Dragon Lord is the name of several unrelated fictional characters in the Marvel Universe.
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Sub-Mariner #52 (Aug 1972) |
| Created by | Bill Everett and Mike Friedrich |
The first Dragon Lord appeared in Sub-Mariner #52-54 (August-October 1972), and was created by Bill Everett and Mike Friedrich.
The Dragon Lord was a fanatic bent on avenging Japan's defeat in World War II. Although blind, he appears to be able to "see" mentally. He used Sunfire as an ally, but Namor later convinced Sunfire of Dragon Lord's intentions to conquer the world for his own benefit. The two heroes stopped Dragon Lord's plans and destroyed his base.
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Marvel Premiere #15 (May 1974) |
| Created by | Roy Thomas and Gil Kane |
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| Alter ego | Nu-An |
| Notable aliases | Yu-Ti |
Nu-An is the Yu-Ti (the rulers of K'un Lun) who also uses the alias, as did his father Lord Tuan.[1]
The Dragon Lord, Yu-Ti, first appeared in Marvel Premiere #15 (May 1974), and was created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane.
The character subsequently appears in Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #10 (March 1975), Marvel Premiere #22 (June 1975), Master of Kung Fu Annual #1 (1976), Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #21 (February 1976), Iron Fist #6-7 (August-September 1976), Marvel Team-Up #64 (December 1977), Power Man and Iron Fist #74-75 (October-November 1981), and Immortal Iron Fist #4-8 (May-October 2007), and #10-14 (December 2007-June 2008).
Yu-Ti, the August Personage in Jade, was the morally corrupt ruler of K'un-L'un. He usurped the throne rightfully belonging to his nephew, Daniel Rand-K'ai.
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Tako Shamara makes his first appearance battling the dragon Wani. From Marvel Spotlight (vol. 2) #5 |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Marvel Spotlight (vol. 2) #5 (March, 1980) |
| Created by | Marv Wolfman and Steve Ditko |
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| Alter ego | Tako Shamara |
Tako Shamara first appeared in Marvel Spotlight (vol. 2) #5 (March, 1980), and was created by Marv Wolfman and Steve Ditko. In his first appearance the character battled a huge dragon from the past called a Wani, a monster that destroyed his ancestors' villages in 1582.[2].
The creature that Tako battled was intended to be Godzilla but since Marvel no longer had the rights to the character (which lapsed the previous year) the creature was modified to a dragon called The Wani.[3]
Dragon Lord later appears in Camp Hammond, as an official recruit for the Initiative, along with Ant-Man, Crusader, Melee, Geldoff, Geiger, Red Nine, and Diamondback.[4] Shamara was killed when the clone of MVP known as K.I.A. attacked the group of new trainees.[5] The surviving trainees, along with Triathlon and the Taskmaster presented his ashes and a flag to Shamara's family at their Long Island home. Shamara's son stated that he intends to honor his father by taking up his mantle.[6]
This incarnation of the Dragon Lord could summon dragons and control them through elixirs created in his cauldron. He was mocked by Taskmaster for this flaw, who felt that such an ability would not be useful in combat due to its time-consuming nature.
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Fantastic Four Annual #16 (1981) |
| Created by | Ed Hannigan and Steve Ditko |
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| Alter ego | Ral Dorn |
Ral Dorn, the Dragon Lord, appeared in Fantastic Four Annual #16 (1981), and was created by Ed Hannigan and Steve Ditko.
Ral Dorn was a human of Earthly parentage who leads the Dragon Riders of the extradimensional world of Rammatpolen. The Dragon Riders use dragons as mounts in their journeys through time and space. Ral Dorn has used the Dragon Man as his own mount.