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Fictional character biography

The Destroyer is an enchanted suit of armor forged by Odin, and when it first appeared it was hinted that the Destroyer had been created to face some dark menace from the stars. The Destroyer is used by Thor's arch-foe Loki on several occasions, and each time has actually come close to killing Thor. ^[1] At one stage Thor offers the armor to the World Devourer Galactus, in exchange for the release of Galactus' current Herald, Firelord. ^[2] Galactus accepts, and the Destroyer acts as his Herald, going on to battle the Fantastic Four ^[3] until finally recaptured for reuse by Loki. ^[4] Odin is a fictional character and that appears in the Marvel Universe and is based on the being of the same name from Norse mythology. ... Loki (Loki Laufeyson) is a fictional comic book character, a Marvel Comics supervillain, based upon the Loki of Norse mythology. ... It has been suggested that Power Cosmic be merged into this article or section. ... Firelord is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe. ... The Fantastic Four is a fictional American team of comic-book superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

Years later the menace from the stars is revealed to be the Celestials, with the Skyfather gods (e.g., Odin; Zeus etc.) having pooled their resources a millennium before to create a weapon to stop the arrival of the so-called Fourth Host of Celestials. At the penultimate moment, Odin enters the Destroyer armor and then absorbs 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 draws the Odinsword, and with the Uni-Mind confronts the Fourth Host. Unfortunately, not even the Destroyer can prevail against the combined might of the Celestials, who melt it into slag. ^[5] However, even the power of the Celestials proves unable to completely destroy the armor, as several years later Loki reforms the armor in a bid to destroy a severely weakened Thor. ^[6] Thor, however, wrests control of the armor from the host - an enthralled Frost Giant - through sheer force of will and goes on to defeat Loki. ^[7] Arishem towers in the distance and judges that a world shall die. ... For other instances of the Greek God in comics, see Zeus (comics). ... It has been suggested that Ultimate Thor be merged into this article or section. ... The Uni-Mind is a fictional composite being in the Marvel Universe. ...

The Destroyer was later deployed by trolls, who empowered it with the spirit of the Maestro, an evil, alternate future version of the Incredible Hulk. Interference from the spirit of the Hulk himself caused feedback from its own desintegrator and it was buried under several tons of debris.

The armor was most recently seen in an alternate future that was eventually undone by Thor. ^[8]

Powers and 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, near-complete invulnerability, the ability to project immensely powerful bolts of energy/heat/concussive force, control magnetism, manipulate matter; fly, and fire a disintegration 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.^[9]

Other Media

The Destroyer appears in the video game Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.

External links

• the Marvel Universe Character Bio Wiki

References

1. ^ Thor vol. 1, #118 - 119 + Thor Annual vol. 1, #2
2. ^ Thor vol. 1, #224 - 255 + 228
3. ^ Fantastic Four vol. 1, #172 - 174
4. ^ Thor vol. 1, #264 - 266
5. ^ Thor vol. 2, #300
6. ^ Reduced to pulp after killing the Midgard Serpent in Thor vol. 1, #380
7. ^ Thor vol. 1, #381 - 382
8. ^ Thor vol. 2, #78 - 79
9. ^ Thor vol. 2, #1 - 2 + 36