Omega Vision
Face Flowed Into Her Eyes
Originally posted by Prep-Man
maybe, but its true, though. im not saying higgens slade is for everyone, but im glad hes going to get the respect he deserves.
If that's what they're going for then why is Higgins so adamant about Slade not fighting named heroes and villains? People who defeating would actually lend him real cred.
His excuse "the villain must lose to the hero" is crap.
Deathstroke can son the Teen Titans and still lose in the end without looking bad, its when people start making Deathstroke lose one on one fights with street levelers that the problems start.
And I'm willing to bet that Higgins himself would have Nightwing stalemate or beat Slade straight up if they met.
Sometimes a villain should be able to straight up pwn a hero. If Darkseid appears in Outlaws for instance you don't throw Kory, Jason, and Roy a pity victory because they're the heroes, you have Darkseid teleport them to the torture chambers of Apokolips with an impassive scowl on his face. And after escaping the chambers you don't have them beat DS in a fight in his throne room, you have them escape by the skin of their teeth saying "geez that was a close one".
Having the hero win every time is both boring and self-destructive. It isn't something that "must" be the case, it's something that hack writers fall victim to.