What ever happened to joey slick,
Dear Mafioso Mishap,
Joseph "Slick" Silvano was found guilty of murder and conspiracy to commit murder and extortion in the summer of 1985. He was sentenced to two consecutive lifetimes without parole at the newly-formed "R.A.A.T T.R.A.P", a I.I.I-funded prison for humans associating with alien robots. He pled guilty to all charges. Despite the circumstances, the trial was only a minor sensation due to the emergence of Decepticons attacking Earth in the late 1980s.
Mysteriously, his sentence was commuted in 1988 by a judge and lawyer from the mysterious "Z Foundation", which not only freed Joey Slick but offered him a high-paying managerial position. For six months, Joey lived a very cushy life until he noticed the Z Foundation was trying to buy out his old neighborhood. All of the residents and shops would be driven out of the area. Angrily, Joey marched into the CEO's office and met Zarak face-to-face.
Zarak told Joey the true reason why he'd been hired: Zarak believed that Joey Slick had somehow absorbed some of Megatron's cunning and ruthlessness and wanted to know his secret! Joey told Zarak that all was just plain wrong, that he just found a gun in a puddle. Zarak lashed out in embarrassment at his weakness, feeling Scorponok's own fears and doubts about his leadership. The two fought atop the Z Foundation skyscraper, with Joey eventually getting the upper hand. He pointed his arm at Zarak and bent his wrist, telling him, "You'll never be like Megatron!"
Joey Slick then turned himself into the police, detailing everything he knew about the Z Foundation. Many investigations were launched into the shady corporation, forcing them to resort to hiring mercenaries like the Roadjammers. For assistance in the Z Foundation case, Joey's sentence was reduced to 15 years. In 2003, he returned to his old neighborhood and wrote a series of self-help books: Bullseye: Targeting Your Success, Aim For the Top: How A Goon Took Over A Crime Family, and Interdimensional Einstein-Rosen Bridges with Black Hole Antimatter Transport.
