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Deathstroke (Wade Winston Wilson) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is a mercenary and assassin who serves as the archenemy of the Teen Titans, specifically Dick Grayson. Over the years, writers have developed him as an adversary of other superheroes in the DC Universe as well, such as Batman and Green Arrow.

Deathstroke has been ranked as the 24th Greatest Villain of All Time by Wizard magazine, and as the 32nd Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time by IGN.[1][2] The character has been substantially adapted from the comics into multiple forms of media, including several Batman-related projects and the Teen Titans animated series. He has been portrayed in live-action by Manu Bennett on The CW's television series Arrow, and by Joe Manganiello in the DC Extended Universe, beginning with a cameo in the 2017 film Justice League.

Contents 1	Publication history 2	Fictional character biography 2.1	The Teen Titans 2.2	Judas Contract 2.3	Titans Plague 2.4	Titans Hunt 2.5	Family business 2.6	Nightwing and Birds of Prey 2.7	Identity Crisis 2.8	Infinite Crisis 2.9	One Year Later 2.10	Blackest Night 2.11	Batman and Robin 2.12	Titans: Villains for Hire 2.13	The New 52 2.13.1	Origins 2.13.2	Team 7 2.13.3	Forever Evil 2.14	DC Rebirth 3	Powers and abilities 4	Other versions 4.1	Deathstroke: Journey's End 4.2	Uncanny X-Men/Teen Titans 4.3	Amalgam Comics 4.4	Tangent Comics 4.5	Mash-Up 4.6	Flashpoint 4.7	Superman: American Alien 4.8	Injustice: Gods Among Us 5	Collected editions 5.1	The New 52 5.2	DC Rebirth 6	In other media 6.1	Television 6.1.1	Animation 6.1.2	Live-action 6.2	Film 6.2.1	Live-action 6.2.2	Animation 6.3	DC Animated Movie Universe 6.4	Video games 6.4.1	Lego series 6.4.2	Batman: Arkham 6.5	Merchandise 6.6	Miscellaneous 7	References 8	External links Insert non-formatted text here  Insert non-formatted text here Publication history[edit source] Created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, the character was introduced as "Deathstroke the Terminator" in The New Teen Titans #2 in December 1980.[3] Due to his popularity, Deathstroke received his own series, Deathstroke the Terminator, in 1991.[4] It was retitled Deathstroke the Hunted for issues #0 and #41–45; and then simply Deathstroke for issues #46–60. The series was cancelled with issue #60. In total, Deathstroke ran for 65 issues (#1–60, plus 4 annuals and a special #0 issue).

Following his injury in DC Universe: Last Will and Testament, Deathstroke appears in one of the four Faces of Evil one-shots, written by David Hine. Hine has explained that the series is part of the set-up for future stories: "All of the characters in this ‘Faces of Evil’ series were selected for their potential as major players in the coming year."[5]

Even though the character of Deathstroke the Terminator predates James Cameron's film The Terminator by four years, the Slade Wilson character is now simply called Deathstroke, even by characters who had called him Terminator for decades. The full title has not completely fallen out of use, having been referenced as recently as Justice League Elite.

Fictional character biography[edit source]

Slade Wilson as Deathstroke in Batman #646 (December 2005); art by BoiShane Davis Slade Wilson was sixteen years old when he first enlisted in the United States Army, having lied about his age. After serving a stint in Korea, he was later assigned to Camp Washington where he had been promoted to the rank of Major. In the early 1960s, he met Captain Adeline Kane who was tasked with training young soldiers in new fighting techniques in anticipation of brewing troubles taking place in Vietnam. Kane was amazed at how skilled Slade was and how quickly he adapted to modern conventions of warfare. She immediately fell in love with him, and realized that he was without a doubt the most able-bodied combatant she had ever encountered. She offered to privately train Slade in guerrilla warfare. In less than a year, Slade mastered every fighting form presented to him and was soon promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. Six months later, Adeline and he were married and she became pregnant with their first child. The war in Vietnam began to escalate and Slade was shipped overseas. In the war, his unit massacred a village, an event which sickened him. He was also rescued by SAS member Wintergreen, to whom he would later return the favor.

Chosen for a secret experiment, the Army imbued him with enhanced physical powers in an attempt to create metahuman super soldiers for the U.S. military. Deathstroke became a mercenary soon after the experiment when he defied orders and rescued his friend Wintergreen sent on a suicide mission by a commanding officer with a grudge.[6] However, Slade kept this career secret from his family, even though his wife was an expert military combat instructor.

A criminal named the Jackal took his younger son Joseph Wilson hostage to force Slade to divulge the name of a client who had hired him as an assassin. Slade refused, claiming it was against his personal honor code. He attacked and killed the kidnappers at the rendezvous. Unfortunately, Joseph's throat was slashed by one of the criminals before Slade could prevent it, destroying Joseph's vocal cords and rendering him mute.

After taking Joseph to the hospital, Adeline was enraged at his endangerment of her son and tried to kill Slade by shooting him, but only managed to destroy his right eye. Afterwards, his confidence in his physical abilities was such that he made no secret of his impaired vision, marked by his mask which has a black, featureless half covering his lost right eye. Without his mask, Slade wears an eyepatch to cover his eye.

The Teen Titans[edit source] Slade has a long history as an enemy of the Teen Titans, beginning when his other son Grant received superhuman enhancements from the H.I.V.E., dubbed himself Ravager, and accepted a contract from them to kill or capture the Teen Titans. However, Grant's enhancements proved fatal, and Slade agreed to complete the contract. His first mission involved stealing the element Promethium from S.T.A.R. Labs and selling it as the ultimate weapon. He then kidnapped the Titans and placed them in the path of a Promethium bomb to test his device for the buyers, effectively killing two birds with one stone. The Titans escaped and pursued Deathstroke, but he severely wounded Beast Boy in his escape. This would be the start to a lasting animosity between the two.

Deathstroke next appeared in New York, holding officials hostage in order to lure the Titans into confronting him. Terra, a new ally of the Titans, and Beast Boy were the only ones available to answer the call. Terra knocked Beast Boy out and fought Deathstroke single-handedly in an effort to prove herself worthy of being a Titan. Deathstroke escaped as the other Titans arrived, but by then Terra had proven herself and the team offered her membership. Later that night, it was revealed that Terra and Deathstroke had conspired to fake the fight in a plot to infiltrate the team.[7]

Judas Contract[edit source] The Titans eventually entrusted Terra with all of their secret identities. Once Slade had this information, he used it to systematically take down each of the Titans, exploiting them at their weakest moments. Donna Troy was gassed at her photo studio, Changeling was anesthetized with tainted envelopes while responding to fan mail, Victor Stone was electrically shocked by a chair in his own apartment, Koriand'r was ambushed with a device that affected her powers, and Raven was taken down by Terra herself. Nightwing was last to be attacked and he was confronted by Deathstroke himself. He avoided being captured and soon discovered that his teammates had already been taken. Nightwing arrived at Titans Tower to discover Slade's ex-wife and son. She told Nightwing that Terra was a traitor, how each of his teammates were captured, and related the origin of Deathstroke.

Nightwing, in order to confront Deathstroke and the H.I.V.E., joined Jericho (Joseph Wilson). During the confrontation, Deathstroke recognized Jericho as his son which caused him to hesitate. Jericho freed the Titans by possessing his father's body. After Terra died during the battle, Slade was then taken into custody.

Slade was put on trial for his crimes, but the trial was deliberately sabotaged by Changeling so that he could kill Slade himself, believing he was responsible for Terra's betrayal of the Titans. Slade agreed to the confrontation, but showed up out of costume. Changeling found himself unable to kill Slade, so instead they talked. Feeling some empathy for his grief, Slade explained his past with Terra, and Changeling realized Slade was not to blame for the choices Terra had made. The two men parted on peaceful terms, with Slade returning to Africa with Wintergreen.

Titans Plague[edit source] Months later, Slade encountered the Titans again while they were investigating mysterious attacks and disappearances. Donna Troy is attacked by a group of strange beastmen and barely survives the encounter. Meanwhile, while attending a fundraiser with his father, Gar Logan recognizes Slade trying to maintain a low profile. When he finally catches up with Slade, he finds him about to kill the host of the fundraiser Walter Lanier. He stops Deathstroke, but is surprised when Lanier turns into a bat-like creature and flies away. Slade reveals to the Titans that he was responsible for smuggling the drug the bestiamorphs were using to transform others, but did not realize what it was until it was too late. After Jericho and Raven were stricken by the plague, he aided them in destroying the beastmen and finding a cure for the contagion.

Titans Hunt[edit source] Shortly after this, he came to the Titans' assistance again during the Titans Hunt storyline. The members of the Titans, as well as many inactive members, all disappeared in a manner very similar to how they were abducted during the Judas Contract. Mento, an on-and-off member of the Doom Patrol, hires Deathstroke to find the missing Titans. He eventually discovers with Nightwing that the abductions were the work of the Wildebeest Society, and that their leader was none other than Titan member Jericho, Deathstroke's son.

It was revealed that Jericho had been possessed by the corrupted souls of Azarath as they were using him to capture the Titans and use them as physical hosts in order to survive. During the transfer process, Jericho's true self resurfaced briefly, begging his father to kill him. To spare his son any more pain and save the remaining Titans, Slade was forced to drive a sword through Jericho's heart, seemingly killing him.

Afterward, Slade continued his life as a mercenary, but also acted as an occasional ally to the Titans, aiding them when mutual threats outweighed their rivalry, most notably during the Total Chaos storyline when the Team Titans arrived in the 20th Century to assassinate Donna Troy before she could give birth to her son, who in their timeline had grown up into the tyrannical despot, Lord Chaos. Slade also met Pat Trayce, a tough former cop who would become the new Vigilante. Pat Trayce became Slade's lover later on, and the two developed a romantic as well as professional relationship.

Family business[edit source] After Slade failed an assassination attempt on the President of the United States, he was subsequently framed for the murder of a U.S. Senator. The man responsible had taken on the identity of the Ravager and was hunting down Slade's friends and loved ones. Eventually, with the help of the Titans and Sarge Steel, Slade was able to prove his innocence and the true culprit was revealed to be Steve Dayton, under the alias of the Crime Lord, who had again succumbed to mental instability caused by his Mento helmet.

Meanwhile, Slade's relationship with his estranged wife Adeline took a tragic turn as Slade underwent a process to gain the ability of physical regeneration, allowing him to survive any wound so long as his brain is intact (but this power is limited as Slade cannot regenerate his lost eye because that injury happened before he gained his healing factor). After gaining this power, Slade was forced to give his wife a blood transfusion to save her life, resulting in her gaining a similar healing factor which manifested itself as a form of immortality. This alteration of her DNA drove Adeline insane, shaming Deathstroke into going into a semi-retirement state.

In Titans (vol. 1) #12, Deathstroke teamed up with the Titans to face his wife Adeline, who in her insane state had revived the H.I.V.E. and sought to rid the world of all superhumans, blaming them for Jericho's apparent death. During the battle, interrupted by Vandal Savage and a band of villains that he had organized from recent Titans battles, Adeline's throat was slit. In a brief return of sanity, she begged Slade to kill her, requesting him to reunite her with "my... our children..." because her version of the healing factor would not heal the wound, but only allow her to live in spite of it. Deathstroke refused, but Koriand'r shocked her teammates and Deathstroke by using her starbolt blast to disintegrate her completely, per Adeline's wishes. This was a turning point, as Deathstroke renounced all ties with the Titans as a result of Starfire's act.

It was then revealed that Jericho managed to transfer his consciousness into Deathstroke in the instant before his death. Taking control of his father, Jericho forced Deathstroke to murder his longtime butler, mentor and confidant Wintergreen. He then launched a series of attacks against the current Teen Titans, most notably shattering Impulse's knee with a shotgun blast, before leaving his father's body. Deathstroke has since manipulated his one remaining child Rose Wilson into the mercenary business as the new Ravager, in order to find and kill Jericho, using a specially designed serum to heighten her hostility and push her over the edge. Unfortunately, the process also resulted in her being driven at least partially insane, to the extent that she cut out her own left eye in an attempt to prove to her father that she was just like him.

Nightwing and Birds of Prey[edit source] Deathstroke appeared in Nightwing #23 as a mercenary against Black Canary and Conner Hawke as part of the "Brotherhood of the Fist" tie-in to the No Man's Land story arc.[8]

Deathstroke also appeared in Birds of Prey #22–24, where he was sent to Gorilla City by Blockbuster to get an ape-heart. He is accompanied by Lady Vic, Grimm, and Black Canary, who is posing as Oracle.

Identity Crisis[edit source] In the Identity Crisis miniseries, Deathstroke was enlisted as a bodyguard for Doctor Light, who was being pursued by the Justice League of America as a suspect in the murder of Sue Dibny. In the ensuing battle, Deathstroke nearly beat the team of Elongated Man, Flash, Zatanna, Hawkman, Green Arrow, Black Canary, Atom and Green Lantern. He systematically took out every member except for Rayner, whom he had the potential to disable through trying to usurp his ring's energies using his own formidable willpower. But before the outcome of this conflict with Green Lantern ended, Green Arrow stuck an arrow in Deathstroke's right eye socket, enraging him. Slade went ballistic, which derailed his pre-planned strategy and began to beat Green Arrow, but was stopped when the majority of the team tackled Deathstroke to the ground. Dr. Light used his powers to allow the two to escape. Near the end of Identity Crisis, Deathstroke confronts Green Arrow on a rooftop. Arrow sees his reflection in the windows of a nearby building, but when he turns to confront Slade, Deathstroke is gone. Instead, Green Arrow finds Slade's cowl and a note stuck to the wall by the very arrow he stabbed in Slade's eye socket. The note reads "This is yours – we're not done".

Infinite Crisis[edit source] Deathstroke was a founding member of Lex Luthor's Secret Society of Super Villains in the Infinite Crisis storyline. He was seen in Infinite Crisis #1, hiding in a warehouse south of Metropolis waiting to ambush the Freedom Fighters with several other members. The battle did not last long, and by the end, Deathstroke had killed the Phantom Lady. Slade is also the one who landed the final stroke on Uncle Sam by shooting him in the back (and leading to his apparent death).[6]

He was the employer of Nightwing, whom he hired to train his daughter Rose. However, after the two had a confrontation with Superman, Deathstroke discovered that Nightwing had been teaching Rose the values of heroism. He could not kill Grayson in front of his daughter, because doing so would undo all of Slade's teachings. Nightwing offered a deal: he would stay away from Rose if Slade would keep the metahuman villains out of Blüdhaven. The deal held for 34 hours until Infinite Crisis #4, when Slade, under the orders of Alexander Luthor, Jr., the real leader of the Society, went with several villains (including old Titans and Doom Patrol foes and Brotherhood of Evil members Monsieur Mallah and Brain) to drop Chemo, another fellow villain who appeared to be a nearly brainless monster made of pure energy and radioactive chemicals, on Blüdhaven, killing over one-hundred thousand people. Slade gave the explanation to the Brotherhood that Nightwing should be made to believe that he can never go home again.

Nightwing took the first of his revenge by bursting in on Deathstroke and Rose's training session, revealing to the latter that the Kryptonite that Deathstroke had implanted in place of her missing eye was radioactive and deadly to humans as well as to Kryptonians (as revealed by Luthor's old possession of a Kryptonite ring that forced him to transfer his brain to a cloned body). Angered, Slade went after Nightwing with a grenade, only to have Rose try to stop him. Amid the smoke of the resulting explosion, Rose fled, telling her father that she hated him. Nightwing disappeared as well, but not before leaving a note for Slade warning him that he would be back to make him pay for Blüdhaven.

At the climactic Battle of Metropolis at the conclusion of 'Infinite Crisis', Slade was confronted by Batman, Robin and Nightwing. During the struggle, he was questioned regarding his motives for aiding the Secret Society. His claims of monetary motivation were deemed unsatisfactory; Batman accused him of having forsaken his code of honor, and Nightwing said it was because his family had abandoned him. Enraged, Slade said that was because of Nightwing, and that it was always because of him, before Batman told him to take responsibility for his actions and he was rendered unconscious.

One Year Later[edit source]

Cover of Teen Titans #43: Titans East Part 1. Art by Tony Daniel. Slade appears in the Green Arrow series after the one year jump in DC Comics' storylines. Apparently in hiding, he nearly murders a crony of several Star City businessmen who want to hire him for a murder. Before finishing his violent refusal, he asks the name of the target. When informed that it was to be the mayor of Star City, Oliver Queen (whom Deathstroke knows is secretly Green Arrow), he spares the lackey and decides to take the job.[9]

However, things do not quite go according to plan, with Green Arrow using the resources of both his identities, trapping him within a ring of armed National Guardsmen.[10] The fight ends with Deathstroke's arrest[11] and subsequent conviction and incarceration;[12] however, this is revealed as a ploy to gain access to Constantine Drakon, another jailed foe of Green Arrow who has information on the hero's activities in the lost year,[13] which include Green Arrow studying under Natas, an assassin who once trained Deathstroke himself.[14]

Deathstroke is also active behind the scenes in Teen Titans, currently in the process of organizing a counter-team of teen superhumans that will be known as Titans East. The current Titans team included Ravager, who now wanted nothing to do with her father. Deathstroke seemingly intended to "reclaim" Ravager and a recently resurrected Jericho from the Titans or, if that failed, to crush them along with the rest of the team. For these reasons, he specially selected each member of Titans East, believing that, overall, each member would successfully counteract every member of the current Teen Titans line-up.

As indicated over the course of the subsequent issues, Deathstroke was manipulating every member of his new team in one way or another. He had blackmailed former Titan Risk while at the same time offering him an outlet for his rage; was drugging Batgirl with the same serum he had used on Rose; and supplied Inertia with a formula which granted superhuman speed to compensate for the loss of the Speed Force following the initial battle with Superboy-Prime. His team, however, slowly fell apart over the course of the attack, as Robin managed to free Batgirl of his mind control serum and Raven convinced Duela Dent to switch sides. Slade and his remaining Titans subsequently faced off against both the current Titans and a group of old Titans led by Nightwing. Although he was defeated, he still managed to escape with the aid of Inertia. In the end, however, it was revealed to the readers that Slade's real mission was to provide his children with something he could never offer them: a real family, in the form of the Teen Titans. By attacking the Titans, he insured that Rose and Jericho would become more trusted by their associates, and thus grow closer to the team.

Recently, Deathstroke took credit for somehow twisting (through unknown means) the powers of Geo-Force, the half-brother of the original Terra, into the same powers as his traitorous sister. Using this leverage, Deathstroke offered to reverse the process only if Geo-Force became his own personal spy within the Justice League. Unfortunately for Deathstroke, Geo-Force alerted Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman of Deathstroke's scheme, which culminated in Geo-Force alerting the League that Deathstroke (whose rivalry with Green Arrow has reached vendetta-level proportions) planned on using an army of supervillains to crash Green Arrow and Black Canary's wedding. Weeks later, Geo-Force was tortured by Gorilla Grodd after the League was kidnapped by the Injustice League, and ultimately transferred to Batman's newest incarnation of the Outsiders afterward, robbing Deathstroke of his potential pawn.

Deathstroke can be seen as a member of Libra's Secret Society of Super Villains.

Deathstroke is gravely injured with his own sword by Geo-Force in DC Universe: Last Will and Testament. Following his injury, he is recuperating at Belle Reve while doctors labor to save him. Deathstroke dreams of his family members and all of the people that he has let down. When he awakens, he vows that he will never again be haunted by the past.

Ravager comes to visit him, but in fact, wants to finish her father off. She tries to strangle him with a plastic wire, but Deathstroke is recuperated enough that he can fend off her attack. He escapes from the facility and steals a helicopter. Later, Deathstroke finds a young street urchin that he decides to take under his wing.[15]

Blackest Night[edit source] In the Teen Titans (vol. 3) tie-in to the Blackest Night crossover event, Deathstroke is living in the deceased Wintergreen's house and reading his journal, when he is attacked by Rose again. During the fight, the two are attacked by their deceased relatives Grant, Wade, and Adeline, who, along with Wintergreen, have all been reanimated as Black Lanterns. Deathstroke and Rose are forced to work together and fight for their lives against the Black Lanterns.[16]

The two hopelessly fight the regenerating Black Lanterns until Jericho, cured from his earlier insanity, arrives and turns the tide of the fight. During the course of the battle, Deathstroke confesses to his children that part of the reason why he menaced the Teen Titans for so many years was that he felt that by forcing his children to hate him, they would have a chance of escaping the sorrow and pain a life with him would entail. Just as Slade is overwhelmed and about to be killed, Jericho somehow uses his abilities to sever the connection between the Black Lanterns and their power rings, permanently sending them back to the grave. After realizing that her mother was not reborn as a member of the Black Lantern Corps, Rose comes to the conclusion that she must somehow still be alive, and leaves after threatening to kill Slade if he tries to stop her. Jericho chooses to stay with his father, reasoning that only Slade would have the courage to kill him if he were to ever return to madness.[17]

Batman and Robin[edit source] Recently, Deathstroke has been seen working with Talia al Ghul, controlling the body and physical actions of the current Robin in order to kill the recent Batman. Deathstroke is able to control Robin's actions thanks to a neural-implant inserted into Robin's spine by his mother while it was being surgically replaced. Batman defeats Deathstroke by taking advantage of the two-way connection between him and Robin by using a taser on Robin, the resulting electric shock overwhelming Deathstroke's enhanced senses. He then tracks Slade down and attacks him in his hospital bed for controlling Robin and for the Chemo attack, informing Slade that what happened then is just a 'trailer' for what he will do later.[18]

Titans: Villains for Hire[edit source] Following the encounter with Black Lanterns, Deathstroke recruits a team of supervillains consisting of Tattooed Man, Cheshire, Osiris, and the new character Cinder following the launch of Brightest Day. The team ambushes Ryan Choi in his home, and then battles him. This ends with Deathstroke driving his sword through Ryan's chest, killing him. He then gives the deceased hero's body to Dwarfstar.[19]

Following the assassination of the Atom, Deathstroke and the Titans are hired to kill Lex Luthor during his stay in Midway City. The attack is revealed to be a ruse crafted by Slade and Luthor in order to draw out a traitor on Luthor's security staff who is revealed to be a shape-shifting assassin named Facade.[20] After the Titans capture Facade and turn him over to the scientists at LexCorp, Luthor rewards Slade by examining technology that he had earlier ordered Tattooed Man and Cheshire to steal. Slade claims that this will bring him one step closer to his true goal: the ability to somehow cheat death itself. He also succeeds in recruiting Arsenal, a former member of the Teen Titans and Justice League, into the team.[21] Shortly after inducting Arsenal into the team, Slade accepts a mission to rescue a child from a drug lord named Elijah. After discovering that Elijah is using the bodies of kidnapped children to create an addictive drug called Bliss, the Titans promptly kill the gangster and shut down his operation. As the Titans are preparing to return to the Labyrinth, Cheshire notices that Slade has tied up DJ Molecule, a powerful metahuman who was working for Elijah as a bodyguard. When asked what he is doing with the young man, Slade cryptically responds by saying that he only accepted the mission in order capture Molecule for some unknown purpose.[22]

Afterward, Slade and his team arrive at South Pacific Island to kill cult leader Drago over the arena production of blind warriors; however, his team, Arsenal, and Cheshire betray him, revealing that they had been working with Drago. While Slade is held captive, Drago arrives and reveals to him that he is actually Slade's old friend, Corporal Daniel Rogers, who abandoned him during the civil war in Afghanistan. Drago then gouges out Slade’s left eye making him blind.[23] Slade is then imprisoned along with Arsenal and begins to tell him about his past with Drago.[24] Later, Drago takes a trip down memory lane with Slade, explaining how he lost his sight, and basically re-telling his origin and how it involved Jeremiah, right before he throws Slade beneath the complex to fend for his life against a crazed subhuman.[25] During the fights, Slade's left eye was restored due to his metahuman healing factor, and the Titans arrive to rescue him. Slade and the Titans break into Drago's mansion and attack. Slade drugs Drago so that he cannot focus his telepathic powers. When Drago is defeated, Slade allows him to live and the Titans then leave his island. While returning to the labyrinth, Slade and the Titans are approached by the Atom and the Justice League, who attempt to arrest them for the murder of Ryan Choi.[26]

During the battle of Slade's Titans against the Justice League in Khandaq, the battle was stopped by Isis, who forces them to choose between leaving or continuing the fight and starting World War III. The Justice League chose to retreat and Slade retrieves a sample of Supergirl's Kryptonian blood. Upon returning to the labyrinth, with his workers, Doctor Sivana and Doctor Impossible, Slade reveals to the Titans that their efforts support creation of a diabolical invention called the "Methuselah Device" for his dying son Jericho.[27]

The machine successfully heals Jericho, and Slade offers its abilities to all the Titans, offering to restore their deceased loved ones as payment for their services. All agree but Cinder, who does not want her brothers to live forever, as she claims to be doing. She attacks Cheshire and Osiris, and is then joined by Tattooed Man and Arsenal. As the Titans come to blows, Deathstroke attempts to take Jericho and leave, but Jericho, disgusted at what his father did to achieve his restoration, takes over his body, intending to destroy first the Methuselah Device, then himself and Deathstroke.[28] While the Titans fight over the Methuselah Device, its power source, a metahuman named DJ Molecule, is released. DJ Molecule blasts Slade, knocking Jericho out of his body. Arsenal then attacks him for stealing the Titans legacy. Slade escapes and the Methuselah Device is destroyed by Cinder. Afterwards, Slade berates himself and becomes Deathstroke once more.[29]

The New 52[edit source] In The New 52 (a 2011 reboot of the DC Comics universe), Deathstroke is known as a top mercenary around the world.[30] Deathstroke is hired by a man named Cristoph for a mission that forces him to work with a team of younger mercenaries known as the Alpha Dogs. Their target is Jeffrey Bode, an arms dealer traveling on a plane. After discovering that the weapons Bode is trafficking are clones of the villain Clayface, Deathstroke and the other mercenaries are able to dispatch them, killing Bode in the process and retrieving a suitcase he had in his possession. Deathstroke subsequently betrays and kills the Alpha Dogs, enraged by the notion that his employers feel he is unable to accomplish his tasks alone. Deathstroke then begins to take on increasingly dangerous missions in an effort to prove his worth but is also spurred on by the contents of the suitcase he retrieved from Bode – namely the mask and knife belonging to his son Grant, both of which were stained with fresh blood indicating that he may be alive.[31] During this time, Deathstroke is pursued by a new villain known as Legacy.[32] Deathstroke kills Legacy, but another Legacy, donning the same colors as the last one, appears again, and again. It turns out the parents of one of the Alpha Dog members have hired multiple mercenaries to kill Deathstroke, all donning the green and purple color, to get revenge on him. Deathstroke tracks them down, but is confronted by his son Grant. It is revealed that all of this has been a plot to lure Deathstroke to him. Although Deathstroke manages to kill both the parents, Grant defeats him, claiming superior of Deathstroke. Grant is about to finish Slade, but he hesitates, and leaves. Recovering from his injuries, Grant takes another contract, Slade happy that his son has become a better warrior than him, and then visits his father's hospital bed to mention he has grown up to be a greater man than him.

Slade takes a contract from Harvest, to bring the Ravagers back to the colony. He does this in exchange for his daughter Rose and Terra. It turns out that Lynch, the leader of Team 7 had needed Terra to stop a rampaging Majestic, who was thought to be killed by Dinah Drake's sonic scream. For a plan B, to Slade's dismay, he calls in Joseph Wilson, now going by the name Jericho, with Adeline and Grant, to stop Majestic. Instead of stopping Majestic, Jericho takes control of Majestic, Adeline, Grant, and Terra to kill his father. Adeline dies, buried in the rubble caused by Majestic's stampede. Jericho momentarily loses control by this, and Slade, Rose, and Terra manages to restrain Majestic, with the help of Rose's Gen-factor. However, Jericho retains control over Grant and Terra. When Slade knocks Terra unconscious, a cornered Jericho threatens to stab himself and Grant with a sword. Deathstroke, without hesitation, drives the sword into both of them, killing them instantly. But a later scene suggests Jericho has escaped, since there is shown a worker with glowing green eyes walking out of the clean-up scene, strongly implying Jericho has possessed the man to flee.

Origins[edit source] Deathstroke's altered origin is introduced in Deathstroke #0. The fact that he participated in the military at 16 and met Adeline has not changed. Already a legend in the army, Slade was drafted into Team 7 and went on many missions. In one mission, Slade was gravely injured and had to undergo an operation that enhanced his abilities, making him virtually a super-human. After this, he married Adeline and had two sons, Grant and Joseph. Around this time, Slade received intel that his best friend, Wintergreen was caught in Somalia. He donned a mask and flew to Somalia to rescue Wintergreen, slaughtering all the captors. Deathstroke the Terminator was born. As his fame grew, his enemies did too. An attack targeting his house seemingly killed Joseph and Adeline. With evidence that the attack was from North Korea, Slade killed a group of North Korean soldiers, but lost his right eye in the process. It is later shown that Joseph and Adeline are still alive.

This origin was again changed in Teen Titans: Deathstroke #1. After a mission that involved destroying a children's hospital which Slade was unaware of, he quit the army. After Team 7's termination, Slade started to operate under the Deathstroke identity. He took Grant on his mission, considering him as not only his son, but as a business partner, and the only person he could trust. But during a mission in North Korea, their refuge was infiltrated and North Korean soldiers barged in, firing into the house. Grant was shot, and as Slade looked back at his son, a bullet penetrated his right eye, blinding it. Enraged, Slade went on a massacre and slew the soldiers. However, Grant was presumed dead. Now, Slade works for the sake of his daughter Rose, as he knows the only thing that will keep Rose safe after he's gone, is money. It is unclear if Rose's mother is Adeline or not.

Team 7[edit source] Five years before taking the contract from Harvest, before taking the name Deathstroke, Slade once operated with Team 7. With metahuman threats rising, The Majestic Project, a plan to control future metahuman threats was devised by John Lynch. And to secure the project, Team 7 was created and Slade was recruited. The first mission was retrieving the Eclipso Gem, where Slade was possessed by Eclipso and Alex Fairchild had to drive a sword through his chest to save him. Their next mission site is the Advanced Prosthetic Research Center. Dr. Henshaw is tasked into reactivating the android Spartan. But the Spartan Subject is activated, infecting everyone in the center to be turned into mindless cyborgs including Caitlin Fairchild. Team 7 is sent to the spot. Pilot Summer Ramos is killed by a cyborg. The team breaks into the facility, intending to bottleneck them. Caitlin appears out from a door. Relieved to see his daughter, Alex Fairchild rushes to her and hugs her, but actually infected, Caitlin stabs her father to death. In a fit of rage, Slade chases after her and dispatches her. Then from behind, Henshaw, temporarily free of the Spartan virus, explained that this was a distraction by the Spartan Subject to target agent James Bronson, currently at his home. A Spartan Cyborg breaks into his apartment, and attacks, activating Majestic. Majestic actually turns out to be agent Bronson's gen factor, which was activated when the Kaizen, the dictator of the island nation of Gamorra sent the cyborg to trigger the Majestic Persona. It is later explained by Lynch that another purpose of Team 7 was to activate potential meta-genes in the agents to create powerful human weapons, which would make America invincible to other nations. Agents like Slade, Dinah Drake, and Cole Cash had gained their meta-human abilities by Lynch. Bronson was planned to be Majestic, but the activation of the gene just then had been unexpected.

Team 7's last mission was to salvage Pandora's Box. The Team, with new pilot Steve Trevor is sent to Gamorra. The Kaizen, who possessed Pandora's Box, prepared to unleash its power. When they reach the Kaizen's palace, the child precogs show the Team a future where Kaizen Gamorra has opened the Box, and the whole world is going off the rails. Hearing the precogs say the Kaizen had to be stopped to prevent this fate, Majestic flies up into space, and impacts the coast of Gamorra with the force of a comet, creating a massive tidal wave, annihilating five million residents. But the Kaizen's palace stood however, and the team couldn't defeat him, until Majestic burst in. The Kaizen explains that Majestic is the key to opening the box, which also explains why he targeted Bronson in the first place. Majestic kills the Kaizen with a single blow. But he subdues to the Box's power, and starts attacking the team. Dinah lets out a canary cry that destroys the entire palace. In the chaos, Lynch is possessed by the box, but Amanda Waller knocks the box from his hands and tells Dinah to take the box away as far as possible. Lynch tries to take down the helicopter containing Dinah and the remaining team agents, but Waller shoots him from behind, seemingly killing Lynch and leading to Team 7's dissolution.

Forever Evil[edit source] During the Forever Evil storyline, Steve Trevor encounters Deathstroke, Copperhead, and Shadow Thief at the White House when he is looking for the President.[33] Later, the party turns up in Wayne Industries with Power Ring to fight Batman, Lex Luthor, and other heroes and villains who are against the Crime Syndicate. Deathstroke has Lex Luthor's life in his hands, but Lex Luthor persuades him that it will do him no good if the Syndicate takes over the Earth. Slade has a change of mind and shoots Copperhead in the head, killing him. After they defeat the rest of the gang, Deathstroke remarks that Lex Luthor ought to pay him a big fat check after this is over.[34] Deathstroke then joins Batman and Luthor in the battle against the syndicate he is seen battling Deathstorm when the Syndicate attacks the fallen watchtower. The syndicate later retreats when they find out that Alexander Luthor has been freed. Deathstroke witnesses the only "hero" from Earth-Three kill Deathstorm and steal his abilities. Alexander Luthor then attacks Deathstroke, shattering his helmet while he lets out a string of obscenities directed at Luthor.

DC Rebirth[edit source] Ambox current red.svg This article needs to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (August 2017) In the DC Rebirth, Deathstroke, along with Lady Shiva, is mentioned as one of the enemies Batman thinks may be attacking him on Two-Face's orders.[35] He also stars in an ongoing series where he has a change of conscience and recruits a team of young superheroes to redeem his past misdeeds. He attempts to save his son by using Speed Force energy off from Kid Flash, but he was thwarted by both Titans and Teen Titans. He later builds the newest team called Defiance, with both his children and Wallace as his teammates. It was later disbanded after Power Girl committed suicide, and Slade's attempts have grown worse to himself.

Powers and abilities[edit source] Slade Wilson's physical and mental attributes have been enhanced as a result of the experimental serum he was given; he possesses heightened strength, agility, durability, and reflexes, and has the ability to utilize up to 90 percent of his brain capacity. Deathstroke also possesses a regenerative healing factor that enables him to recover from physical injury much more rapidly than a normal human; it does, however, have its limits, as it could not heal his missing eye nor can it regenerate entire limbs. This enhanced endurance enables him to survive otherwise fatal injuries, though recovering from such injuries renders him temporarily insane and ferociously animalistic. In addition to being a military tactical genius with years of military experience, Deathstroke is an expert in many forms of unarmed combat and martial arts as well, serving as a master of Bōjutsu, Boxing, Jojutsu, Judo, Jujitsu, Karate, and Ninjutsu.

Deathstroke is highly proficient in the use of various firearms and melee weapons. He typically wields a wide variety of swords, including katanas, giant broadswords, and volatile Promethium-forged swords that can redistribute copious amounts of energy from any source directed against them.[36][37] Deathstroke also utilizes a ballistic staff that fires energy blasts from both ends, though in more realism-focused versions, it fires bullets and miniature cannonball-like pellets instead. His staff can bend and stretch to adhere to his different martial art forms. Deathstroke's Promethium body armor is composed of a mesh-woven, kevlar chainlink mail capable of deflecting small arms fire. In the New 52, this armor is meshed with Nth Metal as well, allowing it to absorb blows from Lobo and Hawkman, although it could not withstand the power of Mazahs.[38]

Deathstroke would eventually don the "Ikon Suit", a prototype point defense gravity sheathe controlled by bodily gestures alongside EEG (Electroencephalography) leads in his mask.[39] When a source of kinetic energy comes up against its protective shielding, a gravitational tidal effect occurs; a greater surface area causes a weaker defense shield, but a smaller surface area results in the sheathe being virtually indestructible.[40] However, the suit's programming can be manipulated by any another ikon suit with the master programming, allowing one who wears a perfected Ikon Suit to activate or deactivate other ikon suits at their discretion.[37]

Deathstroke has also briefly wielded a divinely forged sword, crafted by Hephaestus, called "The God Killer".[41] This sword can discharge vorpal shock-waves and redirect whatever force it is met with, and the primordial energy crackling within it enables it to shape-shift into a Bo Staff, Twin Swords, Cat-o-Nine tails, etc.[42][43][44] The sword is known to be semi-sentient and can be summoned to its owner via a mental link.[45] This powerful weapon enabled Deathstroke to take on supernatural deities, a Kryptonian and a Half-Amazon Demigoddess.[44] If broken, The God Killer sword can recreate itself from its scattered remains at will.

Other versions[edit source] Deathstroke: Journey's End[edit source] The Deathstroke annual for 1994 was an elseworlds story featuring Deathstroke in a post-apocalyptic world. Deathstroke fights a legion of mutants and desperately tries to help humanity rise from the ashes of its ruined civilization.[46]

Uncanny X-Men/Teen Titans[edit source] In the intercompany crossover The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans, Deathstroke meets his equal in the form of Wolverine; the two fight to a near standstill. At the same time, however, he proved skilled enough to defeat Colossus in a one-on-one fight despite the latter's superior physical strength.

Amalgam Comics[edit source] In Amalgam Comics, Deathstroke is combined with Marvel's Daredevil to become "Dare the Terminator", alias Slade Murdock. Unlike Wilson and Murdock, Dare is a woman. Though Dare is legally blind, she wears an eye-patch because of her mangled right eye. She also has horns surgically attached to her forehead. She uses a sword in combat.[47]

In another comic, there is a Deathstroke amalgam called X-Stroke the Elimator, who is a merging of Deathstroke and X-Cutioner. It is mentioned he is responsible for convincing Terra-X (amalgam of Tara Markov and Terrax and Dare's daughter) to betray the X-Patrol (an amalgam of X-Force and Doom Patrol).[48]

Tangent Comics[edit source] In Tangent Comics, Deathstroke is an armored supervillain and a member of the Fatal Five. This version exists on Earth-97 of the Old Multiverse and Earth-9 of the New Multiverse.

Mash-Up[edit source] In the Superman/Batman storyline "Mash-Up", elements of Slade are combined with parts of Doomsday, creating the villain "Doomstroke".[49]

Flashpoint[edit source] In the Flashpoint reality, Deathstroke is a pirate, searching with his crew formed by Sonar, whom he broke out of a floating prison, Icicle, Fisherman, Clayface, Machiste and The Eel for any sunken loot to steal in the flooded remains of Paris, and also for his daughter Rose, who has been kidnapped by persons unknown.[50] Deathstroke and his crew were however soon attacked by Aquaman and his brother the Ocean Master.[51] Aquaman stabs Deathstroke in the chest with his trident telling Ocean Master "no survivors".[50] After the attack, Deathstroke was saved from death by Sonar, who demanded to be made second-in-command in return. While continuing their journey, the pirates were ambushed by the fleet of Warlord and forced to surrender, but are then saved by Jenny Blitz who destroyed one of Warlord's ships.[52] Afterwards, Blitz agrees to join Deathstroke in searching for his daughter and developed a relationship in-between. Soon Deathstroke and Blitz were alerted that his crew were planning a mutiny. Deathstroke and Blitz fought and killed the treacherous crew, but Sonar manage to contact another pirate fleet under the leadership of the Caretaker before Deathstroke shot him. Later, Deathstroke and Jenny approaches the Caretaker's fleet and discovers Rose is being held captive. Deathstroke formulates a plan by offering to exchange Caretaker with a stasis-like Jenny for Rose's freedom. However, the Caretaker double-crosses on their deal and have his crew to attack him. But Deathstroke unleashes Jenny from her stasis upon Caretaker's fleet. During the battle, Deathstroke ignited a grenade at a weapon stockpile which destroyed Caretaker's ship and its crew with it. Deathstroke and Blitz were rescued by Rose. Reunited with his daughter, Deathstroke sails towards an unknown destination.[53]

Superman: American Alien[edit source] Deathstroke appears in Superman: American Alien, where he was sent by Carmine Falcone to assassinate a young Bruce Wayne who's supposedly on a yacht party. However, like everyone else on the boat, he mistakes a young Clark Kent for Bruce and is surprised when the neurotoxin he put in Clark's drink just makes him dizzy instead of killing him. He tries cutting him up with his sword, but is further befuddled when the sword breaks over Clark's durable skin, and Clark simply flicks him off of the yacht to defeat him.[54]

Injustice: Gods Among Us[edit source] Deathstroke appears in Injustice: Gods Among Us's chapter 35 of Year Five, the last series before the game. The actions of the Regime has forced Deathstroke into early retirement, causing him to develop a grudge. Batman and Lex Luthor need a Mother Box located in S.T.A.R. Labs that will allow them to pull over doppelgangers from another universe to combat the Regime. Since Batman is the most wanted man on the planet, Deathstroke is the next best person to retrieve it, which he agrees to. He breaks into the facility and is easily able to fend off any soldiers standing guard. When he obtains the Mother Box, he is greeted by Metamorpho before he can leave. He is able to kill him after a tense fight and, realizing he will not get out with the Mother Box, uploads a blueprint of the device and sends it to Batman and Luthor so they can build it themselves. He is captured by Cyborg and Raven. In Ground Zero, which adapts the events of the game, Deathstroke is saved and aids the Insurgency in taking over the Watchtower. When Luthor calls to inform him that he will be using the kryptonite gun on Superman, Deathstroke urges him to use it to kill so they can finally be free of the corrupt Kryptonian.

Collected editions[edit source] Part of the eponymous series has been collected into a trade paperback:

Deathstroke, The Terminator: Full Cycle (collects Deathstroke, the Terminator #1–5 and New Titans #70, 978-0-930289-82-9) Deathstroke, The Terminator Vol. 1: Assassins (Deathstroke, the Terminator #1–9, New Titans #70 978-1401254285) Deathstroke, The Terminator Vol. 2: Sympathy For The Devil (Deathstroke, the Terminator #10–13, Annual #1, Superman Vol. 2 #68 978-1401258429) Deathstroke, The Terminator Vol. 3: Nuclear Winter (Deathstroke, the Terminator #14–20, Showcase '93 #6-11 978-1401260767) Deathstroke, The Terminator Vol. 4: Crash or Burn (Deathstroke, the Terminator #21-25, Annual #2 978-1401270834) The New 52[edit source] Deathstroke Vol. 1: Legacy (collects Deathstroke Vol. 2 #1–8, 978-1-401234-81-2) Deathstroke Vol. 2: Lobo Hunt (Deathstroke Vol. 2 #0, #9–20) Deathstroke Vol. 1: Gods of War (Deathstroke Vol. 3 #1–6 978-1401254711) Deathstroke Vol. 2: God Killer (Deathstroke Vol. 3 #7–10, Annual #1, Sneak Preview from Convergence: Batman: Shadow of the Bat #2 978-1401261207) Deathstroke Vol. 3: Suicide Run (Deathstroke Vol. 3 #11–16 978-1401264550) Deathstroke Vol. 4: Family Business (Deathstroke Vol. 3 #17–20, Annual #2 978-1401267940) DC Rebirth[edit source] Deathstroke Vol. 1: The Professional (Deathstroke: Rebirth #1, Deathstroke Vol. 4 #1–5) Deathstroke Vol. 2: The Gospel of Slade (Deathstroke Vol. 4 #6–11) Deathstroke Vol. 3: Twilight (Deathstroke Vol. 4 #12–18) Deathstroke vol. 4: Defiance (Deathstroke Vol. 4 #21-25) Deathstroke Vol.5: The Fall of Slade (Deathstroke Vol. 4 #26-29 & Annual #1) In other media[edit source] Television[edit source] Animation[edit source]

"Slade" in the Teen Titans animated series The character appears in the Teen Titans animated series, voiced by Ron Perlman. This incarnation simply goes by "Slade", as "Deathstroke" was not considered suitable for a show aimed at children. He is depicted as an enigmatic criminal mastermind rather than an assassin, dispatching slews of supervillains and android ninjas to kill the Teen Titans. After being killed by his apprentice, Terra, Slade is resurrected as an undead skeletal being by the demon Trigon, the father of Titans member Raven, to aid in his conquest of Earth. Slade later betrays Trigon and temporarily aids the Titans in defeating him, reclaiming his life in the process before disappearing. Deathstroke appears in Young Justice: Invasion, voiced by Wentworth Miller in "The Fix" and by Fred Tatasciore throughout the remainder of the second season.[55] In the episode "True Colors", he replaces Sportsmaster as The Light's enforcer and assassin, and becomes a recurring character on the show from then on. Deathstroke is set to return for the third season. Deathstroke appears in Beware the Batman, voiced by Robin Atkin Downes. Before becoming an international assassin, Slade Wilson was originally a CIA agent who was terminated by his mentor Alfred Pennyworth for his ruthless methods. Deathstroke is hired by Anarky and Harvey Dent to kill Batman, a contract that he gladly accepts in order to exact revenge on Pennyworth, who has "replaced" him with Bruce Wayne as a protégé. Slade poses as "Dane Lisslow" for most of the program's run to get close to Bruce and Alfred, and ends up losing his right eye during a fight with Batman in the series finale. Live-action[edit source] In the Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman episode "Bob and Carol and Lois and Clark", Antonio Sabàto Jr portrayed a vastly different Deathstroke under the cover name of "Bob Stanton" who lives with his spy wife, Carol (Sydney Walsh). Dr. Earl Gregg, a former scientist turned assassin who possesses magnetism powers with which he induced heart attacks in his targets by manipulating the iron in their blood, encounters Superman and is defeated. Slade Wilson appears in the tenth season of Smallville, portrayed by Michael Hogan. This version is a United States Army Lieutenant General and a suspected war criminal behind the anti-superhero Vigilante Registration Act legislation. Slade is later saved from death by Darkseid and advanced military technology, losing his right eye but gaining healing abilities in the process (rendering him "beyond Death's stroke"). He has a hand in the death of Hawkman and is sent to the Phantom Zone by Clark soon after. He is later released from the Zone and placed in a coma by a merged Zod using him as bait to lure Clark.

Jeffery C. Robinson as Bill Wintergreen / Deathstroke on Arrow.

Manu Bennett as Slade Wilson / Deathstroke on Arrow. Multiple characters have taken on the Deathstroke mantle in The CW's live-action Arrowverse. On Arrow, the first person to assume the Deathstroke mantle is Slade Wilson's ASIS partner Bill Wintergreen (Jeffery C. Robinson),[56] who is later killed by Slade for his betrayal. Manu Bennett portrays Slade Wilson himself on Arrow. Throughout the first and second seasons' flashbacks, Slade trains marooned playboy Oliver Queen to fight while they are stranded together on the island of Lian Yu, beginning Queen's path in becoming a vigilante. Slade later gains superhuman strength and reflexes when he takes the "mirakuru" supersoldier formula. However, the serum also drives Slade insane and eventually causes him to despise Oliver when Dr. Anthony Ivo kills Shado, Oliver's girlfriend, whom Slade was in love with. Oliver is then forced to drive an arrow through Slade's right eye in an attempt to kill him. In season two's present day narrative, Slade returns as the terrorist mercenary "Deathstroke" and wreaks havoc on Oliver's life, killing his mother and overwhelming Starling City with mirakuru-enhanced soldiers. In the season finale, Oliver defeats Slade and cures him of his powers, before imprisoning him in an A.R.G.U.S. prison on Lian Yu. In season three episode, "The Return", Slade escapes his underground confinement and torments Oliver and his sister during their training session on Lian Yu, though he is ultimately defeated and recaptured. Deathstroke is briefly seen in season four episode "Genesis" as a vision during Oliver's training with a magic in Hub City. He reappeared in the 100th episode of Arrow called Invasion! as a dream manifestation created by Dominators. Slade appeared in the last two episodes of fifth season, helping Oliver and his army of former enemies (except for Digger Harkness who betrays them) to release his allies and fight against Prometheus's forces. In the sixth season, Slade appears in "Fallout", "Deathstroke Returns" and "Promises Kept", during which Slade attempts to track down his sons Joe and Grant. Grant Wilson (Jamie Andrew Cutler) appears in the episode "Star City 2046" of the Arrow spin-off show Legends of Tomorrow. As Slade's son, he takes up the Deathstroke mantle and continues his father's legacy in the year 2046. He is eventually defeated by Legends, Connor Hawke and older Oliver Queen. His name is mentioned in Arrow episode "Promises Kept", where his brother Joe reveals his existence to his father Slade. Joe Wilson (Liam Hall) first appears as Slade's son in the Arrow episodes "Deathstroke Returns" and "Promises Kept". He later takes on the Deathstroke mantle in the crossover event "Elseworlds". Deathstroke will appear in Titans.[57] Film[edit source] Live-action[edit source]

Joe Manganiello as Slade Wilson / Deathstroke in Justice League (2017) Joe Manganiello portrays Slade Wilson/Deathstroke in DC's film universe.

Deathstroke is first featured in the post-credits scene of Justice League (2017). After Lex Luthor escapes from Arkham Asylum, he recruits Wilson to form "a league of their own" in response to Superman's resurrection and the formation of the Justice League. Deathstroke was originally slated to appear in the upcoming Batman solo film, starring Ben Affleck. However, due to Affleck stepping down as writer and director, Matt Reeves has since taken his place and re-written the script, leaving Deathstroke's role in the film uncertain.[58] A Deathstroke standalone film is currently in the works with Gareth Evans writing and directing the film.[59][60] Animation[edit source] Slade Wilson's parallel universe counterpart appears in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010), voiced by Bruce Davison. He is the President of the United States in a world controlled by the Crime Syndicate of America, and wears an eyepatch on his left eye as opposed to his right. Deathstroke appears in Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League (2015), voiced by John DiMaggio.[61] Gorilla Grodd brainwashes him, Captain Cold, Giganta, and the Penguin into stealing bananas for him, but Cyborg breaks Grodd's mind-control helmet and all the brainwashed villains, including Deathstroke, take off. Plastic Man goes after Deathstroke while avoiding subway trains and catches up to him stretching in front of him and homing in on him, then he wraps Deathstroke up. Deathstroke appears in Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League - Attack of the Legion of Doom (2015). He auditions to be part of the Legion of Doom. He goes on the course after everyone else finishes, and he uses the traps to his advantage by using parkour moves destroying the course in the process. This causes Deathstroke to get disqualified (along with Lex Luthor overhearing Black Manta and Sinestro discussing that he should be the leader) and Lex Luthor uses a launch pad to launch him away. Deathstroke appears in Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Gotham City Breakout (2016), voiced again by John DiMaggio. This the only Lego DC film where he has a major appearance. Batman states that he was his only classmate in Madame Mantis' training class, but quit since he was jealous of Batman being the star student. Madame Mantis refers to him as "Strokedeath," but he really doesn't like that. He helps Bane take over a kingdom of humanoids called Trogowogs. When Batman is captured, he tries to get him to reveal how to do the "forbidden move," and eventually succeeds. He starts to use it on Batman, but stops himself believing it to be too easy. He then teams up with Batman to stop Bane, but an army of Trogowogs attacks them. They fight back, but Batman reveals that he got the Trogowogs to dance. After Bane is defeated, he walks away stating that he's going back to his supervillain ways. Deathstroke appears in Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash (2018). He pilots a helicopter to steal gold bars from a ship. Wonder Woman and Cyborg show up to stop him, but Reverse-Flash shows up and launches the helicopter into them. Deathstroke prepares to fight, but Reverse-Flash makes a cage of gold trapping him, and making him the third of the many villains Reverse-Flash captures to win the hearts of the citizens. He doesn't speak in the film at all. A Feudal Japan version of Deathstroke appears in the anime film Batman Ninja (2018), [62] voiced by Junichi Suwabe and Fred Tatasciore in Japanese and English respectively.[63][64] Deathstroke (referred to as "Slade") made his theatrical animation debut in Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018), voiced by Will Arnett.[65] He is portrayed with having a disguise as a female movie director named Jade Wilson (voiced by Kristen Bell). DC Animated Movie Universe[edit source]

Deathstroke's character design in the DC Animated Movie Universe Deathstroke appears in Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013), voiced again by Ron Perlman.[66] In the altered reality inadvertently created by the Flash, Deathstroke is the captain of a ship called The Ravager. He and Lex Luthor attempt to locate Aquaman's doomsday device, but are ambushed by Ocean Master and the Atlantean army. Deathstroke manages to cut through hoards of Atlanteans, overpowering both Garth and Kaldur'ahm, before being presumably killed by Black Manta's optic blasts. The Flash later alters the timeline once more and creates a new reality similar to the original. Deathstroke appears in Son of Batman (2014), voiced by Thomas Gibson.[67] In the new reality created at the end of The Flashpoint Paradox, Slade Wilson is a former member of the League of Assassins who served as Ra's al Ghul's right-hand and future heir until his actions deemed him unworthy. Feeling denied his right and creating his own sect of the League, Slade kills his mentor though Damian Wayne manages to stab Slade's right eye. Now calling himself "Deathstroke", Slade forces Dr. Kirk Langstrom to genetically transform members of the League into Man-Bat ninja warriors. After capturing and severely wounding Talia al Ghul, Deathstroke is defeated by Batman and Damian/Robin while his underwater base is destroyed. Deathstroke returns in Teen Titans: The Judas Contract (2017), now voiced by Miguel Ferrer in his final role.[68] It is revealed that he survived the events of Son of Batman by rejuvenating himself in a Lazarus Pit. Deathstroke is contracted by Brother Blood to capture the Teen Titans, and plants his juvenile lover Terra as a double-agent within their ranks to do so. After failing to capture Titans member Nightwing, Deathstroke betrays Terra and offers her to Brother Blood instead. When the Titans manage to free themselves, Deathstroke engages Nightwing and Robin until an enraged Terra uses her powers to bring down Blood's underground lair, leaving Deathstroke's fate uncertain. Deathstroke makes a cameo appearance in Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (2018). He is seen in a flashback where Bronze Tiger recalls his fiancée's murder, which Deathstroke carried out whilst still a member of the League of Assassins. Video games[edit source] On August 20, 2008, Ed Boon announced Deathstroke as one of the DC villains who would appear in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe,[69] played by Chris Matthews and voiced by Patrick Seitz. He is a counterpart of Baraka. In the story, Deathstroke appears in Metropolis where he beheads a thug who paid him the money he owed Deathstroke late. Then Deathstroke is attacked and defeated by Flash. When in Gotham City, he attacks Sub-Zero (who is trying to hunt down Scorpion) seeing this new assassin as an enemy. Sub-Zero wins the battle, but does not bother finishing off Deathstroke fearing the essence of the Netherrealm that leads to Scorpion would become too weak to follow if he wasted any more time. Later, Deathstroke teams up with Lex Luthor and the Joker. He helps Joker try to take on Sonya Blade and Kano. Joker fights Sonya while Deathstroke battles Kano. In the middle of his fight, Deathstroke is pushed aside by Joker who defeats Kano and turns on Deathstroke when the Combat Rage takes over Joker. Deathstroke's game ending has him realizing that other-worldly assassins are seen as unwelcome competition. As a caution, he creates an army of assassins in his image, becoming the leader of the "Deathstrike Clan" (the DC Universe's version of the Lin Kuei). Deathstroke appears in DC Universe Online, voiced by Tracy W. Bush. He is a member of the Secret Society of Super-Villains, and appears in multiple Instances and Alerts. During the Batman story quest line, he is sent by the Joker to assassinate the Riddler for informing the heroes of the source of Joker's new venom. In the Villain's campaign, he will join the player in a fight against Bruno Mannheim to steal the Bible of Crime. Players that use a Hero character will also encounter Deathstroke and Killer Croc on the Cape Carmine Lighthouse duo. In the Smallville alert, he appears as part of a Strike Force alongside Killer Frost, Bizarro and Solomon Grundy sent to aid Villain players in their battle against Doomsday. Deathstroke appears in Injustice: Gods Among Us as a playable character, voiced by J. G. Hertzler.[70] The mainstream version is hired by Lex Luthor to spring the Joker from Arkham Asylum but is defeated by Batman. The alternate incarnation is seen in Ferris Aircraft being tortured by the Regime's Cyborg and Raven until Green Lantern appears and escapes during the fight. Later on, he joins up with the Insurgency and helps the mainstream version of Cyborg into taking control of the Watchtower's teleportation system. In Deathstroke's ending, new governments start to form to replace Superman's. With new governments comes new orders for assassinations, insurrections to cause and revolutions to support, too much for even Deathstroke to handle. Using his skills to hunt down hidden Regime soldiers, Deathstroke forms a clan of the world's most successful political assassins called the New Titans. A Red Son-in game exclusive skin was released as part of DLC. Deathstroke appears in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure. He appears as one of the villains summoned by Brainiac to collect starites. This version appears to have taken aspects from the Teen Titans animated series (battling Cyborg and being referred to as "Slade") He and Doppelganger arrive on the Watchtower to find a starite but are defeated by Maxwell and Cyborg. They are teleported away by Brainiac but not before they free Amazo. Deathstroke can then be spawned by the player and is playable in the Wii U version. He is not seen on the final battle, unless spawned by the player, leaving his fate unknown. Lego series[edit source] Deathstroke appears in the Nintendo 3DS version of Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes. Deathstroke appears as a playable character in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, voiced by Liam O'Brien.[71] Additionally, the Arrow version of Slade Wilson is playable via downloadable content, as well as a New 52 version in the Squad-pack DLC. Deathstroke appears as a playable character in Lego DC Super-Villains, voiced again by Mark Rolston.[72][73] Batman: Arkham[edit source] Main article: Batman: Arkham Deathstroke appears in Batman: Arkham City Lockdown (2011), voiced by Larry Grimm. He is hired by Professor Hugo Strange to kill Batman, but is ultimately defeated and sent to Blackgate Penitentiary. Deathstroke appears in the prequel Batman: Arkham Origins (2013), voiced by Mark Rolston.[74] He is one of the eight assassins hired by Black Mask to kill Batman on Christmas Eve. In addition to being a boss, Deathstroke is also a playable character in the game's challenge maps via a DLC pack. He attacks Batman on the Penguin's ship The Final Offer, only to be defeated and taken into custody. Batman later encounters Deathstroke in his cell at Blackgate Penitentiary.[75] In a post-credits scene, Amanda Waller visits the imprisoned mercenary to recruit him for a "task force".[76] In an interview for the animated film Batman: Assault on Arkham, which takes place after Arkham Origins, co-director Jay Oliva confirmed that Deathstroke had escaped Waller's clutches by the ninth mission.[77] Deathstroke appears in Batman: Arkham Knight (2015), voiced again by Rolston. He is hired by Scarecrow to replace the Arkham Knight as commander of the militia after the Arkham Knight's defeat and subsequent disappearance. After Batman destroys the last of the militia's encampments and explosives, Deathstroke uses a tank with a 360 degree field of vision to combat the Dark Knight's Batmobile. Deathstroke's tank is later destroyed and he is imprisoned in the Gotham City Police Department. Merchandise[edit source] DC Direct has released a Deathstroke figure in their Contemporary Teen Titans line. An unmasked and repainted version of this figure was later released in series 3 of their New Teen Titans line. Bandai has released several figures based on his appearance under the name Slade in the Teen Titans animated series. Mattel has released several Deathstroke figures: A masked version and an unmasked variant in wave 3 of their DC Universe Classics series, a regular version and a chainlink armor variant in their DC Universe Infinite Heroes line, a Batman Unlimited version in a "Bane Battle" set, a Batman: Arkham Origins version in their DC Comics Multiverse line, and a Deathstroke figure in their The Dark Knight movie line (despite the fact that he was not featured in the film). Fisher Price, a subsidiary of Mattel, has produced two figures of the character, one masked and the other unmasked, under the name Slade for their Imaginext adventure toys designed for children three and older. The masked version can be found packaged in several different assortments while the unmasked one is sold within blind bag packaging. DC Collectibles has released several Deathstroke figures: A Son of Batman version based on the DC Universe animated movie, an Arrow Deathstroke version based on the second season of the TV show, and a Batman: Arkham Origins version based on the video game. An Injustice: Gods Among Us video game version has also been released in a two-pack with Green Arrow. Five Funko POP! vinyl figures of Deathstroke have been released: A regular New 52 version, an unmasked New 52 version, a metallic New 52 version, a regular Arrow version, and an unmasked Arrow version. A ReAction figure of Deathstroke has been released based on his appearance in the Arrow television series. A Deathstroke minifig was included with Batman and Robin in a Lego set featuring them in combatting boats. The set was packaged with a comic. Sideshow Collectibles & Prime 1 Studio have produced a 30-inch Deathstroke statue made of polystone, based on his appearance in the video game Batman: Arkham Origins. Miscellaneous[edit source] Slade was seen in Teen Titans Go! #16. His daughter Rose also made an appearance in #49, as the Ravager. A painting of Slade, without his mask, is briefly seen in the comic book. In the Robot Chicken DC Comics Special, Deathstroke is seen with various other supervillains inside the Trojan cake as they are about to attack the Justice League. References[edit source] ^ Wizard #177 ^ "Deathstroke is number 32". IGN. ^ Cite error: The named reference priest20161110 was invoked but never defined (see the help page). ^ Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1990s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 250. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. "Slade Wilson began his impressive sixty-issue run with the help of writer Marv Wolfman and artist Steve Erwin. ^ Renaud, Jeffrey (November 12, 2008). "David Hine on Deathstroke's Return". Comic Book Resources. ^ Jump up to: a b Beatty, Scott (2008). "Deathstroke the Terminator". In Dougall, Alastair. 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