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Contents 1 Wintergreen 2 Powers & Abilities 3 Taskmaster 4 Natas 5 links to robin 6 Adult animation 7 Deadpool in the opening paragraphs 8 Fair use rationale for Image:AddieHIVE.jpg 9 Fair use rationale for Image:Slade.png 10 Fair use rationale for Image:Tt2ravager.PNG

[edit] Wintergreen

Can someone please add some info about Wintergreen?

There's already a page for Wintergreen: see Wintergreen (comics). --UltimatePyro 21:08, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

I meant to the Deathstroke entry. Not a single mention of him. I would do it if I knew more. dfg 08:12, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Powers & Abilities

What about listing his abilities and powers instead of just putting them in the panel. he is also a top notch martial artist having been shown to be more than capable of beating batman and bronze tiger. it should also be noted that due to his accelerated think, he was able to beat/outwit 4 members of the Justice League (aquaman, green lantern, the flash and superman)

• Definatly unneccisary. A lot is being made of his 'powers' here, but a simple rundown of what's really significant in the box is more than sufficient. --InShaneee 22:02, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Taskmaster

Shouldn't there be some comnment on the connection between Deathstroke and Marvel's Taskmaster? I would say Taskmaster is a preview of Deathstroke. Both first appreared in titles drawn by George Pérez (I don't remember if Marv Wolfman was writing Avengers at the time, but I doubt it). Maybe there are comments by those involved about this; I just know that in terms of their look, role, skills/powers, they are similar and share at least one creative parent (Perez) if not more.

This is true, I remember it being noted in Wizard(?) recently as well. T-1000, this is as much "trivia" as Deadpool being (partially) based on Deathstroke, why did you move it back to the main article?

It should have been deleted. There is no proof for any of this. Unless you can cite Wizard, of course. T-1000 22:20, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't have it in my hands, unfortunately. It was in the most recent or second most recent issue. However, I've checked around online: both were designed by Perez; Taskmaster's first appearance was in spring/summer 1980, Deathstroke's was in fall/winter 1980 after Perez moved from Avengers to Teen Titans. There's no way the similarities are coincidental. I've rewritten it as follows:

*Deathstroke's costume is similar to the Marvel comics mercenary Taskmaster's original design, sharing an orange/blue colour scheme and many design elements (such as buckaneer boots, flared gloves, and a near-identical collection of weapon belts; the largest differences were their masks, Taskmaster's cape, and the white in Taskmaster's costume). Both characters were designed by George Pérez in 1980, within a few months of each other.

Do with it what you will. -- HKMARKS 22:46, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

That's fine, since it is just facts. I'll re-add it. T-1000 23:02, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm removing it. It implies a causal relationship between the two that at the very least is uncited, at worst doesn't exist. CovenantD 16:20, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

The relationship is that they were both design by George Pérez. T-1000 17:17, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Instead of removing it, why not reword it to remove the causal implication? (Which I honestly don't see.) The similarities are obvious, but we don't know why Perez designed two similar-looking martial-artist mercenaries with personal codes of professionalism in a short period of time. - HKMARKS 23:55, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Natas

If you read up on Deathstroke's history all of his training and skills came from service in the military. The only people ever really said to have trained him or mentored was Adeline Kane and Wintergreen, so were does this Natas come in?

Well, this "Natas" fellow could be one of the historical changes in the wake of Infinite Crisis. It was mentioned that history rewrote itself in some ways, here and there, and there was never a detailed account of all the changes. HXcGeek 12:54, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] links to robin

The links to robin may need disambiguation. Currently one goes to the dab page and two go to "Robin (comics)", which might be the wrong Robin. Snowman 15:00, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Adult animation

There is an adult flash player animation involving Slade and Raven from the teen titans. I didn't want to add it to the main page without consensus from people who regularly contribute to his page. To watch it, go here (Warning: Sexual material!!!). --Ghostexorcist 19:06, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deadpool in the opening paragraphs

Should that much information about a derivative character (citing, at great detail, one issue of a comic) be in the header? That seems like the wrong place to have that tangent. Perhaps a move down to a subheader later on in the page would be cleaner. --ItsWalky! 23:29, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:AddieHIVE.jpg

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Slade.png

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Tt2ravager.PNG

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