(New X-Men I#134) - Slick was in class, getting fawned over by his girlfriend Tattoo, when news broke of mutant fashion designer Jumbo Carnation's murder. Shocked by the loss of a true mutant icon, Slick telepathically informed his classmates, but telepath Quentin Quire didn't seem to care about Carnation, preferring to continue working on a pair of anti-gravity floats for Martha Johansson. Slick mocked Quire for being uncool and then announced he would be performing a benefit gig after lunch to honor Carnation with some songs he wrote himself.

(New X-Men I#134 - BTS) - Still annoyed by Slick's overbearing presence, Quentin Quire got a call from his parents who told him he was adopted. This collapsed the powerful telepath's already volatile self image, turning him mean and nasty.

(New X-Men I#134) - Quire attended Slick's "benefit", where he played guitar and Tattoo accompanied him on the maracas. Quentin interrupted the performance to ask Slick in what way this benefit was helping Jumbo or solve his murder. Annoyed, Slick was about to turn on Quentin who used his telepathy to disrupt Wood's illusion casting powers, teaching him a harsh lesson about the fakeness of cool and charisma. All of a sudden, everyone saw the handsome teenager for the tiny, plump troll he was. Disgusted, Tattoo immediately broke up with him and walked away with the snickering Quire and his companion Glob Herman.

(House of M#8 - BTS) - Slick was one of the victims of the Scarlet Witch's reality altering spell that reduced the millions of gene active mutants to less than 300 worldwide.

(New Avengers I#17 - BTS) - Slick's mutant energies became part of the Collective.

(New Avengers I#18 - BTS) - SHIELD analyzed the Collective's multiple energy signatures and traced them back to Slick and 50+ other former mutants who had all lost their powers on M-Day.

Comments: Created by Grant Morrison (writer), Frank Quitely (pencils), Tim Townsend (inks).

Slick's fate post M-Day has not been revealed. Though depowered, it's unclear if he retained his unusual physical features. It also hasn't been established if he left the Xavier Institute alive or if he was on board the bus full of depowered X-students the Purifiers blew up.

Slick received a profile in Marvel Encyclopedia X-Men. Slick's real name was revealed in the Xavier Institute entry of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z#11.

Profile by Norvo.

CLARIFICATIONS:
 Slick should not be confused with

• Any other "Slick" characters

Elf

    Real Name: Natalie Wood

    Identity/Class: Human mutant

    Powers/Abilities: Generates solid-photon objects

    (New X-Men I#134) - Elf was present when Quentin used his telepathy to disrupt Slick's illusion casting powers. She and the other students were surprised to learn of Slick's real form.

    Comments: Elf's real name, codename and powers were revealed in the Xavier Institute entry of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z#11.
    Elf resembles Dryad, another X-student and member of the Corsairs training squad. In New X-Men II#13-14 Dryad had erroneously been displayed as having white skin and blonde hair, so perhaps a case could be made this was Elf although very unlikely since both books had different creative teams.