Steve Harmon was an average teenager who had an average job as your average clown, living in average New Jersey. But after being zapped by weird and mysterious extradimensional energy, Steve became Slapstick - a living, breathing cartoon character! Now, after joining - and then quitting - Deadpool's Mercs for Money, Slapstick is striking out on his own terms! Sure, he's gotta move back in with his parents, but these new business ventures take time. And anyway, he gets to team up with the Amazing Spider-Man - so things must be going pretty well, right?