Draco (comics)

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character_name=Draco
real_name=Demostenes Q. Drake
publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="Spider-Man: Invasion of the Dragon Men" (1974)
creators=Arthur Korb
alliances=
aliases=King of the Dragon Men, Master of the Heavens
powers=Super human strength
Increased durability
Ability to fly
Fire breath|

Draco is a fictional Marvel Comics character, an enemy of Spider-Man who appeared in a non-canonical promotional comic book outside mainstream Marvel Universe continuity.

Publication history

Draco's only appearance was in "Spider-Man: Invasion of the Dragon Men", a 1974 promotional comic book published by Marvel Comics with Power Records, and which came bundled with a seven-inch, 33 1/3 rpm record of sound effects, music and dialog to accompany the story. This was one of two such releases, the other being "Spider-Man: The Mark of the Man-Wolf", also issued in 1974.

Fictional character biography

Near New York City, a huge fire-breathing dragon leads an army of dragon-men who emerge from meteors striking Earth. He declares himself "Draco, King of the Dragon-Men, Master of the Heavens". After "The Daily Bugle" sends Peter Parker to photograph the creatures, Parker, as Spider-Man, tracks down Draco and his army as they set up a "Hydro-Magnetic Energy Deactivator". Draco plans to then issue a worldwide ultimatum to the heads of all nations. Following a battle with Spider-Man, the dragon-men are revealed as robots and Draco as Demosthenes Q. Drake, a Nobel Prize-winning biologist who injected himself with a serum made from a giant species of iguana. Draco eventually falls from the Empire State Building, surviving the drop but becoming an iguana.

Powers and abilities

Draco has superhuman strength and durability. He stands 10 feet tall and has the ability to fly and to expel fire and poisonous gases from his mouth.

References

* [http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/dracospd.htm Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Draco]
* [http://www.spiderfan.org/audio/title/spiderman_power_records_comic.html SpiderFan.org: Audio]