| Super Name: | Backlash |
| Real Name: | Marc S'lyton |
| Aliases: |
Marc S'lyton Marc Slayton |
| Publisher: | Wildstorm |
| Gender: | Male |
| Character Type: | Other |
| 1st Appearance: | Stormwatch #3 |
| Appears in: | 74 issues |
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Peter Petrelli ( 10 - 1 ) |
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Hulk ( 10 - 12 ) |
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Spider-Man ( 8 - 4 ) |
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Grifter ( 8 - 13 ) |
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Daredevil ( 8 - 2 ) |
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Silver Surfer ( 8 - 4 ) |
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Wonder Woman ( 7 - 1 ) |
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Hellboy ( 7 - 3 ) |
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Mr. Majestic ( 7 - 0 ) |
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Shang-Chi ( 7 - 1 ) |
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Karate Kid ( 7 - 1 ) |
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Punisher ( 6 - 0 ) |
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Conan ( 6 - 0 ) |
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Hercules ( 6 - 0 ) |
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Wolverine ( 6 - 0 ) |
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Ares ( 6 - 0 ) |
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Dante ( 6 - 0 ) |
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Martian Manhunter ( 6 - 2 ) |
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Superman Prime ( 6 - 1 ) |
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Sentry ( 6 - 6 ) |
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Grifter ( 8 - 13 ) |
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Hulk ( 10 - 12 ) |
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Captain America ( 4 - 10 ) |
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Iron Fist ( 4 - 8 ) |
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Sabretooth ( 2 - 8 ) |
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Deadpool ( 5 - 8 ) |
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Longshot ( 4 - 8 ) |
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Psylocke ( 5 - 6 ) |
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Sentry ( 6 - 6 ) |
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Dracula ( 5 - 6 ) |
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Vulcan ( 3 - 5 ) |
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Jason Todd ( 5 - 5 ) |
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Cable ( 5 - 5 ) |
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Spider-Man ( 8 - 4 ) |
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Goku ( 4 - 4 ) |
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Silver Surfer ( 8 - 4 ) |
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Edward Elric ( 1 - 4 ) |
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Nightcrawler ( 3 - 4 ) |
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Firestorm ( 4 - 4 ) |
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Midnighter ( 1 - 3 ) |
Backlash; former member of Team Zero/One/7, trainer of Stormwatch and leader of WildCorps for Dept PSI. Edit
In his long life Backlash aka Marc Slayton (formerly S'ylton) is a Kherubim half breed of Lord S'ylton (mother unknown) lord of the Kherubim colony Atlantis. His father died sinking the ancient city trapping the last of the Drahn underwater. Marc survived when Ferrian Lord S'ylton's first Knight escaped from the city. Ferrian raised and trained Marc who has been in his estimated 3,000 years of life a ninja, knight, military intelligence operative, USAF Sergeant Rescue Commando, USAF Colonel, special forces operative, Stormwatch drill master and leader of WildCorps.
Backlash is considered to be one of the best hand to hand combatants in the world, he has fought and bested (and in some cases been bested by) Grifter, Zealot, Warguard member Talos.
Team Zero, 1 and 7
During WW2 Marc worked as an Intelligence operative and was recruited into Team Zero for Operation: Blue Plate. Marc and that era's Grifter were the only survivors. Later as a Sergeant in the 60's-70's he stopped the Daemonite sabotage attempt on the Icarus rocket and was recruited into Team Zero which became the foundation for WildCATS, Stormwatch and Team 7. In the late 70's-80's he joined Team 7 under the command of I.O and during a setup he was exposed to the Gen Factor.
After the fallout of Team 7, Marc helped the other members escape from I.O. while taking a deal to work for I.O. to insure the safety of the rest of the team. He was ordered to act as Mole in the new UN team Stormwatch but Bendix convinced Marc to work as a double agent allowing him to keep his deal with I.O. with compromising Stormwatch.
Stormwatch
Backlash was tasked to train up the new lead agents for Stormwatch, Stormwatch: Prime. During this role Marc had helped Striker and the rest of Cyberforce escape from Cyberdata (Cyberforce #0). He led and trained the team until the last days of the Gulf War when the Iraq forces were retreating and destroying everything in their wake. Stormwatch: Prime was ambushed by the Mercs after the team split up. Flashpoint, Sunburts and Nautika were listed as KIA and Marc stepped down as the team leader and took up full time as the head drill master of the Stormwatch Team training the team.After the events in WildCATS #4 vol 1, a Daemonite survivor infiltrated Skywatch; the UN teams space station HQ, and took possession of Diane Lasalle. Unleashing the Warguard as an escape plane, Backlash hunted down his possessed girlfriend and removed the Daemonite forcefully leaving Diane a dying shell.
Solo and WildCorps
Marc along with long time Team 7 survivor Cyberjack was contacted to deal with the Kindred on South American base on Caballito island Eden's Gate. The info he gained led him to Purgatory Max prison where he freed Amanda Reed aka Taboo. A former prostitute and survivor of Daemonite experiments. Together they freed Diane, participated in the major events Wildstorm Rising where Backlash fought Hellspont one on one and Fires From Heaven where he met his son Aries and joined Dept PSI.Once they Joined Dept PSI Marc and Amanda worked to fight the Drahn, Tapestry and built the team WildCorps. He fought the Kindred a second time and combated Dinosaurs while on vacation. WildCorps was slaughtered leaving only Marc missing a leg and Taboo alive. Since then he has been made Director of I.O.
Family Ties
Marc Slayton dated Diane Lasalle during his time in Stormwatch. After Diane was injured and left dying Marc went on a hunt for a cure meeting Taboo. He broke up with Diane after admitting to a drunken night with Taboo during his search for Diane's cure. Since then Taboo and Marc have been dating and even at one time until a mission that included dinosaurs looking at marriage and children. Since Marc left Dept PSI, Taboo has not been seen.He has two children from former girl friend Lynn Morinaka in 1980 after a stint of shore leave. They are Aries (real name unknown) his altered son under the control of Kaizen Gamorra and Jodi Morinaka aka Crimson who later took the handle Jet after WildCorps fell. Jodi currently holds the name Backlash and has been told that her actions will not be excused by Backlash just because she is his daughter.
Powers
A one time carrier of the Gen Factor Backlash had access to a healing factor, high end telepathy and telekinesis. All of which he lost when his Kherubim heritage purge his system of the Gen Factor. During his final mission with Team 7 (Team 7 Objective: Hell #3) he was able to generate Psi-Whips; telekinetic genreated psychic tendrils that can rend, coil and shock opponents. These Psi-Whips were enhanced after the loss of the Gen Factor. Backlash also can turn into mist but since the loss of the Gen Factor his is only able to do so once (or twice a day with some great effort).Armageddon Future
It seems that the original Backlash has been replaced by his daughter, Jet. (Backlash #25) who has married Geek from the Dept PSI team BlackOps.
