Category Drax the Destroyer

Drax the destroyer has only one thing on his mind when it comes to his purpose and it’s to kill Thanos. He was created by the Titan god Kronos to do just that.

When the Annihilation Wave struck and Ultron attacked Kree-space, Drax went through a metamorphosis and helped save the universe.

Drax the Destroyer was created as a human spirit infused into cosmically powered soil on Marvel Earth-616 canon. He was then killed and reincarnated as a human like being with symbols on his shoulders and back.

Drax the Destroyer in The Marvel Comics

The Drax that you see in the canon Marvel Comics Universe isn’t the same one that you see in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

In the movie Guardians of the Galaxy he’s known as a primitive unknown species in a tribe that can’t understand metaphorical statements.

After being recognised as a good guy he joins Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, Star-Lord, Groot, and many other heroes.

They call this group the Guardians of the Galaxy, known for their amazing abilities and bond that stays strong in any dangerous situation.

First Appearance

The first time Drax  appeared in Marvel Comics was alongside Thanos. He finds Ironman and tells him that his main mission in life is to defeat the Mad Titan.

Drax goes into detail about how the entity of the cosmos Kosmos replied to Mentor’s plea for assistance in taking down his son Thanos.

Kronos agreed to help and zapped an area of Titanian dirt to combine it with with Arthur Douglas’ soul. Arthur Douglas was killed earlier by Thanos and is now what makes Drax who he is.

With the help of Ironman, Drax goes and defeats Thanos’ lackeys named the the Blood Brothers. They continue on to fight who they thought was Thanos only to realize that it was a fake robot replica.

Arthur Douglas

Arthur Douglas is a married real estate agent that lives in Los Vegas. He was taking his wife Yvette and two kids to Los Angeles one day when something happened in the Mojave desert.

Thanos was on a surveillance mission and was passing across the desert when he saw Arthur’s car. Thanos didn’t want anyone to know he was on Earth so he took a detour and destroyed their car and went on his way.

Thanos’ dad Mentor was watching his every move and saw what he had done to Arthur’s car. Mentor went and discovered that one of Arthur’s daughters, Heather, survived the incident.

Mentor took Heather to raise her on Titan and she returns to Earth later as Moondragon.

After seeing what what his son was doing, Mentor wanted to make something powerful enough to stop him.

Mentor remembers that his dad Kronos was once one of the most ruthless beings in the universe and goes to ask for his help.

Together they take the conscious life force energy of Arthur before it disappeared from his dead body.

Kronos And Mentor

Mentor and Kronos took some soil from Earth and made a human body from it. From there they infused it with super powers and Douglas’ soul making the new being who would be known as Drax the Destroyer.

Mentor removed all of Drax’s memories of when he was Arthur Douglas and filled that will a loathing for Thanos instead. Drax the Destroyer then spends years of his life trying to stop Thanos but can only manage to thwart his plans.

It was during this time that he meets Ironman countless of times. Drax had a chance to defeat Thanos when he was trying to stop the Titan from getting the Cosmic Cube. But Drax lost and went to the Avengers to ask for help.

Drax heads back to Thanos with Moondragon, Captain Marvel, and the Avengers and defeats him before he could get the Cosmic Cube.

After Thanos died, Drax became depressed from not having a purpose anymore and went to wander space.

A couple of months pass and Drax was destroying a planet when he sees Captain Marvel.

Drax goes to take out all of his anger out on Captain Marvel for killing Thanos instead of him. He stops when Rick Jones pops up in his head to tell him that Thanos has been revived.

Powers And Abilities

When Arthur was made into Drax he gained super human strength, endurance, and stamina. He could also shoot blasts of cosmic energy from his hands whenever he wanted.

Drax could also move through space at incredible speeds without needing air, food, or water. One of his most powerful abilities was telepathy which he used to rival Thanos in battle.

Resurrection

The newly reborn Drax is immensely more powerful than he ever was but also comes with mental side effects as well.

His telepathic ability is replaced with a Thanos sensor which lets him know where Thanos is, who’s been near Thanos recently, and started who’ll be with Thanos in the future.

When Drax had the power gem for a little while his physical prowess and abilities had no limits.

He could control unlimited energy but wasn’t smart enough to use it for anything other than super human strength. His power matched the strength of the Hulk without all of the chaotic rage.

Annihilation

Right before the “Annihilation” mini-series In 2006 all the way to this day, Drax goes through a physical change. His physical body frame is much more smaller than it was in the past.

His superhuman strength and psychic abilities was almost non existent at this point. He could no longer fly or blast energy out of his hands, barely making it through his fight with Cammi.

His mental state came back as a result of this and he moved on to using knives as weapons. While he may be weaker, he could still pass through Thanos’ force field and gets stronger the closer he is to him.

Drax also obtained the ability to rapidly recover from injuries and super sharp senses that can differentiate humans from aliens, pick out imposters, and predict gun fire.

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