Who Is Slab? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Slab is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Christopher Anderson, with over 82 comic issue appearances. Mutant who was in the short lived team Nasty Boys

Who is Slab?

Origin Not much is known about Chritopher Anderson and his time before he joined the mutant mercenary group named the Nasty Boys Creation Slab was created by Peter David and Larry Stroman in 1992 and first appeared in X-Factor # 74. Major Story Arcs The Nasty Boys Slab was Mr. Sinister 's recruit for his team Nasty Boys , and was one of the first of the team to attack their arch nemesis X-Factor . Slab climbed to the top of the Washington Monument and called Strong Guy out to fight him, and they battled. When he shrunk his size to avoid Strong Guy's punch leading to Strong Guy to destroy the monument. Slab was captured along with his teammate Hairbag and taken to a holding cell by X-Factor. While he waited for his lawyer to negotiate bail, Slab and Hairbag were broken out of prison by the Mutant Liberation Front (of which Slab's sister Thumbelina was a member) and returned to the Nasty Boys shortly afterwards. Versus Havok and Polaris Slab and the Nasty Boys reappear years later with Mr Sinister after Malice had possessed Havok in Hawaii .

Key facts

Slab is of mutant origin and first appeared in "Politically Incorrect". The character is published by Marvel. With 82 recorded issue appearances, Slab ranks among the most featured characters in comics.