Savage Dragon

Origin

Savage Dragon was actually Emperor Kurr, he was the leader of a nomadic race of aliens who were looking for a new planet to inhabit. They had searched space in their starship for thousands of years, until, finally, Earth was discovered. Kurr saw the planet and its inhabitants, and decided to go against his races peaceful ways and eradicate the humans. He had no desire to share his new home with another race. Two of the emperor's scientists, Rech and Weiko, discovered Kurr's plan and conspired against him. The scientists caused brain damage which erased Kurr's memories These erased memories were replaced with several days worth of Earth's satellite television programming, making him up to date on current events, but completely unaware of who or what he was. Kurr was left to live on Earth as his race continued their search for a new home.

Creation

Savage Dragon created by Erik Larsen. Savage Dragon's origin was finally revealed with the release of the Image Comics 10th Anniversary hardcover book. Our protective Savage Dragon is actually Emperor Kurr.

Character Evolution

Graphic Fantasy

The Dragon (Graphic Fantasy)

Paul Dragon (The Dragon) has retired from the Society of Super-Heroes (S.O.S.) after the dead of his wife, Susan Wilson by hands of Bronze Man. He is single father rise his young daughter, Angel. When Bronze Man attacks Dragon and his daughter on taxi ride to the zoo. The attack leaves Angel badly wound, which enrage Dragon and he goes on the hunt for the Bronze Man. While searching streets for information on Bronze Man, Dragon is knock-out by former member of S.O.S. Mace. Mace hand over Dragon to Bronze Man, who has Dragon locked in dead trap room. Dragon frees himself and battles Bronze Man's super-villan gang. After defeating the Bronze Man's gang, Dragon goes after Bronze Man and savage beats him to dead.

Megaton

Savage Dragon (Megaton)

Paul Dragon (Savage Dragon) is the leader of the Society of Super-Heroes (S.O.S.). He lived on base with his wife, Sue and their daughter Angel. Dragon reads in paper that Mighty Man is beating to dead by the alien Vanguard, so Dragon goes after Vanguard. He beats him and locks him up in S.O.S. holding cell. Roxanne Wells Vanguard's human girlfriend teleported in his cell. Where Roxanne tells Dragon and Sue that Vanguard is a good guy. Vangurad helps Dragon and Smasher (Sue) to fight an army of super-villans attacking S.O.S. base.

Image Universe

Dragon (Image Universe)

Dragon was discovered in a burning field by Lt. Frank Darling of the Chicago Police Department. Darling thought that Dragon would be able to help the police force battle against the Superhumans. Dragon turned the offer down and then went to work at Darling's cousin's warehouse. Hoping to compel Dragon to join, Darling paid two criminals to threaten his cousin. His ploy worked but at a cost. Darling's cousin was killed by the toughs. Frank was now under the thumb of the criminal gang Vicious Cycle, and would be used by the group to make Dragon avoid their business. He was partnered with a young female officer Alex Wilde.

Major Story Arcs

Image Universe

Officer Dragon

Officer Dragon of Chicago PD.

Dragon would begin a relationship with a woman named Debbie Harris, however the relationship would end badly when she was shot by her ex Arnold Dimple who had become jealous. This made Dragon become depressed for some time and Dimple would gain super powers through a Faustian deal becoming the villain Fiend . Due to Dragon’s abilities he would be loaned to various police departments in America. While in NY, Dragon met with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles becoming a reoccurring ally of theirs. Meanwhile back in Chicago a prison break occurred. Many criminals died including Hardware who intended to be a witness for the department.

Darling would later gather a group of superfreaks together into the team Freak Force and despite its failure; Dragon and the member Rapture would begin an intimate relationship. Meanwhile the villain Cyberface would leave Vicious Circle to begin his own gang. Later he would be arrested and was willing to also become a witness for the Chicago PD. He was killed as well, but he was brought back to life as an agent of the villain Horde who used him to lead Vicious Circle.

Dragon Kills Overlord

The fall of Overlord I

Dragon would attempt to capture Overlord resulting in his defeat and near-death after impalement. However Dragon would simply heal from his injuries. While recovering Dragon was implanted with a mind controlling worm and was sent on a rampage throughout the city resulting in deaths and injuries. However a hero named Mace was able to stop his rampage and discover Horde was the cause of the worms. Due to the rampage the anti-Dragon newspaper owner R. Richard Richards attacked him with a robot named Dragon Slayer. It was around this time Dragon meets a woman named She-Dragon who would become a reoccurring ally. After Cyberface was killed again; Dragon and a S.W.A.T team go to take down Overlord and after a mighty battle leaving all the S.W.A.T team dead and Dragon skinned. Overlord was beaten and killed by Dragon. After another adventure with TMNT, Dragon would again battle Fiend. Due to the battle Dragon’s bones were damaged and although healed they do so improperly making him useless while a gang war was going on since Overlord´s death caused a power vacuum.

Rapture is Pregnant

Rapture is pregnant

At some point Dragon was sent to hell by his enemy Fiend and he even witnessed a fight between God and the Devil. Despite asking about who he is God simply returns Dragon to Earth. Soon it becomes revealed that Dragon’s girlfriend Rapture is pregnant however due to the baby’s inherited Strength she is hurt internally each time it kicks. The damage resulted in her going into premature labor and sadly the child died during birth.

Dragon Former The S.O.S.

Dragon of S.O.S.

After and adventure with Hellboy and an attack by Martians he returns home finding Vicious Circle controlling the city. After being crucified by the gang he is able to beat most of them, but was sadly suspended by his new superior for his time gone during the alien invasion. Dragon soon joins a government funded group called Special Operations Strikeforce (S.O.S) , but he is rarely with them for much of their missions. Soon Damien Darklord begins to extract pieces of our world to his own to stop it from dying. S.O.S go to battle with Darklord and during the adventure Rapture dies and Dragon along with Jennifer Murphy become separated from the rest of the group. The rest of the group stop the assault and travel home. Dragon and Jennifer search for the alternate Rapture only to find the alternate form of his former lover Debbie Harris. They are lost for months in space even getting involved in the God World a planet filled with different Gods. After they are sent back to earth thanks to the All God. Once back home after almost dying at the hands of a Abner Cadaver he is accidentally merged into the body of William Johnson.

Dragon In The Body of William Johnson

Dragon inside William Johnson

While Dragon was in Johnson’s body; She-Dragon had begun to protect Chicago on her own. It wasn’t until a battle between S.O.S and the God Squad from the Godworld that Johnson becomes aware of Dragon being in his body. Dragon and Johnson soon decide to go into the hero business after Dragon gains the power to control his body. Soon William’s brother kidnaps Rita Medermade William's fiancé. After finding a new Overlord, he kills Ralph and in the battle William is badly wounded giving Dragon control over their body. Cadaver comes back using a body formed from parts of the dead members of God Squad as well as Dragon and Damien Darklord. He does battle with Horde and loses. He puts Dragon back in his original form and he begins a relationship with Jennifer. Soon a Rapture impostor shows up and the battle prompts Dragon to ask Jennifer to marry him. Sadly she was killed during the wedding by Overlord. He quits S.O.S and adopts Angel Jennifer’s daughter. After discovering the New Overlord’s true identity he kills him and his group.

Dragon Meets Malcolm Dragon

Malcolm Dragon

He soon begins dating Marcy Howard, then his partner Alex Wilde and Ann Stevens . Soon a group called the Covenant of the Sword having been kidnapping super powered people. Dragon soon loses custody of Angel and Stevens is killed. A new Mighty Man and Dragon look for Superpatriot and find the Covenant controlling him. He finds Jennifer alive as well as his son now Malcolm Dragon. After a massive battle with young Damien Darklord is revealed to be the cause of everything and after causing a massive depowerment among the freak populace he kills Damien.

Savage World

Dragon in Savage World

However Darklord’s death has damaged reality and creating a terrifying parallel earth. The world is populated by terrible beasts and Jennifer and Angel seem to be dead. He meets Madman and Wildstar and finds that when he was under Horde´s control he was not freed by Mace. Going on an even longer rampage that took Wilde's life. In this world Cyberface is president of United States of America, but Dragon soon leads a group to overthrow his authority. He soon finds Jen and Angel alive. He discovers his original earth still remains, but it is soon destroyed by Universo, but not before he rescues Alex and Malcolm. This time he really marries Jen and along with Angel’s new pet whom she named Mr. Glum they move in together. He was even able to stop the evil politician Romald Winston Urass. Urass was originally running a campaign to make Dragon the U.S president, but he Urass was the son of the Superpatriot villain Dread Knight.

Mr. Glum Takes Over The World

Mr. Glum vs Dragon

Mr. Glum is revealed to be a villain himself. Glum had caused Angel to increase her size and become over a hundred feet. Her massive change in size resulted in the destruction of her home and her injuring her own mother. Her personality soon began to alter becoming violent. Meanwhile Dragon had recently lost his healing factor and was put into the hospital after a battle. Glum used a powerful item know as the the God Gun. The gun can give the owner three wishes and he used it to mind control everyone except Dragon who due to being an alien was unaffected. Luckily The Dragon is able to get his healing factor back and attacks Glum. Glum has an army of villains and Robots to use against Dragon, but the Fraternity attempt to steal the gun and this gives The Dragon the chance to destroy the gun and with it gone every wish using it has been reversed.

The Search for Jennifer

Jennifer Dragon

Later the world eating being Universo was released from his imprisonment in Vanguard´s ship. He intended to devour this planet , but due to a corrupted super hero named Solar Man he was killed. She-Dragon and Angel from the original earth. The duo are being tracked by the Dragon from Damien Darklord's universe as well as a women named Battleaxe. Recently Jennifer has gone missing and Dragon has begun to search for her. Meanwhile the villain Solar Man has also been on a little quest of his own, but he has been leaving a trail of dead bodies where ever he goes. He left Angel with Superpatriot so that she could be trained in her powers while he went after his wife. He goes to New Port City looking for the person who gave Jennifer her powers called the Ancient One and even gets into a fight with Bomb Queen. He moves on next to Seattle in his search and comes across the heroes the Centurions and their leader Prism who has been mind controlled. However after making it to England on his quest he fights with super heroes he discovers that She-Dragon is missing after a saving the heir to a drug company and that Jennifer is dead. He then makes his way to Baltimore to meet with Jen's insane mother.

Dragon Team-Ups

Solar Man killing some villians

Dragon even helps Invincible fight a gang war but Solar Man shows up to kill the bad guys. He is joined by heroes such as Spawn, Witchblade and Shadowhawk against Solar Man. Soon Solar Man is joined by his own group of heroes, but Dragon ends up killing Solar Man. Soon Dragon is attacked by a shapeshifter who is revealed to be his dead wife Jennifer angry at Dragon for her ruined life.

Powers and Abilities

Super Strength

Dragon is an alien. His physiology enables him to lift over 30 tons.

Invulnerability

Invulnerability

His skin is tough enough to resist bullets, he is seemingly immune to fire and can breath underwater. His skin is vulnerable to cuts and piercings from really sharp object.

Healing

He possesses a healing factor that can go so far as to regrow lost limbs and organs.

Marksmanship

Dragon is a skilled marksman and hand to hand combatant which is enhanced by his great speed and agility.

Agility

Despite his large size, Dragon is surprisingly fast and agile. He is capable of leaping fairly large distances, and high enough to jump over a 2 story house.

Distinguishing Features

Dragon Features

• Huge upper body
• green skin
• fin on his head
• 2 toes on each foot
• fangs

Other Versions

Dark Dragon

Dark Dragon (Darklord Universe)

A version of Dragon from the Darklord Universe.

Other Media

Television

Savage Dragon Cartoon