Dragon Lord
is the name of several unrelated fictional characters appearing in
American comic books
published by
Marvel Comics
.
Publication history
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The first Dragon Lord appeared in
Sub-Mariner
#52-54 (August?October 1972), and was created by
Bill Everett
(artist)
Mike Friedrich
(writer).
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).
Tako Shamara first appeared in
Marvel Spotlight
(vol. 2) #5 (March, 1980), and was created by
Marv Wolfman
and
Steve Ditko
.
[1]
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 had lapsed the previous year) the creature was modified to a dragon called The Wani.
[3]
Ral Dorn, the Dragon Lord, appeared in
Fantastic Four
Annual #16 (1981), and was created by
Ed Hannigan
and
Steve Ditko
.
History
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Dragon Lord
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Comics character
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.
Nu-An
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Nu-An
is the
Yu-Ti
(a name given to the rulers of
K'un-Lun
) who also uses the alias of Dragon Lord as did his father
Lord Tuan
.
Tako Shamara
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Comics character
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]
Dragon Lord later appears in
Camp Hammond
as an official recruit for the Initiative,
[4]
only to be killed when
K.I.A.
attacks the group of new trainees.
[5]
The surviving trainees, along with
Triathlon
and the
Taskmaster
, present his ashes and a flag to Shamara's family at their Long Island home. Shamara's son states that he intends to honor his father by taking up his mantle.
[6]
Ral Dorn
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Comics character
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.
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Powers and abilities
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Nu-An is shown to have some degree of minimal combat skills. He does not appear to age due to him eating a fruit from off the Tree of Immortality.
The Tako Shamara version 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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References
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- ^
DeFalco, Tom
(2008). "1980s". In Gilbert, Laura (ed.).
Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History
.
Dorling Kindersley
. p. 197.
ISBN
978-0756641238
.
Tako Shamara became the Dragon Lord in
Marvel Spotlight
#5 by writer/editor Marv Wolfman and artist Steve Ditko
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a
b
Christiansen, Jeff (May 20, 2014).
"Dragon Lord (
Marvel Spotlight
)"
.
www.marvunapp.com
. Jeff Christiansen's Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe.
Archived
from the original on May 15, 2022.
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Cronin, Brian (December 24, 2009).
"Comic Book Legends Revealed #239"
.
Comic Book Resources
.
Archived
from the original on July 31, 2013
. Retrieved
January 13,
2013
.
The Godzilla fill-in by Marv Wolfman and Steve Ditko, ended up appearing in the pages of the re-launched
Marvel Spotlight
in 1980 as Dragon Lord, about a fellow who can control dragons.
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Avengers: The Initiative
#8
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Avengers: The Initiative
#10
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Avengers: The Initiative
#12
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Hannigan, Ed
(
w
),
Ditko, Steve
(
p
), Ditko, Steve (
i
). "The Coming of... Dragon Lord!"
Fantastic Four
Annual
, no. 16 (1981).
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