Dexter, Dixie

Personal Information

Name: Dixie Dexter
Real Name: See above
Former Aliases: N/A
First Appearance: Savage Dragon #140
Group Affiliations: Freak Force
Height: 5’1″
Weight: 175 lbs.
Eyes: Unknown
Hair: N/A
Date of Birth: March 6, 2007
Place of Birth: Scranton, Ohio
Base of Operations: Chicago, Illinois
Other Distinguishing Features: Dixie is a cross between her father’s demonic form and her mother’s alien hybrid body
Marital Status: N/A
Known Relatives: Rex Dexter (father), Sara “Horridus” Hill (mother)
Powers: Increased skin density, winged flight

History

Dixie Dexter was the second child to world-renowned scientist Rex Dexter and the first of the heroine Horridus. She was born when Horridus was on the run from the law, having escaped from prison where she was serving a sentence for murder, a crime that she did not commit. Dixie was initially raised on the streets until Solar Man came to kill her mother for her supposed crimes.

Horridus survived the incident and with the help of her lover, Rex Dexter, her name was cleared. Dixie was now living with both of her parents who soon married.

Rex and his family were then exiled out into Dimension-X by Emperor Kurr when he took possession of the scientist’s laboratory. While the Dexter family was banished to Dimension-X , Kurr had Robot Rex (a former robotic creation of Rex Dexter) reprogrammed to pose as the scientist by rebuilding him into the spare Battle Tank armor. Despite getting verbally abused frequently, Robot Rex remained incredibly loyal to his new master, until Kurr’s eventual death at the hands of Dragon.

With Kurr’s death, Robot Rex attempted to make amends for the actions performed under his late master’s commands. He worked inside his creator’s laboratory and assisted Malcolm Dragon and Battle Girl. The young heroes suggested that Robot Rex and his fellow robots travel into Dimension-X to rescue their missing creator, Rex Dexter, and his family. The posse robots went into Dimension-X for this rescue mission and all were destroyed by various threats with the exception of Robot Rex who fought to protect the Dexter family. When the group could not open a portal back to Earth, Robot Rex opted to sacrifice his life to cover the escape of his creator. Rex was covered long enough to fly Horridus and Dixie to Glum World. Rex soon ran into Glum who in exchange for  nursing a wounded Angel, agreed to send Rex and his family back to Earth. Glum honored his word and sent the Dexter family all back to Earth.

Dixie would eventually lose both of her parents (Rex died in a battle with Glum and Horridus died from COVID-19 complications). In her late teens she joined up with the Freak Force team, filling the void of her late mother, Horridus (a former Freak Force member).

Appearances

SAVAGE DRAGON
140, 143, 144, 159, 163, 172, 173, 174, 181, 188, 262, 263, 275