshua Williamson as the League of Assassins going to war with Deathstroke over what appears to be the assassination of Ra's Al Ghul by Slade Wilson.
But hey, this is comics, so if you don't have your questions as to whether everything is as DC wants it to appear, well, you need to read more comic books.
So does everything play out the way DC suggested it would?
Sure enough, Shadow War: Alpha #1 by Williamson and artists Viktor Bogdanovic and Daniel Henriques, with letters by Troy Peteri, features a particularly brutal assassination scene. We see a bullet go through Ra's Al Ghul's head, a grenade lands next to his fallen body, and an explosion that turns him to dust (we know that death in comics doesn't always stick, but wow, at least this one makes a bang).
As the shocking incident unfolds, we look to the rooftops of Washington D.C. to catch a glimpse of the sword-wielding, split-masked, deadly assassin responsible for the carnage - Slade Wilson himself, rocking an old-school costume.
Or do we?
Alright, let's back up a bit. What's Ra's Al Ghul doing in Washington? The beginning of the story finds Ra's Al Ghul turning over a new leaf. Reaching the end of his long, unnatural life, Ra's has reconnected with both his daughter, Talia, and grandson, Damian Wayne, and is planning on changing the way he tries to "save" the world.
His first step is to turn himself into US authorities, a move that shocks the entire DC Universe - both heroes and villains. Even more shocking is the press conference he holds on the steps of the Malkovian embassy (don't remember Malkovia? Check out DC's Leviathan event for
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