Deathstroke

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Deathstroke
Cover art from Deathstroke (Vol. 4) #30 (June 2018). Art by Francesco Mattina.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	The New Teen Titans #2 (December 10th 1980)
Created by	Marv Wolfman George Pérez
In-story information
Alter ego	Slade Joseph Wilson
Species	Metahuman
Team affiliations	Secret Society of Super Villains Injustice League H.I.V.E. Titans East Titans Suicide Squad League of Assassins
Notable aliases	Deathstroke the Terminator[1]
Abilities	Enhanced intellect and mental capacity Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, durability, reflexes, and senses Accelerated healing Decelerated aging Master hand-to-hand combatant, martial artist, swordsman, and marksman

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

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 Nightwing 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 by Joe Manganiello in the DC Extended Universe film Justice League and its director's cut. Ron Perlman and others have provided the character's voice in animation and video games.