10 Best Times Supervillains Switched Sides
8. Deathstroke - DC Rebirth
Deathstroke - a man literally known as 'The Terminator' - probably isn't the first villain you'd think of to have switched allegiances in the past. After all, he was the key tormentor of the Teen Titans, and a man so proficient in combat that, give or take, he could go toe-to-toe with the best the DCU has to offer.
Even so, with such a capacity for evil - spurred on primarily by a sense of greed and a constant thirst for challenge - it was always the case that Slade Wilson could use his talents for good. He'd dabbled in the past, but it was only in Christopher Priest's criminally overlooked Deathstroke comic that the Terminator devoted the majority of his time to super-heroics.
The reason for his change of heart? Well, Slade has - to put things mildly - seen a lot of crap. He's been to the helly-est of hell-holes in the DC Universe, and has killed dozens, some of whom probably didn't deserve it. So, in an effort to atone for his past sins, Slade creates a team of his own, comprised of his children, and even Kid Flash.
Without spoiling anything, the team - named Defiance - experienced somewhat... mixed, fortunes. But still, there's no getting away from how enjoyable Slade's good side was to see, or how brilliant Priest's comic has been since its debut.