Fernando Pasarin

Deathstroke by Christopher Priest Omnibus is less a mercenary action run than a broken-family thriller with superhero weapons. Priest fractures time, motive and perspective until Slade Wilson becomes impossible to read cleanly: father, manipulator, soldier, abuser, strategist and self-made disaster. Carlo Pagulayan and Fernando Pasarin keep the book visually grounded while the script refuses easy morality. This is the modern Deathstroke character study, not just a Rebirth action collection.

Green Lantern by Robert Venditti Omnibus Vol. 2 continues the post-Johns Corps era with Hal Jordan, cosmic politics and the burden of keeping the Green Lantern myth alive after its biggest modern reinvention. The book matters because it shows the line operating after the emotional spectrum architecture is already in place. Venditti's run is about maintenance under pressure: leadership, legacy, institutions and the cost of being the Corps when the universe no longer treats it as untouchable.