Who Is Reverend Slaggingham? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Reverend Slaggingham is a DC Comics comic book character, with over 16 comic issue appearances. A cyborg from the Victorian era, Slaggingham first runs an organization of magical soul-stealers and snake-oil salesmen, then ends up working on the side of right in a battle of the heavens.

Who is Reverend Slaggingham?

Creation Reverend Slaggingham was created by writer John Ney Rieber and artist Gary Amaro in The Books of Magic issue 9 in 1995. Major Story Arcs Slaggingham grows up in the Victorian era, and stays alive for more than 140 years due to steampunk-level cybernetics. He is a cantankerous, manipulative man who lives by his watch. In the modern era, he runs a kingdom in the sewers under London, selling magical snake oil to passersby through an army of assistants. He often collects people's souls, including that of Auberon , in small globes. On rare occasion, he works with people who live aboveground, such as Tim Hunter 's childhood friend, Jimmy Morehead . Morehead won't spy on Tim, so Slaggingham kills him by sealing him with a gutta-percha gun, then sells him to a sewing shop. When Daniel , a boy who also grew up in the Victorian era, but has lived in another dimension for years and so has not aged, runs away to the sewers, he finds Slaggingham.

Key facts

Reverend Slaggingham is of robot origin and first appeared in "The Artificial Heart, Book I: Handmedowns of the Ragged School". The character is published by DC Comics. With 16 recorded issue appearances, Reverend Slaggingham ranks among the most featured characters in comics.