Dragonrider (comics)

This article is about the comic villain. For other uses, see Dragon Rider.

Dragonrider
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Sub-Mariner #1 (Sep 1984)
In-story information
Species	Homo mermanus
Place of origin	Atlantis
Team affiliations	Fathom Five

Dragonrider is a fictional Atlantean villain in Marvel Comics.

Publication history

Dragonrider was introduced in 1984's Sub-Mariner four-issue limited series; in that series, she appeared in Sub-Mariner #1-2 (September-October 1984), and #4 (December 1984), and was created by J. M. DeMatteis and Bob Budiansky.

The character subsequently appeared in New Thunderbolts #1-6 (January-June 2005), and #9 (August 2005), as a member of the Fathom Five battling the Thunderbolts.

Fictional character biography

Dragonrider was a sentinel in the Atlanean army who became a political dissident and rebel after seeing how her people remained poor while the rulers became more rich. She and her rebels sought mystic artifacts to empower themselves, and Dragonrider gained a mystic conch shell that would allow her to control sea creatures, and a sea eel that had been mutated into a dragon.

While Namor was away, Dragonrider led her dragon in an assault on Atlantis. She tried to flee after destroying part of the city, but she got into a fight with Namor. Namor defeated her and confronted her about what she had done, but she explained her actions. Namor refused to believe what she had seen and sent her to the dungoeons. Dragonrider was freed, and with her rebels she fought Namor again.^[1]

Some time later, Dragonrider joined a religious faction called At'La'Tique, meaning "Fury of the Sea," and became a member of the strike force Fathom Five. At'La'Tique believed in wiping out life on the surface world, and formed an alliance with Baron Strucker of HYDRA to accomplish this. When Fathom Five attacked New York City, they were opposed by the New Thunderbolts. They were eventually defeated, and imprisoned.^[2]

References

1. ^ Sub-Mariner Vol. 2 #1-4
2. ^ New Thunderbolts #1-5

External links

• Dragonrider at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe