In September 2008, Marvel released a limited series under their MAX imprint titled Dead of Night Featuring Devil-Slayer.

He was a 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.

[8] During Eric's time with the Defenders, he helped confront a host of demons, including Balthazar, who had possessed an Air Force commander.

Balthazar tricked Devil-Slayer into a bar full of disguised demons where Eric's drink was altered, thus removing his psychic powers.

[volume & issue needed] Eric questions his tragic life, and reconciles with his wife, then turns himself in for his past crimes.

The Skrull is killed, and Devil-Slayer uses his Shadow Cloak to teleport Delroy to Camp Hammond before taking Star Sign and Paydirt to a hospital.

[15] He spends some time teleporting the Krew and their ever-increasing allies across the country to kill Skrulls who have infiltrated the Initiative teams.

[17] After Doctor Strange loses his position as Sorcerer Supreme, Devil-Slayer is one of the many magic users approached by the Eye of Agamotto as a potential replacement.

[18] Devil-Slayer (wearing a totally new costume) is recruited by Wonder Man (whose ionic energy leaking powers were affecting his judgement) to join his Revengers.

[20] Eric Simon Payne is a trained soldier and hit man, proficient in nearly all forms of hand-to-hand weaponry and an above-average marksman.

Time also runs differently inside the cloak, allowing Payne to place injured people in a form of stasis.