The following article contains spoilers from Deathstroke Inc. #10, on sale now.

A look into Deathstroke's past has revealed how Deathstroke first adapted to becoming a super soldier. Deathstroke Inc. #10 (by Ed Brisson, Dexter Soy, Veronica Gandini, and Steve Wands) told a story of Deathstroke chafing under the lack of limitations his new strength seemed to grant him. Something else became apparent too: his personality was exacerbated in a manner similar to that of the MCU's super soldier serum.

The idea behind the MCU's super soldier serum was that while it would increase physical traits, it would also enhance a person's core personality. Any biases, or hidden demons would suddenly become much more pronounced. Something similar is occurring in Slade here. He seemed incapable of living the life he had before, and it manifested as a need to act violently.

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The Deathstroke Super Soldier Experiment

Slade admitted to feeling the physical changes within him. Deathstroke's mind had been racing in a way unlike any he had experienced before. As such, the trappings of domestic life have become just that for him: a trap. Slade was never entirely comfortable with domestic life. Being a husband and father did not come naturally to him. Still, there was undoubtedly love, but after the experiment his perspective changed.

It wasn't just that the life he led outside the military wasn't satisfying him, it wasn't challenging him. At least, not in a way that he wanted it to. His problems at home were more about connecting emotionally with the people in his life, something he has never been good at. From his perspective, he felt his talents were being wasted, even more so now that he was a super soldier. It suggested that Slade always had a streak of selfishness and self-importance, but it didn't become a problem until now.

This kind of personality enhancement can be seen in the MCU. It's super soldier serum also seemed to make a person's worst tendencies more prominent. It's why Steve Rogers was selected so carefully, they needed someone who was inherently good to receive this power. The reality is that having great power can be a temptation, leading one to feel that they can make decisions without the same consequences applying. It also doesn't help that Deathstroke's experiment was designed to produce a better killer, rather than a protector.

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Deathstroke's First Mask

This also raises the possibility that had Deathstroke not volunteered, another parallel to the experiment that created Captain America, he might have been able to lead a normal life. It wouldn't have been an easy life, but it would have been free of the tragedies that followed in Deathstroke's wake.

Unfortunately for everyone involved, Deathstroke's experiment did exactly what it was meant too: create a better killer. The changes in his personality now made it impossible to rein him in. Even the people he loved could properly guide him to a better path. In the end, the serum did its job, but it also had the unintended side effect of making a complicated man worse than he already was.