I am Drax the destroyer that was not me
what’s green covered in red tattoos has
two knives and is obsessed with killing
Thanos this guy welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we will explore the comic book
origin of guardian of the galaxy and
former infinity watch member Drax the
destroyer his people that completely
literal metaphors are gonna go over his
head nothing goes over my head my
reflexes are too fast before we begin we
publish new videos every day so be sure
to subscribe for more great content as
with most comic book characters they’re
often reimagining some different
versions to a character’s past so we’ve
chosen to primarily fallout the
storyline which unfolded in 1973’s Iron
Man number 55 and 1974’s Captain Marvel
numbers 31 32 and 33 he was once a
simple family man from Earth but when a
chance encounter with Thanos ripped his
world apart his spirit was given a new
form courtesy of the Eternals with
superhuman strength stamina durability a
helpful healing factor and a
single-minded sense of purpose
he was tailor-made for one not so simple
task destroying the mad Titan Thanos
Drax was first introduced in Iron Man
number 55 with his debut the destroyer
made it clear to both Tony Stark and
readers alike the intensity of his
desire to kill thanos this particular
issue also offered up the story of Drax
his creation in the form of flashbacks
albeit an abridged version of it
seeing the evil ways of his son Thanos
mentor who was a powerful eternal turned
to his father that disembodied Chronos
to create a champion strong enough to
destroy his power-hungry descendant
Thanos was then defeated by the combined
efforts of Iron Man and Drax but was
revealed to be nothing but a robot what
did you think that you just kill Thanos
like that right it was not until a year
later in the pages of Captain Marvel
where he served as a recurring character
beginning in issue number 27
that tracks his full heartbreaking
origin story was revealed and with it a
personal connection to the man Titan
adding some much-needed weight to his
Vendetta
what unfurled in 1974 is Captain Marvel
number 32 was a tragic tale of loss that
truly humanized the green-skinned
warrior
despite his alien appearance in this
comic Drax was revealed to be at least
in spirit earth man Arthur Douglas
a real-estate agent from Los Angeles
husband/father and Elvis Presley fan
while driving home after seeing the King
perform in Vegas in 1953 the family
happened to pawn Thanos who during his
first scouting mission on earth felt it
necessary to just kill the family rather
than risk letting them live to tell the
tale and so our third Douglass’s
consciousness was taken and placed in a
new body though devoid of all memories
of his past and then given a driving
purpose destroy Thanos of course in this
story it was also shockingly revealed
that moon dragon was none other than his
daughter Heather who had survived the
wrath of Thanos but you know that’s an
origin story for another day through the
combined efforts of moon dragon Captain
Marvel Drax and the Avengers Thanos was
defeated and ultimately destroyed though
technically by Marvel not tracks enter
the existential crisis what’s a guy who
was reborn with the express purpose of
killing someone supposed to do with
himself after the job’s done
specifically by someone else well
thankfully he didn’t really have to wait
too long
as Stannis’s inevitable resurrection
would be announced in 1976 ‘as Captain
Marvel number 44 thus began a long cycle
of death and resurrection for both
Thanos and Drax as they would continue
to battle to the death for decades to
come in one of the most notable
instances 1992’s warlock and the
infinity watch number seven the age-old
enemies were resurrected almost
simultaneously Thanos by mistress death
and Drax by Chronos though much to Drax
his frustration Thanos proved to me not
the enemy this time around it would
however result in Drax being given the
power jam men becoming a member of the
Infinity watch so at least he’s got that
in his seemingly endless quest Drax has
undergone a number of changes in
appearance power level intelligence and
mental maturity often after having been
killed and subsequently resurrected
alongside these fluctuations he also
struggles with inconsistent memories
sometimes remembering his life is far
third Douglass other times only knowing
his Chronos given purpose perhaps the
most important change however came in
2005 when he lost his purple outfit a
Drax centric miniseries would prove his
most significant resurrection yet as the
character finally earned his red tattoos
following a death and rebirth on the
same planet where it all started earth
shortly afterwards he would return to
space and go on to join the guardians of
the galaxy where he would continue to
Duke it out with his arch-nemesis
you know who right
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
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what’s green covered in red tattoos has
two knives and is obsessed with killing
Thanos this guy welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we will explore the comic book
origin of guardian of the galaxy and
former infinity watch member Drax the
destroyer his people that completely
literal metaphors are gonna go over his
head nothing goes over my head my
reflexes are too fast before we begin we
publish new videos every day so be sure
to subscribe for more great content as
with most comic book characters they’re
often reimagining some different
versions to a character’s past so we’ve
chosen to primarily fallout the
storyline which unfolded in 1973’s Iron
Man number 55 and 1974’s Captain Marvel
numbers 31 32 and 33 he was once a
simple family man from Earth but when a
chance encounter with Thanos ripped his
world apart his spirit was given a new
form courtesy of the Eternals with
superhuman strength stamina durability a
helpful healing factor and a
single-minded sense of purpose
he was tailor-made for one not so simple
task destroying the mad Titan Thanos
Drax was first introduced in Iron Man
number 55 with his debut the destroyer
made it clear to both Tony Stark and
readers alike the intensity of his
desire to kill thanos this particular
issue also offered up the story of Drax
his creation in the form of flashbacks
albeit an abridged version of it
seeing the evil ways of his son Thanos
mentor who was a powerful eternal turned
to his father that disembodied Chronos
to create a champion strong enough to
destroy his power-hungry descendant
Thanos was then defeated by the combined
efforts of Iron Man and Drax but was
revealed to be nothing but a robot what
did you think that you just kill Thanos
like that right it was not until a year
later in the pages of Captain Marvel
where he served as a recurring character
beginning in issue number 27
that tracks his full heartbreaking
origin story was revealed and with it a
personal connection to the man Titan
adding some much-needed weight to his
Vendetta
what unfurled in 1974 is Captain Marvel
number 32 was a tragic tale of loss that
truly humanized the green-skinned
warrior
despite his alien appearance in this
comic Drax was revealed to be at least
in spirit earth man Arthur Douglas
a real-estate agent from Los Angeles
husband/father and Elvis Presley fan
while driving home after seeing the King
perform in Vegas in 1953 the family
happened to pawn Thanos who during his
first scouting mission on earth felt it
necessary to just kill the family rather
than risk letting them live to tell the
tale and so our third Douglass’s
consciousness was taken and placed in a
new body though devoid of all memories
of his past and then given a driving
purpose destroy Thanos of course in this
story it was also shockingly revealed
that moon dragon was none other than his
daughter Heather who had survived the
wrath of Thanos but you know that’s an
origin story for another day through the
combined efforts of moon dragon Captain
Marvel Drax and the Avengers Thanos was
defeated and ultimately destroyed though
technically by Marvel not tracks enter
the existential crisis what’s a guy who
was reborn with the express purpose of
killing someone supposed to do with
himself after the job’s done
specifically by someone else well
thankfully he didn’t really have to wait
too long
as Stannis’s inevitable resurrection
would be announced in 1976 ‘as Captain
Marvel number 44 thus began a long cycle
of death and resurrection for both
Thanos and Drax as they would continue
to battle to the death for decades to
come in one of the most notable
instances 1992’s warlock and the
infinity watch number seven the age-old
enemies were resurrected almost
simultaneously Thanos by mistress death
and Drax by Chronos though much to Drax
his frustration Thanos proved to me not
the enemy this time around it would
however result in Drax being given the
power jam men becoming a member of the
Infinity watch so at least he’s got that
in his seemingly endless quest Drax has
undergone a number of changes in
appearance power level intelligence and
mental maturity often after having been
killed and subsequently resurrected
alongside these fluctuations he also
struggles with inconsistent memories
sometimes remembering his life is far
third Douglass other times only knowing
his Chronos given purpose perhaps the
most important change however came in
2005 when he lost his purple outfit a
Drax centric miniseries would prove his
most significant resurrection yet as the
character finally earned his red tattoos
following a death and rebirth on the
same planet where it all started earth
shortly afterwards he would return to
space and go on to join the guardians of
the galaxy where he would continue to
Duke it out with his arch-nemesis
you know who right
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
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