Slayback is a

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appearing in

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s published by

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. Primarily an enemy of

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, the character exists within Marvel's main

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, known as the

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. Created by writer

Fabian Nicieza Fabian Nicieza (born December 31, 1961) is an Argentine-American comic book writer and editor who is best known for his work on Marvel titles such as ''X-Men'', ''X-Force'', ''New Warriors'', ''Nomad'', ''Cable'', ''Deadpool'' and '' Thunderbolts ...

and artist

Joe Madureira Joe Madureira (born December 1974), often called Joe Mad,Smith, Andrew (May 3, 2002). "Canceled Comics Cavalcade Catch-up". ''Comics Buyer's Guide'' #1485. p. 38 is an American comic book artist and game developer, best known for his work on ''Da ...

, the character first appeared in ''Deadpool: The Circle Chase'' #1 (August 1993).

Publication history

After debuting in the four-issue miniseries ''Deadpool: The Circle Chase'', Slayback went on to appear in ''Wolverine Annual 1995, Deadpool'' Vol. 3, #61-63, ''Death of Wolverine: The Weapon X Program'' #1, ''Deadpool vs. Thanos'' #3 and ''Deadpool & the Mercs for Money'' Vol. 1, #4.

Fictional character biography

Claiming to have come from a wealthy and loving home, Australian-born Gregory Terraerton was at some point turned into a cyborg dubbed "Slayback" by the

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Program. Slayback afterward became a mercenary and worked alongside fellow Weapon X members

Garrison Kane Garrison Kane, also known as Weapon X and Kane, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was created by Fabian Nicieza and Rob Liefeld, and debuted in ''X-Force (comic book), X-Force'' #2 (1991). F ...

, and Sluggo, as well as the mutant shapeshifter

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. Over time, Deadpool grew disgusted by Slayback's sociopathy and sadism and attempted to kill him by blowing him up, unaware that Slayback had regenerative abilities that, over a period of ten years, allowed him to recover from Deadpool's attack. Obsessed with getting revenge on Deadpool, Slayback stole files pertaining to him from Department K and attempted to force Kane into revealing Deadpool's whereabouts. Next, Slayback, aware that Deadpool was among the mercenaries competing for

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's inheritance, discerned that it was located in a Nepalese temple, where he captured Copycat. When Deadpool, Kane and

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arrived to claim Tolliver's treasure, Slayback attacked them and fatally wounded Copycat. The android

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, who had been among Tolliver's belongings, was reactivated by the battle and disintegrated Slayback. Slayback survived or was resurrected and went to work for Doctor Westergaard, who had Slayback capture Deadpool for use as a test subject for her experiments involving the

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. Deadpool was rescued by

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and

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while Slayback was abandoned and blown up by Westergaard. Allison Kemp later hired Slayback and

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to help her kill Deadpool. When Deadpool attacked Kemp's airship, Slayback paniced and attempted to flee via parachute pack, realizing too late that Deadpool had stuffed it full of explosives which detonated in mid-air as Slayback screamed, "Oh, fu-". Slayback was subsequently shown running amok in Hell during a period of cosmic imbalance caused by

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being imprisoned by

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. A revived Slayback rejoined Weapon X and was seemingly killed yet again when a group of the organization's escaped test subjects stabbed and immolated him during ''

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''. Slayback afterward appeared as one of the villains vying for the Rigellian Recorder acquired by Deadpool and the

Mercs for Money Mercs for Money is a fictional superhero mercenary team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history Mercs for Money first appeared in ''Deadpool'' #1 (Dec. 2015) and were created by Gerry Duggan. Eight mont ...

. When questioned about his return by an annoyed Deadpool, Slayback merely quips, "The kind of money being offered for killing you... is worth crawling outta the grave for!"

Powers and abilities

Physical and bionic augmentations provided by

have imbued Slayback with superhuman strength and durability, a healing factor, telescopic arms and enlargeable hands and fingers that can morph into razor sharp spikes and talons, respectively.

References

External links

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