Template:Multiple issues Template:Infobox comics character Slyde (Jalome Beacher) is a fictional character who is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Publication history
Template:Expand section Slyde first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #272 and was created by writer Tom DeFalco and artist Sal Buscema.[1][2]
Fictional character biography
Jalome Beacher was a chemical engineer who created a non-stick coating that could be applied to anything, only to be fired by his employers. He created a costume coated in the substance that enables him to slide across floors with ease and grip objects without them slipping from his grasp.[2][3][4]
Slyde was part of the seventh such group called the Masters of Evil when the villainous assemblage tangled with the Thunderbolts, ironic because the Thunderbolts are mostly made up of reformed members of the Masters of Evil.[5]
Upon the realization that he was turning forty soon, he got a new costume, gave himself a new (and fictional) origin, and made an attempt at robbing a bank with henchmen—but it was all a ploy to lure Spider-Man out in order to fight him. At the end of the story, on the way to jail, he mused that, knowing that he "went toe to toe with Spider-Man", he is entirely all right with middle age.[6]
While Slyde is in prison, his stepbrother Matthew assumes the mantle before being killed by Elektra.[7][8]
Civil War
Slyde is among the army of villains recruited by Zemo and his Thunderbolts to serve as "hero-hunters" during the events of the Civil War.[9] He is later killed by Hammerhead's enforcer Underworld after refusing to join his gang.[10]
Other characters named Slyde
- Following Beacher's death, an unknown person succeeds him as Slyde and joins the 50 State Initiative.[11][12]
- An undercover NYPD police officer assumes the Slyde mantle during Spider-Man: Brand New Day.[13]
- After losing her powers during M-Day, Stacy X uses a modified Slyde suit along with Stilt-Man armor, web shooters, and Frog-Man springs.[14][15][16]
Powers and abilities
The chemicals on the suite that Slyde wears allow him to move at nearly Template:Convert, making him very agile and difficult to attack. He is also a skilled chemist.
In other media
Jalome Beacher / Slyde appears in the Spider-Man episode "The Road to Goblin War", voiced by Phil LaMarr.[17] This version is a former worker at the Beemont Chemical Corporation who was fired by CEO Alan Beemont and became Slyde to get revenge and cause chaos.
References
External links
- Slyde at Marvel.com
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- ↑ The Amazing Spider-Man #272. Marvel Comics.
- ↑ Thunderbolts #24-25. Marvel Comics.
- ↑ Spider-Man Unlimited vol. 3 #1. Marvel Comics.
- ↑ Wolverine vol. 3 #26-27. Marvel Comics.
- ↑ The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Spider-Man: Back In Black #1. Marvel Comics.
- ↑ Thunderbolts vol. 2 #104-107. Marvel Comics.
- ↑ Civil War: War Crimes one-shot (February 2007). Marvel Comics.
- ↑ Avengers: The Initiative #1
- ↑ Avengers: The Initiative #1 Character Map
- ↑ The Amazing Spider-Man #602
- ↑ New Warriors vol. 4 #6. Marvel Comics
- ↑ New Warriors vol. 4 #16. Marvel Comics
- ↑ Vengeance #1–6. Marvel Comics
- ↑ Template:Cite web A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.