Slyde

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Slyde

art by Ron Frenz

Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Amazing Spider-Man #272 (Jan 1986)
Created by	Tom DeFalco, Sal Buscema

Characteristics
Alter ego	Jalome Beacher
Affiliations	Masters of Evil
Notable aliases	'The Teflon Coated Man'
Abilities	None: Skilled chemist

Slyde is the alias of Jalome Beacher, a fictional character who is a supervillain in Marvel Comics . His first appearance was in Amazing Spider-Man #272.

[edit] Character history

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 and decided to use it to rob banks. His all-white bodysuit allows him to slide across floors with relative ease, and renders him impervious to Spider-Man's webbing. The suit has pads on the gloves so that Slyde can grip objects without them slipping from his grasp. 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.

In Wolverine #26, Slyde was apparently killed by the sword of Elektra who was presumed dead/resurrected by The Hand.

Later, it was revealed that Slyde was not really dead after all. He was apparently freed from his brainwashing by the Hand and reformed himself. Upon realizaton he was turning forty soon, he got a new costume, made up a new orign, and made an attempt at robbing a bank with henchmen -- but it was all an excuse to try to fight Spider-Man. 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 alright with middle age. Later, in Civil War: War Crimes #1 (February 2007), Slyde, along with the Trapster, met with mob boss Hammerhead, who was attempting to organize a group of super-criminals to take advantage of the Civil War between the Marvel superheroes. However, Slyde balked at the proposal. He was shot in the back of the head and apparently killed by Hammerhead's enforcer Underworld, in order to send a message to those who would refuse to join Hammerhead's organization. However, since Slyde already came back from the dead once, it is possible he may do so again.