Ravager (DC Comics)

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.

In live action, Ravager debuted amalgamated into the character Isabel Rochev in the second season of the Arrowverse series Arrow, portrayed by Summer Glau. Grant Wilson appeared in the first season of Legends of Tomorrow and final season of Arrow, portrayed by Jamie Andrew Cutler. Chelsea Zhang portrayed Rose Wilson in her live-action debut in the second season of the series Titans.

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. However, the procedure is flawed and soon kills Grant, causing Deathstroke to hold the Titans responsible for his death.

Grant is temporarily resurrected by Brother Blood to guard Kid Eternity. In the Teen Titans tie-in to the Blackest Night crossover, Grant Wilson is reanimated as a member of the Black Lantern Corps and attacks his father Deathstroke and his half-sister Rose Wilson.

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. Grant is later killed by Deathstroke in his attempt to kill Jericho (Joseph Wilson), Deathstroke's son.

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 Joseph. 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.

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.