Adeline Kane

Adeline Kane is the ex-wife of Slade Wilson (Deathstroke) and mother of Joseph Wilson (Jericho). A highly trained military operative, she once shot Slade through the eye after his refusal to reveal a mission endangered their son's life.

Introduced by Marv Wolfman and Eduardo Barreto in The New Teen Titans #25 in 1986, Adeline Kane is a compelling figure from DC's Copper Age whose story has wound through some of the publisher's most dramatic corners. She shares the page with titans of the Teen Titans world — Joseph Wilson, Jericho, Donna Troy, and Starfire among them — lending her an immediate sense of consequence and connection to that beloved era of storytelling. Her presence across Tales of the Teen Titans, Deathstroke, and even Detective Comics speaks to a character whose reach extends well beyond any single corner of the DC universe, and the fact that her appearances stretch all the way to 2023 shows a staying power that casual readers might not expect. For fans who love the layered, emotionally charged storytelling that defined the Wolfman era of DC, Adeline Kane is absolutely worth seeking out.