Created by Gerry Conway and Rafael Kayanan,[1][2] the character made his first appearance in The Fury of Firestorm #28 (October 1984).

Adam Beach portrays Slipknot in the DC Extended Universe film Suicide Squad.

[6] Slipknot is a skilled martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant, and wields powerful indestructible ropes.

[8][9] This version is a Native American mercenary who is recruited into Amanda Waller's Task Force X program to defeat the Enchantress.

However, Captain Boomerang initially believes the nano-bombs implanted into the squad members' necks to dissuade them from abandoning the mission are a ruse and Slipknot is subsequently killed while mounting an escape attempt.