Slaymaster
| Slaymaster | |
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The Slaymaster
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance |
Super Spider-Man and Captain Britain #243 (October 1977) |
| Created by | Jim Lawrence (writer) Larry Lieber (writer) Ron Wilson (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Human |
| Team affiliations | Crazy Gang |
| Notable aliases | Electro-Man |
| Abilities | Exceptional martial artist and tactician |
Slaymaster is a fictional comic book character from Marvel Comics's Captain Britain series.
The Slaymaster's first appearance was in Super Spider-Man and Captain Britain #243 (October 1977), a weekly Marvel UK title which featured a mix of reprint and original material. He was created by Jim Lawrence, Larry Lieber, and Ron Wilson. Though killed off in the 1985 Captain Britain series, the character's role as one of Captain Britain (and later his sister Psylocke's) main villains would result in the character appearing and being mentioned long after his death (in particular, Uncanny X-Men #256, which contains the character's first American appearance, though in the storyline, he is a hallucination created by the villains Mojo and Spiral as part of an elaborate brainwashing process they perform on Psylocke).
Slaymaster remains one of few Muslim characters depicted in the Marvel universe. He is shown refusing alcohol because of his religion.
Slaymaster first encounters Captain Britain while carrying out an assassination, managing to defeat the Captain.
Later, a more skillful and refined Slaymaster has been hired by Vixen (a British villain and old enemy of Captain Britain) to kill all of the members of S.T.R.I.K.E.'s psi-division, including Captain Britain's sister, before her planned infiltration of the intelligence's facility. Slaymaster manages to kill most of the psi-division, bar Alison Double, Tom Lennox and Betsy Braddock (Captain Britain's sister and Lennox's lover), keeping the division away long enough for Vixen to take control. Captain Britain's intervention on behalf of his sister results in a rematch between himself and Slaymaster, a tightly run affair in which Slaymaster proves his intelligence, weapons and martial skill would be enough to defeat the more powerful Captain again. However, thanks to a distraction by Betsy, Captain Britain is able to overwhelm Slaymaster and beat him into unconsciousness.
Still in the employ of Vixen, Slaymaster was to bring Captain Britain to her. Slaymaster manages to capture the Captain and in the course of the story steals his costume which is thought to be the source of Captain Britain's powers. Captain Britain is still able to control the suit and telekinetically rams Slaymaster into a wall, knocking him out.
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