Dragon Man

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Dragon Man in Thor v5 #8.

The Dragon Man is a male comic character who features in Marvel Comics.

Biography

The Dragon Man was an android that was constructed by Professor Gregson Gilbert of Empire State University as part of an experiment. (Fantastic Four v1 #35) According to his creator, Gilbert had said that his motivation for creating the Dragon Man was to fill the void in his life after the death of his entire family. (Power Pack v1 #7) Another account though claimed that Gilbert was motivated by the Cosmic Automation that was a self-replicating program that sought out intelligent worlds and imprint itself in an artificial construct created by a given world's dominant species. (Fall of the Hulks: Red Hulk v1 #1)

He was later seen battling the newly revived Nova Corps consisting of Qubit, Fraktur, Tracel, Morrow, Irani, and Robbie Rider. He was subdued by the Corps using a gravimetric net. (Nova v4 #20) At one point, Dragon Man had been placed in the Negative Zone, and like most of the other prisoners, was conscripted into service when Blastaar attacked the prison. When the Shadow Initiative was sent in to liberate the prison, Blastaar sent Dragon Man against them. However, Komodo was able to use Dragon Man's attraction to her to convince him to switch sides. (Avengers: The Initiative v1 #27)

Afterwards, the family learnt that Valeria Richards had invited Doctor Doom into the Future Foundation and that they would use their resources to restore his intellect. This infuriated the Thing who left and had the Dragon Man accompany him to a local bar where they were joined by the Invisible Woman. (FF v1 #2)

In the aftermath, Dragon Man and the Future Foundation decided not to return to Earth but instead to search the universe for stray molecules of Owen Reece in order to restore him to life as he was their friend. He vowed to Reed Richards that he would protect the children in his care where they promised that they would return as soon as they completed their task. (Fantastic Four v6 #4)

Afterwards, they received a beacon that directed them back to Earth-616 where they emerged through the newly created Forever Gate that was located at the Baxter Building. This allowed the Future Foundation to return home and many of the kids to be re-united with their families. Thus, the Foundation was disbanded as the children re-joined their kin though Bentley-23 and Dragon Man had no family beyond the Fantastic Four. As such, they remained with them when Reed Richards wanted them to monitor the Forever Gate that was a doorway into the Multiverse. (Fantastic Four v6 #26) They helped in guiding the waves of refugees that were escaping from realities destroyed at the hand of the Griever where the Fantastic Four were preparing for the cosmic beings possible arrival. (Fantastic Four v6 #27)

Overview

Personality and attributes

He would later take the name Draconus for himself. (Fantastic Four v6 #28)

After joining the Fantastic Four, he reached the conclusion that he no longer saw aggressive physical action as a practical solution to problems. The only exception to this was in cases he was attacked and forced to defend himself or others. (FF v1 #2)

He had said that he had grown fond of Bentley-23 as the two shared origins as being experiments to evil individuals. It was this reason that he saw himself as a guardian to Bentley and was protective of him. (Fantastic Four v6 #27)

Powers and abilities

The Dragon Man was a large humanoid shaped dragonic android constructed by Gregson Gilbert. (Fantastic Four v1 #35)

He came to be reprogrammed by Valeria Richards thus gaining super-intellect and the capability of human speech. (Fantastic Four v1 #579)

Notes

• Dragon Man was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby where he made his first appearance in Fantastic Four v1 #35 (February, 1965).

Alternate Versions

• In Earth X v1 #9 (1999), an alternate version of the Dragon Man appeared in the Earth X reality that was designated as Earth-9997 in the Multiverse. At some point the Dragon Man came into the possession of King Britain, who used the android as a steed in combat. King Britain would use the Dragon Man in Captain America's final assault against the Skull, and to defend Buckingham Palace from an attack by the Tong of Creel. The Dragon Man was present during the wedding of King Britain and Medusa, and King Britain used his steed to defend Buckingham Palace when Mephisto attacked with an army of Deviants in the hopes of collecting the fabled sword Excalibur.
• In Exiles v1 #10 (2002), an alternate version of the Dragon Man appeared in the Exiles reality that was designated as Earth-5692 in the Multiverse. He was a competitor in The Games on a version of Earth where the Skrulls invaded before the discovery of electricity.
• In Fantastic Four: The End v1 #6 (2007), an alternate version of the Dragon Man appeared in The End reality that was designated as Earth-71166 in the Multiverse. Dragon Man was seen fighting the swarms of Kree Sentries alongside the Avengers.
• In Marvel Adventures Spider-Man v1 #47 (2009), an alternate version of the Dragon Man appeared in the Marvel Adventures reality that was designated as Earth-20051 in the Multiverse. This version was an android developed by Doctor Jonas Harrow. He sent it to steal Prowler's technology, but Prowler together with Spider-Man managed to expose him.
• In Marvel Universe Vs. The Avengers v1 #1 (2012), an alternate version of the Dragon Man appeared in the Last Gun on Earth reality that was designated as Earth-11080 in the Multiverse. When a plague turned the world's population into cannibals, Dragon Man helped Luke Cage move dead bodies in a medical camp.
• In Age of Ultron v1 #6 (2013), an alternate version of the Dragon Man appeared in the Age of Morgan Le Fay reality that was designated as Earth-26111 in the Multiverse. Goliath was surprised by Wolverine and the Invisible Woman while he was working on Dragon Man.

In other media

Television

• In Fantastic Four, the Dragon Man appeared in the setting of the 1978 animated television series in the episode "Calamity on the Campus". Professor Gilbert's latest creation, a giant winged android called Dragon Man. He reveals that Dragon Man's test flight was responsible for accidentally striking the plane earlier. With the help of his assistant, George, Professor Gilbert demonstrates how Dragon Man works by using a thought helmet to control the android. Resentful of not receiving what he thinks is his due, Gilbert's assistant George takes control of the Dragon Man, and disrupts Reed's ceremony. Gilbert tells Reed that the only thing Dragon Man is vulnerable to is extreme cold, and so the Fantastic Four formulate a plan to stop the Dragon Man once and for all.
• In Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes, the Dragon Man appeared in the setting of the animated television series in the episode "Frightful" where he had a non-voiced role. This version was shown as being a member of the Wizard's Frightful Four with a redesigned look.
• In Ultimate Spider-Man, the Dragon Man appeared as an antagonist in the setting of the animated television series. Dragon Man is a robot created by Doctor Octopus to fight Spider-Man at some point during the first year of his superheroic career. He later sent it to create mayhem in Midtown Manhattan, but Dragon Man was deactivated by the new mysterious Spider-Man. Dragon Man later returned, but was defeated once more by the new Spider-Man.

Video games

• In Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, the Dragon Man appeared as a mini-boss in the setting of the video game. He was shown to had been enslaved by the Mandarin who kept him at his headquarters.
• In Marvel Heroes, the Dragon Man appeared in the setting of the MMORPG video game.
• In Marvel: Contest of Champions, the Dragon Man was introduced as a playable character in the setting of the mobile video game. The characters backstory referenced him being a lifeless android created by Professor Gregson Gilbert who was brought to life by Diablo through a combination of science and alchemy. It also referenced how he was often used by villains until Valeria Richards upgraded his programming whereupon he became a guardian to the children of the Future Foundation.

Appearances

• Fantastic Four v1: (1965)
• Avengers v1:
• FF v1:
• FF v2:
• Fantastic Four v6:

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry
• Comicvine Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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