{"product_id":"the-destroyer-created-the-destroyer-paperback","title":"The Destroyer: Created, The Destroyer - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWarren Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e (Created by), \u003cb\u003eR. J. Carter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGeorge Peter Gatsis\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe story that created The Destroyer comes to the graphic novel.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than half a century, Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir's legendary \u003cem\u003eDestroyer\u003c\/em\u003e novels have chronicled the adventures of Remo Williams, an ordinary man officially erased from existence and reborn as something extraordinary. Now, the formative stories that began the saga are brought together and adapted into a full-length graphic novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRemo Williams is a Newark cop framed for murder, sentenced to death, and executed by the State of New Jersey. Except Remo doesn't die.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis death is a carefully constructed deception. His old identity has been eliminated so that a secret organization can give him a new one-and a new purpose. Under the direction of the enigmatic Dr. Harold W. Smith, Remo is recruited into CURE, an organization created to protect America from threats the law cannot touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut first, Remo has to survive his teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChiun is the elderly, imperious Master of Sinanju, heir to an ancient Korean tradition that regards assassination as the highest form of public service. To Chiun, his new pupil is crude, impatient, over-muscled, badly fed, and very possibly unworthy of the secrets he has been chosen to inherit. What begins as training will push Remo beyond everything he believes possible-and toward a destiny neither man yet fully understands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis landmark adaptation brings together the formative events of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreated, The Destroyer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Day Remo Died\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, weaving them into a single graphic-novel origin of Remo Williams: from condemned policeman to reluctant operative, student of Sinanju, and ultimately toward the mysterious figure foretold as \u003cstrong\u003eShiva, the Destroyer\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFaithful to the action, intrigue, dark humor, and unforgettable relationship between Remo and Chiun that made the novels a phenomenon, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Destroyer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e brings the original story of Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir's enduring adventure series to the graphic-novel form for a new generation-while giving longtime readers the chance to experience Remo's beginning in an entirely new way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRemo Williams is dead. Long live the Destroyer.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 422\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.15 x 7 x 4.37 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 14, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67972598792499,"sku":"9798900200798","price":64.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/xEAb5c8nOu9798900200798.webp?v=1794430451","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-destroyer-created-the-destroyer-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}