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| ''This article is about Marvel Comics ]. For the Marvel ] of ], see ]; for the Marvel ] ], see ]'' | |||
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| |caption=''Mystic Comics'' #8 (March 1942). Cover art by ] | |||
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| |character_name=Destroyer | |||
| |real_name=Kevin "Keen" Marlow | |||
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| |debut=''Daring Mystery Comics'' #6 (October 1941) | |||
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| '''The Destroyer''' is a ] ] in the ] ], who ] in the 1940s during what historians and fans call the ]. He is significant as well as one of the earliest creations of industry legend ]. As comics historian and former Marvel editor-in-chief ] notes: "Stan's most popular superhero creation before the ] was the Destroyer, debuting in '']'' #6 (Oct. 1941)".<ref>''The Golden Age of Marvel Comics'' (Marvel, 1997; ISBN 0-7851-0564-6) Introduction, p. 3</ref> The artist co-creator is unknown; the story ]-] was ], the cover-artist ].<ref>Grand Comics Database: </ref> | |||
| One of the ]-era heroes of Marvel's the Golden Age predecessor, ], the Destroyer was less popular than the company's stars, the ], the ] and ]. Yet the Destroyer's sleekly dark costume with a skull motif, his skintight blue mask that made him appear inhuman, and his occasional cover appearances together worked to make the character more memorable than many others of his era, and he was the company's most-published character outside the three stars and the ]. | |||
| ==Publication history== | |||
| The Destroyer appeared as the cover feature on the last half of the 10-issue run of the ] ''Mystic Comics''. He went to star in issues of nearly every Timely superhero anthology, although only one Golden Age story has been reprinted in modern times. | |||
| ] associated with the feature include pencilers ] and ], and inkers ] and ]. Comic-book giant ], inked by either ] or ] (sources differ), contributed the Destroyer cover of ''Mystic Comics'' #7 (Dec. 1941).<ref>Grand Comics Databse: Jack Kirby Museum: </ref> | |||
| ==Character biography== | |||
| ===Golden Age=== | |||
| The character's origin, highly similar to that of ], posits ] ] Keen Marlow being captured for ] while reporting behind-the-lines in ] ]. While imprisoned in a ] — that specific phrase being used, though before its association with the ] — Marlow is given a super-soldier serum by fellow prisoner Professor Eric Schmitt, an anti-Nazi German ]. Responding to the chemical (minus the "Vita-Rays" also used on Cap), Marlow becomes a prime human specimen who escapes, dons a costume, and adopts a fearsome identity with which he fights the Nazis on their own turf. He was occasionally abetted by an ] agent with the, in retrospect, rather unfortunate name of Florence von Banger. Antagonists included the Scar, Herr Sin and Von Maus. | |||
| ===Modern-day=== | |||
| In 1970s ] appearances, the same origin is recounted except for the reporter's identity. Now he is Brian Falsworth, brother of ] (a member of the ] superhero group ]) and son of Montgomery, Lord Falsworth, who had been the ] hero ]. "Keen Marlow" was explained as simply a fictitious name. Brian Falsworth gave up the Destroyer identity in order to become the new ], while his friend and lover Roger Aubrey (initially introduced, as '''Dyna-Mite''' and member of ], in ''Invaders'' #14-15 story-arc) became the new Destroyer. | |||
| This Destroyer has made present-day guest appearances in such titles as '']'' and '']'', where he was the leader of the titular ] before eventually stepping down in favour of the ]. After the Torch's death, Aubrey reassumed command of the V-Battalion. | |||
| ==Other media== | |||
| In the 1990s ] '']'', Keen Marlow was introduced as the Destroyer, an old colleague of Captain America, now past his prime with his powers fading. He appeared as one of the "Six Forgotten Warriors" in the story arc of the same name. He was also a friend of Peter (Spider-Man) Parker's Uncle Ben. | |||
| ==Bibliography of appearances== | |||
| ===Golden Age=== | |||
| * ''Mystic Comics'' #6-10 (Oct. 1941 - Aug. 1942) | |||
| * ''All Winners Comics'' #2-12 (Fall 1941 - Winter 1944) | |||
| * ''USA Comics'' #6, 8-14, #16-17 (Dec. 1942, May 1943 - Fall 1944, Summer-Fall 1945) | |||
| * ''Amazing Comics'' #1 (Fall 1944), becomes ''Complete Comics'' #2 (Winter 1944) | |||
| * ''Mystic Comics'' Vol. 2 #1-4 (Oct. 1944 - March 1945) | |||
| * ''Daring Comics'' Vol. 2 #11-12 (Summer-Fall 1945) | |||
| * ''Kid Komics'' #4-6, 9-10 (Spring-Fall 1944, Spring-Summer 1946) | |||
| * ''All Select Comics'' #6, 10 (March 1945, Summer 1946) | |||
| ===Modern-day=== | |||
| * ''The Invaders'' #18-19, 26, 34 | |||
| * '']'' #5 | |||
| * ''Thunderbolts'' #40, 41, 45-51 | |||
| * ''Citizen V & the V-Battalion'' Vol. 1 #1-3, Vol. 2 #1-4. | |||
| ===Golden Age reprints=== | |||
| *"The Beachhead Blitz" (from ''All Winners Comics'' #12) | |||
| ::'']'' #12 (Dec. 1967) | |||
| ::''The Golden Age of Marvel Comics'' (1997) ISBN 0-7851-0564-6 | |||
| '''Note''': ''Marvel Super-Heroes'' lists ] as artist; ''The Golden Age of Marvel Comics'' lists Mike Sekowsky | |||
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