Fictional Character Biography
Dragon Man is an android built by Professor Gregson Gilbert of Empire State University as an experiment. Gregson hoped to find a way to bring it to life. He could not find a way to do this until the alchemist Diablo arrived and brought it to life under his partial control using his supernatural powers. However, Dragon Man broke his control and attempted to kill Diablo. Although Dragon Man is slow-minded to the point that he is incapable of speech, he understands orders given by Diablo and is a determined foe of the Fantastic Four (although the creature has always displayed a King Kong-like affection towards Sue Richards). Dragon Man is not especially malicious, although he is easily manipulated and provoked to violence.
After his first activation, Dragon Man was later revived. He encountered Medusa and Gorgon, and fought the Thing and Human Torch.
Dragon Man was later studied by Henry Pym at his laboratory. He was restored to life again by Diablo, and was defeated by Pym as Goliath and escaped. Dragon Man battled Hercules, and the Avengers destroyed Diablo's army of Dragon Men.
Dragon Man was once found by the original X-Men, and was considered an unofficial mascot of sorts. After a period of time on the team, where he developed a deep affection for Jean Grey, Dragon Man had to be released to the creature filled island known, in the Marvel Universe, as Monster Island.
Dragon Man was reclaimed by Professor Gregson Gilbert, and sent by Lemuel Dorcas to attack the Sub-Mariner. It was next used by Gregory Gideon to attack the Fantastic Four. Dragon Man was then sent by Machinesmith to attack Captain America. He became the mount for the extra-dimensional dragon rider Ral Dorn. Dragon Man then fought Hulk at the Ringmaster's Circus of Crime.
Dragon Man encountered the child superheroes called Power Pack. Gregson Gilbert later attempted to replicate the creation of the Dragon Man without the addition of alchemical interruptions, and this time succeeded. He created a number of androids based on other legendary creatures. These androids were defeated by Power Pack, and Gilbert and Dragon Man go to work at Disneyland.
Dragon Man was used as a servant of Aron the renegade Watcher.
He faced Spider-Man during the Acts of Vengeance, when he was unleashed on him by the Wizard of the Prime Movers.
In addition to his servitude to Diablo, Dragon Man has served Super-Adaptoid and was also a member of the New Enforcers. In Spectacular Spider-Man #235-6, Roxxon Oil sprung him from a government containment facility in order to capture and dissect him to create robotic super-soldiers based on Dragon Man's powers; he was freed by Ben Reilly.
Dragon Man showed up in Africa under the service of mad scientist Eric Pain. Though the creature was under a full rage, he ended up defeated once more by both superheroes. Afterwards, he resurfaced in Beyond!, destroying an Avengers Quinjet the group was using to escape.
During the Civil War, he was spotted at the funeral of Stilt-Man. After poisoning the guests, the Punisher blew up the bar in which the wake had been held. He was later seen being arrested by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
Alyosha Kraven later began collecting a zoo of animal-themed superhumans, including Bushmaster, Gargoyle, Tiger Shark, Kangaroo, Aragorn, Vulture, Mongoose, Man-Bull, Swarm, Mandrill, Grizzly, Frog-Man, and Rhino. In the end, the Punisher managed to sabotage this zoo; though Kraven himself escaped to the Savage Land.
In Avengers: The Initiative #8, Dragon Man had been captured by the trainee heroes, having been attracted to Komodo.
In Nova, Dragon Man was 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.
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.
Following this, he seemingly reforms, as he, Artie and Leech were seen at Franklin Richards' birthday party.
He has since been upgraded by Valeria Richards and joined Reed Richard's Future Foundation.
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