Golden Age Wednesdays 2

For my second entry into Golden Age Wednesdays, The Destroyer!

The Destroyer has a new book out written by Kirkman, if you haven't read it yet do yourself a favor and go get it! If you can find it.... It's a great book so far, lots of blood and action from the Marvel Max series.

Now for some history.

The Destroyer (Kevin "Keen" Marlow) is a fictional superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, who first appeared in the 1940s during what historians and fans call the Golden Age of comic books. He is significant as being one of the earliest creations of industry legend Stan Lee. As comics historian and former Marvel editor-in-chief Roy Thomas notes: "Stan's most popular superhero creation before the Fantastic Four was the Destroyer, debuting in Mystic Comics #6 (Oct. 1941).[1] The artist co-creator is unknown; the story penciler-inker was Jack Binder, the cover-artist Alex Schomburg.[2]

One of the World War II-era heroes of Marvel's Golden Age predecessor, Timely Comics, the Destroyer was less popular than the company's stars, the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner and Captain America. Yet the Destroyer's sleek, dark costume with a skull motif, his skin-tight blue mask that made him appear inhuman, and his occasional cover appearances worked to make the character more memorable than many others of his era.

Keene Marlow is enhanced by a Super Soldier Serum variant duplicated like Captain America (Steve Rogers) but lacked the special vita ray treatment. His abilities seem to be at the maximum peak human levels all except his strength which seems a little bit higher then Steve as the other variants, like the 1950s Captain America.