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The Destructor#1
Cover: Larry Lieber & Wally Wood

The Destructor #1

Feb 1975 · Seaboard · 0.25 USD
“...The Birth of a Hero!”

Would-be youthful gangster Jay Hunter is targeted by mobster Max Raven for seeing something he shouldn't have. Jay, arguing with his scientist father and belittling him for working on a super-serum, is shot, along with his father, by a Raven henchman. Jay's father gives him the serum with his dying breath, allowing Jay to recover from his bullet wounds. Realizing his father's serum worked after all, Jay follows a path of retribution against the man who killed his father.

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writer Archie Goodwin · artist Steve Ditko · inker Wally Wood · colorist Bhob Stewart · letterer John Duffy · cover Larry LieberWally Wood

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colorist Bhob Stewart
letterer John Duffy
cover pencils Larry Lieber
cover inks Wally Wood

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Would-be youthful gangster Jay Hunter is targeted by mobster Max Raven for seeing something he shouldn't have. Jay, arguing with his scientist father and belittling him for working on a super-serum, is shot, along with his father, by a Raven henchman. Jay's father gives him the serum with his dying breath, allowing Jay to recover from his bullet wounds. Realizing his father's serum worked after all, Jay follows a path of retribution against the man who killed his father.

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