The Wretch is a comic book created by Phil Hester and published by Slave Labor Graphics.

The series focuses on the creepy town of Glass City and its residents who are protected by a strange entity known only as the Wretch.

The Wretch originally appeared in Joe Pruett's anthology title Negative Burn, where he was called "The Creep."

Phil Hester told Newsarama that "The Wretch is inscrutable, he – if it is a 'he'– never speaks, appears mysteriously, uses his ill-defined powers to solve a problem in a funky way, then fades back into the night.

In the Wretch's early appearances he wore belts all over his body and had two large hoses which connected from his back to the front of his neck.