No, no, no! I mean Ulysses X. Lugman, the obese supervillain called The Slug, born on this day (according to the possibly non-canon source of the Marvel Age, but we have no other references for his birthday, so let's use this one, huh?). Yes, today's the "big" day. Or, very possibly, judging from this calendar, today and the next three days. Folks, he's just that large.
from Marvel Age #111 (Marvel, April 1992), text by Mike Lackey, art Darren Auck
Why, he makes the Kingpin look like Slim Goodbody! Let's look in on his first waddlin' welcome into the Marvel Universe. And now that he's such a major player in the Captain America mythos...ah ha ha ha ha ha! Sorry, I couldn't even finish that sentence for the usual joke.
from Captain America (1968 series) #325 (Marvel, January 1987), script by Mark Gruenwald, pencils by Paul Neary, inks by John Beatty, colors by Ken Feduniewicz, letters by Diana Albers
Nomad targets the Slug! Well actually, how could he miss?
I'm as big an admirer of Mark Gruenwald's writing as anybody, but yeah, there are times when it felt like he was scrapin' the bottom of the old idea barrel. At least this storyline didn't stretch on for several issues and become "The Slug Saga!" Very appropriately, it's only one issue long.
Yes, that's The Slug, the villain who takes up so much horizontal space that they completely revised the format of the OHOTMU for him!
from Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Master Edition (1990 series) #7 (Marvel, June 1991), pencils by Keith Pollard, inks by Joe Rubinstein, colors by Andy Yanchus
Happy Birthday, Slug! Please don't eat me.
Nancy (August 14, 1957), by Ernie Bushmiller
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