Sleez

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caption =Sleez from Action Comics #592,
artist John Byrne
character_name =Sleez
publisher =DC Comics
debut ="Action Comics" #592,
(September 1987)
creators =John Byrne (writer & artist)
real_name = Sleez
species = New God
homeworld = Apokolips
alliances =
aliases =
supports =
powers = Empath

Sleez is a fictional extraterrestial 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 fictional planet of Apokolips. There he originally served as the companion of young Prince Uxas (Darkseid) the future ruler of Apokolips. Uxas banished Sleez to earth after he grew tired of his depravities, and the creature took up residence in the city of Metropolis. There he ekes out a living in the sewers of Suicide Slum. He ran afoul of Superman on several occasions, including attempting to produce a pornographic film starring a psionically dominated Superman and Big Barda. ["Action Comics" #593] Sleez kidnaps children in an amusement park serving as a front for Intergang but later seemingly died in an explosion. ["Adventures of Superman" #475] 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. ["Countdown" #46]

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.

References

External links

* [http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=sleez DCU Guide: Sleez]
* [http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/tommorrow/S/Sleez.htm Cosmic Teams: Sleez]
* [http://members.tripod.com/fastbak/charlist.htm Fastbak: Inhabitants of the Fourth World]