give some guys enough rope and they’ll
hang themselves don’t try that with this
dude though welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll explore the comic book
origins of Slipknot as with most comic
book characters they’re often
reimagining and different versions to a
character’s past we have chosen to
primarily follow the storyline which
unfolded in 1984 z’ fury of firestorm
number 28 which was expanded upon in
1986 his fury of firestorm number 47
rope slingers are associated with the
Wild West but the villainous Slipknot is
definitely more of a modern bad guy he’s
a master with the lasso and the noose
and the special chemicals he uses on his
ropes make them stick tight to anyone
even a superhero like firestorm Slipknot
slipped into firestorms life without
much fanfare in 1984 as his debut story
opened the mysterious alien known as the
monitor was speaking with a member of
the deadly 2000 committee the committee
whose goal was the complete takeover of
the US government wanted to kidnap the
superhero called fire Hawk for reasons
unknown meanwhile Ronnie Raymond half of
the dual identity known as firestorm was
taking a shower after a big baseball
game in the middle of the shower Ronnie
was pulled away by his partner Martin
Stein and the two formed firestorm
Lorraine Riley the secret identity of
fire hawk had asked firestorm to come to
her aid it seems that Lorraine’s father
had been kidnapped however before
firestorm could learn much more he was
last seen around the neck by Slipknot he
tried to break free but the villains
noose was made of rawhide and firestorms
powers do not affect organic material
regardless the hero did eventually break
free and took off in pursuit of Slipknot
lorraine attempted to follow but fell
into a trap slipknot had set for her
with firestorm gone henchmen arrived to
capture Lorraine again Slipknot managed
to tie firestorm up and send him to his
doom firestorm couldn’t break out of the
ropes but he was able to cushion his
fall and then he was freed by a few
astonished bystanders
now furious he went after Slipknot again
and this time used his brains and
superpowers to subdue the villain
Slipknot is one of those villains who
just sort of appeared out of the blue
without a real origin story and readers
never really got a chance to learn that
much more about him eventually it was
revealed that his real-life name was
Christopher Weiss and it wasn’t until a
couple of years after his debut that a
little bit more came out while battling
the blue
devil it was revealed that Slipknot’s
ropes were treated with a special
chemical that made them super strong and
super adhesive as well while bragging
about this clip not revealed that he
used to work for a chemical company down
south presumably in his civilian
identity Slipknot has made some
appearances since the new 52 relaunch
and judging my fees he’s moved on to
fighting the likes of Robin and rag man
now whether this new Slipknot will
eventually have an expanded origin story
is still yet to be seen for a time
Slipknot was part of the motley crew of
heroes and villains working together
rather reluctantly as the Suicide Squad
his dazzling mastery of rope tricks
makes him a very visual villain and
that’s great potential for this
underused bad guy are you a fan of the
rope wrangling Slipknot for more comic
book origins be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
hang themselves don’t try that with this
dude though welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll explore the comic book
origins of Slipknot as with most comic
book characters they’re often
reimagining and different versions to a
character’s past we have chosen to
primarily follow the storyline which
unfolded in 1984 z’ fury of firestorm
number 28 which was expanded upon in
1986 his fury of firestorm number 47
rope slingers are associated with the
Wild West but the villainous Slipknot is
definitely more of a modern bad guy he’s
a master with the lasso and the noose
and the special chemicals he uses on his
ropes make them stick tight to anyone
even a superhero like firestorm Slipknot
slipped into firestorms life without
much fanfare in 1984 as his debut story
opened the mysterious alien known as the
monitor was speaking with a member of
the deadly 2000 committee the committee
whose goal was the complete takeover of
the US government wanted to kidnap the
superhero called fire Hawk for reasons
unknown meanwhile Ronnie Raymond half of
the dual identity known as firestorm was
taking a shower after a big baseball
game in the middle of the shower Ronnie
was pulled away by his partner Martin
Stein and the two formed firestorm
Lorraine Riley the secret identity of
fire hawk had asked firestorm to come to
her aid it seems that Lorraine’s father
had been kidnapped however before
firestorm could learn much more he was
last seen around the neck by Slipknot he
tried to break free but the villains
noose was made of rawhide and firestorms
powers do not affect organic material
regardless the hero did eventually break
free and took off in pursuit of Slipknot
lorraine attempted to follow but fell
into a trap slipknot had set for her
with firestorm gone henchmen arrived to
capture Lorraine again Slipknot managed
to tie firestorm up and send him to his
doom firestorm couldn’t break out of the
ropes but he was able to cushion his
fall and then he was freed by a few
astonished bystanders
now furious he went after Slipknot again
and this time used his brains and
superpowers to subdue the villain
Slipknot is one of those villains who
just sort of appeared out of the blue
without a real origin story and readers
never really got a chance to learn that
much more about him eventually it was
revealed that his real-life name was
Christopher Weiss and it wasn’t until a
couple of years after his debut that a
little bit more came out while battling
the blue
devil it was revealed that Slipknot’s
ropes were treated with a special
chemical that made them super strong and
super adhesive as well while bragging
about this clip not revealed that he
used to work for a chemical company down
south presumably in his civilian
identity Slipknot has made some
appearances since the new 52 relaunch
and judging my fees he’s moved on to
fighting the likes of Robin and rag man
now whether this new Slipknot will
eventually have an expanded origin story
is still yet to be seen for a time
Slipknot was part of the motley crew of
heroes and villains working together
rather reluctantly as the Suicide Squad
his dazzling mastery of rope tricks
makes him a very visual villain and
that’s great potential for this
underused bad guy are you a fan of the
rope wrangling Slipknot for more comic
book origins be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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