Looks like I've got your invitation. I agree with you, but the last part of the vid was a bit muffled maybe intentionally so I'm not sure, but good vid. I would be all for a Batman movie with me as the main villain.
The concept of villains having a heroes gallery is interesting. I would love seeing a breakdown of the villains with the biggest "heroes galleries", as it were
I think you'd have to potentially exclude world ending threats then, because in that case Thanos, Galactus, and Darkseid probably have had the most Heroes try to stop them.
@@KnightLineArtYTi mean yes in a way dr.doom but also its clear his main rival is reed richards. While kingpin is daredevil sometimes spidermans and punisher give a good run for daredevels money.
I feel like he’s become a general “DC villain”. Not strictly tied to the Titans anymore, Slade’s just become one of the best mercenaries other people hire.
I honestly can’t see that logic apply to him, the way I see it is who does the villain care/ hate in particular.Darkseid, Thanos, Dr Doom, Lex Luthor, what do all these characters have in common? They scrap with every hero in there respective universes, but darksied and thanos do so for there own reasons it’s never personal simply what there desires lead them to do, neither one could care less about the justice league or x-men or avengers in particular. Lex and Doom on the other hand, though lex has fought the JL it’s Superman he has history with, although Doom has fought basically everyone it’s Mr Fantastic he genuinely hates. Deathstroke falls into the same category as the latter, when it comes to the JL or Batman it’s just cuz he’s getting payed simply business, but the titans were there for the deaths of both of his sons(arguably to blame for both), Nightwing convinced his daughter to betray him and become a hero and they haven’t been on good terms since, so with them it’s personal you don’t have to pay him to start shit with them, he’d do it for free
@@hyperion3145the unique thing about Deathstroke is he’s one of the most skilled hand to hand combatants in DC, especially given how many times he defeated Batman and the times of which Batman does win he really had to give it his all and Deathstroke is typically weakened in some way before hand like through poisons. Heck if I remember correctly he’s considered a danger even to the Justice League, and thanks to Injustice he’s shown he’s able to keep pace with the other heroes especially when he was on Batman’s side.
I think it’s cool that Deathstroke can act as a Swiss Army knife in terms of who in DC he can fight. He’s got that kind of history and aura that lets a writer put him in any situation and the audience will go “Yeah, I can see him there, doing that thing, fighting that person.” I find this attribute very unique in DC where heroes and their immediate worlds are generally neatly organized. Batman fights his rogues gallery in Gotham, Superman fights his rogues gallery in Metropolis, Barry in Central city, Hal in space. I like Deathstroke’s flexibility.
Exactly, like that doesn't happen in marvel, its more of a connected universe, especially with most of them being in new York, while dc is segmented, I love both honestly
I've always thought of Deathstroke as a Nightwing villain. By his association to Batman, Nightwing makes Deathstroke an honorary member of the rogues gallery.
I think DeathStroke is as Batman villain as Kingpin is Daredevil villain. Their [Kingpin & DeathStroke] influence amongst the world is known and allows for world building. Despite the fact that their original appearance is on another Heroes' Comic, it also makes sense why they're seen as the villain of the respective Hero in mention.
I agree with your comparison of Deathstroke and the Kingpin, both being versatile characters to use against any hero. But I wouldn't say Batman v. Deathstroke is like Daredevil v. Kingpin. Deathstroke has always been more of a guest villain in the Batman comics IMHO, where Kingpin is certainly one of the main villains of Daredevil.
@@JohnBrett715 thats definitely true, as when i think of batman Villains i think first immediately. Joker, Bane, Catwoman, Scarecrow, Ivy, Riddler, Quinn, Freeze, or Clayface. I think of Deathstroke as the same amount i think of Grundy when it comes to connecting him to the bat's gallary. When i think of Spiderman villains i think Goblin, Kingpin, and Venom, makes sense as these are who debuted in his comic, but daredevil villains i think of Elektra and Kingpin, also Punisher. Which goes to show Daredevil's gallary doesnt have the same influential pull as the 2 most popular superheros in the world...fair, but also shows how big Kingpin and even the Punisher have become for Daredevil, theres also Bullseye whos also pretty kickass against DD but...not as big a name.
@@ratatouilledrinksclorax9897 Don't forget "the Hand". I know people consider the group the hand as Electra's foe but honestly they both debuted as Daredevil villains. Of course this is all off topic from Deathstroke lol
@@JohnBrett715 Yes, Batman v. DeathStroke isn't like KingPin vs DareDevil, but, the fact that Kingpin was pretty much seen as a Daredevil Villain, when he first showed up in Spider-Man's Comics, being a Spider-Man villain. That's why I bring him up. The DeathStroke equivalent of Marvel would basically be TaskMaster, where he basically fights every Hero but for different purpose to DeathStroke. Whereas DeathStroke is an Assassin for Hire, TaskMaster collects info on Heroes to sell them.
You could make the claim that the Teen Titans is just a spinoff of Batman, the Flash, and Green Arrow. Since the team originally consisted of the sidekicks of all 3 heroes.
Do you mean Batman, the Flash and Aquaman? Because the first team was Robin, Kid Flash, and Aqualad before Wonder Girl joined and the Teen Titans were officially named. Green Arrow's Speedy came after those four.
@@christopherwi57correct founding was Robin, Kid Flash and Aqualad. Wonder Girl was then created for the team. Speedy would make a few guest appearances before officially joining the team
Deathstroke is a serious titans villain, but my favorite uses of him is as a villainous guy living his villainous life, and crossing over with other characters that way. I definitely think he should be used sparingly with Batman, especially since characters like Deadshot and KGBeast fill similar roles. Idk, I’d love to see other villains get their own heroes gallery like he does. I’m splitting my side thinking about how Riddler would catch the flash or how Two-face would deal with Green Arrow. Idk dc make it happen!
Only issue with KGBeast and Deadshot is how disrespected KGBeast is at all times, and how Deadshot is used. KGBeast is often seen as a 2nd Rate Bane, and then Batman just imprisons him in a secret sewer room to think about his life. Deadshot, being also an Assassin, isn't seen as anything remotely like DeathStroke. A Claimed "Best Marksman Asssassin in the whole world" he is often the type to give Batman trouble in trying to get Close, but once they're in CQC it's a One-sided Fight. DeathStroke comes off like the Perfect Soldier. I'm not saying they're garbage, but rathermore, they have different usage, and most writers just like writing popular characters. Although it would be nice to see more Deadshot vs Green Arrow.
I think David Cain can fill that gap fair and good, though people tend to ingore him all the time. He's a member of league of assassin, he's the father of Cassandra Cain (aka bat girl),and he's good enough to be chosen as husband of Lady Shiva.So he has reason and skills to battle Batman, yet people just forget about him! He never shows in other media nor have much role in comic, though think maybe it's because he is in the list of worst fathers in DC universe.
Slade is certainly one of those villains that can fit on any rouges gallery similar to Marvel's Dr. Doom. I wouldn't be surprised if he appeared in the upcoming Wonder Woman game.
Id say kingpin fits better. Sure dr.doom fights tons of heroes but id say more times then not hes mainly a fantstic four villian. Whike king pin and deathstroke not only fights other characters they also become apart of those characters gallery. Kingpin with daredevil,spiderman and even punisher at times and deathstroke with titans,batman and green arrow.
I view him as a Dick Grayson villain before anything else, who is a Batman character. So in a way, to me at least, Deathstroke is tangentially a Batman villain.
@@SanSan-jp1fr He is but that doesn’t mean he isn’t a Batman character persay. He was introduced in a Batman comic, is the most popular and well known sidekick of the Bat, has been Batman the most (other than Bruce Wayne), and his motivation for becoming Nightwing was because of Batman. Along with that he is featured in A LOT of Batman comics and media all around, with Dick Grayson likely being in the next Batman movie. Sure he is his own hero, but so is Red Hood, Red Robin, Batgirl, Batwoman, etc. However all of them are predominantly Batman characters.
@@Buster84 the difference between him and red hood and other batman characters is that he actually has an ongoing comic run while the others (except damian) got all their comic series cancelled
I feel like Deathstroke falls in the same category as Taskmaster. They're both mercenaries, so they don't have a set nemesis per se. They fight anyone they're paid to fight. Which is why they're both considered villains to many heroes. Taskmaster has been called a villain to Captain America, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Spider-Man, Daredevil, and even the entire Avengers. He's fought everyone, and so has Deathstroke. They're both like the jack of all trades of their respective universes, being capable of fighting anyone.
Deathstroke has explicit nemeses though, just because of his personal history with the Titans. Other than that, yeah, he fights anyone he's paid to fight.
I mean, he is a hired gun. It makes sense for him to be a threat to all the street level heroes and even the high level ones from time to time. But this only works if he actually does fight other people and not fights batman 90% of the time and everyone else once in a blue moon.
deathstroke is in my eyes more of a rival for batman, an incredibly athletic and knowledgeable fighter who has a large Arsenal of weapons and does exactly the opposite of batman killing anybody, for the right price that is but he and batman don't really have any personal grievances with eachother other than slade seeing batman as a worthy challenger and slade being a criminal hitman and i dont mind you making a shorter video because its still very entertaining! keep up the great work!
He’s more like an evil captain America but in the world of DC instead of marvel when you think about it so logically the guys he would be perfect for are Batman and nightwing
I love Deathstroke. He’s a skilled badass, who could believably challenge Batman physically, and tactically. And he has one of the Most badass costumes and color schemes I’ve ever seen.
His problem though is that his stats are all over the place one second he defeats batman but gets ridiculously humiliated by Green Arrow but somehow he manages to beat black Canary blindfolded. It's like DC can't have a decent power scale for him
I agree. I think when it comes to Deathstroke, he could be a villain for any hero that comes across him, whether if it’s Batman, Green Arrow, Superman, Wonder Woman, and even the whole Justice League. Especially since he is known as the most deadliest mercenary in the dc universe. But I will say that when it comes to his arch rival/arch enemies, it should always be Nightwing and the Titans, due to how personal their rivalry are.
Mr. Rogues made 3 individual videos with a common topic: Why a different villain should be Batman’s archnemesis instead of the Joker. The villains discussed in each video were: the Riddler, Two-Face, and the Scarecrow. The first reason why the Riddler should be Batman’s archnemesis is that the Riddler is Batman’s smartest enemy, whose crimes test Batman’s intellect and detective skills like no one else. The second reason is that the Riddler directly sends clues to Batman to invite him to solve his crimes. The third reason is that the Riddler despises Batman and wants to actually defeat Batman, unlike the Joker. The fourth reason is that the Riddler poses a greater threat to Batman than the Joker because the Riddler is smarter, being frequently depicted as a technological genius who can hack into virtually anything, and can pull off grand feats behind a computer screen, and he is also a master schemer who could potentially bring Gotham to its knees without even leaving his hideout. The fifth and final reason is that the Riddler is a great foil to Batman as he has an upbeat demeanor, wears bright colors, loves to talk, and loves to boast about his intellect, while Batman is stoic, wears dark colors, and speaks little. The first reason why Two-Face should be Batman’s archnemesis is that Two-Face is Batman’s most personal foe because Harvey Dent was a district attorney and an invaluable ally to Batman, and a close friend of Bruce Wayne, which is why fighting Two-Face causes Batman more emotional pain than most of the other villains. The second reason is that Batman and Two-Face are two sides of the same coin, considering that both men were champions for justice, but used different methods of achieving it, with Harvey Dent as a public figure who used the law to fight crime during the day, while Batman is a vigilante who works outside of the law to fight crime during the night. The third reason is the common theme of duality, with both men having dual identities, Batman as a billionaire playboy during the day, and a vigilante at night, while Two-Face is the noble Harvey Dent, and a cold-blooded supervillain; the key difference is that Two-Face is both identities at the same time and wears both of his faces at the same time, and is unable to completely switch between the two identities, while Batman switches between his identities. The fourth reason is that Two-Face is truly unpredictable, considering that, depending on the outcome of a coin flip, he might do something good, something evil, or nothing at all, which is truly unpredictable and genuinely terrifying, unlike the Joker, whose crimes are basically jokes that only he finds funny, and actually always have a point and even a pattern. The fifth reason is that Two-Face poses a greater threat than the Joker, considering that the Joker was a complete nobody before he became a supervillain, while Harvey Dent was a district attorney, so naturally he would use his skills and resources as a criminal: he knows Gotham inside out, he has nearly endless connections, he knows everything there is to know about the law and the legal system, and he should also have far greater ease with amassing an army of henchmen, unlike all of the other villains, and he already has the connections, the information, the schemes, the leadership skills, and the experience. The first reason why the Scarecrow should be Batman’s archnemesis is because they both use the same weapon: fear; Batman dresses like a bat and uses theatrics and acting to scare criminals, while the Scarecrow dresses like a scarecrow (usually) and uses his fear toxin to fill his victims with terror. The second reason is that the Scarecrow is, or should be, a master manipulator, since Dr. Jonathan Crane was a psychologist before he became the Scarecrow, either as a professor of psychology, a private practitioner, or even the head doctor of Arkham Asylum, so he should know everything there is to know about the mind and what buttons to press, and he has the ability to deduce a person’s worst fears just by talking to them, and he should be able to scare people with mere words, instead of being dependent on his fear toxin to scare people. The third reason is that he is the most evil man in Gotham, moreso than the Joker or Victor Zsasz, who murder people left and right, while the Scarecrow actually keeps his victims alive so he can torture them, not with physical pain, but with psychological terror, forcing people, usually innocent people, to their worst nightmares.
Third video I’ve seen from you. Other two were “Owlman vs BWL” and “Fortnite Batman Ranking”. While I’ve yet to disagree with you on anything substantive, this shorter felt more informed and less arbitrary and opinion based than the others. I learned from it and I liked it more than I was expecting to. You came to the informed conclusion I had merely assumed to be the case. Good stuff.
I see it in the same way as how Darkseid is in a lot of ways Mister Miracle’s arch nemesis, but also shows up in a lot of Superman content and is arguably more well known for that
I consider Orion to be Darkseid's nemesis, with Mister Miracle being a close second. It's just that most people know Darkseid from non-Fourth World stories. Kinda like how Thanos' nemesis is Adam Warlock, but most people know Thanos from big Marvel events that include the Avengers.
He’s not a Batman character, not “Nightwing” the name or Grayson in the form aka grown and the leader, Robin is very much so but the whole point is Grayson leaving Batman’s side and becoming his own man which they’ve done well in doing lately, he’s more of a Batman “Ally” more than anything but even then… either one regresses a character’s story and point or the other makes the entire idea of “Rogues Gallery” absolutely pointless since the logic can be applied to every hero ever meaning Arrow’s villains are Batman villains and vice versa. Rogues galleries are fascinating as it should preserve the world building. Take the original antagonists and keep them tied to their original protagonists, a few team-ups is fascinating but shouldn’t change the overall build. Naaaah… let’s just throw it all out.💀
@@Artryom I don't know what to tell you man, he is literally one of the most prominent supporting characters in Batman media. Don't get me wrong, I like him and I think he can carry his own stories as the protagonist, but saying Nightwing isn't a Batman character is like saying Deadpool isn't an X-men character.
@@hunted4blood He's also one of the MOST prominent LEADING characters in the Teen Titans media. It can come down to whichever he's most popular and known for or which piece of media he's been in as a whole. NOT which either of us have seen him in to clarify. This can go much deeper if you wanna go down that overlysimplistic meta route.💀 He also has carried his own stories as the protagonist since 1995 iirc and ongoing now.
yeah its true, Deathstroke is a part of the wider Batman world so to speak. Although, It is important that Nightwing establishes his own rogues gallery, and have Deathstroke fight the Teen Titans and Nightwing more and fight Batman less.
What also helps Deathstroke is that his design and general concept is easy to adapt. The fact that you could put him in both realistic Army Equipment and Cheesy comic accurate getups helps in both live action and other formats. His concept as a merc is also a very simple archetype that you could put in any situation with a rich guy with alot of money wants "x" person killed.
I'd also say that Slade in Arrow was actually not bad, he was insane but I thought overall it was presented really well and slade is threatening as hell, and actually causes significant damage to Olivers life
I just don’t like how Slade has effectively replaced Bane as “the guy who’s good at fighting Batman” when Banes dynamic with Batman is WAYYYY more interesting considering slade only fights Batman for money
@@TheBatspecter I’m glad someone at least somewhat agrees, now I still like Slade but he’s bordering on overused these days but I’ll say this much… at least bane fans still have it better today then Ra’s fans lol
Batman only beats deathstroke when slade isnt trying his hardest or is weakened in some way. Don’t let the arkham games or the animated movies fool you he’s ALWAYS been better than bruce
@@giosbizarreart9048deathstrokes a better hand to hand fighter and is superhuman physically but batman is a better environmental fighter and is smarter than more or less any human. Its entirely believable to me that either one of them would win in any given fight depending entirely on the circumstances of the fight.
Deathstroke is a DC villain. Shared universe and he fights whoever he fights on whatever given night. Similar to Kingpin in Marvel. He was a Spider-man villain and arguably still is but works so well with Daredevil as well
deathstroke and batman are similar in the sense that they've become environmental hazards more than actual characters. regardless of who the characters are or his relevance to the story, if you commit a crime in gotham, you can expect to see the bat. on the flip side of the coin, if you're a hero going after someone rich and powerful, you can probably expect he's put a bounty on your head and deathstroke'll come calling. and i love that about him. he isn't a classic comic book villain who wants to get one over on one specific hero. he's a man with a job to do, and his job is handing bodies over to whoever's paying him to retrieve them.
It kinda feels interesting to see him be less a Titans villain and more of a Batman villain and sometimes a Green Arrow villain!! Hell sometimes there are different versions of how Slade lost his right eye, whether it was the original one of his wife, Adeline shooting him at the back of his head, Damien Wayne going his right eye in the Son of Batman movie, EVEN in one comic where Green Arrow grabs one of his arrows and stab it into his right eye…different versions of if, I tell ya!!!
I think the original idea of the Batman movie with Deathstroke was an interesting idea and gave him an understandable motive. Especially considering how Batman redeems himself by not killing him
It was interesting, I just don't think the main villian of a batman movie should be deathstroke, there are so many interesting batman villians that haven't been on the big screen
I think is Pretty Much like Mandarin, LIKE, the dude is IRON MAN'S ARCHNEMESIS, Yet he's on the Bad Eye of almost all Marvel Heroes Even Villans, Like Punisher, Iron Fist, The West Coast Avengers, The X-Men & DR DOOM, SPECIALLY DOCTOR DOOM
Eh. I would say he's more comparable to Dr. Doom. He's a major villain originating from a team comic (FF and TT). But he's show up quite often fighting other teams (Avengers and JL) or even other related characters (Batman/ Green Arrow and Iron Man). And usually for their own reasons outside of a boring villain team up. Like why Doom would work with Red Skull or other Hydra villains makes about as much sense as Magneto doing it (but Magneto tried to kill Skull). Where as Doom trying to fight the Avengers for ego reasons or Death Stroke taking a contract makes much more sense.
I agree with what you said at the beginning and feel like it would be interesting to have him or another character to have generational beef with the bat family
No, he’s a Titans and Nightwing villain. Batman has stolen enough villains, like Clock King, Solomon Grundy, Magpie, just let other heroes have their villains.
The diffrence, at least in my opinion, is that slade actually is an apealing batman villian, the others you listed most of the time just are worse versions of existing batman Charakteres with difrent Names. Deathstroke v batman is faaaaaar more intresting than grundy v batman ever could be. (Even though, "Gotham" the series did a decent Job.)
Magpie was a Batman villain first though,Batman and Superman just teamed up to fight her for some reason,so she’s technically always been a Batman villain.
Deathstroke works best as a teen titans villain but considering he is a mercenary he can just go after anyone and batman is an obvious choice. I will say I love the take the cw arrow show had on Slade and he works very well with his modification into green arrow's backstory. He's just a very flexible character who can be an antihero, a titans villain, even a superman villain at times.
To me Deathstroke is definitely not just a villain of any group or single hero, he's just his own character in DC who has a special role in the world where he's kind of just doing his own thing and occasionally will end up coming into conflict with heroes based on whatever current goal he's got. He's very much a mercenary where whoever's offering him the best reward is where he'll put his allegiances first and foremost. The idea he starts as a Titans villain because of his son's death but really grows a lot after that is cool, because I do think it'd be a waste to keep him pinned down as one thing and not allow him to be the main character of his own story in a sense.
I remember watching a video about Marvels Kingpin and who's he's a villain for. Spider-Man or Daredevil? Then when I scrolled down into the comments section I found one comment that has a pretty cool answer. He's everyone's villain. A big threat who has a large enough influence of crime that has caught the attention of any superhero in New York makes him everyone's enemy. I like to think the same applies to Slade. He can be anyone's villain
Dude I love your editing, your voice, you just seem funny and honest about these characters and I love it, deathstroke is in nobody’s rogue’s gallery, these MFs are in HIS lol
Some batman Villains are more nightwing villains sometimes, mainly the courtnof olws and Deathstroke. But how Nightwing is packed together with batman shit happens.
I think most people would agree that the fact that Slade is a pedo is just a bad choice of the time better left forgotten. Like how Ms Marvel is brainwashed and raped, or how Green Lantern is also a pedo. Writers rarely bring it up because they were bad decisions that irreversibly damage the characters. The thing is, the story where Deathstroke is a degenerate is really iconic. They can't just forget about it. So they're stuck in this awkward situatuion where they both have to aknowledge that it happened, and at the same time ignore it. Christopher Priest probably did it the best in his Deathstroke series, with it asking if there could ever be redemption for a person like Slade, but even then, Terra is rarely brought up, even during the supposed sequel to the Judas Contract. DC both wants Slade's groomer past to disappear, and to preserve the iconic story it's a part of. And I honestly don't know of a way to do both.
I said it at the start but I think the 2003 show did it way better. It’s more of an abusive father/daughter situation, and that works way better for characters like Deathstroke and Terra.
The Titans are my favorite superhero team, and Slade is my favorite DC villain, tho Batman is my favorite solo DC hero. I absolutely agree with you on the front that Deathstroke has a heroes gallery with the Titans on top of it. It only really becomes an issue for me when they try to make it some deep personal connection that in the end is just taking taking a Titans story and swapping the characters like Ben Affleck’s Batman movie.
I think Deathstroke works best as a Batman villain IMO. He feels scary when Batman faces him, because usually Batman has it all figured out, but Deathstroke is so skilled that you feel the pressure. Realistically he should make quick work of the Titans. Batman seems like a far better match.
Yeah but Batman already has other villains that fulfill Slades Niche like Bane and Ras. He doesn’t need to steal other villains to add to his already bloated villain roster. People like slade vs the titans for the same reason they like bats vs the league, he’s works so well as a titans villain because he knows how to take them down
I'm glad you mentioned early in the video that Deathstroke's main enmity is with Nightwing and the Teen Titans, not with Batman. That said, while he may not be a "Batman" villain (although the two have clashed, of course,) Nightwing is a member of the Bat family. Speaking of which, are rogues of the batfamily lumped in with Batman's in general, or just Deathstroke (and maybe a couple others I might not know)? Also, I'm extremely passingly familiar with Deadshot but have never heard of KGBeast until today.
usually villains who fight other members of the Batfamily are still part of the Batman rogues gallery. (Black Mask is technically a Batgirl villain etc.) Nightwing though is a special case because he's the only member of the family that operates outside of Gotham in his own city so I think its fair for him to branch out and have his own separate rogues gallery including Deathstroke in that. Although Deathstroke would still be a part of the wider Batman world I guess
To be fair, Batman DOES have an interpersonal connection with Deathstroke. I know if I saw someone who was constantly beating up MY son, I would VERY much make taking them down my business. All you need to do to make it relevant to the story, is make it so Deathstroke recently hurt Nightwing pretty badly, maybe put him in hospital for a stint. What more motivation could Batman need? Just because he's a crappy father, doesn't mean he isn't one.
If Deathstroke killed Nightwing in retaliation for the death of Grant, that would work as set up for him being both a Titan's villain and a Batman villain.
I kinda like the idea of deathstoke kinda being this enemy who was always 1 step ahead of batman for a while, and it wasnt until ROBIN made it onto the scene that Batman was able to finally beat deathstroke. Humiliated by the fact that he was beaten by a kid deathstroke transers his hatred for batman over too robin,
I think if it's ever something personal with deathstroke relating to batman the angle should be "I'm so mad at nightwing that I'm gonna go beat the shit out of his dad" because that's really fucking funny
there's an audio error at around 8:40 my bad LOL
it's not an error it's evil batspecter hijacking your shit
@@FrannyFranhocasEarly Batspecter lore starts here
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Looks like I've got your invitation. I agree with you, but the last part of the vid was a bit muffled maybe intentionally so I'm not sure, but good vid. I would be all for a Batman movie with me as the main villain.
The concept of villains having a heroes gallery is interesting. I would love seeing a breakdown of the villains with the biggest "heroes galleries", as it were
lobo's a villain (despite what people may say), and he's pissed off everyone at some point
I think you'd have to potentially exclude world ending threats then, because in that case Thanos, Galactus, and Darkseid probably have had the most Heroes try to stop them.
Some heroes barely have a rogues gallery, and it's almost entirely full of other people's villains... Like Doctor Fate...
Dr.Doom and Kingpin would be pretty high up there I think.
@@KnightLineArtYTi mean yes in a way dr.doom but also its clear his main rival is reed richards. While kingpin is daredevil sometimes spidermans and punisher give a good run for daredevels money.
Deathstroke's true rival is the age of consent
Lmfao
Slade would love Monogatari
"I, uh...I like 'em younger."
Drake and Slade
Batman too, he had a relationship with a underage bat girl.
I feel like he’s become a general “DC villain”. Not strictly tied to the Titans anymore, Slade’s just become one of the best mercenaries other people hire.
Sometimes, he doesn't even do mercenary work. He just randomly appears to beat people up. He's even fought Superman a few times.
Kind of reminds me of Dr. Doom, who just kind of outgrew the Fantastic Four.
I honestly can’t see that logic apply to him, the way I see it is who does the villain care/ hate in particular.Darkseid, Thanos, Dr Doom, Lex Luthor, what do all these characters have in common? They scrap with every hero in there respective universes, but darksied and thanos do so for there own reasons it’s never personal simply what there desires lead them to do, neither one could care less about the justice league or x-men or avengers in particular. Lex and Doom on the other hand, though lex has fought the JL it’s Superman he has history with, although Doom has fought basically everyone it’s Mr Fantastic he genuinely hates. Deathstroke falls into the same category as the latter, when it comes to the JL or Batman it’s just cuz he’s getting payed simply business, but the titans were there for the deaths of both of his sons(arguably to blame for both), Nightwing convinced his daughter to betray him and become a hero and they haven’t been on good terms since, so with them it’s personal you don’t have to pay him to start shit with them, he’d do it for free
@@hyperion3145the unique thing about Deathstroke is he’s one of the most skilled hand to hand combatants in DC, especially given how many times he defeated Batman and the times of which Batman does win he really had to give it his all and Deathstroke is typically weakened in some way before hand like through poisons. Heck if I remember correctly he’s considered a danger even to the Justice League, and thanks to Injustice he’s shown he’s able to keep pace with the other heroes especially when he was on Batman’s side.
Yeah I was thinking exactly this. Deathstroke is a general DC villain who can be written to take on any hero the story requires him
I think it’s cool that Deathstroke can act as a Swiss Army knife in terms of who in DC he can fight. He’s got that kind of history and aura that lets a writer put him in any situation and the audience will go “Yeah, I can see him there, doing that thing, fighting that person.”
I find this attribute very unique in DC where heroes and their immediate worlds are generally neatly organized. Batman fights his rogues gallery in Gotham, Superman fights his rogues gallery in Metropolis, Barry in Central city, Hal in space. I like Deathstroke’s flexibility.
Exactly, like that doesn't happen in marvel, its more of a connected universe, especially with most of them being in new York, while dc is segmented, I love both honestly
Gotta remember.... He goes where the money follows
Definitely a versatile character that fits in a good number of settings
@@kadegetslaid634dr doom out grew the fantastic 4, it happens in marvel you just haven't noticed it
I've always thought of Deathstroke as a Nightwing villain. By his association to Batman, Nightwing makes Deathstroke an honorary member of the rogues gallery.
Also black mask is a red hood villain
@@Blood-zz2kt
So is Joker
I think DeathStroke is as Batman villain as Kingpin is Daredevil villain.
Their [Kingpin & DeathStroke] influence amongst the world is known and allows for world building. Despite the fact that their original appearance is on another Heroes' Comic, it also makes sense why they're seen as the villain of the respective Hero in mention.
I agree with your comparison of Deathstroke and the Kingpin, both being versatile characters to use against any hero. But I wouldn't say Batman v. Deathstroke is like Daredevil v. Kingpin. Deathstroke has always been more of a guest villain in the Batman comics IMHO, where Kingpin is certainly one of the main villains of Daredevil.
@@JohnBrett715 thats definitely true, as when i think of batman Villains i think first immediately.
Joker, Bane, Catwoman, Scarecrow, Ivy, Riddler, Quinn, Freeze, or Clayface.
I think of Deathstroke as the same amount i think of Grundy when it comes to connecting him to the bat's gallary.
When i think of Spiderman villains i think Goblin, Kingpin, and Venom, makes sense as these are who debuted in his comic, but daredevil villains i think of Elektra and Kingpin, also Punisher.
Which goes to show Daredevil's gallary doesnt have the same influential pull as the 2 most popular superheros in the world...fair, but also shows how big Kingpin and even the Punisher have become for Daredevil, theres also Bullseye whos also pretty kickass against DD but...not as big a name.
@@ratatouilledrinksclorax9897 Don't forget "the Hand". I know people consider the group the hand as Electra's foe but honestly they both debuted as Daredevil villains. Of course this is all off topic from Deathstroke lol
@@JohnBrett715Daredevil and Spider-Man have always been pretty tight. It makes sense they'd share villains.
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Yes, Batman v. DeathStroke isn't like KingPin vs DareDevil, but, the fact that Kingpin was pretty much seen as a Daredevil Villain, when he first showed up in Spider-Man's Comics, being a Spider-Man villain. That's why I bring him up.
The DeathStroke equivalent of Marvel would basically be TaskMaster, where he basically fights every Hero but for different purpose to DeathStroke. Whereas DeathStroke is an Assassin for Hire, TaskMaster collects info on Heroes to sell them.
You could make the claim that the Teen Titans is just a spinoff of Batman, the Flash, and Green Arrow. Since the team originally consisted of the sidekicks of all 3 heroes.
Do you mean Batman, the Flash and Aquaman? Because the first team was Robin, Kid Flash, and Aqualad before Wonder Girl joined and the Teen Titans were officially named. Green Arrow's Speedy came after those four.
@@christopherwi57correct founding was Robin, Kid Flash and Aqualad. Wonder Girl was then created for the team. Speedy would make a few guest appearances before officially joining the team
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No one has cared about that team since marv wolfmans new teen titans so no you cant
Isn’t it just a junior justice league that became its own thing
Slade works when he fights Bruce. He works when he fights other heroes. But the Titans and Nightwing are who really make him great.
Me: Are you a Batman villain
Deathstroke: Yes but actually no
Arkham Knight was a major disservice to Deathstroke especially when you compare his boss fight in Origina
Tbf Origins did him a disservice too by having him lose to a rookie Batman
@@Modernww2fare Still leagues better than AK. At least in Origins they had a proper showdown
Deathstroke is a serious titans villain, but my favorite uses of him is as a villainous guy living his villainous life, and crossing over with other characters that way. I definitely think he should be used sparingly with Batman, especially since characters like Deadshot and KGBeast fill similar roles. Idk, I’d love to see other villains get their own heroes gallery like he does. I’m splitting my side thinking about how Riddler would catch the flash or how Two-face would deal with Green Arrow. Idk dc make it happen!
Only issue with KGBeast and Deadshot is how disrespected KGBeast is at all times, and how Deadshot is used.
KGBeast is often seen as a 2nd Rate Bane, and then Batman just imprisons him in a secret sewer room to think about his life.
Deadshot, being also an Assassin, isn't seen as anything remotely like DeathStroke. A Claimed "Best Marksman Asssassin in the whole world" he is often the type to give Batman trouble in trying to get Close, but once they're in CQC it's a One-sided Fight. DeathStroke comes off like the Perfect Soldier.
I'm not saying they're garbage, but rathermore, they have different usage, and most writers just like writing popular characters.
Although it would be nice to see more Deadshot vs Green Arrow.
Titans villain is trigon
@@yarc9superhero teams can have multiple villians
@@creature6715 deathstroke not titans villain he got hired to fight the justice league and titans he an anti hero
I think David Cain can fill that gap fair and good, though people tend to ingore him all the time.
He's a member of league of assassin, he's the father of Cassandra Cain (aka bat girl),and he's good enough to be chosen as husband of Lady Shiva.So he has reason and skills to battle Batman, yet people just forget about him! He never shows in other media nor have much role in comic, though think maybe it's because he is in the list of worst fathers in DC universe.
Slade is certainly one of those villains that can fit on any rouges gallery similar to Marvel's Dr. Doom. I wouldn't be surprised if he appeared in the upcoming Wonder Woman game.
Id say kingpin fits better. Sure dr.doom fights tons of heroes but id say more times then not hes mainly a fantstic four villian. Whike king pin and deathstroke not only fights other characters they also become apart of those characters gallery. Kingpin with daredevil,spiderman and even punisher at times and deathstroke with titans,batman and green arrow.
I view him as a Dick Grayson villain before anything else, who is a Batman character. So in a way, to me at least, Deathstroke is tangentially a Batman villain.
No that doesn't make him a batman villain cause he doesn't operate in gotham
Nightwing is his own hero and he's more of a teen titans villain
@@SanSan-jp1fr He is but that doesn’t mean he isn’t a Batman character persay. He was introduced in a Batman comic, is the most popular and well known sidekick of the Bat, has been Batman the most (other than Bruce Wayne), and his motivation for becoming Nightwing was because of Batman. Along with that he is featured in A LOT of Batman comics and media all around, with Dick Grayson likely being in the next Batman movie.
Sure he is his own hero, but so is Red Hood, Red Robin, Batgirl, Batwoman, etc. However all of them are predominantly Batman characters.
@@Buster84 the difference between him and red hood and other batman characters is that he actually has an ongoing comic run while the others (except damian) got all their comic series cancelled
I feel like Deathstroke falls in the same category as Taskmaster. They're both mercenaries, so they don't have a set nemesis per se. They fight anyone they're paid to fight. Which is why they're both considered villains to many heroes. Taskmaster has been called a villain to Captain America, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Spider-Man, Daredevil, and even the entire Avengers. He's fought everyone, and so has Deathstroke. They're both like the jack of all trades of their respective universes, being capable of fighting anyone.
Deathstroke has explicit nemeses though, just because of his personal history with the Titans. Other than that, yeah, he fights anyone he's paid to fight.
I mean, he is a hired gun. It makes sense for him to be a threat to all the street level heroes and even the high level ones from time to time. But this only works if he actually does fight other people and not fights batman 90% of the time and everyone else once in a blue moon.
I think Solomon Grundy also fits as someone who isn't necessarily a Batman villain but is often portrayed as one more often than he's not
I always associated Deathstroke more with the Titans because of his role as villain in the old Teen Titans cartoon
deathstroke is in my eyes more of a rival for batman, an incredibly athletic and knowledgeable fighter who has a large Arsenal of weapons and does exactly the opposite of batman killing anybody, for the right price that is
but he and batman don't really have any personal grievances with eachother other than slade seeing batman as a worthy challenger and slade being a criminal hitman
and i dont mind you making a shorter video because its still very entertaining! keep up the great work!
He’s more like an evil captain America but in the world of DC instead of marvel when you think about it so logically the guys he would be perfect for are Batman and nightwing
I love Deathstroke. He’s a skilled badass, who could believably challenge Batman physically, and tactically. And he has one of the Most badass costumes and color schemes I’ve ever seen.
Yeah but frankly we already have Ra’s and Bane for that role so Slade just comes off as redundant to me when fighting Batman
His problem though is that his stats are all over the place one second he defeats batman but gets ridiculously humiliated by Green Arrow but somehow he manages to beat black Canary blindfolded. It's like DC can't have a decent power scale for him
@@SanSan-jp1fryeah they’re always forced to nerf him in some way in the story so the hero doesn’t get dropped off
I agree. I think when it comes to Deathstroke, he could be a villain for any hero that comes across him, whether if it’s Batman, Green Arrow, Superman, Wonder Woman, and even the whole Justice League. Especially since he is known as the most deadliest mercenary in the dc universe. But I will say that when it comes to his arch rival/arch enemies, it should always be Nightwing and the Titans, due to how personal their rivalry are.
To quote the Lego Batman
“I like to fight around”
Mr. Rogues made 3 individual videos with a common topic: Why a different villain should be Batman’s archnemesis instead of the Joker. The villains discussed in each video were: the Riddler, Two-Face, and the Scarecrow.
The first reason why the Riddler should be Batman’s archnemesis is that the Riddler is Batman’s smartest enemy, whose crimes test Batman’s intellect and detective skills like no one else. The second reason is that the Riddler directly sends clues to Batman to invite him to solve his crimes. The third reason is that the Riddler despises Batman and wants to actually defeat Batman, unlike the Joker. The fourth reason is that the Riddler poses a greater threat to Batman than the Joker because the Riddler is smarter, being frequently depicted as a technological genius who can hack into virtually anything, and can pull off grand feats behind a computer screen, and he is also a master schemer who could potentially bring Gotham to its knees without even leaving his hideout. The fifth and final reason is that the Riddler is a great foil to Batman as he has an upbeat demeanor, wears bright colors, loves to talk, and loves to boast about his intellect, while Batman is stoic, wears dark colors, and speaks little.
The first reason why Two-Face should be Batman’s archnemesis is that Two-Face is Batman’s most personal foe because Harvey Dent was a district attorney and an invaluable ally to Batman, and a close friend of Bruce Wayne, which is why fighting Two-Face causes Batman more emotional pain than most of the other villains. The second reason is that Batman and Two-Face are two sides of the same coin, considering that both men were champions for justice, but used different methods of achieving it, with Harvey Dent as a public figure who used the law to fight crime during the day, while Batman is a vigilante who works outside of the law to fight crime during the night. The third reason is the common theme of duality, with both men having dual identities, Batman as a billionaire playboy during the day, and a vigilante at night, while Two-Face is the noble Harvey Dent, and a cold-blooded supervillain; the key difference is that Two-Face is both identities at the same time and wears both of his faces at the same time, and is unable to completely switch between the two identities, while Batman switches between his identities. The fourth reason is that Two-Face is truly unpredictable, considering that, depending on the outcome of a coin flip, he might do something good, something evil, or nothing at all, which is truly unpredictable and genuinely terrifying, unlike the Joker, whose crimes are basically jokes that only he finds funny, and actually always have a point and even a pattern. The fifth reason is that Two-Face poses a greater threat than the Joker, considering that the Joker was a complete nobody before he became a supervillain, while Harvey Dent was a district attorney, so naturally he would use his skills and resources as a criminal: he knows Gotham inside out, he has nearly endless connections, he knows everything there is to know about the law and the legal system, and he should also have far greater ease with amassing an army of henchmen, unlike all of the other villains, and he already has the connections, the information, the schemes, the leadership skills, and the experience.
The first reason why the Scarecrow should be Batman’s archnemesis is because they both use the same weapon: fear; Batman dresses like a bat and uses theatrics and acting to scare criminals, while the Scarecrow dresses like a scarecrow (usually) and uses his fear toxin to fill his victims with terror. The second reason is that the Scarecrow is, or should be, a master manipulator, since Dr. Jonathan Crane was a psychologist before he became the Scarecrow, either as a professor of psychology, a private practitioner, or even the head doctor of Arkham Asylum, so he should know everything there is to know about the mind and what buttons to press, and he has the ability to deduce a person’s worst fears just by talking to them, and he should be able to scare people with mere words, instead of being dependent on his fear toxin to scare people. The third reason is that he is the most evil man in Gotham, moreso than the Joker or Victor Zsasz, who murder people left and right, while the Scarecrow actually keeps his victims alive so he can torture them, not with physical pain, but with psychological terror, forcing people, usually innocent people, to their worst nightmares.
However I can’t not mention that Slade was freaking dope in Arrow. That show had its problems down the line, but season 2 was firing on all cylinders.
Third video I’ve seen from you. Other two were “Owlman vs BWL” and “Fortnite Batman Ranking”. While I’ve yet to disagree with you on anything substantive, this shorter felt more informed and less arbitrary and opinion based than the others. I learned from it and I liked it more than I was expecting to. You came to the informed conclusion I had merely assumed to be the case. Good stuff.
I see it in the same way as how Darkseid is in a lot of ways Mister Miracle’s arch nemesis, but also shows up in a lot of Superman content and is arguably more well known for that
Darkseid is mostly superman and the justice league’s archnemesis
I consider Orion to be Darkseid's nemesis, with Mister Miracle being a close second. It's just that most people know Darkseid from non-Fourth World stories. Kinda like how Thanos' nemesis is Adam Warlock, but most people know Thanos from big Marvel events that include the Avengers.
Deathstroke is honestly one of my favorite characters in dc (after his early groomer years). I’ve just always enjoyed him and his supporting cast.
I feel like since Nightwing is a Batman character, Deathstroke is a Batman villain via the transitive property.
He’s not a Batman character, not “Nightwing” the name or Grayson in the form aka grown and the leader, Robin is very much so but the whole point is Grayson leaving Batman’s side and becoming his own man which they’ve done well in doing lately, he’s more of a Batman “Ally” more than anything but even then… either one regresses a character’s story and point or the other makes the entire idea of “Rogues Gallery” absolutely pointless since the logic can be applied to every hero ever meaning Arrow’s villains are Batman villains and vice versa. Rogues galleries are fascinating as it should preserve the world building. Take the original antagonists and keep them tied to their original protagonists, a few team-ups is fascinating but shouldn’t change the overall build. Naaaah… let’s just throw it all out.💀
@@Artryom I don't know what to tell you man, he is literally one of the most prominent supporting characters in Batman media. Don't get me wrong, I like him and I think he can carry his own stories as the protagonist, but saying Nightwing isn't a Batman character is like saying Deadpool isn't an X-men character.
@@hunted4blood He's also one of the MOST prominent LEADING characters in the Teen Titans media. It can come down to whichever he's most popular and known for or which piece of media he's been in as a whole. NOT which either of us have seen him in to clarify. This can go much deeper if you wanna go down that overlysimplistic meta route.💀 He also has carried his own stories as the protagonist since 1995 iirc and ongoing now.
I just see him as a DC villain this point. He's an assassin and he goes where the money is
Deathstroke can be considered a Batman villain by technicality, since he is the main nemesis of Nightwing, who is obviously closely tied to Batman
yeah its true, Deathstroke is a part of the wider Batman world so to speak. Although, It is important that Nightwing establishes his own rogues gallery, and have Deathstroke fight the Teen Titans and Nightwing more and fight Batman less.
What also helps Deathstroke is that his design and general concept is easy to adapt. The fact that you could put him in both realistic Army Equipment and Cheesy comic accurate getups helps in both live action and other formats. His concept as a merc is also a very simple archetype that you could put in any situation with a rich guy with alot of money wants "x" person killed.
The part of hero's gallery got me good. It totally flipped that saying a good 180
I love how Death Strike is everyone’s enemy. Identity Crisis has a great moment where Death Stroke takes out a squad of JL members.
Slade couldn’t beat Batman so he went home to a bunch of kids 🤯
I'd also say that Slade in Arrow was actually not bad, he was insane but I thought overall it was presented really well and slade is threatening as hell, and actually causes significant damage to Olivers life
Arkham origins > knight
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I just don’t like how Slade has effectively replaced Bane as “the guy who’s good at fighting Batman” when Banes dynamic with Batman is WAYYYY more interesting considering slade only fights Batman for money
amen to that
@@TheBatspecter I’m glad someone at least somewhat agrees, now I still like Slade but he’s bordering on overused these days but I’ll say this much… at least bane fans still have it better today then Ra’s fans lol
I saw your Spider Sona in PSM’s stream the other day, I really like it
Love your in depth analysis of these characters in your videos, very refreshing to see
He left out all the things Batman whooped deathstroke in so he could say he floors Batman💀
Batman only beats deathstroke when slade isnt trying his hardest or is weakened in some way. Don’t let the arkham games or the animated movies fool you he’s ALWAYS been better than bruce
@@giosbizarreart9048 "dont let all the things he lost in fool you im right" makes zero sense
@@giosbizarreart9048deathstrokes a better hand to hand fighter and is superhuman physically but batman is a better environmental fighter and is smarter than more or less any human. Its entirely believable to me that either one of them would win in any given fight depending entirely on the circumstances of the fight.
Deathstroke is a DC villain. Shared universe and he fights whoever he fights on whatever given night. Similar to Kingpin in Marvel. He was a Spider-man villain and arguably still is but works so well with Daredevil as well
deathstroke and batman are similar in the sense that they've become environmental hazards more than actual characters.
regardless of who the characters are or his relevance to the story, if you commit a crime in gotham, you can expect to see the bat. on the flip side of the coin, if you're a hero going after someone rich and powerful, you can probably expect he's put a bounty on your head and deathstroke'll come calling.
and i love that about him. he isn't a classic comic book villain who wants to get one over on one specific hero. he's a man with a job to do, and his job is handing bodies over to whoever's paying him to retrieve them.
It would be interesting to see a Deathstroke vs Predator story
You mean predator vs Predator
Nice video as usual, I just wished you talked a bit about Nightwing and Deathstroke rivalry a bit more.
He is Nightwing’s arch enemy.
So in other words, Deathstroke is to Batman what Taskmaster is to Spider-Man.
It kinda feels interesting to see him be less a Titans villain and more of a Batman villain and sometimes a Green Arrow villain!!
Hell sometimes there are different versions of how Slade lost his right eye, whether it was the original one of his wife, Adeline shooting him at the back of his head, Damien Wayne going his right eye in the Son of Batman movie, EVEN in one comic where Green Arrow grabs one of his arrows and stab it into his right eye…different versions of if, I tell ya!!!
I think the original idea of the Batman movie with Deathstroke was an interesting idea and gave him an understandable motive. Especially considering how Batman redeems himself by not killing him
It was interesting, I just don't think the main villian of a batman movie should be deathstroke, there are so many interesting batman villians that haven't been on the big screen
I think is Pretty Much like Mandarin, LIKE, the dude is IRON MAN'S ARCHNEMESIS, Yet he's on the Bad Eye of almost all Marvel Heroes Even Villans, Like Punisher, Iron Fist, The West Coast Avengers, The X-Men & DR DOOM, SPECIALLY DOCTOR DOOM
Of course he has appeared as a villain under Batman’s radar
Arkham Knight Deathstroke was definitely a game
I think Deathstroke needs his own video game
I would even ask if the Gentleman ghost and Solomon Grundy are really Batman villains?
Deathstroke is like Kingpin. Who is both a Daredevil and Spider-man villain. Deathstroke is both a Batman and Teen Titans villain
No. Its more of a Nightwing and Teen Titans villain.
@@huntertezz not anymore
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Eh. I would say he's more comparable to Dr. Doom. He's a major villain originating from a team comic (FF and TT). But he's show up quite often fighting other teams (Avengers and JL) or even other related characters (Batman/ Green Arrow and Iron Man). And usually for their own reasons outside of a boring villain team up. Like why Doom would work with Red Skull or other Hydra villains makes about as much sense as Magneto doing it (but Magneto tried to kill Skull). Where as Doom trying to fight the Avengers for ego reasons or Death Stroke taking a contract makes much more sense.
your content is really fun. I like the natural flow of it. Like hearing a friend ramble about something.
I agree with what you said at the beginning and feel like it would be interesting to have him or another character to have generational beef with the bat family
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No, he’s a Titans and Nightwing villain. Batman has stolen enough villains, like Clock King, Solomon Grundy, Magpie, just let other heroes have their villains.
The diffrence, at least in my opinion, is that slade actually is an apealing batman villian, the others you listed most of the time just are worse versions of existing batman Charakteres with difrent Names.
Deathstroke v batman is faaaaaar more intresting than grundy v batman ever could be. (Even though, "Gotham" the series did a decent Job.)
I mean the conclusion he came to was that Batman is part of Slade's rogues gallery since Deathstroke consistently hands with a TON of heroes
couldn't have said it better.
Magpie was a Batman villain first though,Batman and Superman just teamed up to fight her for some reason,so she’s technically always been a Batman villain.
He’s a villain with a heroes gallery
No, Batman just has a habit of stealing villains from other heroes.
Deathstroke works best as a teen titans villain but considering he is a mercenary he can just go after anyone and batman is an obvious choice.
I will say I love the take the cw arrow show had on Slade and he works very well with his modification into green arrow's backstory. He's just a very flexible character who can be an antihero, a titans villain, even a superman villain at times.
I will say slade has had a history with a lot of heroes as dc’s number 1 assassin including a history with arrow
To me Deathstroke is definitely not just a villain of any group or single hero, he's just his own character in DC who has a special role in the world where he's kind of just doing his own thing and occasionally will end up coming into conflict with heroes based on whatever current goal he's got. He's very much a mercenary where whoever's offering him the best reward is where he'll put his allegiances first and foremost. The idea he starts as a Titans villain because of his son's death but really grows a lot after that is cool, because I do think it'd be a waste to keep him pinned down as one thing and not allow him to be the main character of his own story in a sense.
Great video dude. The video may not be as succesful as your other 'big ones' but it's an algorythm thing, you should keep on making more.
I remember watching a video about Marvels Kingpin and who's he's a villain for. Spider-Man or Daredevil? Then when I scrolled down into the comments section I found one comment that has a pretty cool answer. He's everyone's villain. A big threat who has a large enough influence of crime that has caught the attention of any superhero in New York makes him everyone's enemy. I like to think the same applies to Slade. He can be anyone's villain
Interesting way of looking at it. Very true 👀
Dude I love your editing, your voice, you just seem funny and honest about these characters and I love it, deathstroke is in nobody’s rogue’s gallery, these MFs are in HIS lol
Some batman Villains are more nightwing villains sometimes, mainly the courtnof olws and Deathstroke. But how Nightwing is packed together with batman shit happens.
Love the concept of heroes gallery
I think most people would agree that the fact that Slade is a pedo is just a bad choice of the time better left forgotten. Like how Ms Marvel is brainwashed and raped, or how Green Lantern is also a pedo. Writers rarely bring it up because they were bad decisions that irreversibly damage the characters.
The thing is, the story where Deathstroke is a degenerate is really iconic. They can't just forget about it. So they're stuck in this awkward situatuion where they both have to aknowledge that it happened, and at the same time ignore it.
Christopher Priest probably did it the best in his Deathstroke series, with it asking if there could ever be redemption for a person like Slade, but even then, Terra is rarely brought up, even during the supposed sequel to the Judas Contract.
DC both wants Slade's groomer past to disappear, and to preserve the iconic story it's a part of. And I honestly don't know of a way to do both.
I said it at the start but I think the 2003 show did it way better. It’s more of an abusive father/daughter situation, and that works way better for characters like Deathstroke and Terra.
Funny think when i was a kid i was thinking deathstroke was Spider man Villain
Maybe I'm just latching on to the mercenary thing, but in relation to Batman, DeathStroke honestly feels like a more successful Killer Moth.
Thanks to the DC multiverse, there's probably a universe where Deathstroke is Jared Fogle's bodyguard
That’s hilarious
Lel after the Judas contract the dude is everyone’s villain
Lore of Is Deathstroke REALLY a Batman Villain? Momentum 100
Now do a Wade versus Slade vid, lol. Loved this video!
Hes more like an adversary to Batman
The Titans are my favorite superhero team, and Slade is my favorite DC villain, tho Batman is my favorite solo DC hero. I absolutely agree with you on the front that Deathstroke has a heroes gallery with the Titans on top of it. It only really becomes an issue for me when they try to make it some deep personal connection that in the end is just taking taking a Titans story and swapping the characters like Ben Affleck’s Batman movie.
Even you Joker occasionally take a ride to Meteopolis and fights Superman and that often without Batmans involvment.
Keep making vids bro!😊
I think Deathstroke works best as a Batman villain IMO. He feels scary when Batman faces him, because usually Batman has it all figured out, but Deathstroke is so skilled that you feel the pressure. Realistically he should make quick work of the Titans. Batman seems like a far better match.
Yeah but Batman already has other villains that fulfill Slades Niche like Bane and Ras. He doesn’t need to steal other villains to add to his already bloated villain roster. People like slade vs the titans for the same reason they like bats vs the league, he’s works so well as a titans villain because he knows how to take them down
Great video as always
I'm glad you mentioned early in the video that Deathstroke's main enmity is with Nightwing and the Teen Titans, not with Batman. That said, while he may not be a "Batman" villain (although the two have clashed, of course,) Nightwing is a member of the Bat family. Speaking of which, are rogues of the batfamily lumped in with Batman's in general, or just Deathstroke (and maybe a couple others I might not know)?
Also, I'm extremely passingly familiar with Deadshot but have never heard of KGBeast until today.
usually villains who fight other members of the Batfamily are still part of the Batman rogues gallery. (Black Mask is technically a Batgirl villain etc.) Nightwing though is a special case because he's the only member of the family that operates outside of Gotham in his own city so I think its fair for him to branch out and have his own separate rogues gallery including Deathstroke in that. Although Deathstroke would still be a part of the wider Batman world I guess
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"always should be" why? why does he need to always be the nemesis
Deathstroke stands for Nightwing as Joker is for Batman
He’s a merc. He’s everyone’s villain. lol also the only reason Slade won most of their fights was because his stats are better.
Slade was the coolest character is the teen titans show. I never saw him as a Batman villain because of it
To be fair, Batman DOES have an interpersonal connection with Deathstroke.
I know if I saw someone who was constantly beating up MY son, I would VERY much make taking them down my business.
All you need to do to make it relevant to the story, is make it so Deathstroke recently hurt Nightwing pretty badly, maybe put him in hospital for a stint. What more motivation could Batman need?
Just because he's a crappy father, doesn't mean he isn't one.
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“You want me to what?”
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“… Forgot what you were gonna say, happens to me all the time.”
If Deathstroke killed Nightwing in retaliation for the death of Grant, that would work as set up for him being both a Titan's villain and a Batman villain.
Why would Nightwing get killed by an old man? Is he stupid?
I kinda like the idea of deathstoke kinda being this enemy who was always 1 step ahead of batman for a while, and it wasnt until ROBIN made it onto the scene that Batman was able to finally beat deathstroke.
Humiliated by the fact that he was beaten by a kid deathstroke transers his hatred for batman over too robin,
Marv Wolfman wanted Deathstroke to be a Batman villain in the Batfleck movie.
I think if it's ever something personal with deathstroke relating to batman the angle should be "I'm so mad at nightwing that I'm gonna go beat the shit out of his dad" because that's really fucking funny
I see Deathstroke mainly as a Batman Green arrow and Titans villain but since he is a assassin for higher I also see him as a everyone villain
Before origins and the show I already was thinking he was a Batman villain from how he was portrayed before that
He’s more of a dark reflection to Dick Grayson and the anti-Batman to the Teen Titans.
wtf thinks "hmm I should make my villain a pedo so the audience hates him more" like WHAT!?!?!
evil comes in many forms
I just do like it because it makes me uneasy, and it's very rarely treated with the seriousness of such a sensitive topic.@@ToasterLad_
It seems like when people hear the name Slade they think teen Titans villain, but when they hear Deathstroke they think Batman villain😂