Sleez

Sleez
Sleez from Action Comics #592, artist John Byrne
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Action Comics #592, (September 1987)
Created by	John Byrne (writer & artist)
In-story information
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.

Fictional character biography

Sleez is an alien from the planet of Apokolips, born in the Sewers. 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, first using the Omega Effect, 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, he hoped to use the money he made from this to create an army to fight Darkseid.^[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 is revealed to have survived and is active in Suicide Slum once again. He is killed by an unknown entity (later revealed to be Infinity-Man) while attempting to tell Jimmy Olsen the secret to killing Darkseid.^[3]

Powers and abilities

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.

In other media

Television

In the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Enter the Outsiders", Slug (voiced by Alexander Polinsky) is based on Sleez. Here he is presented as the leader of an underground (literally, within a sewer) ring of teenagers whom he has convinced that they are outsiders to society. He comes into conflict with Batman and Wildcat when he manipulates teen versions of Black Lightning, Metamorpho, and Katana into venting their frustrations on popular social outlets by using their superpowers to destroy a mall.

References

External links

The New Gods

Jack Kirby

New Genesis	Big Barda Forager Forever People Highfather Lightray Orion Mister Miracle Takion

Apokolips	Darkseid Deep Six Desaad Devilance Doctor Bedlam Female Furies Bernadeth Stompa Mad Harriet Lashina Gilotina Artemiz Granny Goodness Glorious Godfrey Grayven Heggra Kalibak Kanto Mantis Mortalla Sleez Steppenwolf Virman Vundabar Yuga Khan Parademons Justifiers

Other characters	Metron Black Racer Himon Infinity-Man Shilo Norman Oberon Sonny Sumo

Locations	New Genesis Apokolips Source Wall

Storylines	Jack Kirby's Fourth World The Great Darkness Saga Legends Cosmic Odyssey Genesis Countdown to Final Crisis Death of the New Gods Final Crisis

In other media	Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (1984–1985) The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (1985–1986) Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010) Smallville (season 10) (2010–2011) DC Universe Online

Related articles	List of New Gods Anti-Life Equation Boom Tube Mother Box Darkseid's Elite The Source Super-Cycle

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