Devastator (comics)

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Devastator
Publication information
Rom #44 (July 1983)
Created byI: Len Wein and Herb Trimpe
II: Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema
In-story information
Alter egoI: Kirov Petrovna
II: Gregori Larionov
SpeciesHuman
Team affiliationsSoviet Super-Soldiers
Notable aliasesI: Peter Kirkman

Devastator is a name used by three fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Fictional character biography

Devastator (Kirov Petrovna)

The first Devastator was

power armor designed by the Gremlin. Gremlin was told by the State that his father, the Gargoyle, had been killed by the Hulk, and the deformed super-scientist sought revenge. Petrovna infiltrated the Hulkbuster base in New Mexico, and smuggled in the Devastator suit. He attempted to destroy the base under his Soviet leader's orders. During the battle with the Hulk, the Hulk caused the energy in the suit's gauntlets to misdirect the microwave energy back into the suit, incinerating both suit and wearer.[1]

Devastator (Gregori Larionov)

The second Devastator was another Soviet officer, using a version of the Devastator suit re-built by Soviet scientists using the Gremlin's notes (Gremlin had defected in the meantime). He was sent by the Soviet government along with his Soviet Super-Troopers to Khystym to execute the Gremlin. This time, Devastator was defeated by Gremlin and two

Rom and Starshine), and his satellite power source was destroyed.[2]

Devastator (presumably the same one) was next seen battling the Crimson Dynamo in a training exercise.[3]

Unnamed Devastator

In the pages of Avengers World, a third Devastator appears as a member of S.P.E.A.R. where he is a member of S.P.E.A.R.'s Ascendants.[4]

Powers and abilities

The Devastator power armor was designed by the

ECMs
which rendered it invisible to conventional modes of detection.

The second Devastator also possesses extensive hand-to-hand combat training, while the original possessed limited hand-to-hand combat training.

Transformers character

The

Transformers
also appeared in Marvel (in comics and by Marvel Productions as a cartoon), making the third Marvel character to wear the name.

References

  1. ^ The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #186
  2. ^ Rom #44-45
  3. ^ Iron Man #255
  4. ^ Avengers World #7