Grim Reaper (Slabside Penitentiary)

For the spectral entity, see, Grim Reaper.

"Grim Reaper"
Biological Information
Species	Human
Status	Deceased
Universe Information
Home universe	Earth-1
General Information
Occupation	Criminal (incarcerated)
Affiliation	Ricardo Diaz's criminal organization
Actor	John DeSantis

An unnamed man, only known as the "Grim Reaper" (died November 12, 2018), was an inmate at Slabside Maximum Security Prison and a goon working for Ricardo Diaz's criminal organization.

Biography

At some point in his life the man only known as "Grim Reaper" became a criminal and started to work for Ricardo Diaz's organization acting as his inside man at Slabside Maximum Security Prison. After Oliver Queen was imprisoned inside said penitentiary, he attacked him in the showers alongside several other goons as per Diaz's order; although Oliver managed to defeat all of his assailants, "Grim Reaper" remained standing and informed him that at that exact moment Diaz was murdering his wife.

The following day, after John Diggle confirmed him for Felicity's well being and he had an inspiring speech with Stanley Dover, Oliver decided to fight back and went to the prison's courtyard beating up both Danny Brickwell and "Grim Reaper".

After this, both Oliver and "Grim Reaper" were taken into isolation for a week and the latter was sent to Level Two of the prison, where he was experimented and tortured for weeks at the hand of Slabside's corrupt chief psychiatrist Jarrett Parker, whom eventually led to "Grim Reaper" losing all sense of identity and being essentially erased like many other of his patients.

When Oliver finally managed to get to Level Two and encounter "Grim Reaper" to ask him where Diaz was, the man was reduced to a shell of his former self, thus being unable to answer any question. The following day, after he was subjected to another of Parker's treatment, "Grim Reaper" died due to the stress.

Appearances

Arrow

Season 7

• "Inmate 4587"
• "The Longbow Hunters" (mentioned)
• "The Demon"

Trivia

• The character was never called by name on-screen during his first appearance in "Inmate 4587"; his nickname is written in the tattoo on the back of his neck.
  • In his first appearance, he was credited as "Reaper Tattoo".

Behind the scenes

• In the DC comics, William Norris (Grim Reaper) is a member of SMASH who accepted a job from organized crime to eliminate the Terror 2000 program, being killed in the process.
  • Also, Reaper is the alias of a large member of the League of Assassins who tried to kill Batman under Ra's al Ghul's order but was killed by Silencer.