Jay Hunter was a low-life, young thug-in-training. His father was a noble scientist trying to come up with a formula to expand man's senses, to create a super-hero. When Jay's crime lord boss marked him for death, both he and his father were mortally wounded. There was enough serum for one. His father gave it to him. He became the Destructor.
Almost an anti-Spider-Man, he was shunned by his high school crowd because he used to shake them down for money. Otherwise, this one stuck pretty close to the Spidey formula, down to the oath at the end of #1. Goodwin stayed for three issues... with Gerry Conway writing the fourth. Ditko handled the art on all four with Wood inking the first two and Al Milgrom inking the fourth. Back to me:
Man, I loved finding the Atlas Comic books in the mid-70s. We didn't get many of the first issues, but I did see a lot of them. I think, had they started off a little slower and built up to more books, they might have had a better run. I never read this one, though I think my brother had a issue. Great costume, and what a pairing of artists!
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