| Sleez | |
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Sleez from Action Comics #592, artist John Byrne |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Action Comics #592, (September 1987) |
| Created by | John Byrne (writer & artist) |
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| Alter ego | Sleez |
| Species | New God |
| Place of origin | Apokolips |
| Abilities | Empath |
Sleez is a fictional extraterrestrial supervillain published by DC Comics. He debuted in Action Comics #592 (September 1987), and was created by John Byrne.
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Sleez is an alien from the planet of Apokolips. There he originally serves as the companion of young Prince Uxas (Darkseid) the future ruler of Apokolips. Uxas banishes Sleez to Earth after he grew tired of his depravities, and the creature took up residence in the city of Metropolis. There he seeks out a living in the sewers of Suicide Slum. He runs afoul of Superman on several occasions. This includes a failed attempt to produce a pornographic film starring a psionically dominated Superman and Big Barda.[1] Sleez kidnaps children in an amusement park serving as a front for Intergang but later seemingly dies in an explosion.[2] In the 2007 series Countdown, Sleez appears again in Suicide Slum but is killed by an unknown entity (later revealed to be Infinity-Man), while attempting to tell Jimmy Olsen the secret to killing Darkseid.[3]
Sleez is an empath who can feed on the baser emotions of the average person and use that energy to bolster his own life force. He can dominate the minds of others, magnifying their most depraved desires.
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