Brian Falsworth
The second Union Jack first appears as the Destroyer in Invaders #18, and becomes Union Jack in Invaders #21. He was also created by Roy Thomas and Frank Robbins. His sister, Jacqueline Falsworth, is the British superheroine known as Spitfire.
Unlike Union Jack, who is a character retconned into the World War II time line, the Destroyer actually is an original Golden Age character. The Destroyer first appeared in Mystic Comics #6 (October 1941), published by Marvel Comics' predecessor, Timely Comics. In Roy Thomas' 1970s series The Invaders, the Destroyer's Golden Age identity of Kevin "Keen" Marlow is explained away as an alias, although this was later retconned by editors at Marvel, who reestablished Marlow as a separate individual who allowed Falsworth and Roger Aubrey to also fight as the Destroyer. The Destroyer is notable for being one of the first creations of industry legend Stan Lee.
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