The Destroyer

The Destroyer
Mystic Comics #6 - 10 (October 1941 – August 1942)

While investigating Nazi atrocities in Europe, American journalist Keen Marlowe is captured and incarcerated in a concentration camp. In the camp he meets the sick and dying Professor Eric Schmitt. Imprisoned as punishment for refusing to work for Hitler, Schmitt avenges himself upon his captors by giving Marlowe a special formula that imbues the reporter with incredible strength, agility and physical prowess. The newly christened Destroyer breaks out of the camp and unleashes a rain of fury and destruction on the Axis forces.

The Destroyer was the undisputed success story of Mystic Comics. He was the cover feature in every issue from his debut is issue 6, where he commanded an unprecedented 30 pages, to the end of the run, and was one of the very few characters from the series to carry on into other titles after Mystic ceased publication.

The Destroyer's adventures were written by Stan Lee, and drawn by Jack Binder and Al Avison among others.