Deathstroke the Terminator

Deathstroke
Slade Wilson as Deathstroke. Cover of Deathstroke (vol. 2) #8; artwork by Jason Fabok
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	New Teen Titans #2 (December 1980)
Created by	Marv Wolfman George Pérez
In-story information
Alter ego	Slade Joseph Wilson
Team affiliations	United States Army Injustice League Suicide Squad Secret Society of Super Villains Titans East H.I.V.E. Checkmate Team 7 League of Assassins
Partnerships	William Randolph Wintergreen Talia al Ghul
Abilities	Utilizes 90% of his brain capacity Extremely skilled military tactician Enhanced physical and mental attributes Superhuman strength, speed, agility, and durability Regenerative healing factor Master swordsman and marksman Master martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant Access to high-tech weapons, gadgets, and suits Mastery of bojutsu and jojutsu Multilingual Remorseless
Deathstroke the Terminator
Series publication information
Schedule	Monthly (vol. 1-3) Bimonthly (vol. 4)
Format	Ongoing
Publication date	(vol. 1) August 1991 – Jun 1996 (vol. 2) November 2011 – July 2013 (vol. 3) October 2014 – July 2016 (vol. 4) August 2016 – present
Number of issues	(vol. 1): 60 + 4 Annuals (vol. 2): 20 + 0 (vol. 3): 20 + 2 Annuals (vol. 4): 9 + Rebirth one-shot(as of December 2016)
Creative team
Writer(s)	Marv Wolfman
Penciller(s)	Steve Erwin
Inker(s)	Will Blyberg
Collected editions
Deathstroke the Terminator: Full Cycle

Deathstroke (Slade Joseph Wilson) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez. He is a mercenary and assassin who first appeared in The New Teen Titans (vol. 1) #2 (1980).Wizard magazine rated him the 24th greatest villain of all time. Also, in 2009, Deathstroke was ranked as IGN's 32nd greatest comic book villain of all time.

Originally the archenemy of the Teen Titans, writers have developed him over the years as an adversary of other heroes in the DC Universe; parallels have been established between him and Batman. 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. Slade Wilson/Deathstroke later appeared on The CW's live-action TV series Arrow, where he is portrayed by Manu Bennett. Joe Manganiello will portray the character in the DC Extended Universe film series; first in Justice League, directed by Zack Snyder, and will reprise the role in the upcoming untitled Batman reboot, which stars Ben Affleck as the titular character.