MISTER
SLECH MISTER
SLECH
Identity/Class: Alternate
Reality (Reality-691)
circa 31st century;
extraterrestrial
(Entemen
race);
resident of Asylum
Occupation: Criminal leader
Group Membership: His gang (Sod and at least nine (and presumably more) unidentified members)
Affiliations: Sod;
(presumably without his knowledge) Drs.Roh-Ma
and
Pazz-Ko
Enemies: Guardians of the Galaxy (Charlie-27, Nikki/Nicholette Gold, Vance Astro/Vance Astrovik, and Yondu Udonta)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: Boss
Base of Operations: Presumably on the top floor(s), at least, of a building in largest city on he planet Asylum, Milky Way galaxy, Reality-691 circa the 31st century
First Appearance: Marvel Presents#5 (June, 1976)
Powers/Abilities:
As one of the Entemen, Mr. Slech is tall and lean, with extendable,
tentacle-like arms and legs. At
the end of his arm tentacles, his hands have three fingers and a thumb,
although his digits may have had limited dexterity, as he preferred to
hold things coiled within his arm's tentacle-like portion. Presumably lacking or having very flexible bones in his limbs (see comments), he can extend his
arms (and likely his legs) a distance of several feet.
He is served by a gang of at least nine beings, plus Sod. However, on his own, he did not seem to be a particularly formidable combatant.
He enjoys smoking, presumably some sort of tobacco-like plant product, through a cigarette holder.
He spoke in the slang and used the mannerisms of mid-20th century mobsters.
Height: Unrevealed (perhaps 7'; in the scene where
he is yanked out of his seat, he is WAY taller than the 6' tall
Charlie-27)
Weight: Unrevealed (perhaps 200 lbs.)
Eyes: Black
Hair: Dark brown or black
Skin: Orange (with multiple darker orange round spots)
History:
(Marvel Presents I#5 (fb) - BTS) - In the early 31st century, an Entemen known as "Mr. Slech" was a patient on a
world that had been turned into a mental institution for the most
hopelessly neurotic beings of approximately fifty loosely-confederated
planets in its sector of the Milky Way galaxy. Its original name no
longer used, this planet had come to be called simply Asylum.
The administrators of this institution were very progressive and allowed
the patients to structure their own society in whatever way they wanted.
Bizarrely, the culture that they ended up creating closely paralleled
that of "Old Earth" (i.e., the United States of America in 20th century; see
comments).
Within this context, Mr. Slech became the leader of a criminal organization that mimicked a 1930s mob, and he at least considered that he owned the city.
(Marvel Presents I#5 (fb) - BTS) <3016
A.D.> - When their starship was disabled, four members of the
Guardians of the Galaxy (Vance Astro, Charlie-27, Nikki and Yondu) were
forced to teleport down to the nearest planet while Martinex stayed
aboard to make repairs. 
Unaware of what the planet was, the foursome materialized in a forest that was actually the roof garden on top of one of the buildings in the planet's largest city but were quickly spotted and held at gunpoint by the gardener, Sod. Although he would normally just spray any such "pests" with lead, Sod figured that "Boss" might like to inspect the four personally, so he escorted them downstairs.
(Marvel Presents I#5) - Sod presented
the
quartet to Mr. Slech, noting he had found them on the roof garden,
leading one of Slech's men to accuse them of being hit men. Agreeing
with this assessment, Slech congratulated Sod for his nice work and
promised to mark him down for a bonus. He further instructed Sod
to get back upstairs, as he was malodorous.
Noting that he believed in being
civilized about these things, Slech suggested they tell him about
themselves..."Who's your employer?
Why'd he send you? What made you think you'd get away from here with
your lives?"
When
Astro protested that they honestly meant no harm or even inconvenience
and said that they would go peaceably, Slech reminded them that he
would be the one to decide if they were to go at all. Noting that he
wouldn't mind keeping "this cutie" around for a long time, Slech then
fondled Nikki's chin with his left tentacle, prompting Charlie-27 to
grab the offending limb and tell Slech to keep his tentacles to
himself.
As Charlie-27 was in the middle of threatening to rip off said tentacle if Slech did not say "Yes" to Astro's polite request that they be allowed to leave, the mob boss called out for his men, and a fight broke out between the Guardians and Slech's thugs. While brawling, Charlie-27 kept a hold of Slech's tentacle, yanking him forward over his desk while he battered Slech's men with his other hand. Charlie-27 subsequently tucked Slech under one arm and suggested that he could redeem his reputation as a gracious host by escorting himself and his allies to the door. Vance Astro told Slech's men he didn't know if loyalty was a motivation for them, but that they should not follow them if they wanted to Slech in one piece again.
When Astro stated that they would drop him off a few floors down, Slech swore that they would regret their actions because he owned the city, but then shut up when Charlie-27 threatened his ribs.
As promised, the Guardians did leave Slech behind before they reached the ground floor and exited the building.
(Marvel Presents#5 - BTS) - After encountering Martinex, Asylum's caretakers Drs. Pazz-Ko and Roh-Ma arranged the delivery of the equipment needed to repair their ship and transported the other Guardians back there after explaining the situation
Comments: Created by Steve Gerber, Al Milgrom, and Howard Chaykin.
The whimsy of the situation (classic Gerber), was that the most insane people in the galaxy established a society very similar to that of various aspects of 20th Earth (the present at the time of the story).
In
Marvel Presents#5, Charlie-27 suggested to Mr. Slech that he "Keep
your tentacles to yourself" and the Official Handbook staff followed
his lead by stating that Entemen had "tentacles in place of arms and
legs." This means that the limbs of Entemen are muscular hydrostats
(like the legs of octopi or the trunks of elephants or the tongues of
humans) that are composed mostly of muscle tissue without any skeletal
support. Accordingly, Entemen limbs have no bones and no joints.
However, Entemen presumably do have bones in the rest of their bodies
(i.e., their torsos and heads).
--Donald Campbell
You can see further discussion about Slech and the Entemen in Donald's Entemen profile.
I was going to do sub-profiles on each of 8-9 other gang members, not including Sod, but I think I'll leave that for another day...month...year...decade...
This profile was completed 07/03/2022, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25th anniversary 's celebratory event.
Mr. Slech originally received a sub-profile in the planet Asylum's profile, which was one of the profiles I had written before uploading and publishing the Appendix 09/02/2001.
Profile by Snood and Donald Campbell (I included a significant amount of text from his Entemen profile).
CLARIFICATIONS:
Mr. Slech should be distinguished from:
  At
least 8-9 Asylum patients served as henchman and enforcers for Mr.
Slech. Each were apparently members of as yet unidentified alien
races.--Marvel Presents#5 Note: The bottom image in the main profile shows them the best. |
Appearances:
Marvel Presents#5 (June,
1976) - Steve Gerber (writer), Al
Milgrom (penciler), Howard Chaykin (inker), Marv Wolfman (editor)
First posted: 09/02/2026
Last updated: 07/04/2022
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