In total, Deathstroke ran for 65 issues (#1–60, plus four Annuals and a special #0 issue).įollowing 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. It was retitled Deathstroke the Hunted for issues #0 and #41–45 and then simply Deathstroke for issues #46–60. He broke every rule by making Deathstroke three-dimensional and giving him internal conflicts while maintaining a level of skeeve we weren't used to seeing from a typical 2-dimensional bad guy.ĭue to his popularity, Deathstroke received his own series, Deathstroke the Terminator, in 1991.
Marv created the first modern supervillain. This was beyond The Joker, well beyond Lex Luthor. He wasn't some misunderstood anarchist he deliberately did skeevy things – most notably sleeping with Terra, a presumably underage girl – in his quest to exact revenge against his enemies. Ot only was Marv's Deathstroke a villain, he was also kind of an asshole, which I thought was unique. " Deathstroke the Terminator" was created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, and made his first appearance in The New Teen Titans #2 in December 1980.
In live-action, Deathstroke has been portrayed by Manu Bennett on The CW's television Arrowverse show Arrow by Esai Morales on the DC Universe series Titans and by Joe Manganiello in the DC Extended Universe, beginning with a cameo in the 2017 film Justice League.
He has been substantially adapted into various forms of media, including several Batman-related projects and the Teen Titans animated series, where he is voiced by Ron Perlman. The character was ranked the 24th Greatest Villain of All Time by Wizard magazine, and the 32nd Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time by IGN. He is the father of Joe, Rose and Grant Wilson. He, as Slade, is usually depicted as an assassin and the archenemy of the Teen Titans, specifically Dick Grayson he has also served as an adversary of other heroes in the DC Universe, such as Batman, Green Arrow, and the Justice League. Created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, the character debuted in The New Teen Titans #2 in December 1980 as Deathstroke the Terminator.