Skull the Slayer (James Patrick Scully) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character debuted in his own book in August 1975.
Creation
The idea of Skull the Slayer came to Marv Wolfman in 1973, while working as an assistant editor for DC Comics. Wolfman stated the basic concept:
"thrust an entire mid-town Manhattan office building into a prehistoric setting-into jungle inhabited by dinosaurs, and observe how us sedentary modern-types would cope on a totally alien yet familiar world. But the setting was to be more than simply a dinosaur comic. there would be a secondary plotline... one dealing with cavemen, and, shall we give the secret away-? Other time periods, the Bermuda Triangle and more! In effect, four years past, the intention was for Skull to become a cosmic dinosaur series.[1]"
Publication history
Skull the Slayer had his own ongoing series starting in August 1975, which ran for eight issues. He appeared later in Quasar