Destroyer (Thor)
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The Destroyer is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe. It is an animated Asgardian suit of armour created by Odin and is a perennial foe of Thor. The Destroyer was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and first appeared in Journey into Mystery Vol. 1, #118 (July 1965).
[edit] Fictional character biography
When the Destroyer first appeared, it was hinted that it had been created to face some dark menace from the stars. It was not until years later this menace was revealed to be the Celestials, with the Skyfather gods (eg. Odin; Zeus etc.) having pooled their resources a millenia before to create a weapon to stop the arrival of the so-called Fourth Host of Celestials. At the penultimate moment, Odin entered the Destroyer armour and then absorbed the life essences of all present in Asgard (with the exception of absent Thor), growing to a height of 2,000 feet. The Destroyer then drew the Odinsword, and with the Uni-Mind confronted the Fourth Host. Unfortunately, not even the Destroyer could prevail against the combined might of the Celestials, who melted it into slag. Courtesy of Loki, the Destroyer would live again years later.
[edit] Powers & abilities
The Destroyer is lifeless until animated by the life-force of a living being. Once animated, however, the Destroyer is almost invincible. It possesses incalculable strength; almost total invulnerability; flight; the ability to project immensely powerful bolts of energy/heat/concussive force; control magnetism; matter manipulation and a disintregration beam activated via a visor that can destroy virtually anything. The Destroyer is one of the few non-cosmic characters in the Marvel Universe capable of overpowering and killing Thor, who by his own admission is outmatched.
