Lockheed

Creators

Lockheed was created by Chris Claremont and Paul Smith.

Origin

Lockheed first met the young mutant, Kitty Pryde, during a battle between the X-Men and an alien race known as The Brood. And there he helped save Kitty from the Brood, by chasing them away with a burst of flame. Kitty wondered if he could talk, but before she could find out, an explosion rocked the both of them. And as Kitty ran out of the cave she was stuck in and back to the rest of the X-men, she found that Lockheed had disappeared. 
 
But unbeknown to Kitty, Lockheed secretly stow away with the X-Men back to Earth. He then appeared later at the X-man mansion, at first his reappearance surprised her, but then she was excited that she was able to find him again. And then he helped her battle some Sidri aliens that had invaded mansion. When he later came with Kitty to met Professor Xavier, Xavier found out that he couldn't probe Lockheed's brain with his telepathy and he agreed that Lockheed could stay with her at the X-man mansion. Kitty named him Lockheed aftter the X-man's XR-71 Lockheed Blackbird jet and the two of them became inseperable, forming an empathic bond with each other. 
 

X-men, Excalibur and SWORD

Later on, Lockheed encountered a green dragon named Puff on the planet Battleworld, whom he later become friends with. But as the X-men unknowingly brought Puff back to Earth, she grew to gigiantic size and then terrorized the city of Tokyo. Lockheed helped to defuse the situation, and Puff then just disappeared in a massive energy discharge

When Kitty went to the United Kingdom to join the team Excalibur as a founding member, Lockheed went too. Lockheed would venture off on his own from time to time, but always returned to Kitty eventually.
 
And one time, Lockheed helped defend Kitty from Dr. Doom, where he got severely injured. After he underwent surgery, his astral form was aboard a spaceship that carried the collective transient souls of his space farring alien race, "the Flock". There he was placed on trial for not only abandoning his people but also his bride on their wedding day. But as Lockheed was defending his reasons for leaving, the pilot of the ship fell asleep. So Lockheed regained control of the ship, saving the people's souls from dissipating. The court still found him guity, but instead of putting him to death, they banned him from returning to the flock. 
 
During the " Secret Wars" Lockheed fought with Colossus but disappeared after the first battle. He reappeared with another dragon, and just in time to fly into the teleporter Reed Richards ( Mr. Fantastic) had built causing it to spark and create numerous anomalies.

When the alien known as Ord first made his presence known, Lockheed was instrumental in stopping him the first time he confronted the X-Men by breathing fire in his face. Lockheed then learned that Puff had reappeared on Earth and was being held captive by the Path of Destiny Cult. Along with the help of Lockheed, they helped save her from the cult.
 
Later the X-man were taken by the Agency SWORD to the planet Breakworld to oppose their intended destruction of Earth. This was the first time that the X-men learned that Lockheed had been working as mole for SWORD the whole time. He was recruited by the espionage agency that works on extraterrestial matters, to report on the X-man's activities in exchange for SWORD's help in resolving pressing homeworld issues. And in this Kitty later sacrificed herself to save Earth
 

Lockheed and the Pet Avengers

After Lockheed had lost Kitty after she sacrificed herself, the lonely dragon was then encountered by Lockjaw and Throg, who recruited them to the team they were forming to help recover the Infinity Gems. Lockheed agreed to do so and he went with them on their many journeys.
 
He was instrumental in finding the second of the Inifinity Gems, using the gem he was holding to transport them through time in the Savage lands. This is where they encountered Devil Dinosaur, Lockheed told how his people, (the Flock), had encounted Devil Dinosaur before he become intelligent and before the dinosaurs became extinct, explaining he was as Savage as he was. He then helped to distract Devil Dinosaur, (saving Ms. Lion from becomign dinner to Devil Dinosaur as well), as Lockjaw and Ms. Lion recovered the gem.
 
Then he followed them as they teleported to see, trying to unsuccessfully prevent them from plunging into the ocean and then later got swallowed by Gigianto, where they found more of the Infinity Gems.
 
He then helped the Pet Avengers as they battled Thanos, to which most of them were easily defeated, including Lockheed. After Lockjaw came back to them victorious over Thanos, a telepathical link was formed between the Pet Avengers before they parted ways

Powers

Lockheed has sharp claws, teeth, and two horns. He has small wings on his back, providing his power of flight. He is also an empath, and can understand what one is saying regardless of language. He speaks English, but rarely does so. On the defensive end of battle, Lockheed is quick, nimble, and strong, being able to carry a human in mid flight, (several times heavier then himself). He is also much more durable than most would assume, having taken direct hits from superhumanly strong beings and gone relatively unfazed.   
 
Lockheed is immune to the extreme heat and flames that he can generate, and can also withstand high heat delivered by other to a certain degree. He was once able to immerse himself in a pool of lava without a scratch on him. And he also has five lungs, to which noone knows what use they are to him
 
Lockheed is also an empath, allowing him to sense the emotions of other people, and he also cannot be probed by telepaths, not even by the likes of Professor X.
 
He is very intelligent, along with being very skilled pilot and he knows several human and alien languages, including English, (though he rarely speaks it).
 
He once had a image inducer on his collar around his neck, which created a hologrpahical illusion that he was house cat.

Alternate Realities

Earth-1289

The alternate reality counterpart of Lockheed from this reality. Here, he has a bipedal form, and is a member of the Captain Britain Corps.

Earth-1610

In the ultimate universe, Lockheed doesn't exist but his image was used in a Danger Room, where Kitty was a damsel-in-distress who is captured by a very large purple dragon.

Other Media

Pryde of the X-Men

Lockheed served as a pet to the Brotherhood of Evil Terrorists. But unlike other pets being cared by a master, he is always bullied by the members and was not treated well. When the X-Men came to retrieve the power circuit after being stolen by the Brotherhood, Kitty Pryde and Nightcrawler fought Magneto. Since Nightcrawler is busy in performing a task, Kitty was left to fight him, yet, she was a newbie having a hard time against the villain. Lockheed bit Magneto's foot and Magneto's plan of controlling the asteroid was destructed. After their mission, Lockheed joined Kitty Pryde to the X-Men.