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'''''The Destroyer''''' is a series of action/adventure novels with elements of black comedy. It's about a [[Salt and Pepper|bizarre pair]] of [[Charles Atlas Superpower|supermen]] who [[Walking the Earth|stride the earth]] [[We Help the Helpless|righting wrongs]] and [[Weird Trade Union|making a living]] by [[Vigilante Execution|killing people]] who [[Complete Monster|really need to be dead]]. The main characters are Dr. Harold "Emperor" Smith, [[OldElderly MasterSensei]] [[Professional Killer|Assassin]] Chiun, and his protegeprotégé [[Mighty Whitey]] Remo Williams. [[Rule of Cool|Cool]] and [[Rule of Funny|funny]], but ''definitely'' a [[Guilty Pleasure]].

The first novel was written in 1963, but was not published until 1971. The series was originally written by Richard Sapir and Warren Murphy, but the new series is written by Warren Murphy and Jim Mullaney. The first series iswas officially 145 books long, then the authors retitled the series the 'New Destroyer' and switched publishers. Because various writers have agreements with various publishers, the actual number of ''The secondDestroyer'' novels can be difficult to pin down; [[The Other Wiki]] claims that [[wikipedia:The Destroyer (novel series)#Series islisting|there 4are books155 longas of soDecember far2021]]. The older books in this Action-Adventure/Martial Arts series tend to be hard to find and expensive.

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