Destiny (Paul Destine)

Destiny
Destiny (Paul Destine)
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Tales to Astonish #101 (behind the scenes);Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1 (April 1968) (actual)
Created by	Roy Thomas Gene Colan
In-story information
Alter ego	Paul Destine
Notable aliases	Mentallo the Man of Destiny
Abilities	Superhuman strength and telepathy

Destiny (Paul Destine) is a fictional character, in the Marvel Comics Universe whose first appearance was in Tales to Astonish #101.

Publication history

Destiny's existence was foreshadowed in Tales to Astonish Vol. 1 #101 (March 1968), and he fully appeared in the one-shot Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1 (April 1968).

The character subsequently appeared in Sub-Mariner #1 (May 1968), and #6-7 (October-November 1968). The character appeared posthumously in ROM #31-32 (June-July 1982), Marvel Team-Up Annual #5 (1982), and The Avengers Annual 18 (1989).

Destiny received an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #17, and the The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Book of the Dead (2004).

Fictional character biography

Paul Destine was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He found the Helmet of Power in Antarctica. As a test of its power, he destroyed the Atlantean civilizations beneath Antarctica, killing the Sub-Mariner's mother and grandfather.^{[volume & issue needed]}

As Destiny he fought the Sub-Mariner and was a pawn of Set, who was instrumental in causing the Sub-Mariner's temporary amnesia prior to the Silver Age of Comic Books.^{[volume & issue needed]} He eventually went mad, and, years later, attempted to mentally enslave the American population.^{[volume & issue needed]} After failing to defeat Namor, Destine went mad with disbelief and, claiming he could levitate without the Helmet, leaped off a roof and fell to his death.^[1]

Powers and abilities

Destiny possessed superhuman strength when wearing the Serpent Crown. He had telepathy and mental powers which were vastly enhanced by the Serpent Crown.

Other versions

What If...?

In a What If story (designated Earth-8310), Destine was defeated by Namor before he could destroy Atlantis^[2].

References

1. ^ Sub-Mariner #7
2. ^ What If #41