Warning! Spoilers for Titans: Titans Together #2 below

Batman has plenty of foes and rogues, but none are as deadly and skilled as Slade Wilson, otherwise known as Deathstroke the Terminator. Deathstroke is a ruthlessly effective mercenary and assassin, working for the highest bidder for his services, taking out targets with lethal precision, regardless of whether his target has meta abilities or not. In both physical and mental skill, he is incredibly well matched with Batman, forcing the Caped Crusader to be at the top of his game to take him on. However, there have been times where the Dark Knight has tried to reason with Deathstroke in an attempt to get him to cease his criminal activities (such as in the recent Batman #91) albeit with little success. However, a preview for Titans: Titans Together #2 reveals that Red Hood, one of Batman's former Robins, is able to do what Batman has failed at: he makes a deal with Slade and forces his surrender.

A contributing factor that might lend itself towards Slade's surrender to Jason is that Deathstroke has much more in common with Red Hood than he does with Batman. After his death at the hands of the Joker and later resurrection thanks to a Lazurus Pit, Jason Todd distances himself from Batman. Frustrated that Batman didn't kill Joker and avenge his death, Jason leaves his Robin persona behind to becomes Red Hood, a more lethal and permanent solution to criminal activity as opposed to his former mentor's methods. What follows is a long journey of transformation from villain, to roguish anti-hero, to rejoining the Bat-family when needed, and to his current team-up with the Titans, using non-lethal rounds (per Nightwing's request). Despite his indifference to being a killer when it come to criminals, he still has a code of honor, much like Deathstroke has himself.

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In the preview for Titans: Titans Together #2, Deathstroke stands among the knocked-out members of the Titans, who he has thankfully incapacitated without killing them. Red Hood arrives onto the scene, demanding to know what Deathstroke has done to them. Surprisingly, Wilson claims that he comes in peace, but the Titans wouldn't listen, hence his need to take them out. Hoping that Hood will be more reasonable, Slade makes his case. Apparently, he sent his daughter Ravager to complete a hit job on Brother Blood, a longtime foe of the Titans. Apparently, Ravager never came back. If Deathstroke were to try and save his daughter, Blood would kill her as soon as he saw Slade coming, which is why he needs the Titans' help. Blood has been kidnapping college-age kids and brainwashing them for his cult, so they could sneak in and save her. Red Hood promises that he and the Titans will help, provided Slade surrender and turn himself in. Remarkably, Deathstroke agrees.

Ravager seems to be the one weakness Slade has, and Jason knows it, taking advantage of the situation to leverage his surrender. It will be really interesting to see how the Titans move forward. Will they be able to handle Blood without becoming brainwashed themselves? What if they do save Ravager? What will Deathstroke do then? It's doubtful that he'll be content to stay in custody as soon as he knows his daughter is out of harm's way. Hopefully, Red Hood and the rest of Titans will be prepared for the inevitable double-cross on Slade's part.

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