Golden Age Destroyer (Keen Marlow)

First appearance: Mystic Comics #6 (October 1941)

Where he headlined two different stories in the same issue




It looks like his last Golden Age appearance was possibly in 1946.

In the years after that, Marvel introduced a new "Destroyer" in the pages of Journey Into Mystery #118 (July 1965)

that was really an animated suit of Asgardian armor.

In Iron Man #55 (February 1973), Jim Starlin introduced the character Drax the Destroyer



And in 1977, Roy Thomas brought back the Golden Age Destroyer

but with a twist: this Destroyer was really Brian Falsworth, the son of Lord James Montgomery Falsworth (who had been the hero Union Jack during WWI).
Eventually, Brian Falsworth would take on the identity of Union Jack while his friend Roger Aubrey would replace Brian as the new Destroyer.

And from the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Golden Age (2004),

That Handbook entry is a retcon of a retcon. In The Invaders, it's claimed that Keen Marlow never existed.

tony ingram wrote:That Handbook entry is a retcon of a retcon. In The Invaders, it's claimed that Keen Marlow never existed.

Quite a few of the things Roy Thomas did (both at Marvel and at DC) that altered what had previously occurred in stories seemed to eventually get altered once again years later, either going back to just the way things had been in the first place or to an amalgamation that combined Roy's changes with the original versions.

MajorHoy wrote:

tony ingram wrote:That Handbook entry is a retcon of a retcon. In The Invaders, it's claimed that Keen Marlow never existed.

Quite a few of the things Roy Thomas did (both at Marvel and at DC) that altered what had previously occurred in stories seemed to eventually get altered once again years later, either going back to just the way things had been in the first place or to an amalgamation that combined Roy's changes with the original versions.

Yes, that has always seemed a little off, to me. Roy doesn't seem to get a lot of respect, these days.

MajorHoy wrote:
In Iron Man #55 (February 1973), Jim Starlin introduced the character Drax the Destroyer

In Iron Man # 55 there was another Marvel (Studios? ) character first appereance which did not make the cover but became quite famous during last decades....

Thanos?

Barry_Allen wrote:

MajorHoy wrote:In Iron Man #55 (February 1973), Jim Starlin introduced the character Drax the Destroyer

In Iron Man # 55 there was another Marvel (Studios? ) character first appereance which did not make the cover but became quite famous during last decades....

tony ingram wrote:Thanos?

Yep.


from The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #14 (March 1984)

Yes, but was he "Inactive" in 1984?

Barry_Allen wrote:Yes, but was he "Inactive" in 1984?

I think he was about as inactive as it's possible to get, since he'd been turned to stone at the time.

tony ingram wrote:

Barry_Allen wrote:Yes, but was he "Inactive" in 1984?

I think he was about as inactive as it's possible to get, since he'd been turned to stone at the time.

Then shouldn't he have been "inanimate" as opposed to "inactive"?

MajorHoy wrote:

tony ingram wrote:

Barry_Allen wrote:Yes, but was he "Inactive" in 1984?

I think he was about as inactive as it's possible to get, since he'd been turned to stone at the time.

Then shouldn't he have been "inanimate" as opposed to "inactive"?

Maybe so...! Marvel should correct their Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe!