Slade Wilson

## Deathstroke

Deathstroke

**Slade Joseph Wilson**, also known as "**Deathstroke**", is both fictional character and antagonist of the *Marvelous DC's* *Justice Avengers* series created by Gardner Fox and Jack Kirby. He is one of the world's deadliest assassins, a mercenary for hire

He is the world's greatest assassin/mercenary. Of former military status, subject of a failed medical experiment, he has since taken up work as a mercenary, armed with multiple weapons, and considered expert with edged weapons, firearms and explosives.

His augmentations, distinguishing characteristics, unique weapons and abilities, coupled with his mastery of hand-to-hand combat make him a formidable opponent. Serving as the most dangerous enemy of the Teen Titans, Autobots and the Justice Avengers.

Following his military service, Slade worked for various private military contractors before striking out on his own – and allegedly becoming one of the highest paid contract killers in the world, specializing in high profile assassinations.

"*I am the thing that keeps you up at night. The evil that haunts every dark corner of your mind. I will never rest and neither will you.*"

—Deathstroke to Nghtwing.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor*: Ron Perlman (English), Hidenari Ugaki (Japanese), Not Known (Albanian), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Ricardo Schnetzer (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Pierre Dourlens (French), Not Known (Galician), Jan Spitzer (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Isralian), Not Known (Italian), Gang Gu-han (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Jacek Rozenek (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Steve Kratz (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish)

### Appearance

#### As Slade Wilson

Slade is a tall, slender man, with much shorter gray hair, and a full beard. He is missing his right eye, and wears an eyepatch, while the remaining eye is blue.

#### As Deathstroke

As Deathstroke, his armor is primarily, with much more orange in its color scheme. The suit has goldenrod shoulder pads and matching greaves and gauntlets. His mask now is made of cloth and includes two long ribands jutting from the back, one black and one orange, matching the colors of the front side of the mask.

* Hair Color: Grey
* Skin Color: Caucasian
* Eye Color: Blue
* Age: Not Known
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: 6' 4"
* Weight: 225 lbs. (102 kg)

### Attributes:

* Wounded right eye.
* Assembled a fortune from contract killings
* Formerly in the military.
* Confirmed as an American Enhanced Super Soldier.

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* MECH
	+ Silas
* Taskmaster - Partner.
* Cabal Light

### Family

* unnamed father
* Lillian Worth (first wife)
* Adeline Kane (estranged wife)
* Hailey Wilson (wife?)
* Deadpool (son?)
* Ravager (daughter)
* Jericho (son)
* Grant Wilson (son)
* Wade DeFarge (younger half-brother)
* Jade Wilson

### Neutral

* League of Assassins
	+ Rā's al Ghūl - Former master.
	+ Talia al Ghūl
	+ Lady Shiva
	+ Ubu
* H.I.V.E.
	+ Brother Blood - Employer; deceased.
	+ Mother Mayhem - Ally; deceased.
* Suicide Squad
	+ Amanda Waller - Boss.
	+ Rick Flag - Field commander.
	+ Deadshot - Leader.
	+ Killer Frost (1) - Teammate turned enemy
	+ Captain Boomerang
	+ Copperhead (1)
	+ Enchantress
	+ Killer Croc
	+ King Shark - Teammate.
	+ Harley Quinn
	+ El Diablo
	+ Slipknot
* Monster T
* Joker - 2nd employer
* Scarecrow - 3rd employer
* TYGER
	+ Prof. Hugo Strange

### Enemies

* Teen Titans
	+ Robin/Nightwing
	+ Robin
	+ Cyborg
	+ Beast Boy
	+ Blue Beetle
	+ Starfire
	+ Raven
* Terra - former double-agent and apprentice
* Autobots
* Justice Avengers
* Trigon

## Abilities and Powers

### Powers

* **Medically Enhanced Physiology**:
	+ **Accelerated Healing**: The militia can be heard talking about him. Apparently, he took some decent beatings when training with them, but was just as fine the next day.
		- **Immortality**:
	+ **Enhanced Agility**: Deathstroke's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to superhuman levels. He is capable of maneuvering with grace and speed. Mere moments after using a smoke bomb to escape, he easily hides himself for sneak attacks. He is also capable of jumping between vantage points without much noise or effort.
	+ **Enhanced Stamina**: Thanks to the experiments done to him, Slade has more energy that a man in his 50s should. He is able to exert himself for hours while wearing a heavy body armor, without tiring easily.
	+ **Enhanced Strength**: Another benefit to his altered physiology is improved muscle tone. Due to this he is more than capable of grappling with a younger man in prime condition like Batman. In fact, Batman considered his fight with Deathstroke to be the hardest he ever had.
	+ **Enhanced Reflexes**: Due to his enhanced sight, Deathstroke is able to dodge attack with relative ease. However, if his guard is down, he can easily be taken down.
	+ **Enhanced Speed**: Another benefit of his enhanced physiology is that Deathsroke can run faster than a normal person. Although he is nowhere as fast as someone with a connection to the Speed Force.
	+ **Enhanced Intellect**: Deathstroke has an incredible memory, being able to remember years worth of his military exploits and strategies. He is capable of making a situation work to his advantage, although an equally smart person such as Batman can turn the tables on him.
* **Divine Empowerment** (formerly): Slade's bargain with Trigon in exchange for handling his mission, Slade was imbued with various powers
	+ **Pyrokinesis**: When Deathstroke made his deal with Trigon, the demon granted him the power to shoot streams of fire from his hands. However, when Trigon went back on his deal and did not give Slade his skin back, Slade broke into Trigon's underworld and got his skin back himself. After breaking their deal, Slade lost his powers to control fire. This flame was magic in nature and could not be extinguished with conventional means including ice/water or snuffing out.
	+ **Healing**: While technically for lack of a better word, Dead, Deathstroke could withstand considerable physical punishment.
		- **Invulnerability**:

### Abilities

* **Acrobatics**:
* **Deception**:
* **Leadership**:
* **Intimidation**:
* **Stealth**: Deathstroke is a master of stealth and is able to silently assassinate people without making a sound. He was able to infiltrate The *Final Offer* and attack Batman while the Dark Knight was in the middle of an interrogation.
* **Throwing**:
* **Tactical Mastermind**: Deathstroke is a genius and is always thinking two steps ahead. Deathstroke managed to lure Batman to his location so that he could fight the Dark Knight himself.
* **Gadgetry**: Deathstroke is skilled in the use of multiple gadgets. Although unknown if he built his robotic army by himself, Deathstroke has shown impressive gadgetry skills.
* **Peak Human Condition**: Deathstroke is exceptionally strong and agile. He's demonstrating feats of physical strength to the point he can shatter rocks with punches and dent solid metal.
* **Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced)**: He possesses combat skills on par with Batman himself. Deathstroke can counter Batman's attacks, and even keep attacking to attack after Batman counters, and chains together attacks--also like Batman does. Batman must fight at the height of his skill to overcome Deathstroke.
	+ **Martial Arts**: Deathstroke is likely one of the most experienced martial combatants in the world. Even Robin has never been able to decisively defeat him in unarmed combat.
		- **Eskrima**: Slade is highly skilled in Eskrima-Kali techniques, which he also teaches to Oliver Queen.
		- **Krav Maga**:
		- **Savate**:
* **Military Protocol**: Deathstroke is a highly trained soldier who has years of mercenary experience in the military. Deathstroke has fought for the special ops section of the US Army.
* **Interrogation**:
* **Survival**:
* **Weaponry**: Deathstroke is highly skilled in the use of many different types of weapons.
	+ **Firearms**: Deathstroke is a master marksman. He makes use of his dual-pistols.
	+ **Swordsmanship**: Deathstroke is an accomplished swordsman, able to rapidly attack his target. However, he has only been parried by Batman, whose arm-guards were thick enough to block the blade.
	+ **Stick Fighting**: Deathstroke has a bo staff, which he uses if he wishes to have a prolonged fight with his prey. He was shown to take out Black Mask's men with a few swipes.

### Weaknesses

* **Restricted Senses**: Deathstroke is half-blind. If something were to cover the eye hole on his mask, Slade would be left blinded.

### Equipment

* **Radio**
* **Promethium Body Armor**
* **Remote Claw** (Formerly): The Remote Claw was a device of his, which was used to suspend his targets upsidedown. Deathstroke has a remote-controlled detachable line shooter which he will use on Batman. It could also be used to make tightrope bridges for gaps. Batman confiscated this from him for his own after the battle to make his Line Launcher.
* **Flash Grenades**: Deathstroke uses small flashbangs to disorient his enemies.
* **Grapple Gun**
* **Neural Pellet**: Deathstroke can attach pellets to his enemies that, when remotely detonate, temporarily incapacitate them.
* **Proximity Bomb**: Wilson has a collection of non-lethal mines he can place and detonate.

### Weapons

* **Promethium Sword**:
* **Ballistic Staff**: If Deathstroke drops his sword, he will draw his staff and attack with that instead. The staff has a built in launcher that can shoot projectiles or actual rounds.
* **Pistol**: Deathstroke does not commonly use his pistol. He only used it to kill his last henchmen.

## External links

* Deathstroke *Wikipedia*
* Deathstroke *DC Database*
* Deathstroke *Batman Wiki*

## Notes & Trivia

* Deathstroke first appeared in Batman: The New Teen Titans #2 (December, 1980).