The Destructor

Few characters capture the scrappy ambition of mid-70s independent publishing quite like The Destructor, who burst onto the Bronze Age scene in 1975 courtesy of a dream pairing: writer Archie Goodwin and the legendary Steve Ditko. Published by Seaboard, this short-lived series shares its pages with Jay Hunter and carries the unmistakable energy of an era when new publishers were swinging for the fences. With only a handful of catalog appearances, The Destructor is a genuine curio for collectors who love hunting the roads less traveled in Bronze Age comics — and that Goodwin/Ditko creative pedigree makes every issue worth tracking down.