Who Is Invisible Destroyer? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Invisible Destroyer is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Martin Phillips, with over 23 comic issue appearances. As a being of pure energy, the invisible destroyer was almost omnipotent, appearing and disappearing at will and capable of producing incredibly powerful energy bolts from his fingertips.

Who is Invisible Destroyer?

When a mysterious figure, clad in a colorful costume but apparently having no face, began a campaignof terror in Coast City , Green Lantern ( Hal Jordan ) found himself summoned to the laboratory of Professor Martin Phillips. The soft spoken scientist explained that he was somehow responsible for this faceless menace, having brought it forth from his own subconscious through some form of mind over matter. Though skeptical at first, Green Lantern used his power ring to prove the theory correct, and found himself face to face with a being of pure energy that called itself the Invisible Destroyer. Taunting Green Lantern, the Invisible Destroyer revealed that it fed on radiation, growing stronger and more unstoppable with each exposure. Thus, the faceless fiend said it intended to set off a nuclear explosion by the California coast to absorb enough energy to make itself invincible. Then it disappeared before Green Lantern had chance to stop it. Tracking the Invisible Destroyer to its lair, Green Lantern arrived instants too late as the faceless menace set off the promised explosion. Reacting immediately, Green Lantern used his power ring to reduce the explosion to the size of a small f.

Key facts

Invisible Destroyer is of other origin and first appeared in "Summons from Space! / The Invisible Destroyer!". The character is published by DC Comics. With 23 recorded issue appearances, Invisible Destroyer ranks among the most featured characters in comics.