Cyborg reveals that Slade's mask contained a hallucinogenic chemical reagent that, when he breathed it in, entered Robin's bloodstream and infiltrated his central nervous system, which caused him to hallucinate Slade, even though he was not actually there.
Widely considered the greatest and deadliest assassin in the DC Universe, he serves as the archenemy of Dick Grayson and the Teen Titans, and is also an adversary of other superheroes such as Batman, Green Arrow and the Justice League.
His constant losses have given him a legendary hatred for Batman's sidekick. But readers would be surprised to learn that there's one Robin he does respect. In Teen Titans Annual #2, Deathstroke reveals that his favorite Robin is none other than Damian Wayne.
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Why is Slade obsessed with Robin?
Robin. Slade considered Robin his rival as the leader of the Teen Titans. Slade was impressed by Robin's abilities, powers, and personality, and wanted him to be his apprentice. Slade admits that he tried to get Robin's attention by leaving clues and messages for him to investigate.
It was thought that the first time Slade encountered Robin was alongside the Teen Titans and that the basis for animosity towards the crime fighter came from that team. Originally, Slade's son, Grant Wilson, took a contract on the Titans but died before he could fulfill it.
Batman has trained many young heroes as Robin, and while they have all been impressive on their own, DC just confirmed that one stands above the others in terms of power: Damian Wayne is the most powerful Robin.
Robin ends up fighting him throughout the episode and getting physically abused in the process. He's so obsessed with it that the other Titans strap him down to keep him from seeking Slade out again. Robin's mental torment exhibits signs of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Their battles are never decided by which one is the stronger of the two. In fact, it is rare (if ever) that strength plays any kind of factor as it has been well established that Deathstroke and Nightwing are evenly matched.
For many, the belief as to why his eye never heals is because his healing factor is limited. While he can recover from gunshot wounds and lacerations in his organs, it doesn't seem as though he has the ability to regenerate like Deadpool or Wolverine.
Robin inhales a hallucinogen that causes him to hallucinate Slade, and then he's physically tortured throughout the episode and Robin is evidently breaking down as the episode progresses (He snaps at Starfire in the episode, starts to get caught up with Slade and doesn't realize he's there and has Slade is about to ...
The revelation that Terra was not just willingly working with Deathstroke, but sleeping with him, remains one of the darkest plot turns in a mainline DC comic. Terra was sixteen years old at the time of the storyline while Deathstroke was middle-aged, making him far more insidious than he would later be portrayed.
Conversation. Slade fills the role of a "bad Batman", casually manipulating Robin and grooming him into his child soldier. his immoral ideology evens rubs off on Robin, leading to the first Red X. Robin, ofc, eventually gathers the strength to REJECT both Slade and his own secretive nature.
Later, when Robin yells at the team for not searching for the generators, they explain they couldn't find any. Robin: Slade must be cloaking them, just like he's cloaking himself. [to Starfire] That's why you couldn't see him. Starfire: [skeptical] But if I could not see him, why could you?
The show's producer David Slack indicated that he was given different reasons for the show's cancellation; either the ratings dropped after the "scary" season 4, or Mattel wanted the show dead because Bandai had the show's toy deal. Cartoon Network announced that Mattel had become its "master toy licensee" in 2006.
According to this theory, Slade was actually a future version of Robin that the current Robin will eventually become. His transformation would happen sometime before Robin becomes Nightwing. After becoming Slade, he would then go back in time to the team's early days and attack them.
Damian Wayne is one of the most combat-proficient Robins due to his training from the League of Assassins. Unlike his father, Batman, Damian Wayne is prepared to be lethal. Whenever Damian faces Deathstroke head-to-head, he typically comes out on top.
That title would probably go to Dick Grayson, seeing as he remains the cream of the crop Robin. He'd be on his feet for about 4 minutes longer than his closest runner-up: Tim Drake, who'd be in it for 16 minutes at best until his mentor takes him down. Not long after that, Dick would lose as well.
Deathstroke is hired by several businessmen to slaughter Star City's mayor, who happens to be Queen. Recognizing Green Arrow as the man who humiliated him, Deathstroke pursues him.
Slade's personality takes a turn for the worse after his injection with Mirakuru, which combined with his grief over the loss of Shado makes him impulsive, reckless, aggressive, violent, and bent on revenge against Ivo.
After he has disposed of the other Titans, Slade moves in on Raven. But instead of attacking, Slade says he has a message for her. He then grabs Raven's arm and burns the symbol onto it. Slade then starts to destroy the entire place thus putting the other Titans in danger.
