Who Is Devil-Slayer? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Devil-Slayer is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Eric Simon Payne, with over 105 comic issue appearances. A former soldier whom came into possesion of a cape which made him Devil-Slayer, the demon hunter. Devil-Slayer served with the Defenders, and more recently, the Hawaiian Initiative team The Point Men and Wonder Man's anti-Avengers team.

Who is Devil-Slayer?

Origin Raised by a drunken father and a quiet mother, Payne demonstrated a sixth sense early in life. He derived great hope from his religious beliefs, but this dwindled with age as he filled his time with books, violence, petty crimes, and girls. Payne joined the Marines alongside his best friend Brian Kingston, married his lover Cory , and lived in Brooklyn. Serving in a military action in southeast Asia, Payne was forced to make terrible choices, follow questionable orders, commit artrocities, and watch children and innocents die, though he once tried to have his fellow marine McCloskey court-martialed for razing an innocent village. Payne returned home un-welcomed, he and Cory grew apart, she divorced him for another man, and he sank into alcoholism. Desperate for work, Payne begged California mobster Carlo Boccino for a job, becoming his hitman. Developing a strong reputation over the next year, Payne told himself it was okay to kill criminals. Eventually, he was unwittingly sent to bomb the car of reporter Ian Fate , instead slaying Fate's wife and child; upon learning the truth, Payne quit.

Key facts

Devil-Slayer is of human origin and first appeared in "(Don't Fear) The Reaper". The character is published by Marvel. With 105 recorded issue appearances, Devil-Slayer ranks among the most featured characters in comics.