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Issue: The Destructor #1

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Publication Date: February 1975

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Issues: #1 of 4 Issues

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Variant: unnamed

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Seaboard

Brand: Atlas Comics

Indicia Publisher: Seaboard Periodicals, Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

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Price: $0.25 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 6 (1 story, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Larry Lieber

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.

Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

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1 Content Item
- The ... Birth of a Hero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Adult Image

Title Page

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

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Content Items (6 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Larry Lieber (signed)

Inker(s): Wally Wood (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino (logo design)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Destructor

Character(s): The Destructor; Slaymaster

First Line: Born of Fury ! Sworn To Vengeance !

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Pages: 1

The ... Birth of a Hero!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Archie Goodwin

Penciller(s): Steve Ditko

Inker(s): Wally Wood

Colorist(s): Bhob Stewart

Letterer(s): John Duffy

Subject Matter

Genres: crime, superhero

Feature(s): The Destructor

Character(s): The Destructor [Jay Hunter] (origin, 1st appearance); Slaymaster (1st appearance, off-panel death); Max Raven (1st appearance, apparent death); Dr. Simon Hunter (1st appearance, death)

Synopsis: 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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In Content Item: Flag

Titans #1 published March 1976
as Le Justicier [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 20

The Most Fantastic Publication of Its Kind!

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

Penciller(s): ?

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Supergraphics

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Pages: 1

Notes: Ad for The Steranko History of Comics (Supergraphics, 1970 Series) #s 1-2 (1970-1972).
Between 3rd and 4th page of story.

Atlas Comics The New House of Ideas!!

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? (promo copy)

Penciller(s): Ernie Colon (signed) [as EC]

Inker(s): Ernie Colon (signed) [as EC]

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: One-page drawing featuring Atlas Comics title characters.
Between pages 7 and 8 of story.

The Atlas Line of Superstars!!

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? (promo copy)

Penciller(s): Ernie Colon (signed) [as EC]

Inker(s): Ernie Colon (signed) [as EC]

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Character(s): Devilina

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.5

Notes: Promo for several of Seaboard's magazine titles.
Between pages 13 and 14 of story.

What's Happening with Atlas

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)

Penciller(s): ? (cover thumbnails)

Inker(s): ? (cover thumbnails)

Letterer(s): typeset

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: A detailed checklist of all the new Atlas/Seaboard lineup of comics. Two small, monochromatic cover thumbnails.
After last page of story.