The Destroyer (novel series)

The Destroyer is a paperback series created by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir. The first novel was published in 1971, although the manuscript was written in 1963. Along with Don Pendleton's The Executioner series, The Destroyer is one of the original and longest lasting men's adventure series. Unlike The Executioner though, The Destroyer contains political and social satire in almost every novel.

The series is about Remo Williams, a Newark cop, who is framed for a crime and sentenced to death. His death is faked by the government so he can be trained as an assassin for CURE, a secret organization set up by President Kennedy to defend the constitution by working outside the bounds of the constitution. The sitting US President and the head of CURE are the only other people that know about the organization (although over the years it has increased slightly). Remo's trainer is Chuin, a deadly assassin and the last Master of Sinanju. Over the years, Remo and Chuin's relationship has transformed from student-pupil to son-father.

In 1985, The Destroyer has been made into the theatrical movie "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins", starring Fred Ward and Joel Grey. In 1988, Remo Williams, a TV pilot of the series, aired but did not have any other episodes, starring Jeffrey Meeks and Roddy McDowall.

There have been a couple of comic book series and magazine series published by Marvel based on The Destroyer series.