Deathstroke (DC Extended Universe)

NOTE: This article is about the incarnation of Deathstroke from the DC Extended Universe. The mainstream version can be found here: Deathstroke (DC).

“	You said you had something I'd want? You better not be wasting my time.	„
	~ Deathstroke to Lex Luthor.

Slade Wilson, also known as Deathstroke, is a minor antagonist in the 2017 DC Extended Universe film Justice League and its 2021 director's cut Zack Snyder's Justice League.

In his characterisation, he a highly skilled and expertly trained mercenary who exceptionally skilled in both sword-fighting and marksmanship. His skill in martial arts lead to Slade becoming one of the many foes of Batman himself and later on he was recruited by Lex Luthor after the latter broke out of Arkham Asylum.

He was portrayed by Joe Manganiello, who voiced Ax Tagrin in Star Wars Resistance.

Biography[]

Background[]

Not much is known about Slade Wilson's past, but he would become a mercenary and assassin under the moniker "Deathstroke". During his time as a mercenary, he would become a great enemy of the vigilante Batman, who is implied, gouged out his right eye during a fight.

Justice League[]

After Lex Luthor has escaped from Arkham Asylum, he meets with Deathstroke onboard a super yacht. Arriving at the yacht in a smaller speedboat, Deathstroke is welcomed by Luthor who sarcastically claims that he was just celebrating Superman's return. Luthor claims that Superman and several other heroes seem to be founding some kind of League and Deathstroke interrupts him, threatening that Luthor better not waste his time. Luthor replies that he has too much to live for. As Deathstroke removes his mask, Luthor states that it is time that supervillains like the two of them get a league of their own - seemingly successfully recruiting Deathstroke for his own "Injustice League".

Knightmare[]

In the "Knightmare" timeline, Darkseid succeeded in collecting the Anti-Life Equation and managed to make Superman become one of his assets. Seeing that humanity was in peril, Deathstroke joined the Insurgency, which was led by Batman, to oppose the Regime and save humanity from Darkseid.

Powers and Abilities[]

Abilities[]

Marksmanship: Deathstroke is a proficient marksman, and is skilled with many firearms.
Swordsmanship: He is a capable swordsman.
Master Martial Artist: Deathstroke is a noted martial artist, being highly skilled in most forms of hand-to-hand combat.

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Trivia[]

This is the fourth live-action adaptation of the DC villain Deathstroke. The first one appeared in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, the second one appeared in Smallville, and the third one appeared in Arrow.
- However, this version marks the villains first appearance in a live-action film.
Deathstroke was originally intended to be the primary antagonist of the original version of the film The Batman when it was still canon to the DC Extended Universe and directed/written by and starred Ben Affleck, before it was handed over to Matt Reeves and disconnected to form its own continuity.

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