Deathstroke the Terminator (also known as Deathstroke, his name Slade Joseph Wilson, or formerly the Terminator) is a comic book supervillain, and sometimes antihero, who appears in books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Marv Wolfman and George Perez. 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 and the 32nd greatest comic book character of all time.Also, in 2009, Deathstroke was ranked as IGN's 22nd greatest comic book villain of all time