The Destructor
#1
The Destructor #1
Key Facts
- 1st appearance of The Destructor (Jay Hunter)
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.
Cover Date
February 1, 1975
On Sale Date
November 22, 1974
Pages
36
Cover Price
$0.25
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Editor
Larry Lieber
Credits
Writer
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Colorist
Letterer
Characters
Jay Hunter (1st appearance); The Destructor (1st appearance); Blitz (death); Dr. Simon Hunter (Jay's father, first appearance, death); Lash (first appearance); Lefty; Max Raven (first appearance, death); Slaymaster (first appearance, death); Squint; Thelma (death); Vinnie (death)