Devastator (comics)

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Devastator is a name used by two fictional characters appearing in the Marvel Comics universe.

The first Devastator was Soviet officer Kirov Pterovna, who wore a suit of power armor designed by the Gremlin. Gremlin was told by the State that his father, the Gargoyle, had been killed by the Hulk, and the deformed super-scientist sought revenge. During the battle, the Hulk caused the energy in the suit's gauntlets to feed back into the suit, destroying both suit and wearer.

The second Devastator was another unnamed Soviet officer, using a version of the Devastator suit re-built by Societ scientists using the Gremlin's notes (Gremlin had defected in the meantime). This time, Devastator was defeated by Gremlin and two Spaceknights (Rom and Starshine), and the satellite power source was destroyed.

The plans for the suit presumably remain a Soviet state secret, so future Devastators could return.

Unofficially, the Constructicon gestalt Devastator from The Transformers was also created Marvel (in comics and by Marvel Productions as a cartoon), making the third Marvel character to wear the name.

Another unrelated character called Devos the Devastator later fought the Fantastic Four.

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The Devastator power armor drew power from microwave energy beamed down from a satellite located in geosynchronous orbit; the satellite itself was protected by ECMs which rendered it invisible to conventional modes of detection. The wearer of the Devastator powersuit could fly via boot-thrusters and generate devastating force blasts from the gauntlets.