Destroyer (Marvel Comics) a story in "Mystic Comics" #6 (Oct. 1941), from Marvel Comics' predecessor Timely Comics. One of the World War II-era heroes of what fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books, the character was one of the first co-created by Marvel writer-editor Stan Lee. According to comics historian and former Marvel editor-in-chief Roy Thomas, "Stan's most popular superhero creation before the Fantastic Four was the Destroyer." The artist co-creator is uncertain: the story penciler-inker was Jack Binder, but the cover artist, who may have drawn the character first, was Alex Schomburg. The Destroyer ran as the cover feature
Goliath (Marvel Comics) Goliath (Marvel Comics) Goliath is a superhero comic book identity in Marvel Comics. The Goliath identity has been used by various superheroes. Henry "Hank" Pym was the first to adopt the Goliath name. Clinton "Clint" Barton is better known as the superhero Hawkeye; he used the Pym size-changing gas to adopt the Goliath powers and identity shortly after Hank Pym was Yellowjacket. He remained Goliath through the Kree-Skrull War, and briefly resumed using the identity during "". Dr. William "Bill" Foster was Pym's lab assistant, an African American who had an equally brief career as the Black Goliath and Giant-Man