Deathstroke

Deathstroke (Slade Wilson) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez, and debuted in The New Teen Titans #2 (December 1980) as Deathstroke the Terminator.

Deathstroke
Cover art from Deathstroke (Vol. 4) #30 (June 2018). Art by Francesco Mattina.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceThe New Teen Titans #2 (December 1980)
Created by
In-story information
Alter egoSlade Joseph Wilson
SpeciesMetahuman
Team affiliations
Notable aliasesDeathstroke the Terminator
Abilities
  • Enhanced intellect and mental capacity
  • Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, durability, reflexes, and senses
  • Accelerated healing
  • Deccelerated aging
  • Highly trained assassin
  • Master hand-to-hand combatant, martial artist, swordsman, and marksman
  • Brilliant strategist and tactician
  • Eidetic memory
  • Utilizes various weapons, armor, and gadgets

In his comic book appearances, Slade Wilson is depicted as an elite operative in the U.S. Army who gains enhanced physical and mental abilities from an experimental super-soldier serum and becomes the ruthless mercenary Deathstroke. Widely considered the greatest and deadliest assassin in the DC Universe, he serves as the archenemy of Dick Grayson and the Teen Titans, and is also an adversary of other superheroes such as Batman, Green Arrow and the Justice League. Deathstroke's vendetta against the Titans began when he swore revenge for the death of his eldest son Grant; his two other children, Jericho and Rose, would go on to join the Titans to oppose him. A bicolored, black-and-orange mask that covers his missing right eye serves as Deathstroke's visual motif.

Deathstroke has been adapted in various media incarnations, having been portrayed in television by Manu Bennett in Arrow and Esai Morales in Titans, and in film by Joe Manganiello in the DC Extended Universe. Ron Perlman and others have provided the character's voice in animation and video games.

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