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Devil-Slayer (Eric Simon Payne) is a fictional character that has appeared in various comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The character exists in Marvel's main shared universe, known as the Marvel Universe. Devil-Slayer first appeared in ''Marvel Spotlight'' #33 (April 1977), and was created by Rich Buckler. ==Publication history== He was created by Rich Buckler, who had created a similar character in Demon Hunter (1975) for Atlas/Seaboard Comics and Bloodwing for his magazine ''Galaxia'' in 1980. For a time he operated as a member of the Defenders. He first appeared in ''Marvel Spotlight'' #33 (April 1977). The character subsequently appeared in ''The Defenders'' #58–60 (April–June 1978), #97–101 (July–November 1981), ''Marvel Team-Up'' #111 (November 1981), ''The Defenders'' #103–104 (January–February 1982), ''Marvel Graphic Novel'' #1 – 'The Death of Captain Marvel' (April 1982), ''Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions'' #1 (June 1982), #3 (August 1982), and ''The Defenders'' #110 (August 1982), which was a Devil-Slayer solo story cited by writer J. M. DeMatteis as one of his two favorite ''Defenders'' stories. The character faded into obscurity for several years until the 1990s, when he appeared in ''Marvel Comics Presents'' #37 (December 1989), #46–49 (March–May 1990), #143 (December 1993), #146 (January 1994), ''Over the Edge'' #2 (December 1995), ''Man-Thing'' #3–5 (February–April 1998), ''Strange Tales'' Vol. 5 #2 (October 1998), and ''Avengers: the Initiative'' #14 (August 2008). In September 2008, Marvel released a limited series, as a part of the MAX imprint. It was titled ''Dead of Night Featuring Devil-Slayer'' and starred a new Devil-Slayer, a man named Danny Sylva. Sylva is the great-nephew of Payne, the original Devil Slayer. This series is written by horror novelist Brian Keene with art by Chris Samnee.〔Richards, Dave (WW Philly: Devil-Slayer Returns in "Dead of Night" ), Comic Book Resources, May 31, 2008〕〔(Warren Simons & Brian Keene On Max's Devil-Slayer ), Newsarama, June 3, 2008〕 Devil-Slayer received an entry in the original ''Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe'' #3, and in the ''All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z'' #3. (2006) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Devil-Slayer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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