Eric Simon Payne is presented in Marvel Comics as a former member of a demon cult called the Agents of Fortune, who "helped him unlock the psionic potential of his brain" and "gave him a mystically created dimensional cloak." He later turned on the cult, adopting the sobriquet Devil-Slayer and operating as an occult-focused vigilante and monster hunter within Marvel's layered cosmology.
Depicted as a costumed, human vigilante who wears a mystically created "shadow cloak." The cloak has been shown in differing designs across appearances (later stories note a revised costume). Sources emphasize the cloak as his distinctive gear; other visual details vary by issue and re-design and are not exhaustively specified in the available summaries.
Payne is a trained soldier and former hit man proficient in hand-to-hand combat and nearly all forms of weaponry and an above-average marksman. He wields a mystic shadow cloak that elongates and responds to his mental commands, forming whip-like or grappling appendages. The inner surface of the cloak serves as a portal to other dimensions; by wrapping himself in its folds Payne can teleport to and from other dimensions and could even teleport limited distances on Earth by entering and exiting at different locations. Sources also state that time runs differently inside the cloak. Use of the cloak is physically taxing and can exhaust him, with narrative accounts describing him fainting when its power is spent and at least one review reporting a depiction of fatal strain in a specific issue (accounts vary).
Weaknesses
- conditionCloak exhaustion — extensive use of the shadow cloak fatigues Payne and can render him unconscious; narratives describe running out of cloak power and fainting, and at least one review notes an account of death from strain in a specific issue (discrepant accounts).
- conditionHuman limits — Payne is a mortal with the physical vulnerabilities of a trained human; his supernatural reach derives chiefly from the cloak and is therefore contingent and limited.
Wards
None recorded.
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Community Record
- [1]Devil-Slayer (Wikipedia). Wikipedia: Devil-Slayer (publication history, fictional biography, powers).wiki
- [2]Wikidata: Devil-Slayer. Wikidata entry for Devil-Slayer (Eric Simon Payne).wiki
- [3]Marvel Appendix - Devil-Slayer (Defenders member). Marvunapp character appendix and issue references for Devil-Slayer.other
- [4]Avengers: The Initiative #18 review (SpiderFan.org). SpiderFan review noting cloak exhaustion and a reported depiction of fatal strain in one account.other
- [5]Dead of Night: Devil-Slayer (2009) commentary. Reviewer/collector notes on Dead of Night: Devil-Slayer (2009) and character commentary.other
- [6]Creator commentary referenced in Wikipedia (David Anthony Kraft). Creator David Anthony Kraft noted he adapted an earlier character (Demon Hunter), changing costume colors and the name (referenced on Wikipedia).wiki