Death Stroke

Death Stroke

Deathstroke (Slade Wilson) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, the character first appeared in The New Teen Titans #2 (December 1980) as Deathstroke the Terminator. In his comic book appearances, Deathstroke is depicted as a ruthless, biologically enhanced mercenary who is widely considered one of the greatest and deadliest assassins 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. Deathstroke has been adapted in various media incarnations, having been portrayed in live-action by Manu Bennett in The CW television series Arrow, Esai Morales in the DC Universe streaming series Titans, and Joe Manganiello in the DC Extended Universe. Ron Perlman and others have provided the character's voice in media ranging from animation to video games.

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