(Grant) New Teen Titans #1 (November 1980) (unknown) Batman #440 (October 1989) (Walsh) Tales of the Teen Titans #44 (July 1984) (as Ravager) Deathstroke the Terminator #1 (August 1991) (LaFarge) Deathstroke, the Hunted #0 (October 1994)
Ravager is an alias used by multiple fictional characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Most appear in series featuring the Teen Titans and have a connection to the villain Slade Wilson / Deathstroke. The name has also been used by the unrelated super-hero team The Ravagers.
The first Ravager was Grant Wilson, the eldest son of Deathstroke. The Ravager alias was subsequently used by an unnamed assassin working for Harvey Dent / Two-Face, Deathstroke's rival Bill Walsh, and Deathstroke's half-brother Wade LaFarge. The most recent and current Ravager is Rose Wilson, Deathstroke's daughter, who is the only heroic character to adopt the alias.[1]
Grant Wilson as Ravager, in Booster Gold #22 (July 2009). Art by Michael Norton (pencils) and Dan Jurgens, Guy Major, Hi-Fi Design, Norm Rapmund (inks and colors).
The first Ravager is Deathstroke's older son Grant Wilson. While living in New York City, Grant's apartment is wrecked by the sudden arrival of the alien princess Starfire and the Gordanians following her. Grant blames the Teen Titans for the events and takes a contract from H.I.V.E. to kill them. H.I.V.E. gives Grant a serum that allows him to imitate his father's abilities and enhanced reflexes, but the flawed procedure soon kills Grant, causing Deathstroke to hold the Titans responsible for his death.[2]
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Grant's history was changed. He appears to have been beaten and killed in an explosion by Midnighter, but returns after a few years trying to kill his father. Grant surreptitiously manipulates Deathstroke, by allying himself with the fathers of one of Slade's victims and sending a number of villains called Legacy to weaken the mercenary before facing him. Despite having a chance to kill Deathstroke, Grant hesitates and walks away.[5] Grant is later killed by Deathstroke in his attempt to kill Jericho, Deathstroke's son.[6]
DC Rebirth
Grant's backstory is expanded upon in Deathstroke: Rebirth. In his younger years as a child, he had a strained relationship with his father Slade, who was hard on him, and was distant from his younger brother Joe. His strained family life provokes him to run away as a teenager, unknowingly encountering young members of H.I.V.E who have been spying on his family and take the chance to recruit him. Grant established a relationship with one of the young women and came to join H.I.V.E in his adult life. In the storyline "The Lazarus Contract", Deathstroke attempts to resurrect Grant by stealing Wally West and Ace West's super-speed to travel back in time and change the past, but is unsuccessful.[7][8]
Unknown
The second Ravager is an unnamed assassin who is hired by Two-Face to eliminate Batman. Ravager lures Batman into a trap by building up his reputation as a dangerous serial killer. During a confrontation at the top of a dam, Ravager is defeated and falls to the water below, never to be seen again.[9]
Bill Walsh
Bill Walsh battling Deathstroke, in Deathstroke, the Terminator #4. Art by Mike Zeck
The third Ravager is Bill Walsh, a former rival of Deathstroke's who takes up the title to lure Deathstroke into battle. Years before assuming the name Ravager, Walsh was known as the Jackal and was involved in the kidnapping of Slade's younger son Joseph, which resulted in Joseph's throat being slit and him becoming mute.[10] As Ravager, Walsh attempts to kill Slade with a bomb. Slade instead kills Walsh and defuses the bomb.[11]
Wade LaFarge
The fourth Ravager is Slade's half-brother, Wade LaFarge, a small-time hitman who uses the name in mockery of Slade. As a child, LaFarge felt resentful of and inferior to Wilson, who often looked out for him. In adulthood, LaFarge would meet Adeline Kane, become smitten with her, and have a relationship with her for a while. However, his somewhat-abusive tendencies drove her away, and she joined the special forces. Adeline met Slade Wilson while serving in the special forces; the two, unaware of their mutual connection via LaFarge, would fall in love and get married. This drove LaFarge over the edge, and he kidnapped both of Slade and Addie's children, toddlers Grant and Joe, and tried to brainwash them into believing their father was an evil man. Before he could do any permanent damage to the family, his mother Frannie LaFarge shot him off a cliff. He was presumed dead, but the cold cauterized his wounds and he survived. LaFarge became obsessed with destroying Slade and Addie's relationship so he could win her back for himself, and hired the mercenary known as "The Jackal", another man with a grudge against Slade, to kidnap the Wilson children and force Slade to reveal his double-life as Deathstroke to Addie.[12] After failing to kill Slade and romantically pursue Adeline, Wade was driven deep underground and arrested after a crazed Adeline was presumed dead. Years later, Ravager was offered $100,000 by an anonymous source to perform a hit on Rose Wilson, the daughter of Deathstroke and Lili Worth (an ex of Slade's). He murders Rose's foster parents, but is interrupted by the Teen Titans, who claim they had received an anonymous tip. The whole group is knocked out with halothane, and Rose and Ravager both wake up in Deathstroke's den. Deathstroke makes amends with his daughter and takes her as his apprentice, allowing her to kill LeFarge.[13]
In the Teen Titans tie-in to the Blackest Night crossover, Wade LaFarge is resurrected as a Black Lantern and attacks Rose and Slade.[4]
The fifth Ravager is Rose Wilson, Slade's illegitimate daughter. At one period, Deathstroke manipulates and brainwashes her into becoming his apprentice. After a brief stint training with Nightwing in an attempt to make the Secret Society of Super Villains leave Blüdhaven alone, Rose realizes that Deathstroke does not have her best interests at heart and leaves him. One year after the events of Infinite Crisis, she has joined the Teen Titans, as seen in Teen Titans (vol. 3) #34 (May 2006).
The Ravagers
"The Ravagers (comics)" redirects here. For the Ravagers of Marvel Comics, see Ravagers (Marvel Comics).
The Ravagers (rather than Ravager) also exist as the name of a team in DC comics. In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, the Ravagers are introduced as a group of super-powered teens who escaped the plans of Harvest in the Culling.[14]The Ravagers title first appeared as part of The New 52's Second Wave in 2012. The team was formed after the Teen Titans and the Legionnaires stuck in the present day were abducted by Harvest, and then later stopped the villain and escaped.[15] The team includes Beast Boy, Terra, Thunder and Lightning, Ridge, and Caitlin Fairchild.[16]
Other versions
Titans Tomorrow
A possible future version of Rose Wilson appears in the "Titans Tomorrow" storyline. This version is a member of Titans East and is in a relationship with Bart Allen.[17]
Flashpoint
An alternate universe variant of Rose Wilson appears in the Flashpoint tie-in Deathstroke and the Curse of the Ravager.[18]
A possible future version of Grant Wilson / Deathstroke from the year 2046 appears in the Legends of Tomorrow episode "Star City 2046", portrayed by Jaime Andrew Cutler.[21] By this time period, he has taken up the mantle of Deathstroke from his father Slade Wilson and taken over Star City before he is defeated by his versions of the Green Arrow and John Diggle Jr. as well as the time-traveling Legends.
The present day version of Grant Wilson / Deathstroke appears in the Arrow episode "Present Tense", portrayed again by Jaime Andrew Cutler. He forms and leads the Deathstroke Gang in an attempt to destroy Star City, only to be foiled by the Green Arrow and his allies, arrested by the authorities, and incarcerated at Blackgate Penitentiary.
The Rose Wilson incarnation of Ravager makes cameo appearances in DC Super Hero Girls as a student of Super Hero High.
Isabel Rochev and Wade DeFarge appear in the Arrow tie-in novel Arrow: Vengeance. The latter is stated to be Slade Wilson's commanding officer in the ASIS and half-brother of Billy Wintergreen. After Slade abuses government resources to locate Oliver Queen, DeFarge confronts Slade, who eventually kills him.
↑ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p.242. ISBN978-1-4654-5357-0.
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