Who Is Drax the Destroyer? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Drax the Destroyer is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Arthur Sampson Douglas, with over 1,003 comic issue appearances. After he and his family were killed by Thanos, Arthur Douglas was recreated as Drax the Destroyer by Mentor and Kronos with the sole purpose of destroying Thanos. He later joined the Guardians of the Galaxy.

Who is Drax the Destroyer?

Origin Drax-Original Appearance Born in California, Arthur Douglas married Yvette and raised a daughter named Heather (who later became Moondragon ). One day, while traveling through the Mojave Desert on their way to Los Angeles, they witnessed a spaceship above. In the spaceship was Thanos , who had been on a mission to survey Earth. To rid any evidence of his existence, Thanos destroyed the car with Douglas family still inside. Mentor , who was monitoring Thanos' surveillance of Earth at the time, found out that Heather survived the attack, so he took her back to his planet, Titan . Mentor believed that Thanos had grown too dangerous and that he needed to be stopped so he called upon Kronos to find and seize the consciousness of Arthur Douglas before it was too late. Kronos and Mentor created a body which had superhuman powers and installed Arthur's spirit in it, in the process creating Drax the Destroyer. All of Arthur's past memories were removed and replaced with the hate and pure desire to kill Thanos.

Key facts

Drax the Destroyer is of human origin and first appeared in "Beware - Beware - Beware the Blood Brothers!". The character is published by Marvel. With 1,003 recorded issue appearances, Drax the Destroyer ranks among the most featured characters in comics.