Dragon Man
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Dragon Man is a fictional supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. He is an artificial dragon-like humanoid who was animated via alchemy. He was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in Fantastic Four #35 (February, 1965).
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[edit] Fictional character biography
Dragon Man is an android built by Professor Gregson Gilbert as an experiment. Gregson hoped to find a way to bring it to life. He could not find a way to do this until the alchemist Diablo arrived and brought it to life under his partial control using his supernatural powers.[1] Although Dragon Man is slow-minded to the point that he is incapable of speech, he understands orders given by Diablo and is a determined foe of the Fantastic Four (although the creature has always displayed a King Kong-like affection towards Sue Richards). Dragon Man is not especially malicious, although he is easily manipulated and provoked to violence. In addition to his servitude to Diablo, Dragon Man has served Super-Adaptoid and was also a member of the New Enforcers. In Spectacular Spider-Man #235-6, Roxxon Oil sprung him from a government containment facility in order to capture and dissect him to create robotic super-soldiers based on Dragon Man's powers; he was freed by the Ben Reilly Spider-Man.
Gregson Gilbert later attempted to replicate the creation of the Dragon Man without the addition of alchemical interruptions, and this time succeeded. He created a number of androids based on other legendary creatures. These androids were defeated by the child superheroes called Power Pack.[issue # needed]
Dragon Man showed up in Africa under the service of mad scientist Eric Pain, as seen in Black Panther v4, #8-9 and X-Men v2, #175-176. Though the creature was under a full rage, he ended up defeated once more by both super-heroes. Afterwards, he resurfaced in Beyond!, destroying an Avengers Quinjet the group was using to escape.
[edit] Powers and abilities
Dragon Man is superhumanly strong and durable. He is able to stand toe to toe with the likes of Hercules and the Hulk in combat situations. He can use the wings on his back to fly. He can also breathe fire with temperatures hot enough to melt iron.
[edit] Appearances in Other Media
- Dragon Man appears as an enemy in the Fantastic Four (1997 video game) for the PS.
- Dragon Man appeared as one of the bosses in the 2005 game Fantastic Four (video game).
- Dragon Man had an action figure released by Toy Biz in 2006. The figure is part of the Fantastic Four Classics Series 2 line.
- Dragon Man appears as a mini-boss in the videogame Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, enslaved to the Mandarin.
[edit] References
- ^ Stan Lee (w), Jack Kirby (p), Chic Stone (i). "Calamity On The Campus!" Fantastic Four v1 #35 February 1965 Marvel Comics.
