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Encyclopedia > Destiny (Paul Destine)
Destiny


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Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance (behind the scenes) Tales to Astonish #101; (actual) Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1 (April 1968)
Created by Roy Thomas, Gene Colan
Characteristics
Alter ego Paul Destine
Notable aliases Mentallo the Man of Destiny
Abilities Superhuman strength and telepathy

Destiny (Paul Destine) is a fictional character, in the Marvel Comics Universe whose first appearance was in Tales to Astonish #101. Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to first comic book to feature a character. ... Tales to Astonish #44 Tales to Astonish is the name of several comic book series published by Marvel Comics. ... Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1 (April 1968), cover art by Gene Colan (pencils) & Bill Everett (inks) Iron Man and Sub-Mariner is a one-shot comic book published by Marvel Comics in 1968. ... Roy Thomas (born November 22, 1940, Missouri, United States) is a comic book writer and editor, and Stan Lees first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics. ... Gene Colan (born September 1, 1926, the Bronx, New York City, New York) is an American comic book artist who sometimes worked under the name Adam Austin. ... The Marvel Universe is the fictional shared setting where most of the comic stories published by Marvel Comics take place. ...


Publication history

He was foreshadowed in Tales to Astonish #101 (March 1968), and introduced in the one-shot Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1 (April 1968). Tales to Astonish #44 Tales to Astonish is the name of several comic book series published by Marvel Comics. ... Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1 (April 1968), cover art by Gene Colan (pencils) & Bill Everett (inks) Iron Man and Sub-Mariner is a one-shot comic book published by Marvel Comics in 1968. ...


Fictional character biography

Paul Destine was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He found the Helmet of Power in Antarctica. As a test of its power, he destroyed the Atlantean civilizations beneath Antarctica, killing the Sub-Mariner's mother and grandfather. Nickname: Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ... The Serpent Crown in action The Serpent Crown is a fictional mystical object which has appeared in various Marvel Comics publications which are set in the Marvel Universe. ... A group of Atlantean Homo mermani berate Namor the Sub-Mariner (cover to Sub-Mariner #33, art by Sal Buscema). ... Namor the Sub-Mariner is a fictional comic-book character in the Marvel Comics Universe, and one of the first superheroes, debuting in Spring 1939. ...


As Destiny he fought the Sub-Mariner and was a pawn of Set, who was instrumental in causing the Sub-Mariner's temporary amnesia prior to the Silver Age of Comic Books. He eventually went mad, and, years later, attempted to mentally enslave the American population. After failing to defeat the Namor the Sub-Mariner, Destine lept off a roof and fell to his death, claiming he could levitate without the Helmet.[1] In the Conan the Barbarian and Marvel continuities Set is a malevolent seven-headed serpent god. ... Amnesia or amnæsia (from Greek ) (see spelling differences) is a condition in which memory is disturbed. ... Showcase #4 (Oct. ...


Notes

  1. ^ Sub-Mariner #7


 
 

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